Spoon Carter
1933–1949 · bats L / throws R · AKR, ASW, Birmingham Black Barons, Baltimore Elite Giants, CV7, Homestead Grays, IN8, LS4
150G
.178AVG
.218OBP
.220SLG
More career statistics
55H
1HR
21RBI
0SB
52–33W–L
770.0IP
326K
4.98ERA
83GS
5SV
3Rare 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 · Games | 150 | 185 |
| Batting · At bats | 309 | 225 |
| Batting · Doubles | 8 | 3 |
| Batting · Hits | 55 | 49 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 0 | 3 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 342 | 242 |
| Batting · Runs | 31 | 23 |
| Batting · RBI | 21 | 10 |
| Batting · Triples | 1 | 0 |
| Batting · Walks | 16 | 10 |
| Pitching · Games | 145 | 179 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 3,423 | 2,517 |
| Pitching · p er | 426 | 148 |
| Pitching · p gs | 83 | 87 |
| Pitching · p h | 886 | 725 |
| Pitching · p hr | 41 | 45 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 2,310 | 2,161 |
| Pitching · p k | 326 | 168 |
| Pitching · p r | 492 | 443 |
| Pitching · p w | 266 | 192 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 150 | 342 | 309 | 31 | 55 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68 | .178 | .218 | .220 | .438 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 770.0 | 145 | 83 | 46 | 52 | 33 | 5 | 886 | 492 | 426 | 41 | 266 | 326 | 0 | 0 | 4.98 | 1.496 |
Streaks
4longest hitting streak · 1935-08-19 to 1935-10-26
4longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Twelve Runs Allowed | 1944-07-11 | 1 in 264 games | box score ↗ |
| 40 | Ten Runs Allowed | 1933-07-31 | 1 in 102 games | box score ↗ |
| 40 | 8 walks allowed | 1936-08-21 | 1 in 511 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 109 | 131 | 28 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 1 | .230 | .267 | .270 |
| Away | 76 | 111 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .204 | .216 | .214 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| May | 42 | 42 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .108 | .167 | .108 |
| June | 40 | 57 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .182 | .211 | .200 |
| July | 42 | 49 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | .244 | .286 | .244 |
| August | 40 | 64 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .305 | .312 | .339 |
| September | 19 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .192 | .185 | .308 |
| October | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| philadelphia-stars | 19 | 39 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .211 | .205 | .237 |
| new-york-cubans | 18 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .071 | .133 | .143 |
| kansas-city-monarchs | 18 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .130 | .143 |
| baltimore-elite-giants | 17 | 30 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .300 | .300 | .433 |
| newark-eagles | 16 | 38 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .147 | .237 | .147 |
| birmingham-black-barons | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .333 | .500 | .333 |
| chicago-american-giants | 12 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .312 | .333 | .312 |
| pittsburgh-crawfords | 11 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .278 | .263 | .278 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1933 | AKR, CV7, Pittsburgh Crawfords | 7 | 19 | 5 | – | – | – | .263 | 41 | 11 |
| 1935 | PCPittsburgh Crawfords | 19 | 35 | 9 | – | 1 | – | .257 | 91 | 18 |
| 1936 | NNS, Pittsburgh Crawfords | 17 | 18 | 5 | – | – | – | .278 | 60 | 20 |
| 1938 | Birmingham Black Barons, Baltimore Elite Giants, Philadelphia Stars | 25 | 48 | 11 | – | 3 | – | .229 | 120 | 17 |
| 1939 | Philadelphia Stars, TLC | 9 | 9 | 3 | – | 2 | – | .333 | 48 | 14 |
| 1940 | IN8, Newark Eagles | 8 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 2 | – | .214 | 34 | 13 |
| 1942 |  Homestead Grays | 7 | 7 | 1 | – | – | – | .143 | 36 | 15 |
| 1943 | Homestead Grays | 10 | 27 | 6 | – | – | – | .222 | 68 | 21 |
| 1944 | Homestead Grays | 14 | 27 | 2 | – | 2 | – | .074 | 83 | 19 |
| 1945 | Homestead Grays | 8 | 6 | 2 | – | – | – | .333 | 32 | 5 |
| 1946 | MSMemphis Red Sox | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 |
| 1947 | MSMemphis Red Sox | 10 | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | .333 | 16 | 4 |
| 1948 | MSMemphis Red Sox | 24 | 10 | 1 | – | – | – | .100 | 58 | 9 |
| 1949 | Birmingham Black Barons, Memphis Red Sox | 18 | 2 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 29 | 1 |