Photo: Arturo Pardavila III from Hoboken, NJ, USA / CC BY-SA 2.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Jack Morris is one of those pitchers who defined what "ace" meant in the 1980s — the guy you handed the ball to when the game absolutely had to be won. Growing up in Saint Paul, Minnesota, he became the workhorse of the Detroit Tigers' rotation and was a cornerstone of their 1984 World Series championship team. What I love about Morris is that his reputation was built on competitive fire and sheer durability: 254 career wins over 18 seasons is the kind of number that doesn't happen without showing up every single day. And then there's Game 7 of the 1991 World Series — ten shutout innings for the Minnesota Twins against Atlanta, arguably the greatest single pitching performance in Fall Classic history. The fact that it took until 2018 for him to reach Cooperstown via the Modern Baseball Era Committee felt like a long-overdue correction to me.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Jack Morris
- Name (Japanese)
- ジャック・モリス
- Reading
- じゃっく・もりす
- Born
- May 16, 1955 (age 71)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Taurus / Goat
- Origin
- Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States
- Occupation
- baseball player
2. Background
- High school
- Highland Park High School
- University
- Brigham Young University
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Frequently asked questions
When was Jack Morris born?
Born May 16, 1955 (age 71).
Where is Jack Morris from?
Jack Morris is from Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States.
What does Jack Morris do?
Jack Morris works as baseball player.
Baseball player — see all → · More people from United States →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.