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Charlie Morton

Charles A. Morton

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 230 lb.

Born: November 12, 1983 in Flemington, NJ
High School: Joel Barlow HS (Redding, CT)
Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 3rd round of the 2002 amateur draft.
Signed June 19, 2002. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 14, 2008
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Braves 2008-2012
2012 Contract Status: 1st-Year Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$2.45M (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 3.010, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2015 [*],
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Standard Pitching

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
2002	18	ATL-min	Rk	1	7	.125	4.54	11	5	1	0	0	0	39.2	37	34	20	1	30	0	32	2	0	5	186		1.689	8.4	0.2	6.8	7.3	1.07	BVS · GULF
2003	19	ATL-min	Rk	2	5	.286	4.67	14	13	0	0	0	0	54.0	65	32	28	3	25	0	46	1	5	9	246		1.667	10.8	0.5	4.2	7.7	1.84	DAN · APPY
2004	20	ATL-min	A	7	9	.438	4.86	27	18	3	0	0	2	116.2	140	76	63	7	67	2	102	7	0	10	558		1.774	10.8	0.5	5.2	7.9	1.52	ROM · SALL
2005	21	ATL-min	A	5	9	.357	5.20	26	22	4	0	0	1	124.2	124	84	72	7	62	0	86	14	2	12	561		1.492	9.0	0.5	4.5	6.2	1.39	ROM · SALL
2006	22	ATL-min	A+	6	7	.462	5.40	30	14	6	0	0	2	100.0	116	70	60	14	54	2	75	4	0	9	466		1.700	10.4	1.3	4.9	6.8	1.39	MYR · CARL
2007	23	ATL-min	AA	4	6	.400	4.29	41	6	9	0	0	0	79.2	80	41	38	3	37	2	67	6	0	11	350		1.469	9.0	0.3	4.2	7.6	1.81	MSS · SOUL
2008	24	ATL-min	AAA	5	2	.714	2.05	13	12	1	0	0	0	79.0	51	20	18	0	27	0	72	2	0	2	312		0.987	5.8	0.0	3.1	8.2	2.67	RMD · IL
2008	24	ATL	NL	4	8	.333	6.15	16	15	0	0	0	0	74.2	80	56	51	9	41	2	48	2	0	2	345	68	1.621	9.6	1.1	4.9	5.8	1.17
2009	25	ATL-PIT-min	AAA	7	2	.778	2.26	11	11	0	1	1	0	71.2	56	18	18	3	17	0	62	3	0	2	279		1.019	7.0	0.4	2.1	7.8	3.65	GWI,INA · IL
2009	25	PIT	NL	5	9	.357	4.55	18	18	0	1	1	0	97.0	102	49	49	7	40	0	62	5	0	4	416	92	1.464	9.5	0.6	3.7	5.8	1.55
2010	26	PIT-min	AAA	4	4	.500	3.82	14	14	0	1	0	0	80.0	83	46	34	6	30	0	53	6	1	3	351		1.412	9.3	0.7	3.4	6.0	1.77	INA · IL
2010	26	PIT	NL	2	12	.143	7.57	17	17	0	0	0	0	79.2	112	79	67	15	26	3	59	7	1	5	382	53	1.732	12.7	1.7	2.9	6.7	2.27
2011	27	PIT	NL	10	10	.500	3.83	29	29	0	2	1	0	171.2	186	82	73	6	77	5	110	13	1	9	769	98	1.532	9.8	*0.3*	4.0	5.8	1.43
2012	28	PIT-min	AAA	0	0		1.17	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.2	6	1	1	0	1	0	8	0	0	0	29		0.913	7.0	0.0	1.2	9.4	8.00	INA · IL
2012	28	PIT	NL	2	6	.250	4.65	9	9	0	0	0	0	50.1	62	30	26	5	11	1	25	2	0	4	223	81	1.450	11.1	0.9	2.0	4.5	2.27
5 Yrs				23	45	.338	5.06	89	88	0	3	2	0	473.1	542	296	266	42	195	11	304	29	2	24	2135	78	1.557	10.3	0.8	3.7	5.8	1.56
162 Game Avg.				9	17	.338	5.06	34	34	0	1	1	0	182	208	114	102	16	75	4	117	11	1	9	820	78	1.557	10.3	0.8	3.7	5.8	1.56

