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Spoon Carter

Ernest C. Carter Jr.

Born: December 8, 1902 in Harpersville, AL
Died: January 23, 1974 in Birmingham, AL
(71 years old)

Bats: L

Throws: R

Ht: 5'11"

Wt: 176

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Notes:

Buried: Shadowlawn Memorial Park (Birmingham, AL)

Pitching

Glossary

Basic Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	WP	BK	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
1932	MULT	NSL	29	SP	5	5	.500	11	8	1	6	0	0	77.0	32	25	72	0	12	31	1	5	18	2.92	126
1933	ACG / PC	NN2	30	SP	0	6	.000	7	6	0	4	0	0	47.0	36	33	57	4	17	22	1	1	211	6.32	67
1935	PC	NN2 / NLP	32	SP	4	1	.800	13	5	1	3	0	0	63.0	27	19	56	2	20	23	1	2	258	2.71	181
1936	PC / NAS	NN2 / IND	33	SP	4	2	.667	10	4	0	1	0	0	40.0	30	28	40	3	27	21	0	1	179	6.30	85
1937	PC	NN2	34	SP	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	3.0	11	11	11	1	4	0	0	0	24	33.00	16
1938	PS / BBB	NN2 / NAL	35	SP	7	4	.636	21	13	7	6	0	0	117.1	92	81	131	13	48	59	0	0	1	533	6.21	82
1939	PS / TC	NN2 / NAL	36	SP	4	1	.800	8	6	2	3	0	0	45.2	34	28	52	5	23	24	0	0	2	206	5.52	76
1940	MULT	NAL / NN2	37	RP	2	0	1.000	9	3	4	2	0	3	32.2	10	10	31	2	12	23	0	0	0	141	2.76	177
1941	ULT	MEX	38	RP	1	1	.500	4	1	0	0	8.0	11	9	15	7	4	45	10.13	47
1942	HG	NN2 / WS	39	SP	2	4	.333	13	7	5	3	0	0	62.1	49	42	80	4	16	23	0	1	2	282	6.06	64
1943	HG	NN2 / WS	40	SP	14	2	.875	22	13	3	8	1	0	125.1	58	53	134	4	36	50	1	0	3	530	3.81	119
1944	HG	NN2 / WS	41	SP	6	4	.600	13	11	2	6	0	0	83.0	47	43	108	1	25	26	2	0	2	371	4.66	86
1945	HG	NN2	42	SP	2	1	.667	7	3	3	1	0	1	35.0	18	12	40	0	9	23	0	0	0	156	3.09	132
1946	MRS	NAL	43	RP	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	1	9.1	4	4	11	0	3	4	0	0	0	40	3.86	106
1947	MRS / WES	NAL / EWA	44	RP	1	0	1.000	2	0	1	0	0	0	8.2	5	4	11	1	2	6	0	0	0	38	4.15	104
1948	MRS / WES	NAL / EWA	45	SP	3	2	.600	9	5	2	2	0	0	33.2	27	21	42	1	16	9	0	0	0	159	5.61	88
16	12			SP	55	33	.625	154	86	35	45	1	5	791.0	491	423	891	41	277	348	6	1	19	3191	4.81	93
162 Game Average					16	9	.625	44	24	11	13	0	1	224.0	139	120	252	13	78	99	2	1	5	952	4.81	93

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	WP	BK	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
15	Negro Leagues				54	32	.628	150	85	35	45	1	5	783.0	480	414	876	41	270	344	6	1	19	3146	4.76	94
1	vs Latin Leagues				1	1	.500	4	1	0	0	8.0	11	9	15	7	4	45	10.13	47

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	WP	BK	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
1	Louisville Black Caps			-	1	3	.250	4	3	3	0	0	27.0	13	9	26	5	13	0	1	3.00	121
2	Birmingham Black Barons			RP	2	2	.500	5	4	1	2	0	0	33.0	19	16	33	0	4	13	1	0	1	51	4.36	92
4	Memphis Red Sox			SP	6	3	.667	15	7	6	4	0	1	72.2	41	33	82	2	23	26	0	0	3	223	4.09	114
1	Akron Grays / Cleveland Giants			LF	0	4	.000	4	4	2	0	0	24.2	27	25	41	3	8	9	1	1	120	9.12	47
6	Pittsburgh Crawfords			RP	11	5	.688	34	15	4	10	0	0	168.0	98	81	161	10	76	76	1	0	3	719	4.34	110
1	NNL All Stars II			SP	1	0	1.000	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	0	0	2	0	2	7	0	1	20	0.00	0
2	Philadelphia Stars			SP	8	4	.667	23	15	7	5	0	0	123.0	101	91	146	15	55	64	0	0	2	569	6.66	77
1	New York Cubans			RP	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	2.2	1	1	3	0	1	3	0	0	0	12	3.38	170
1	Newark Eagles			SP	1	0	1.000	6	2	3	1	0	2	17.1	8	8	18	2	8	9	0	0	0	79	4.15	125
1	Algonoderos de Unión Laguna			-	1	1	.500	4	1	0	0	8.0	11	9	15	7	4	45	10.13	47
4	Homestead Grays			SP	24	11	.686	55	34	13	18	1	1	305.2	172	150	362	9	86	122	3	1	7	1339	4.42	93
2	West All Stars			RP	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	0	0	2	0	2	2	0	0	0	14	0.00	0

