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Carl Morton
Carl Wendle Morton

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 200 lb.
School University of Oklahoma

Debut April 11, 1969
vs. CHC 9.0 IP, 6 H, 3 SO, 3 BB, 0 ER
Final Game August 21, 1976
Born January 18, 1944 in Kansas City, MO
Died April 12, 1983 in Tulsa, OK

Signed by the Milwaukee Braves as an amateur free agent in 1964. (All Transactions)

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Pitching Glossary / /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1969 25 MON NL   0   3   8   5   0   0   1  0   29.3   29   15   15   2   18   16   2   0   136   3   1  4.60  3.67   80 1.602
 1970 26 MON NL  18  11  43  37  10   4   1  0  284.7  281  123  114  27  125  154   4   2  1218  17   3  3.60  4.09  114 1.426 MVP-27,CYA-9,RoY-1
 1971 27 MON NL  10  18  36  35   9   0   1  1  213.7  252  129  114  22   83   84   4   6   958  13   1  4.80  3.50   73 1.568
 1972 28 MON NL   7  13  27  27   3   1   0  0  172.0  170   84   75  16   53   51   3   1   722   6   2  3.92  3.53   90 1.297
 1973 29 ATL NL  15  10  38  37  10   4   1  0  256.3  254  114   97  18   70  112   4   3  1074   7   0  3.41  3.96  116 1.264
 1974 30 ATL NL  16  12  38  38   7   1   0  0  274.7  293  110   96  10   89  113   2   3  1176  12   0  3.15  3.77  120 1.391
 1975 31 ATL NL  17  16  39  39  11   2   0  0  277.7  302  122  108  19   82   78   3   1  1199   3   1  3.50  3.78  108 1.383
 1976 32 ATL NL   4   9  26  24   1   1   0  0  140.3  172   79   65   6   45   42   5   2   630   4   1  4.17  3.79   91 1.546
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  8 Yr WL% .486  87  92 255 242  51  13   4  1 1648.7 1753  776  684 120  565  650  27  18  7113  65   9  3.73  3.80  102 1.406
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    11  12  34  33   6   1   0  0  225.3  239  106   93  16   77   88   3   2   973   8   1  3.73  3.80  102 1.406
 Career High     18  18  43  39  11   4   1  1  284.7  302  129  114  27  125  154   5   6  1218  17   3  3.15  4.09  120 1.264

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Batting Glossary / /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1969 25 MON NL   8    7    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   3  .000  .125  .000  -62    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1970 26 MON NL  43   93    6   15   2  0   2    7   0  0   6  29  .161  .208  .247   22   23  11   2   0   0   0 MVP-27,RoY-1
 1971 27 MON NL  36   77    7   14   0  0   2    6   1  0   3  23  .182  .210  .260   33   20   2   1   0   0   0
 1972 28 MON NL  35   52    5    7   2  1   0    2   0  0   4  20  .135  .211  .212   20   11   4   0   0   1   2
 1973 29 ATL NL  40   94    7   17   4  0   3   15   0  0   4  25  .181  .222  .319   44   30   2   0   0   1   0
 1974 30 ATL NL  38   89    8   10   1  0   0    1   0  0   6  33  .112  .168  .124  -18   11  12   0   0   0   2
 1975 31 ATL NL  39   94    9   15   2  0   0    5   0  0   4  30  .160  .194  .181    4   17   5   0   0   0   0
 1976 32 ATL NL  27   45    2    8   0  0   0    6   1  0   2  15  .178  .204  .178    7    8   5   2   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 8 Seasons      266  551   44   86  11  1   7   42   2  0  30 178  .156  .201  .218   15  120  41   5   0   2   4
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        336   27   52   7  1   4   26   1  0  18 108  .156  .201  .218   15   73  25   3   0   1   2
 Career High     43   94    9   17   4  1   3   15   1  0   6  33                          30  12   2   0   1   2

