Mobile Site You Are Here > Home > Encyclopedia of Players > C Listing > Earl Caldwell Statistics and History

News: Programming Internships @ Sports Reference »post

Photo of Earl Caldwell

Earl Caldwell

Earl Welton Caldwell (Teach)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 178 lb.

Born: April 9, 1905 in Sparks, TX (All Transactions)
Debut: September 8, 1928
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Browns/RedSox/Phillies 1928-1948

Final Game: September 15, 1948
Died: September 15, 1981 in Mission, TX
Buried: Valley Memorial Gardens, McAllen, TX
View Player Bio from the SABR BioProject
About biographical information

View team uniforms at Dressed to the Nines a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit / Report an error

Like this page? Sponsor it for $10. Your message will replace this ad.

Fan EloRater

Fine Details · Last Updated Dec 23, 2011, 6:44AM

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

Standard Pitching

More Stats

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1926	21	-min	D	7	8	.467		20						131.0	131	102			57							1.435	9.0		3.9			TEM,MXI · TEXA
1927	22	-min	A	7	10	.412	4.30	34						178.0	179	98	85		92							1.522	9.1		4.7			WAC · TL
1928	23	-min	A	12	14	.462	4.73	35						219.0	258	142	115		80							1.543	10.6		3.3			WAC · TL
1928	23	PHI	NL	1	4	.200	5.71	5	5	0	1	1	0	34.2	46	23	22	5	17	6	0	1	0	154	78	1.817	11.9	1.3	4.4	1.6	0.35

1935	30	BAL-min	A	19	15	.559	2.27	41	30					270.0	232	100	68		85							1.174	7.7		2.8			SAN · TL
1935	30	SLB	AL	3	2	.600	3.68	6	5	1	2	1	0	36.2	34	16	15	2	17	5	0	0	0	157	131	1.391	8.3	0.5	4.2	1.2	0.29
1936	31	SLB	AL	7	16	.304	6.00	41	25	9	10	2	2	189.0	252	146	126	15	83	59	15	1	3	900	89	1.772	12.0	0.7	4.0	2.8	0.71
1937	32	-min	AA	10	12	.455	3.59	26	25					193.0	215	93	77		42							1.332	10.0		2.0			TTO · IL
1937	32	SLB	AL	0	0		6.83	9	2	1	0	0	0	29.0	39	22	22	3	13	8	2	0	0	138	71	1.793	12.1	0.9	4.0	2.5	0.62

1945	40	CHW	AL	6	7	.462	3.59	27	11	15	5	1	4	105.1	108	50	42	8	37	45	3	0	0	455	92	1.377	9.2	0.7	3.2	3.8	1.22
1946	41	CHW	AL	13	4	.765	2.08	39	0	37	0	0	8	90.2	60	28	21	2	29	42	1	0	5	359	164	0.982	6.0	0.2	2.9	4.2	1.45	MVP-14
1947	42	CHW	AL	1	4	.200	3.64	40	0	30	0	0	8	54.1	53	23	22	4	30	22	1	0	0	239	100	1.528	8.8	0.7	5.0	3.6	0.73
1948	43	TOT	AL	2	6	.250	6.75	33	1	19	0	0	3	48.0	64	39	36	5	33	15	3	0	0	231	64	2.021	12.0	0.9	6.2	2.8	0.45
1948	43	CHW	AL	1	5	.167	5.31	25	1	16	0	0	3	39.0	53	25	23	3	22	10	2	0	0	185	81	1.923	12.2	0.7	5.1	2.3	0.45
1948	43	BOS	AL	1	1	.500	13.00	8	0	3	0	0	0	9.0	11	14	13	2	11	5	1	0	0	46	35	2.444	11.0	2.0	11.0	5.0	0.45
1949	44	BOS-min	AA	8	5	.615	2.59	41						87.0	88	41	25		30							1.356	9.1		3.1			BIR · SOUA
1950	45	BOS-min	AA	6	6	.500	2.88	34						78.0	73	31	25		38							1.423	8.4		4.4			BIR · SOUA
1951	46	-min	B	19	6	.760	2.22	40						199.0	158	63	49		57							1.080	7.1		2.6			HRL · GULF
1952	47	-min	B	20	11	.645	2.74	50						204.0	185	83	62		75							1.275	8.2		3.3			HRL · GULF
1953	48	-min	C	11	10	.524	2.08	31	16					169.0	145	56	39	4	40							1.095	7.7	0.2	2.1			LFY · EVAN
1954	49	ATL-min	B	12	4	.750	2.47	31	7					124.0	122	68	34	12	51							1.395	8.9	0.9	3.7			HRL,CPC · BSTL
8 Seasons				33	43	.434	4.69	200	49	112	18	5	25	587.2	656	347	306	44	259	202	25	2	8	2633	92	1.557	10.0	0.7	4.0	3.1	0.78
162 Game Avg.				9	12	.434	4.69	55	13	31	5	1	7	160	179	95	84	12	71	55	7	1	2	719	92	1.557	10.0	0.7	4.0	3.1	0.78

CHW (4 yrs)				21	20	.512	3.36	131	12	98	5	1	23	289.1	274	126	108	17	118	119	7	0	5	1238	105	1.355	8.5	0.5	3.7	3.7	1.01
SLB (3 yrs)				10	18	.357	5.76	56	32	11	12	3	2	254.2	325	184	163	20	113	72	17	1	3	1195	91	1.720	11.5	0.7	4.0	2.5	0.64
PHI (1 yr)				1	4	.200	5.71	5	5	0	1	1	0	34.2	46	23	22	5	17	6	0	1	0	154	78	1.817	11.9	1.3	4.4	1.6	0.35
BOS (1 yr)				1	1	.500	13.00	8	0	3	0	0	0	9.0	11	14	13	2	11	5	1	0	0	46	35	2.444	11.0	2.0	11.0	5.0	0.45

AL (7 yrs)			AL	32	39	.451	4.62	195	44	112	17	4	25	553.0	610	324	284	39	242	196	25	1	8	2479	94	1.541	9.9	0.6	3.9	3.2	0.81
NL (1 yr)			NL	1	4	.200	5.71	5	5	0	1	1	0	34.2	46	23	22	5	17	6	0	1	0	154	78	1.817	11.9	1.3	4.4	1.6	0.35

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Awards
1928	23	PHI	NL	34.2	5	23	21	-1	1.0	-2	0.0	$

1935	30	SLB	AL	36.2	5	16	24	-1	1.0	8	0.9	$
1936	31	SLB	AL	189.0	25	146	139	-6	1.0	-7	0.7	$
1937	32	SLB	AL	29.0	2	22	20	-1	1.0	-2	0.0	$

1945	40	CHW	AL	105.1	11	50	51	-1	1.0	1	0.1	$
1946	41	CHW	AL	90.2	0	28	48	1	1.0	20	2.0	$	MVP-14
1947	42	CHW	AL	54.1	0	23	29	0	1.0	6	0.7	$
1948	43	CHW	AL	39.0	1	25	24	0	1.0	-1	-0.1	$
1948	43	BOS	AL	9.0	0	14	6	0	1.0	-8	-0.8	$
8 Seasons				587.2	49	347	362	-9	1.0	15	3.5	$

CHW (4 yrs)				289.1	12	126	152	0	1.0	26	2.7	$
SLB (3 yrs)				254.2	32	184	183	-8	1.0	-1	1.6	$
PHI (1 yr)				34.2	5	23	21	-1	1.0	-2	0.0	$
BOS (1 yr)				9.0	0	14	6	0	1.0	-8	-0.8	$

Standard Batting

More Stats

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	Pos	Awards
1926	21	-min	D	27	75	75		15	3	0	0						.200	.200	.240	.440		18				TEM,MXI · TEXA
1927	22	-min	A	34	56	56		8	1	0	0						.143	.143	.161	.304		9				WAC · TL
1928	23	-min	A	35	78	78		23	4	0	3						.295	.295	.462	.756		36				WAC · TL
1928	23	PHI	NL	5	10	9	1	1	1	0	0	2	0		0	1	.111	.111	.222	.333	-17	2		0	1	/1

1935	30	BAL-min	A	58	119	119		32	5	1	2						.269	.269	.378	.647		45				SAN · TL
1935	30	SLB	AL	6	13	11	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.182	.250	.182	.432	11	2		0	1	/1
1936	31	SLB	AL	41	62	58	5	11	1	0	1	6	0	0	0	16	.190	.190	.259	.448	9	15		0	4	1
1937	32	-min	AA	27	74	74		16	2	1	1						.216	.216	.311	.527		23				TTO · IL
1937	32	SLB	AL	9	10	9	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.222	.222	.333	.556	38	3		0	1	/1

