Steve Carlton

Position: Starting 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)

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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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1964	19		3 Teams	3 Lgs	A-AA	STL	15	6	.714	2.22	3.54	27	26		9	4		178.0	118	70	44	10	102	2	191	2	2	6		1.236	6.0	0.5	5.2	9.7	1.87
1964	19	-4.0	Tulsa	TL	AA	STL	1	1	.500	2.63	4.88	4	3		0	0		24.0	16	13	7	3	18	1	21	0	0	1		1.417	6.0	1.1	6.8	7.9	1.17
1964	19	-1.6	Rock Hill	WCRS	A	STL	10	1	.909	1.03	1.94	11	11		5	2		79.0	39	17	9	0	36	0	91	1	1	1		0.949	4.4	0.0	4.1	10.4	2.53
1964	19	-2.0	Winnipeg	NORL	A	STL	4	4	.500	3.36	4.80	12	12		4	2		75.0	63	40	28	7	48	1	79	1	1	4		1.480	7.6	0.8	5.8	9.5	1.65
1964	19	-1.7	Cardinals	FECI	WRk	STL	2	3	.400	2.89	4.18	7	4		0	0		28.0	17	13	9		18		19					1.250	5.5		5.8	6.1	1.06
1965	20	-8.3	STL	NL	Maj	STL	0	0		2.52	2.52	15	2	5	0	0	0	25.0	27	7	7	3	8	1	21	1	0	5	104	1.400	9.7	1.1	2.9	7.6	2.63
1965	20	-1.3	Cardinals	FLIL	WRk	STL	0	0		1.80	3.60	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
1966	21	-4.6	Tulsa	PCL	AAA	STL	9	5	.643	3.59	4.57	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
1966	21	-6.8	STL	NL	Maj	STL	3	3	.500	3.12	3.81	9	9	0	2	1	0	52.0	56	22	18	2	18	1	25	0	1	2	223	1.423	9.7	0.3	3.1	4.3	1.39
1967	22	-5.4	STL	NL	Maj	STL	14	9	.609	2.98	3.31	30	28	1	11	2	1	193.0	173	71	64	10	62	1	168	2	0	6	802	1.218	8.1	0.5	2.9	7.8	2.71
1968	23	-4.4	STL	NL	Maj	STL	13	11	.542	2.99	3.38	34	33	1	10	5	0	232.0	214	87	77	11	61	4	162	3	0	6	954	1.185	8.3	0.4	2.4	6.3	2.66
1969	24	-3.0	STL	NL	Maj	STL	17	11	.607	2.17	2.51	31	31	0	12	2	0	236.1	185	66	57	15	93	6	210	4	0	7	968	1.176	7.0	0.6	3.5	8.0	2.26
1970	25	-2.1	STL	NL	Maj	STL	10	19	.345	3.73	4.36	34	33	0	13	2	0	253.2	239	123	105	25	109	16	193	2	1	14	1086	1.372	8.5	0.9	3.9	6.8	1.77
1971	26	-1.4	STL	NL	Maj	STL	20	9	.690	3.56	3.95	37	36	0	18	4	0	273.1	275	120	108	23	98	11	172	5	0	12	1171	1.365	9.1	0.8	3.2	5.7	1.76
1972	27	-0.1	PHI	NL	Maj	PHI	27	10	.730	1.97	2.18	41	41	0	30	8	0	346.1	257	84	76	17	87	8	310	1	2	8	1351	0.993	6.7	0.4	2.3	8.1	3.56
1973	28	0.7	PHI	NL	Maj	PHI	13	20	.394	3.90	4.48	40	40	0	18	3	0	293.1	293	146	127	29	113	12	223	3	0	7	1262	1.384	9.0	0.9	3.5	6.8	1.97
1974	29	1.8	PHI	NL	Maj	PHI	16	13	.552	3.22	3.65	39	39	0	17	1	0	291.0	249	118	104	21	136	8	240	5	4	11	1227	1.323	7.7	0.6	4.2	7.4	1.76
1975	30	2.9	PHI	NL	Maj	PHI	15	14	.517	3.56	4.09	37	37	0	14	3	0	255.1	217	116	101	24	104	5	192	2	7	5	1063	1.257	7.6	0.8	3.7	6.8	1.85
1976	31	3.6	PHI	NL	Maj	PHI	20	7	.741	3.13	3.35	35	35	0	13	2	0	252.2	224	94	88	19	72	4	195	1	3	8	1031	1.172	8.0	0.7	2.6	6.9	2.71
1977	32	4.7	PHI	NL	Maj	PHI	23	10	.697	2.64	3.15	36	36	0	17	2	0	283.0	229	99	83	25	89	5	198	4	7	3	1135	1.124	7.3	0.8	2.8	6.3	2.22
1978	33	5.0	PHI	NL	Maj	PHI	16	13	.552	2.84	3.31	34	34	0	12	3	0	247.1	228	91	78	30	63	7	161	3	7	3	1006	1.177	8.3	1.1	2.3	5.9	2.56
