Was Yellow Horse Morris a pitcher?

Yes. Yellow Horse Morris pitched in the major leagues, recording 44 wins and 245 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Yellow Horse Morris hit?

Yellow Horse Morris hit 5 career home runs with 59 hits.

What teams did Yellow Horse Morris play for?

Yellow Horse Morris played for 3 teams: the Kansas City Monarchs (1924), the Detroit Stars (1925–1927), and the Chicago American Giants (1929–1930).

What were Yellow Horse Morris's career stats?

In 122 games, Yellow Horse Morris went 44-33 with a 4.09 ERA, 245 strikeouts, 681.1 innings pitched, and 5 saves. At the plate he had 59 hits and 5 home runs.

What position did Yellow Horse Morris play?

Yellow Horse Morris played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.

How tall was Yellow Horse Morris and how much did he weigh?

Yellow Horse Morris was listed at 5 feet 8 inches and 180 pounds.

What was Yellow Horse Morris's career ERA?

Yellow Horse Morris finished with a 4.09 career ERA, going 44-33 with 245 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Yellow Horse Morris have?

Yellow Horse Morris recorded 245 career strikeouts.

Is Yellow Horse Morris in the Hall of Fame?

No. Yellow Horse Morris has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Yellow Horse Morris

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records

Yellow Horse Morris was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball for the Kansas City Monarchs, the Detroit Stars, and the Chicago American Giants. Across 122 career appearances, he went 44-33 with a 4.09 ERA and 245 strikeouts. He also batted .219 with 5 home runs. His totals include Negro Leagues seasons, which MLB recognized as major league in 2020.

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 24, 2026

W–L 44–33

ERA 4.09

WHIP 1.35

SO 245

Pitcher PIV -2279.0

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 5'8" / 180 lb
Born: 2/24/1902 in Little Rock, AR, USA
Died: 9/6/1959 in San Francisco, CA, USA

Full name: John Harold Goodwin Morris

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Negro Leagues Career Statistics

Batting

Yellow Horse Morris — Batting
PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000

Pitching

Yellow Horse Morris — Pitching
W	L	GS	CG	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
0	1	1	1	1	0	10.0	14	6	0	0	3	2	0.00	1.70

Career Pitching Statistics

Yellow Horse Morris — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
44	33	122	69	40	6	5	681.1	667	310	33	252	245	4.09	-2279.0

Career ERA 4.09 vs. league average 4.37 across their career seasons — 6.3% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Yellow Horse Morris — Season-by-Season Pitching
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1924	KCM	NNL	5	4	18	9	4	2	1	88.2	66	33	33	25	3.35	4.13 (+19%)	-208.4
1925	DS	NNL	6	5	20	9	4	0	0	84.0	74	47	42	29	5.04	4.55 (-11%)	-5.6
1926	DS	NNL	8	7	30	13	6	0	1	147.2	176	94	57	63	5.73	4.11 (-40%)	-2669.3
1927	DS	NNL	14	8	27	17	13	1	2	183.0	182	69	66	79	3.39	4.08 (+17%)	-1335.0
1929	CAG	NNL	8	5	15	13	11	3	0	119.0	100	29	32	28	2.19	4.60 (+52%)	1499.6
1930	CAG	NNL	3	4	12	8	2	0	1	59.0	69	38	22	21	5.80	4.80 (-21%)	439.7
Career · 6 seasons			44	33	122	69	40	6	5	681.1	667	310	252	245	4.09	—	-2,279

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

Yellow Horse Morris — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
141	269	34	59	5	6	5	30	1	27	2	.219	.298	.338	.636	-238

Career AVG .219 vs. league average .286 across their career seasons — 23.3% below league average.

Career OBP .298 vs. league average .349 across their career seasons — 14.7% below league average.

Career SLG .338 vs. league average .404 across their career seasons — 16.2% below league average.

