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Hal Carlson
Harold Gust Carlson

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 180 lb.

Debut April 13, 1917
Final Game May 23, 1930
Born May 17, 1892 in Rockford, IL
Died May 28, 1930 in Chicago, IL

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1917 25 PIT NL   7  11  34  17   9   1  14  1  161.3  140   64   52   0   49   68   4   2   657       0  2.90  2.84   98 1.171
 1918 26 PIT NL   0   1   3   2   0   0   1  0   12.0   12    5    5   1    5    5   0   0    49       0  3.75  2.87   77 1.417
 1919 27 PIT NL   8  10  22  14   7   1   7  0  141.0  114   41   35   0   39   49   2   1   531       0  2.23  3.03  135 1.085
 1920 28 PIT NL  14  13  39  31  16   3   6  3  246.7  262  102   92   4   63   62   8   4  1033       1  3.36  3.23   96 1.318
 1921 29 PIT NL   4   8  31  10   3   0  19  4  109.7  121   59   52   6   23   37   2   0   461       0  4.27  3.82   89 1.313
 1922 30 PIT NL   9  12  39  18   6   0  11  2  145.3  193  106   92  10   58   64   4   1   684       0  5.70  4.06   71 1.727
 1923 31 PIT NL   0   0   4   0   0   0   2  0   13.3   19    9    7   2    2    4   1   0    59       0  4.73  3.99   85 1.575
 1924 32 PHI NL   8  17  38  24  12   1   9  2  203.7  267  122  110   9   55   66   3   2   895       1  4.86  4.45   91 1.581
 1925 33 PHI NL  13  14  35  32  18   4   2  0  234.0  281  131  110  19   52   80   6   3  1024       0  4.23  4.73  112 1.423
 1926 34 PHI NL  17  12  35  34  20   3   0  0  267.3  293  116   96   9   47   55   2   3  1110       0  3.23  4.28  133 1.272 MVP-11
 1927 35 TOT NL  16  13  38  31  19   2   5  1  248.0  281  114  102  16   45   40   2   1  1043       0  3.70  3.88  105 1.315
         PHI NL   4   5  11   9   4   0   1  1   63.7   80   41   37   7   18   13   0   1   280       0  5.23  3.91   75 1.539
         CHC NL  12   8  27  22  15   2   4  0  184.3  201   73   65   9   27   27   2   0   763       0  3.17  3.87  122 1.237
 1928 36 CHC NL   3   2  20   5   2   0  10  4   56.3   74   42   37   4   15   11   0   0   249       0  5.91  3.86   65 1.580
 1929 37 CHC NL  11   5  31  14   6   2   9  2  111.7  131   71   64   8   31   35   1   0   492       0  5.16  4.62   90 1.451
 1930 38 CHC NL   4   2   8   6   3   0   1  0   51.7   68   31   29   5   14   14   1   1   235       0  5.05  4.87   96 1.587
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 14 Yr WL% .487 114 120 377 238 121  17  96 19 2002.0 2256 1013  883  93  498  590  36  18  8522       2  3.97  3.94   99 1.376
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    12  13  41  26  13   1  10  2  221.3  249  112   97  10   55   65   3   1   942   0   0  3.97  3.94   99 1.376
 Career High     17  17  39  34  20   4  19  4  267.3  293  131  110  19   63   80   8   4  1110   0   1  2.23  4.87  135 1.085
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
                 W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1917 25 PIT NL  34   49    0    6   0  1   0    2   0      1  13  .122  .140  .163   -8    8   3           0    
 1918 26 PIT NL   3    5    0    1   0  0   0    0   0      0   1  .200  .200  .200   21    1   0           0    
 1919 27 PIT NL  22   43    3    7   1  1   0    3   0      1  14  .163  .200  .233   28   10   1           1    
 1920 28 PIT NL  39   85    3   23   4  1   0    2   0  0   1  16  .271  .279  .341   75   29   2           0    
 1921 29 PIT NL  31   34    3   10   2  0   0    2   0  0   0   6  .294  .294  .353   68   12   0           0    
 1922 30 PIT NL  39   56   10   15   2  0   1    9   0  0   2   7  .268  .293  .357   66   20   4           0    
 1923 31 PIT NL   4    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   1  .000  .167  .000  -53    0   0           0    
 1924 32 PHI NL  39   76    6   21   1  0   2    8   0  0   2   8  .276  .295  .368   69   28   2           0    
 1925 33 PHI NL  38   93    9   17   1  0   2    8   0  1   5  14  .183  .224  .258   19   24   2           0    
 1926 34 PHI NL  38   96   13   23   5  1   0   13   0      7  15  .240  .298  .313   59   30   3           1     MVP-11
 1927 35 TOT NL  39   92    5   17   0  0   0   13   0      1   9  .185  .194  .185    2   17   4           0    
         PHI NL  12   25    4    6   0  0   0    4   0      1   2  .240  .269  .240   40    6   1           0    
         CHC NL  27   67    1   11   0  0   0    9   0      0   7  .164  .164  .164  -12   11   3           0    
 1928 36 CHC NL  20   19    1    5   0  0   0    1   0      0   2  .263  .263  .263   39    5   0           0    
 1929 37 CHC NL  31   39    4    9   2  0   0    8   0      2   7  .231  .268  .282   36   11   3           0    
 1930 38 CHC NL   8   20    1    5   0  0   0    3   0      1   5  .250  .286  .250   31    5   0           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 14 Seasons     385  712   58  159  18  4   5   72   0  1  24 118  .223  .251  .281   41  200  24   0   0   2   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        300   24   67   8  2   2   30   0  0  10  50  .223  .251  .281   41   84  10   0   0   1   0
