Clay Carroll
[edit] Biography
Born on May 2, 1941 in Clanton, Alabama, Clay Carroll (Clay Palmer Carroll) played for the Milwaukee Braves, Atlanta Braves, Cincinnati Reds, Chicago White Sox, St. Louis Cardinals and Pittsburgh Pirates over the course of his 15 year career. Carroll broke into the bigs on September 2, 1964 with the Milwaukee Braves, and put up a 2.37 ERA in 144.1 innings pitched in 1966, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Clay Carroll's best season was 1972, when he posted a 2.25 ERA, notched 37 saves and struck out 51 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1964
| MIL
| N
| 11
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 1.77
| 17
| 4
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 20.1
| 15
| 1
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1965
| MIL
| N
| 19
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 4.41
| 16
| 18
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 34.2
| 35
| 3
| 13
| 2
| 2
| 1
|
| 1966
| ATL
| N
| 73
| 3
| 8
| 7
| 2.37
| 67
| 45
| 38
| 0
| 0
| 11
| 144.1
| 127
| 8
| 29
| 4
| 10
| 4
|
| 1967
| ATL
| N
| 42
| 7
| 6
| 12
| 5.52
| 35
| 62
| 57
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 93
| 111
| 6
| 29
| 10
| 5
| 3
|
| 1968
| CIN
| N
| 58
| 1
| 7
| 7
| 2.29
| 61
| 35
| 31
| 0
| 0
| 17
| 121.2
| 102
| 3
| 32
| 10
| 1
| 6
|
| 1968
| ATL
| N
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 4.84
| 10
| 15
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 22.1
| 26
| 1
| 6
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
| 1968
| TOT
| N
| 68
| 1
| 7
| 8
| 2.69
| 71
| 50
| 43
| 0
| 0
| 17
| 144
| 128
| 4
| 38
| 12
| 1
| 6
|
| 1969
| CIN
| N
| 71
| 4
| 12
| 6
| 3.52
| 90
| 70
| 59
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 150.2
| 149
| 9
| 78
| 18
| 6
| 7
|
| 1970
| CIN
| N
| 65
| 0
| 9
| 4
| 2.59
| 63
| 38
| 30
| 0
| 0
| 16
| 104.1
| 104
| 4
| 27
| 9
| 2
| 2
|
| 1971
| CIN
| N
| 61
| 0
| 10
| 4
| 2.50
| 64
| 26
| 26
| 0
| 0
| 15
| 93.2
| 78
| 5
| 42
| 9
| 1
| 2
|
| 1972
| CIN
| N
| 65
| 0
| 6
| 4
| 2.25
| 51
| 27
| 24
| 0
| 0
| 37
| 96
| 89
| 5
| 32
| 9
| 2
| 1
|
| 1973
| CIN
| N
| 53
| 5
| 8
| 8
| 3.69
| 41
| 47
| 38
| 0
| 0
| 14
| 92.2
| 111
| 5
| 34
| 11
| 2
| 5
|
| 1974
| CIN
| N
| 57
| 3
| 12
| 5
| 2.15
| 46
| 27
| 24
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 100.2
| 96
| 3
| 30
| 9
| 3
| 0
|
| 1975
| CIN
| N
| 56
| 2
| 7
| 5
| 2.62
| 44
| 30
| 28
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 96.1
| 93
| 2
| 32
| 8
| 3
| 3
|
| 1976
| CHI
| A
| 29
| 0
| 4
| 4
| 2.56
| 38
| 26
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 77.1
| 67
| 1
| 24
| 2
| 4
| 2
|
| 1977
| STL
| N
| 51
| 1
| 4
| 2
| 2.50
| 34
| 28
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 90
| 77
| 8
| 24
| 8
| 0
| 1
|
| 1977
| CHI
| A
| 8
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 4.76
| 4
| 7
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 11.1
| 14
| 3
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1977
| Total
|
| 59
| 1
| 5
| 5
| 2.75
| 38
| 35
| 31
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 101.1
| 91
| 11
| 28
| 8
| 0
| 1
|
| 1978
| PIT
| N
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2.25
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 2
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 694
| 28
| 91
| 66
| 2.95
| 639
| 473
| 414
| 1
| 0
| 136
| 1264.2
| 1215
| 63
| 414
| 110
| 37
| 35
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 37
| 0
| 5
| 7
| 2.84
| 42
| 33
| 28
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 88.2
| 81
| 4
| 28
| 2
| 4
| 2
|
| Total
|
|
| 731
| 28
| 96
| 73
| 2.94
| 681
| 506
| 442
| 1
| 0
| 143
| 1353.1
| 1296
| 67
| 442
| 112
| 41
| 37
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1964
| MIL
| N
| P
| 11
| 1
| 20.1
| 2
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1965
| MIL
| N
| P
| 19
| 1
| 34.2
| 3
| 5
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 2
| 0
| .889
|
| 1966
| ATL
| N
| P
| 73
| 3
| 144.1
| 6
| 31
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1967
| ATL
| N
| P
| 42
| 7
| 93
| 3
| 22
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 5
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1968
| CIN
| N
| P
| 58
| 1
| 121.2
| 3
| 31
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 4
| 0
| .971
|
| 1968
| ATL
| N
| P
| 10
| 0
| 22.1
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1968
| TOT
| N
| P
| 68
| 1
| 144
| 4
| 36
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 3
| 4
| 0
| .976
|
| 1969
| CIN
| N
| P
| 71
| 4
| 150.2
| 6
| 39
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 4
| 1
| .978
|
| 1970
| CIN
| N
| P
| 65
| 0
| 104.1
| 8
| 22
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 2
| 0
| .938
|
| 1971
| CIN
| N
| P
| 61
| 0
| 93.2
| 8
| 29
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 2
