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Clay Carroll
Clay Palmer Carroll (Hawk)
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: May 2, 1941 in Clanton, AL
Signed by the Milwaukee Braves as an amateur free agent in 1961. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 2, 1964
Final Game: October 1, 1978
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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1964 23 MLN NL 2 0 1.000 1.77 11 1 2 0 0 1 20.1 15 4 4 1 3 1 17 0 0 0 79 200 0.885 6.6 0.4 1.3 7.5 5.67
1965 24 MLN NL 0 1 .000 4.41 19 1 4 0 0 1 34.2 35 18 17 3 13 2 16 1 0 2 148 79 1.385 9.1 0.8 3.4 4.2 1.23
1966 25 ATL NL 8 7 .533 2.37 73 3 28 0 0 11 144.1 127 45 38 8 29 4 67 4 2 10 585 155 1.081 7.9 0.5 1.8 4.2 2.31
1967 26 ATL NL 6 12 .333 5.52 42 7 10 1 0 0 93.0 111 62 57 6 29 10 35 3 0 5 411 61 1.505 10.7 0.6 2.8 3.4 1.21
1968 27 TOT NL 7 8 .467 2.69 68 1 44 0 0 17 144.0 128 50 43 4 38 12 71 6 0 1 585 117 1.153 8.0 0.3 2.4 4.4 1.87 MVP-25
1968 27 ATL NL 0 1 .000 4.84 10 0 5 0 0 0 22.1 26 15 12 1 6 2 10 0 0 0 96 62 1.433 10.5 0.4 2.4 4.0 1.67
1968 27 CIN NL 7 7 .500 2.29 58 1 39 0 0 17 121.2 102 35 31 3 32 10 61 6 0 1 489 138 1.101 7.5 0.2 2.4 4.5 1.91
1969 28 CIN NL 12 6 .667 3.52 71 4 37 0 0 7 150.2 149 70 59 9 78 18 90 7 0 6 674 107 1.507 8.9 0.5 4.7 5.4 1.15
1970 29 CIN NL 9 4 .692 2.59 65 0 31 0 0 16 104.1 104 38 30 4 27 9 63 2 1 2 437 161 1.256 9.0 0.3 2.3 5.4 2.33
1971 30 CIN NL 10 4 .714 2.50 61 0 40 0 0 15 93.2 78 26 26 5 42 9 64 2 0 1 387 131 1.281 7.5 0.5 4.0 6.1 1.52 AS
1972 31 CIN NL 6 4 .600 2.25 65 0 54 0 0 37 96.0 89 27 24 5 32 9 51 1 0 2 392 143 1.260 8.3 0.5 3.0 4.8 1.59 AS,CYA-5,MVP-13
1973 32 CIN NL 8 8 .500 3.69 53 5 24 0 0 14 92.2 111 47 38 5 34 11 41 5 0 2 415 92 1.565 10.8 0.5 3.3 4.0 1.21
1974 33 CIN NL 12 5 .706 2.15 57 3 30 0 0 6 100.2 96 27 24 3 30 9 46 0 1 3 419 164 1.252 8.6 0.3 2.7 4.1 1.53 CYA-8
1975 34 CIN NL 7 5 .583 2.62 56 2 27 0 0 7 96.1 93 30 28 2 32 8 44 3 0 3 407 137 1.298 8.7 0.2 3.0 4.1 1.38
1976 35 CHW AL 4 4 .500 2.56 29 0 20 0 0 6 77.1 67 26 22 1 24 2 38 2 0 4 311 140 1.177 7.8 0.1 2.8 4.4 1.58
1977 36 TOT MLB 5 5 .500 2.75 59 1 22 0 0 5 101.1 91 35 31 11 28 8 38 1 1 0 406 142 1.174 8.1 1.0 2.5 3.4 1.36
1977 36 STL NL 4 2 .667 2.50 51 1 16 0 0 4 90.0 77 28 25 8 24 8 34 1 1 0 357 155 1.122 7.7 0.8 2.4 3.4 1.42
1977 36 CHW AL 1 3 .250 4.76 8 0 6 0 0 1 11.1 14 7 6 3 4 0 4 0 0 0 49 86 1.588 11.1 2.4 3.2 3.2 1.00
1978 37 PIT NL 0 0 2.25 2 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 2 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 17 166 1.250 4.5 0.0 6.8 0.0 0.00
15 Seasons 96 73 .568 2.94 731 28 373 1 0 143 1353.1 1296 506 442 67 442 112 681 37 5 41 5673 121 1.284 8.6 0.4 2.9 4.5 1.54
162 Game Avg. 9 7 .568 2.94 65 3 33 0 0 13 121 116 45 40 6 40 10 61 3 0 4 508 121 1.284 8.6 0.4 2.9 4.5 1.54
W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
CIN (8 yrs) 71 43 .623 2.73 486 15 282 0 0 119 856.0 822 300 260 36 307 83 460 26 2 20 3620 129 1.319 8.6 0.4 3.2 4.8 1.50
ATL (5 yrs) 16 21 .432 3.66 155 12 49 1 0 13 314.2 314 144 128 19 80 19 145 8 2 17 1319 96 1.252 9.0 0.5 2.3 4.1 1.81
CHW (2 yrs) 5 7 .417 2.84 37 0 26 0 0 7 88.2 81 33 28 4 28 2 42 2 0 4 360 129 1.229 8.2 0.4 2.8 4.3 1.50
PIT (1 yr) 0 0 2.25 2 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 2 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 17 166 1.250 4.5 0.0 6.8 0.0 0.00
STL (1 yr) 4 2 .667 2.50 51 1 16 0 0 4 90.0 77 28 25 8 24 8 34 1 1 0 357 155 1.122 7.7 0.8 2.4 3.4 1.42
NL (14 yrs) 91 66 .580 2.95 694 28 347 1 0 136 1264.2 1215 473 414 63 414 110 639 35 5 37 5313 120 1.288 8.6 0.4 2.9 4.5 1.54
AL (2 yrs) 5 7 .417 2.84 37 0 26 0 0 7 88.2 81 33 28 4 28 2 42 2 0 4 360 129 1.229 8.2 0.4 2.8 4.3 1.50

