Charlie Morton, baseball player, 2008

Charlie Morton

Born: 11/12/1983 in Flemington, NJ, USA

MLB Debut: 2008-06-14

Bats: R | Throws: R | Height: 6'5" | Weight: 215 lbs

Full name: Charles Alfred Morton

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Biography

Charlie Morton is a professional baseball pitcher born in 1983, whose career spans from 2008 to the present. Known for his powerful fastball and effective curveball, Morton has established himself as a significant presence on the mound. With a career record of 138-123 and an earned run average (ERA) of 4.01, he consistently demonstrates his ability to compete at a high level in Major League Baseball. Throughout his career, he has accumulated 2,047 strikeouts, showcasing his proficiency in overpowering hitters and his capacity to generate swings and misses. Morton is a two-time All-Star, an accolade that reflects his impact in pivotal games and his importance to his teams, particularly during the playoffs. His contributions have been instrumental in the success of various franchises, particularly during the era of competitive baseball where pitching depth is critical. As an active player, Morton continues to influence the game with his experience and skill, serving as a mentor to younger pitchers while also making significant contributions to his team's efforts both in regular-season play and postseason contention. His journey reflects the evolution of modern pitching, marked by an emphasis on analytics and the strategic use of pitch types.

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 2267.7 2143 1040 226 859 2196 4.13 0

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

Season-by-Season Pitching

Year Team Lg W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA Lg ERA Pitcher PIV
2008 ATL NL 4 8 16 15 0 0 0 74.7 80 51 41 48 6.15 4.32 (-42%) -1548.8
2009 PIT NL 5 9 18 18 1 1 0 97.0 102 49 40 62 4.55 4.32 (-5%) 428.2
2010 PIT NL 2 12 17 17 0 0 0 79.7 112 67 26 59 7.57 4.08 (-86%) -2446.3
2011 PIT NL 10 10 29 29 2 1 0 171.7 186 73 77 110 3.83 3.94 (+3%) 761.6
2012 PIT NL 2 6 9 9 0 0 0 50.3 62 26 11 25 4.65 4.01 (-16%) -194.4
2013 PIT NL 7 4 20 20 0 0 0 116.0 113 42 36 85 3.26 3.87 (+16%) 789.5
2014 PIT NL 6 12 26 26 0 0 0 157.3 143 65 57 126 3.72 3.74 (+1%) 70.2
2015 PIT NL 9 9 23 23 0 0 0 129.0 137 69 41 96 4.81 3.96 (-22%) -749.4
2016 PHI NL 1 1 4 4 0 0 0 17.3 15 8 8 19 4.15 4.19 (+1%) 478.8
2017 HOU AL 14 7 25 25 0 0 0 146.7 125 59 50 163 3.62 4.36 (+17%) 3375.2
2018 HOU AL 15 3 30 30 0 0 0 167.0 130 58 64 201 3.13 4.15 (+25%) 2405.8
2019 TBR AL 16 6 33 33 0 0 0 194.7 154 66 57 240 3.05 4.51 (+32%) -
2020 TBR AL 2 2 9 9 0 0 0 38.0 43 20 10 42 4.74 4.45 (-6%) -
2021 ATL NL 14 6 33 33 0 0 0 185.7 136 69 58 216 3.34 4.27 (+22%) 5253.3
2022 ATL NL 9 6 31 31 0 0 0 172.0 149 83 63 205 4.34 3.97 (-9%) -1288.7
2023 ATL NL 14 12 30 30 0 0 0 163.3 150 66 83 183 3.64 4.33 (+16%) 1934.3
2024 ATL NL 8 10 30 30 0 0 0 165.3 154 77 65 167 4.19 4.08 (-3%) -1635.9
2025 BAL AL 7 8 23 17 0 0 0 101.3 110 61 48 101 5.42 4.14 (-31%) -1870.7
2025 DET AL 2 3 9 9 0 0 0 39.3 40 31 23 47 7.09 4.14 (-71%) -1027.0
2025 ATL NL 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.3 2 0 1 1 0.00 — 0.0

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 0.084 0.092 0.100 0.192 -1183.7

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 0.192 vs. league average 0.729 across their career seasons — 73.7% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG Lg AVG Lg OBP Lg SLG Lg OPS PIV
2008 ATL NL 16 17 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 0.059 — — — — 0.0
2009 PIT NL 18 31 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 15 0.129 — — — — 0.0
2010 PIT NL 17 26 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0.038 — — — — 0.0
2011 PIT NL 29 50 0 4 3 0 0 2 0 1 29 0.080 .255 (-69%) .320 (-71%) .399 (-65%) .719 (-67%) -600.2
2012 PIT NL 9 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0.000 — — — — 0.0
2013 PIT NL 20 36 1 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 11 0.139 — — — — 0.0
2014 PIT NL 26 40 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 21 0.050 — — — — 0.0
2015 PIT NL 23 36 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 18 0.028 — — — — 0.0
2016 PHI NL 4 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.167 — — — — 0.0
2017 HOU AL 25 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 — — — — 0.0
2018 HOU AL 30 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.167 — — — — 0.0
2019 TBR AL 33 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.000 — — — — 0.0
2020 TBR AL 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2021 ATL NL 34 55 5 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 31 0.127 .243 (-48%) .317 (-60%) .410 (-65%) .727 (-63%) -583.5
2022 ATL NL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2023 ATL NL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2024 ATL NL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2025 BAL AL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2025 DET AL 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2025 ATL NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
18 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Year Round Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
2022 NLDS1 ATL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2021 NLCS ATL 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.000
2021 NLDS1 ATL 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000
2021 WS ATL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2020 ALCS TBA 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2020 ALDS1 TBA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2020 WS TBA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2019 ALDS1 TBA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2019 ALWC TBA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2018 ALCS HOU 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2017 ALCS HOU 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2017 ALDS2 HOU 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2017 WS HOU 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000
2013 NLDS1 PIT 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

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

Year Round Team W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
2022 NLDS1 ATL 0 1 1 1 0 2.0 4 3 1 3 13.50
2021 NLCS ATL 0 0 1 1 0 5.0 3 2 6 5 3.60
2021 NLDS1 ATL 0 1 2 2 0 9.3 7 4 2 14 3.86
2021 WS ATL 0 0 1 1 0 2.3 1 0 2 3 0.00
2020 ALCS TBA 2 0 2 2 0 10.7 7 0 2 11 0.00
2020 ALDS1 TBA 1 0 1 1 0 5.0 4 1 2 6 1.80
2020 WS TBA 0 1 1 1 0 4.3 7 5 1 6 10.38
2019 ALDS1 TBA 1 0 1 1 0 5.0 3 1 2 9 1.80
2019 ALWC TBA 1 0 1 1 0 5.0 5 0 3 4 0.00
2018 ALCS HOU 0 0 1 1 0 2.3 3 3 2 2 11.57
2017 ALCS HOU 1 1 2 2 0 8.7 8 7 3 8 7.27
2017 ALDS2 HOU 0 0 1 1 0 4.3 7 2 2 6 4.15
2017 WS HOU 1 0 2 1 0 10.3 5 2 1 11 1.74
2013 NLDS1 PIT 0 1 1 1 0 5.7 3 2 4 4 3.18

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position G GS PO A E DP
P 416 409 112 230 26 13

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 Games
Pitcher 416

Awards & Honors

Year Award Notes
2019 All-MLB Team - Second Team SP

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 Career Earnings $25,713,500

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