Spoon Carter

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records

W–L 53–31
ERA 4.86
WHIP 1.48
SO 325
Pitcher PIV 829.6
Position
Pitcher
Bats / Throws
L / R
Height / Weight
5'11" / 176 lb
Born
12/8/1902 in Harpersville, AL, USA
Died
1/23/1974 in Birmingham, AL, USA
Awards
2× All-Star

Full name: Ernest C. Carter

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Negro Leagues Career Statistics

Batting

PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB BA OBP SLG OPS
289.0 266.0 33.0 57.0 6.0 0 2.0 19.0 13.0 2.0 0 .214 .259 .259 .518

Pitching

W L GS CG GF SV IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA WHIP
68 31 107 56 83 7 894.0 886 512 157 55 234 221 1.58 1.25

Negro Leagues (season totals). Additive Retrosheet-digitized totals for seasons not already in the logs above; they are not summed into the career line. No team/league breakdown is available, and coverage may be partial.

Negro Leagues Season-by-Season Batting

Season PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB BA OBP SLG OPS
1934 12.0 10.0 1.0 3.0 0 0 1.0 2.0 0 1.0 0 .300 .300 .600 .900
1949 3.0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 .000 .333 .000 .333
Listed seasons · 2 15 12 1 3 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 .250 — — —

Negro Leagues Season-by-Season Pitching

Season W L GS CG GF SV IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA WHIP
1934 3 0 3 3 0 0 27.0 24 15 5 7 8 10 1.67 1.19
1949 2 1 2 2 9 0 38.1 16 24 1 1 7 10 0.23 0.60
Listed seasons · 2 5 1 5 5 9 0 65.1 40 39 6 8 15 20 0.83 0.84

Career Pitching Statistics

W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA Pitcher PIV
53 31 142 82 45 1 5 754.3 853 407 43 265 325 4.86 829.6

Career ERA 4.86 vs. league average 4.00 across their career seasons — 21.4% worse than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Year Team Lg W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA Lg ERA Pitcher PIV
1932 BBB NSL 2 1 4 3 1 0 0 26.0 26 10 5 9 3.46 4.13 (+16%) 251.2
1932 LVB NSL 1 3 4 3 3 0 0 27.0 23 10 4 13 3.33 4.13 (+19%) 553.0
1932 MRS NSL 2 1 3 2 2 0 0 25.0 20 3 4 8 1.08 4.13 (+74%) 502.5
1933 ACG NN2 0 4 4 4 2 0 0 24.7 41 25 8 9 9.12 3.86 (-137%) -617.3
1933 PC NN2 0 2 3 2 2 0 0 22.3 16 8 9 13 3.22 3.86 (+16%) 178.4
1935 PC NN2 4 1 11 5 3 0 0 55.7 53 19 19 20 3.07 4.35 (+29%) 389.5
1936 PC NN2 3 2 9 3 1 0 0 35.0 38 28 25 14 7.20 4.59 (-57%) -1074.5
1937 PC NN2 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 3.0 11 11 4 0 33.00 — 0.0
1938 PS NN2 7 3 20 12 5 0 0 109.3 124 77 47 55 6.34 4.35 (-46%) -1645.6
1938 BBB NAL 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 8.0 7 4 1 4 4.50 — 0.0
1939 PS NN2 1 1 3 3 0 0 0 13.7 22 14 8 9 9.22 4.28 (-115%) -459.7
1939 TC NAL 3 0 5 3 3 0 0 30.0 30 14 15 15 4.20 4.28 (+2%) -513.3
1940 TIC NAL 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 12.7 10 1 3 11 0.71 4.21 (+83%) 710.1
1940 NE NN2 1 0 6 2 1 0 2 17.3 18 8 8 9 4.15 4.21 (+1%) -275.7
1940 NYC NN2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2.7 3 1 1 3 3.38 — 0.0
1942 HG NN2 2 4 12 7 3 0 0 62.0 79 42 16 23 6.10 3.57 (-71%) 37.3
1943 HG NN2 14 2 21 12 8 1 0 119.3 127 50 36 45 3.77 3.50 (-8%) 579.8
1944 HG NN2 6 3 12 10 6 0 0 78.0 103 41 24 25 4.73 3.57 (-32%) 811.5
1945 HG NN2 2 1 7 3 1 0 1 35.0 40 12 9 23 3.09 3.67 (+16%) 1315.9
1946 MRS NAL 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 9.3 11 4 3 4 3.86 3.59 (-7%) 0.0
1947 MRS NAL 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 5.7 9 4 1 4 6.35 — 0.0
1948 MRS NAL 3 2 8 5 2 0 0 32.7 42 21 15 9 5.79 4.10 (-41%) 86.5
Career · 22 seasons 53 31 142 82 45 1 5 754.1 853 407 265 325 4.86 — 830

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS PIV
147 302 32 60 8 1 1 23 0 16 1 .199 .241 .242 .483 -186

Career AVG .199 vs. league average .268 across their career seasons — 25.8% below league average.

Career OBP .241 vs. league average .335 across their career seasons — 28.0% below league average.

Career SLG .242 vs. league average .378 across their career seasons — 36.0% below league average.

