Dwight Gooden vs Steve Carlton

Dwight GoodenSteve Carlton

Dwight Gooden and Steve Carlton compared on their MLB careers: Dwight Gooden played 16 seasons, 1984 to 2000, Steve Carlton 24 seasons, 1965 to 1988. Dwight Gooden has 194 wins to Steve Carlton's 329. Dwight Gooden won 3 titles, Steve Carlton won 3 titles.

Who has the better career numbers?

Dwight Gooden and Steve Carlton career totals
430GP741
194W329
112L244
3.5ERA3.2
2800.2IP5217.1
2,293K4,136
954BB1,833
1.3WHIP1.3
3SV2

How do they compare in the postseason?

Dwight Gooden and Steve Carlton postseason
12GP16
16R0
57H96

Where each stands all time

Dwight Gooden and Steve Carlton all-time places
59th (2,293)Strikeouts (pitching)4th (4,136)
128th (194)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

  • Dwight Gooden: 3 championships; NL Rookie of the Year, NL Cy Young, NL Silver Slugger
  • 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.

Dwight Gooden and Steve Carlton season by season
W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.
1st19841792.601965002.52
2nd19852441.531966333.12
3rd19861762.8419671492.98
4th19871573.21196813112.99
5th19881893.19196917112.17
6th1989942.89197010193.73
7th19901973.8319712093.56
8th19911373.60197227101.97
9th199210133.67197313203.90
10th199312153.45197416133.22
11th1994346.31197515143.56
12th19961175.0119762073.13
13th1997954.91197723102.64
14th1998863.76197816132.84
15th1999346.26197918113.62
16th2000654.7119802492.34
17th————19811342.42
18th————198223113.10
19th————198315163.11
20th————19841373.58
21st————1985183.33
22nd————19869145.10
23rd————19876145.74
24th————19880116.76

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA