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Hall-of-Famers as Seen Through Player Won-Lost Records: Jack Morris

Jack Morris was elected to the Hall of Fame by the Modern Era Veterans' Committee in 2018.

Five highlights of Jack Morris's career:

Jack Morris holds the major-league record for consecutive Opening Day starts by a pitcher with 14 from 1980 through 1993.

Morris was named to five All-Star teams. He started the 1981, 1985, and 1991 All-Star games for the American League.

Morris pitched for three World Series winners. He pitched two complete-game wins in the 1984 World Series (2.00 ERA); he was named World Series MVP in 1991 (3 starts, 2-0, 1.17 ERA). He also pitched in the 1992 World Series with the Toronto Blue Jays.

Through Jack Morris's prime, 1979 - 1992, Morris led all major-league pitchers in wins (233), starts (464), complete games (169), and innings pitched (3,378.1), and was second in strikeouts (2,199).

The first two tables below present Jack Morris's career as measured by Player won-lost records, in and out of context.

Season	Team	Age	Games	pWins	pLosses	pWORL	pWOPA

Basic Player Won-Lost Records
						Value Decomposition
1977	DET	22	7	1.7	2.1	-0.2	-0.4
1978	DET	23	28	3.9	4.6	-0.1	-0.8
1979	DET	24	28	11.2	9.0	3.7	2.4
1980	DET	25	44	14.5	12.5	4.0	2.3
1981	DET	26	25	11.3	9.4	3.4	2.1
1982	DET	27	37	16.2	16.8	1.7	-0.4
1983	DET	28	44	15.7	14.9	3.1	1.1
1984	DET	29	35	15.4	13.4	4.1	2.2
1985	DET	30	36	16.6	11.9	6.9	5.0
1986	DET	31	35	16.9	13.2	5.9	4.0
1987	DET	32	36	16.7	13.9	5.1	3.1
1988	DET	33	34	14.4	14.1	2.3	0.5
1989	DET	34	24	8.8	12.1	-1.8	-3.2
1990	DET	35	36	13.2	16.3	-0.9	-2.9
1991	MIN	36	35	15.2	14.6	2.8	0.8
1992	TOR	37	34	14.5	10.9	5.6	3.8
1993	TOR	38	27	8.5	11.4	-1.4	-2.7
1994	CLE	39	23	7.9	8.1	1.1	-0.0
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CAREER (reg. season)			568	222.8	209.0	45.2	16.7
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PostSeason (career)			14	5.7	5.8	0.9	0.1
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COMBINED			582	228.5	214.8	46.1	16.8

Season	Team	Age	Games	eWins	eLosses	eWORL	eWOPA

Expected Player Won-Lost Records
						Value Decomposition
1977	DET	22	7	2.0	1.8	0.4	0.2
1978	DET	23	28	4.2	4.3	0.4	-0.2
1979	DET	24	28	10.6	9.6	2.5	1.2
1980	DET	25	44	14.1	12.9	3.1	1.3
1981	DET	26	25	10.9	9.7	2.7	1.3
1982	DET	27	37	16.1	16.9	1.5	-0.6
1983	DET	28	44	15.7	14.9	2.9	0.9
1984	DET	29	35	14.7	14.1	2.7	0.9
1985	DET	30	36	15.6	12.9	4.9	3.0
1986	DET	31	35	15.3	14.8	2.7	0.7