Joe Morgan

Major League Baseball Analyst

Two-time Sports Emmy Award winner Joe Morgan, former Cincinnati Reds great and Hall of Fame second baseman, serves as the analyst for ESPN's season-long, exclusive Sunday Night Baseball telecasts. He also works select Wednesday and holiday games for the network, as well as the Home Run Derby. Morgan worked Division Series games for ESPN from 1996 to 2000 and from 2003 to 2006. Since 1998, he has provided analysis for ESPN Radio during its World Series broadcasts. Morgan won Sports Emmys in 1998 and 2005. In 2006, Morgan provided analysis during the semifinals and championship of the inaugural World Baseball Classic.

In 2002, he provided analysis on ESPN-produced Division Series telecasts on ABC Family. From 1997 to 1999, he co-hosted the Players Choice Awards on ESPN. Until 2004, he was a weekly guest on ESPN Radio’s Tony Kornheiser Show.

He provided analysis for NBC (from 1994 to 2000, including The Baseball Network). Morgan previously worked Oakland Athletics' home games on Sports Channel (1995) and San Francisco Giants' games (1986-94). From 1985 to 1988, he worked as a college baseball analyst for ESPN.

Morgan began his broadcasting career in 1985 covering Cincinnati Reds games for WLWT-TV, the local NBC affiliate. He also worked as a baseball analyst on NBC’s national telecasts. Morgan served as an analyst on select ABC Monday Night Baseball telecasts and as an analyst for the 1988 League Championship Series on ABC.

Morgan broke into the Major Leagues briefly in 1963 with Houston and was named National League Rookie of the Year in 1965, his first full season with the Astros. In his seven years with the club, Morgan was named to the N.L. All-Star team twice (1966, '70).

In 1972, Morgan was traded to the Cincinnati Reds, where he became the spark plug of Cincinnati's "Big Red Machine." He was named to eight consecutive All-Star teams (1972-79) and received back-to-back MVP honors in 1975 and '76. He also became the first player to steal 60 bases and hit more than 25 home runs; and he did it twice ('73, '76).

Morgan returned to Houston as a free agent for the 1980 season, followed by stints in San Francisco (1981-82), Philadelphia (1983), and Oakland (1984). After 22 seasons, Morgan retired with a lifetime batting average of .271 and a fielding average of .981. He was the first second baseman to play 2,000 games, hit 200 homers and garner 2,000 hits. He was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1990 -- the first year he was eligible.

Morgan has written two books, Joe Morgan: A Life in Baseball and Baseball for Dummies. In 2000, he was elected vice chairman of the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Morgan owned and was president of Joe Morgan Beverage Company, a Coors beer distributorship, from 1988 to 1995.

Born September 19, 1943, Morgan graduated from California State-Hayward in 1990 with a bachelor of arts degree in physical education. He promised his mother he would complete his education if she agreed to let him leave school and turn pro.

Morgan is married and has two children.

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