Background
He was born in Brady Lake, Ohio.
He was born in Brady Lake, Ohio.
Listed at 5 ft 10 in (178 m), 160 lb (73 kg), Morgan batted and threw left-handed. Morgan reached the majors in 1936 with the Saint Louis Cardinals, spending one year for them before moving to the Brooklyn Dodgers (1937). On April 14, 1936, Morgan hit a pinch-hit home run in his first career at bat, but he saw little action after that, going 5 for 18 in eight appearances.
At the end of the season, he was sent by Saint Louis to Brooklyn in the same transaction that brought George Earnshaw to the Cardinals.
In parts of two seasons, Morgan hit.212 (14 for 66) with one home run and five runs batted in in 39 games, including eight runs scored and three doubles. Morgan graduated from Lakewood (Ohio) High School in 1931 and is in the LHS Athletic Hall of Fame
Morgan died in Lakewood, Ohio at the age of 67.