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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, 12,339th 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

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1964	19	STL-min	A,WRk,AA	17	9	.654	2.32	34	30		9	4		206.0	135	83	53	10	120	2	210	2	2	6				1.238	5.9	0.4	5.2	9.2	1.75	RKH,WPG,CNS,TUL WCRS,NORL,FECI,TL
1965	20	STL-min	WRk	0	0		1.80	1	1		0	0		5.0	5	2	1	0	3	0	5	0	1	0				1.600	9.0	0.0	5.4	9.0	1.67	CNS FLIL
1965	20	STL	NL	0	0		2.52	15	2	5	0	0	0	25.0	27	7	7	3	8	1	21	1	0	5	104	156	3.48	1.400	9.7	1.1	2.9	7.6	2.63
1966	21	STL-min	AAA	9	5	.643	3.59	19	19		10	1		128.0	110	65	51	13	54	3	108	4	0	0				1.281	7.7	0.9	3.8	7.6	2.00	TUL PCL
1966	21	STL	NL	3	3	.500	3.12	9	9	0	2	1	0	52.0	56	22	18	2	18	1	25	0	1	2	223	117	3.13	1.423	9.7	0.3	3.1	4.3	1.39
1967	22	STL	NL	14	9	.609	2.98	30	28	1	11	2	1	193.0	173	71	64	10	62	1	168	2	0	6	802	110	2.47	1.218	8.1	0.5	2.9	7.8	2.71
1968	23	STL	NL	13	11	.542	2.99	34	33	1	10	5	0	232.0	214	87	77	11	61	4	162	3	0	6	954	97	2.43	1.185	8.3	0.4	2.4	6.3	2.66	AS
1969	24	STL	NL	17	11	.607	2.17	31	31	0	12	2	0	236.1	185	66	57	15	93	6	210	4	0	7	968	164	2.79	1.176	7.0	0.6	3.5	8.0	2.26	AS
1970	25	STL	NL	10	19	.345	3.73	34	33	0	13	2	0	253.2	239	123	105	25	109	16	193	2	1	14	1086	111	3.71	1.372	8.5	0.9	3.9	6.8	1.77
1971	26	STL	NL	20	9	.690	3.56	37	36	0	18	4	0	273.1	275	120	108	23	98	11	172	5	0	12	1171	102	3.42	1.365	9.1	0.8	3.2	5.7	1.76	AS
1972	27	PHI	NL	27	10	.730	1.97	41	41	0	30	8	0	346.1	257	84	76	17	87	8	310	1	2	8	1351	*182*	*2.01*	0.993	6.7	0.4	2.3	8.1	3.56	AS,CYA-1,MVP-5
1973	28	PHI	NL	13	20	.394	3.90	40	40	0	18	3	0	293.1	293	146	127	29	113	12	223	3	0	7	1262	97	3.52	1.384	9.0	0.9	3.5	6.8	1.97
1974	29	PHI	NL	16	13	.552	3.22	39	39	0	17	1	0	291.0	249	118	104	21	136	8	240	5	4	11	1227	118	3.32	1.323	7.7	0.6	4.2	7.4	1.76	AS
1975	30	PHI	NL	15	14	.517	3.56	37	37	0	14	3	0	255.1	217	116	101	24	104	5	192	2	7	5	1063	105	3.55	1.257	7.6	0.8	3.7	6.8	1.85
1976	31	PHI	NL	20	7	.741	3.13	35	35	0	13	2	0	252.2	224	94	88	19	72	4	195	1	3	8	1031	113	2.93	1.172	8.0	0.7	2.6	6.9	2.71	CYA-4,MVP-15
1977	32	PHI	NL	23	10	.697	2.64	36	36	0	17	2	0	283.0	229	99	83	25	89	5	198	4	7	3	1135	153	3.47	1.124	7.3	0.8	2.8	6.3	2.22	AS,CYA-1,MVP-5
1978	33	PHI	NL	16	13	.552	2.84	34	34	0	12	3	0	247.1	228	91	78	30	63	7	161	3	7	3	1006	126	3.66	1.177	8.3	1.1	2.3	5.9	2.56
1979	34	PHI	NL	18	11	.621	3.62	35	35	0	13	4	0	251.0	202	112	101	25	89	11	213	5	11	10	1029	106	3.45	1.159	7.2	0.9	3.2	7.6	2.39	AS
1980	35	PHI	NL	24	9	.727	2.34	38	38	0	13	3	0	*304.0*	243	87	79	15	90	12	*286*	2	7	17	*1228*	*162*	*2.42*	1.095	7.2	0.4	2.7	8.5	3.18	AS,CYA-1,MVP-5
1981	36	PHI	NL	13	4	.765	2.42	24	24	0	10	1	0	190.0	152	59	51	9	62	3	179	1	4	9	763	151	2.33	1.126	7.2	0.4	2.9	*8.5*	2.89	AS,CYA-3,MVP-9,GG
1982	37	PHI	NL	23	11	.676	3.10	38	38	0	19	6	0	*295.2*	253	114	102	17	86	5	*286*	1	9	9	*1193*	119	*2.41*	1.147	7.7	0.5	2.6	8.7	3.33	AS,CYA-1,MVP-9
1983	38	PHI	NL	15	16	.484	3.11	37	37	0	8	3	0	283.2	277	117	98	20	84	10	*275*	3	9	13	1183	116	2.65	1.273	8.8	0.6	2.7	*8.7*	3.27
1984	39	PHI	NL	13	7	.650	3.58	33	33	0	1	0	0	229.0	214	104	91	14	79	7	163	0	7	11	964	102	3.17	1.279	8.4	0.6	3.1	6.4	2.06
1985	40	PHI	NL	1	8	.111	3.33	16	16	0	0	0	0	92.0	84	43	34	6	53	4	48	0	2	3	401	112	4.22	1.489	8.2	0.6	5.2	4.7	0.91
1986	41	TOT	MLB	9	14	.391	5.10	32	32	0	0	0	0	176.1	196	120	100	25	86	4	120	1	2	7	792	79	4.73	1.599	10.0	1.3	4.4	6.1	1.40
1986	41	TOT	NL	5	11	.313	5.89	22	22	0	0	0	0	113.0	138	90	74	19	61	4	80	1	1	5	533	65	5.19	1.761	11.0	1.5	4.9	6.4	1.31
1986	41	PHI	NL	4	8	.333	6.18	16	16	0	0	0	0	83.0	102	70	57	15	45	4	62	0	0	3	393	63	5.25	1.771	11.1	1.6	4.9	6.7	1.38
1986	41	SFG	NL	1	3	.250	5.10	6	6	0	0	0	0	30.0	36	20	17	4	16	0	18	1	1	2	140	70	5.00	1.733	10.8	1.2	4.8	5.4	1.13
1986	41	CHW	AL	4	3	.571	3.69	10	10	0	0	0	0	63.1	58	30	26	6	25	0	40	0	1	2	259	118	3.92	1.311	8.2	0.9	3.6	5.7	1.60
1987	42	TOT	AL	6	14	.300	5.74	32	21	5	3	0	1	152.0	165	111	97	24	86	4	91	4	5	7	693	79	5.50	1.651	9.8	1.4	5.1	5.4	1.06
1987	42	CLE	AL	5	9	.357	5.37	23	14	3	3	0	1	109.0	111	76	65	17	63	3	71	2	4	5	493	84	5.38	1.596	9.2	1.4	5.2	5.9	1.13
1987	42	MIN	AL	1	5	.167	6.70	9	7	2	0	0	0	43.0	54	35	32	7	23	1	20	2	1	2	200	69	5.80	1.791	11.3	1.5	4.8	4.2	0.87
1988	43	MIN	AL	0	1	.000	16.76	4	1	1	0	0	0	9.2	20	19	18	5	5	1	5	0	2	0	54	25	10.01	2.586	18.6	4.7	4.7	4.7	1.00
24 Yrs				329	244	.574	3.22	741	709	13	254	55	2	5217.2	4672	2130	1864	414	1833	150	4136	53	90	183	21683	115	3.15	1.247	8.1	0.7	3.2	7.1	2.26
162 Game Avg.				15	11	.574	3.22	35	33	1	12	3	0	245	219	100	87	19	86	7	194	2	4	9	1017	115	3.15	1.247	8.1	0.7	3.2	7.1	2.26
				W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
PHI (15 yrs)				241	161	.600	3.09	499	499	0	185	39	0	3697.1	3224	1454	1270	286	1252	105	3031	31	79	120	15229	120	3.05	1.211	7.8	0.7	3.0	7.4	2.42
STL (7 yrs)				77	62	.554	3.10	190	172	7	66	16	1	1265.1	1169	496	436	89	449	40	951	17	2	52	5308	114	3.02	1.279	8.3	0.6	3.2	6.8	2.12
MIN (2 yrs)				1	6	.143	8.54	13	8	3	0	0	0	52.2	74	54	50	12	28	2	25	2	3	2	254	53	6.57	1.937	12.6	2.1	4.8	4.3	0.89
SFG (1 yr)				1	3	.250	5.10	6	6	0	0	0	0	30.0	36	20	17	4	16	0	18	1	1	2	140	70	5.00	1.733	10.8	1.2	4.8	5.4	1.13
CLE (1 yr)				5	9	.357	5.37	23	14	3	3	0	1	109.0	111	76	65	17	63	3	71	2	4	5	493	84	5.38	1.596	9.2	1.4	5.2	5.9	1.13
CHW (1 yr)				4	3	.571	3.69	10	10	0	0	0	0	63.1	58	30	26	6	25	0	40	0	1	2	259	118	3.92	1.311	8.2	0.9	3.6	5.7	1.60

NL (22 yrs)				319	226	.585	3.11	695	677	7	251	55	1	4992.2	4429	1970	1723	379	1717	145	4000	49	82	174	20677	118	3.06	1.231	8.0	0.7	3.1	7.2	2.33
AL (3 yrs)				10	18	.357	5.64	46	32	6	3	0	1	225.0	243	160	141	35	116	5	136	4	8	9	1006	80	5.25	1.596	9.7	1.4	4.6	5.4	1.17

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