Don
Carlsen
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 180
 
Born: October 15, 1926 in Usa, IL, CHICAGO
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1948 21 MON NL   7 4 4 4 7 8 7 4 5 4
1949 22 MON NL   7 4 4 4 7 7 7 3 4 4
1950 23 MON NL   7 4 5 4 7 7 7 3 3 3
1951 24 BSN NL   7 4 4 4 7 7 7 3 3 3
1952 25 BSN NL   7 4 5 4 7 8 8 3 3 3
1953 26 BSN NL   7 5 5 5 7 8 8 3 3 3
1954 27 BSN NL   6 5 5 5 7 8 8 3 3 3
1955 28 BSN NL $ 300,000 6 5 5 5 7 8 7 3 3 3
1956 29 BSN NL   5 4 4 4 6 7 7 3 3 3
1957 30 BSN NL   5 4 4 4 7 7 7 3 3 3
1958 31 DET AL   4 3 4 4 7 7 7 3 3 3
1959 32 STL NL   3 3 3 3 7 8 7 3 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings   3 3 3 3 6 7 7 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000 7 5 5 5 7 8 8 4 5 4
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1948 21 AAA   13 9 .591 29 29 0 0 0 193.0 226 73 15 72 109 3.40 .289 .349 .394 .743  
1949 22 AAA   9 9 .500 24 24 2 0 0 150.7 180 77 27 52 99 4.60 .296 .351 .498 .849  
    AA   0 4 .000 4 4 0 0 0 25.0 39 18 2 8 26 6.48 .358 .402 .468 .870  
1950 23 AA   6 12 .333 28 28 1 0 0 178.0 200 84 22 53 137 4.25 .279 .329 .429 .758  
1951 24 AA   12 12 .500 30 30 4 2 0 215.7 212 65 13 63 181 2.71 .255 .307 .355 .662  
1952 25 AA   11 9 .550 26 26 1 0 0 187.0 163 71 22 61 136 3.42 .230 .291 .386 .676  
1953 26 AAA   13 8 .619 29 29 0 0 0 207.7 201 79 26 65 159 3.42 .254 .310 .395 .706  
1954 27 AAA   0 0 .000 7 0 0 0 0 7.7 7 2 1 1 4 2.35 .259 .286 .370 .656  
1955 28 BSN NL 0 1 .000 2 0 0 0 0 2.7 3 5 0 3 0 16.92 .300 .462 .300 .762 0.0
    AA   5 1 .833 41 0 0 0 0 79.7 52 18 8 16 76 2.03 .181 .224 .303 .528  
1956 29 AAA   1 0 1.000 15 0 0 0 0 25.0 24 8 2 5 25 2.88 .261 .299 .402 .701  
1957 30 AAA   0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 0 3.7 13 9 3 0 1 22.13 .591 .591 1.045 1.636  
1958 31 AAA   0 0 .000 5 0 0 0 0 8.0 11 4 2 3 8 4.50 .324 .378 .529 .908  
    AA   1 1 .500 13 0 0 0 0 25.7 23 15 3 7 19 5.26 .240 .291 .354 .645  
1959 32 AAA   0 1 .000 2 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 1 1 1 2 4.50 .143 .250 .571 .821  
    AA   4 3 .571 34 0 0 0 3 37.7 38 17 3 8 26 4.06 .262 .301 .352 .652  
1 Years Sim 0 1 .000 2 0 0 0 0 2.7 3 5 0 3 0 16.92 .300 .462 .300 .762 0.0
8 Years AAA 36 27 .571 114 82 2 0 0 597.6 663 253 77 199 407 3.81 .280 .336 .430 .766  
7 Years AA 39 42 .481 176 88 6 2 3 748.6 727 288 73 216 601 3.46 .251 .303 .380 .683  
15 Years Minors 75 69 .521 290 170 8 2 3 1346.3 1390 541 150 415 1008 3.62 .264 .318 .402 .720  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   2 5 0 2 0   .250 .400 .250 .650
vs LH   1 0 0 1 0   .500 .667 .500 1.167
Home 0 1 .000 2 0 0 0 0 2.7 3 5 0 3 0 16.92 .300 .462 .300 .762
Sep/Oct 0 1 .000 2 0 0 0 0 2.7 3 5 0 3 0 16.92 .300 .462 .300 .762
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1955 28 BSN NL P 2 0 2.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
Career Totals   2 0 2.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
Career Highs   2 0 2.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 20th overall pick, by Montreal in 1948
Injured on 5/30/1950 with a Sore Shoulder, out for one week
Traded from Montreal to Boston (N) on 7/1/1951 (Going to MON: P Dick Littlefield. Going to BSN: P Don Carlsen, CF Harry Simpson)
Injured on 3/17/1957 with a Bone Chips Shoulder, out for 5 weeks
Traded from Boston (N) to Detroit on 4/2/1958 (Going to BSN: P Al Cicotte, P Howie Judson. Going to DET: P Cuddles Marshall, P Buddy Lively, P Don Carlsen, P Hal Brown, P Bob Grim)
Traded from Detroit to St. Louis on 5/1/1959 (Going to STL: P Don Carlsen, P Bob Smith, P Dick Rozek. Going to DET: CF Richie Ashburn)