Joe Morgan vs Lonnie Smith

Joe MorganLonnie Smith

Joe Morgan and Lonnie Smith compared on their MLB careers: Joe Morgan played 22 seasons, 1963 to 1984, Lonnie Smith 17 seasons, 1978 to 1994. Joe Morgan has .271 batting average to Lonnie Smith's .288. Joe Morgan won 2 titles, Lonnie Smith won 3 titles.

Who has the better career numbers?

Joe Morgan and Lonnie Smith career totals
2,649GP1,613
9,277AB5,170
1,650R909
2,517H1,488
268HR98
1,133RBI533
689SB370
0.3AVG0.3
0.4OBP0.4
0.4SLG0.4
0.8OPS0.8

How do they compare in the postseason?

Joe Morgan and Lonnie Smith postseason
50GP63
181AB205
26R28
33H57
5HR4
13RBI17
15SB9
0.2AVG0.3
0.3OBP0.3
0.3SLG0.4
0.7OPS0.8

Where each stands all time

Joe Morgan and Lonnie Smith all-time places
223rd (268)Home runs—
98th (2,517)Hits—
183rd (1,133)RBI—
11th (689)Stolen bases93rd (370)

Among the MLB players with a career line on file, regular season, counting stats only — the same lists the records pages run on.

Titles and awards

  • Joe Morgan: 2 championships; NL Gold Glove ×5, NL MVP ×2, NL Silver Slugger
  • Lonnie Smith: 3 championships; none on file

Awards come from the league’s published winner lists; a championship counts a season played for the club that won it.

Season by season

Lined up by career year, not by calendar: each row is the players’ nth season.

Joe Morgan and Lonnie Smith season by season
AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.
1st1963.240031978.00000
2nd1964.189001979.16703
3rd1965.27114401980.339320
4th1966.2855421981.324211
5th1967.2756421982.307869
6th1968.250001983.321845
7th1969.23615431984.250649
8th1970.2688521985.257648
9th1971.25613561986.287844
10th1972.29216731987.25138
11th1973.29026821988.23739
12th1974.29322671989.3152179
13th1975.32717941990.305942
14th1976.320271111991.275744
15th1977.28822781992.247633
16th1978.23613751993.278827
17th1979.2509321994.20302
18th1980.2431149————
19th1981.240831————
20th1982.2891461————
21st1983.2301659————
22nd1984.244643————

What the columns mean: AVG · HR · RBI