Bert Blyleven vs Steve Carlton

Bert Blyleven Steve Carlton

Bert Blyleven and Steve Carlton compared on their MLB careers: Bert Blyleven played 22 seasons, 1970 to 1992, Steve Carlton 24 seasons, 1965 to 1988. Bert Blyleven has 287 wins to Steve Carlton's 329. Bert Blyleven won 2 titles, Steve Carlton won 3 titles.

Who has the better career numbers?

Bert Blyleven and Steve Carlton career totals

692	GP	741
287	W	329
250	L	244
3.3	ERA	3.2
4,970	IP	5217.1
3,701	K	4,136
1,322	BB	1,833
1.2	WHIP	1.3
0	SV	2

How do they compare in the postseason?

Bert Blyleven and Steve Carlton postseason

8	GP	16
11	R	0
43	H	96

Where each stands all time

Bert Blyleven and Steve Carlton all-time places

5th (3,701)	Strikeouts (pitching)	4th (4,136)
26th (287)	Wins (pitching)	11th (329)

Among the MLB players with a career line on file, regular season, counting stats only — the same lists the records pages run on.

Titles and awards

Bert Blyleven: 2 championships; none on file
Steve Carlton: 3 championships; NL Cy Young ×4, NL Gold Glove

Awards come from the league’s published winner lists; a championship counts a season played for the club that won it.

Season by season

Lined up by career year, not by calendar: each row is the players’ nth season.

Bert Blyleven and Steve Carlton season by season

1st	1970	10	9	3.18	1965	0	0	2.52
2nd	1971	16	15	2.81	1966	3	3	3.12
3rd	1972	17	17	2.73	1967	14	9	2.98
4th	1973	20	17	2.52	1968	13	11	2.99
5th	1974	17	17	2.66	1969	17	11	2.17
6th	1975	15	10	3.00	1970	10	19	3.73
7th	1976	13	16	2.87	1971	20	9	3.56
8th	1977	14	12	2.72	1972	27	10	1.97
9th	1978	14	10	3.03	1973	13	20	3.90
10th	1979	12	5	3.60	1974	16	13	3.22
11th	1980	8	13	3.82	1975	15	14	3.56
12th	1981	11	7	2.88	1976	20	7	3.13
13th	1982	2	2	4.87	1977	23	10	2.64
14th	1983	7	10	3.91	1978	16	13	2.84
15th	1984	19	7	2.87	1979	18	11	3.62
16th	1985	17	16	3.16	1980	24	9	2.34
17th	1986	17	14	4.01	1981	13	4	2.42
18th	1987	15	12	4.01	1982	23	11	3.10
19th	1988	10	17	5.43	1983	15	16	3.11
20th	1989	17	5	2.73	1984	13	7	3.58
21st	1990	8	7	5.24	1985	1	8	3.33
22nd	1992	8	12	4.74	1986	9	14	5.10
23rd	—	—	—	—	1987	6	14	5.74
24th	—	—	—	—	1988	0	1	16.76

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA