Joe Morgan Biography

Fast Facts

• Received a Lifetime Achievement Award at Dennis Gilbert's annual Professional Baseball Scouts Foundation dinner in 2014
• Was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1990
• In 1962, he signed with the expansion Houston Colt ․45s
• Made his major league debut in 1963 playing for Houston
• Quote: "If I had to go into the draft right now, I never would have gotten a chance․ I was 5 foot 5, 140 pounds․ No computer in the world would give me a look․"
• Quote: "Without a scout, a man named Bill Wight, I wouldn't have gotten a shot․"
• After retiring as a baseball player, he started a long career as a broadcaster
• An MLB second baseman, he was one of the key players in Cincinnati's Big Red Machine during the 1970s
• Played for the Houston Astros, the Cincinnati Reds, the San Francisco Giants, the Philadelphia Phillies and the Oakland Athletics during his MLB career
• Nellie Fox suggested that he flap his arm while at bat as a timing mechanism, and he took the advice