Advanced Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP	WHIP	Lg	K%	Lg	BB%	Lg	K/BB	Lg	HR%	Lg
1932	MULT	NSL	29	SP	77.0	1.09	1.31	13.5%	45.5%	5.2%	28.8%	2.58	1.58	0.0%	0.3%
1933	ACG / PC	NN2	30	SP	47.0	1.57	1.34	10.4%	12.4%	8.1%	6.6%	1.29	1.88	1.9%	1.0%
1935	PC	NN2 / NLP	32	SP	63.0	1.21	1.50	8.9%	13.3%	7.8%	8.5%	1.15	1.36	0.8%	1.5%
1936	PC / NAS	NN2 / IND	33	SP	40.0	1.68	1.54	11.7%	11.8%	15.1%	8.6%	0.78	1.32	1.7%	1.1%
1937	PC	NN2	34	SP	3.0	5.00	1.51	0.0%	11.3%	16.7%	8.1%	0.00	1.39	4.2%	1.5%
1938	PS / BBB	NN2 / NAL	35	SP	117.1	1.53	1.47	11.1%	13.0%	9.0%	8.5%	1.23	1.28	2.4%	1.2%
1939	PS / TC	NN2 / NAL	36	SP	45.2	1.64	1.39	11.7%	12.4%	11.2%	8.4%	1.04	1.54	2.4%	1.1%
1940	MULT	NAL / NN2	37	RP	32.2	1.32	1.49	16.3%	12.0%	8.5%	9.6%	1.92	1.30	1.4%	1.1%
1941	ULT	MEX	38	RP	8.0	2.75	1.66	8.9%	9.3%	15.6%	11.1%	0.57	0.84
1942	HG	NN2 / WS	39	SP	62.1	1.54	1.33	8.2%	14.8%	5.7%	8.0%	1.44	1.41	1.4%	1.1%
1943	HG	NN2 / WS	40	SP	125.1	1.36	1.47	9.4%	11.6%	6.8%	9.7%	1.39	1.26	0.8%	0.4%
1944	HG	NN2 / WS	41	SP	83.0	1.60	1.38	7.0%	12.6%	6.7%	7.9%	1.04	1.50	0.3%	0.8%
1945	HG	NN2	42	SP	35.0	1.40	1.41	14.7%	13.1%	5.8%	8.0%	2.56	1.63	0.0%	0.7%
1946	MRS	NAL	43	RP	9.1	1.50	1.43	10.0%	14.0%	7.5%	8.7%	1.33	1.61	0.0%	0.6%
1947	MRS / WES	NAL / EWA	44	RP	8.2	1.50	1.46	15.8%	12.6%	5.3%	9.2%	3.00	1.33	2.6%	0.4%
1948	MRS / WES	NAL / EWA	45	SP	33.2	1.72	1.58	5.7%	13.0%	10.1%	8.8%	0.56	1.39	0.6%	0.9%
16	12			SP	791.0	1.48	1.43	10.2%	14.3%	8.1%	10.1%	1.26	1.42	1.3%	1.0%

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP	WHIP	Lg	K%	Lg	BB%	Lg	K/BB	Lg	HR%	Lg
15	Negro Leagues				783.0	1.46	1.43	10.2%	14.4%	8.0%	10.1%	1.27	1.43	1.3%	1.0%
1	vs Latin Leagues				8.0	2.75	1.66	8.9%	9.3%	15.6%	11.1%	0.57	0.84

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP	WHIP	Lg	K%	Lg	BB%	Lg	K/BB	Lg	HR%	Lg
1	Louisville Black Caps			-	27.0	1.15	1.30	11.7%	46.2%	4.5%	29.1%	2.60	1.59
2	Birmingham Black Barons			RP	33.0	1.12	1.36	25.5%	24.8%	7.8%	15.1%	3.25	1.61	0.0%	0.6%
4	Memphis Red Sox			SP	72.2	1.44	1.47	8.0%	23.3%	7.1%	15.2%	1.13	1.48	0.9%	0.7%
1	Akron Grays / Cleveland Giants			LF	24.2	1.99	1.35	7.5%	12.4%	6.7%	6.7%	1.13	1.87	2.5%	1.0%
6	Pittsburgh Crawfords			RP	168.0	1.41	1.45	10.6%	12.1%	10.6%	8.3%	1.00	1.49	1.4%	1.2%
1	NNL All Stars II			SP	5.0	0.80	1.74	35.0%	12.2%	10.0%	8.6%	3.50	1.43	0.0%	0.7%
2	Philadelphia Stars			SP	123.0	1.63	1.48	11.2%	11.6%	9.7%	9.3%	1.16	1.25	2.6%	1.5%
1	New York Cubans			RP	2.2	1.50	1.64	25.0%	11.1%	8.3%	10.1%	3.00	1.10	0.0%	1.4%
1	Newark Eagles			SP	17.1	1.50	1.54	11.4%	11.4%	10.1%	9.8%	1.13	1.17	2.5%	1.4%
1	Algonoderos de Unión Laguna			-	8.0	2.75	1.66	8.9%	9.3%	15.6%	11.1%	0.57	0.84
4	Homestead Grays			SP	305.2	1.47	1.41	9.1%	12.1%	6.4%	8.7%	1.42	1.40	0.7%	0.8%
2	West All Stars			RP	4.0	1.00	1.09	14.3%	13.4%	14.3%	8.6%	1.00	1.55	0.0%	0.2%

