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Joe Morgan played 22 major-league seasons (1963-1984) as a 2B (2,527), OF (16), 3B (3). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 22 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | 20 | HOU | 8 | 25 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | .240 | .687 | 107 |
| 1964 | 21 | HOU | 10 | 37 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | .189 | .492 | 47 |
| 1965 | 22 | HOU | 157 | 601 | 100 | 163 | 14 | 40 | 20 | 97 | 77 | .271 | .791 | 131 |
| 1966 | 23 | HOU | 122 | 425 | 60 | 121 | 5 | 42 | 11 | 89 | 43 | .285 | .801 | 132 |
| 1967 | 24 | HOU | 133 | 494 | 73 | 136 | 6 | 42 | 29 | 81 | 51 | .275 | .789 | 134 |
| 1968 | 25 | HOU | 10 | 20 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 4 | .250 | .794 | 150 |
| 1969 | 26 | HOU | 147 | 535 | 94 | 126 | 15 | 43 | 49 | 110 | 74 | .236 | .737 | 114 |
| 1970 | 27 | HOU | 144 | 548 | 102 | 147 | 8 | 52 | 42 | 102 | 55 | .268 | .779 | 117 |
| 1971 | 28 | HOU | 160 | 583 | 87 | 149 | 13 | 56 | 40 | 88 | 52 | .256 | .757 | 122 |
| 1972 | 29 | CIN | 149 | 552 | 122 | 161 | 16 | 73 | 58 | 115 | 44 | .292 | .851 | 152 |
| 1973 | 30 | CIN | 157 | 576 | 116 | 167 | 26 | 82 | 67 | 111 | 61 | .290 | .899 | 157 |
| 1974 | 31 | CIN | 149 | 512 | 107 | 150 | 22 | 67 | 58 | 120 | 69 | .293 | .921 | 166 |
| 1975 | 32 | CIN | 146 | 498 | 107 | 163 | 17 | 94 | 67 | 132 | 52 | .327 | .974 | 180 |
| 1976 | 33 | CIN | 141 | 472 | 113 | 151 | 27 | 111 | 60 | 114 | 41 | .320 | 1.020 | 198 |
| 1977 | 34 | CIN | 153 | 521 | 113 | 150 | 22 | 78 | 49 | 117 | 58 | .288 | .895 | 148 |
| 1978 | 35 | CIN | 132 | 441 | 68 | 104 | 13 | 75 | 19 | 79 | 40 | .236 | .733 | 112 |
| 1979 | 36 | CIN | 127 | 436 | 70 | 109 | 9 | 32 | 28 | 93 | 45 | .250 | .756 | 115 |
| 1980 | 37 | HOU | 141 | 461 | 66 | 112 | 11 | 49 | 24 | 93 | 47 | .243 | .740 | 114 |
| 1981 | 38 | SFN | 90 | 308 | 47 | 74 | 8 | 31 | 14 | 66 | 37 | .240 | .748 | 120 |
| 1982 | 39 | SFN | 134 | 463 | 68 | 134 | 14 | 61 | 24 | 85 | 60 | .289 | .838 | 143 |
| 1983 | 40 | PHI | 123 | 404 | 72 | 93 | 16 | 59 | 18 | 89 | 54 | .230 | .773 | 122 |
| 1984 | 41 | OAK | 116 | 365 | 50 | 89 | 6 | 43 | 8 | 66 | 39 | .244 | .707 | 97 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | 2B | 7 | 6 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 2 |
| 1964 | 2B | 10 | 10 | 31 | 25 | 3 | 4 |
| 1965 | 2B | 157 | 155 | 348 | 492 | 27 | 82 |
| 1966 | 2B | 117 | 117 | 256 | 316 | 21 | 61 |
| 1967 | 2B | 130 | 126 | 297 | 344 | 14 | 67 |
| 1967 | OF | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1968 | 2B | 5 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 |
| 1968 | OF | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1969 | 2B | 132 | 131 | 303 | 328 | 18 | 79 |
| 1969 | OF | 14 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1970 | 2B | 142 | 141 | 349 | 430 | 17 | 98 |
| 1971 | 2B | 157 | 153 | 336 | 482 | 12 | 93 |
| 1972 | 2B | 149 | 148 | 370 | 436 | 8 | 92 |
| 1973 | 2B | 154 | 151 | 417 | 440 | 9 | 106 |
| 1974 | 2B | 142 | 140 | 344 | 385 | 13 | 92 |
| 1975 | 2B | 142 | 141 | 356 | 425 | 11 | 96 |
| 1976 | 2B | 133 | 131 | 342 | 335 | 13 | 85 |
| 1977 | 2B | 151 | 147 | 351 | 359 | 5 | 100 |
| 1978 | 2B | 124 | 120 | 252 | 290 | 11 | 49 |
| 1979 | 2B | 121 | 120 | 259 | 329 | 12 | 74 |
| 1980 | 2B | 130 | 123 | 244 | 348 | 7 | 68 |
| 1981 | 2B | 87 | 84 | 177 | 258 | 4 | 61 |
| 1982 | 2B | 120 | 117 | 254 | 364 | 7 | 69 |
| 1982 | 3B | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 2B | 117 | 109 | 231 | 331 | 17 | 63 |
| 1984 | 2B | 100 | 97 | 201 | 229 | 10 | 62 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Joe Morgan won: TSN All-Star 1972 (NL), Gold Glove 1973 (NL), Gold Glove 1974 (NL), TSN All-Star 1974 (NL), Gold Glove 1975 (NL), MVP 1975 (NL), TSN All-Star 1975 (NL), Gold Glove 1976 (NL), MVP 1976 (NL), TSN All-Star 1976 (NL), Gold Glove 1977 (NL), TSN All-Star 1977 (NL), Silver Slugger 1982 (NL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (8 ballot finishes, 2 wins). Full year pages: 1982, 1976, 1975, 1974, 1973, 1972, 1965.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 31 | 1 / 280 | 0 |
| 1965 | Rookie of the Year | NL | 2 | 4 / 20 | 4 |
| 1972 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 4 | 197 / 336 | 5 |
| 1973 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 4 | 102 / 336 | 1 |
| 1974 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 8 | 72 / 336 | 0 |
| 1975 | Most Valuable Player (winner) | NL | 1 | 321 / 336 | 21 |
| 1976 | Most Valuable Player (winner) | NL | 1 | 311 / 336 | 19 |
| 1982 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 16 | 17 / 336 | 0 |
Joe Morgan ranks on 9 all-time single-season position leaderboards (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
| Rank | Board | Year | Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| #13 | second basemen | 1976 | 198 OPS+ |
| #25 | second basemen | 1975 | 180 OPS+ |
| #36 | second basemen | 1974 | 166 OPS+ |
| #59 | second basemen | 1973 | 157 OPS+ |
| #76 | second basemen | 1972 | 152 OPS+ |
| #94 | second basemen | 1977 | 148 OPS+ |
| #124 | second basemen | 1982 | 143 OPS+ |
| #154 | second basemen | 1967 | 134 OPS+ |
| #160 | second basemen | 1966 | 132 OPS+ |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.