Joe Morgan

Joseph Leonard Morgan (born September 19, 1943 in Bonham, Texas) is a former Major League Baseball second baseman, considered by many as one of the greatest second basemen to have played the game. Morgan was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1990 with 81.76% of the ballot. Currently, he works as a color commentator for ESPN television and radio.

Broadcasting

In his current broadcasting career, he has also been successful, winning a CableACE award in 1990 and Emmy awards for sports analysis in 1998 and 2005.

Related Topics:
CableACE - 1990 - Emmy - 1998 - 2005

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Morgan started his broadcasting career in 1985 for the Cincinnati Reds. On September 11, 1985, Morgan along with his television broadcasting partner Ron Wilson were on hand to call Pete Rose's record breaking 4,192 career hit. A year later, Morgan started a nine year stint as an announcer for the San Francisco Giants. Morgan added one more local gig when he joined the Oakland Athletics' broadcasting team for the 1995 season.

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1985 - September 11 - Ron Wilson - San Francisco Giants - Oakland Athletics - 1995

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From 1988-1989, Morgan served as an announcer for ABC where he helped announce Monday Night Baseball games, the 1988 American League Championship Series with Gary Benderhttp://www.phideltatheta.org/famousphis/media/bender.html, and served as a field reporter for the 1989 World Series. Morgan was on the field at San Francisco's Candlestick Park alongside Hall of Famer Willie Mays the moment the Loma Prieta earthquake hit at 5:04 p.m.

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1988 - 1989 - ABC - Monday Night Baseball - American League Championship Series - Gary Bender - 1989 World Series - San Francisco - Candlestick Park - Hall of Famer - Willie Mays - Loma Prieta earthquake

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From 1994-2000, Morgan teamed with Bob Costas and Bob Uecker to call baseball games on NBC. During this period, Morgan helped call three World Series (1995, 1997, and 1999 respectively) and four All-Star Games (1994, 1996, 1998, and 2000). Joe Morgan also had a more obscure prior stint with NBC when he called The Game of the Week from 1986-1987.

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Bob Costas - Bob Uecker - NBC - 1995 - 1997 - 1999

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Currently, he broadcasts games for ESPN alongside Jon Miller. Besides teaming with Miller for Sunday Night Baseball telecasts, Morgan has also teamed with Miller for World Series broadcasts on ESPN Radio. Although Joe Morgan's partnership with Jon Miller began in 1990, it wasn't the first time that Morgan associated himself with ESPN. From 1985-1988 Morgan called college baseball games for ESPN.

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Jon Miller - College baseball

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Joe Morgan is one of the biggest opponents of Billy Beane and the "Moneyball", sabermetric style of building teams. Instead, Morgan is an advocate of "small-ball" tactics. Ironically, Morgan can be described as a perfect sabermetric player, as Morgan walked frequently and had a remarkably high OBP. Noted Sabermetrician Bill James called Joe Morgan the best percentage player in history.

Related Topics:
Billy Beane - Moneyball - Sabermetric - Bill James

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