ARLINGTON, TEXAS (TICKER) — After tasting the postseason for the first time, Mike Morgan was given a chance to extend his career to a 19th season today by the Texas Rangers.
Morgan, 39, signed a minor-league contract with Texas’ Oklahoma affiliate in the Triple-A Pacific Coast League and was granted an invitation to spring training as a non-roster player.
Despite the right-hander’s long career, he had never played in the postseason until a trade from the Minnesota Twins to the National League wild card Chicago Cubs last season. He pitched 1 1/3 scoreless innings in two relief appearances in Chicago’s National League Division Series loss to the Atlanta Braves.
Morgan will be joining his 11th organization. Morgan, Ken Brett Tommy Davis and Bob L. Miller are the only others to play for as many as 10 different teams.
Morgan is 121-170 with a 4.08 ERA and three saves in 443 career games, including 381 starts. He started his career with the Oakland Athletics on June 11, 1978, a week after graduating high school.
He played for Oakland from 1978-79, the New York Yankees in 1982, Toronto in 1983, Seattle from 1985-87, Baltimore in 1988, Los Angeles from 1989-91, the Cubs from 1992-95 and again in 1998, St. Louis in 1995-96, Cincinnati in 1996-97 and Minnesota last season.
Morgan was 4-2 with a 3.49 ERA in 18 games with the Twins and 0-1 with a 7.15 ERA in five starts for the Cubs. He had two stints on the disabled list, the first with a strained abdominal muscle and later with a strained left rib cage.
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