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Carl Morton

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Full Name: Carl Wendle Morton Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/200 First Game: April 11, 1969
Birthdate: January 18, 1944 Final Game: August 21, 1976
Birthplace: Kansas City, Missouri MLB Experience: 8 years
Died: April 12, 1983
Deathplace: Tulsa, Oklahoma
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Pitching Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
    • 2.3 Batting Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Born on January 18, 1944 in Kansas City, Missouri, Carl Morton (Carl Wendle Morton) played for the Montreal Expos and Atlanta Braves over the course of his 8 year career. Morton broke into the bigs on April 11, 1969 with the Montreal Expos, and put up a 3.60 ERA in 284.2 innings pitched in 1970, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Carl Morton's best season was 1970, when he posted a 3.60 ERA, won 18 games and struck out 154 batters.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP
1969 MON N 8 5 0 3 4.60 16 15 15 0 0 0 29.1 29 2 18 3 0 2
1970 MON N 43 37 18 11 3.60 154 123 114 10 4 0 284.2 281 27 125 17 2 4
1971 MON N 36 35 10 18 4.80 84 129 114 9 0 1 213.2 252 22 83 13 6 4
1972 MON N 27 27 7 13 3.92 51 84 75 3 1 0 172 170 16 53 6 1 3
1973 ATL N 38 37 15 10 3.41 112 114 97 10 4 0 256.1 254 18 70 7 3 4
1974 ATL N 38 38 16 12 3.15 113 110 96 7 1 0 274.2 293 10 89 12 3 2
1975 ATL N 39 39 17 16 3.50 78 122 108 11 2 0 277.2 302 19 82 3 1 3
1976 ATL N 26 24 4 9 4.17 42 79 65 1 1 0 140.1 172 6 45 4 2 5
Total 255 242 87 92 3.73 650 776 684 51 13 1 1648.2 1753 120 565 65 18 27

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1969 MON N P 8 5 29.1 3 7 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 1.000
1970 MON N P 43 37 284.2 29 42 2 2 0 3 18 7 0 .973
1971 MON N P 36 35 213.2 28 37 2 4 0 1 12 4 0 .970
1972 MON N P 27 27 172 24 25 1 0 0 1 9 11 1 .980
1973 ATL N P 38 37 256.1 26 36 2 2 0 2 16 8 2 .969
1974 ATL N P 38 38 274.2 25 36 1 3 0 2 21 11 0 .984
1975 ATL N P 39 39 277.2 29 40 2 3 0 4 23 11 1 .972
1976 ATL N P 26 24 140.1 18 26 1 1 0 0 8 6 0 .978
Total P 255 242 1648.2 182 249 11 15 0 14 110 58 4 .975

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1969 MON N 8 7 0 0 0 0 .000 .125 .000 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0
1970 MON N 43 93 6 15 2 7 .161 .208 .247 2 0 6 29 0 11 0 0 0
1971 MON N 36 77 7 14 2 6 .182 .210 .260 0 0 3 23 0 2 1 0 0
1972 MON N 35 52 5 7 0 2 .135 .211 .212 2 1 4 20 1 4 0 0 2
1973 ATL N 40 94 7 17 3 15 .181 .222 .319 4 0 4 25 1 2 0 0 0
1974 ATL N 38 89 8 10 0 1 .112 .168 .124 1 0 6 33 0 12 0 0 2
1975 ATL N 39 94 9 15 0 5 .160 .194 .181 2 0 4 30 0 5 0 0 0
1976 ATL N 27 45 2 8 0 6 .178 .204 .178 0 0 2 15 0 5 1 0 0
Total 266 551 44 86 7 42 .156 .201 .218 11 1 30 178 2 41 2 0 4

[edit] Transactions

  • Signed as an amateur free agent by Milwaukee Braves (August 14, 1964).
  • Selected by Montreal Expos from Atlanta Braves (45th pick overall) in the expansion draft (October 14, 1968).
  • Traded by Montreal Expos to Atlanta Braves in exchange for Pat Jarvis (February 28, 1973).
  • Traded by Atlanta Braves with Ken Henderson, Dave May, Roger Moret, Adrian Devine and $250000 to Texas Rangers in exchange for Jeff Burroughs (December 9, 1976).
  • Released by Texas Rangers (April 1, 1977).
  • Signed by Philadelphia Phillies (@May, 1977).
  • Released by Philadelphia Phillies (September 14, 1977).
  • Signed by Pittsburgh Pirates (1978).
  • Released by Pittsburgh Pirates (March 18, 1978).

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