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Joe Morgan
Age: 66
Height: 5' 10"
Birth Place: Bonham, Texas, USA
Born: Sep. 19th, 1943
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BIOGRAPHY: Joe Morgan played major league baseball for 22 seasons. Spending time with the Houston Colt .45's/Astros, Cincinnati Reds, Philadelphia Phillies, and Oakland A's. A two-time National League Most Valuable Player, Joe was part of Cincinnati's famous "Big Red Machine" in the 1970s. He was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1990. Joe is currently lead baseball analyst for ESPN's Sunday Night Baseball.
TRIVIA:
- At the time of his retirement, he held the record for most homeruns by a second baseman (since broken by Ryne Sandberg in 1997).
- At the time of his retirement, he held the record for most homeruns by a second baseman (since broken by Ryne Sandberg in 1997).
- The only second baseman to win consecutive MVPs (1975 and 1976).
- 10 time National League All Star with Houston (1966 and 1970) and Cincinnati (1972-1979).
- He used to flap his arm so as to keep him in the proper batting stance.
- His number was retired by the Reds in 1998.
- A tough clutch hitter, he delivered a couple of game-winning hits for the Reds in the 1975 World Series. He won Game 2 with a bases-loaded single in the bottom of the tenth and the deciding Game 7 with a bloop single in the ninth.
- Played second base for the Houston Colt .45s/Astros (1963-1971, 1980), Cincinnati Reds (1972-1979), San Francisco Giants (1981-1982), Philadelphia Phillies (1983) and Oakland As (1984).
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