Bobby Morgan Sold to Buffalo

Bobby Morgan was an infielder in the National League during the 1950s, with Brooklyn, Philadelphia and the Cubs.

He was purchased by the Cubs for the 1957 season, but lasted just one at-bat in 1958 before disappearing back to the minors with Buffalo. He stayed with the Bisons through 1962, then went into coaching and managing,

The 1958 Bisons were in the Kansas City A's organization, and Morgan's Baseball Reference page doesn't cover how he gets there. We found this from the Harlingen, Texas Valley Morning Star of May 15, 1958:

"The Chicago Cubs, building a new ball around young players, Wednesday sold Bobby Morgan, an eight-year veteran, to the Buffalo Bisons of the International League for a “considerable” sum of money....with rookies Tony Taylor and John Goryl playing well at second and third, respectively, this season, Morgan became expendable."

The Cubs also had Jerry Kindall in the fold, who would become one of the all-time great college coaches.

Health issues are about over, so we hope to be updating more often, if you have some research to contribute, please let me know in comments.

From www.comc.com

Gordon Jones

Hello again! Physical woes continue to conspire against my putting up post more often, so we will go with an easy one today: Gordon Jones.

Jones was a journeyman pitcher who debuted with the Cardinals in 1954 with a nice partial season, a 2.00 ERA and a couple shutouts, then settled into a bullpen role for a few teams into the sixties.

Jones travels from the Orioles organization to the Athletics in 1961, and his Baseball Reference page lists just the following:

November, 1961: Purchased by the Kansas City Athletics from the Baltimore Orioles.

Not a whole lot of explanation there. We are able to find this from the Oct. 3, 1961 Eugene Register-Guard:

"The Portland Beavers of the Pacific Coast League have purchased right-handed pitcher Gordon Jones, 31....

....The Beavers bought his contract from Rochester of the International League."

Portland being an A's affiliate and Rochester with the Orioles.

So we can put the date of the purchase as Oct. 2 or 3, a month earlier than listed. He moves on the Oklahoma City in 1962 in another interesting deal I haven't been able to track down.

As we get moving around, more to come. Thank you!

Gordon photo lifted from www.vintagecardtraders.org