Eddie Morgan

Infobox MLB retired
name=Eddie Morgan
position=First Baseman/Outfielder


bgcolor1=black
bgcolor2=black
textcolor1=white
textcolor2=white
bats=Left
throws=Left
birthdate=November 19, 1914
deathdate=death date and age|1982|6|27|1914|11|19
debutdate= April 14
debutyear= 1936
debutteam= St. Louis Cardinals
finaldate=July 23
finalyear=1937
finalteam=Brooklyn Dodgers
stat1label=Batting average
stat1value=.212
stat2label=Home runs
stat2value=1
stat3label=Runs batted in
stat3value=8
teams=
* St. Louis Cardinals (1936)
* Brooklyn Dodgers (1937)
highlights=

Edwin Willis Morgan [Pepper] (November 19, 1914 - June 27, 1982) was a backup right fielder/first baseman who played in Major League Baseball between by|1936 and by|1937. Listed at 5' 10", 160 lb., Morgan batted and threw left-handed. He was born in Brady Lake, Ohio.

Morgan reached the majors in 1936 with the St. Louis Cardinals, spending one year for them before moving to the Brooklyn Dodgers (1937). On April 14, 1936, Morgan hit a pinch-hit home run in his first career at-bat, but he saw little action after that going 5-for-18 in eight appearances. At the end of the season, he was sent by St. Louis to Brooklyn in the same transaction that brought George Earnshaw to the Cardinals.

In a two-season career, Morgan was a .212 hitter (14-for-66) with one home run and five RBI in 39 games, including eight runs and three doubles.

Morgan died in Lakewood, Ohio at the age of 67.

ee also

* Players who hit a pinch-hit home run in his first ever Major League at-bat

ources

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/morgaed02.shtml Baseball Reference]
* [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/M/Pmorge101.htm Retrosheet]