A four-sport (baseball, basketball, football and track and field) star at Austin College in Sherman, Texas, a scout for the Chicago White Sox offered Morehart a deal in February 1922.

[1] Otto Powell, the owner and president of the Flint Vehicles of the Michigan–Ontario League, sold Morehart's contract to the White Sox in August 1924.

Morehart made his debut in a doubleheader against the New York Yankees on August 10, collecting his first major league hit in the second game.

[3][4] In January 1927, the White Sox traded Morehart and catcher Johnny Grabowski to the New York Yankees for infielder Aaron Ward in a straight no-cash deal.

[6] The Yankees released Morehart and pitcher Joe Giard on December 30, 1927 and sold their contracts to the St. Paul Saints of the American Association.