John Morris

John Wallace Morris (August 23, 1941 – October 15, 2025) was an American Major League Baseball pitcher. A left-hander, he appeared in 132 games played, all but ten as a relief pitcher, during all or parts of eight seasons between and for the Philadelphia Phillies, Baltimore Orioles, Seattle Pilots / Milwaukee Brewers and San Francisco Giants. He batted right-handed and was listed as tall and .

Biography Morris was born in Lewes, Delaware, and graduated from Lewes High School. He signed with the nearby Phillies in 1960, played years in their farm system, and made his MLB debut in July 1966. He appeared in 13 games through the end of September, going 1–1 with a 5.27 ERA. He spent all of 1967 back in Triple-A. He was traded from the Phillies to the Orioles on December 18, 1967, completing a transaction from one year earlier when Dick Hall was sent to Philadelphia on December 15, 1966. In , Morris made 19 relief appearances for the Orioles, posting a 2–0 record and a 2.56 ERA.

Morris split his season between Seattle and Triple-A, but the following year, when Pilots had become the Milwaukee Brewers, he spent the first of two straight years as a full-season major leaguer. Morris was a Brewer for 69 games, more than half of his MLB appearances, and threw his only two complete games; Traded to the Giants after the season, he appeared in 31 total games over three seasons (–1974).

Morris died on October 15, 2025, at the age of 84.