Moe Morhardt

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Moe Morhardt

|position=First baseman

|image=

|bats=Left

|throws=Left

|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1937|1|16}}

|birth_place=Manchester, Connecticut, U.S.

|deathdate=

|deathplace=

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=September 7

|debutyear=1961

|debutteam=Chicago Cubs

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=May 19

|finalyear=1962

|finalteam=Chicago Cubs

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.206

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=0

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=3

|teams=

Chicago Cubs (1961–1962)

}}

Meredith Goodwin "Moe" Morhardt (born January 16, 1937) is an American former Major League Baseball first baseman. He played parts of the 1961 and 1962 seasons with the Chicago Cubs, appearing in 25 major league games.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/morhamo01.shtml Moe Morhardt] at baseball-reference.com, URL accessed December 20, 2009. [https://web.archive.org/web/20100428045121/http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/morhamo01.shtml Archived] 12/12/09

Playing career

Morhardt attended the University of Connecticut, where he was a two-sport All-American in soccer and baseball, also playing basketball during his freshman year.[http://www.mhs1955.com/morhardt.htm Morhardt's Credentials earn Hall of Fame spot] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110411134218/http://www.mhs1955.com/morhardt.htm |date=April 11, 2011 }} at mhs1955.com, URL accessed December 20, 2009. [https://web.archive.org/web/20110411134218/http://www.mhs1955.com/morhardt.htm Archived] 12/12/09

After three seasons of baseball at Connecticut, Morhardt was signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in summer 1959. He spent the remainder of 1959 at three minor league levels, spending most of the season with the Class D Paris Lakers. He spent all of 1960 with the Class A Lancaster Red Roses. He was assigned to the minor leagues again in 1961 and played much of the season with the Class B Wenatchee Chiefs.{{cite web|title=Moe Morhardt Minors|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=morhar001mer|work=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=December 18, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130426062944/http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=morhar001mer|url-status=live|archive-date=April 26, 2013}} In September, he was called up to the Cubs and made his major league debut on September 7, 1961. He appeared in seven games for the Cubs that month, starting each at first base and hitting .278.{{cite web|title=Moe Morhardt 1961 Gamelog|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/gl.cgi?id=morhamo01&t=b&year=1961|work=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=December 18, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150630101645/http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/gl.cgi?id=morhamo01&t=b&year=1961|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 30, 2015}}

Morhardt began the 1962 season with Chicago, appearing in 18 games as a pinch-hitter. After hitting .125 with the Cubs, Morhardt was sent down to the minor leagues and split the rest of the season between Class B Wenatchee and Class AA San Antonio.{{cite web|title=Moe Morhardt 1962 Gamelog|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/gl.cgi?id=morhamo01&t=b&year=1962|work=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=December 18, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150630101649/http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/gl.cgi?id=morhamo01&t=b&year=1962|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 30, 2015}}

He spent 1963 and 1964 in the minor leagues before retiring from professional baseball following the 1964 season.

Coaching career

After his playing career, Morhardt was the head baseball coach at The Gilbert School in Winsted, Connecticut from 1967 to 1987, also serving, at times, as the school's boys' soccer coach, boys' basketball coach, and athletic director. As head baseball coach, Morhardt had a record of 299–134, winning eight league titles and four Class M state championships.{{cite web|last=Yantz|first=Tom|title=Connecticut's Best of the Century: The Great Coaches|url=https://www.courant.com/1999/12/12/connecticuts-best-of-the-century-11/|publisher=Hartford Courant|access-date=December 3, 2012|author2=Bohdan Kolinsky|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130301155144/http://articles.courant.com/1999-12-12/sports/9912120282_1_state-titles-league-titles-school-baseball-coach|archive-date=March 1, 2013|url-status=live|location=Hartford, Connecticut, USA|date=December 12, 1999}} Starting prior to the 1988 season, Morhardt coached for seven seasons for the Hartford Hawks college baseball team, serving as an assistant from 1988 to 1992 and head coach from 1993 to 1994.{{cite news|title=Transactions: College|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2199&dat=19940621&id=ITczAAAAIBAJ&pg=4052,7031933|access-date=March 7, 2013|newspaper=Lawrence Journal-World|date=June 21, 1994|location=Lawrence, Kansas, USA|page=5C|quote=HARTFORD-- ... Announced the resignation of Moe Morhardt, baseball coach.}} From 1997 to 1999, he was the head coach of the Western Connecticut Colonials baseball team.[http://ctsports.homestead.com/Morhardt.html Morhardt honored for his passion, love of the game] at ctsports.homestead.com, URL accessed December 20, 2009. [https://web.archive.org/web/20110712214816/http://ctsports.homestead.com/Morhardt.html Archived] 12/12/09{{cite web|title=University of Hartford Baseball: Year-by-Year Records|url=http://www.hartfordhawks.com/sports/2008/6/5/56215882.aspx?id=233|work=Hartford Hawks|publisher=University of Hartford Athletic Department|access-date=January 6, 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120106143705/http://www.hartfordhawks.com/sports/2008/6/5/56215882.aspx?id=233|archive-date=January 6, 2012|url-status=dead}} Morhardt also spent time as the head coach of the Danbury Westerners of the New England Collegiate Baseball League, coaching the team from 1998–2004.[http://cmf.newstimes.com/news/article/Whalen-Goslin-join-new-look-Westerners-109503.php Whalen, Goslin join new-look Westerners] at cmf.newstimes.com, URL accessed December 20, 2009. [https://web.archive.org/web/20110714174730/http://cmf.newstimes.com/news/article/Whalen-Goslin-join-new-look-Westerners-109503.php Archived] 12/20/09