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1970 29 CIN NL NLCS W PIT 0 0 0.00 2 0 1 0 0 1 1.1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 1.500 13.5 0.0 0.0 13.5
1970 29 CIN NL WS L BAL 1 0 1.000 0.00 4 0 3 0 0 0 9.0 5 0 0 0 2 1 11 0 0 0 34 0.778 5.0 0.0 2.0 11.0 5.50
1972 31 CIN NL NLCS W PIT 1 1 .500 3.38 2 0 1 0 0 0 2.2 2 1 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 12 1.875 6.8 0.0 10.1 0.0 0.00
1972 31 CIN NL WS L OAK 0 1 .000 1.59 5 0 3 0 0 1 5.2 6 1 1 0 4 1 3 0 0 0 27 1.765 9.5 0.0 6.4 4.8 0.75
1973 32 CIN NL NLCS L NYM 1 0 1.000 1.29 3 0 0 0 0 0 7.0 5 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 25 0.857 6.4 0.0 1.3 2.6 2.00
1975 34 CIN NL NLCS W PIT 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 1.000 0.0 0.0 9.0 9.0 1.00
1975 34 CIN NL WS W BOS 1 0 1.000 3.18 5 0 0 0 0 0 5.2 4 2 2 1 2 0 3 0 0 0 21 1.059 6.4 1.6 3.2 4.8 1.50
4 Seasons (7 Series) 4 2 .667 1.39 22 0 8 0 0 2 32.1 24 5 5 1 13 4 22 0 0 0 129 1.144 6.7 0.3 3.6 6.1 1.69
4 NLCS 2 1 .667 1.50 8 0 2 0 0 1 12.0 9 2 2 0 5 2 5 0 0 0 47 1.167 6.8 0.0 3.8 3.8 1.00
3 WS 2 1 .667 1.33 14 0 6 0 0 1 20.1 15 3 3 1 8 2 17 0 0 0 82 1.131 6.6 0.4 3.5 7.5 2.13

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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 SF IBB Pos Awards
1964 23 MLN NL 11 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1965 24 MLN NL 19 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
1966 25 ATL NL 73 38 30 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 .100 .100 .100 .200 -45 3 0 0 8 0 0 1
1967 26 ATL NL 42 19 16 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 .063 .118 .063 .180 -47 1 0 0 2 0 0 1
1968 27 TOT NL 68 31 29 2 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 6 .207 .233 .207 .440 31 6 0 0 1 0 0 1 MVP-25
1968 27 ATL NL 10 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1968 27 CIN NL 58 26 24 2 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 5 .250 .280 .250 .530 57 6 0 0 1 0 0 1
1969 28 CIN NL 71 38 29 6 6 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 9 .207 .303 .310 .613 69 9 1 0 5 0 0 1
1970 29 CIN NL 65 15 14 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .071 .133 .071 .205 -44 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
1971 30 CIN NL 61 13 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .100 .100 .100 .200 -42 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 AS
1972 31 CIN NL 65 12 11 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .182 .182 .182 .364 7 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 AS,CYA-5,MVP-13
1973 32 CIN NL 53 18 14 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .214 .214 .214 .429 22 3 0 0 4 0 0 1
1974 33 CIN NL 57 18 18 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 .167 .167 .167 .333 -6 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 CYA-8
1975 34 CIN NL 56 21 19 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 2 0 0 1
1977 36 TOT MLB 51 14 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .091 .091 .091 .182 -51 1 1 0 3 0 0 1
1977 36 STL NL 51 14 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .091 .091 .091 .182 -51 1 1 0 3 0 0 1
1978 37 PIT NL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
15 Seasons 694 245 208 17 27 0 0 1 7 0 0 7 63 .130 .158 .144 .302 -15 30 3 0 30 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 57 49 4 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 15 .130 .158 .144 .302 -15 7 1 0 7 0 0
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
CIN (8 yrs) 486 161 139 15 22 0 0 1 6 0 0 6 43 .158 .193 .180 .373 5 25 2 0 16 0 0
ATL (5 yrs) 155 70 58 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 20 .069 .085 .069 .154 -56 4 0 0 11 0 0
PIT (1 yr) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
STL (1 yr) 51 14 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .091 .091 .091 .182 -51 1 1 0 3 0 0
NL (14 yrs) 694 245 208 17 27 0 0 1 7 0 0 7 65 .130 .158 .144 .302 -15 30 3 0 30 0 0

