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Charlie Morton

Birthdate: 11/12/1983 Bats/Throws: R/R
Height/Weight: 6-5/230 Position: P
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5/22/2013: Morton (elbow) will make two rehab starts (Sunday and again on May 31) before replacing Jeanmar Gomez in the Pirates' rotation, Rob Biertempfel of the Pittsburgh Tribune Review reports.

4/2/2012 - Potential BB% Improvers by Mike Podhorzer (RotoGraphs)

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8/4/2011 - N.L. Starting Pitcher Ranks by Dan Wade (RotoGraphs)

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6/6/2011 - FanGraphs Power Rankings - 6/6/11 by Paul Swydan (FanGraphs)

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5/27/2011 - Two-Start Pitchers: Week 9 by Brian Joura (RotoGraphs)

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5/19/2011 - Charlie Morton's Crazy Platoon Splits by Dave Cameron (FanGraphs)

Standard

Season	Pitch	Pitches	AB	PA	H	1B	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	HBP	SF	SH	GDP	AVG	min-Vel	max-Vel	Vel
2008	FA	830	187	221	50	30	13	2	5	26	26	2	2	4	2	.267	85.3	94.9	90.8
2008	CH	206	46	55	13	8	3	1	1	7	8	0	1	1	0	.283	76.4	88.1	80.6
2008	CU	147	27	28	7	6	0	0	1	0	10	0	1	0	0	.259	70.7	86.6	75.2
2008	SL	106	18	21	7	1	4	0	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	.389	78.5	91.3	83.0
2008	SI	19	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	80.8	91.0	88.3
2009	FA	770	200	231	64	47	9	3	5	27	25	3	0	1	9	.320	86.9	95.7	92.1
2009	CH	364	71	77	18	11	5	0	2	5	12	1	0	0	2	.254	76.8	88.8	83.1
2009	CU	267	57	60	6	4	2	0	0	2	24	0	1	0	1	.105	74.2	82.3	78.4
2009	SI	132	28	34	9	7	0	2	0	5	0	1	0	0	2	.321	87.3	92.6	89.6
2009	SL	56	11	11	5	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.455	75.2	88.6	82.3
2010	FT	452	111	123	48	35	6	1	6	4	12	3	2	3	2	.432	84.9	95.9	92.3
2010	FA	407	90	111	29	22	4	0	3	14	11	3	2	2	1	.322	87.6	96.4	93.2
2010	CU	274	73	77	15	8	5	0	2	2	30	1	0	1	1	.205	73.2	84.2	77.4
2010	SL	152	33	35	10	8	1	0	1	1	5	0	1	0	1	.303	80.6	90.6	84.2
2010	CH	128	29	31	10	6	1	0	3	1	1	0	1	0	1	.345	78.4	86.1	82.6
2011	FT	1797	448	532	139	111	23	2	3	65	43	7	2	10	18	.310	80.3	95.3	91.2
2011	CU	446	103	112	12	9	2	1	0	4	51	4	1	0	3	.117	74.8	81.8	78.5
2011	FA	180	48	53	17	13	0	1	3	2	9	1	1	1	1	.354	87.1	95.7	90.8
2011	CH	165	36	38	12	7	4	1	0	1	4	1	0	0	2	.333	45.7	88.5	83.9
2011	SL	70	13	15	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	.154	79.6	90.1	84.9
2011	FC	52	13	14	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	.154	85.2	90.2	87.3
2012	FT	403	108	123	38	27	4	2	5	8	6	1	2	4	6	.352	80.3	93.8	89.8
2012	CU	190	48	50	12	8	3	1	0	1	13	1	0	0	1	.250	73.2	79.7	77.4
2012	FC	87	16	17	5	3	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	.313	83.0	88.8	85.5
2012	CH	82	22	23	4	3	1	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	.182	79.9	87.3	83.4
2012	FA	25	9	9	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	87.1	91.0	88.5
2012	SL	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	77.1	84.3	79.5
Total	FT	2652	667	778	225	173	33	5	14	77	61	11	6	17	26	.337	80.3	95.9	91.2
Total	FA	2212	534	625	163	113	28	6	16	69	71	9	5	8	13	.305	85.3	96.4	91.6
Total	CU	1324	308	327	52	35	12	2	3	9	128	6	3	1	6	.169	70.7	86.6	77.7
Total	CH	945	204	224	57	35	14	2	6	15	29	2	2	1	5	.279	45.7	88.8	82.7
Total	SL	388	75	82	24	15	6	0	3	4	10	0	3	0	3	.320	75.2	91.3	83.7
Total	SI	151	30	38	9	7	0	2	0	7	0	1	0	0	2	.300	80.8	92.6	89.5
Total	FC	139	29	31	7	4	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	1	.241	83.0	90.2	86.2

Advanced

Season	Pitch	Pitches	BB%	K%	BB/K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	BABIP	wRC	wRAA	wOBA	wRC+
2008	FA	830	11.8 %	11.8 %	1.00	.267	.359	.439	.798	.171	.285	31.0	4.4	.352	121
2008	CH	206	12.7 %	14.5 %	0.88	.283	.370	.457	.827	.174	.316	8.1	1.5	.361	124
2008	CU	147	0.0 %	35.7 %	0.00	.259	.250	.370	.620	.111	.353	1.9	-1.5	.264	67
2008	SL	106	14.3 %	9.5 %	1.50	.389	.476	.944	1.421	.556	.357	6.8	4.3	.577	269
2008	SI	19	50.0 %	0.0 %	2.00	.000	.500	.000	.500	.000	.000	0.6	0.1	.354	124
2009	FA	770	11.7 %	10.8 %	1.08	.320	.409	.470	.879	.150	.347	39.3	11.6	.389	146
2009	CH	364	6.5 %	15.6 %	0.42	.254	.312	.408	.720	.155	.281	8.5	-0.7	.318	104
2009	CU	267	3.3 %	40.0 %	0.08	.105	.133	.140	.274	.035	.176	-2.9	-10.1	.125	-20
2009	SI	132	14.7 %	0.0 %	5.00	.321	.441	.464	.905	.143	.321	6.2	2.1	.403	157
2009	SL	56	0.0 %	9.1 %	0.00	.455	.455	.545	1.000	.091	.500	2.3	1.0	.440	183
2010	FT	452	3.3 %	9.8 %	0.33	.432	.458	.667	1.125	.234	.442	30.1	16.0	.483	206
2010	FA	407	12.6 %	9.9 %	1.27	.322	.422	.467	.889	.144	.333	19.3	6.5	.395	149
2010	CU	274	2.6 %	39.0 %	0.07	.205	.237	.356	.593	.151	.317	5.1	-3.7	.260	66
2010	SL	152	2.9 %	14.3 %	0.20	.303	.314	.424	.739	.121	.321	4.0	0.0	.320	107
2010	CH	128	3.2 %	3.2 %	1.00	.345	.355	.690	1.044	.345	.269	6.4	2.9	.437	186
2011	FT	1797	12.2 %	8.1 %	1.51	.310	.404	.391	.795	.080	.337	78.1	18.4	.360	132
2011	CU	446	3.6 %	45.5 %	0.08	.117	.179	.155	.334	.039	.226	-1.3	-13.9	.159	4
2011	FA	180	3.8 %	17.0 %	0.22	.354	.385	.583	.968	.229	.378	10.1	4.1	.415	181
2011	CH	165	2.6 %	10.5 %	0.25	.333	.368	.500	.868	.167	.375	6.1	1.8	.377	152
2011	SL	70	0.0 %	13.3 %	0.00	.154	.133	.154	.287	.000	.154	-0.7	-2.3	.119	-21
2011	FC	52	0.0 %	7.1 %	0.00	.154	.154	.231	.385	.077	.167	-0.1	-1.7	.166	2
2012	FT	403	6.5 %	4.9 %	1.33	.352	.395	.565	.960	.213	.333	23.3	9.2	.408	162
2012	CU	190	2.0 %	26.0 %	0.08	.250	.280	.354	.634	.104	.343	4.2	-1.5	.277	82
2012	FC	87	0.0 %	11.8 %	0.00	.313	.313	.438	.750	.125	.357	2.0	0.1	.323	101
2012	CH	82	4.3 %	17.4 %	0.25	.182	.217	.227	.445	.045	.222	0.5	-2.1	.200	31
2012	FA	25	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.00	.333	.333	.556	.889	.222	.333	1.5	0.5	.378	148
2012	SL	4	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.00	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0	0.0	.000
Total	FT	2652	9.9 %	7.8 %	1.26	.337	.411	.465	.876	.127	.353	131.2	43.3	.387	148
Total	FA	2212	11.0 %	11.4 %	0.97	.305	.391	.470	.861	.165	.325	101.2	27.2	.379	141
Total	CU	1324	2.8 %	39.1 %	0.07	.169	.206	.250	.456	.081	.272	7.0	-30.7	.204	32
Total	CH	945	6.7 %	12.9 %	0.52	.279	.332	.456	.788	.176	.298	29.7	3.4	.343	121
Total	SL	388	4.9 %	12.2 %	0.40	.320	.341	.520	.861	.200	.323	12.3	2.8	.365	136
Total	SI	151	18.4 %	0.0 %	7.00	.300	.447	.433	.881	.133	.300	6.7	2.2	.398	154
Total	FC	139	0.0 %	9.7 %	0.00	.241	.241	.345	.586	.103	.269	2.0	-1.6	.253	56

Batted Ball & Movement

Season	Pitch	Pitches	LD%	GB%	FB%	IFFB%	HR/FB	Strikes	Balls	Pitches	x-Mov	z-Mov	Mov
2008	FA	830	16.3 %	50.0 %	33.8 %	13.0 %	9.3 %	520	310	830	-8.3	7.2	11.2
2008	CH	206	12.8 %	53.8 %	33.3 %	30.8 %	7.7 %	136	70	206	-10.3	5.0	11.5
2008	CU	147	11.1 %	44.4 %	44.4 %	25.0 %	12.5 %	64	83	147	5.8	-6.5	9.8
2008	SL	106	12.5 %	43.8 %	43.8 %	14.3 %	28.6 %	56	50	106	1.3	2.8	5.0
2008	SI	19	0.0 %	50.0 %	50.0 %	100.0 %	0.0 %	5	14	19	-11.2	4.9	12.3
2009	FA	770	19.9 %	53.8 %	26.3 %	28.9 %	11.1 %	506	264	770	-7.8	6.7	10.4
2009	CH	364	13.6 %	44.1 %	42.4 %	16.0 %	8.0 %	207	157	364	-8.4	3.9	9.5
2009	CU	267	14.7 %	44.1 %	41.2 %	35.7 %	0.0 %	141	126	267	5.6	-5.1	7.8
2009	SI	132	17.9 %	57.1 %	25.0 %	57.1 %	0.0 %	72	60	132	-9.5	5.4	11.1
2009	SL	56	10.0 %	40.0 %	50.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	27	29	56	3.2	1.1	5.0
2010	FT	452	24.2 %	45.5 %	30.3 %	10.0 %	20.0 %	293	159	452	-9.2	5.1	10.6
2010	FA	407	23.4 %	39.0 %	37.7 %	24.1 %	10.3 %	268	139	407	-6.9	7.9	10.6
2010	CU	274	31.7 %	43.9 %	24.4 %	10.0 %	20.0 %	153	121	274	6.9	-7.0	10.1
2010	SL	152	17.2 %	51.7 %	31.0 %	33.3 %	11.1 %	99	53	152	2.0	0.6	3.6
2010	CH	128	13.8 %	55.2 %	31.0 %	0.0 %	33.3 %	84	44	128	-10.0	2.5	10.5
2011	FT	1797	20.4 %	61.5 %	18.1 %	13.9 %	4.2 %	1159	638	1797	-9.1	1.6	9.5
2011	CU	446	21.2 %	57.7 %	21.2 %	36.4 %	0.0 %	260	186	446	7.2	-6.6	10.0
2011	FA	180	15.4 %	59.0 %	25.6 %	20.0 %	30.0 %	103	77	180	-3.8	4.6	6.1
2011	CH	165	21.9 %	50.0 %	28.1 %	22.2 %	0.0 %	84	81	165	-6.0	0.8	6.7
2011	SL	70	8.3 %	25.0 %	66.7 %	37.5 %	0.0 %	37	33	70	-1.5	1.2	3.6
2011	FC	52	25.0 %	58.3 %	16.7 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	37	15	52	-0.4	3.0	3.4
2012	FT	403	15.8 %	53.5 %	30.7 %	3.2 %	16.1 %	273	130	403	-9.2	2.3	9.8
2012	CU	190	18.2 %	57.6 %	24.2 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	127	63	190	7.4	-5.5	9.5
2012	FC	87	0.0 %	57.1 %	42.9 %	16.7 %	0.0 %	58	29	87	-0.3	3.3	3.7
2012	CH	82	16.7 %	66.7 %	16.7 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	42	40	82	-4.4	0.2	5.2
2012	FA	25	22.2 %	44.4 %	33.3 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	13	12	25	-3.3	5.5	6.6
2012	SL	4	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	4	0	4	2.7	-0.1	3.4
Total	FT	2652	20.3 %	57.5 %	22.3 %	10.5 %	10.5 %	1725	927	2652	-9.2	2.3	9.7
Total	FA	2212	18.9 %	50.2 %	30.9 %	20.6 %	11.3 %	1410	802	2212	-7.5	6.9	10.4
Total	CU	1324	20.8 %	50.6 %	28.7 %	23.5 %	5.9 %	745	579	1324	6.7	-6.2	9.5
Total	CH	945	15.3 %	51.4 %	33.3 %	16.9 %	10.2 %	553	392	945	-8.3	3.1	9.2
Total	SL	388	13.4 %	43.3 %	43.3 %	24.1 %	10.3 %	223	165	388	1.4	1.4	4.2
Total	SI	151	16.7 %	56.7 %	26.7 %	62.5 %	0.0 %	77	74	151	-9.7	5.3	11.3
Total	FC	139	11.5 %	57.7 %	30.8 %	12.5 %	0.0 %	95	44	139	-0.3	3.2	3.6

Plate Discipline & Value

Season	Pitch	Pitches	O-Swing%	Z-Swing%	Swing%	O-Contact%	Z-Contact%	Contact%	Zone%	SwStr%	Val	Val/C
2008	FA	830	22.1 %	63.8 %	45.2 %	74.4 %	89.4 %	86.1 %	55.3 %	6.3 %	-3.94	-0.47
2008	CH	206	34.6 %	76.8 %	54.9 %	62.2 %	77.6 %	72.6 %	48.1 %	15.1 %	-1.88	-0.91
2008	CU	147	13.5 %	48.3 %	27.2 %	50.0 %	92.9 %	80.0 %	39.5 %	5.4 %	-2.41	-1.64
2008	SL	106	12.1 %	56.3 %	32.1 %	71.4 %	88.9 %	85.3 %	45.3 %	4.7 %	-5.55	-5.23
2008	SI	19	14.3 %	60.0 %	26.3 %	100.0 %	66.7 %	80.0 %	26.3 %	5.3 %	-0.20	-1.04
2009	FA	770	24.4 %	66.0 %	49.2 %	89.5 %	90.8 %	90.5 %	59.6 %	4.7 %	-2.91	-0.38
2009	CH	364	26.8 %	67.5 %	45.3 %	58.5 %	85.7 %	77.0 %	45.6 %	10.4 %	0.04	0.01
2009	CU	267	29.1 %	50.0 %	38.2 %	56.8 %	81.0 %	70.6 %	43.5 %	11.2 %	3.65	1.37
2009	SI	132	22.2 %	68.3 %	43.2 %	93.8 %	85.4 %	87.7 %	45.5 %	5.3 %	-0.41	-0.31
2009	SL	56	31.3 %	45.8 %	37.5 %	60.0 %	81.8 %	71.4 %	42.9 %	10.7 %	-1.09	-1.94
2010	FT	452	21.7 %	63.4 %	45.1 %	79.1 %	90.7 %	88.2 %	56.2 %	5.3 %	-13.55	-3.00
2010	FA	407	24.6 %	66.8 %	48.7 %	86.1 %	90.3 %	89.4 %	57.0 %	5.2 %	-5.23	-1.29
2010	CU	274	31.3 %	56.5 %	41.2 %	46.2 %	86.9 %	68.1 %	39.4 %	13.1 %	-4.60	-1.68
2010	SL	152	32.0 %	53.3 %	42.8 %	58.3 %	90.2 %	78.5 %	50.7 %	9.2 %	-0.29	-0.19
2010	CH	128	42.7 %	60.4 %	50.0 %	56.3 %	90.6 %	73.4 %	41.4 %	13.3 %	-2.70	-2.11
2011	FT	1797	29.4 %	64.1 %	46.9 %	73.6 %	92.3 %	86.5 %	50.5 %	6.3 %	-4.03	-0.22
