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Standard Pitching
| Year | Age | Tm | Lg | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | Awards | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1932 | 29 | TOT | NSL | 5 | 5 | .500 | 2.92 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 77.0 | 72 | 32 | 25 | 12 | 31 | 5 | 1 | 121 | 1.091 | 8.4 | 1.4 | 3.6 | 2.58 | ||||||||
| 1932 | 29 | BBB | NSL | 2 | 1 | .667 | 4.32 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 26 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 82 | 1.160 | 9.4 | 1.1 | 3.2 | 3.00 | ||||||||
| 1932 | 29 | LVB | NSL | 1 | 3 | .250 | 3.00 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 27.0 | 26 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 118 | 1.148 | 8.7 | 1.7 | 4.3 | 2.60 | ||||||||
| 1932 | 29 | MRS | NSL | 2 | 1 | .667 | 1.44 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 246 | 0.960 | 7.2 | 1.4 | 3.2 | 2.25 | ||||||||
| 1933 | 30 | TOT | NN2 | 0 | 6 | .000 | 6.13 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 47.0 | 57 | 36 | 32 | 4 | 17 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 211 | 71 | 4.22 | 1.574 | 10.9 | 0.8 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 1.29 | ||||
| 1933 | 30 | AG | NN2 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 7.59 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21.1 | 33 | 20 | 18 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 104 | 57 | 4.49 | 1.875 | 13.9 | 0.8 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 1.14 | ||||
| 1933 | 30 | CG | NN2 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 18.90 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.1 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 25 | 7.10 | 2.700 | 21.6 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 1.00 | ||||
| 1933 | 30 | PC | NN2 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 2.82 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 22.1 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 154 | 3.53 | 1.119 | 6.4 | 0.4 | 3.6 | 5.2 | 1.44 | ||||
| 1935 | 32 | PC | NN2 | 4 | 1 | .800 | 3.07 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 55.2 | 53 | 27 | 19 | 2 | 19 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 234 | 166 | 4.06 | 1.293 | 8.6 | 0.3 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 1.05 | ||||
| 1936 | 33 | PC | NN2 | 3 | 2 | .600 | 6.94 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 35.0 | 38 | 30 | 27 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 159 | 70 | 5.77 | 1.800 | 9.8 | 0.8 | 6.4 | 3.6 | 0.56 | ||||
| 1937 | 34 | PC | NN2 | 0 | 0 | 33.00 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 17 | 11.54 | 5.000 | 33.0 | 3.0 | 12.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | ||
| 1938 | 35 | TOT | MLB | 7 | 4 | .636 | 5.91 | 21 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 117.1 | 131 | 92 | 77 | 13 | 48 | 59 | 1 | 0 | 533 | 80 | 4.74 | 1.526 | 10.0 | 1.0 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 1.23 | |||
| 1938 | 35 | BBB | NAL | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.50 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 95 | 2.43 | 1.000 | 7.9 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 4.5 | 4.00 | |||
| 1938 | 35 | PS | NN2 | 7 | 3 | .700 | 6.01 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 109.1 | 124 | 87 | 73 | 13 | 47 | 55 | 1 | 0 | 500 | 79 | 4.91 | 1.564 | 10.2 | 1.1 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 1.17 | |||
| 1939 | 36 | TOT | MLB | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.93 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30.1 | 42 | 29 | 20 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 75 | 1.978 | 12.5 | 5.3 | 4.2 | 0.78 | ||||||||
| 1939 | 36 | TC | NAL | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5.65 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14.1 | 21 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 71 | 2.093 | 13.2 | 5.7 | 3.1 | 0.56 | |||||||||
| 1939 | 36 | PS | NN2 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.19 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 21 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 78 | 1.875 | 11.8 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 1.00 | ||||||||
| 1940 | 37 | TOT | MLB | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.00 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 30.0 | 30 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 132 | 166 | 3.73 | 1.400 | 9.0 | 0.6 | 3.6 | 6.0 | 1.67 | |
| 1940 | 37 | TOT | NN2 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.05 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 20.0 | 21 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 132 | 4.45 | 1.500 | 9.5 | 0.9 | 4.1 | 5.4 | 1.33 | |
| 1940 | 37 | TC | NAL | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.90 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 478 | 2.30 | 1.200 | 8.1 | 0.0 | 2.7 | 7.2 | 2.67 | |
| 1940 | 37 | NE | NN2 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.15 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17.1 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 127 | 4.84 | 1.500 | 9.3 | 1.0 | 4.2 | 4.7 | 1.13 | |
| 1940 | 37 | NYC | NN2 | 0 | 0 | 3.38 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 170 | 1.87 | 1.500 | 10.1 | 0.0 | 3.4 | 10.1 | 3.00 | ||
| 1942 | 39 | HG | NN2 | 1 | 4 | .200 | 7.55 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 31.0 | 49 | 28 | 26 | 7 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 52 | 1.806 | 14.2 | 2.0 | 5.8 | 2.86 | ||||||||
| 1943 | 40 | HG | NN2 | 14 | 2 | .875 | 3.83 | 21 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 120.0 | 129 | 55 | 51 | 4 | 33 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 504 | 127 | 3.20 | 1.350 | 9.7 | 0.3 | 2.5 | 3.3 | 1.33 | ||||
| 1944 | 41 | HG | NN2 | 6 | 3 | .667 | 4.73 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 78.0 | 103 | 45 | 41 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 350 | 92 | 3.17 | 1.628 | 11.9 | 0.1 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 1.04 | |
