Carl Morton
Carl Wendle Morton
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: January 18, 1944 in Kansas City, MO
High School: Webster (Tulsa, OK)
School: University of Oklahoma
Signed by the Milwaukee Braves as an amateur free agent in 1964. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 11, 1969
Final Game: August 21, 1976
Died: April 12, 1983 in Tulsa, OK
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Standard Batting

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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
1969 25 MON NL 8 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .125 .000 .125 -62 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1970 26 MON NL 43 112 93 6 15 2 0 2 7 0 0 6 29 .161 .208 .247 .455 22 23 0 0 11 2 0 1 CYA-9,MVP-27,RoY-1
1971 27 MON NL 36 83 77 7 14 0 0 2 6 1 0 3 23 .182 .210 .260 .470 33 20 0 0 2 1 0 1
1972 28 MON NL 35 61 52 5 7 2 1 0 2 0 0 4 20 .135 .211 .212 .422 20 11 2 1 4 0 0 1
1973 29 ATL NL 40 101 94 7 17 4 0 3 15 0 0 4 25 .181 .222 .319 .541 44 30 0 1 2 0 0 1
1974 30 ATL NL 38 107 89 8 10 1 0 0 1 0 0 6 33 .112 .168 .124 .292 -18 11 2 0 12 0 0 1
1975 31 ATL NL 39 103 94 9 15 2 0 0 5 0 0 4 30 .160 .194 .181 .375 4 17 0 0 5 0 0 1
1976 32 ATL NL 27 54 45 2 8 0 0 0 6 1 0 2 15 .178 .204 .178 .382 7 8 0 0 5 2 0 1
8 Seasons 266 629 551 44 86 11 1 7 42 2 0 30 178 .156 .201 .218 .418 15 120 4 2 41 5 0
162 Game Avg. 162 383 336 27 52 7 1 4 26 1 0 18 108 .156 .201 .218 .418 15 73 2 1 25 3 0
ATL (4 yrs) 144 365 322 26 50 7 0 3 27 1 0 16 103 .155 .196 .205 .401 10 66 2 1 24 2 0
MON (4 yrs) 122 264 229 18 36 4 1 4 15 1 0 14 75 .157 .206 .236 .442 23 54 2 1 17 3 0

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1969 25 MON NL 8 7 0 0.0 95 .000 .000 .259 .125 .330 .000 .384 .125 .714 -62 .000 -1.6 -0.2 .143 .143 .000
1970 26 MON NL 112 91 6 1.8 103 .203 .161 .266 .208 .338 .247 .406 .455 .744 22 .146 -10.5 -1.0 .372 .151 .086 .0
1971 27 MON NL 83 66 5 2.0 92 .226 .182 .260 .210 .326 .260 .380 .470 .706 33 .220 -7.2 -0.8 .381 .130 .078 1.3
1972 28 MON NL 61 51 2 1.1 92 .219 .135 .258 .211 .326 .212 .381 .422 .707 20 .079 -5.6 -0.6 .340 .154 .077
1973 29 ATL NL 101 79 7 2.4 103 .212 .181 .272 .222 .342 .319 .404 .541 .746 44 .255 -7.9 -0.8 .455 .181 .138 .0
1974 30 ATL NL 107 93 2 0.6 98 .179 .112 .267 .168 .340 .124 .386 .292 .725 -18 .025 -14.7 -1.6 .210 .079 .011
1975 31 ATL NL 103 84 4 1.3 99 .234 .160 .269 .194 .340 .181 .388 .375 .729 4 .097 -12.8 -1.3 .266 .064 .021
1976 32 ATL NL 54 44 2 1.2 97 .250 .178 .269 .204 .337 .178 .384 .382 .721 7 .098 -5.7 -0.6 .297 .067 .000 .0
8 Seasons 629 515 28 1.5 98 .213 .156 .266 .201 .336 .218 .391 .418 .728 15 .124 -65.9 -6.9 .328 .120 .062 3.1
162 Game Avg. 383 314 17 1.5 98 .213 .156 .266 .201 .336 .218 .391 .418 .728 15 .124 -65.9 -6.9 .328 .120 .062 2
ATL (4 yrs) 365 300 15 1.3 99 .216 .155 .269 .196 .340 .205 .392 .401 .732 10 .109 -41.1 -4.3 .307 .102 .050 1.5
MON (4 yrs) 264 215 13 1.6 97 .209 .157 .262 .206 .331 .236 .391 .442 .722 23 .144 -24.9 -2.6 .359 .144 .079 1.6

