*(Via USA Today) – Baseball Hall of Famer Joe Morgan died Sunday at his home in California due to a non-specified polyneuropathy, his family announced. He was 77.
Morgan played 22 seasons in the big leagues from 1963-1984. Although he began his career with the Houston Astros when they were known as the Colt .45s, he’s best-known for his years as a member of the Cincinnati Reds’ “Big Red Machine” teams of the 1970s.
It was in Cincinnati that he won back-to-back MVP titles (1975-76) during the Reds’ consecutive championships. Between the two seasons, Morgan hit 44 home runs and batted .324 with a .997 OPS, while stealing 127 bases over those two years. As one of the game’s all-time second basemen, Morgan captured five consecutive Gold Glove titles (1973-77) and he made 10 All-Star teams throughout his career.
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