| 1945 | 42 | HG | NN2 | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.09 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 35.0 | 40 | 18 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156 | 133 | 2.16 | 1.400 | 10.3 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 5.9 | 2.56 | |
| 1946 | 43 | MRS | NAL | 0 | 0 | 3.86 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9.1 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 111 | 2.69 | 1.500 | 10.6 | 0.0 | 2.9 | 3.9 | 1.33 | ||
| 1947 | 44 | MRS | NAL | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.35 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.2 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 80 | 4.09 | 1.765 | 14.3 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 6.4 | 4.00 | AS |
| 1948 | 45 | MRS | NAL | 3 | 2 | .600 | 5.79 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 32.2 | 42 | 27 | 21 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155 | 84 | 3.98 | 1.745 | 11.6 | 0.3 | 4.1 | 2.5 | 0.60 | AS,AS |
| 15 Yrs | 49 | 32 | .605 | 4.84 | 135 | 78 | 23 | 42 | 1 | 5 | 707.0 | 817 | 449 | 380 | 32 | 247 | 0 | 309 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 2526 | 94 | 3.64 | 1.505 | 10.4 | 0.4 | 3.1 | 3.9 | 1.25 | ||||
| 162 Game Avg. | 16 | 10 | .605 | 4.84 | 43 | 25 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 226 | 261 | 143 | 121 | 10 | 79 | 0 | 99 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 806 | 94 | 3.64 | 1.505 | 10.4 | 0.4 | 3.1 | 3.9 | 1.25 | ||||
| W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | Awards | ||||||||||||||
| TC (6 yrs) | 9 | 6 | .600 | 4.75 | 29 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 140.1 | 148 | 93 | 74 | 7 | 69 | 0 | 60 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 549 | 101 | 4.02 | 1.546 | 9.5 | 0.4 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 0.87 | ||||
| MRS (4 yrs) | 6 | 3 | .667 | 4.09 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 72.2 | 82 | 41 | 33 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 223 | 106 | 2.45 | 1.445 | 10.2 | 0.2 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 1.13 | ||||
| HG (4 yrs) | 23 | 10 | .697 | 4.43 | 48 | 30 | 5 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 264.0 | 321 | 146 | 130 | 5 | 73 | 0 | 112 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1010 | 101 | 2.68 | 1.492 | 10.9 | 0.2 | 2.5 | 3.8 | 1.53 | ||||
| BBB (2 yrs) | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4.36 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 33.0 | 33 | 19 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 85 | 0.59 | 1.121 | 9.0 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 3.5 | 3.25 | ||||||
| PS (2 yrs) | 7 | 4 | .636 | 6.03 | 23 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 125.1 | 145 | 101 | 84 | 13 | 56 | 64 | 2 | 0 | 500 | 79 | 4.28 | 1.604 | 10.4 | 0.9 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 1.14 | ||||||
| AG (1 yr) | 0 | 3 | .000 | 7.59 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21.1 | 33 | 20 | 18 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 104 | 57 | 4.49 | 1.875 | 13.9 | 0.8 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 1.14 | |||||||
| NYC (1 yr) | 0 | 0 | 3.38 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 170 | 1.87 | 1.500 | 10.1 | 0.0 | 3.4 | 10.1 | 3.00 | |||||
| LVB (1 yr) | 1 | 3 | .250 | 3.00 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 27.0 | 26 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 118 | 1.148 | 8.7 | 1.7 | 4.3 | 2.60 | |||||||||||
| NE (1 yr) | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.15 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17.1 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 127 | 4.84 | 1.500 | 9.3 | 1.0 | 4.2 | 4.7 | 1.13 | ||||
| CG (1 yr) | 0 | 1 | .000 | 18.90 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.1 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 25 | 7.10 | 2.700 | 21.6 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 1.00 | |||||||
| NN2 (11 yrs) | 38 | 23 | .623 | 5.11 | 107 | 62 | 17 | 31 | 1 | 4 | 550.0 | 646 | 360 | 312 | 30 | 203 | 0 | 244 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 2229 | 91 | 3.62 | 1.544 | 10.6 | 0.5 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 1.20 | ||||
| NAL (6 yrs) | 6 | 4 | .600 | 4.84 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 80.0 | 99 | 57 | 43 | 2 | 32 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 297 | 94 | 2.76 | 1.638 | 11.1 | 0.2 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 1.06 | ||||
| NSL (1 yr) | 5 | 5 | .500 | 2.92 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 77.0 | 72 | 32 | 25 | 12 | 31 | 5 | 1 | 121 | 1.091 | 8.4 | 1.4 | 3.6 | 2.58 | |||||||||||
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Frequently Asked Questions
When was Spoon Carter born?
Spoon Carter was born on December 8, 1902.
Where was Spoon Carter born?
Spoon Carter was born in Harpersville, AL.
How tall was Spoon Carter?
Spoon Carter was 5-11 (180 cm) tall.
How much did Spoon Carter weigh when playing?
Spoon Carter weighed 176 lbs (79 kg) when playing.
How many seasons did Spoon Carter play?
Spoon Carter played 15 seasons.
Is Spoon Carter in the Hall of Fame?
Spoon Carter has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.
What position did Spoon Carter play?
Spoon Carter was a Pitcher.
How many strikeouts did Spoon Carter have?
Spoon Carter had 309 strikeouts over his career.
How many teams has Spoon Carter played for?
Spoon Carter played for 14 teams; the Birmingham Black Barons, Louisville Black Caps, Memphis Red Sox, Akron Grays, Cleveland Giants, Pittsburgh Crawfords, Birmingham Black Barons, Philadelphia Stars, Toledo Crawfords, Newark Eagles, New York Cubans, Toledo/Indianapolis Crawfords, Homestead Grays and Memphis Red Sox.
How many World Series has Spoon Carter won?
Spoon Carter won 2 World Series.
When did Spoon Carter retire?
Spoon Carter last played in 1948.
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