Born in Montreal, Quebec, Calvert broke into professional baseball in 1938. He spent most of the year playing in the Quebec Provincial League, at the time a minor league unaffiliated with MLB. He then played in three games for the Montreal Royals, and showed enough promise that the New York Giants gave him a tryout, but they passed on signing him as they felt he needed more experience.[1] After spending 1939 out of organized baseball, Calvert was signed by the Cleveland Indians organization to a contract in 1940, and was invited to spring training. He then spent the season with the Cedar Rapids Raiders of the Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League and the Wilkes-Barre Barons of the Eastern League, playing in 21 total games for the two teams. He spent 1941 with Cedar Rapids, and finished the year with six wins, three losses, and a 2.39 earned run average (ERA) in 11 games.[2]
He signed with the Cleveland organization and in 1942 he won 17 of 24 decisions with a 2.22 ERA with Wilkes-Barre. That led to his call up to the Indians' roster when he made his MLB debut with two scorelessinnings against the Chicago White Sox on September 24 in his only major league appearance of the season.[3]
Calvert spent three full seasons—1944, 1949, and 1950—in the big leagues. His most notable campaign, 1949 with the Senators, saw him lead the American League in games lost (17) and in pitchers' fielding percentage (1.000 in 55 chances). His minor league career essentially ended after the 1952 season, although he got into three games in 1955 with the Class C Modesto Reds.[2]
paul, calvert, baseball, paul, léo, Émile, calvert, october, 1917, february, 1999, canadian, professional, baseball, player, pitcher, major, league, baseball, cleveland, indians, washington, senators, detroit, tigers, over, parts, seven, seasons, spanning, 194. Paul Leo Emile Calvert October 6 1917 February 1 1999 was a Canadian professional baseball player He was a pitcher in Major League Baseball MLB for the Cleveland Indians Washington Senators and Detroit Tigers over all or parts of seven seasons spanning 1942 51 Listed at 6 feet 1 8 metres tall and 175 pounds 79 kg he batted and threw right handed In 109 MLB games 27 as a starting pitcher and 301 2 3 innings pitched Calvert allowed 345 hits and 158 bases on balls He struck out 102 threw five complete games and earned five saves Paul CalvertCalvert circa 1951PitcherBorn 1917 10 06 October 6 1917Montreal Quebec CanadaDied February 1 1999 1999 02 01 aged 81 Sherbrooke Quebec CanadaBatted RightThrew RightMLB debutSeptember 24 1942 for the Cleveland IndiansLast MLB appearanceMay 6 1951 for the Detroit TigersMLB statisticsWin loss record9 22Earned run average5 31Strikeouts102TeamsCleveland Indians 1942 1945 Washington Senators 1949 Detroit Tigers 1950 1951 Born in Montreal Quebec Calvert broke into professional baseball in 1938 He spent most of the year playing in the Quebec Provincial League at the time a minor league unaffiliated with MLB He then played in three games for the Montreal Royals and showed enough promise that the New York Giants gave him a tryout but they passed on signing him as they felt he needed more experience 1 After spending 1939 out of organized baseball Calvert was signed by the Cleveland Indians organization to a contract in 1940 and was invited to spring training He then spent the season with the Cedar Rapids Raiders of the Illinois Indiana Iowa League and the Wilkes Barre Barons of the Eastern League playing in 21 total games for the two teams He spent 1941 with Cedar Rapids and finished the year with six wins three losses and a 2 39 earned run average ERA in 11 games 2 He signed with the Cleveland organization and in 1942 he won 17 of 24 decisions with a 2 22 ERA with Wilkes Barre That led to his call up to the Indians roster when he made his MLB debut with two scoreless innings against the Chicago White Sox on September 24 in his only major league appearance of the season 3 Calvert spent three full seasons 1944 1949 and 1950 in the big leagues His most notable campaign 1949 with the Senators saw him lead the American League in games lost 17 and in pitchers fielding percentage 1 000 in 55 chances His minor league career essentially ended after the 1952 season although he got into three games in 1955 with the Class C Modesto Reds 2 References edit Montreal Hurler Fails Make Grade The Ottawa Journal September 23 1938 p 20 via Newspapers com nbsp a b Paul Calvert Minor League Stats amp History Baseball Reference com Retrieved March 15 2017 Paul Calvert Statistics and History Baseball Reference com Retrieved March 8 2017 External links editCareer statistics and player information from Baseball Reference or Baseball Reference Minors Portals nbsp Biography nbsp Baseball nbsp Canada Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Paul Calvert baseball amp oldid 1212946500, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
