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Spoon Carter

Spoon Carter

1932–1948  ·  Bats L  ·  Throws R  ·  5'11", 176 lb  ·  b. 1902 Harpersville, AL

Career 53–31 · 4.86 ERA · 325 SO · 754.1 IP · 147 G · 60 H · 1 HR · 23 RBI · .199 AVG

Seasons leading his league
5
2 best in baseball 3 league only
15 Top-5 finishes
5 Title seasons
2 Categories led
1940 Best season

Spanning 1940–1946, peaking at 1 titles in 1940.

Team records #1 Newark Eagles 1940 SV #2 Akron Grays / Cleveland Giants career SO #2 Akron Grays / Cleveland Giants career IP #2 Akron Grays / Cleveland Giants 1933 ERA #2 Akron Grays / Cleveland Giants 1933 SO #2 Akron Grays / Cleveland Giants 1933 WHIP #2 Akron Grays / Cleveland Giants 1933 IP #3 Homestead Grays 1943 W #3 Memphis Red Sox 1946 SV #5 Memphis Red Sox career SV

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

  • 1,156th League titles 5
  • 1,235th Best in baseball 2
  • 1,961st Top-5 finishes 15

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

No top-500 all-time placing His career totals do not reach the top 500 in any tracked category — unsurprising for most careers, and no reflection on the season titles alongside.

Where He Led

led all of MLB   led his league
Category Titles Best Streak Seasons
Saves 3 1st 2 yrs (1945–1946) 1940 NN2 3 1945 NN2 1 1946 NAL 1
Pitcher Fielding Percentage 2 1st 2 yrs (1942–1943) 1942 1.000 1943 1.000
Pitcher Putouts — #2 — 1944 #3 1945 #2
Pitcher Assists — #2 — 1938 #2
Innings Pitched — #2 — 1938 #2
Strikeouts — #3 — 1938 #3
Wins — #2 — 1938 #3 1943 #2

Title Seasons

5 seasons with at least one title
Year Titles Led in
1946 1 SV 1
1945 1 SV 1
1943 1 P FPCT 1.000
1942 1 P FPCT 1.000
1940 1 SV 3

Pitching

  led the league   15 seasons
Year Team Lg W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO WHIP
1932 BBB +2 NSL 5 5 2.65 11 8 0 78.0 69 23 2 13 30 1.05
1933 ACG +1 NN2 0 6 6.32 7 6 0 47.0 57 33 4 17 22 1.57
1935 PC NN2 4 1 3.07 11 5 0 55.2 53 19 2 19 20 1.29
1936 PC NN2 3 2 7.20 9 3 0 35.0 38 28 3 25 14 1.80
1937 PC NN2 0 0 33.00 2 1 0 3.0 11 11 1 4 0 5.00
1938 PS +1 NN2 7 4 6.21 21 13 0 117.1 131 81 13 48 59 1.53
1939 TC +1 NAL 4 1 5.77 8 6 0 43.2 52 28 5 23 24 1.72
1940 NE +2 NN2 2 0 2.76 9 3 3 32.2 31 10 2 12 23 1.32
1942 HG NN2 2 4 6.10 12 7 0 62.0 79 42 4 16 23 1.53
1943 HG NN2 14 2 3.77 21 12 0 119.1 127 50 4 36 45 1.37
1944 HG NN2 6 3 4.73 12 10 0 78.0 103 41 1 24 25 1.63
1945 HG NN2 2 1 3.09 7 3 1 35.0 40 12 0 9 23 1.40
1946 MRS NAL 0 0 3.86 3 0 1 9.1 11 4 0 3 4 1.50
1947 MRS NAL 1 0 6.35 1 0 0 5.2 9 4 1 1 4 1.76
1948 MRS NAL 3 2 5.79 8 5 0 32.2 42 21 1 15 9 1.74
Career — — 53 31 4.86 142 82 5 754.1 853 407 43 265 325 1.48

Batting

15 seasons
Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
1932 BBB +2 NSL 11 32 4 5 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 .156 .156 .250 .406
1933 ACG +1 NN2 8 19 0 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .211 .286 .211 .496
1935 PC NN2 11 25 1 7 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 .280 .308 .320 .628
1936 PC NN2 9 10 5 4 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 .400 .500 .400 .900
1937 PC NN2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1938 PS +1 NN2 21 41 5 5 1 0 0 5 2 0 0 .122 .163 .146 .309
1939 TC +1 NAL 9 19 2 7 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 .368 .500 .368 .868
1940 NE +2 NN2 10 17 2 4 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 .235 .278 .412 .690
1942 HG NN2 12 25 4 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400
1943 HG NN2 22 52 4 10 4 0 0 1 4 0 0 .192 .250 .269 .519
1944 HG NN2 12 28 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .143 .143 .143 .286
1945 HG NN2 7 13 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 .231 .231 .308 .538
1946 MRS NAL 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1947 MRS NAL 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
1948 MRS NAL 8 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .083 .083 .083 .167
Career — — 147 302 32 60 8 1 1 23 16 1 0 .199 .241 .242 .483

Fielding

2 positions
Year Team Lg Pos GGSINN POAEDPTC FLD%RF
1932 BBB NSL P 11 8 78.0 1 20 2 1 23 .913 1.91
1933 ACG NN2 P 7 6 47.0 2 11 1 0 14 .929 1.86
OF 1 1 7.0 1 0 0 0 1 1.000 1.00
1935 PC NN2 P 11 5 55.2 2 11 1 0 14 .929 1.18
1936 PC NN2 P 9 3 35.0 1 6 1 1 8 .875 0.78
1937 PC NN2 P 2 1 3.0 0 2 0 0 2 1.000 1.00
OF 1 0 3.0 3 0 0 0 3 1.000 3.00
1938 PS NN2 P 21 13 117.1 2 31 3 1 36 .917 1.57
1939 TC NAL P 8 6 43.2 2 12 1 0 15 .933 1.75
OF 1 1 4.1 1 0 0 0 1 1.000 1.00
1940 NE NN2 P 9 4 32.2 1 10 1 0 12 .917 1.22
OF 1 1 9.0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0.00
1942 HG NN2 P 12 7 62.0 3 19 0 1 22 1.000 1.83
1943 HG NN2 P 21 12 119.1 3 15 0 0 18 1.000 0.86
OF 1 1 9.0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0.00
1944 HG NN2 P 12 10 78.0 3 16 2 1 21 .905 1.58
1945 HG NN2 P 7 3 35.0 3 3 0 0 6 1.000 0.86
1946 MRS NAL P 3 0 9.1 0 3 0 0 3 1.000 1.00
1947 MRS NAL P 1 0 5.2 1 0 0 0 1 1.000 1.00
1948 MRS NAL P 8 5 32.2 1 5 3 0 9 .667 0.75
Career — — P 142 83 754.1 25 164 15 5 204 .926 1.33
— — OF 5 4 32.1 5 0 0 0 5 1.000 1.00