What years did Jack Morris play?

Jack Morris played in Major League Baseball from 1977 to 1994.

Was Jack Morris a pitcher?

Yes. Jack Morris pitched in the major leagues, recording 254 wins and 2478 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Jack Morris hit?

Jack Morris hit 0 career home runs.

What was Jack Morris's career batting average?

Jack Morris batted .000 over his career, with 0 hits in 1 at bats.

What was Jack Morris's career ERA?

Jack Morris finished with a 3.90 career ERA, going 254-186 with 2,478 strikeouts.

Jack Morris

Pitcher · Career Stats, Hall of Fame Bio & Records (1977-1994)

Jack Morris was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1977 to 1994 for 4 teams, including the Detroit Tigers, a span of 18 seasons. Across 549 career appearances, he went 254-186 with a 3.90 ERA and 2,478 strikeouts. Jack Morris was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2018 and was a 5-time All-Star, a World Series MVP, and a 2-time Babe Ruth Award.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 12, 2026

⭐ Hall of Fame 2018

W–L 254–186

ERA 3.90

WHIP 1.30

SO 2,478

Pitcher PIV -2905.2

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'3" / 195 lb
Born: 5/16/1955 in St. Paul, MN, USA
MLB Debut: 1977-07-26
Last Game: 1994-08-07
Hall of Fame: Inducted 2018 (BBWAA)
Awards: 5× All-Star · World Series MVP · 2× Babe Ruth Award

Full name: John Scott Morris

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Career Pitching Statistics

Jack Morris — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
254	186	549	527	175	28	0	3824.0	3,567	1,657	389	1,390	2,478	3.90	-2905.2

Career ERA 3.90 vs. league average 3.92 across their career seasons — near league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Jack Morris Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1977	DET	AL	1	1	7	6	1	0	45.2	38	19	23	28	3.74	4.00 (+6%)	-186.0
1978	DET	AL	3	5	28	7	0	0	106.0	107	51	49	48	4.33	3.69 (-17%)	-1179.4
1979	DET	AL	17	7	27	27	9	1	197.2	179	72	59	113	3.28	4.00 (+18%)	1066.9
1980	DET	AL	16	15	36	36	11	2	250.0	252	116	87	112	4.18	3.84 (-9%)	-915.9
1981	DET	AL	14	7	25	25	15	1	198.0	153	67	78	97	3.05	3.58 (+15%)	-832.9
1982	DET	AL	17	16	37	37	17	3	266.1	247	120	96	135	4.06	3.86 (-5%)	-4842.2
1983	DET	AL	20	13	37	37	20	1	293.2	257	109	83	232	3.34	3.87 (+14%)	3820.7
1984	DET	AL	19	11	35	35	9	1	240.1	221	96	87	148	3.60	3.81 (+6%)	514.7
1985	DET	AL	16	11	35	35	13	4	257.0	212	95	110	191	3.33	3.89 (+15%)	1967.6
1986	DET	AL	21	8	35	35	15	6	267.0	229	97	82	223	3.27	3.97 (+18%)	21.0
1987	DET	AL	18	11	34	34	13	0	266.0	227	100	93	208	3.38	4.29 (+21%)	141.8
1988	DET	AL	15	13	34	34	10	2	235.0	225	103	83	168	3.94	3.73 (-6%)	1092.7
1989	DET	AL	6	14	24	24	10	0	170.1	189	92	59	115	4.86	3.71 (-31%)	-2265.3
1990	DET	AL	15	18	36	36	11	3	249.2	231	125	97	162	4.51	3.86 (-17%)	-1502.6
1991	MIN	AL	18	12	35	35	10	2	246.2	226	94	92	163	3.43	3.91 (+12%)	1611.8
1992	TOR	AL	21	6	34	34	6	1	240.2	222	108	80	132	4.04	3.75 (-8%)	-210.1
1993	TOR	AL	7	12	27	27	4	1	152.2	189	105	65	103	6.19	4.19 (-48%)	-1211.4
1994	CLE	AL	10	6	23	23	1	0	141.1	163	88	67	100	5.60	4.51 (-24%)	3.3
Career · 18 seasons			254	186	549	527	175	28	3,824.0	3,567	1,657	1,390	2,478	3.90	—	-2,905

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Jack Morris — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
568	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0

Career AVG .000 vs. league average .260 across their career seasons — 100.0% below league average.