2011	CU	446	35.2 %	52.5 %	42.2 %	54.3 %	83.0 %	68.6 %	40.1 %	13.2 %	6.89	1.55
2011	FA	180	21.7 %	63.6 %	42.2 %	70.0 %	87.5 %	82.9 %	48.9 %	7.2 %	-5.48	-3.05
2011	CH	165	28.0 %	69.0 %	42.4 %	76.7 %	92.5 %	85.7 %	35.2 %	6.1 %	-2.77	-1.68
2011	SL	70	29.8 %	69.6 %	42.9 %	78.6 %	93.8 %	86.7 %	32.9 %	5.7 %	0.62	0.88
2011	FC	52	48.3 %	73.9 %	59.6 %	78.6 %	88.2 %	83.9 %	44.2 %	9.6 %	1.90	3.65
2012	FT	403	31.2 %	64.8 %	50.4 %	75.9 %	94.6 %	89.7 %	57.1 %	5.2 %	-5.86	-1.45
2012	CU	190	43.6 %	52.1 %	47.9 %	61.0 %	88.0 %	75.8 %	50.5 %	11.6 %	-1.30	-0.68
2012	FC	87	33.3 %	56.9 %	47.1 %	66.7 %	86.2 %	80.5 %	58.6 %	9.2 %	0.98	1.13
2012	CH	82	24.0 %	78.1 %	45.1 %	83.3 %	96.0 %	91.9 %	39.0 %	3.7 %	0.90	1.10
2012	FA	25	21.4 %	81.8 %	48.0 %	100.0 %	100.0 %	100.0 %	44.0 %	0.0 %	-0.90	-3.60
2012	SL	4		50.0 %	50.0 %		100.0 %	100.0 %	100.0 %	0.0 %	0.16	4.08
Total	FT	2652	28.4 %	64.1 %	47.1 %	74.6 %	92.4 %	87.3 %	52.5 %	6.0 %	-23.44	-0.88
Total	FA	2212	23.3 %	65.3 %	47.0 %	81.7 %	90.1 %	88.3 %	56.5 %	5.5 %	-18.46	-0.83
Total	CU	1324	31.7 %	52.2 %	40.3 %	53.9 %	85.2 %	71.0 %	42.1 %	11.7 %	2.24	0.17
Total	CH	945	30.5 %	69.9 %	47.5 %	64.0 %	86.0 %	78.0 %	43.2 %	10.5 %	-6.41	-0.68
Total	SL	388	25.9 %	55.1 %	39.2 %	65.5 %	89.7 %	80.9 %	45.4 %	7.5 %	-6.14	-1.58
Total	SI	151	20.9 %	67.7 %	41.1 %	94.4 %	84.1 %	87.1 %	43.1 %	5.3 %	-0.61	-0.40
Total	FC	139	40.0 %	62.2 %	51.8 %	73.1 %	87.0 %	81.9 %	53.2 %	9.4 %	2.88	2.07

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