What years did Charlie Morton play?

Charlie Morton played in Major League Baseball from 2008 to 2025.

Was Charlie Morton a pitcher?

Yes. Charlie Morton pitched in the major leagues, recording 147 wins and 2196 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Charlie Morton hit?

Charlie Morton hit 0 career home runs with 27 hits.

Has Charlie Morton won a Cy Young Award?

No. Charlie Morton has not won the Cy Young Award through the 2025 season, the latest in the site's award records.

What awards has Charlie Morton won?

Charlie Morton has been selected to 2 All-Star Games.

What are Charlie Morton's career stats?

In 416 games, Charlie Morton has gone 147-134 with a 4.13 ERA, 2,196 strikeouts, and 2,267.2 innings pitched. At the plate he has 27 hits and 0 home runs.

What was Charlie Morton's salary?

Charlie Morton's last recorded salary was $8,000,000, in 2016. His highest recorded salary was $8,000,000, in 2015, and his lowest was $405,000, in 2009. The Salary History table lists each season from 2009 to 2016.

What position does Charlie Morton play?

Charlie Morton plays primarily as a pitcher, the position where he has appeared in the most games.

How tall is Charlie Morton and how much does he weigh?

Charlie Morton is listed at 6 feet 5 inches and 215 pounds.

What was Charlie Morton's career ERA?

Charlie Morton finished with a 4.13 career ERA, going 147-134 with 2,196 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Charlie Morton have?

Charlie Morton recorded 2,196 career strikeouts.

How many All-Star Games has Charlie Morton made?

Charlie Morton has been selected to 2 All-Star Games.

Charlie Morton

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2008-2025)

Charlie Morton is a pitcher who has played in Major League Baseball since 2008 for 7 teams, including the Atlanta Braves, a span of 18 seasons. Across 416 career appearances, he has gone 147-134 with a 4.13 ERA and 2,196 strikeouts. He has also batted .084 with 0 home runs. Charlie Morton is a 2-time All-Star. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 14483.0.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 15, 2026

Active Player

W–L 147–134

ERA 4.13

WHIP 1.32

SO 2,196

Pitcher PIV thru 2025 14483.0

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'5" / 215 lb
Born: 11/12/1983 in Flemington, NJ, USA
MLB Debut: 2008-06-14
Awards: 2× All-Star

Full name: Charles Alfred Morton

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Career Pitching Statistics

Charlie Morton — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
147	134	416	409	3	2	0	2267.2	2,143	1,040	226	859	2,196	4.13	14483.0

Career ERA 4.13 vs. league average 4.14 across their career seasons — near league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Charlie Morton (b. 1983) Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
2008	ATL	NL	4	8	16	15	0	0	74.2	80	51	41	48	6.15	4.32 (-42%)	-1525.3
2009	PIT	NL	5	9	18	18	1	1	97.0	102	49	40	62	4.55	4.32 (-5%)	428.2
2010	PIT	NL	2	12	17	17	0	0	79.2	112	67	26	59	7.57	4.08 (-86%)	-2406.8
2011	PIT	NL	10	10	29	29	2	1	171.2	186	73	77	110	3.83	3.94 (+3%)	761.6
2012	PIT	NL	2	6	9	9	0	0	50.1	62	26	11	25	4.65	4.01 (-16%)	-192.4
2013	PIT	NL	7	4	20	20	0	0	116.0	113	42	36	85	3.26	3.87 (+16%)	789.5
2014	PIT	NL	6	12	26	26	0	0	157.1	143	65	57	126	3.72	3.74 (+1%)	70.2
2015	PIT	NL	9	9	23	23	0	0	129.0	137	69	41	96	4.81	3.96 (-22%)	-730.0
2016	PHI	NL	1	1	4	4	0	0	17.1	15	8	8	19	4.15	4.19 (+1%)	478.8
2017	HOU	AL	14	7	25	25	0	0	146.2	125	59	50	163	3.62	4.36 (+17%)	3375.2
2018	HOU	AL	15	3	30	30	0	0	167.0	130	58	64	201	3.13	4.15 (+25%)	2405.8
2019	TBA	AL	16	6	33	33	0	0	194.2	154	66	57	240	3.05	4.51 (+32%)	8562.5
2020	TBA	AL	2	2	9	9	0	0	38.0	43	20	10	42	4.74	4.45 (-6%)	956.2
2021	ATL	NL	14	6	33	33	0	0	185.2	136	69	58	216	3.34	4.27 (+22%)	5253.3
2022	ATL	NL	9	6	31	31	0	0	172.0	149	83	63	205	4.34	3.97 (-9%)	-1244.7
2023	ATL	NL	14	12	30	30	0	0	163.1	150	66	83	183	3.64	4.33 (+16%)	1934.3
2024	ATL	NL	8	10	30	30	0	0	165.1	154	77	65	167	4.19	4.08 (-3%)	-1582.0
2025	BAL	AL	7	8	23	17	0	0	101.1	110	61	48	101	5.42	4.16 (-30%)	-1832.5
2025	DET	AL	2	3	9	9	0	0	39.1	40	31	23	47	7.09	4.16 (-71%)	-1018.7
2025	ATL	NL	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.1	2	0	1	1	0.00	—	0.0
Career · 20 seasons			147	134	416	409	3	2	2,267.2	2,143	1,040	859	2,196	4.13	—	14,483

