Warren Morris
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Warren Morris | |||||||||||||||
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Second baseman | |||||||||||||||
Born: Alexandria, Louisiana, U.S. | January 11, 1974|||||||||||||||
Batted: Left Threw: Right | |||||||||||||||
MLB debut | |||||||||||||||
April 5, 1999, for the Pittsburgh Pirates | |||||||||||||||
Last MLB appearance | |||||||||||||||
September 28, 2003, for the Detroit Tigers | |||||||||||||||
MLB statistics | |||||||||||||||
Batting average | .267 | ||||||||||||||
Home runs | 26 | ||||||||||||||
Runs batted in | 164 | ||||||||||||||
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Warren Randall Morris (born January 11, 1974) is an American former
Early life
Morris grew up in Alexandria, Louisiana and graduated from Bolton High School. He played baseball, basketball and cross country at Bolton High.[1]
College career
Morris joined the LSU baseball team in 1993.[1] He did not receive an athletic scholarship to play baseball, but made the team while on academic scholarship as a second baseman. He did not play at second base in his first season at LSU, because the Tigers already had All-American Todd Walker at the position. Morris did see action at other positions. Walker went pro after the 1994 season, and Morris became the team's starting second baseman from 1995 to 1996. His best season at LSU came in 1995. He hit .369 with 8 home runs, 50 RBI, and 18 stolen bases.
LSU was expecting big things from Morris in 1996, but a broken hamate bone kept him out of the lineup for 42 games that season.[2] He did rejoin the team in time for the 1996 postseason, which would include the College World Series. However, the wrist injury still lingered. He could not hit for power, and was placed at the bottom of the lineup.
College World Series hero
LSU reached the championship game of the College World Series in 1996, and was trailing
Major League Baseball career
Morris was drafted in the fifth round of the
See also
References
- ^ a b Domangue, Dylan (June 8, 2021). "Warren Morris walk-off homerun, 25 years later". kalb.com. Retrieved 2021-07-21.
- ^ Helman, David (2011-06-25). "Former LSU player Warren Morris never tires of reliving the College World Series dream". NOLA.com. Retrieved 2018-09-03.
- ^ Kurkjian, Tim (17 June 1996). "LSU steals the College World Series from Miami with a ninth-inning homer, Bagwell busts out, Rockie roads". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 7 June 2010.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors)