1902
Born December 8, 1902
Harpersville, AL, USA
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b. December 8, 1902 · Memphis Red Sox 1932, 1946–1948, Birmingham Black Barons 1932, 1938, Louisville Black Caps 1932, Akron Grays / Cleveland Giants 1933, Pittsburgh Crawfords 1933, 1935–1937, Philadelphia Stars 1938–1939, Toledo Crawfords 1939, Toledo-Indianapolis Crawfords 1940, Newark Eagles 1940, New York Cubans 1940, Homestead Grays 1942–1945
Spoon Carter pitched for at least fourteen clubs, which even by the standards of the Negro Leagues was a great deal of moving. The list runs from Birmingham and Louisville through the Pittsburgh Crawfords, the Philadelphia Stars, the New York Cubans, the Newark Eagles and the Homestead Grays to Memphis.
His two East-West All-Star selections came at the end, in 1947 and 1948, when he was in his mid-forties and the leagues were emptying out as the majors integrated. Four seasons with the wartime Grays were among his steadiest.
Born in Harpersville, Alabama in 1902, Carter compiled a 53-31 record with 45 complete games in the surviving record. He was seventy-one at his death in January 1974.
Honors
| Award | Times | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Negro Leagues East-West Classic | 2 | 1947, 1948 |
Batting, season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1932 | BBB/LVB/MRS | 11 | 32 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .156 |
| 1933 | ACG/PC | 8 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .211 |
| 1935 | PC | 11 | 25 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .280 |
| 1936 | PC | 9 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .400 |
| 1937 | PC | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 1938 | BBB/PS | 21 | 41 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .122 |
| 1939 | PS/TC | 9 | 19 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .368 |
| 1940 | NE/NYC/TIC | 10 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .235 |
| 1942 | HG | 12 | 25 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 |
| 1943 | HG | 22 | 52 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .192 |
| 1944 | HG | 12 | 28 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 |
| 1945 | HG | 7 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .231 |
| 1946 | MRS | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 1947 | MRS | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 |
| 1948 | MRS | 8 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .083 |
| Career | — | 147 | 302 | 32 | 60 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 16 | 1 | 0 | .199 |
Pitching, season by season
| Year | Team | W | L | G | GS | SV | IP | H | ER | BB | SO | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1932 | BBB/LVB/MRS | 5 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 78.0 | 69 | 23 | 13 | 30 | 2.65 |
| 1933 | ACG/PC | 0 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 47.0 | 57 | 33 | 17 | 22 | 6.32 |
| 1935 | PC | 4 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 55.2 | 53 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 3.07 |
| 1936 | PC | 3 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 35.0 | 38 | 28 | 25 | 14 | 7.20 |
| 1937 | PC | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 33.00 |
| 1938 | BBB/PS | 7 | 4 | 21 | 13 | 0 | 117.1 | 131 | 81 | 48 | 59 | 6.21 |
| 1939 | PS/TC | 4 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 43.2 | 52 | 28 | 23 | 24 | 5.77 |
| 1940 | NE/NYC/TIC | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 32.2 | 31 | 10 | 12 | 23 | 2.76 |
| 1942 | HG | 2 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 62.0 | 79 | 42 | 16 | 23 | 6.10 |
| 1943 | HG | 14 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 0 | 119.1 | 127 | 50 | 36 | 45 | 3.77 |
| 1944 | HG | 6 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 78.0 | 103 | 41 | 24 | 25 | 4.73 |
| 1945 | HG | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 35.0 | 40 | 12 | 9 | 23 | 3.09 |
| 1946 | MRS | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9.1 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3.86 |
| 1947 | MRS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.2 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 6.35 |
| 1948 | MRS | 3 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 32.2 | 42 | 21 | 15 | 9 | 5.79 |
| Career | — | 53 | 31 | 142 | 82 | 5 | 754.1 | 853 | 407 | 265 | 325 | 4.86 |
On this day & linked events
1974