JACK MORRIS
Pitcher, 1977-1990
#47
--Class of 1990--
Bats - Right
Throws - Right
Born - 5/16/1955
Biography:
A Minnesota native, Jack Morris has always been fond of hunting. And that fondness wasn't limited to nature. He did a ton of hunting against opposing batters during his 14-year career at Tiger Stadium. The winningest pitcher of the 1980s, Morris won 162 games for the Tigers during that decade, tossing at least 197 innings in every year but 1989. Morris was a fierce competitor. It was a fire that showed he cared, but at other times it rubbed his manager Sparky Anderson and teammates the wrong way. He wasn't a fan of the media either. Sometimes his emotions got the best of him on the mound, but more often than not it was the other way around, and Morris finished 154 of the 408 games he started in a Tigers' uniform. He armed himself with a fastball, slider, and later a split-finger fastball. The splitter helped him to four All-Star Game appearances during his tenure as a Tiger, but it also resulted in scores of wild pitches and passed balls. In fact, he threw at least ten wild pitches in every year of is Tigers career past 1982, leading the league four times. The three best consecutive seasons of his career surely began in 1985. During that period, Morris threw over 250 innings every year, with an ERA never higher than 3.38. He reached his career high-water mark for wins in 1986, posting 21 victories in the Old English D. In 1984 he also started blazingly hot, with nine straight winning verdicts, including a first-week no-hitter against the Chicago White Sox in Comiskey. Despite cooling off considerably, he still found time to go 19-11 that season. He posted a 3-0 mark in three postseason starts during the Tigers' World Championship run in 1984, and went on to post a 1-1 record in the 1987 ALCS. Seemingly always among the league leaders in strikeouts, Morris struck out at least 200 batters three times as a Tiger. Since leaving the team, Morris spent some time doing television broadcasts for the Tigers, but is now a commentator for his hometown team, the Minnesota Twins. He was named The Sporting News American League Pitcher of the Year during the strike-shortened 1981 season, in which he went 14-7. Morris went on to win the Babe Ruth Award in 1984.
Pitching:
Code:
Year Ag Tm Lg W L G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WP BFP ERA ERA+ WHIP
1977 22 DET AL 1 1 7 6 1 0 0 0 45.7 38 20 19 4 23 28 0 2 189 3.74 115 1.336
1978 23 DET AL 3 5 28 7 0 0 10 0 106.0 107 57 51 8 49 48 3 4 469 4.33 90 1.472
1979 24 DET AL 17 7 27 27 9 1 0 0 197.7 179 76 72 19 59 113 4 9 806 3.28 133 1.204
1980 25 DET AL 16 15 36 36 11 2 0 0 250.0 252 125 116 20 87 112 4 6 1074 4.18 99 1.356
1981 26 DET AL 14 7 25 25 15 1 0 0 198.0 153 69 67 14 78 97 2 2 798 3.05 124 1.167
1982 27 DET AL 17 16 37 37 17 3 0 0 266.3 247 131 120 37 96 135 0 10 1107 4.06 101 1.288
1983 28 DET AL 20 13 37 37 20 1 0 0 293.7 257 117 109 30 83 232 3 18 1204 3.34 117 1.158
1984 29 DET AL 19 11 35 35 9 1 0 0 240.3 221 108 96 20 87 148 2 14 1015 3.60 109 1.282
1985 30 DET AL 16 11 35 35 13 4 0 0 257.0 212 102 95 21 110 191 5 15 1077 3.33 122 1.253
1986 31 DET AL 21 8 35 35 15 6 0 0 267.0 229 105 97 40 82 223 0 12 1092 3.27 127 1.165
1987 32 DET AL 18 11 34 34 13 0 0 0 266.0 227 111 100 39 93 208 1 24 1101 3.38 126 1.203
1988 33 DET AL 15 13 34 34 10 2 0 0 235.0 225 115 103 20 83 168 4 11 997 3.94 97 1.311
1989 34 DET AL 6 14 24 24 10 0 0 0 170.3 189 102 92 23 59 115 2 12 743 4.86 78 1.456
1990 35 DET AL 15 18 36 36 11 3 0 0 249.7 231 144 125 26 97 162 6 16 1073 4.51 88 1.314
YR From To W L WL% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA+
TOTALS 14 1977 1990 198 150 .569 3.73 430 408 10 154 24 0 3042.7 2767 1382 1262 321 1086 1980 108