 Career High     39   96   13   23   5  1   2   13   0  1   7  16                          30   4   0   0   1   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1917 25 PIT NL   53   46    1   0.6    81| .122  .260| .140  .318| .163  .343| .303  .661|  -8  .040  -6.6  -0.8     
 1918 26 PIT NL    5    4    0   0.0    82| .200  .265| .200  .323| .200  .342| .400  .664|  21  .000  -0.5  -0.1     
 1919 27 PIT NL   46   37    2   1.5    85| .163  .269| .200  .324| .233  .353| .433  .677|  28  .164  -4.0  -0.5     
 1920 28 PIT NL   88   64    8   3.4    93| .271  .280| .279  .334| .341  .372| .620  .706|  75  .442  -3.0  -0.3   0%
 1921 29 PIT NL   34   24    4   4.5   109| .294  .302| .294  .352| .353  .416| .647  .768|  68  .486  -1.6  -0.2   0%
 1922 30 PIT NL   62   45    6   3.6   113| .268  .302| .293  .360| .357  .421| .650  .781|  66  .356  -3.0  -0.3   0%
 1923 31 PIT NL    6    5    0   0.0   109| .000  .296| .167  .355| .000  .412| .167  .766| -53  .000  -1.1  -0.1   0%
 1924 32 PHI NL   80   57    8   3.8   114| .276  .304| .295  .361| .368  .424| .663  .785|  69  .414  -3.9  -0.4   0%
 1925 33 PHI NL  100   79    5   1.7   121| .183  .310| .224  .369| .258  .443| .482  .812|  19  .116 -12.3  -1.2   0%
 1926 34 PHI NL  107   76    9   3.2   110| .240  .298| .298  .359| .313  .413| .611  .772|  59  .341  -5.8  -0.6     
 1927 35 TOT NL   97   79    4   1.4   103| .185  .289| .194  .347| .185  .398| .379  .745|   2  .097 -12.9  -1.3     
         PHI NL   27   20    2   2.7   101| .240  .285| .269  .343| .240  .393| .509  .736|  40  .273  -2.1  -0.2     
         CHC NL   70   59    2   0.9   104| .164  .290| .164  .349| .164  .400| .328  .749| -12  .049 -10.8  -1.1     
 1928 36 CHC NL   19   14    1   1.9   108| .263  .289| .263  .354| .263  .411| .526  .764|  39  .156  -1.8  -0.2     
 1929 37 CHC NL   44   33    3   2.4   121| .231  .304| .268  .368| .282  .443| .550  .811|  36  .183  -3.9  -0.4     
 1930 38 CHC NL   21   15    1   1.8   127| .250  .313| .286  .372| .250  .466| .536  .837|  31  .100  -2.3  -0.2     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 14 Seasons      762  578   52   2.4   106| .223  .293| .251  .351| .281  .406| .532  .758|  41  .240 -62.7  -6.6     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1917 25 PIT NL P 34 6 53 1 3 .983 .961 1.74 1.78 3.29 2.85 17 161.3 1918 26 PIT NL P 3 1 2 1 0 .750 .968 1.00 2.03 2.25 2.93 2 12.0 1919 27 PIT NL P 22 8 44 2 0 .963 .959 2.36 1.89 3.32 2.93 14 141.0 1920 28 PIT NL P 39 10 47 4 2 .934 .956 1.46 1.75 2.08 2.82 31 246.7 1921 29 PIT NL P 31 4 32 1 1 .973 .952 1.16 1.52 2.95 2.67 10 109.7 1922 30 PIT NL P 39 5 44 2 1 .961 .957 1.26 1.29 3.04 2.38 18 145.3 1923 31 PIT NL P 4 0 5 0 0 1.000 .962 1.25 1.35 3.38 2.44 0 13.3 1924 32 PHI NL P 38 6 52 0 1 1.000 .965 1.53 1.42 2.56 2.52 24 203.7 1925 33 PHI NL P 35 7 48 1 3 .982 .957 1.57 1.35 2.12 2.44 32 234.0 1926 34 PHI NL P 35 9 49 3 4 .951 .959 1.66 1.39 1.95 2.57 34 267.3 1927 35 TOT NL P 38 9 54 0 1 1.000 .957 1.66 1.29 2.29 2.33 31 248.0 PHI NL P 11 1 12 0 0 1.000 .956 1.18 1.29 1.84 2.33 9 63.7 CHC NL P 27 8 42 0 1 1.000 .958 1.85 1.29 2.44 2.33 22 184.3 1928 36 CHC NL P 20 1 16 1 0 .944 .966 0.85 1.27 2.72 2.41 5 56.3 1929 37 CHC NL P 31 6 33 0 1 1.000 .963 1.26 1.23 3.14 2.39 14 111.7 1930 38 CHC NL P 8 2 18 1 1 .952 .966 2.50 1.10 3.48 2.21 6 51.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1917 25 PIT NL P 34 6 53 1 3 .983 .961 1.74 1.78 3.29 2.85 17 161.3 1918 26 PIT NL P 3 1 2 1 0 .750 .968 1.00 2.03 2.25 2.93 2 12.0 1919 27 PIT NL P 22 8 44 2 0 .963 .959 2.36 1.89 3.32 2.93 14 141.0 1920 28 PIT NL P 39 10 47 4 2 .934 .956 1.46 1.75 2.08 2.82 31 246.7 1921 29 PIT NL P 31 4 32 1 1 .973 .952 1.16 1.52 2.95 2.67 10 109.7 1922 30 PIT NL P 39 5 44 2 1 .961 .957 1.26 1.29 3.04 2.38 18 145.3 1923 31 PIT NL P 4 0 5 0 0 1.000 .962 1.25 1.35 3.38 2.44 0 13.3 1924 32 PHI NL P 38 6 52 0 1 1.000 .965 1.53 1.42 2.56 2.52 24 203.7 1925 33 PHI NL P 35 7 48 1 3 .982 .957 1.57 1.35 2.12 2.44 32 234.0 1926 34 PHI NL P 35 9 49 3 4 .951 .959 1.66 1.39 1.95 2.57 34 267.3 1927 35 TOT NL P 38 9 54 0 1 1.000 .957 1.66 1.29 2.29 2.33 31 248.0 PHI NL P 11 1 12 0 0 1.000 .956 1.18 1.29 1.84 2.33 9 63.7 CHC NL P 27 8 42 0 1 1.000 .958 1.85 1.29 2.44 2.33 22 184.3 1928 36 CHC NL P 20 1 16 1 0 .944 .966 0.85 1.27 2.72 2.41 5 56.3 1929 37 CHC NL P 31 6 33 0 1 1.000 .963 1.26 1.23 3.14 2.39 14 111.7 1930 38 CHC NL P 8 2 18 1 1 .952 .966 2.50 1.10 3.48 2.21 6 51.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 377 74 497 17 18 .971 .959 1.51 1.46 2.57 2.57 238 2002.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 377 74 497 17 18 .971 .959 1.51 1.46 2.57 2.57 238 2002
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1929   WS    CHC PHA     L   2   0   6.75  0  0  0  0   4     7   3   1   3 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1929   WS    CHC PHA     L   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1926-NL-11-0.20
Car-720-0.20 shares

