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Tex Carleton

Tex Carleton

American baseball player

James Otto "Tex" Carleton (August 19, 1906 – January 11, 1977) was an American Major League Baseball pitcher from 1932 to 1940 for the St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs, and Brooklyn Dodgers. Carleton threw a no-hitter on April 30, 1940, against the Reds when he was with the Dodgers.[1][2] Only a year earlier he had been sold down to the minors and released.[3] His career marks were 100 wins, 76 losses and a 3.90 earned run average.

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As a hitter, Carleton had the exact number of hits as wins (100) in his major league career. He posted a .185 batting average (100-for-540) with 47 runs, 6 home runs, 54 RBI and drawing 35 bases on balls.

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  1. [1]
    "Brooklyn Dodgers 3, Cincinnati Reds 0". retrosheet.org. April 30, 1940. Retrieved October 13, 2019.
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    Wolf, Gregory H. "Tex Carleton". sabr.org. Society for American Baseball Research. Retrieved October 13, 2019.
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    McLendon, Kevin (May 19, 1988). "Braves profile: Braves' Jaster earning his pay". The Item. Sumpter, South Carolina. p. 6C. Retrieved October 13, 2019.
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