Steve Carlton

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-4, 210lb (193cm, 95kg)

Born: December 22, 1944 in Miami, FL us

High School: North Miami HS (North Miami, FL)

School: Miami Dade College, North Campus (Miami, FL)

Debut: April 12, 1965 (Age 20-111d, 12,325th in major league history)
vs. CHC 0.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: April 23, 1988 (Age 43-123d)
vs. CLE 5.0 IP, 9 H, 4 SO, 3 BB, 8 ER, L

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1994. (Voted by BBWAA on 436/456 ballots)
View Steve Carlton's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1966 season

Agents: Dick Moss • Previously: David Landfield, LaRue Harcourt

Full Name: Steven Norman Carlton

Nicknames: Lefty

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

90.2

329

244

ERA

3.22

741

709

5217.2

4136

WHIP

1.247

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Team Record in Appearances: 10-22 / in Starts: 6-15

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 28, Entered with runners on base: 6

1987 Pitching Game Log

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1987 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	706	3	Apr 9	CLE	@	TOR	W,14-3	6-GF	S(1)	99	4.0	4	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.00	3.87	16	4	5	1	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	2	0	0	.02	0.006	.02	0.01%	2.25	6b --- 0 out a9	9b end a11
2	707	5	Apr 11	CLE		BAL	L,3-7	8-GF		1	1.2	2	2	2	1	0	1	0	3.18	6.40	7	2	2	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	.43	-0.007	.52	-0.01%	-0.49	8t 12- 1 out d2	9t end d 4
3	708	8	Apr 14	CLE	@	NYY	L,6-10	2-5	L(0-1)	2	3.2	2	4	4	3	4	1	0	5.79	6.51	16	5	2	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	13	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.07	-0.161	.87	-0.08%	-1.14	2b 1-3 1 out d2	5b 3 out d4
4	709	13	Apr 19(2)	CLE	@	BAL	W,8-7	5-9	W(1-1)	4	4.0	1	2	0	0	2	1	0	4.05	6.10	14	4	7	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	.77	0.155	.38	0.05%	0.13	5b --- 2 out d2	9b --- 2 out a1
5	710	16	Apr 22	CLE		TOR	L,3-6	7-9	L(1-2)	2	2.1	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	4.02	6.00	13	4	5	0	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	1	0	1	1	2.89	-0.132	1.44	-0.04%	-0.14	7t 1-- 1 out tie	9t 123 2 out d1
6	711	18	Apr 24	CLE		NYY	W,6-5	8-GF	BW(2-2)	1	2.0	3	3	3	2	0	1	0	5.09	6.72	10	2	3	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	1	0	1	0	0	2.40	-0.603	.86	-0.13%	-1.90	8t --- 0 out a2	9t end d 1
7	712	22	Apr 29	CLE		CHW	W,6-5	8-8	BS(2)	4	0.0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	5.09	6.72	2	1	0	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	3.63	-0.301	1.30	-0.07%	-1.50	8t -23 1 out a1	8t 12- 1 out d1
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
8	713	24	May 2	CLE	@	KCR	L,4-5	8-8		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.00	6.65	1	0	1	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.37	0.138	1.87	0.04%	0.83	8b 123 1 out tie	8b 123 2 out tie
9	714	26	May 5	CLE	@	TEX	L,5-6	9-9	BS(3)	2	0.1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.91	6.74	3	0	2	1	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.49	-0.390	1.80	-0.08%	-1.23	9b 1-3 1 out a2	9b 12- 2 out tie
10	715	32	May 12	CLE		TEX	L,1-6	GS-8	L(2-3)	6	7.0	8	5	5	3	10	1	0	5.33	5.75	32	2	9	1	0	8	48			3	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	.88	-0.010	.17	0.00%	-0.50	1t start tie	8t 1-3 0 out d3
11	716	37	May 17	CLE	@	DET	L,4-8	GS-5	L(2-4)	4	4.1	5	6	4	4	3	1	1	5.76	6.07	23	4	10	2	0	1	32			2	0	0	17	2	0	0	1	1	1	1.03	-0.329	.12	-0.02%	-3.80	1b start tie	5b -23 1 out d3
12	717	42	May 23	CLE	@	MIL	W,6-2	CG	W(3-4)	5	9.0	6	2	2	6	5	0	1	4.89	5.61	39	12	9	0	0	6	66			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	1	0	0	.99	0.225	.10	0.01%	3.10	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
13	718	47	May 28	CLE	@	BOS	L,8-12	GS-5		4	4.1	8	6	6	4	3	1	0	5.65	5.78	24	11	5	3	0	1	22			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.19	-0.265	.07	-0.01%	-3.49	1b start a 4	5b --- 1 out a1
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
