Bubba Morton
1961–1969 · bats R / throws R · California Angels, Detroit Tigers, Milwaukee Braves
451G
.267AVG
.351OBP
.370SLG
More career statistics
248H
14HR
128RBI
7SB
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Strikeouts | 143 | 142 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 451 | 1,065 | 928 | 117 | 248 | 37 | 8 | 14 | 128 | 111 | 143 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 343 | .267 | .351 | .370 | .721 |
Streaks
9longest hitting streak · 1968-06-03 to 1968-06-21
9longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | 5 RBI | 1969-09-10 | 1 in 492 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 14 | 3 walks | 1967-09-04 | 1 in 192 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 12 | 4 hits | 1962-06-08 | 1 in 138 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 236 | 543 | 129 | 9 | 75 | 58 | 65 | .275 | .344 | .397 |
| Away | 215 | 522 | 119 | 5 | 53 | 53 | 77 | .259 | .330 | .342 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 32 | 54 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 4 | .224 | .296 | .306 |
| May | 70 | 133 | 22 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 18 | .198 | .286 | .333 |
| June | 90 | 215 | 54 | 3 | 20 | 26 | 28 | .289 | .372 | .374 |
| July | 83 | 212 | 48 | 2 | 19 | 23 | 25 | .258 | .335 | .333 |
| August | 82 | 204 | 58 | 4 | 28 | 22 | 24 | .330 | .392 | .506 |
| September | 92 | 239 | 55 | 2 | 38 | 18 | 40 | .259 | .305 | .330 |
| October | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 | .125 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| baltimore-orioles | 56 | 145 | 38 | 1 | 21 | 14 | 17 | .302 | .359 | .397 |
| cleveland-guardians | 54 | 145 | 30 | 2 | 21 | 24 | 20 | .252 | .372 | .395 |
| minnesota-twins | 51 | 124 | 29 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 16 | .266 | .331 | .376 |
| new-york-yankees | 47 | 94 | 26 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 12 | .306 | .351 | .341 |
| washington-senators-1961-71 | 43 | 104 | 31 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 14 | .348 | .413 | .506 |
| boston-red-sox | 43 | 80 | 18 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 7 | .273 | .375 | .288 |
| chicago-white-sox | 39 | 92 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 14 | .185 | .261 | .358 |
| detroit-tigers | 33 | 106 | 19 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 15 | .190 | .217 | .280 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 |  Detroit Tigers | 77 | 108 | 31 | 2 | 19 | 3 | .287 | – | – |
| 1962 | Detroit Tigers | 90 | 195 | 51 | 4 | 17 | 1 | .262 | – | – |
| 1963 | Detroit Tigers, Milwaukee Braves | 21 | 39 | 6 | – | 6 | – | .154 | – | – |
| 1966 |  California Angels | 15 | 50 | 11 | – | 4 | 1 | .220 | – | – |
| 1967 | California Angels | 80 | 201 | 63 | – | 32 | – | .313 | – | – |
| 1968 | California Angels | 81 | 163 | 44 | 1 | 18 | 2 | .270 | – | – |
| 1969 | California Angels | 87 | 172 | 42 | 7 | 32 | – | .244 | – | – |