Carl Morton

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

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

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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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