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Earl Caldwell

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 178lb (185cm, 80kg)

Born: April 9, 1905 in Sparks, TX us

Died: September 15, 1981 in Mission, TX

Buried: Valley Memorial Gardens, McAllen, TX

Debut: September 8, 1928 (Age 23-152d, 6,780th in major league history)
vs. BSN 9.0 IP, 6 H, 2 SO, 3 BB, 0 ER, W

Last Game: September 15, 1948 (Age 43-159d)
vs. CHW 0.2 IP, 3 H, 1 SO, 3 BB, 6 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1935 season

Full Name: Earl Welton Caldwell

Nicknames: Teach

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.4

ERA

4.69

200

587.2

202

WHIP

1.557

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Team Record in Appearances: 8-25 / in Starts: 0-1

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 14, Entered with runners on base: 16

1948 Pitching Game Log

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1948 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	168	1	Apr 20	CHW		DET	L,2-5	9-GF		99	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.76	2	1	0	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.44	-0.022	1.10	-0.03%	-0.08	9t 12- 1 out d2	9t end d 3
2	169	4	Apr 24	CHW	@	SLB	L,4-6	5-6		3	1.2	3	1	1	0	2	0	0	3.86	1.04	8	1	2	0	0	3		2	2	1	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.38	-0.079	.69	-0.09%	-1.00	5b -23 1 out d2	6b 3 out d5
3	170	6	Apr 25(2)	CHW	@	SLB	L,6-7			0	1.1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2.45	3.30	4												2	0	0	0		0
4	171	7	Apr 26	CHW		CLE	L,11-12	9-GF(14)	BL(0-1)	0	5.2	5	1	1	4	1	1	0	1.93	5.44	25	5	10	0	0	5		2	2	0	1	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.45	0.065	4.48	0.07%	0.48	9t 12- 1 out a2	14t end d 1
5	172	9	Apr 30	CHW	@	DET	W,5-4	8-9	H(1)	3	1.0	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	3.48	5.47	8	2	1	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.75	-0.229	3.02	-0.24%	-1.30	8b --- 0 out a3	9b 123 0 out a3
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
6	173	13	May 6	CHW	@	WSH	L,0-5	8-GF(8)		5	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.18	5.05	4	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.001	.04	0.00%	0.52	8b --- 0 out d5	8b end d 5
7	174	14	May 8	CHW	@	PHA	L,1-16	8-GF(8)		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.09	4.99	1	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.34	8b -2- 2 out d15	8b end d15
8	175	20	May 16(1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,6-4	10-GF(10)	S(1)	7	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.84	5.05	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.67	0.095	1.62	0.04%	0.52	10b --- 0 out a2	10b end a 2
9	176	23	May 19	CHW		WSH	L,1-4	9-GF		2	1.0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.63	4.95	6	1	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.18	0.008	.07	0.00%	0.51	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
10	177	24	May 20	CHW		NYY	L,2-13	8-9		0	1.2	8	4	4	2	0	1	0	4.70	5.95	14	0	4	2	0	8		0	0	0	0	0	12	3	0	0	0	0	0	.00	-0.001	.00	0.00%	-3.48	8t --- 0 out d8	9t 1-3 2 out d11
11	178	30	May 26	CHW		PHA	L,1-7	8-GF		5	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.15	5.58	7	0	6	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.003	.01	0.00%	1.02	8t --- 0 out d6	9t end d 6
12	179	34	May 30(2)	CHW		CLE	L,8-13	8-8	L(0-2)	3	0.0	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	4.67	5.76	2	0	0	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.32	-0.275	.55	-0.02%	-1.50	8t 1-3 0 out a2	8t 123 0 out a1
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
13	180	44	Jun 11	CHW	@	BOS	L,4-12	6-GF(8)		11	3.0	4	3	3	0	0	0	1	5.31	5.46	15	6	4	0	0	4		3	1	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	.12	-0.002	.01	0.00%	-0.47	6b 123 0 out d4	8b end d 8
14	181	46	Jun 15	CHW		NYY	W,9-8	10-GF(11)	W(1-2)	3	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.84	5.22	7	1	5	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.90	0.279	.09	0.01%	1.02	10t --- 0 out tie	11t end tie
15	182	54	Jun 24(2)	CHW		BOS	L,5-8	6-GF	BL(1-3)	8	4.0	4	3	3	1	1	1	0	5.13	5.38	18	11	2	1	0	3		1	1	1	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	1	.92	-0.270	.06	-0.01%	-1.33	6t -2- 0 out a1	9t end d 3