Career OBP .000 vs. league average .326 across their career seasons — 100.0% below league average.

Career SLG .000 vs. league average .390 across their career seasons — 100.0% below league average.

Career OPS .000 vs. league average .716 across their career seasons — 100.0% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Jack Morris Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1977	DET	AL	7	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1978	DET	AL	28	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1979	DET	AL	28	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1980	DET	AL	44	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1981	DET	AL	25	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1982	DET	AL	37	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1983	DET	AL	44	0	3	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1984	DET	AL	35	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1985	DET	AL	36	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1986	DET	AL	35	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1987	DET	AL	36	1	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1988	DET	AL	34	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1989	DET	AL	24	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1990	DET	AL	36	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1991	MIN	AL	35	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1992	TOR	AL	34	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1993	TOR	AL	27	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1994	CLE	AL	23	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 18 seasons			568	1	4	.000	—	—	—	—	0

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Jack Morris — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
14	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Jack Morris — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	SO	AVG
1992	ALCS	TOR	2	0	0	0	.000
1992	WS	TOR	2	2	0	2	.000
1991	ALCS	MIN	2	0	0	0	.000
1991	WS	MIN	3	2	0	1	.000
1987	ALCS	DET	2	0	1	0	.000
1984	ALCS	DET	1	0	0	0	.000
1984	WS	DET	2	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Jack Morris — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
7	4	13	13	0	92.1	83	39	32	64	3.80

Playoff Pitching by Year

Jack Morris — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1992	ALCS	TOR	0	1	2	2	12.1	11	9	9	6	6.57
1992	WS	TOR	0	2	2	2	10.2	13	10	6	12	8.44
1991	ALCS	MIN	2	0	2	2	13.1	17	6	1	7	4.05
1991	WS	MIN	2	0	3	3	23.0	18	3	9	15	1.17
1987	ALCS	DET	0	1	1	1	8.0	6	6	3	7	6.75
1984	ALCS	DET	1	0	1	1	7.0	5	1	1	4	1.29
1984	WS	DET	2	0	2	2	18.0	13	4	3	13	2.00

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Jack Morris — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	288	0	2	0	0	0	—
Away	280	1	2	0	0	0	.000

Pitching — Home / Away

Jack Morris — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	280	1911.0	1776	829	686	1196	3.90
Away	269	1913.0	1791	828	704	1282	3.90

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Jack Morris — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1994-08-07	CLE	BOS	—	3.1	9	7	6	4	2	1
1994-08-02	CLE	DET	—	4.1	5	7	7	6	4	0
1994-07-28	CLE	BAL	W	7.1	7	2	2	4	10	0
1994-07-22	CLE	CHW	W	5.0	11	6	6	0	1	1
1994-07-17	CLE	CHW	L	7.0	9	5	5	5	6	2
1994-07-06	CLE	TEX	W	6.0	5	3	3	3	1	1
1994-07-01	CLE	MIN	W	9.0	4	1	1	0	6	0
1994-06-26	CLE	NYY	L	4.0	6	8	6	6	3	1
1994-06-19	CLE	BOS	W	7.0	11	5	5	1	6	1
1994-06-14	CLE	TOR	—	6.0	9	4	4	3	5	1

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Jack Morris — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	549	527	387	413	29	36

Season-by-Season Fielding

Jack Morris — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1977	DET	P	7	6	2	8	0	0
1978	DET	P	28	7	5	15	2	3
1979	DET	P	27	27	14	23	2	3
1980	DET	P	36	36	31	43	2	2
1981	DET	P	25	25	16	28	0	2
1982	DET	P	37	37	26	31	1	2
1983	DET	P	37	37	29	26	2	2
1984	DET	P	35	35	29	32	3	4
1985	DET	P	35	35	25	25	4	2
1986	DET	P	35	35	27	27	2	4
1987	DET	P	34	34	31	18	0	1
1988	DET	P	34	34	31	21	1	1
1989	DET	P	24	24	17	22	1	3
1990	DET	P	36	36	38	14	2	2
1991	MIN	P	35	35	23	25	0	2
1992	TOR	P	34	34	20	26	1	1
1993	TOR	P	27	27	11	10	2	1
1994	CLE	P	23	23	12	19	4	1

