Kevin Morton

Who is Kevin Morton?

Kevin Joseph Morton is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball. He batted right-handed and threw left-handed. Morton was selected in the first round with the 29th overall by the Boston Red Sox in the 1989 amateur draft. He made his major league debut on July 5, 1991 and pitched a complete game, beating the Detroit Tigers 10–1 at Fenway Park. He finished the season with the Red Sox with a 6–5 record and a total of 45 strikeouts in eighty-six and one-third innings.

Morton spent the rest of his professional career in the minor leagues, remaining in Boston's system with the Pawtucket Red Sox for the 1992 season before moving on to the Memphis Chicks in 1993, the Norfolk Tides in 1994, and the Iowa Cubs in 1995 before retiring. In the minors, he compiled an 11–33 record with four complete games and 254 strikeouts in 441 innings.