About Me
I am a former Major League All–Star who is transitioning to broadcasting. I grew up in Hermosa Beach, Ca and attended Redondo Union High School where I was a All–CIF selection in basketball and baseball. I was accepted to the University of Southern California and walked–on to the baseball team. Although USC asked me to play basketball, I knew that my passion was baseball. From walk–on to All American, my career is an example of hard work and taking advantage of opportunities. In 1998 we won the College World Series in the infamous 21–14 defeat of Arizona State. In the top of the 7th with the bases loaded, I stole home in one of the most exciting plays in College World Series history giving me 20 stolen bases becoming the only player in USC history to have a 20 home runs and 20 stolen bases in a season. That game was topped off with being named the team MVP of the 1998 season.
In the 1998 Amateur Draft, the Houston Astros drafted me in the 9th round and sent me to Auburn, New York where we won the NY/Penn League Championship. In the next 4 years our team won the Florida State League, Texas League, and Pacific Coast League Championships. In September of 2000, I was called up to the Big Leagues and started a career that would eventually lead to the most home runs by a Astros third baseman in a single year (36) and career (105).
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Morgan,
I enjoy reading your blog.
I thought you might be interested in a new baseball pitching metric that I co-created/re-introduced on 60ft6in.com.
The Factor12 Rating (F12) is an analytic measurement utilizing league average performance to compare the value of all MLB pitchers. F12 consists of the following twelve statistics incorporating every aspect of pitching:
Innings Pitched (IP); Strikeouts Minus Walks (SO-BB); Fielding Independent Pitching (FIP); Earned Run Average (ERA); Walks plus Hits per Innings Pitched (WHIP); Home Runs per 9 innings (HR/9); Walks per 9 innings (BB/9); Strikeouts per 9 innings (SO/9); Opponents Batting Average (OBA); Opponents On-Base Average (OOBA); Opponents Slugging Average (OSLG); Modified Base-Out Percentage (MBOP) has been adjusted to include wild pitches and balks.
A pitcher’s F12 is the sum of the percentage difference/change value of the twelve statistical categories. The league average performance is 24.000 and a minimum of 0.001. Pitchers recording zero innings pitched will receive a 0.000 F12 Rating. Elite pitchers will accumulate a 30.000+ seasonal rating.
Pitchers completing less than the average yearly innings (i.e. 65.75 in 2011) will have their F12 Rating weighed by the percentage of innings completed in relation to the league average (i.e. Sergio Romo 48 IP/65.75). This adjustment enables starting pitchers and relievers to be compared together based on different workloads for the season.
Factor12 rates yearly performance, with the potential for future projections. Weekly updates will be available during the 2012 season to quantify every pitcher in Major League Baseball using F12.
Please let me know if you would be interested in writing/learning more about F12 for your own knowledge and websites.
Sincerely,
Josh Robbins
60ft6in.com
Mo, Why don’t you write anymore? This blog is awesome. Please write more. Thanks
I’ve kept up on Morgan’s career ever since our days at USC, where we were fraternity brothers. He was not our only athlete in the house, but he was by far the most down to earth. And, and history has proven, probably the most talented. Hit me up bro! Love to see how you are doing! Congrats on bridging your career to broadcasting.