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1970 29 CIN NL NLCS PIT W 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 29 CIN NL WS BAL L 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 31 CIN NL NLCS PIT W 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 31 CIN NL WS OAK L 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 32 CIN NL NLCS NYM L 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 34 CIN NL NLCS PIT W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 34 CIN NL WS BOS W 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons (7 Series) 22 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 NLCS 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 WS 14 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1964 MLN NL 23 P 11 1 20.1 9 2 7 0 0 1.000 3.98 0.82 .956 2.12 0.84
1965 MLN NL 24 P 19 1 34.2 9 3 5 1 1 .889 2.08 0.42 .956 2.08 0.81
1966 ATL NL 25 P 73 3 144.1 37 6 31 0 2 1.000 2.31 0.51 .943 1.96 0.74
1967 ATL NL 26 P 42 7 93.0 25 3 22 0 4 1.000 2.42 0.60 .960 2.00 0.78
1968 TOT NL 27 P 68 1 144.0 41 4 36 1 1 .976 2.50 0.59 .956 2.01 0.85 MVP-25
1968 ATL NL 27 P 10 0 22.1 6 1 5 0 0 1.000 2.42 0.60 .950 2.01 0.85
1968 CIN NL 27 P 58 1 121.2 35 3 31 1 1 .971 2.52 0.59 .957 2.01 0.85
1969 CIN NL 28 P 71 4 150.2 46 6 39 1 3 .978 2.69 0.63 .957 1.95 0.78
1970 CIN NL 29 P 65 0 104.1 32 8 22 2 1 .938 2.59 0.46 .953 1.85 0.71
1971 CIN NL 30 P 61 0 93.2 38 8 29 1 3 .974 3.56 0.61 .953 1.90 0.78 AS
1972 CIN NL 31 P 65 0 96.0 26 4 21 1 1 .962 2.34 0.38 .950 1.78 0.73 AS,CYA-5,MVP-13
1973 CIN NL 32 P 53 5 92.2 25 4 20 1 0 .960 2.33 0.45 .948 1.88 0.73
1974 CIN NL 33 P 57 3 100.2 31 4 25 2 3 .935 2.59 0.51 .945 1.88 0.71 CYA-8
1975 CIN NL 34 P 56 2 96.1 16 2 14 0 0 1.000 1.49 0.29 .944 1.86 0.72
1976 CHW AL 35 P 29 0 77.1 15 0 15 0 2 1.000 1.75 0.52 .947 1.87 0.85
1977 TOT MLB 36 P 59 0 101.1 29 6 22 1 3 .966 2.49 0.47 .948 1.86 0.69
1977 STL NL 36 P 51 0 90.0 26 6 19 1 3 .962 2.50 0.49 .950 1.85 0.67
1977 CHW AL 36 P 8 0 11.1 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 2.38 0.38 .933 1.91 0.84
1978 PIT NL 37 P 2 0 4.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 4.50 1.00 .950 1.80 0.70
15 Seasons P 731 27 1353.1 381 60 310 11 24 .971 2.46 0.51 .951 1.92 0.76
15 Seasons TOT 731 27 1353.1 381 60 310 11 24 .971 2.46 0.51 .922 1.92 0.76
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1971
1972

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1968-NL-25-0%
1972-NL-13-5%
0.05 Career Shares (1085th)

Cy Young (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1972-NL--5--5%
1974-NL--8--2%
0.07 Career Shares (188th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
Career--2.939--150th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1969 NL--.667--4th
1974 NL--.706--3rd
Career--.568--231st

Games Played s c a p y
1966 NL--73--1st
1968 NL--68--3rd
1969 NL--71--3rd
1970 NL--65--6th
1971 NL--61--4th
1972 NL--65--1st
Career--731--69th

Saves s c a p y
1966 NL--11--10th
1968 NL--17--2nd
1970 NL--16--8th
1971 NL--15--6th
1972 NL--37--1st
1973 NL--14--8th
Career--143--75th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1966 NL--10--7th

Games Finished s c a p y
1968 NL--44--4th
1969 NL--37--8th
1971 NL--40--8th
1972 NL--54--2nd
Career--373--66th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
Career--121--100th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black InkPitching - 5 (420), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 30 (775), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 55 (226), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 18 (358), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

Before 1961 Season: Signed by the Milwaukee Braves as an amateur free agent.

June 11, 1968: Traded by the Atlanta Braves with Tony Cloninger and Woody Woodward to the Cincinnati Reds for Ted Davidson, Bob Johnson and Milt Pappas.

December 12, 1975: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the Chicago White Sox for Jeff Sovern (minors) and Rich Hinton.

March 23, 1977: Traded by the Chicago White Sox to the St. Louis Cardinals for Lerrin LaGrow.

August 31, 1977: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Chicago White Sox for players to be named later. The Chicago White Sox sent Nyls Nyman (September 2, 1977), Dave Hamilton (November 28, 1977) and Silvio Martinez (November 28, 1977) to the St. Louis Cardinals to complete the trade.

March 30, 1978: Released by the Chicago White Sox.

April, 1978: Signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

October 17, 1978: Released by the Pittsburgh Pirates.

April 15, 1979: Signed as a Free Agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.

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