⁍ Joe Morgan, considered one of baseball’s greatest second basemen, died on Sunday at the age of 77.

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⁍ Morgan played for five different Major League teams and won the World Series with the Reds in 1975 and 1976.

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⁍ After a 22-year career, in which he hit 268 home runs, recorded 1,133 runs batted in and stole 689 bases, Morgan embarked on a career in broadcasting.

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– Joe Morgan, a Hall of Famer and two-time World Series champion with the Cincinnati Reds, died Sunday at the age of 77 after battling a nerve condition, Reuters reports. Morgan played for five different Major League teams and won the World Series with the Reds in 1975 and 1976. He also won the National League Most Valuable Player award with the team known as the “Big Red Machine” in both seasons. After a 22-year career, in which he hit 268 home runs, recorded 1,133 runs batted in, and stole 689 bases, Morgan embarked on a career in broadcasting. “Major League Baseball is deeply saddened by the death of Joe Morgan, one of the best five-tool players our game has ever known and a symbol of all-around excellence,” commissioner Robert Manfred said in a statement. “Joe was a close friend and an adviser to me, and I welcomed his perspective on numerous issues in recent years. He was a true gentleman who cared about our game and the values for which it stands. Those who knew him—whether as a Sunday Night Baseball broadcaster, a Hall of Fame board member or simply as one of the legends of our National Pastime—are all the better for it.”