14	719	55	Jun 7	CLE	@	OAK	W,12-2	GS-7	W(4-4)	9	7.0	4	1	1	4	4	0	0	5.04	5.45	29	10	11	3	0	0	65			1	0	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	1	.51	0.155	.01	0.00%	2.58	1b start a 3	7b 3 out a10
15	720	61	Jun 14	CLE	@	SEA	L,3-4	GS-7		6	6.2	4	1	1	5	5	0	0	4.61	5.24	28	8	6	1	0	4	62			1	0	0	22	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.28	0.316	.03	0.01%	2.65	1b start tie	7b --3 2 out a1
16	721	66	Jun 20	CLE		SEA	W,9-2	CG	W(5-4)	5	9.0	7	2	2	3	7	0	0	4.25	4.84	37	7	13	2	1	7	69			0	2	0	34	4	1	0	0	0	2	.67	0.332	.01	0.00%	2.95	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
17	722	71	Jun 26	CLE		OAK	L,0-5	CG	L(5-5)	5	9.0	8	5	5	2	6	1	0	4.34	4.69	36	14	6	1	0	8	55			0	0	0	34	1	1	0	0	0	0	.61	-0.202	.00	0.00%	-0.05	1t start tie	9t 3 out d5
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
18	723	76	Jul 1	CLE		CAL	L,5-10	GS-5	L(5-6)	4	4.2	9	5	5	4	4	1	0	4.65	4.80	25	5	3	0	0	9	26			0	0	0	20	2	0	0	1	1	0	1.32	-0.328	.00	0.00%	-2.78	1t start tie	5t 1-3 2 out d2
19	724	81	Jul 6	CLE		KCR	W,9-7	GS-8		4	7.0	6	5	5	3	6	1	0	4.80	4.76	30	7	8	3	0	6	48			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.11	-0.094	.00	0.00%	-0.50	1t start tie	8t 1-3 0 out a2
20	725	86	Jul 11	CLE	@	TEX	L,2-6	GS-6	L(5-7)	4	5.0	6	5	5	6	4	1	0	5.03	4.91	25	7	8	6	0	0	33			1	0	0	18	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.02	-0.188	.00	0.00%	-1.26	1b start tie	6b 12- 0 out d1
21	726	91	Jul 19	CLE	@	CHW	L,7-9	GS-5	L(5-8)	7	4.0	9	9	7	3	1	2	0	5.48	5.17	25	9	4	0	0	8	10			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.38	-0.596	.00	0.00%	-5.77	1b start a 1	5b 12- 0 out d1
22	727	96	Jul 24	CLE		TEX	L,3-6	GS-8	L(5-9)	4	7.1	7	5	3	2	2	1	0	5.35	5.15	31	10	10	3	0	7	48			1	0	0	29	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.25	-0.183	.00	0.00%	-0.32	1t start tie	8t -2- 1 out d1
23	728	101	Jul 30	CLE		BAL	W,6-4	GS-7		5	6.1	7	4	4	3	4	3	0	5.37	5.38	27	8	5	1	0	7	44			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	2	0	0	.91	-0.258	.00	0.00%	-1.11	1t start tie	7t 12- 1 out d2
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
				Player went from Cleveland Indians to Minnesota Twins
24	729	108	Aug 4	MIN	@	CAL	L,3-12	GS-5	L(5-10)	4	4.2	11	9	9	4	1	1	0	5.86	5.48	29	10	13	7	1	1	3			0	0	0	25	3	0	0	0	0	0	.98	-0.383	4.42	-1.04%	-4.79	1b start tie	5b 12- 2 out d4
25	730	112	Aug 8	MIN		OAK	W,9-2	GS-9	W(6-10)	3	8.2	7	2	2	3	2	0	0	5.59	5.34	32	7	20	6	1	0	61			0	1	1	29	0	1	0	3	0	0	.43	0.207	2.14	0.62%	2.28	1t start tie	9t 123 2 out a7
26	731	116	Aug 13	MIN		CAL	L,1-5	GS-7	L(6-11)	4	7.0	10	5	5	3	3	1	0	5.64	5.33	33	11	15	8	0	1	37			1	0	0	30	2	0	0	1	0	0	.86	-0.173	4.41	-0.53%	-1.03	1t start tie	7t 3 out d4
27	732	121	Aug 18	MIN	@	DET	L,2-11	GS-4	L(6-12)	4	3.0	11	9	6	1	2	2	0	5.92	5.46	22	5	12	6	0	2	8			0	0	0	21	3	0	0	0	0	1	.49	-0.395	1.70	-0.81%	-7.05	1b start tie	4b -2- 0 out d7
28	733	126	Aug 23	MIN	@	BOS	L,4-6	GS-5	L(6-13)	4	4.1	6	5	5	3	2	1	1	6.06	5.53	22	8	7	5	0	1	30			0	0	0	18	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.40	-0.341	6.04	-0.88%	-2.49	1b start tie	5b --- 1 out d1
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
29	734	138	Sep 6	MIN		MIL	L,0-6	GS-7	L(6-14)	13	7.0	3	2	2	6	6	1	0	5.89	5.54	28	9	6	1	0	1	63			2	2	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	.92	0.137	3.82	0.34%	1.97	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
30	735	147	Sep 16	MIN	@	CHW	L,10-13	7-GF(8)		9	2.0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	5.81	5.51	8	2	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	1	1	0	0	.05	0.005	.21	0.01%	1.12	7b --- 0 out d7	8b end d 4
31	736	155	Sep 26	MIN		KCR	L,4-7	GS-6		9	5.1	4	3	3	2	2	1	1	5.78	5.53	23	6	11	6	0	1	48			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.00	0.095	1.03	0.06%	0.92	1t start tie	6t -23 1 out a2
32	737	159	Sep 30	MIN	@	TEX	L,1-2	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.74	5.50	3	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.45	0.035	.00	0.00%	0.55	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
							10-22		W-L:6-14,Sv:1,BSv:3	4.3	152.0	165	111	97	86	91	24	4	5.74	5.50	693	0.89		16%	1%	96	42	12	33%	12	5	1	592	28	4	4	19	4	11	.99	-3.533	1.05	-2.56%	-19.98

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