ERA
1919 NL-2.23-10

Wins
1926 NL-17-7

Won-Loss %
1929 NL-.688-4

Hits Allowed/9IP
1919 NL-7.28-4

Bases on Balls/9IP
1925 NL-2.00-7
1926 NL-1.58-3
1927 NL-1.63-4

Games
1924 NL-38-5

Saves
1920 NL-3-6
1921 NL-4-4
1922 NL-2-7
1924 NL-2-10
1928 NL-4-3

Innings
1926 NL-267.3-5
1927 NL-248.0-10

Strikeouts
1925 NL-80-8

Games Started
1925 NL-32-5
1926 NL-34-2
1927 NL-31-10

Comp. Games
1925 NL-18-10
1926 NL-20-4
1927 NL-19-7

Shutouts
1925 NL-4-1
1926 NL-3-4
1927 NL-2-5
1929 NL-2-7

Home Runs Allow.
1925 NL-19-2
1927 NL-16-2

Hits Allowed
1924 NL-267-5
1925 NL-281-5
1926 NL-293-2
1927 NL-281-5

SO to Walk
1925 NL-1.54-6

Losses
1924 NL-17-4
1925 NL-14-9

Earned Runs Allow.
1920 NL-92-10
1924 NL-110-3
1925 NL-110-6
1926 NL-96-10
1927 NL-102-9

Hit Batsmen
1920 NL-8-7

Batters Faced
1925 NL-1024-10
1926 NL-1110-4
1927 NL-1043-10

Games Finished
1917 NL-14-9
1921 NL-19-3

Adjusted ERA+
1919 NL-135-7
1926 NL-133-5

Oldest Player
1930 NL-38-10

 

Black Ink: Pitching - 1 (822) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 58 (422) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 7.0 (1071) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 8.0 (1023) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

June 7, 1927: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies to the Chicago Cubs for Tony Kaufmann and Jimmy Cooney.


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Uniforms 
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