St. Louis Browns RHP Harry Morgan was born on November 10, 1878 in Pomeroy, Ohio. Harry would be commonly referred to as "Cy", which was one of the more popular nicknames in baseball history. 36 players have been given this nickname, which was commonly referred to players who were farmers before their baseball careers.
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St. Louis Browns RHP Harry Morgan was born on November 10, 1878 in Pomeroy, Ohio. Harry would be commonly referred to as "Cy", which was one of the more popular nicknames in baseball history. 36 players have been given this nickname, which was commonly referred to players who were farmers before their baseball careers.
Cy Morgan's professional baseball career began with the Fall River Indians in 1903. In September of 1903, the Browns brought him in for a few late season appearances to see if he could pitch at the Major League level. His debut came on September 18, where he pitched in relief of RHP Willie Sudhoff in a 7-5 loss to the Philadelphia Athletics. He would return to the Browns in 1904, but an 0-2 start would earn him a midseason trip to the minors and the Minneapolis Millers. After returning the Browns for the 1905 season, another slow start (2-5, 3.61 ERA) resulted in Morgan being dealt away from St. Louis. On July 5, 1905, Cy Morgan would be traded with C/1B Art Weaver to the Indianapolis Indians for catcher Frank Roth.
Morgan's time with the Browns was not over, because after a 22-12 record with the St. Paul Saints in 1906 the Browns would welcome Morgan back for the 1907 season. One of the reasons why Morgan was drawn to remaining with the Browns was connections with the many Ohio-born players on the Browns roster. LF Jesse Burkett, INF Dick Padden, and battery mate catcher Branch Rickey were all close friends of Cy Morgan. His final season with the Browns resulted in another 2-5 season, and a trade to the Boston Red Sox on August 1, 1907.
He would spend parts of three seasons with the Red Sox (1907-09), and four seasons with the Philadelphia Athletics (1909-12). Morgan would find success with Philadelphia, pitching on a team that would reach the World Series in 1910-11. He began having arm trouble while pitching for the Athletics, and later himself back in the minor leagues. From 1913-15 he would appear for Kansas City Blues (1913-14), Denver Bears (1914), New Orleans Pelicans (1915), and Dallas Giants (1915).
Cy Morgan pitched in a total of 196.1 innings over 33 games with the St. Louis Browns. He started 18 games and had 12 complete games, allowing 137 runs off 222 hits and 70 walks. He did record 88 strikeouts on his way to a 4.35 ERA, and a 4-14 record.
When his playing career was over, Cy Morgan return to the game where he was a minor league umpire for 23 years. In that time he served as the Chief of Umpires in the Piedmont League where he trained future umpires. While umpiring in the minors, he has been given credit to contacting Branch Rickey about the skills of a young Rogers Hornsby.
Fun Fact about Cy Morgan.... While playing for Philadelphia, he would team up with fellow Athletics ( RHP Albert Bender, and RHP Jack Coombs) to form a vaudeville touring show called "Learning the Game". The popular show played Atlantic City's famous boardwalk for months after the Athletics won the World Series in 1911. Morgan was also given credit work in some early films of the era.
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1928 - Browns sign free agent Catcher Rick Ferrell. It was the first of four transactions that Ferrell and the Browns would be involved in throughout his career. The Hall of Fame catcher was first signed by the Detroit Tigers in 1926, and then released at the end of the 1928 season. Rick Ferrell would play eight seasons with th
TRANSACTION
1928 - Browns sign free agent Catcher Rick Ferrell. It was the first of four transactions that Ferrell and the Browns would be involved in throughout his career. The Hall of Fame catcher was first signed by the Detroit Tigers in 1926, and then released at the end of the 1928 season. Rick Ferrell would play eight seasons with the Browns, eight seasons with the Washington Senators, and five seasons with the Boston Red Sox. His total number with the Browns would include a .270 batting average over 703 games. He would have 583 hits, including 113 doubles, 18 triples, nine home runs, and 257 runs driven in.
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The 1942 St. Louis Browns had a improving offense that was looking to turn heads in the American League. For the first time in 18 seasons, the Browns had a winning record at 82-69, and it is safe to say the offense led the way. In most offensive categories, St. Louis would finish in the top half of the league. This lineup would finish in
The 1942 St. Louis Browns had a improving offense that was looking to turn heads in the American League. For the first time in 18 seasons, the Browns had a winning record at 82-69, and it is safe to say the offense led the way. In most offensive categories, St. Louis would finish in the top half of the league. This lineup would finish in the top four in runs, hits, doubles, triples, home runs, walks, strikeouts, batting average, on base percentage, slugging, OPS, total bases, sacrifice hits, and runners left on base. They also finished eighth (last) in the league in steals and intentional walks. This would be the first year in almost two decades that their statistics were so impressive.
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