Switching Around! Players who wore most team jerseys in the Major Leagues- MLB Feature Part 3
5. Joe Gerhardt: Nicknamed ‘Move up Joe’, Gerhardt played in the Majors for 15 seasons and for 11 different ball clubs in the process. His Major League career started in 1876 (professional career started in 1873) and came to a conclusion
in 1891.
Primarily a first baseman, Joe didn’t have greatest of batting capabilities. His career batting average stood at .227 and his on-base percentage was .261. 1877 was the only year where he posted a batting average of over.300 and 1890 was the only time he
managed over 100 hits in a season during his career.
Washington Blue Legs was the first team the Washington D.C. native represented in 1873 and eventually ended his career with the Louisville Colonels. He also coached the Louisville Eclipse and St. Louis Brown in capacity of a player manager.
In all, he took part in 986 Major League games. He died in 1922 at the age of 67.
4. Kenny Lofton: Kenny was a gifted centre fielder who represented 11 different teams during his 17 years in the Major League. His career started in mid part of September 1991 and came to a conclusion in late September of 2007 with Cleveland
Indians.
Interestingly his career started with the Indians as well and it was the only ball club that he had two long stints with. His third campaign with the team lasted less than half a season and Kenny retired.
He was an accomplished hitter with a .299 career batting average. He had a .372 on-base percentage as well. In over 2100 games, he scored 1528 runs, with over 2400 hits. He also batted in 781 runs and went long 130 times in his career. He is one of the
best base stealers of all times and has 622 stolen bases to his name.
Lofton won four consecutive Gold Glove Awards from 1993-96 and was an All-Star for six successive seasons from 1994-99. He was a part of the Cleveland Indians for more than nine seasons and during this period; the team won six division titles. He does not
have a World Series Championship to his name, though he did make two appearances.
Currently he owns his own television production company. He has also made a couple of cameo appearances on two television shows.
3. Mike Morgan: Mike was a right-handed pitcher whose career started in June of 1978 and came to an end in September of 2002. During his 22-year-long career, he represented 12 different ball clubs and is one of the 29 players in the Major
League to have played in four different decades.
Nicknamed ‘The Nomad’, Mike made his debut for the Oakland Athletics. His stint with Oakland lasted two seasons. He made a comeback to the Majors in 1982 with the New York Yankees and the process of changing teams continued quite frequently. He concluded
his career with the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2002.
He posted a career 141-186 win-loss record with a 4.23 ERA in 597 games, 411 of them as a starting pitcher. His gave his best season performance in 1992 when he posted a 16-8 winning record for the Chicago Cubs with a 2.55 ERA. He also has a World Series
Championship win in 2001 as a part of the Arizona Diamondbacks outfit.
He has been active post retirement and owns a company that takes people on private hunts. Mike also instructs young players in association with a company called “Ultimate Sports.” He has also coached at high school level voluntarily.
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To Be Continued in Part 4...
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