Steve Carlton
Steven Norman Carlton (Lefty)
Hall of Famer
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 210 lb.

Born: December 22, 1944 in Miami, FL
High School: North Miami (North Miami, FL)
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1963. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 12, 1965
Final Game: April 23, 1988
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1994 (436/455 ballots).
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1965 STL NL 20 P 15 2 25.0 7 1 6 0 1 1.000 2.52 0.47 .957 2.09 0.81
1966 STL NL 21 P 9 9 52.0 12 2 10 0 2 1.000 2.08 1.33 .942 1.96 0.74
1967 STL NL 22 P 30 28 193.0 40 8 30 2 3 .950 1.77 1.27 .960 2.00 0.78
1968 STL NL 23 P 34 33 232.0 46 4 39 3 1 .935 1.67 1.26 .959 2.01 0.85 AS
1969 STL NL 24 P 31 31 236.1 38 1 34 3 1 .921 1.33 1.13 .961 1.95 0.78 AS
1970 STL NL 25 P 34 33 253.2 48 6 38 4 1 .917 1.56 1.29 .952 1.85 0.71
1971 STL NL 26 P 37 36 273.1 51 11 40 0 3 1.000 1.68 1.38 .951 1.90 0.78 AS
1972 PHI NL 27 P 41 41 346.1 47 8 37 2 3 .957 1.17 1.10 .949 1.78 0.73 AS,CYA-1,MVP-5
1973 PHI NL 28 P 40 40 293.1 51 4 42 5 3 .902 1.41 1.15 .953 1.88 0.73
1974 PHI NL 29 P 39 39 291.0 52 6 42 4 1 .923 1.48 1.23 .946 1.88 0.71 AS
1975 PHI NL 30 P 37 37 255.1 43 10 32 1 4 .977 1.48 1.14 .944 1.86 0.72
1976 PHI NL 31 P 35 35 252.2 23 4 19 0 2 1.000 0.82 0.66 .948 1.88 0.72 CYA-4,MVP-15
1977 PHI NL 32 P 36 36 283.0 57 4 52 1 2 .982 1.78 1.56 .949 1.85 0.67 AS,CYA-1,MVP-5
1978 PHI NL 33 P 34 34 247.1 54 5 46 3 1 .944 1.86 1.50 .952 1.91 0.72
1979 PHI NL 34 P 35 35 251.0 40 3 32 5 0 .875 1.25 1.00 .955 1.80 0.66 AS
1980 PHI NL 35 P 38 38 304.0 44 2 42 0 1 1.000 1.30 1.16 .950 1.91 0.69 AS,CYA-1,MVP-5
1981 PHI NL 36 P 24 24 190.0 25 3 22 0 0 1.000 1.18 1.04 .956 1.97 0.68 AS,CYA-3,MVP-9,GG
1982 PHI NL 37 P 38 38 295.2 47 6 37 4 2 .915 1.31 1.13 .953 1.96 0.70 AS,CYA-1,MVP-9
1983 PHI NL 38 P 37 37 283.2 45 4 37 4 0 .911 1.30 1.11 .953 1.92 0.68
1984 PHI NL 39 P 33 33 229.0 29 7 22 0 0 1.000 1.14 0.88 .952 1.88 0.67
1985 PHI NL 40 P 16 16 92.0 21 3 18 0 1 1.000 2.05 1.31 .952 1.92 0.68
1986 TOT MLB 41 P 32 32 176.1 27 4 23 0 2 1.000 1.38 0.84 .952 1.90 0.67
1986 TOT NL 41 P 22 22 113.0 19 3 16 0 1 1.000 1.51 0.86 .953 1.94 0.66
1986 PHI NL 41 P 16 16 83.0 10 2 8 0 1 1.000 1.08 0.63 .950 1.94 0.66
1986 SFG NL 41 P 6 6 30.0 9 1 8 0 0 1.000 2.70 1.50 .956 1.95 0.67
1986 CHW AL 41 P 10 10 63.1 8 1 7 0 1 1.000 1.14 0.80 .950 1.83 0.68
1987 TOT AL 42 P 32 21 152.0 27 3 23 1 2 .963 1.54 0.81 .956 1.84 0.67
1987 CLE AL 42 P 23 14 109.0 18 2 15 1 1 .944 1.40 0.74 .956 1.84 0.67
1987 MIN AL 42 P 9 7 43.0 9 1 8 0 1 1.000 1.88 1.00 .956 1.84 0.67
1988 MIN AL 43 P 4 1 9.2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.93 0.25 1.000 1.77 0.68
24 Seasons P 741 709 5217.2 875 109 724 42 36 .952 1.44 1.12 .952 1.89 0.72
24 Seasons TOT 741 709 5217.2 875 109 724 42 36 .952 1.44 1.12 .904 1.89 0.72
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1965 STL NL 20 15 2 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 STL NL 21 9 9 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 STL NL 22 30 28 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 STL NL 23 35 33 35 35 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1969 STL NL 24 32 31 32 32 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1970 STL NL 25 34 33 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 STL NL 26 37 36 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 PHI NL 27 41 41 41 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 PHI NL 28 40 40 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 PHI NL 29 39 39 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 PHI NL 30 37 37 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 PHI NL 31 35 35 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 PHI