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b. October 8, 1959 · Oakland Athletics 1978–1979, New York Yankees 1982, Toronto Blue Jays 1983, Seattle Mariners 1985–1987, Baltimore Orioles 1988, Los Angeles Dodgers 1989–1991, Chicago Cubs 1992–1995, 1998, St. Louis Cardinals 1995–1996, Cincinnati Reds 1996–1997, Minnesota Twins 1998, Texas Rangers 1999, Arizona Diamondbacks 2000–2002

Oakland drafted him fourth overall in June 1978 and started him in a major-league game four days later, without a minor-league inning. He was eighteen, lost that game and the next one, and did not win in the major leagues until he was twenty-three.

Twenty-two seasons gave him 141 wins against 186, a 4.23 earned run average, 2,772 innings and 597 appearances. He was an All-Star in 1991, when he went 14-10 with a 2.78 earned run average for the Dodgers, and led the National League in shutouts in 1990.

Twelve organizations employed him, which puts him among the handful of pitchers who have worn that many uniforms. He was still pitching at forty-two, for Arizona, in the 2001 season it won the World Series. No Hall of Fame ballot has listed him.

Honors

Award	Times	Years
All-Star selection	1	1991
Pitcher of the Month	1	1992
Player of the Week	1	1991

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1978	OAK	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
1979	OAK	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
1982	NYY	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
1983	TOR	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
1985	SEA	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
1986	SEA	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
1987	SEA	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
1988	BAL	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
1989	LAD	40	36	1	3	0	0	1	1	12	.083
1990	LAD	33	71	2	8	0	0	2	2	25	.113
1991	LAD	34	76	2	7	0	0	3	1	11	.092
1992	CHC	34	74	1	8	0	0	5	2	16	.108
1993	CHC	32	66	1	4	2	0	1	2	22	.061
1994	CHC	15	24	1	3	0	0	0	1	4	.125
1995	CHC/STL	21	38	2	2	0	0	0	3	20	.053
1996	CIN/STL	23	40	1	2	0	0	0	0	17	.050
1997	CIN	31	44	1	4	0	1	2	0	14	.091
1998	CHC/MIN	23	8	1	5	1	0	0	0	3	.625
1999	TEX	34	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	.250
2000	ARI	60	16	0	7	0	0	1	0	5	.438
2001	ARI	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	—
2002	ARI	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
Career	—	597	497	13	54	3	1	15	13	151	.109

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1978	OAK	0	3	3	3	0	12.1	19	10	8	0	7.30
1979	OAK	2	10	13	13	0	77.1	102	51	50	17	5.94
1982	NYY	7	11	30	23	0	150.1	167	73	67	71	4.37
1983	TOR	0	3	16	4	0	45.1	48	26	21	22	5.16
1985	SEA	1	1	2	2	0	6.0	11	8	5	2	12.00
1986	SEA	11	17	37	33	1	216.1	243	109	86	116	4.53
1987	SEA	12	17	34	31	0	207.0	245	107	53	85	4.65
1988	BAL	1	6	22	10	1	71.1	70	43	23	29	5.43
1989	LAD	8	11	40	19	0	152.2	130	43	33	72	2.53
1990	LAD	11	15	33	33	0	211.0	216	88	60	106	3.75
1991	LAD	14	10	34	33	1	236.1	197	73	61	140	2.78
1992	CHC	16	8	34	34	0	240.0	203	68	79	123	2.55
1993	CHC	10	15	32	32	0	207.2	206	93	74	111	4.03
1994	CHC	2	10	15	15	0	80.2	111	60	35	57	6.69
1995	CHC/STL	7	7	21	21	0	131.1	133	52	34	61	3.56
1996	CIN/STL	6	11	23	23	0	130.1	146	67	47	74	4.63
1997	CIN	9	12	31	30	0	162.0	165	86	49	103	4.78
1998	CHC/MIN	4	3	23	22	0	120.2	138	56	39	60	4.18
1999	TEX	13	10	34	25	0	140.0	184	97	48	61	6.24
2000	ARI	5	5	60	4	5	101.2	123	55	40	56	4.87
2001	ARI	1	0	31	1	0	38.0	45	18	17	24	4.26
2002	ARI	1	1	29	0	0	34.0	41	20	9	13	5.29
Career	—	141	186	597	411	8	2772.1	2943	1303	938	1403	4.23

On this day & linked events

1959

Born October 8, 1959

Tulare, CA, USA

1978

Major-league debut: Mike Morgan

Mike Morgan made a major-league debut on June 11, 1978.

1991

Dennis Martínez's Perfect Game

Dennis Martínez threw a perfect game for the Montreal Expos against the Los Angeles Dodgers on July 28, 1991, winning 2–0.

2002

Final major-league game: Mike Morgan

Mike Morgan played a final major-league game on September 2, 2002.

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