PIT (4 yrs)				19	37	.339	4.85	73	73	0	3	2	0	398.2	462	240	215	33	154	9	256	27	2	22	1790	81	1.545	10.4	0.7	3.5	5.8	1.66
ATL (1 yr)				4	8	.333	6.15	16	15	0	0	0	0	74.2	80	56	51	9	41	2	48	2	0	2	345	68	1.621	9.6	1.1	4.9	5.8	1.17

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
2008	24	ATL	NL	74.2	16	15	56	6.75	4.72	0.20	0.17	96.8	4.54	-18	-1.6	.7	-0.0	-1.1	-11	.397	.490	$
2009	25	PIT	NL	97.0	18	18	49	4.55	4.33	0.16	0.17	102.1	4.43	-1	-0.1		-0.1	0.5	8	.492	.499	$
2010	26	PIT	NL	79.2	17	17	79	8.92	4.54	-0.56	0.17	99.2	5.23	-33	-2.9		-0.1	-2.4	-25	.328	.482	$422,500
2011	27	PIT	NL	171.2	29	29	82	4.30	4.22	-0.20	0.16	99.2	4.54	4	0.4		-0.1	1.6	20	.514	.503	$441,000
2012	28	PIT	NL	50.1	9	9	30	5.36	4.33	-0.15	0.16	94.0	4.36	-6	-0.7		-0.0	-0.3	-1	.427	.496	$
5 Seasons				473.1	89	88	296	5.63	4.39	-0.12	0.17	98.9	4.62	-55	-5.0	.7	-0.3	-1.7	-10	.444	.494	$863,500

PIT (4 yrs)				398.2	73	73	240	5.42	4.33	-0.18	0.16	99.3	4.63	-37	-3.3		-0.3	-0.6	1	.455	.495	$863,500
ATL (1 yr)				74.2	16	15	56	6.75	4.72	0.20	0.17	96.8	4.54	-18	-1.6	.7	-0.0	-1.1	-11	.397	.490	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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	ROE
2008	24	ATL	NL	16	345	293	56	80	20	3	9	7	2	41	48	.273	.362	.454	.816	.296	133	2	2	5	4	2	4
2009	25	PIT	NL	18	416	369	49	102	17	5	7	9	4	40	62	.276	.354	.407	.761	.316	150	13	5	1	1	0	0
2010	26	PIT	NL	17	382	337	79	112	17	1	15	12	2	26	59	.332	.386	.522	.908	.361	176	5	7	6	6	3	8
2011	27	PIT	NL	29	769	661	82	186	32	5	6	16	6	77	110	.281	.365	.372	.737	.327	246	25	13	12	6	5	10
2012	28	PIT	NL	9	223	203	30	62	12	3	5	4	0	11	25	.305	.344	.468	.812	.326	95	7	2	5	2	1	5
5 Yrs				89	2135	1863	296	542	98	17	42	48	14	195	304	.291	.364	.429	.793	.326	800	52	29	29	19	11	27
162 Game Avg.				34	820	716	114	208	38	7	16	18	5	75	117	.291	.364	.429	.793	.326	307	20	11	11	7	4	10
MLB Averages																.259	.327	.408	.736	.297

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevLo
2008	24	ATL	NL	-16.6	-1.5	357	-1.3	5.4	-6.7	.98	-1.1	-0.3	-18.7	-1.8	0.98	-13.0	1
2009	25	PIT	NL	-2.3	-0.2	432	-0.0	7.2	-7.3	.97	-0.2	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.97	-1.3	0
2010	26	PIT	NL	-33.9	-3.1	405	-3.3	4.9	-8.2	.93	-2.4	-1.2	-41.7	-3.7	0.93	-26.9	0
2011	27	PIT	NL	-1.0	-0.1	803	-0.4	14.1	-14.5	1.09	-0.9	0.5	-3.5	-0.4	1.09	-8.9	0
2012	28	PIT	NL	-5.8	-0.6	232	-0.9	3.7	-4.7	1.03	-1.1	0.2	-7.4	-0.7	1.03	-11.4	0
5 Yrs				-59.6	-5.5	2229	-6.0	35.4	-41.4	1.02	-5.7	-0.3	-71.2	-6.6	1.02	-61.5	1

