Hunter Morris
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Morris playing for the Nashville Sounds in 2013.
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Jeffrey Hunter Morris (born October 7, 1988) is an American professional baseball first baseman Who is currently a free agent
College career
Morris was drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the second round of the 2007 Major League Baseball Draft out of Virgil I. Grissom High School in Huntsville, Alabama but did not sign and attended Auburn University.[1] In 2010 Morris was the SEC Player of the Year and a first team All-American by Baseball America and the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association.[2][3][4]
Professional career
Morris was drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the fourth round of the 2010 Major League Baseball Draft.[5][6]
In 2012, Morris was the Southern League Most Valuable Player after hitting .303/.357/.563 with 28 home runs and 113 runs batted in.[7][8] He also won the Robin Yount Performance Award as the Brewers Minor League Player of the Year.[9]
Morris was added to the Brewers 40-man roster on November 20, 2013.[10] He was designated for assignment on January 19, 2015, without ever having appeared in a game for the Brewers.
On April 2, 2015, Morris was acquired by the Pittsburgh Pirates for a player to be named later.[11]
References
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External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
- Auburn Tigers bio
- Use mdy dates from November 2013
- Pages with broken file links
- Articles which use infobox templates with no data rows
- Pages using baseballstats with unknown parameters
- 1988 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Huntsville, Alabama
- Baseball players from Alabama
- Auburn Tigers baseball players
- Wisconsin Timber Rattlers players
- Brevard County Manatees players
- Huntsville Stars players
- Nashville Sounds players
- Indianapolis Indians players
- Surprise Rafters players
- Phoenix Desert Dogs players
- Bravos de Margarita players
- Arizona League Brewers players
- Minor league baseball players