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

Charlie Morton — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
417	321	9	27	5	0	0	7	0	3	170	.084	.092	.100	.192	-1,119

Career AVG .084 vs. league average .252 across their career seasons — 66.6% below league average.

Career OBP .092 vs. league average .320 across their career seasons — 71.3% below league average.

Career SLG .100 vs. league average .408 across their career seasons — 75.6% below league average.

Career OPS .192 vs. league average .729 across their career seasons — 73.7% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Charlie Morton (b. 1983) Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
2008	ATL	NL	16	17	0	1	1	0	0	9	.059	—	—	—	—	0.0
2009	PIT	NL	18	31	1	4	0	1	0	15	.129	—	—	—	—	0.0
2010	PIT	NL	17	26	0	1	0	0	0	18	.038	—	—	—	—	0.0
2011	PIT	NL	29	50	0	4	3	2	1	29	.080	.255 (-69%)	.320 (-71%)	.399 (-65%)	.719 (-67%)	-569.6
2012	PIT	NL	9	13	0	0	0	0	0	8	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2013	PIT	NL	20	36	1	5	0	1	0	11	.139	—	—	—	—	0.0
2014	PIT	NL	26	40	1	2	0	1	1	21	.050	—	—	—	—	0.0
2015	PIT	NL	23	36	0	1	0	1	1	18	.028	—	—	—	—	0.0
2016	PHI	NL	4	6	1	1	0	0	0	3	.167	—	—	—	—	0.0
2017	HOU	AL	25	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2018	HOU	AL	30	6	0	1	0	0	0	5	.167	—	—	—	—	0.0
2019	TBA	AL	33	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2020	TBA	AL	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2021	ATL	NL	34	55	5	7	1	1	0	31	.127	.243 (-48%)	.317 (-60%)	.410 (-65%)	.727 (-63%)	-549.0
2022	ATL	NL	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2023	ATL	NL	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2024	ATL	NL	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2025	BAL	AL	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2025	DET	AL	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2025	ATL	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 20 seasons			417	321	9	27	5	7	3	170	.084	—	—	—	—	-1,119

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

Charlie Morton — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
18	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Charlie Morton — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	SO	AVG
2022	NLDS1	ATL	1	0	0	.000
2021	NLCS	ATL	1	2	2	.000
2021	NLDS1	ATL	2	3	1	.000
2021	WS	ATL	1	0	0	.000
2020	ALCS	TBA	2	0	0	.000
2020	ALDS1	TBA	1	0	0	.000
2020	WS	TBA	1	0	0	.000
2019	ALDS1	TBA	1	0	0	.000
2019	ALWC	TBA	1	0	0	.000
2018	ALCS	HOU	1	0	0	.000
2017	ALCS	HOU	2	0	0	.000
2017	ALDS2	HOU	1	0	0	.000
2017	WS	HOU	2	1	1	.000
2013	NLDS1	PIT	1	1	0	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Charlie Morton — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
7	5	18	17	0	80.0	67	32	33	92	3.60

