Joe Morgan

Birth Name:

Joe Leonard Morgan

Birth Place:

Bonham, Texas, United States

Profession

Actor

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․"
Played for the Houston Astros, the Cincinnati Reds, the San Francisco Giants, the Philadelphia Phillies and the Oakland Athletics during his MLB career
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
Nellie Fox suggested that he flap his arm while at bat as a timing mechanism, and he took the advice

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