Home runs 52 Role Baseball player Name Ed Morgan | Batting average .313 Runs batted in 473 | |
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Died April 9, 1980, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States | ||
Edward Carre Morgan (May 22, 1904 – April 9, 1980) was a baseball player for the Cleveland Indians and Boston Red Sox.
Biography
Morgan was born May 22, 1904, in Cairo, Illinois.
Morgan entered the Major Leagues in 1928 with the Cleveland Indians. He played about half the season with them; over the next three years he became an everyday starter.
In 1930, his first full season, Morgan batted .349 with 47 doubles, 26 home runs, and 136 runs batted in. After the Indians refused him a raise for the following season, he reportedly threatened to quit baseball to go work for his wealthy father. In 1931, he batted a career-high .351. After being sent down to New Orleans by the Indians in 1933, Morgan was selected by the Boston Red Sox in the Rule 5 draft on October 3. He made his final major league appearance with Boston in 1934, and eventually went on to work for his father.
Morgan died April 9, 1980 in New Orleans, Louisiana.