Joe Morgan

Baseball Player

1943 –

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Who is Joe Morgan?

Joe Leonard Morgan is a former Major League Baseball second baseman who played for the Houston Astros, Cincinnati Reds, San Francisco Giants, Philadelphia Phillies, and Oakland Athletics from 1963 to 1984. He won two World Series championships with the Reds in 1975 and 1976 and was also named the National League Most Valuable Player in those years. Considered one of the greatest second basemen of all-time, Morgan was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1990. He became a baseball broadcaster for ESPN after his retirement, and now hosts a weekly nationally syndicated radio show for Sports USA. He is currently a special adviser to the Reds.

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Born
Sep 19, 1943
Bonham
Also known as
  • Joseph Leonard Morgan
Spouses
Children
Ethnicity
  • African American
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • California State University, East Bay
  • Castlemont Community of Small Schools
Lived in
  • Oakland
  • Bonham

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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