Ed Morgan
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Edward Carre Morgan was a baseball
Baseball
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 player for the Cleveland Indians
Cleveland Indians
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 and Boston Red Sox
Boston Red Sox
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Biography

Ed Morgan was born May 22, 1904, in Cairo
Cairo, Illinois
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, Illinois
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Morgan entered the Major Leagues in with the Cleveland Indians
1928 Cleveland Indians season
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. He played about half the season with them; over the next three years he became an everyday starter.

Morgan played for the Indians until after the 1933 season
1933 Cleveland Indians season
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. Although 1934
1934 Boston Red Sox season
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 was his final season, he spent it with the Boston Red Sox
Boston Red Sox
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Morgan died April 9, 1980 in New Orleans
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, Louisiana
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