Guy Morton Jr.

{{Short description|American baseball player (1930–2014)}}

{{about|the baseball player who played for the Boston Red Sox in 1954|his father, the pitcher|Guy Morton}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Guy Morton Jr.

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|position=Pinch hitter

|birth_date={{birth date|1930|11|4}}

|birth_place=Tuscaloosa, Alabama, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|2014|5|11|1930|11|4}}

|death_place=Lorain, Ohio, U.S.

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=September 17

|debutyear={{by|1954}}

|debutteam=Boston Red Sox

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=September 17

|finalyear={{by|1954}}

|finalteam=Boston Red Sox

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.000

|stat2label=At bats

|stat2value=1

|stat3label=Hits

|stat3value=0

|teams=

• Boston Red Sox (1954)

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Guy Morton Jr. (November 4, 1930 – May 11, 2014) was an American Major League Baseball player. He struck out in his only major league at-bat with the Boston Red Sox in {{by|1954}}.

Morton was the son of the former pitcher Guy Morton, Sr. The younger Morton attended the University of Alabama. In 1954, he was the Most Valuable Player of the Carolina League for his performance with the Greensboro Patriots.{{cite web|url=https://www.milb.com/carolina-league/history/award-winners|title=Carolina League Award Winners|work=Carolina League|publisher=Minor League Baseball|access-date=October 11, 2024|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210731210827/https://www.milb.com/carolina-league/history/award-winners|archive-date=July 31, 2021}}

Morton had a long career in the minor leagues, mostly as a catcher.

After retiring from baseball, Morton became a Baptist minister.{{cite book |last=Tellis |first=Richard |title=Once Around the Bases: Bittersweet Memories of Only One Game in the Majors |date=March 1998 |type=Hardcover |publisher=Triumph Books |isbn=1-57243-277-2 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/oncearoundbasesb0000tell/page/166 166–176] |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/oncearoundbasesb0000tell/page/166 }} After retiring from that career, he wrote a weekly sports column for a local newspaper in Vermilion, Ohio.