NL 32 36 36 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 PHI NL 33 34 34 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 PHI NL 34 36 35 36 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1980 PHI NL 35 38 38 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 PHI NL 36 24 24 24 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 PHI NL 37 38 38 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 PHI NL 38 37 37 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 PHI NL 39 34 33 34 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1985 PHI NL 40 16 16 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 PHI NL 41 16 16 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 CHW AL 41 10 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 SFG NL 41 6 6 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 CLE AL 42 23 0 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 MIN AL 42 9 0 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 MIN AL 43 4 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 Seasons 745 677 699 743 741 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1965 STL NL 20 113 73% 25% 7 100% 0 1 1 0 7 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 100%
1966 STL NL 21 230 81% 24% 7 100% 0 2 1 0 8 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 0
1967 STL NL 22 825 72% 22% 33 88% 1 7 1 6 30 24 2 2 0 1 1 0 3 1 2 1 7 100%
1968 STL NL 23 985 77% 25% 38 84% 0 4 0 4 38 29 2 3 0 2 1 2 1 1 1 0 6 83%
1969 STL NL 24 1000 69% 23% 29 86% 1 1 0 1 34 20 1 3 0 3 0 3 1 0 1 0 7 71%
1970 STL NL 25 1127 73% 24% 40 85% 1 6 1 2 41 26 2 4 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 9 78%
1971 STL NL 26 1201 77% 24% 36 89% 1 10 0 7 39 23 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 3 0 8 88%
1972 PHI NL 27 1404 72% 22% 36 92% 0 9 2 4 36 27 3 2 0 1 1 1 3 2 2 1 5 80%
1973 PHI NL 28 1302 74% 21% 39 95% 0 5 0 5 44 29 5 5 0 0 5 0 3 3 3 0 13 100%
1974 PHI NL 29 1279 70% 24% 41 88% 0 7 0 6 41 30 4 4 0 3 1 2 1 1 1 0 7 71%
1975 PHI NL 30 1098 73% 24% 38 79% 0 10 1 6 32 22 4 1 0 0 1 0 4 4 4 0 9 89%
1976 PHI NL 31 1075 75% 23% 19 84% 0 3 1 0 19 12 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 100%
1977 PHI NL 32 1197 76% 26% 32 100% 0 5 0 5 52 28 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 6 100%
1978 PHI NL 33 1049 78% 26% 38 89% 1 6 3 1 46 24 2 3 0 2 1 2 1 1 1 0 5 80%
1979 PHI NL 34 1076 71% 21% 34 71% 0 3 1 2 36 22 0 5 0 3 2 3 0 0 0 0 5 80%
1980 PHI NL 35 1280 70% 23% 34 94% 1 3 1 1 41 27 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 5 100%
1981 PHI NL 36 791 69% 24% 17 94% 0 3 0 3 23 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 100%
1982 PHI NL 37 1249 70% 21% 34 79% 2 7 1 5 38 20 1 5 0 4 1 3 2 1 2 0 3 100%
1983 PHI NL 38 1250 71% 22% 28 86% 1 4 1 2 39 22 0 4 0 2 2 3 0 0 0 0 12 75%
1984 PHI NL 39 1017 76% 25% 19 100% 0 9 0 7 20 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1985 PHI NL 40 422 76% 22% 16 100% 0 3 1 1 18 12 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 100%
1986 PHI NL 41 407 74% 29% 8 100% 0 2 1 0 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 100%
1986 CHW AL 41 270 76% 25% 5 100% 0 1 0 1 7 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 100%
1986 SFG NL 41 148 76% 22% 8 100% 0 1 1 0 8 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 100%
1987 CLE AL 42 512 73% 25% 17 82% 1 2 0 2 16 11 2 1 0 1 0 1 2 2 2 0 1 0%
1987 MIN AL 42 210 79% 27% 6 100% 0 1 0 1 9 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 100%
1988 MIN AL 43 57 82% 28% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 Seasons 22574 73% 24% 660 88% 10 115 18 72 729 464 50 43 0 23 20 21 37 27 32 5 129 88%
MLB Averages 78% 27% 91% 87%
PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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