Joe Morgan
MLB debut September 21, 1963 for the Houston Colt .45s Last MLB appearance September 30, 1984 for the Oakland Athletics Career statistics Batting average .271 Hits 2,517 Home runs 268 Runs batted in 1,133 Stolen bases 689 Teams Houston Colt .45s / Astros (1963–1971) Cincinnati Reds (1972–1979) Houston Astros (1980) San Francisco Giants (1981–1982) Philadelphia Phillies (1983) Oakland Athletics (1984) Career highlights and awards 10× All-Star (1966, 1970, 1972–1979) 2× World Series champion (1975, 1976) 2× NL MVP (1975, 1976) 5× Gold Glove Award (1973–1977) Silver Slugger Award (1982) MLB All-Star Game MVP (1972) NL Comeback Player of the Year (1982) Cincinnati Reds #8 retired Member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame Induction 1990 Vote 81.8% (first ballot) Joe Leonard Morgan (born September 19, 1943) is a former Major League Baseball second baseman who played for the Houston Astros, Cincinnati Reds, San Francisco Giants, Philadelphia Phillies, and Oakland Athletics from 1963 to 1984. He won two World Series championships with the Reds in 1975 and 1976 and was also named the National League Most Valuable Player in those years. Considered one of the greatest second basemen of all-time, Morgan was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1990. He became a baseball broadcaster for ESPN after his retirement, and now hosts a weekly nationally syndicated radio show for Sports USA. He is currently a special adviser to the Reds.