Guy Morton Jr. | |
Width: | 200px |
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.