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Nyjer Morgan

29-year-old Center fielder

Washington Nationals

Date of Birth: July 2, 1980

Height: 6-0 Weight: 170

Bats/Throws: L/L

Drafted: Round 33 of 2002 draft

Basic Statistics

Basic Statistics
Year	Age		Team	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	HBP	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2005	25	A+	Lynchburg	277	252	36	72	12	3	0	24	7	11	40		.286	.325	.357	682
2006	26	Wint	Honolulu	134	119	25	35	3	5	1	7	6	8	23		.294	.366	.429	795
2006	26	A+	Lynchburg	274	228	43	69	7	3	0	22	15	20	40		.303	.380	.360	740
2006	26	AA	Altoona	243	219	39	67	6	5	1	10	3	15	28		.306	.350	.393	743
2007	27	Wint	Phoenix	109	93	18	24	2	2	1	9	2	12	14		.258	.349	.355	704
2007	27	Rookie	GCL Pirates	16	13	3	4	0	0	1	1	1	2	3		.308	.438	.538	976
2007	27	AAA	Indianapolis	184	164	30	50	4	2	0	10	3	15	28		.305	.370	.354	724
2007	27	MLB	Pittsburgh	118	107	15	32	3	4	1	7	1	9	19		.299	.356	.430	786
2008	28	AAA	Indianapolis	346	319	54	95	13	4	1	33	7	18	47	43	.298	.347	.373	720
2008	28	MLB	Pittsburgh	175	160	26	47	13	0	0	7	3	10	32	9	.294	.343	.375	718
2009	29	MLB	Washington	212	191	34	67	9	2	1	12	4	11	25	24	.351	.387	.435	822
2009	29	MLB	Pittsburgh	321	278	39	77	6	5	2	27	5	29	49	18	.277	.346	.356	702

Extended Statistics
Year	Age		Team	PA	AB	ISOP	BB%	K%	BABIP	GB%	LD%	RC	RC/27	wOBA
2005	25	A+	Lynchburg	277	252	.071	4.0%	14.4%	.340					.303
2006	26	Wint	Honolulu	134	119	.135	6.0%	17.2%	.358	62%	12%			.352
2006	26	A+	Lynchburg	274	228	.057	7.3%	14.6%	.367	58%	14%			.336
2006	26	AA	Altoona	243	219	.087	6.2%	11.5%	.347	57%	14%			.328
2007	27	Wint	Phoenix	109	93	.097	11.0%	12.8%	.295	56%	12%			.313
2007	27	Rookie	GCL Pirates	16	13	.230	12.5%	18.8%	.333	80%	20%			.428
2007	27	AAA	Indianapolis	184	164	.049	8.2%	15.2%	.368	58%	20%			.326
2007	27	MLB	Pittsburgh	118	107	.131	7.6%	16.1%	.356	60%	15%			.345
2008	28	AAA	Indianapolis	346	319	.075	5.2%	13.6%	.347	53%	15%			.321
2008	28	MLB	Pittsburgh	175	160	.081	5.7%	18.3%	.367	52%	20%			.321
2009	29	MLB	Washington	212	191	.084	5.2%	11.8%	.400	61%	18%			.362
2009	29	MLB	Pittsburgh	321	278	.079	9.0%	15.3%	.330	54%	17%			.311

Extended Statistics

2009: Pittsburgh | 2009: Washington | 2008: Pittsburgh

Split Statistics with Pittsburgh in 2009
Split	PA	AB	ISOP	HR	BB%	K%	BABIP	GB%	LD%	AVG	OBP	SLG	wOBA
April	101	88	.068	0	7.9%	14.9%	.370	47%	22%	.307	.366	.375	.325
May	110	94	.074	0	11.8%	18.2%	.311	52%	14%	.245	.336	.319	.301
June	110	96	.094	2	7.3%	12.7%	.313	63%	16%	.281	.336	.375	.309
AWAY	177	149	.074	1	8.5%	16.4%	.328	52%	20%	.268	.339	.342	.303
HOME	144	129	.085	1	9.7%	13.9%	.333	57%	15%	.287	.354	.372	.322

Batted Ball Chart

Game Log


Date	Level		Pos	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	SO	BB
August 27	MLB	@ Chi Cubs	CF	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
August 24	MLB	vs. Milwaukee	CF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
August 23	MLB	vs. Milwaukee	CF	4	1	0	0	0	0	0
August 22	MLB	vs. Milwaukee	CF	5	2	1	0	0	0	0
August 21	MLB	vs. Milwaukee	CF	4	1	1	0	0	0	0
August 20	MLB	vs. Colorado	CF	3	0	0	0	0	1	1
August 19	MLB	vs. Colorado	CF	4	2	0	1	0	0	0
August 18	MLB	vs. Colorado	CF	4	3	0	0	0	0	0
August 16	MLB	@ Cincinnati	CF	5	0	0	0	0	1	0
August 15	MLB	@ Cincinnati	CF	5	2	0	0	0	1	0
August 14	MLB	@ Cincinnati	CF	5	2	0	0	0	0	0

Game Log


Date	Level		Pos	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	SO	BB

Player Notes

June 2009

PBC Blog: Pirates set to trade Morgan, Burnett

MVN: Pittsburgh Lumber Company: Morgan, Burnett dealt to Nats for Milledge, Hanrahan

After days of speculation, Nyjer Morgan is headed to the Nationals in exchange for Lastings Milledge.

PBC Blog: Nationals pursuing Morgan in trade

May 2009

PBC Blog: Morning links: About Morgan in the gap

MVN: Pittsburgh Lumber Company: Nyjer Morgan has been more valuable than Jason Bay

I have written many times that Nyjer Morgan will never be a quality major league starter.

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