Carl Bouldin

Carl Edward Bouldin (born September 17, 1939) is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher who also played college baseball and college basketball for the University of Cincinnati, where he was a member of the NCAA Championship-winning 1960–61 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team. He played in an NCAA national championship game and in Major League Baseball the same year. Bouldin was listed as and ; in baseball, he was a switch hitter who threw right-handed.

Early life Bouldin was born in Germantown, Kentucky and grew up in Norwood, Ohio in Greater Cincinnati. He attended Norwood High School and played basketball for coach Dick Dallmer, who was an All-American at the University of Cincinnati, and baseball, graduating in 1957. He is Norwood's all-time leading scorer in basketball.

College basketball career Bouldin attended the University of Cincinnati, where he excelled in both basketball and baseball. In basketball, as a sophomore in 1958–59, with the Bearcats led by coach George Smith and future Hall-of-Famer Oscar Robertson and his 32.6 points per game, Bouldin averaged 2.3 points and 1.0 rebound per game as a backup to starting guards Mike Mendenhall and Ralph Davis, who averaged 13.5 and 15.5 points, respectively. The Bearcats posted a 26–4 record and won the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) championship, and advanced to the NCAA final Four, where they finished in third place nationally. Then, he scored 16 points as the Bearcats defeated Ohio State in the NCAA championship game 70–65 in overtime to win their first national championship. For a single season, his 1.41 ERA in 1959 ranks third all-time, and his .186 opponent batting average that season ranks seventh.

During the season, he was called up to the Major League Washington Senators, and made his first MLB appearance on September 2, 1961, allowing one run in two innings in a 13–7 loss to the Chicago White Sox. He appeared in one more game, which he started and gave up five runs in just 1.1 innings, taking the loss against the Baltimore Orioles.

However, his minor league season was more successful as, between Middlesboro and Pensacola, he compiled a 9–5 record with a 2.97 ERA. but he did pitch in six games in the major leagues for the Senators, going 1–2 with a 5.85 ERA. In 1963, he pitched most of the season with the Toronto Maple Leafs of the International League. But he again saw major league action with the Senators, posting a 2–2 record with a 5.79 ERA. In 1992, he was an inaugural inductee into the Norwood High School Athletic Hall of Fame.