Guy Morton Jr. Explained

Guy Morton Jr.
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Position:Pinch hitter
Birth Date:4 November 1930
Birth Place:Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Death Place:Lorain, Ohio
Bats:Right
Throws:Right
Debutleague:MLB
Debutdate:September 17
Debutteam:Boston Red Sox
Finalleague:MLB
Finaldate:September 17
Finalteam:Boston Red Sox
Statleague:MLB
Stat1label:Batting average
Stat1value:.000
Stat2label:At bats
Stat2value:1
Stat3label:Hits
Stat3value:0
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Guy Morton Jr. (November 4, 1930 – May 11, 2014) was a Major League Baseball player. He struck out in his only major league at-bat with the Boston Red Sox in .

Morton was the son of the former pitcher Guy Morton, Sr. The younger Morton attended the University of Alabama. In 1954, he was the MVP of the Carolina League Greensboro Patriots.

Morton had a long career in the minor leagues, mostly as a catcher.

After retiring from baseball, Morton became a Baptist minister.[1] After retiring from that career, he wrote a weekly sports column for a local newspaper in Vermilion, Ohio.

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  1. Book: Tellis, Richard . Once Around the Bases: Bittersweet Memories of Only One Game in the Majors . March 1998 . Hardcover . Triumph Books . 1-57243-277-2 . 166–176 . registration .