Career OPS .483 vs. league average .713 across their career seasons — 32.2% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG Lg AVG Lg OBP Lg SLG Lg OPS PIV
1932 BBB NSL 4 11 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 .091 — — — — 0.0
1932 LVB NSL 4 10 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .200 — — — — 0.0
1932 MRS NSL 3 11 2 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 .182 — — — — 0.0
1933 ACG NN2 5 11 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .182 — — — — 0.0
1933 PC NN2 3 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .250 — — — — 0.0
1935 PC NN2 11 25 1 7 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 .280 — — — — 0.0
1936 PC NN2 9 10 5 4 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 .400 — — — — 0.0
1937 PC NN2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1938 PS NN2 20 38 5 5 1 0 0 4 0 2 0 .132 — — — — 0.0
1938 BBB NAL 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1939 PS NN2 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1939 TC NAL 6 15 1 7 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 .467 — — — — 0.0
1940 TIC NAL 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1940 NE NN2 7 11 2 3 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 .273 — — — — 0.0
1940 NYC NN2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 — — — — 0.0
1942 HG NN2 12 25 4 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .200 — — — — 0.0
1943 HG NN2 22 52 4 10 4 0 0 1 0 4 0 .192 .255 (-25%) .324 (-23%) .346 (-22%) .671 (-23%) -186.3
1944 HG NN2 12 28 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .143 — — — — 0.0
1945 HG NN2 7 13 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 .231 — — — — 0.0
1946 MRS NAL 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1947 MRS NAL 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 — — — — 0.0
1948 MRS NAL 8 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .083 — — — — 0.0
Career · 22 seasons 147 302 32 60 8 1 1 23 0 16 1 .199 — — — — -186

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
5 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143

Playoff Batting by Year

Year Round Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
1944 NWS HG 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1943 NWS HG 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1942 NWS HG 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1935 NLC PC 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250

Playoff Career Pitching

W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
0 1 5 2 0 18.7 16 5 2 9 2.41

Playoff Pitching by Year

Year Round Team W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
1944 NWS HG 0 1 1 1 0 5.0 5 2 1 1 3.60
1943 NWS HG 0 0 1 1 0 6.0 7 3 0 5 4.50
1942 NWS HG 0 0 1 0 0 0.3 1 0 0 0 0.00
1935 NLC PC 0 0 2 0 0 7.3 3 0 1 3 0.00

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

SplitGABRHHRRBIAVG
Home9898122217.224
Away657881603.205

Pitching — Home / Away

SplitGIPHERBBSOERA
Home96375.23297786721.84
Away64237.02745071691.90

Last 10 Games — Batting

DateTmOppResABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSO
1949-09-04 BIRMEMW 000000000
1949-08-29 BIRIN9L 000000000
1949-08-21 BIRKCML 000000000
1949-08-17 BIRCAGL 000000000
1949-07-30 BIRBLGL 000000000
1949-07-24 BIRMEML 000000000
1949-07-10 BIRPH5W 000000000
1949-07-03 BIRMEML 000000010
1949-06-26 BIRKCML 100000000
1949-06-26 BIRKCMW 000000000

Last 10 Games — Pitching

DateTmOppDecIPHRERBBSOHR
1949-09-04 BIRMEM W 7.0010000
1949-08-29 BIRIN9 — 0.0000000
1949-08-21 BIRKCM — 6.0300000
1949-08-17 BIRCAG — 0.0000000
1949-07-30 BIRBLG — 2.2030000
1949-07-24 BIRMEM — 1.0000000
1949-07-10 BIRPH5 — 0.1111201
1949-07-03 BIRMEM — 1.1460200
1949-06-26 BIRKCM — 2.2100110
1949-06-26 BIRKCM — 0.1000200

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position G GS PO A E DP
OF 5 4 5 0 0 0
P 142 83 25 164 15 5

Season-by-Season Fielding

Year Team Pos G GS PO A E DP
1932 BBB P 4 3 0 5 0 0
1932 LVB P 4 3 0 5 2 0
1932 MRS P 3 2 1 10 0 1
1933 ACG OF 1 1 1 0 0 0
1933 ACG P 4 4 2 6 1 0
1933 PC P 3 2 0 5 0 0
1935 PC P 11 5 2 11 1 0
1936 PC P 9 3 1 6 1 1
1937 PC OF 1 0 3 0 0 0
1937 PC P 2 1 0 2 0 0
1938 PS P 20 12 1 28 3 1
1938 BBB P 1 1 1 3 0 0
1939 PS P 3 3 0 3 0 0
1939 TC OF 1 1 1 0 0 0
1939 TC P 5 3 2 9 1 0
1940 TIC P 2 2 0 3 1 0
1940 NE OF 1 1 0 0 0 0
1940 NE P 6 2 0 6 0 0
1940 NYC P 1 0 1 1 0 0
1942 HG P 12 7 3 19 0 1
1943 HG OF 1 1 0 0 0 0
1943 HG P 21 12 3 15 0 0
1944 HG P 12 10 3 16 2 1
1945 HG P 7 3 3 3 0 0
1946 MRS P 3 0 0 3 0 0
1947 MRS P 1 0 1 0 0 0
1948 MRS P 8 5 1 5 3 0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

Circle size = games played at each position.

Position Games
Pitcher 142
Left Field 3
Right Field 2

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Frequently Asked Questions about Spoon Carter

Was Spoon Carter a pitcher?
Yes. Spoon Carter pitched in the major leagues, recording 53 wins and 325 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Spoon Carter hit?
Spoon Carter hit 1 career home runs with 60 hits.