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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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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

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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

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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
1969 MON NL 25 P 8 5 29.1 10 3 7 0 0 1.000 3.07 1.25 .960 1.93 0.78
1970 MON NL 26 P 43 37 284.2 73 29 42 2 2 .973 2.24 1.65 .949 1.85 0.71 CYA-9,MVP-27,RoY-1
1971 MON NL 27 P 36 35 213.2 67 28 37 2 4 .970 2.74 1.81 .954 1.90 0.78
1972 MON NL 28 P 27 27 172.0 50 24 25 1 0 .980 2.56 1.81 .948 1.78 0.73
1973 ATL NL 29 P 38 37 256.1 64 26 36 2 2 .969 2.18 1.63 .948 1.88 0.73
1974 ATL NL 30 P 38 38 274.2 62 25 36 1 3 .984 2.00 1.61 .942 1.88 0.71
1975 ATL NL 31 P 39 39 277.2 71 29 40 2 3 .972 2.24 1.77 .945 1.86 0.72
1976 ATL NL 32 P 26 24 140.1 45 18 26 1 1 .978 2.82 1.69 .949 1.88 0.72
8 Seasons P 255 242 1648.2 442 182 249 11 15 .975 2.35 1.69 .948 1.86 0.73
8 Seasons TOT 255 242 1648.2 442 182 249 11 15 .975 2.35 1.69 .923 1.86 0.73

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)

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

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

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  6. Lynn McGlothen (957)
  7. Dick Bosman (954)
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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.

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