Dave Morehead, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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American baseball player
Date of Birth: 05-Sep-1942
Place of Birth: San Diego, California, United States
Profession: baseball player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
About Dave Morehead
- David Michael Morehead (born September 5, 1942 in San Diego, California) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher.
- A right-hander, Morehead pitched for the Boston Red Sox (1963–68) and Kansas City Royals (1969–70). As a rookie in 1963 Morehead broke into the Red Sox starting rotation and posted a 10-13 record with a 3.81 earned run average.
- He shut out the Washington Senators in his Major League debut on April 13.
- On May 12 of that same year, he pitched a one-hitter against the same Senators, the lone hit coming on a Chuck Hinton home run. In 1964 Morehead went 8-15 and his ERA ballooned to 4.97.
- In 1965 he tied for the American League lead with 18 losses, against 10 victories, for a Red Sox team that finished next-to-last, with 100 losses.
- On September 16 of the latter year, the same day the Red Sox fired Pinky Higgins as general manager, Morehead no-hit the Cleveland Indians 2-0 before only 1,247 fans in a day game at Fenway Park, the lone baserunner coming on Rocky Colavito's second-inning walk.
- Not until Hideo Nomo in 2001 would another Red Sox pitch a no-hitter, and the next no-hitter at Fenway Park wouldn't come until 2002 (Derek Lowe), It was the fourth no-hitter by a Red Sox pitcher in a ten-year period, with Mel Parnell pitching one in 1956 and Earl Wilson and Bill Monbouquette both pitching one in 1962.
- Parnell's and Wilson's no-hitters, like Morehead's, had also been pitched at Fenway Park—one of Major League Baseball's most notorious hitter-friendly stadiums.
- It would be another 37 years before a Red Sox pitcher threw a no-hitter at Fenway. Over the next three years, Morehead would be beset by arm ailments that limited him to 33 games pitched—one fewer than in 1965.
- He was a member of the Carl Yastrzemski-led 1967 Red Sox team that won the American League pennant and pitched two games in relief in the World Series, which the Red Sox lost to the St.
- Louis Cardinals in seven games.
- Morehead was selected in the expansion draft by the Kansas City Royals and pitched in 21 games in 1969, 19 in relief.
- In 1970 he pitched in 28 games and posted a 3.62 ERA, the lowest of his career.
- In spring training of 1971, the Royals released him; he had pitched his final game at 28 years of age, the arm ailments having ended his career prematurely. In his career, Morehead won 40 games against 64 losses with a 4.15 ERA and 627 strikeouts in 819.1 innings pitched.
- He also exhibited periods of wildness, walking 463 batters for just over 5 BB/9 innings.
- In each of his first three seasons, Morehead was second in the American League in walks with 99, 112 and 113 respectively.
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