1906
RED MORGAN   3B

Unfortunately for Red Morgan, he was replacing legendary glove man Jimmy Collins, and the Boston press was unmerciful. Several times Red’s fielding woes made Globe headlines. Red would post the worst fielding percentage among regular American League third basemen in 1906, and his batting average (.215 in 88 games) would have been tolerable by 1906 standards if his glove work had been better ...

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