Carl Sitton
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Born: September 22, 1881 Pendleton, South Carolina |
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Died: September 11, 1931 (aged 49) Valdosta, Georgia |
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| MLB debut | |||
| April 24, 1909, for the Cleveland Naps | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| September 2, 1909, for the Cleveland Naps | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Win-Loss record | 3-2 | ||
| Earned run average | 2.88 | ||
| Strikeouts | 16 | ||
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| Sport(s) | Baseball, Football |
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| Playing career | |
| 1902–1903 | Clemson |
| Position(s) | End (football) |
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| Baseball | |
| 1915-1916 | Clemson |
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| SIAA (football, 1902, 1903) | |
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| All-Southern (football, 1902, 1903) | |
Charles Vedder Sitton (September 22, 1881 – September 11, 1931), also known as Carl, C. V. and Vet Sitton, was a baseball player and coach. He attended Clemson College, where he also played football, and later coached baseball for the Tigers.
In his first two years as a pitcher in the minor leagues, he led his teams to a regional pennant. He then played major-league baseball in 1909 with the Cleveland Naps before returning to the minors.
Sitton was born to Henry Philip and Amy Wilkinson Sitton in Pendleton, South Carolina on September 22, 1881, the second of five children. He was named after a renowned Charleston Presbyterian minister. Known on the sports pages as Carl or C. V., his family called him Vedder. Sitton's grandfather, John B. Sitton, built the first brick building in the town square of the Old Pendleton district; his father and an uncle, Augustus, fought for the Confederacy in the American Civil War. Augustus was later prominent in the Red Shirt movement.
Sitton enrolled Clemson College in 1901, attending through 1903 but never graduating. He played football and baseball for coach John Heisman's Clemson Tigers.
According to one source, "Vetter Sitton and Hope Sadler were the finest ends that Clemson ever had perhaps". Sitton played on the left and Sadler on the right on Clemson's football teams. Both were All-Southern football players in 1902 and 1903. 1902 saw a 44–5 beatdown of Georgia Tech in which Sitton scored first on an 80-yard end run. The day before the game, Clemson sent in scrubs to Atlanta, checked into a hotel, and partied until dawn. The varsity sat well rested in Lula, Georgia as those who bet on Tech were fooled.
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