J.R. Richard vs Steve Carlton

J.R. Richard Steve Carlton

J.R. Richard and Steve Carlton compared on their MLB careers: J.R. Richard played 10 seasons, 1971 to 1980, Steve Carlton 24 seasons, 1965 to 1988. J.R. Richard has 107 wins to Steve Carlton's 329. Steve Carlton won 3 titles.

Who has the better career numbers?

J.R. Richard and Steve Carlton career totals

238	GP	741
107	W	329
71	L	244
3.1	ERA	3.2
1,606	IP	5217.1
1,493	K	4,136
770	BB	1,833
1.2	WHIP	1.3
0	SV	2

Where each stands all time

J.R. Richard and Steve Carlton all-time places

235th (1,493)	Strikeouts (pitching)	4th (4,136)
—	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

J.R. Richard: 0 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.

J.R. Richard and Steve Carlton season by season

1st	1971	2	1	3.43	1965	0	0	2.52
2nd	1972	1	0	13.50	1966	3	3	3.12
3rd	1973	6	2	4.00	1967	14	9	2.98
4th	1974	2	3	4.18	1968	13	11	2.99
5th	1975	12	10	4.39	1969	17	11	2.17
6th	1976	20	15	2.75	1970	10	19	3.73
7th	1977	18	12	2.97	1971	20	9	3.56
8th	1978	18	11	3.11	1972	27	10	1.97
9th	1979	18	13	2.71	1973	13	20	3.90
10th	1980	10	4	1.90	1974	16	13	3.22
11th	—	—	—	—	1975	15	14	3.56
12th	—	—	—	—	1976	20	7	3.13
13th	—	—	—	—	1977	23	10	2.64
14th	—	—	—	—	1978	16	13	2.84
15th	—	—	—	—	1979	18	11	3.62
16th	—	—	—	—	1980	24	9	2.34
17th	—	—	—	—	1981	13	4	2.42
18th	—	—	—	—	1982	23	11	3.10
19th	—	—	—	—	1983	15	16	3.11
20th	—	—	—	—	1984	13	7	3.58
21st	—	—	—	—	1985	1	8	3.33
22nd	—	—	—	—	1986	9	14	5.10
23rd	—	—	—	—	1987	6	14	5.74
24th	—	—	—	—	1988	0	1	16.76

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA