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CHARLIE MORTON
FRONT OFFICE • Has five career wins in potential • Has made 12 total trips to the injured list
throughout his career including stints in
elimination games, the most in major
2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016,
league history, and has four career wins
in a "winner take all" game, also a major
2017, 2018 and 2020.
league record. • Has twice been traded in his career.
• Won five straight playoff starts from the • Pittsburgh acquired him along with LHP
2019 A.L. Wild Card Game to the Game Jeff Locke and OF Gorkys Hernandez
MANAGER & STAFF pitcher in postseason history to start and • Philadelphia sent David Whitehead to the
7 of the 2020 ALCS…Became the second
from Atlanta in exchange for OF Nate
McClouth in June, 2009.
win five consecutive decisions (with no
relief apps in between) and allow no more
Pirates for Morton in December, 2015.
than one earned run in each of them,
joining PHI/ARI Curt Schilling (5) from minor league notes
1993–2001. • Atlanta drafted Morton in the third round of the
CHARLIE MORTON postseason appearances (eight starts), • In 14 career minor league seasons, is 44-55 with
• Went unbeaten in nine straight
2002 First-Year Player Draft and he spent eight
years in the Braves system prior to his trade to
beginning with Game 7 of the 2017 ALCS
Pittsburgh.
vs. NYY (with HOU) and ending with
Game 7 of the 2020 ALCS…Went 7-0
with a 1.45 ERA (7 ER/43.1 IP) and a .185 a 4.05 ERA (373 ER/828.1 IP) across 204 games
and 132 starts.
opponents average over that stretch…
Became the sixth pitcher in postseason • Was named International League Pitcher of the
SEASON IN REVIEW • Has been nominated for the Roberto Clemente Pittsburgh later that season.
Week in April, 2009, before being traded to
history to win at least seven straight
decisions.
• Went 7-2 with a 2.51 ERA (18 ER/64.2 IP)
in 10 starts for Triple-A Gwinnett before
Award three times – 2014 with Pittsburgh, 2018
the trade.
with Houston and 2020 with Tampa Bay…The
award recognizes the player who best represents • Pitched for the Peoria Javelinas in the 2007
Arizona Fall League, and was named a Rising Star.
the game through extraordinary character, • Was ranked by Baseball America as having the
PLAYER DEVELOPMENT positive contributions, both on and off the field. "Best Curveball" in the Braves organization
community involvement, philanthropy and
following the 2004 and 2003 seasons and was
• In 2018 was named Houston’s Darryl Kile
tabbed as the best pitching prospect in the
Award winner by the St. Louis Chapter
International League in 2008.
of the BBWAA…The award is presented
player who best exemplifies Kile’s traits of amateur
annually to the Cardinals and Astros
“a good teammate, a great friend, a fine • Was selected by Atlanta out of Joel Barlow High
BRAVES HISTORY • Was the Astros nominee for the Bob
School in Redding, Conn.
father and a humble man.
Feller Act of Valor Award in 2017, which is personal
awarded annually to a major league player
who actively supports service men and • He and his wife, Cindy, live in Bradenton, Fla. with
their four children, Cam, Grace, Benji and Emelia.
women…Hosted and met with military • “Cam” is an acronym for Charles Alfred
veterans from the Wounded Warrior Morton V, his full name.
Project at home games throughout the • The Astros clinched the A.L. West on
OPPONENTS • Went 15-3 in 2018 to lead the majors with a .833 the day Emelia was born in 2018 and
season.
teammate George Springer video called
winning percentage, joining Roger Clemens
(.818) in 2004 as the only Astros to ever do that… Charlie at the hospital from the clubhouse
celebration.
His 15 wins, 30 starts, 201 SO and 3.13 ERA were
all career bests at the time…Ranked 7th in the
A.L. in ERA.
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• Underwent Tommy John surgery on June 14,
2012 while with Pittsburgh…Returned to make 20
starts with the Pirates in 2013.