Morhardt was elected to the Manchester Sports Hall of Fame on May 20, 1980.

Personal life

Morhardt had three sons and one daughter, Kyle, Darryl, Greg and Wendy. Darryl played baseball professional in the Atlanta Braves farm system before transitioning to coaching. Greg played professionally in the Minnesota Twins and Detroit Tigers systems before transitioning to coaching.{{cite news |last1=Ulbrich |first1=Weston |title=Baseball Bloodlines: The Morhardt's |url=https://www.ghtbl.org/morhardt/ |access-date=7 December 2021 |publisher=Greater Hartford Twilight Baseball League |date=11 May 2021}} As a scout for the Los Angeles Angels, Greg Morhardt was credited with discovering Mike Trout as a high school baseball player.{{cite news |last1=Olney |first1=Buster |title=Olney: Inside the discovery of Mike Trout |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/24221790/mlb-discovery-mike-trout |access-date=7 December 2021 |work=ESPN.com |publisher=ESPN |date=29 July 2018 |language=en}}

Head coaching record

=NCAA=

{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Hartford Hawks

| conference= North Atlantic Conference

| startyear = 1993

| endyear = 1994

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship =

| season = 1993

| name = Hartford

| overall = 20–27

| conference = 9–15

| confstanding = 6th

| postseason = NAC Tournament

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship =

| season = 1994

| name = Hartford

| overall = 22–27

| conference = 10–11

| confstanding = 5th

| postseason = NAC Tournament

}}

{{CBB yearly record subtotal

| name = Hartford

| overall = 42–54

| confrecord = 19–26

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Western Connecticut State Colonials

| conference= Little East Conference

| startyear = 1997

| endyear = 1999

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship =

| season = 1997

| name = Western Connecticut State

| overall = 13–16

| conference = 5–9

| confstanding = 3rd (South)

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship =

| season = 1998

| name = Western Connecticut State

| overall = 15–22

| conference = 3–11

| confstanding = 8th

| postseason = LEC Tournament

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship =

| season = 1999

| name = Western Connecticut State

| overall = 4–22

| conference = 1–13

| confstanding = 8th

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB yearly record subtotal

| name = Western Connecticut State

| overall = 32–60

| confrecord = 9–33

}}

{{CBB yearly record end

| overall = 74–114

| legend = no

}}

{{cite web|title=Baseball Record Book|url=http://www.americaeast.com/fls/14000/records/base.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=14000|work=AmericaEast.com|publisher=America East Conference|access-date=December 4, 2012|page=14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130424161321/http://www.americaeast.com/fls/14000/records/base.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=14000|archive-date=April 24, 2013|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=Head Coaching Wins|url=http://colonialbaseball.com/Head-Coaching-Wins|work=ColonialBaseball.com|publisher=Western Connecticut Baseball|access-date=December 4, 2012}}{{cite web|title=Baseball Yearly Results|url=http://www.littleeast.com/sports/bsb/history/Year-By-Year|work=LittleEast.com|publisher=Little East Conference|access-date=December 4, 2012}}

=Collegiate summer baseball=

==NECBL==

Season	Team	Record	Standing	Playoffs
class="wikitable"
1998	Danbury	25–17	2nd	Semifinals
1999	Danbury	23–19	T–4th	Finals
2000	Danbury	21–20	5th
2001	Danbury	17–23	4th (National)
2002	Danbury	25–16	1st (Western)	Semifinals
2003	Danbury	22–17	5th	Quarterfinals
2004	Danbury	15–25	7th (Southern)
colspan="2" align="center" \| Total	148–137	colspan="2" align="center" \|