CULTURETECHLENSJoe Morgan
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Joe Morgan (September 19, 1943 – October 11, 2020), born in Bonham, Texas, was the second baseman and engine of Cincinnati's Big Red Machine. A ten-time All-Star, Morgan won consecutive National League MVP Awards in 1975 and 1976 — the only second baseman ever to win the award back-to-back — as the Reds won both World Series; his ninth-inning single drove in the winning run in Game 7 of the 1975 Series. He won five consecutive Gold Gloves (1973–77), stole 689 bases, and drew walks at a rate decades ahead of his era's analytics, finishing with a .392 on-base percentage. Signed by the Houston Colt .45s in 1962 as a 5-foot-7 infielder the scouts doubted, he played twenty-two seasons for five clubs before becoming one of the game's defining broadcast voices on ESPN's Sunday Night Baseball. He was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1990, his first year of eligibility.
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Joe Morgan (September 19, 1943 – October 11, 2020), born in Bonham, Texas, was the second baseman and engine of Cincinnati's Big Red Machine. A ten-time All-Star, Morgan won consecutive National League MVP Awards in 1975 and 1976 — the only second baseman ever to win the award back-to-back — as the Reds won both World Series; his ninth-inning single drove in the winning run in Game 7 of the 1975 Series.
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- Also known as: Joe Leonard Morgan, Little Joe
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Sports Encyclopedia roster CTL-SPE-0289. Firsts disposition: ASSERTED in its sourced form — the only second baseman to win consecutive MVP Awards (Hall of Fame and Wikipedia). Curator's Judgment (DRAFT): The smallest man on the Machine was its most modern player — Morgan played twenty-first-century baseball in 1975. Photo: CLEARED (Cincinnati Reds portrait, public domain).
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- National Baseball Hall of Fame. "Joe Morgan." Accessed 2026-11-03. (primary source · build store)
- Wikipedia. "Joe Morgan." Accessed 2026-11-03. (build store)
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