Steve Carlton career strikeouts (pitching)

• Best season on file: 310 in 1972.
• Most recent: 5 in 1988.

Sum of 24 regular seasons, 1965 through 1988. Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 21, 2026.

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Steve Carlton career strikeouts (pitching), season by season

Season↓	Team↓	GP↓iGP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.	W↓iW: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.	L↓iL: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.	ERA↓iERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.	IP↓iIP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.	K↓iK: Batters this pitcher struck out.	BB↓iBB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls.	WHIP↓iWHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.	SV↓iSV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out.
1965	STL	15	0	0	2.52	25.0	21	8	1.40	0
1966	STL	9	3	3	3.12	52.0	25	18	1.42	0
1967	STL	30	14	9	2.98	193.0	168	62	1.22	1
1968	STL	34	13	11	2.99	231.2	162	61	1.19	0
1969	STL	31	17	11	2.17	236.1	210	93	1.18	0
1970	STL	34	10	19	3.73	253.2	193	109	1.37	0
1971	STL	37	20	9	3.56	273.1	172	98	1.36	0
1972	PHI	41	27	10	1.97	346.1	310	87	0.99	0
1973	PHI	40	13	20	3.90	293.1	223	113	1.38	0
1974	PHI	39	16	13	3.22	291.0	240	136	1.32	0
1975	PHI	37	15	14	3.56	255.1	192	104	1.26	0
1976	PHI	35	20	7	3.13	252.2	195	72	1.17	0
1977	PHI	36	23	10	2.64	283.0	198	89	1.12	0
1978	PHI	34	16	13	2.84	247.1	161	63	1.18	0
1979	PHI	35	18	11	3.62	251.0	213	89	1.16	0
1980	PHI	38	24	9	2.34	304.0	286	90	1.10	0
1981	PHI	24	13	4	2.42	190.0	179	62	1.13	0
1982	PHI	38	23	11	3.10	295.2	286	86	1.15	0
1983	PHI	37	15	16	3.11	283.2	275	84	1.27	0
1984	PHI	33	13	7	3.58	229.0	163	79	1.28	0
1985	PHI	16	1	8	3.33	92.0	48	53	1.49	0
1986	PHI/CHW/SF	32	9	14	5.10	176.1	120	86	1.60	0
1987	CLE/MIN	32	6	14	5.74	152.0	91	86	1.65	1
1988	MIN	4	0	1	16.76	9.2	5	5	2.59	0

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP · SV