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1969 25 MON NL 8 0.0% 37.5% 12.5% 0.0% 3.00 2.3 3.00 50%
1970 26 MON NL 112 1.8% 25.9% 5.4% 3.6% 27% 4.83 3.2 46.5 13.3 0.91 57%
1971 27 MON NL 83 2.4% 27.7% 3.6% 2.4% 14% 7.67 3.3 38.5 12.8 1.63 64%
1972 28 MON NL 61 0.0% 32.8% 6.6% 4.9% 43% 5.00 2.6 26.0 2.33 52%
1973 29 ATL NL 101 3.0% 24.8% 4.0% 6.9% 41% 6.25 3.8 31.3 6.3 0.78 65%
1974 30 ATL NL 107 0.0% 30.8% 5.6% 0.9% 10% 5.50 2.7 89.0 2.41 52%
1975 31 ATL NL 103 0.0% 29.1% 3.9% 1.9% 13% 7.50 3.1 18.8 1.35 62%
1976 32 ATL NL 54 0.0% 27.8% 3.7% 0.0% 0% 7.50 3.0 7.5 1.42 59%
8 Seasons 629 1.1% 28.3% 4.8% 3.0% 22% 5.93 3.1 78.7 13.1 1.38 59%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1969 25 MON NL 0 0 0% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 26 MON NL 0 0 21% 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 14% 5 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 1
1971 27 MON NL 0 0 33% 24 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 33% 2 2 0 1 1 0 3 1 2
1972 28 MON NL 0 0 42% 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 60% 3 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 2
1973 29 ATL NL 1 0 21% 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 30 ATL NL 0 0 50% 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11% 7 7 0 0 0 0 2 1 1
1975 31 ATL NL 1 0 47% 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 29% 3 3 0 2 2 0 2 0 2
1976 32 ATL NL 1 0 20% 23 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 25% 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons 3 0 33% 182 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 12 23% 29 27 2 3 3 0 11 2 8
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1969 25 MON NL 8 13% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 7 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 0
1970 26 MON NL 112 31% 15 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 1 1 1 1 0 13 11 85% 26 0 0% 29 9 31% 79 5 6% 7 2 29% 7 2 29% 0
1971 27 MON NL 81 23% 14 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 3 2 67% 15 0 0% 17 3 18% 43 4 9% 4 1 25% 3 1 33% 2
1972 28 MON NL 60 18% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 80% 11 2 18% 10 2 20% 31 2 6% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 1
1973 29 ATL NL 90 47% 17 1 0 0 0 2.31 3 0 3 0 2 2 0 0 2 2 100% 12 0 0% 14 3 21% 60 13 22% 7 3 43% 4 1 25% 11
1974 30 ATL NL 107 28% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 14 12 86% 26 2 8% 26 9 35% 77 3 4% 6 1 17% 0 0 0
1975 31 ATL NL 103 44% 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 5 63% 12 0 0% 16 6 38% 50 5 10% 3 1 33% 7 3 43% 0
1976 32 ATL NL 54 48% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 100% 13 0 0% 15 3 20% 39 7 18% 2 2 100% 4 1 25% 0
8 Seasons 615 34% 86 1 0 0 0 2.31 7 0 16 3 3 3 3 0 50 41 82% 116 4 3% 128 35 27% 386 39 10% 31 10 32% 27 9 33% 14
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1969 25 8 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .125 .000 .125 -62 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 26 51 120 100 6 15 2 0 2 7 0 0 7 32 .150 .202 .230 .432 17 23 0 0 11 2 0
1971 27 87 203 177 13 29 2 0 4 13 1 0 10 55 .164 .205 .243 .448 23 43 0 0 13 3 0
1972 28 122 264 229 18 36 4 1 4 15 1 0 14 75 .157 .206 .236 .442 23 54 2 1 17 3 0
1973 29 162 365 323 25 53 8 1 7 30 1 0 18 100 .164 .211 .260 .471 29 84 2 2 19 3 0
1974 30 200 472 412 33 63 9 1 7 31 1 0 24 133 .153 .202 .231 .432 19 95 4 2 31 3 0
1975 31 239 575 506 42 78 11 1 7 36 1 0 28 163 .154 .200 .221 .422 16 112 4 2 36 3 0
1976 32 266 629 551 44 86 11 1 7 42 2 0 30 178 .156 .201 .218 .418 15 120 4 2 41 5 0

Neutralized Batting

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1969 25 8 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .125 .000 .125 0 8
1970 26 43 104 95 6 17 2 0 2 7 0 7 29 .179 .231 .263 .494 6 43
1971 27 36 82 78 7 15 0 0 2 6 1 3 23 .192 .220 .269 .489 5 36
1972 28 37 62 56 7 9 3 1 0 3 0 5 21 .161 .242 .250 .492 3 35
1973 29 40 100 95 7 18 4 0 3 15 0 4 25 .189 .230 .326 .556 7 40
1974 30 38 100 92 10 13 1 0 0 1 0 8 33 .141 .210 .152 .362 3 38
1975 31 39 101 96 9 17 2 0 0 5 0 5 30 .177 .218 .198 .416 4 39
1976 32 27 50 46 2 9 0 0 0 5 1 2 15 .196 .220 .196 .416 2 27
8 Seasons 268 607 565 48 98 12 1 7 42 2 35 179 .173 .222 .235 .458 30 266
162 Game Avg. 162 367 342 29 59 7 1 4 25 1 21 108 .173 .222 .235 .458 18 266

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Awards (yr lg award)
1970 NL Rookie of the Year

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1970 NL (27, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (1469th)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1970 NL (9, 2%)
0.02 Career Shares (240th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1970 NL  11 (4th)
1974 NL  12 (9th)

Similarity Scores

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