On January 9, 1990, two new members are elected to the Hall of Fame by the baseball writers: Joe Morgan and Jim Palmer. Morgan, a second baseman, won a pair of MVP Awards in his years with the Cincinnati Reds, and also played for Houston, San Francisco, and Oakland. Palmer spent his entire career with…
Red Sox veteran Jim Rice is suspended for three games by the club for shoving manager Joe Morgan. Rice was angered when Morgan replaced him with pinch hitter Spike Owen in the 8th inning of Boston’s eventual 9 – 7 win over Minnesota.
Jim Rice caps a 5 for 6 day with a grand slam in the bottom of the 10th inning to give Boston a 13 – 9 win over Oakland.
On June 24, 1984 Oakland’s Joe Morgan hits his 265th career home run as a second baseman, breaking Rogers Hornsby’s major-league record for that position. Morgan, who has 267 home runs overall, connects off Frank Tanana in the 1st inning of the A’s 4 – 2 win over Texas. Morgan, playing his final major league season, will finish his career with 268…
1983 – Forty-year-old Joe Morgan signs a one-year contract with the Oakland A’s – his 5th club since 1979.
Phillies 2B Joe Morgan celebrates his 40th birthday by going 4 for 5 with two home runs in a 7 – 6 win over the Cubs. He will go 4 for 5 again tomorrow in an 8 – 5 win over the Cubs. He’s the second player to celebrate his 40th birthday with a dinger: Bob Thurman was the first, in 1957.
1983 – Behind Marty Bystrom’s 5-hit win the Phils sweep the Expos, 9 – 5. Mike Schmidt, Joe Morgan and Len Matuszek (his first in the majors) hit homers to back Steve Carlton’s 298th career win.
The San Francisco Giants trade second baseman Joe Morgan and pitcher Al Holland to the Philadelphia Phillies for pitchers Mike Krukow and Mark Davis and Charles Penigar.
October 3, 1982 – San Francisco’s Joe Morgan and Jack Clark celebrate after “Little Joe” hit a 3-run home run off of LA Dodgers’ reliever Terry Forster in the 7th inning which leads the Giants to a win and more importantly eliminates LA from the NL West Race on the final day of the season….
Veteran free agent infielders Joe Morgan and Mark Belanger sign one-year contracts with the Giants and Dodgers, respectively.
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