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 Pitching

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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
1969 25 MON NL 0 3 .000 4.60 8 5 1 0 0 0 29.1 29 15 15 2 18 3 16 2 1 0 136 80 1.602 8.9 0.6 5.5 4.9 0.89
1970 26 MON NL 18 11 .621 3.60 43 37 1 10 4 0 284.2 281 123 114 27 125 17 154 4 3 2 1218 114 1.426 8.9 0.9 4.0 4.9 1.23 CYA-9,MVP-27,RoY-1
1971 27 MON NL 10 18 .357 4.80 36 35 1 9 0 1 213.2 252 129 114 22 83 13 84 4 1 6 958 73 1.568 10.6 0.9 3.5 3.5 1.01
1972 28 MON NL 7 13 .350 3.92 27 27 0 3 1 0 172.0 170 84 75 16 53 6 51 3 2 1 722 90 1.297 8.9 0.8 2.8 2.7 0.96
1973 29 ATL NL 15 10 .600 3.41 38 37 1 10 4 0 256.1 254 114 97 18 70 7 112 4 0 3 1074 116 1.264 8.9 0.6 2.5 3.9 1.60
1974 30 ATL NL 16 12 .571 3.15 38 38 0 7 1 0 274.2 293 110 96 10 89 12 113 2 0 3 1176 120 1.391 9.6 0.3 2.9 3.7 1.27
1975 31 ATL NL 17 16 .515 3.50 39 39 0 11 2 0 277.2 302 122 108 19 82 3 78 3 1 1 1199 108 1.383 9.8 0.6 2.7 2.5 0.95
1976 32 ATL NL 4 9 .308 4.17 26 24 0 1 1 0 140.1 172 79 65 6 45 4 42 5 1 2 630 91 1.546 11.0 0.4 2.9 2.7 0.93
8 Seasons 87 92 .486 3.73 255 242 4 51 13 1 1648.2 1753 776 684 120 565 65 650 27 9 18 7113 102 1.406 9.6 0.7 3.1 3.5 1.15
162 Game Avg. 12 13 .486 3.73 35 33 1 7 2 0 226 240 106 94 16 77 9 89 4 1 2 973 102 1.406 9.6 0.7 3.1 3.5 1.15
ATL (4 yrs) 52 47 .525 3.47 141 138 1 29 8 0 949.0 1021 425 366 53 286 26 345 14 2 9 4079 110 1.377 9.7 0.5 2.7 3.3 1.21
MON (4 yrs) 35 45 .438 4.09 114 104 3 22 5 1 699.2 732 351 318 67 279 39 305 13 7 9 3034 92 1.445 9.4 0.9 3.6 3.9 1.09

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1969 25 MON NL 8 136 110 15 29 3 1 2 3 0 18 16 .264 .368 .364 .732 .284 40 0 2 3 3 3
1970 26 MON NL 43 1218 1074 123 281 46 12 27 18 7 125 154 .262 .339 .402 .741 .283 432 32 4 9 6 17
1971 27 MON NL 36 958 854 129 252 35 5 22 12 4 83 84 .295 .358 .425 .783 .305 363 23 4 10 7 13
1972 28 MON NL 27 722 659 84 170 24 7 16 9 11 53 51 .258 .314 .388 .703 .258 256 15 3 3 4 6
1973 29 ATL NL 38 1074 981 114 254 24 4 18 16 8 70 112 .259 .309 .347 .656 .276 340 22 4 14 5 7
1974 30 ATL NL 38 1176 1057 110 293 39 4 10 21 11 89 113 .277 .331 .350 .681 .299 370 35 2 16 12 12
1975 31 ATL NL 39 1199 1087 122 302 38 10 19 23 11 82 78 .278 .328 .384 .712 .284 417 18 3 19 8 3
1976 32 ATL NL 26 630 563 79 172 24 5 6 8 6 45 42 .306 .359 .398 .757 .319 224 14 5 11 6 4
8 Seasons 255 7113 6385 776 1753 233 48 120 110 58 565 650 .275 .334 .382 .716 .288 2442 159 27 85 51 65
162 Game Avg. 35 973 874 106 240 32 7 16 15 8 77 89 .275 .334 .382 .716 .288 334 22 4 12 7 9
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1969 25 MON NL 8 5 0 3 2 0 0 0 5 .000 0 0 0 0 1 20% 45 75 25 3 1 1 2 1.9 2.1 4.7
1970 26 MON NL 43 37 18 11 8 5 4 20 17 .541 0 4 10 4 22 59% 53 86 19 23 8 29 4 4.6 4.5 7.5
1971 27 MON NL 36 35 10 18 7 1 4 10 25 .286 2 5 9 0 16 46% 44 72 21 27 10 18 7 3.9 3.9 6.1
1972 28 MON NL 27 27 7 13 7 0 4 11 16 .407 1 3 3 1 17 63% 50 81 18 17 7 7 13 2.6 2.5 6.4
1973 29 ATL NL 38 37 15 10 12 2 4 21 15 .583 4 6 10 4 22 59% 53 78 17 16 10 15 8 5.3 4.7 6.9
1974 30 ATL NL 38 38 16 12 10 1 6 20 18 .526 4 5 7 1 28 74% 53 82 25 25 10 15 5 4.3 3.8 7.2
1975 31 ATL NL 39 39 17 16 6 5 8 19 20 .487 2 4 11 2 22 56% 50 81 9 20 7 22 5 3.5 3.5 7.1
1976 32 ATL NL 26 24 4 9 11 0 3 6 18 .250 5 5 1 1 13 54% 45 81 24 30 10 10 7 4.0 4.2 5.6
8 Seasons 255 242 87 92 63 14 33 107 134 .444 18 32 51 13 141 58% 50 86 9 161 63 117 51 4.0 3.9 6.7
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1969 25 MON NL 8 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.181 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 3 2 0 2 0 6.0
1970 26 MON NL 43 6 1 0 0 1 0 1 0% 2 1 4 2 50% 8 1.133 2 0 4 2 0 4 3 3 2 1 2 0 3.8
1971 27 MON NL 36 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 9 1.163 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.0
1973 29 ATL NL 38 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1.017 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0
1976 32 ATL NL 26 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 3 1.027 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 2 0 8.0
5 Seasons 151 13 4 0 0 2 1 1 50% 3 1 5 2 40% 1.096 2 1 10 4 1 8 4 9 6 2 6 0 4.7

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1969 25 MON NL 136 38% 1.5% 11.8% 13.2% 4.4% 21% 1.00 70% 39 0 0%
1970 26 MON NL 1218 46% 2.2% 12.6% 10.3% 7.0% 30% 1.00 74% 235 32 14%
1971 27 MON NL 958 46% 2.3% 8.8% 8.7% 6.5% 25% 1.14 79% 175 23 13%
1972 28 MON NL 722 47% 2.2% 7.1% 7.3% 6.5% 28% 1.36 83% 106 15 14%
1973 29 ATL NL 1074 48% 1.7% 10.4% 6.5% 4.3% 18% 1.22 80% 197 22 11%
1974 30 ATL NL 1176 45% 0.9% 9.6% 7.6% 4.5% 18% 1.50 80% 230 35 15%
1975 31 ATL NL 1199 47% 1.6% 6.5% 6.8% 5.6% 22% 1.34 83% 251 18 7%
1976 32 ATL NL 630 45% 1.0% 6.7% 7.1% 5.6% 20% 1.48 83% 122 14 11%
8 Seasons 7113 46% 1.7% 9.1% 7.9% 5.6% 23% 1.26 80% 1355 159 12%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1969 25 MON NL 136 29 2 0 7 1 1 2 0 14 7 2 50% 0 0 1 66 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1970 26 MON NL 1218 281 27 1 21 17 10 18 9 62 27 8 44% 13 2 3 454 18 7 72% 17 6 1 0 0 1 1 0 20 0
1971 27 MON NL 931 252 22 0 25 17 5 12 10 60 29 8 48% 15 6 1 351 12 4 75% 11 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 18 27
1972 28 MON NL 722 170 16 0 11 6 10 11 5 31 18 1 58% 10 1 1 228 9 11 45% 8 9 1 2 0 0 1 1 11 0
1973 29 ATL NL 969 254 18 0 9 11 7 13 5 48 29 5 60% 19 3 2 365 16 8 67% 15 7 1 1 0 0 6 0 12 105
1974 30 ATL NL 1176 293 10 0 23 8 2 5 5 77 31 15 40% 21 3 2 440 21 11 66% 17 9 4 0 0 2 3 1 23 0
1975 31 ATL NL 1197 302 19 0 29 11 8 12 7 72 39 6 54% 16 1 4 455 23 11 68% 21 9 2 0 0 2 2 2 15 2
1976 32 ATL NL 630 172 6 0 13 5 1 3 3 35 18 3 51% 13 2 0 248 8 6 57% 7 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
8 Seasons 6979 1753 120 1 138 76 44 76 44 399 198 48 50% 107 18 14 2607 110 58 65% 99 50 11 3 0 5 14 4 117 134
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age 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 ERA+
1969 25 0 3 .000 4.60 8 5 1 0 0 0 29.1 29 15 15 2 18 3 16 2 1 0 136 80 1.602 8.9 0.6 5.5 4.9 0.89 80
1970 26 18 14 .563 3.70 51 42 2 10 4 0 314.0 310 138 129 29 143 20 170 6 4 2 1354 110 1.443 8.9 0.8 4.1 4.9 1.19 110
1971 27 28 32 .467 4.14 87 77 3 19 4 1 527.2 562 267 243 51 226 33 254 10 5 8 2312 92 1.493 9.6 0.9 3.9 4.3 1.12 92
1972 28 35 45 .438 4.09 114 104 3 22 5 1 699.2 732 351 318 67 279 39 305 13 7 9 3034 92 1.445 9.4 0.9 3.6 3.9 1.09 92
1973 29 50 55 .476 3.91 152 141 4 32 9 1 956.0 986 465 415 85 349 46 417 17 7 12 4108 98 1.396 9.3 0.8 3.3 3.9 1.19 98
1974 30 66 67 .496 3.74 190 179 4 39 10 1 1230.2 1279 575 511 95 438 58 530 19 7 15 5284 102 1.395 9.4 0.7 3.2 3.9 1.21 102
1975 31 83 83 .500 3.69 229 218 4 50 12 1 1508.1 1581 697 619 114 520 61 608 22 8 16 6483 103 1.393 9.4 0.7 3.1 3.6 1.17 103
1976 32 87 92 .486 3.73 255 242 4 51 13 1 1648.2 1753 776 684 120 565 65 650 27 9 18 7113 102 1.406 9.6 0.7 3.1 3.5 1.15 102

