Last Updated: 11 May, 2023 | Views: 734
Age: 69
Profession: Social Media Influencer
Other Profession(s): Baseball Player
Famous For: Former Major League Baseball Pitcher
Higher Education: Highland Park High School
About (Profile/Biography):
Jack Morris is a well-known American former professional baseball starting pitcher born in Minnesota. From 1977 through 1994, he played baseball in Major League Baseball (MLB), principally with the Detroit Tigers. In the 1984 Championship Series, he won two complete games and finished 3-0 in the postseason. He was the pitcher that started the most matches, pitched the most innings, and had the most victories in the 1980s while giving up the most hits, runs scored, and home runs.
Career:
Morris won the 1984 and 1991 Babe Ruth Awards and was selected as the World Series MVP in 1991.
Morris is one of just eight MLB players to have won consecutive World Series championships while playing for separate teams.
Morris was honored by the Hall of Fame of Baseball in 2018.
Morris attended Highland Park Junior High in Saint Paul, Minnesota, and graduated in 1973.
Morris played college baseball for the BYU Cougars while a Brigham Young University (BYU) student.
Morris had a 21-8 record, 3.27 ERA, and 223 strikeouts in 1986.
From July 9 to July 18, when Morris made three consecutive starts, he threw a complete game shutout, giving him a career-high six shutouts.
Achievements and Awards:
In his whole career, Morris amassed 254 victories.
Morris was an All-Star five times (1981, 1984, 1985, 1987, and 1991)
Unknown facts:
In 1977, after Mark Fidrych was injured and put on the disabled list, Morris received his first call-up to the Tigers.