Special Batting Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1969 25 MON NL    8    7    0   0.0    95| .000  .259| .125  .330| .000  .384| .125  .714| -62  .000  -1.6  -0.2   0%
 1970 26 MON NL  112   91    6   1.8   103| .161  .266| .208  .338| .247  .406| .455  .744|  22  .146 -10.5  -1.0   0%
 1971 27 MON NL   83   66    5   2.0    92| .182  .260| .210  .326| .260  .380| .470  .706|  33  .220  -7.2  -0.8 100%
 1972 28 MON NL   61   51    2   1.1    92| .135  .258| .211  .326| .212  .381| .423  .707|  20  .079  -5.6  -0.6   0%
 1973 29 ATL NL  101   79    7   2.4   103| .181  .272| .222  .342| .319  .404| .541  .746|  44  .255  -7.9  -0.8   0%
 1974 30 ATL NL  107   93    2   0.6    98| .112  .267| .168  .340| .124  .386| .292  .725| -18  .025 -14.7  -1.5   0%
 1975 31 ATL NL  103   84    4   1.3    99| .160  .269| .194  .340| .181  .388| .375  .729|   4  .097 -12.8  -1.3   0%
 1976 32 ATL NL   54   44    2   1.2    97| .178  .269| .204  .337| .178  .384| .382  .721|   7  .099  -5.7  -0.6 100%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 8 Seasons       629  515   28   1.5    98| .156  .266| .201  .336| .218  .391| .419  .728|  15  .123 -65.9  -6.8 100%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1969 25 MON NL   P    8      3    7    0    0 1.000  .962  1.25  0.78  3.07  1.94    5   29.3
 1970 26 MON NL   P   43     29   42    2    2  .973  .950  1.65  0.71  2.24  1.85   37  284.7
 1971 27 MON NL   P   36     28   37    2    4  .970  .954  1.81  0.78  2.74  1.90   35  213.7
 1972 28 MON NL   P   27     24   25    1    0  .980  .950  1.81  0.73  2.56  1.78   27  172.0
 1973 29 ATL NL   P   38     26   36    2    2  .969  .949  1.63  0.73  2.18  1.88   37  256.3
 1974 30 ATL NL   P   38     25   36    1    3  .984  .944  1.61  0.71  2.00  1.88   38  274.7
 1975 31 ATL NL   P   39     29   40    2    3  .972  .947  1.77  0.72  2.24  1.86   39  277.7
 1976 32 ATL NL   P   26     18   26    1    1  .978  .950  1.69  0.72  2.82  1.88   24  140.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1969 25 MON NL   P    8      3    7    0    0 1.000  .962  1.25  0.78  3.07  1.94    5   29.3
 1970 26 MON NL   P   43     29   42    2    2  .973  .950  1.65  0.71  2.24  1.85   37  284.7
 1971 27 MON NL   P   36     28   37    2    4  .970  .954  1.81  0.78  2.74  1.90   35  213.7
 1972 28 MON NL   P   27     24   25    1    0  .980  .950  1.81  0.73  2.56  1.78   27  172.0
 1973 29 ATL NL   P   38     26   36    2    2  .969  .949  1.63  0.73  2.18  1.88   37  256.3
 1974 30 ATL NL   P   38     25   36    1    3  .984  .944  1.61  0.71  2.00  1.88   38  274.7
 1975 31 ATL NL   P   39     29   40    2    3  .972  .947  1.77  0.72  2.24  1.86   39  277.7
 1976 32 ATL NL   P   26     18   26    1    1  .978  .950  1.69  0.72  2.82  1.88   24  140.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total   P* 255    182  249   11   15  .975  .950  1.69  0.73  2.35  1.86  242 1648.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total       255    182  249   11   15  .975  .950  1.69  0.73  2.35  1.86  242   1649

An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Awards
1970-NL-ROY

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1970-NL-27-0.01
Car-1440-0.01 shares

CYA (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1970-NL-9-0.02
Car-233-0.02 shares

Sac. Hits
1970 NL-11-4
1974 NL-12-9

Wins
1970 NL-18-5
1974 NL-16-7
1975 NL-17-6

Innings
1970 NL-284.7-6
1973 NL-256.3-9
1974 NL-274.7-6
1975 NL-277.7-4

Games Started
1970 NL-37-6
1973 NL-37-6
1974 NL-38-6
1975 NL-39-2

Shutouts
1970 NL-4-2
1973 NL-4-5

Home Runs Allow.
1970 NL-27-9

Bases On Balls Allow.
1970 NL-125-1
1971 NL-83-10

Hits Allowed
1970 NL-281-2
1971 NL-252-8
1973 NL-254-7
1974 NL-293-1
1975 NL-302-1

Losses
1971 NL-18-2
1975 NL-16-2

Earned Runs Allow.
1970 NL-114-5
1971 NL-114-2
1975 NL-108-3

Batters Faced
1970 NL-1218-3
1973 NL-1074-8
1974 NL-1176-4
1975 NL-1199-2

Gray Ink: Pitching - 30 (771) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 5.0 (1323) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 11.0 (859) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.

Transactions
August 14, 1964: Signed by the Milwaukee Braves as an amateur free agent.
October 14, 1968: Drafted by the Montreal Expos from the Atlanta Braves as the 45th pick in the 1968 expansion draft.
February 28, 1973: Traded by the Montreal Expos to the Atlanta Braves for Pat Jarvis.
December 9, 1976: Traded by the Atlanta Braves with Adrian Devine, Ken Henderson, Dave May, Roger Moret, and $250,000 to the Texas Rangers for Jeff Burroughs.
April 1, 1977: Released by the Texas Rangers.
May, 1977: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)
September 14, 1977: Released by the Philadelphia Phillies.
Before 1978 Season: Signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.
March 18, 1978: Released by the Pittsburgh Pirates.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
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Awards 1970-NL-ROY	MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr) 1970-NL-27-0.01 Car-1440-0.01 shares	CYA (YrLg-Rk-Shr) 1970-NL-9-0.02 Car-233-0.02 shares	Sac. Hits 1970 NL-11-4 1974 NL-12-9	Wins 1970 NL-18-5 1974 NL-16-7 1975 NL-17-6	Innings 1970 NL-284.7-6 1973 NL-256.3-9 1974 NL-274.7-6 1975 NL-277.7-4
Games Started 1970 NL-37-6 1973 NL-37-6 1974 NL-38-6 1975 NL-39-2	Shutouts 1970 NL-4-2 1973 NL-4-5	Home Runs Allow. 1970 NL-27-9	Bases On Balls Allow. 1970 NL-125-1 1971 NL-83-10	Hits Allowed 1970 NL-281-2 1971 NL-252-8 1973 NL-254-7 1974 NL-293-1 1975 NL-302-1	Losses 1971 NL-18-2 1975 NL-16-2
Earned Runs Allow. 1970 NL-114-5 1971 NL-114-2 1975 NL-108-3	Batters Faced 1970 NL-1218-3 1973 NL-1074-8 1974 NL-1176-4 1975 NL-1199-2