Bubba Morton Stats

Bubba Morton was born on Sunday, December 13, 1931, in Washington, D.C.. Morton was 29 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 19, 1961, with the Detroit Tigers. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Bubba Morton baseball stats page.

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"We [the black baseball players] always had to stay in private homes on the road. But I'll tell you what kind of teammates I had in Durham—they wouldn't go and eat in a restaurant without me. Somebody would always go in and get sandwiches for everybody, then they'd bring them to the bus and we'd go on our way." - Bubba Morton in The Seattle Times (Larry Stone, 01/18/2006)

Bubba Morton

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Bubba Morton Picture on a 1963 Topps Baseball Card (#164 | Checklist)

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Birth Name:   Wycliffe Nathaniel Morton
Nickname:   Bubba
Born On:   12-13-1931  (Sagittarius)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Washington, D.C.
Year of Death Data Died On:   01-14-2006 (1,000 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Seattle, Washington
Cemetery:   Buried at Sea
High School:   Undetermined
College:   Howard University
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   5-10½   Player Weight Chart Weight:   180
First Game:   04-19-1961 (Age 29)
Last Game:   09-28-1969
Draft:   Not Applicable

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Bubba Morton Pitching Stats

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Bubba Morton Hitting Stats

1961 30 Tigers 77 108 26 31 5 1 2 0 19 9 1 25 0 2 1 1 .287 .342 .407
1962 31 Tigers 90 195 30 51 6 3 4 0 17 32 0 32 1 0 0 5 .262 .366 .385
1963 32 Tigers 6 11 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .091 .231 .091
1963 32 Braves 15 28 1 5 0 0 0 0 4 2 1 3 0 0 1 2 .179 .258 .179
1966 35 Angels 15 50 4 11 1 0 0 0 4 2 0 6 2 0 0 1 .220 .250 .240
1967 36 Angels 80 201 23 63 9 3 0 0 32 22 1 29 4 0 2 8 .313 .387 .388
1968 37 Angels 81 163 13 44 6 0 1 0 18 14 0 18 2 1 4 6 .270 .341 .325
1969 38 Angels 87 172 18 42 10 1 7 0 32 28 1 29 1 2 3 4 .244 .356 .436
7 Years 451 928 117 248 37 8 14 0 128 111 4 143 10 5 11 27 .267 .351 .370

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Bubba Morton Fielding Stats

1961 Tigers CF 2 2 48 4 2.0 3 3 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .750 1.69
1961 Tigers LF 8 1 75 8 1.0 8 7 1 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.88
1961 Tigers RF 20 15 351 36 1.8 35 35 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .972 2.69
1962 Tigers 1B 3 3 57 14 4.7 14 14 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 6.63
1962 Tigers CF 30 27 636 65 2.2 64 62 2 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .985 2.72
1962 Tigers LF 1 0 27 2 2.0 2 2 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.00
1962 Tigers RF 33 18 588 47 1.4 47 45 2 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.16
1963 Tigers CF 3 2 66 8 2.7 7 7 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .875 2.86
1963 Braves CF 3 3 69 8 2.7 8 8 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.13
1963 Braves LF 6 2 81 6 1.0 6 6 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.00
1966 Angels RF 14 14 357 26 1.9 26 25 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.97
1967 Angels LF 9 5 171 11 1.2 11 11 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.74
1967 Angels RF 56 43 1,134 69 1.2 69 68 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.64
1968 Angels 3B 1 0 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1968 Angels LF 3 2 54 4 1.3 4 4 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.00
1968 Angels RF 47 37 891 62 1.3 61 60 1 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .984 1.85
1969 Angels 1B 1 0 3 2 2.0 2 2 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 18.00
1969 Angels LF 6 6 123 10 1.7 10 9 1 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.20
1969 Angels RF 43 38 909 65 1.5 65 61 4 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.93
RF Totals 213 165 4,230 305 1.4 303 294 9 2 2 n/a n/a n/a .993 1.93
CF Totals 38 34 819 85 2.2 82 80 2 3 0 n/a n/a n/a .965 2.70
LF Totals 33 16 531 41 1.2 41 39 2 0 2 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.08
1B Totals 4 3 60 16 4.0 16 16 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 7.20
3B Totals 1 0 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
7 Years 289 218 5,643 447 1.5 442 429 13 5 4 n/a n/a n/a .989 2.11

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Bubba Morton Miscellaneous Stats

1961 Tigers 3 1 .750 43 11 n/a 54.0 4.3 5.7 - - -
1962 Tigers 1 1 .500 28 1 n/a 48.8 6.1 11.5 - - -
1963 Tigers 0 0 .000 2 2 n/a 0.0 11.0 5.5 - - -
1963 Braves 0 0 .000 9 1 n/a 0.0 9.3 7.0 - - -
1966 Angels 1 1 .500 0 1 n/a 0.0 8.3 12.5 - - -
1967 Angels 0 3 .000 28 0 n/a 0.0 6.9 6.3 - - -
1968 Angels 2 1 .667 41 0 n/a 163.0 9.1 9.1 - - -
1969 Angels 0 0 .000 43 0 n/a 24.6 5.9 5.4 - - -
7 Years 7 7 .500 194 16 n/a 66.3 6.5 7.3 - - -

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Bubba Morton Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1961 Detroit Tigers 40 Undetermined - -
1962 Detroit Tigers 40 Undetermined - -
1963 Detroit Tigers 40 Undetermined - -
1963 Milwaukee Braves 31 Undetermined - -
1966 California Angels 27 Undetermined - -
1967 California Angels 27 Undetermined - -
1968 California Angels 27 Undetermined - -
1969 California Angels 27 $20,000.00 - -

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