Starting Pitching*

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
2008	24	ATL	NL	16	15	4	8	3	1	3	6	9	.400	1	1	0	0	6	40%	42.7	70	12	13	4	1	7	4.3	4.0	4.8	88	5	5	5	0	111
2009	25	PIT	NL	18	18	5	9	4	0	2	7	11	.389	0	1	1	1	8	44%	48.5	84	-3	5	3	0	12	3.4	3.3	5.4	89	2	10	6	0	119
2010	26	PIT	NL	17	17	2	12	3	0	4	2	15	.118	0	1	0	0	7	41%	37.9	64	13	10	3	0	8	2.5	3.3	4.7	84	6	8	3	0	109
2011	27	PIT	NL	29	29	10	10	9	3	2	13	16	.448	4	4	2	1	15	52%	49.1	80	16	19	7	0	16	3.6	3.9	5.9	94	1	20	8	0	115
2012	28	PIT	NL	9	9	2	6	1	0	1	2	7	.222	0	0	0	0	3	33%	45.2	62	28	1	0	0	6	2.6	3.0	5.6	88	2	6	1	0	101
5 Yrs				89	88	23	45	20	4	12	30	58	.341	5	7	3	2	39	44%	45	84	-3	48	17	1	49	3.4	3.6	5.4	90	16	49	23	0	119
MLB Averages													.500						51%	50	100	-13					4.5	4.5	5.9	96

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
2008	24	ATL	NL	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		5	.982	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	6.0	36
1 Yr				16	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0			.982	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	6.0	36

