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Earl Caldwell

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 178lb (185cm, 80kg)

Born: April 9, 1905 in Sparks, TX us

Died: September 15, 1981 in Mission, TX

Buried: Valley Memorial Gardens, McAllen, TX

Debut: September 8, 1928 (Age 23-152d, 6,780th in major league history)
vs. BSN 9.0 IP, 6 H, 2 SO, 3 BB, 0 ER, W

Last Game: September 15, 1948 (Age 43-159d)
vs. CHW 0.2 IP, 3 H, 1 SO, 3 BB, 6 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1935 season

Full Name: Earl Welton Caldwell

Nicknames: Teach

SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.4

ERA

4.69

200

587.2

202

WHIP

1.557

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1948 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1948 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 20	CHW		DET	L,2-5	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
2	4 (2)	Apr 24	CHW	@	SLB	L,4-6		8	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
3	6 (1)	Apr 25 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	L,6-7		0	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
4	7	Apr 26	CHW		CLE	L,11-12	GF	25	5.2	0	2	0	2	0
5	9 (1)	Apr 30	CHW	@	DET	W,5-4		8	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	13 (3)	May 6	CHW	@	WSH	L,0-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
7	14	May 8	CHW	@	PHA	L,1-16	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
8	20 (5)	May 16 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,6-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
9	23 (2)	May 19	CHW		WSH	L,1-4	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
10	24	May 20	CHW		NYY	L,2-13		14	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
11	30 (5)	May 26	CHW		PHA	L,1-7	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
12	34 (3)	May 30 (2)	CHW		CLE	L,8-13		2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	44 (9)	Jun 11	CHW	@	BOS	L,4-12	GF	15	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
14	46 (1)	Jun 15	CHW		NYY	W,9-8	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
15	54 (7)	Jun 24 (2)	CHW		BOS	L,5-8	GF	18	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
16	58 (3)	Jun 27 (2)	CHW		PHA	L,2-6	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	63 (4)	Jul 3	CHW		DET	L,2-6	GF	4	0.2	0	1	0	1	0
18	69 (5)	Jul 7	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-10	GS	7	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
19	72 (2)	Jul 10	CHW	@	DET	L,4-5		0	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
20	76 (3)	Jul 17	CHW	@	WSH	W,9-7	GF	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
21	77	Jul 18 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	W,12-11		11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
22	82 (4)	Jul 21 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-3	GF	5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
23	83	Jul 21 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,9-10	GF	5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
24	87 (3)	Jul 24 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-6		11	3.0	2	1	0	3	0
25	88	Jul 24 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	W,8-4	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
				Player went from Chicago White Sox to Boston Red Sox
26	95	Jul 31	BOS	@	CLE	L,9-10		5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	102 (6)	Aug 7	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-5	GF	9	2.1	0	1	0	1	0
28	112 (9)	Aug 19	BOS		PHA	L,3-10		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
29	115 (2)	Aug 21	BOS		WSH	W,10-6		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
30	117 (1)	Aug 24	BOS		CLE	W,9-8	GF	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
31	123 (5)	Aug 29 (2)	BOS		SLB	L,4-12	GF	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	133 (9)	Sep 10	BOS		NYY	L,6-11		12	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
33	138 (4)	Sep 15	BOS	@	CHW	L,10-17		8	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
							33gm		48.0	2	5	0	7	0