Editing Joe Morgan (section)

{{Short description|American baseball player and analyst (1943–2020)}}
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{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Joe Morgan
|image=Joe Morgan Reds 1972.jpg
|caption=Morgan with the Cincinnati Reds in 1972
|position=[[Second baseman]]
|bats=Left
|throws=Right
|birth_date={{birth date|mf=yes|1943|9|19}}
|birth_place=[[Bonham, Texas]], U.S.
|death_date={{death date and age|mf=yes|2020|10|11|1943|9|19}}
|death_place= [[Danville, California]], U.S.
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate=September 21
|debutyear=1963
|debutteam=Houston Colt .45s
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=September 30
|finalyear=1984
|finalteam=Oakland Athletics
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=[[Batting average (baseball)|Batting average]]
|stat1value=.271
|stat2label=[[Hit (baseball)|Hits]]
|stat2value=2,517
|stat3label=[[Home run]]s
|stat3value=268
|stat4label=[[Run batted in|Runs batted in]]
|stat4value=1,133
|stat5label=[[Stolen base]]s
|stat5value=689
|teams=
* [[Houston Astros|Houston Colt .45s / Astros]] ({{mlby|1963}}–{{mlby|1971}})
* [[Cincinnati Reds]] ({{mlby|1972}}–{{mlby|1979}})
* [[Houston Astros]] ({{mlby|1980}})
* [[San Francisco Giants]] ({{mlby|1981}}–{{mlby|1982}})
* [[Philadelphia Phillies]] ({{mlby|1983}})
* [[Oakland Athletics]] ({{mlby|1984}})
|highlights=
* 10× [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game|All-Star]] ([[1966 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1966]], [[1970 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1970]], [[1972 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1972]]–[[1979 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1979]])
* 2× [[World Series champion]] ({{wsy|1975}}, {{wsy|1976}})
* 2× [[NL MVP]] (1975, 1976)
* 5× [[Gold Glove Award]] (1973–1977)
* [[Silver Slugger Award]] (1982)
* [[Cincinnati Reds#Retired numbers|Cincinnati Reds No. 8]] retired
* [[Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame and Museum|Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame]]
* [[Houston Astros#Astros Hall of Fame|Houston Astros Hall of Fame]]
|hoflink = National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
|hoftype = National
|hofdate=[[1990 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting|1990]]
|hofvote=81.8% (first ballot)
}}

'''Joe Leonard Morgan''' (September 19, 1943 – October 11, 2020) was an American professional [[baseball]] [[second baseman]] who played 22 seasons in [[Major League Baseball]] (MLB) for the [[Houston Astros|Houston Colt .45s / Astros]], [[Cincinnati Reds]], [[San Francisco Giants]], [[Philadelphia Phillies]], and [[Oakland Athletics]] from 1963 to 1984. He won two [[World Series]] championships with the Reds in 1975 and 1976 and was also named the [[National League (baseball)|National League]] [[Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award|Most Valuable Player]] in each of those years. Considered one of the greatest second basemen of all time, Morgan was inducted into the [[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum|Baseball Hall of Fame]] in [[1990 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting|1990]] in his first year of eligibility.

After retiring as an active player, Morgan became a baseball [[Sports commentator|broadcaster]] for the Reds, Giants, [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]], and [[ESPN]], as well as a stint in the mid-to-late 1990s on [[NBC]]'s postseason telecasts, teamed with [[Bob Costas]] and [[Bob Uecker]]. He hosted a weekly nationally [[Broadcast syndication|syndicated]] radio show on [[Sports USA Radio Network|Sports USA]], while serving as a special advisor to the Reds.