Moe Morhardt
| Moe Morhardt | |||
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| First baseman | |||
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Born: January 16, 1937 Manchester, Connecticut |
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| MLB debut | |||
| September 7, 1961, for the Chicago Cubs | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| May 19, 1962, for the Chicago Cubs | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .206 | ||
| Home runs | 0 | ||
| Runs batted in | 3 | ||
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Meredith Goodwin "Moe" Morhardt (born January 16, 1937) is an American former Major League Baseball first baseman. He played parts of the 1961 and 1962 seasons with the Chicago Cubs, appearing in 25 major league games.
Morhardt attended the University of Connecticut, where he was a two-sport All-American in soccer and baseball, also playing basketball during his freshman year.
After three seasons of baseball at Connecticut, Morhardt was signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in summer 1959. He spent the remainder of 1959 at three minor league levels, spending most of the season with the Class D Paris Lakers. He spent all of 1960 with the Class A Lancaster Red Roses. He was assigned to the minor leagues again in 1960 and played much of the season with the Class B Wenatchee Chiefs. In September, he was called up to the Cubs and made his major league debut on September 7, 1961. He appeared in seven games for the Cubs that month, starting each at first base and hitting .278.
Morhardt began the 1962 season with Chicago, appearing in 18 games as a pinch-hitter. After hitting .125 with the Cubs, Morhardt was sent down to the minor leagues and split the rest of the season between Class B Wenatchee and Class AA San Antonio.
He spent 1963 and 1964 in the minor leagues before retiring from professional baseball following the 1964 season.
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