Playoff Pitching by Year

Charlie Morton — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2022	NLDS1	ATL	0	1	1	1	2.0	4	3	1	3	13.50
2021	NLCS	ATL	0	0	1	1	5.0	3	2	6	5	3.60
2021	NLDS1	ATL	0	1	2	2	9.1	7	4	2	14	3.86
2021	WS	ATL	0	0	1	1	2.1	1	0	2	3	0.00
2020	ALCS	TBA	2	0	2	2	10.2	7	0	2	11	0.00
2020	ALDS1	TBA	1	0	1	1	5.0	4	1	2	6	1.80
2020	WS	TBA	0	1	1	1	4.1	7	5	1	6	10.38
2019	ALDS1	TBA	1	0	1	1	5.0	3	1	2	9	1.80
2019	ALWC	TBA	1	0	1	1	5.0	5	0	3	4	0.00
2018	ALCS	HOU	0	0	1	1	2.1	3	3	2	2	11.57
2017	ALCS	HOU	1	1	2	2	8.2	8	7	3	8	7.27
2017	ALDS2	HOU	0	0	1	1	4.1	7	2	2	6	4.15
2017	WS	HOU	1	0	2	1	10.1	5	2	1	11	1.74
2013	NLDS1	PIT	0	1	1	1	5.2	3	2	4	4	3.18

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

Charlie Morton — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	214	147	3	10	0	3	.068
Away	203	174	6	17	0	4	.098

Pitching — Home / Away

Charlie Morton — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	214	1184.1	1068	480	408	1187	3.65
Away	202	1083.1	1075	560	451	1009	4.65

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Charlie Morton — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2025-09-28	ATL	PIT	—	1.1	2	0	0	1	1	0
2025-09-19	DET	ATL	L	1.1	5	6	6	2	2	1
2025-09-13	DET	MIA	—	4.0	3	2	2	4	4	0
2025-09-07	DET	CHW	—	3.0	4	3	3	3	2	1
2025-09-01	DET	NYN	—	3.2	5	6	6	4	3	1
2025-08-26	DET	OAK	—	5.0	7	5	5	2	7	1
2025-08-20	DET	HOU	W	6.0	3	2	2	3	8	1
2025-08-15	DET	MIN	W	6.0	2	0	0	3	5	0
2025-08-09	DET	LAA	L	4.1	7	6	6	1	10	2
2025-08-03	DET	PHI	L	6.0	4	1	1	1	6	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Charlie Morton — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	416	409	112	230	26	13

Season-by-Season Fielding

Charlie Morton — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
2008	ATL	P	16	15	3	7	0	0
2009	PIT	P	18	18	7	11	0	2
2010	PIT	P	17	17	6	12	3	0
2011	PIT	P	29	29	7	31	1	1
2012	PIT	P	9	9	3	6	3	0
2013	PIT	P	20	20	4	13	0	0
2014	PIT	P	26	26	9	23	1	2
2015	PIT	P	23	23	9	16	2	1
2016	PHI	P	4	4	1	2	0	0
2017	HOU	P	25	25	10	9	4	1
2018	HOU	P	30	30	2	12	0	1
2019	TBA	P	33	33	9	6	0	0
2020	TBA	P	9	9	2	1	0	0
2021	ATL	P	33	33	9	15	3	0
2022	ATL	P	31	31	7	15	2	2
2023	ATL	P	30	30	5	18	1	1
2024	ATL	P	30	30	9	21	3	0
2025	BAL	P	23	17	7	10	3	1
2025	DET	P	9	9	3	2	0	1
2025	ATL	P	1	1	0	0	0	0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Charlie Morton (b. 1983) Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	416

Awards & Honors

Charlie Morton — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
2019	All-MLB Team - Second Team	SP

Salary History

Charlie Morton's recorded salaries total $25,713,500 over 8 seasons, 2009 to 2016. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Morton's career ran from 2008 to 2025. His seasons after 2016 are not included, and no salary is recorded for 2008.