Ratio Pitching*

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%
2008	24	ATL	NL	345	55%	2.6%	13.9%	11.9%	9.3%	40%	1.04	1.61	70%	14%	8.4%	11%	68	2	3%
2009	25	PIT	NL	416	50%	1.7%	14.9%	9.6%	7.0%	28%	1.00	1.26	72%	17%	5.5%	15%	84	13	15%
2010	26	PIT	NL	382	58%	3.9%	15.5%	6.8%	8.6%	30%	0.88	1.21	70%	22%	10.7%	7%	86	5	6%
2011	27	PIT	NL	769	56%	0.8%	14.3%	10.0%	5.6%	23%	1.50	2.53	72%	19%	3.0%	9%	167	25	15%
2012	28	PIT	NL	223	49%	2.2%	11.2%	4.9%	9.0%	32%	1.30	1.93	78%	15%	6.7%	3%	43	7	16%
5 Yrs				2135	54%	2.0%	14.2%	9.1%	7.4%	29%	1.17	1.74	72%	18%	6.5%	9%	448	52	12%
MLB Averages					45%	2.6%	18.2%	8.5%	7.7%	33%	0.80	1.08	69%	19%	7.5%	13%			11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1st%	30%	30c	30s	02%	02c	02s	02h	L/SO	3pK	4pW	PAu	Pitu	Stru
2008	24	ATL	NL	346	1355	3.92	810	60%	26%	14%	29%	31%	74%	1%	44%	81%	55%	5%	19	11	19%	67	36	5	25%	6	6	-1	0	0
2009	25	PIT	NL	416	1599	3.84	956	60%	23%	13%	32%	32%	77%	0%	46%	83%	52%	8%	32	16	23%	97	67	3	27%	10	16	0	0	0
2010	26	PIT	NL	382	1432	3.75	902	63%	27%	14%	27%	32%	73%	2%	46%	81%	56%	4%	17	10	24%	91	55	5	32%	9	4	0	0	0
2011	27	PIT	NL	771	2736	3.55	1684	62%	24%	14%	28%	34%	76%	2%	47%	82%	55%	7%	55	21	24%	182	111	16	16%	23	30	-2	0	0
2012	28	PIT	NL	223	795	3.57	517	65%	24%	12%	28%	36%	76%	1%	49%	84%	61%	3%	7	6	14%	31	17	2	16%	2	0	0	0	0
5 Yrs				2138	7917	3.70	4869	62%	25%	14%	29%	33%	75%	1%	46%	82%	55%	6%	130	64	22%	468	286	31	23%	50	56	-3	0	0
MLB Averages						3.81		63%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	45%	79%	59%	5%			23%				25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					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
2008	24	ATL	NL	345	80	9	2	9	1	7	3	6	7	2	19	14	1	74%	4	2	1	138	7	2	78%	6	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	9	0
2009	25	PIT	NL	416	102	15	2	7	0	9	0	7	3	4	25	14	3	56%	0	4	1	154	9	4	69%	9	3	0	1	0	0	1	1	6	0
2010	26	PIT	NL	382	112	12	1	15	1	21	7	8	3	12	40	22	4	55%	8	5	1	138	12	2	86%	11	2	1	0	0	0	2	1	18	0
2011	27	PIT	NL	769	186	23	1	6	0	18	1	5	2	4	54	31	11	57%	10	9	2	325	16	6	73%	14	6	2	0	0	0	2	1	19	0
2012	28	PIT	NL	223	62	8	2	5	0	3	5	0	3	2	13	7	0	54%	5	4	0	90	4	0	100%	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
5 Yrs				2135	542	67	8	42	2	58	16	26	18	24	151	88	19	58%	27	24	5	845	48	14	77%	44	12	4	2	0	0	5	3	58	0
MLB Averages																		52%							72%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	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+
2008	24	4	8	.333	6.15	16	15	0	0	74.2	80	56	51	9	41	2	48	2	0	2	345	68	1.621	9.6	1.1	4.9	5.8	1.17	68
2009	25	9	17	.346	5.24	34	33	1	1	171.2	182	105	100	16	81	2	110	7	0	6	761	80	1.532	9.5	0.8	4.2	5.8	1.36	80
2010	26	11	29	.275	5.98	51	50	1	1	251.1	294	184	167	31	107	5	169	14	1	11	1143	69	1.595	10.5	1.1	3.8	6.1	1.58	69
2011	27	21	39	.350	5.11	80	79	3	2	423.0	480	266	240	37	184	10	279	27	2	20	1912	78	1.570	10.2	0.8	3.9	5.9	1.52	78
2012	28	23	45	.338	5.06	89	88	3	2	473.1	542	296	266	42	195	11	304	29	2	24	2135	78	1.557	10.3	0.8	3.7	5.8	1.56	78

Neutralized Pitching

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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
2008	24	2	6	.250	6.32	74.0	80	58	52	9	41	48	2	1.635	9.7	5.0	5.8	1.17	1.1	16
2009	25	4	5	.444	4.90	90.0	102	54	49	7	40	57	5	1.578	10.2	4.0	5.7	1.43	0.7	18
2010	26	2	6	.250	7.75	79.0	113	76	68	15	26	58	7	1.759	12.9	3.0	6.6	2.23	1.7	17
2011	27	7	10	.412	4.50	160.0	195	89	80	6	81	102	14	1.725	11.0	4.6	5.7	1.26	0.3	29
2012	28	2	3	.400	5.44	48.0	65	32	29	5	12	24	2	1.604	12.2	2.3	4.5	2.00	0.9	9
5 Yrs		17	30	.362	5.55	451.0	555	309	278	42	200	289	30	1.674	11.1		5.8	1.45	0.8	89

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Complete Games s c a p y 2011 NL 2 (9th)	Shutouts s c a p y 2009 NL 1 (6th) 2011 NL 1 (6th)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 2011 NL 77 (7th)	Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 2011 NL 0.315 (1st)
Losses s c a p y 2010 NL 12 (9th) 2012 NL 6 (1st)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 2011 NL 9 (9th) 2012 NL 4 (5th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 2011 NL 13 (3rd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Pitching - 4 (1996), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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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.

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

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