Edward Carre Morgan was a baseball

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 player for the Cleveland Indians

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 and Boston Red Sox

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Biography

Ed Morgan was born May 22, 1904, in Cairo

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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

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Morgan died April 9, 1980 in New Orleans

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, Louisiana

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