Career OPS .636 vs. league average .753 across their career seasons — 15.5% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Yellow Horse Morris — Season-by-Season Batting
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1924	KCM	NNL	19	39	7	8	0	2	0	3	1	1	1	.205	—	—	—	—	0.0
1925	DS	NNL	21	31	4	8	1	0	1	4	0	1	0	.258	—	—	—	—	0.0
1926	DS	NNL	38	68	11	17	1	3	2	8	0	8	1	.250	.279 (-11%)	.345 (-2%)	.390 (+13%)	.735 (+6%)	57.0
1927	DS	NNL	28	67	6	12	2	0	1	7	0	8	0	.179	.282 (-37%)	.344 (-20%)	.392 (-35%)	.736 (-28%)	-294.8
1929	CAG	NNL	22	43	2	9	1	0	0	5	0	4	0	.209	—	—	—	—	0.0
1930	CAG	NNL	13	21	4	5	0	1	1	3	0	5	0	.238	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 6 seasons			141	269	34	59	5	6	5	30	1	27	2	.219	—	—	—	—	-238

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

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

Playoff Batting by Year

Yellow Horse Morris — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1924	NWS	KCM	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Yellow Horse Morris — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
0	0	1	0	0	1.0	2	0	0	0	0.00

Playoff Pitching by Year

Yellow Horse Morris — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1924	NWS	KCM	0	0	1	0	0	1.0	2	0	0	0	0.00

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

Yellow Horse Morris — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	1	0	0	1	0	1	—

Pitching — Home / Away

Yellow Horse Morris — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	1	9.0	12	0	3	2	0.00

Last 1 Games — Pitching

Yellow Horse Morris — Last 1 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1929-06-09	CAG	SSN	L	9.0	12	6	0	3	2	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Yellow Horse Morris — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
2B	1	1	2	2	0	0
3B	1	0	1	1	0	1
OF	7	3	9	1	0	0
P	122	69	26	189	10	10
SS	5	3	1	7	4	1

Season-by-Season Fielding

Yellow Horse Morris — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1924	KCM	OF	1	0	2	0	0	0
1924	KCM	P	18	9	2	27	4	1
1925	DS	OF	1	0	0	0	0	0
1925	DS	P	20	9	0	0	0	0
1926	DS	2B	1	1	2	2	0	0
1926	DS	3B	1	0	1	1	0	1
1926	DS	OF	2	1	5	1	0	0
1926	DS	P	30	13	7	46	3	6
1926	DS	SS	5	3	1	7	4	1
1927	DS	P	27	17	9	59	2	2
1929	CAG	OF	2	2	2	0	0	0
1929	CAG	P	15	13	4	37	0	1
1930	CAG	OF	1	0	0	0	0	0
1930	CAG	P	12	8	4	20	1	0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

Circle size = games played at each position.

Yellow Horse Morris — Career Games by Position
Position	Games
Pitcher	122
Second Base	1
Third Base	1
Shortstop	5
Left Field	1
Center Field	1
Right Field	5

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Yellow Horse Morris: the record in brief

Yellow Horse Morris's record on this page is drawn from the season tables, which run from 1924 to 1930. Club by club, the record runs the Kansas City Monarchs (1924), the Detroit Stars (1925 through 1927), and the Chicago American Giants (1929 to 1930). At 5'8" and 180 pounds, Morris is listed as a pitcher. Morris both batted and threw right-handed, per the bio block. The recorded birth is February 24, 1902, in Little Rock, AR, USA. The bio records the death on September 6, 1959, in San Francisco, CA, USA. Yellow Horse Morris was the playing name; the full given name is John Harold Goodwin.

Morris went 44-33 with a 4.09 ERA in 122 games, 69 of them starts. The totals include 245 strikeouts, 40 complete games, and 6 shutouts. Against a 4.37 league ERA for the same years, Morris was 6.3% better. The best win total was 14, in 1927.

Frequently Asked Questions about Yellow Horse Morris

Was Yellow Horse Morris a pitcher?: Yes. Yellow Horse Morris pitched in the major leagues, recording 44 wins and 245 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Yellow Horse Morris hit?: Yellow Horse Morris hit 5 career home runs with 59 hits.
What teams did Yellow Horse Morris play for?: Yellow Horse Morris played for 3 teams: the Kansas City Monarchs (1924), the Detroit Stars (1925–1927), and the Chicago American Giants (1929–1930).
What were Yellow Horse Morris's career stats?: In 122 games, Yellow Horse Morris went 44-33 with a 4.09 ERA, 245 strikeouts, 681.1 innings pitched, and 5 saves. At the plate he had 59 hits and 5 home runs.
What position did Yellow Horse Morris play?: Yellow Horse Morris played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Yellow Horse Morris and how much did he weigh?: Yellow Horse Morris was listed at 5 feet 8 inches and 180 pounds.
What was Yellow Horse Morris's career ERA?: Yellow Horse Morris finished with a 4.09 career ERA, going 44-33 with 245 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Yellow Horse Morris have?: Yellow Horse Morris recorded 245 career strikeouts.
Is Yellow Horse Morris in the Hall of Fame?: No. Yellow Horse Morris has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.