1979	34	5.8	PHI	NL	Maj	PHI	18	11	.621	3.62	4.02	35	35	0	13	4	0	251.0	202	112	101	25	89	11	213	5	11	10	1029	1.159	7.2	0.9	3.2	7.6	2.39
1980	35	6.7	PHI	NL	Maj	PHI	24	9	.727	2.34	2.58	38	38	0	13	3	0	304.0	243	87	79	15	90	12	286	2	7	17	1228	1.095	7.2	0.4	2.7	8.5	3.18
1981	36	7.3	PHI	NL	Maj	PHI	13	4	.765	2.42	2.79	24	24	0	10	1	0	190.0	152	59	51	9	62	3	179	1	4	9	763	1.126	7.2	0.4	2.9	8.5	2.89
1982	37	8.3	PHI	NL	Maj	PHI	23	11	.676	3.10	3.47	38	38	0	19	6	0	295.2	253	114	102	17	86	5	286	1	9	9	1193	1.147	7.7	0.5	2.6	8.7	3.33
1983	38	9.5	PHI	NL	Maj	PHI	15	16	.484	3.11	3.71	37	37	0	8	3	0	283.2	277	117	98	20	84	10	275	3	9	13	1183	1.273	8.8	0.6	2.7	8.7	3.27
1984	39	10.9	PHI	NL	Maj	PHI	13	7	.650	3.58	4.09	33	33	0	1	0	0	229.0	214	104	91	14	79	7	163	0	7	11	964	1.279	8.4	0.6	3.1	6.4	2.06
1985	40	11.8	PHI	NL	Maj	PHI	1	8	.111	3.33	4.21	16	16	0	0	0	0	92.0	84	43	34	6	53	4	48	0	2	3	401	1.489	8.2	0.6	5.2	4.7	0.91
1986	41		3 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	CHW	9	14	.391	5.10	6.12	32	32	0	0	0	0	176.1	196	120	100	25	86	4	120	1	2	7	792	1.599	10.0	1.3	4.4	6.1	1.40
1986	41	12.8	CHW	AL	Maj	CHW	4	3	.571	3.69	4.26	10	10	0	0	0	0	63.1	58	30	26	6	25	0	40	0	1	2	259	1.311	8.2	0.9	3.6	5.7	1.60
1986	41	12.7	PHI	NL	Maj	PHI	4	8	.333	6.18	7.59	16	16	0	0	0	0	83.0	102	70	57	15	45	4	62	0	0	3	393	1.771	11.1	1.6	4.9	6.7	1.38
1986	41	12.7	SFG	NL	Maj	SFG	1	3	.250	5.10	6.00	6	6	0	0	0	0	30.0	36	20	17	4	16	0	18	1	1	2	140	1.733	10.8	1.2	4.8	5.4	1.13
1987	42		2 Teams	AL	Maj	CLE-MIN	6	14	.300	5.74	6.57	32	21	5	3	0	1	152.0	165	111	97	24	86	4	91	4	5	7	693	1.651	9.8	1.4	5.1	5.4	1.06
1987	42	13.4	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	5	9	.357	5.37	6.28	23	14	3	3	0	1	109.0	111	76	65	17	63	3	71	2	4	5	493	1.596	9.2	1.4	5.2	5.9	1.13
1987	42	13.4	MIN	AL	Maj	MIN	1	5	.167	6.70	7.33	9	7	2	0	0	0	43.0	54	35	32	7	23	1	20	2	1	2	200	1.791	11.3	1.5	4.8	4.2	0.87
1988	43	14.5	MIN	AL	Maj	MIN	0	1	.000	16.76	17.69	4	1	1	0	0	0	9.2	20	19	18	5	5	1	5	0	2	0	54	2.586	18.6	4.7	4.7	4.7	1.00
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (24 seasons)					Majors		329	244	.574	3.22	3.67	741	709	13	254	55	2	5217.2	4672	2130	1864	414	1833	150	4136	53	90	183	21683	1.247	8.1	0.7	3.2	7.1	2.26
Minors (2 seasons)					Minors		24	11	.686	2.79	3.97	46	45		19	5		306.0	228	135	95	23	156	5	299	6	2	6		1.255	6.7	0.7	4.6	8.8	1.92
Other (2 seasons)					Other		2	3	.400	2.73	4.09	8	5		0	0		33.0	22	15	10	0	21	0	24	0	1	0		1.303	6.0		5.7	6.5	1.14
All Levels (25 Seasons)							355	258	.579	3.19	3.69	795	759	13	273	60	2	5556.2	4922	2280	1969	437	2010	155	4459	59	93	189	21683	1.248	8.0		3.3	7.2	2.22

AAA (1 season)					Minors		9	5	.643	3.59	4.57	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
AA (1 season)					Minors		1	1	.500	2.63	4.88	4	3		0	0		24.0	16	13	7	3	18	1	21	0	0	1		1.417	6.0	1.1	6.8	7.9	1.17
A (1 season)					Minors		14	5	.737	2.16	3.33	23	23		9	4		154.0	102	57	37	7	84	1	170	2	2	5		1.208	6.0	0.4	4.9	9.9	2.02