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Nyjer Morgan:

Nyjer Morgan

Pittsburgh Pirates — No. 3
Outfielder
Born: July 2, 1980 (1980-07-02) (age 28) San Francisco, California
Bats: Left	Throws: Left
Major League Baseball debut
September 1, 2007 for the Pittsburgh Pirates
Selected MLB statistics (through 2008)
Batting Average	.296
Home Runs	1
Runs Batted In	14
Teams
Pittsburgh Pirates (2007-present)

Nyjer Jamid Morgan (born July 2, 1980 in San Francisco, California) is a professional baseball player with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Morgan also played ice hockey, reaching the Major Junior level with the Regina Pats of the Western Hockey League in 1999-2000. Following that season, Morgan turned his focus exclusively on baseball, and was drafted by the Pirates in the 33rd round of the 2002 Major League Baseball Draft.^[1]

1 Professional Career
- 1.1 2007
- 1.2 2008
2 References
3 External links

[edit] Professional Career

[edit] 2007

On Saturday, September 1, 2007, Morgan made his Major League debut for the Pirates against the Milwaukee Brewers.

[edit] 2008

Nyjer was expected to make the 2008 roster as the Pirates' starting center fielder, but lost the position battle to Nate McLouth during spring training. After a poor start to the season, he was optioned to AAA (Indianapolis Indians), and the the Pirates later acquired OF Jason Michaels from the Cleveland Indians. Nyjer made several appearances for the Pirates, but spent most of his season in Indianapolis.

[edit] References

^ "Pirates speedster swaps skates for baseball spikes", Associated Press, Calgary Sun (2008-03-12), p. S12. Retrieved on 12 March 2008.

[edit] External links

Yahoo bio

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Active roster	2 Jack Wilson \| 3 Nyjer Morgan \| 5 Neil Walker \| 6 Robinzon Díaz \| 10 Brian Bixler \| 12 Freddy Sanchez \| 13 Nate McLouth \| 15 Andy LaRoche \| 24 Tom Gorzelanny \| 25 Adam LaRoche \| 26 Ronny Paulino \| 28 Paul Maholm \| 30 Tyler Yates \| 31 Jose Tabata \| 32 Phil Dumatrait \| 34 John Grabow \| 35 Jason Davis \| 36 Jeff Karstens \| 37 Raúl Chávez \| 38 Craig Hansen \| 39 Brandon Moss \| 41 Ryan Doumit \| 43 Jesse Chavez \| 44 Evan Meek \| 45 Ian Snell \| 46 Jimmy Barthmaier \| 48 T. J. Beam \| 49 Ross Ohlendorf \| 50 David Davidson \| 51 Steve Pearce \| 53 Pedro Alvarez \| 54 Denny Bautista \| 55 Matt Capps \| 57 Zach Duke \| 58 Rómulo Sánchez \| 61 Sean Burnett \| 61 Jeff Sues \| 63 Luis Cruz \| 63 Ronald Uviedo \| 64 Steven Lerud

Inactive roster

Disabled list

Coaching Staff	Manager 7 John Russell \| Bench 14 Gary Varsho \| 1st Base -- Perry Hill \| 3rd Base 29 Tony Beasley \| Hitting 59 Don Long \| Pitching -- Joe Kerrigan \| Bullpen 60 Luis Dorante \| Bullpen Catcher 86 Heberto Andrade