Opponent's Batting

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1932	MULT	NSL	29	SP	11	18	18	32	72	2	0	0	1	12	31	5	0	0	4.000	2.543	4.111	6.654
1933	ACG / PC	NN2	30	SP	7	211	187	36	57	10	4	4	3	17	22	1	6	5	.305	.366	.465	.831
1935	PC	NN2 / NLP	32	SP	13	258	231	27	56	10	2	2	2	20	23	2	5	8	.242	.308	.329	.637
1936	PC / NAS	NN2 / IND	33	SP	10	179	143	30	40	7	1	3	3	27	21	1	8	4	.280	.398	.406	.803
1937	PC	NN2	34	SP	2	24	19	11	11	3	1	1	0	4	0	0	1	0	.579	.652	1.000	1.652
1938	PS / BBB	NN2 / NAL	35	SP	21	533	465	92	131	17	11	13	3	48	59	1	19	11	.282	.350	.449	.800
1939	PS / TC	NN2 / NAL	36	SP	8	206	174	34	52	6	3	5	3	1	23	24	1	2	6	1	3	.299	.385	.454	.839
1940	MULT	NAL / NN2	37	RP	9	141	127	10	31	4	2	2	0	12	23	0	0	2	1	.244	.309	.354	.664
1941	ULT	MEX	38	RP	4	45	11	15	7	4
1942	HG	NN2 / WS	39	SP	13	282	263	49	80	17	3	4	2	16	23	0	2	1	2	.304	.349	.437	.786
1943	HG	NN2 / WS	40	SP	22	530	484	58	134	22	4	4	0	36	50	3	7	1	.277	.331	.364	.694
1944	HG	NN2 / WS	41	SP	13	371	331	47	108	14	2	1	4	25	26	0	2	13	1	8	.326	.376	.390	.766
1945	HG	NN2	42	SP	7	156	145	18	40	6	1	0	3	9	23	0	0	2	3	.276	.318	.331	.649
1946	MRS	NAL	43	RP	3	40	37	4	11	1	0	0	3	3	4	0	0	0	1	.297	.350	.324	.674
1947	MRS / WES	NAL / EWA	44	RP	2	38	35	5	11	2	0	1	0	2	6	0	1	2	.314	.351	.457	.808
1948	MRS / WES	NAL / EWA	45	SP	9	159	143	27	42	11	4	1	1	0	16	9	0	0	0	1	.294	.365	.448	.812
16	12			SP	154	3191	2802	491	891	132	38	41	28	1	277	348	1	19	71	2	50	.296	.359	.414	.773

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
15	Negro Leagues				150	3146	2802	480	876	132	38	41	28	1	270	344	1	19	71	2	50	.296	.359	.414	.773
1	vs Latin Leagues				4	45	11	15	7	4	.000	.000	.000	.000

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1	Louisville Black Caps			-	4	13	26	5	13	1	.000	.000	.000	.000
2	Birmingham Black Barons			RP	5	51	50	19	33	4	1	0	1	4	13	1	0	0	.660	.691	.780	1.471
4	Memphis Red Sox			SP	15	223	203	41	82	14	4	2	4	23	26	0	3	1	2	.305	.365	.443	.808
1	Akron Grays / Cleveland Giants			LF	4	120	106	27	41	8	4	3	2	8	9	1	5	4	.387	.435	.623	1.057
6	Pittsburgh Crawfords			RP	34	719	620	98	161	29	7	10	8	1	76	76	1	3	19	1	15	.260	.343	.377	.720
1	NNL All Stars II			SP	1	20	16	0	2	0	0	0	1	2	7	1	1	0	.125	.263	.125	.388
2	Philadelphia Stars			SP	23	569	491	101	146	16	11	15	3	55	64	0	2	21	13	.297	.370	.466	.837
1	New York Cubans			RP	1	12	11	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	.273	.333	.273	.606
1	Newark Eagles			SP	6	79	70	8	18	2	1	2	0	8	9	0	0	1	0	.257	.333	.400	.733
1	Algonoderos de Unión Laguna			-	4	45	11	15	7	4	.000	.000	.000	.000
4	Homestead Grays			SP	55	1339	1223	172	362	59	10	9	9	86	122	0	7	23	1	14	.296	.345	.383	.728
2	West All Stars			RP	2	14	12	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	2	.167	.286	.167	.452

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