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1969 25 1 2 .333 5.14 28.0 31 18 16 2 19 15 2 1.786 10.0 6.1 4.8 0.79 0.6 8
1970 26 16 14 .533 3.64 272.0 276 122 110 27 123 147 4 1.467 9.1 4.1 4.9 1.20 0.9 43
1971 27 7 15 .318 5.79 199.0 268 142 128 23 88 78 4 1.789 12.1 4.0 3.5 0.89 1.0 36
1972 28 8 10 .444 4.66 168.0 188 97 87 18 59 50 3 1.470 10.1 3.2 2.7 0.85 1.0 27
1973 29 15 12 .556 3.47 249.0 253 107 96 18 70 109 4 1.297 9.1 2.5 3.9 1.56 0.7 38
1974 30 17 12 .586 3.34 264.0 294 109 98 10 89 109 2 1.451 10.0 3.0 3.7 1.22 0.3 38
1975 31 16 13 .552 3.71 269.0 307 123 111 19 83 76 3 1.450 10.3 2.8 2.5 0.92 0.6 39
1976 32 7 8 .467 4.43 136.0 173 74 67 6 45 41 5 1.603 11.4 3.0 2.7 0.91 0.4 26
8 Seasons 87 86 .503 4.05 1585.0 1790 792 713 123 576 625 27 1.493 10.2 3.5 1.09 0.7 255

* 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)

Wins s c a p y
1970 NL  18 (5th)
1974 NL  16 (7th)
1975 NL  17 (6th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1970 NL  .621 (9th)
1973 NL  .600 (8th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1970 NL  284.7 (6th)
1973 NL  256.3 (9th)
1974 NL  274.7 (6th)
1975 NL  277.7 (4th)

Games Started s c a p y
1970 NL  37 (6th)
1973 NL  37 (6th)
1974 NL  38 (6th)
1975 NL  39 (2nd)

Shutouts s c a p y
1970 NL  4 (2nd)
1973 NL  4 (5th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1970 NL  27 (9th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1970 NL  125 (1st)
1971 NL  83 (10th)

Hits s c a p y
1970 NL  281 (2nd)
1971 NL  252 (8th)
1973 NL  254 (7th)
1974 NL  293 (1st)
1975 NL  302 (1st)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1974 NL  .328 (3rd)

Losses s c a p y
1971 NL  18 (2nd)
1975 NL  16 (2nd)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1970 NL  114 (5th)
1971 NL  114 (2nd)
1975 NL  108 (3rd)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1970 NL  1218 (3rd)
1973 NL  1074 (8th)
1974 NL  1176 (4th)
1975 NL  1199 (2nd)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 36 (672), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 11 (883), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 5 (1352), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  5. Hugh McQuillan (962)
  6. Lynn McGlothen (957)
  7. Dick Bosman (954)
  8. Cal McLish (954)
  9. Hal Brown (953)
  10. Andy Hawkins (952)
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  5. Ed Whitson (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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