Rich Morales

Rich Morales
Rich Morales
	Infielder
	Born: September 20, 1943 (age 81); San Francisco, California, U.S.
	Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
	August 8, 1967, for the Chicago White Sox
Last MLB appearance
	October 2, 1974, for the San Diego Padres
MLB statistics
Batting average	.195
Home runs	6
Runs batted in	64
Teams
	Chicago White Sox (1967–1973); San Diego Padres (1973–1974);

Richard Angelo Morales (born September 20, 1943) is an American former professional baseball player, coach and manager. An infielder, he appeared in Major League Baseball between 1967–1974 for the Chicago White Sox and San Diego Padres. Morales stood 5 feet 11 inches (1.80 m) tall and weighed 170 pounds (77 kg). He threw and batted right-handed.

In the Majors, Morales played 480 games, starting 294. Of all non-pitchers since 1930 with 1000+ at bats, Morales had a better batting average (.195) than only two, Ray Oyler and Mike Ryan, and a slugging average (.242) better than only Luis Gómez.

After his playing career, Morales was an MLB coach for the Atlanta Braves (1987, on the staff of his former White Sox pilot, Chuck Tanner) and a minor league manager for eight seasons, from 1979 until 1982 and from 1988 until 1991. He worked in the farm systems of the Oakland Athletics, Chicago Cubs, and Seattle Mariners. As of 2012, he was an area scout for the Baltimore Orioles based in Pacifica, California.

Sources

Sabermetric Baseball Encyclopedia

Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference

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