Charlie Morton — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2016	PHI	NL	$8,000,000
2015	PIT	NL	$8,000,000
2014	PIT	NL	$4,000,000
2013	PIT	NL	$2,000,000
2012	PIT	NL	$2,445,000
2011	PIT	NL	$441,000
2010	PIT	NL	$422,500
2009	ATL	NL	$405,000
Total recorded salary (partial)			$25,713,500

Award Voting History

Charlie Morton — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
2019	Cy Young Award	AL	3rd	75.0	210	0
2019	Most Valuable Player	AL	21th	1.0	420	0

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Charlie Morton: the record in brief

Charlie Morton made a major league debut on June 14, 2008 and is still active, so the totals on this page keep changing. Morton played for the Atlanta Braves (2008 to 2025), the Pittsburgh Pirates (2009 through 2015), the Philadelphia Phillies (2016), the Houston Astros (2017 through 2018), the Tampa Bay Rays (2019 through 2020), the Baltimore Orioles (2025), and the Detroit Tigers (2025). Listed as a pitcher, Morton threw and hit right-handed. Height and weight on file: 6'5" and 215 pounds. Morton was born on November 12, 1983, in Flemington, NJ, USA. Morton's full given name, per the bio, is Charles Alfred Morton.

Across 416 games (409 starts), Morton has recorded 147 wins against 134 losses with a 4.13 ERA. Morton has 2,196 strikeouts. Morton's 4.13 ERA was close to the 4.14 league figure for those seasons. Morton won 16 games in 2019, the most of any season listed. Among the heaviest workloads, the lowest ERA was 3.05 in 2019, when the league's was 4.51.

Frequently Asked Questions about Charlie Morton

What years did Charlie Morton play?: Charlie Morton played in Major League Baseball from 2008 to 2025.
Was Charlie Morton a pitcher?: Yes. Charlie Morton pitched in the major leagues, recording 147 wins and 2196 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Charlie Morton hit?: Charlie Morton hit 0 career home runs with 27 hits.
What teams has Charlie Morton played for?: Charlie Morton has played for 7 teams: the Atlanta Braves (2008, 2021–2025), the Pittsburgh Pirates (2009–2015), the Philadelphia Phillies (2016), the Houston Astros (2017–2018), the Tampa Bay Rays (2019–2020), the Baltimore Orioles (2025), and the Detroit Tigers (2025).
Has Charlie Morton won a Cy Young Award?: No. Charlie Morton has not won the Cy Young Award through the 2025 season, the latest in the site's award records.
What awards has Charlie Morton won?: Charlie Morton has been selected to 2 All-Star Games.
What are Charlie Morton's career stats?: In 416 games, Charlie Morton has gone 147-134 with a 4.13 ERA, 2,196 strikeouts, and 2,267.2 innings pitched. At the plate he has 27 hits and 0 home runs.
How much has Charlie Morton earned in his career?: Charlie Morton's recorded salaries total $25,713,500 over 8 seasons, 2009 to 2016. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Morton's career ran from 2008 to 2025. His seasons after 2016 are not included, and no salary is recorded for 2008.
What was Charlie Morton's salary?: Charlie Morton's last recorded salary was $8,000,000, in 2016. His highest recorded salary was $8,000,000, in 2015, and his lowest was $405,000, in 2009. The Salary History table lists each season from 2009 to 2016.
What position does Charlie Morton play?: Charlie Morton plays primarily as a pitcher, the position where he has appeared in the most games.
How tall is Charlie Morton and how much does he weigh?: Charlie Morton is listed at 6 feet 5 inches and 215 pounds.
What was Charlie Morton's career ERA?: Charlie Morton finished with a 4.13 career ERA, going 147-134 with 2,196 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Charlie Morton have?: Charlie Morton recorded 2,196 career strikeouts.
How many All-Star Games has Charlie Morton made?: Charlie Morton has been selected to 2 All-Star Games.