16	183	58	Jun 27(2)	CHW		PHA	L,2-6	8-GF		2	2.0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	4.76	5.33	8	1	3	0	0	1		0	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.11	0.012	.00	0.00%	1.02	8t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
17	184	63	Jul 3	CHW		DET	L,2-6	9-GF		5	0.2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	4.66	5.48	4	0	1	0	0	1		2	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	.40	-0.045	.00	0.00%	-1.08	9t 12- 1 out d2	9t end d 4
18	185	69	Jul 7	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-10	GS-1	L(1-4)	3	0.1	5	5	4	1	0	0	0	5.83	5.55	7	0	1	0	0	5	22			0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.84	-0.406	.01	0.00%	-4.41	1b start a 2	1b 12- 1 out d2
19	186	72	Jul 10	CHW	@	DET	L,4-5			2	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.64	5.46	3												3	0	0	0		0
20	187	76	Jul 17	CHW	@	WSH	W,9-7	9-GF	S(2)	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.46	5.38	1	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.92	0.331	.00	0.00%	1.52	9b 12- 0 out a2	9b end a 2
21	188	77	Jul 18(1)	CHW	@	PHA	W,12-11	4-5		0	2.0	4	2	2	1	1	0	0	5.67	5.25	11	2	3	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	.48	-0.084	.00	0.00%	-0.92	4b --- 0 out d3	5b 3 out d3
22	189	82	Jul 21(1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-3	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	5.50	5.20	5	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	.44	0.017	.00	0.00%	0.56	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
23	190	83	Jul 21(2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,9-10	9-GF	BL(1-5)	-1	0.2	1	2	2	1	0	0	1	5.91	5.33	5	0	2	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	4.15	-0.800	.00	0.00%	-2.30	9b 1-- 0 out a2	9b end d 1
24	191	87	Jul 24(1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-6	5-7		2	3.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.45	5.07	11	4	4	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.11	0.018	.00	0.00%	1.58	5b --- 0 out d5	7b 3 out d5
25	192	88	Jul 24(2)	CHW	@	NYY	W,8-4	10-GF(10)	S(3)	-1	1.0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.31	5.09	5	2	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	.84	0.020	.00	0.00%	0.53	10b --- 0 out a4	10b end a 4
				Player went from Chicago White Sox to Boston Red Sox
26	193	95	Jul 31	BOS	@	CLE	L,9-10	8-9	H(2)	6	0.2	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	5.67	5.13	5	0	2	0	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.13	-0.087	25.84	-0.43%	-0.46	8b 1-- 1 out a1	9b 12- 0 out a2
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
27	194	102	Aug 7	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-5	6-GF(8)		6	2.1	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	5.57	5.09	9	2	3	0	0	1		2	0	1	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.18	-0.002	.85	0.00%	0.53	6b 1-3 2 out d3	8b end d 4
28	195	112	Aug 19	BOS		PHA	L,3-10	8-8		11	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.53	5.07	1	1	0	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.06	0.002	.39	0.01%	0.81	8t 123 2 out d7	8t 3 out d7
29	196	115	Aug 21	BOS		WSH	W,10-6	6-6		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.48	5.05	1	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.79	0.052	9.45	0.17%	0.35	6t -2- 2 out tie	6t 3 out tie
30	197	117	Aug 24	BOS		CLE	W,9-8	9-GF	W(2-5)	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.36	5.00	2	1	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	.62	0.052	6.57	0.33%	1.58	9t 12- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
31	198	123	Aug 29(2)	BOS		SLB	L,4-12			4	2.0	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	5.12	4.99	10												8	1	0	0		0
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
32	199	133	Sep 10	BOS		NYY	L,6-11	9-10	L(2-6)	11	1.2	3	5	4	3	2	1	1	5.70	5.36	12	2	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.35	-0.334	37.47	-2.24%	-3.42	9t --- 0 out tie	10t 1-3 2 out d4
33	200	138	Sep 15	BOS	@	CHW	L,10-17	7-7		4	0.2	3	6	6	3	1	1	0	6.75	5.74	8	0	1	0	0	3		2	2	1	0	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	.28	-0.041	2.69	-0.24%	-6.80	7b 1-3 1 out d3	7b 3 out d11
							8-25		W-L:2-6,Sv:3,BSv:3,Hld:2	2.9	48.0	64	39	36	33	15	5	3	6.75	5.74	232	0.82		4%	1%	60	22	29	45%	5	4	0	191	9	0	4	3	0	1	1.13	-1.722	3.55	-2.68%	-15.67

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