James Otto "Tex" Carleton (August 19, 1906 - January 11, 1977) was a Major League Baseball

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 pitcher from 1932 to 1940 for the St. Louis Cardinals

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, Chicago Cubs

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, and Brooklyn Dodgers. Carleton threw a no-hitter

No-hitter

A no-hitter is a baseball game in which one team has no hits. In Major League Baseball, the team must be without hits during the entire game, and the game must be at least nine innings. A pitcher who prevents the opposing team from achieving a hit is said to have "thrown a no-hitter"...

 on April 30, 1940 when he was with the Dodgers. Only a year earlier he had been sold down to the minors and released. His career marks were 100 wins, 76 loses and a 3.90 ERA.

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