Bubba Morton

Wycliffe Nathaniel "Bubba" Morton (December 13, 1931 – January 14, 2006) was an American right fielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Detroit Tigers (1961–1963), Milwaukee Braves (1963) and California Angels (1966–1969).

He batted and threw right-handed, stood 5 feet 10 inches (1.78 m) tall and weighed 175 pounds (79 kg).

[citation needed] Morton was one of the first two black men to play for the Class-B Durham Bulls,[3] and has also been reported as the first.

[1] In 1963, after only six games played for the Tigers, his contract rights were purchased by the Milwaukee Braves from Detroit in early May.

[5] In 1972, Morton was hired by athletics director Joe Kearney as head coach of the baseball program at the University of Washington (UW) from 1972 to 1976.

[4] After his retirement from baseball, Morton worked as a director of boys sports at the Bush School in Seattle.