1945	40	CHW	AL	27	40	37	4	8	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	8	.216	.216	.243	.459	35	9	1	0	3	1
1946	41	CHW	AL	39	25	18	2	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	5	4	.167	.348	.167	.514	49	3	0	0	2	1	MVP-14
1947	42	CHW	AL	40	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	1
1948	43	TOT	AL	33	10	8	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	4	.125	.300	.125	.425	16	1	0	0	0	1
1948	43	CHW	AL	25	7	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	3	.000	.286	.000	.286	-19	0	0	0	0	1
1948	43	BOS	AL	8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	74	1	0	0	0	/1
1949	44	BOS-min	AA	41	25	25		7	2	0	1						.280	.280	.480	.760		12				BIR · SOUA
1950	45	BOS-min	AA	34	25	25		7	1	0	1						.280	.280	.440	.720		11				BIR · SOUA
1951	46	-min	B	50	92	92		24	5	1	2						.261	.261	.402	.663		37				HRL · GULF
1952	47	-min	B	48	85	85		17	1	0	0						.200	.200	.212	.412		18				HRL · GULF
1953	48	-min	C	33	73	73		18	2	0	1						.247	.247	.315	.562		23				LFY · EVAN
1954	49	ATL-min	B	30	54	54		9	1	0	0						.167	.167	.185	.352		10				HRL,CPC · BSTL
8 Seasons				200	178	157	14	28	4	0	1	16	0	0	8	43	.178	.218	.223	.441	17	35	1	0	13
162 Game Avg.				162	144	127	11	23	3	0	1	13	0		6	35	.178	.218	.223	.441	17	28		0	11

CHW (4 yrs)				131	80	67	6	11	1	0	0	7	0	0	7	16	.164	.243	.179	.422	22	12	1	0	6
SLB (3 yrs)				56	85	78	7	15	2	0	1	7	0	0	1	25	.192	.203	.256	.459	13	20		0	6
PHI (1 yr)				5	10	9	1	1	1	0	0	2	0		0	1	.111	.111	.222	.333	-17	2		0	1
BOS (1 yr)				8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	74	1	0	0	0

AL (7 yrs)				195	168	148	13	27	3	0	1	14	0	0	8	42	.182	.224	.223	.447	19	33	1	0	12
NL (1 yr)				5	10	9	1	1	1	0	0	2	0		0	1	.111	.111	.222	.333	-17	2		0	1

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
1928	23	PHI	NL	10	-2	0	0	0	0	1	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	/1

1935	30	SLB	AL	13	-2	0	0	0	0	1	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	/1
1936	31	SLB	AL	62	-10	0	0	0	0	5	2	-3	-0.2	-3	-0.3	0.1	$	1
1937	32	SLB	AL	10	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	/1

1945	40	CHW	AL	40	-3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	-0.1	0	0.0	-0.1	$	1
1946	41	CHW	AL	25	-1	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0.2	2	0.2	0.0	$	1	MVP-14
1947	42	CHW	AL	8	-2	0	0	0	0	1	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	1
1948	43	CHW	AL	7	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	1
1948	43	BOS	AL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	/1
8 Seasons				178	-22	0	0	0	0	14	4	-4	-0.4	-4	-0.4	0.0	$

