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Carl Lundgren

Chicago N.L.

1907: 1.18 ERA (#8 - All Time Season Record)

University of Illinois Graduate


Lundgren, Carl Leonard b: 2/16/1880, Marengo, Ill. d: 8/21/34, Marengo, Ill. BR/TR, 5'11", 175 lbs. Deb: 6/19/02  ==============================================================================  YEAR TM/L W L PCT G GS CG SH SV IP H HR BB  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------  1902 Chi-N 9 9 .500 18 18 17 1 0 160 158 2 45 1903 Chi-N 11 9 .550 27 20 16 0 3 193 191 1 60  1904 Chi-N 17 9 .654 31 27 25 2 1 242 203 2 77  1905 Chi-N 13 5 .722 23 19 16 3 0 169#1 132 3 53  1906 Chi-N 17 6 .739 27 24 21 5 2 207#2 160 3 89  1907 Chi-N 18 7 .720 28 25 21 7 0 207 130 0 9  1908 Chi-N 6 9 .400 23 15 9 1 0 138#2 149 5 56 1909 Chi-N 0 1 .000 2 1 0 0 0 4#1 6 0 4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total 8 91 55 .623 179 149 125 19 6 1322 1129 16 476


Carl was the forgotton hero of arguably the best pitching staff ever put together in the history of baseball. Along with Hall of Famer, Three-Fingers Brown, Jack Pfeister, Ed Reulbach and Orval Overall, Carl won 17 games for the 1906 National League champs, Chicago Cubs. In 1907, Carl was 18-7 with a microscopic 1.17 ERA, one of the lowest ERA's in baseball history.