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Jack Morris Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	549
Designated Hitter	7

Awards & Honors

Jack Morris — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
1991	Babe Ruth Award	P
1991	Pitcher of the Month	June
1991	World Series MVP
1986	Pitcher of the Month	July
1986	Player of the Week	Week of 1986-07-11
1986	Player of the Week	Week of 1986-09-26
1984	Babe Ruth Award	P
1984	Pitcher of the Month	April
1984	Player of the Week	Week of 1984-04-06
1983	Pitcher of the Month	August
1981	TSN All-Star	RHP
1981	TSN Pitcher of the Year

Salary History

Jack Morris — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
1994	CLE	AL	$350,000
1994	TOR	AL	$1,000,000
1993	TOR	AL	$5,425,000
1992	TOR	AL	$4,450,000
1991	MIN	AL	$3,700,000
1990	DET	AL	$2,100,000
1989	DET	AL	$1,989,000
1988	DET	AL	$1,988,000
1987	DET	AL	$1,850,000
1986	DET	AL	$875,000
1985	DET	AL	$885,000
Total Career Earnings			$24,612,000

College History

Jack Morris — College History
School Name	City	State	Years Attended
Brigham Young University	Provo	UT	1975, 1976

Award Voting History

Jack Morris — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
1992	Cy Young Award	AL	5th	10.0	140	1
1992	Most Valuable Player	AL	13th	18.0	392	0
1991	Cy Young Award	AL	4th	17.0	140	3
1991	Most Valuable Player	AL	13th	29.0	392	0
1987	Cy Young Award	AL	9th	3.0	140	0
1987	Most Valuable Player	AL	20th	5.0	392	0
1986	Cy Young Award	AL	5th	13.0	140	0
1984	Cy Young Award	AL	7th	1.0	140	0
1983	Cy Young Award	AL	3rd	38.0	140	2
1983	Most Valuable Player	AL	21th	2.0	392	0
1981	Cy Young Award	AL	3rd	21.0	140	0
1981	Most Valuable Player	AL	15th	17.0	392	0

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Career Spans

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Jack Morris: the record in brief

Between the debut on July 26, 1977 and the final game on August 7, 1994, Jack Morris built the record summarized on this page. Morris played for the Detroit Tigers (1977 through 1990), the Minnesota Twins (1991), the Toronto Blue Jays (1992 through 1993), and the Cleveland Indians (1994). Morris is listed as a pitcher at 195 pounds on a 6-foot-3 frame. Morris batted and threw right-handed, per the bio block. The recorded birth is May 16, 1955, in St. Paul, MN, USA. The given name on file is John Scott Morris.

The pitching table credits Morris with a 254-186 record and a 3.90 ERA in 549 games. Morris had 2,478 strikeouts, 175 complete games, and 28 shutouts. Morris's 3.90 ERA was close to the 3.92 league figure for those seasons. 1986 brought Morris a season-high 21 wins. The strikeout high was 232 in 1983. Among the heaviest workloads, the lowest ERA was 3.05 in 1981, when the league's was 3.58.

Frequently Asked Questions about Jack Morris

What years did Jack Morris play?: Jack Morris played in Major League Baseball from 1977 to 1994.
Was Jack Morris a pitcher?: Yes. Jack Morris pitched in the major leagues, recording 254 wins and 2478 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Jack Morris hit?: Jack Morris hit 0 career home runs.
Is Jack Morris in the Hall of Fame?: Yes. Jack Morris was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2018.
What was Jack Morris's career batting average?: Jack Morris batted .000 over his career, with 0 hits in 1 at bats.
What was Jack Morris's career ERA?: Jack Morris finished with a 3.90 career ERA, going 254-186 with 2,478 strikeouts.