Marlin Carter
Monroe Monarchs 1932; Cincinnati Tigers 1937; Atlanta Black Crackers 1938; Memphis Red Sox 1938–1942; Harrisburg-St. Louis Stars 1943; Memphis Red Sox 1943; Memphis Red Sox 1946–1947; Chicago American Giants 1948
Percentile snapshot
1937 season — qualified batters
of 100 qualified 1937 batters (min 167 PA)
Career, era-adjusted
sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1932 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1.000 | 184.0 | 202.0 | .456 | 0.1 |
| 1937 | 38 | 167 | 149 | 23 | 34 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .228 | .299 | .315 | .614 | 76.5 | 70.0 | .291 | 0.1 |
| 1938 | 25 | 96 | 85 | 16 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .224 | .298 | .282 | .580 | 75.1 | 67.3 | .284 | 0.1 |
| 1939 | 28 | 122 | 109 | 14 | 24 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .220 | .280 | .339 | .619 | 79.8 | 79.5 | .295 | 0.1 |
| 1940 | 43 | 171 | 153 | 9 | 41 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .268 | .329 | .346 | .676 | 101.7 | 103.8 | .334 | 0.6 |
| 1941 | 20 | 88 | 81 | 7 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .296 | .337 | .370 | .708 | 107.3 | 109.8 | .340 | 0.5 |
| 1942 | 30 | 129 | 118 | 23 | 34 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .288 | .344 | .364 | .708 | 110.0 | 110.9 | .337 | 0.6 |
| 1943 | 17 | 75 | 65 | 15 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .323 | .413 | .369 | .783 | 127.6 | 124.5 | .386 | 0.5 |
| 1946 | 10 | 34 | 32 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .156 | .182 | .188 | .369 | 15.2 | 9.0 | .182 | -0.2 |
| 1947 | 15 | 67 | 55 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .218 | .348 | .345 | .694 | 92.5 | 87.0 | .344 | 0.2 |
| 1948 | 10 | 39 | 35 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .229 | .308 | .229 | .536 | 56.3 | 45.1 | .270 | -0.1 |
Career totals
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1941-05-24 | KCM @ MEM Gameday | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 1938-08-26 | MEM @ ATL Gameday | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 1940-04-28 | NBY @ MEM Gameday | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 1937-05-23 | CIN @ KCM Gameday | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 1939-08-27 | CAG @ MEM Gameday | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1932-04-22 | MON @ LRG Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1932-04-23 | MON @ LRG Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1932-04-30 | MON @ MEM Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1932-05-01 | MON @ MEM Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1932-05-01 | MON @ MEM Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.
Honors
Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.