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Win–loss record
  
98–88

Role
  
Baseball player

Name
  
Guy Morton

Strikeouts
  
830

Earned run average
  
3.13


Guy Morton

Died
  
October 18, 1934, Sheffield, Alabama, United States

Words from Guy Morton Jr.


Guy Morton, Sr. (June 1, 1893 – October 18, 1934), nicknamed "Moose", was a Major League baseball pitcher for the Cleveland Indians. Morton was born in Vernon, AL.

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His best years were from 1915 to 1919, where his ERA was below 3.00 every season, and he won 10 games four times.

Morton died at the age of 41 in Sheffield, AL from a heart attack, and was buried in Vernon City Cemetery in Vernon, AL.

Fact

  • His son, Guy Jr., struck out in his only at bat in the Major Leagues, getting the chance with the Boston Red Sox in 1954.
  • See also

  • List of Major League Baseball single-inning strikeout leaders
  • List of Major League Baseball players who spent their entire career with one franchise
  • References

    Guy Morton Wikipedia