| 6
| 4
| 0
| .974
|
| 1972
| CIN
| N
| P
| 65
| 0
| 96
| 4
| 21
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| .962
|
| 1973
| CIN
| N
| P
| 53
| 5
| 92.2
| 4
| 20
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 3
| 1
| .960
|
| 1974
| CIN
| N
| P
| 57
| 3
| 100.2
| 4
| 25
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 2
| 0
| .935
|
| 1975
| CIN
| N
| P
| 56
| 2
| 96.1
| 2
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1976
| CHI
| A
| P
| 29
| 0
| 77.1
| 0
| 15
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 7
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1977
| STL
| N
| P
| 51
| 0
| 90
| 6
| 19
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 6
| 0
| .962
|
| 1977
| CHI
| A
| P
| 8
| 0
| 11.1
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1977
| Total
|
| P
| 59
| 0
| 101.1
| 6
| 22
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 4
| 6
| 0
| .966
|
| 1978
| PIT
| N
| P
| 2
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 731
| 27
| 1353.1
| 60
| 310
| 11
| 24
| 0
| 11
| 50
| 45
| 2
| .971
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1964
| MIL
| N
| 11
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1965
| MIL
| N
| 19
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1966
| ATL
| N
| 73
| 30
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| .100
| .100
| .100
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 11
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1967
| ATL
| N
| 42
| 16
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| .063
| .118
| .063
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1968
| CIN
| N
| 58
| 24
| 2
| 6
| 0
| 2
| .250
| .280
| .250
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1968
| ATL
| N
| 10
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1968
| TOT
| N
| 68
| 29
| 2
| 6
| 0
| 2
| .207
| .233
| .207
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 6
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1969
| CIN
| N
| 71
| 29
| 6
| 6
| 1
| 1
| .207
| .303
| .310
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 9
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1970
| CIN
| N
| 65
| 14
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .071
| .133
| .071
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1971
| CIN
| N
| 61
| 10
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .100
| .100
| .100
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1972
| CIN
| N
| 65
| 11
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 1
| .182
| .182
| .182
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1973
| CIN
| N
| 53
| 14
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 1
| .214
| .214
| .214
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1974
| CIN
| N
| 57
| 18
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 1
| .167
| .167
| .167
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1975
| CIN
| N
| 56
| 19
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1976
| CHI
| A
| 29
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1977
| STL
| N
| 51
| 11
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .091
| .091
| .091
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1977
| CHI
| A
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1977
| Total
|
| 59
| 11
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .091
| .091
| .091
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1978
| PIT
| N
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 694
| 208
| 17
| 27
| 1
| 7
| .130
| .158
| .144
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 65
| 0
| 30
| 0
| 0
| 3
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 37
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 731
| 208
| 17
| 27
| 1
| 7
| .130
| .158
| .144
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 65
| 0
| 30
| 0
| 0
| 3
|
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by Milwaukee Braves (1961).
- Traded by Atlanta Braves with Woody Woodward and Tony Cloninger to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Milt Pappas, Ted Davidson and Bob Johnson (June 11, 1968).
- Traded by Cincinnati Reds to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Rich Hinton and Jeff Sovern (December 12, 1975).
- Traded by Chicago White Sox to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Lerrin LaGrow (March 23, 1977).
- Traded by St. Louis Cardinals to Chicago White Sox in exchange for 3 players to be named later (August 31, 1977); St. Louis Cardinals received Nyls Nyman (September 2, 1977) and Dave Hamilton and Silvio Martinez (November 28, 1977).
- Released by Chicago White Sox (March 30, 1978).
- Signed by Pittsburgh Pirates (April, 1978).
- Released by Pittsburgh Pirates (October 17, 1978).
- Signed by Milwaukee Brewers (April 15, 1979).
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