Earl Caldwell
1928–1948 · bats R / throws R · Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, MLS, Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Browns
200G
.178AVG
.218OBP
.223SLG
More career statistics
28H
1HR
16RBI
0SB
33–43W–L
587.2IP
202K
4.69ERA
49GS
25SV
2Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Plate appearances | 178 | 179 |
| Batting · RBI | 16 | 15 |
| Batting · Walks | 8 | 9 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 2,633 | 2,629 |
| Pitching · p er | 306 | 303 |
| Pitching · p h | 656 | 654 |
| Pitching · p hr | 44 | 45 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 1,763 | 1,762 |
| Pitching · p k | 202 | 197 |
| Pitching · p r | 347 | 348 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 200 | 178 | 157 | 14 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | .178 | .218 | .223 | .441 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 587.7 | 200 | 49 | 18 | 33 | 43 | 25 | 656 | 347 | 306 | 44 | 259 | 202 | 0 | 0 | 4.69 | 1.557 |
Streaks
3longest hitting streak · 1945-08-08 to 1945-08-20
3longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40 | Ten Runs Allowed | 1936-07-24 | 1 in 102 games | box score ↗ |
| 29 | 7 walks allowed | 1936-09-26 | 1 in 192 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 26 | 10 innings pitched | 1936-09-12 | 1 in 150 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1928 |  Philadelphia Phillies | 5 | 9 | 1 | – | 1 | – | .111 | 34 | 6 |
| 1935 |  St. Louis Browns | 6 | 11 | 2 | – | – | – | .182 | 36 | 5 |
| 1936 | St. Louis Browns | 41 | 58 | 11 | 1 | 6 | – | .190 | 189 | 58 |
| 1937 | St. Louis Browns | 9 | 9 | 2 | – | 1 | – | .222 | 29 | 8 |
| 1945 |  Chicago White Sox | 27 | 37 | 8 | – | 4 | – | .216 | 105 | 43 |
| 1946 | Chicago White Sox | 39 | 18 | 3 | – | 2 | – | .167 | 90 | 40 |
| 1947 | Chicago White Sox | 40 | 7 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 54 | 22 |
| 1948 | Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox | 33 | 8 | 1 | – | 1 | – | .125 | 48 | 15 |