CHW (4 yrs)				80	-7	0	0	0	0	6	2	1	0.0	1	0.1	-0.1	$
SLB (3 yrs)				85	-13	0	0	0	0	7	2	-4	-0.3	-4	-0.4	0.1	$
PHI (1 yr)				10	-2	0	0	0	0	1	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$
BOS (1 yr)				3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards
1928	PHI	NL	23	P	5	5	1	34.2	10	0	10	0	0	1.000	2.60	2.00	.966	2.41	2.40
1935	SLB	AL	30	P	6	5	2	36.2	16	3	13	0	0	1.000	3.93	2.67	.949	2.16	2.13
1936	SLB	AL	31	P	41	25	10	189.0	43	6	32	5	3	.884	1.81	0.93	.956	1.99	1.96
1937	SLB	AL	32	P	9	2	0	29.0	6	0	6	0	0	1.000	1.86	0.67	.953	2.05	2.01
1945	CHW	AL	40	P	27	11	5	105.1	43	8	34	1	3	.977	3.59	1.56	.955	2.24	2.23
1946	CHW	AL	41	P	39	0	0	90.2	24	5	19	0	0	1.000	2.38	0.62	.951	2.02	1.99	MVP-14
1947	CHW	AL	42	P	40	0	0	54.1	8	1	6	1	0	.875	1.16	0.18	.955	1.92	1.90
1948	TOT	AL	43	P	33	1	0	48.0	7	2	5	0	0	1.000	1.31	0.21	.963	2.03	1.99
1948	CHW	AL	43	P	25	1	0	39.0	7	2	5	0	0	1.000	1.62	0.28	.963	2.03	1.99
1948	BOS	AL	43	P	8	0	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0		0.00	0.00		2.00	1.99
	8 Seasons			P	200	49	18	587.2	157	25	125	7	6	.955	2.30	0.75	.955	2.07	2.01
	8 Seasons			TOT	200	49	18	587.2	157	25	125	7	6	.955	2.30	0.75	.955	2.07	2.01

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

View Complete Notes on Fielding Data

Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1946 AL (14, 5%) 0.05 Career Shares (1113th)	Win-Loss % s c a p y 1946 AL .765 (2nd)	Games Played s c a p y 1936 AL 41 (8th) 1946 AL 39 (4th) 1947 AL 40 (8th)	Saves s c a p y 1945 AL 4 (3rd) 1946 AL 8 (2nd) 1947 AL 8 (5th)
Shutouts s c a p y 1936 AL 2 (8th)	Losses s c a p y 1936 AL 16 (3rd)	Earned Runs s c a p y 1936 AL 126 (9th)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 1946 AL 5 (7th)
Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1936 AL 15 (1st)	Games Finished s c a p y 1945 AL 15 (8th) 1946 AL 37 (1st) 1947 AL 30 (4th) 1948 AL 19 (8th)	Def. Games as P s c a p y 1946 AL 39 (4th)	Errors Committed as P s c a p y 1936 AL 5 (2nd)
Range Factor/9Inn as P† s c a p y 1945 AL 3.59 (2nd)	Fielding % as P s c a p y 1946 AL 1.000 (1st)	Oldest s c a p y 1945 AL born 1905-04-09 (10th) 1946 AL born 1905-04-09 (5th) 1947 AL born 1905-04-09 (1st) 1948 AL born 1905-04-09 (1st)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 16 (1206), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 2 (1694), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Pitchers

Compare Stats to Similars

Most Similar by Ages

Hold mouse over #'s to see names

Charlie Bishop (971) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Mike Campbell (976) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Connie Marrero (925) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jim Lindsey (957) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Mike Ryba (894) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Mike Ryba (888) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

June 1, 1937: Purchased by Toronto (International) from the St. Louis Browns.
July 26, 1948: Selected off waivers by the Boston Red Sox from the Chicago White Sox.

The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. We attempt to update transactions throughout the season.

Other Resources & Links

Error? Compare Search SABR's Baseball Index Other Links@google.com Baseball Library Baseball-Almanac.com Retrosheet The Baseball Cube The Baseball Page WhatIfSports: Earl Caldwell

Viewed 4,494 times through February 11, 2012.
Name and misspellings: Earl Earl Teach Welton Caldwell

Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

The play-by-play information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet.

Automatic Player Linking / Statistical Sharing Tool / Basic Player Linking / Data Coverage

See Front Page for time of last update

Much of the play-by-play, game results, and transaction information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet.

Win Expectancy, Run Expectancy, and Leverage Index calculations provided by Tom Tango of InsideTheBook.com, and co-author of The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball.

Total Zone Rating and Wins above Replacement calculations provided by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com.

Full-year historical Major League statistics provided by Pete Palmer and Gary Gillette of 24-7 Baseball.

Player head shots courtesy of David Davis. Many thanks to him. We have only selected seasons (players who debuted before 1960) for which we believe the image has reverted into the public domain. We will quickly remove any images for which that can be shown to not be the case.Please let us know if you are aware of any such images on this site.

Play Index Loading Photos from the George Grantham Bain Collection at the Library of Congress.

A Sports Reference Site: About Baseball Reference | Found a bug or have a suggestion?
Privacy Statement | Conditions & Terms of Service | Use of Data

Part of the USA TODAY Sports Media Group.