Editing Joe Morgan (section)

==Post-playing career==

===Hall of Fame===
In 1990, Morgan was elected to the [[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum|Baseball Hall of Fame]] with more than 81% of the vote.  He entered together with [[Jim Palmer]], both in their first year of eligibility. Morgan and Palmer were the 25th/26th players in MLB history to be elected in their first year of eligibility.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/first-ballot-mlb-hall-of-famers-c300943350|title = Every first-ballot Hall of Famer in MLB history| website=[[MLB.com]] }}</ref>

In 2017, Morgan wrote a letter to the Hall of Fame in which he asked that players who had cheated by using performance-enhancing steroids not be elected into the Hall.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/joe-morgan-wrote-a-letter-asking-hall-of-fame-voters-not-to-support-ped-users/|title = Joe Morgan wrote a letter asking Hall of Fame voters not to support PED users| date=November 21, 2017 }}</ref>

===Legacy===
After his career ended, Morgan was inducted into the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame in 1987, and his jersey number 8 was retired. The Reds dedicated a statue for Morgan at [[Great American Ball Park]] in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|last=Warnemuende |first=Jeremy |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/reds-unveil-hall-of-famer-joe-morgans-statue-before-saturdays-game/c-59857238 |title=Reds unveil Morgan's statue before Saturday's game |work=MLB.com |date=September 7, 2013 |access-date=October 12, 2020}}</ref>

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In the ''New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract'', [[Bill James]] named Morgan the best second baseman in baseball history, ahead of #2 [[Eddie Collins]] and #3 [[Rogers Hornsby]]. He also named Morgan as the "greatest percentages player in baseball history", due to his strong fielding percentage, stolen base percentage, [[walk-to-strikeout ratio]], and walks per plate appearance.<ref>Bill James, ''The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract'' (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2001), 479–481.</ref> The statement was included with the caveat that many players in baseball history could not be included in the formula due to lack of data. In the four decades since Morgan's retirement, only one player ([[Rickey Henderson]]) has had as many home runs and stolen bases as Morgan did for a career.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-10-12 |title=Baseball keeps losing legends in 2020, and Joe Morgan might have been the smallest and mightiest of them all |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/30100937/baseball-keeps-losing-legends-2020-joe-morgan-the-smallest-mightiest-all |access-date=2024-05-22 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}</ref> Morgan had at least [[20–50 club|20 home runs and 50 stolen bases in the same season]] three times during his career,<ref>{{cite news|first=Gordon|last=Wittenmyer|title=Here's the story behind how Elly De La Cruz is making Reds history after win over Marlins|date=August 6, 2024|newspaper=Cincinnati Enquirer|url=https://www.aol.com/heres-story-behind-elly-la-014539120.html|via=AOL}}</ref> including twice with at least 60 steals.<ref>{{cite news|title=Reds' Elly De La Cruz becomes fifth player to reach 20 HRs, 60 SB in a season|date=August 21, 2024|work=Sportsnet|url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/mlb/article/reds-elly-de-la-cruz-becomes-fifth-player-to-reach-20-hrs-60-sb-in-a-season/|access-date=December 29, 2024}}</ref>

In 1999, Morgan ranked Number 60 on ''[[The Sporting News]]''{{'}} list of the 100 Greatest Baseball Players,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/legendary/lisn100.shtml |title=Baseball's 100 Greatest Players |work=[[The Sporting News]] |date=1998 |access-date=July 10, 2017}}</ref> and was nominated as a finalist for the [[Major League Baseball All-Century Team]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/history/mlb_history_moreinfo.jsp |title=The All-Century Team &#124; MLB.com |publisher=Mlb.mlb.com |access-date=October 12, 2020}}</ref>

Morgan served as a member of the board of the [[Baseball Assistance Team]], a [[501(c)(3) organization]] dedicated to helping former Major League, Minor League, and [[Negro league]] players through financial and medical hardships. In addition, since 1994, he served on the board of directors for the Baseball Hall of Fame, and was vice-chairman from 2000 until his death in 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://baseballhall.org/about-the-hall/staff/board-of-directors|title=Board of Directors|website=Baseball Hall of Fame}}</ref>