Sandy Koufax vs Steve Carlton

Sandy KoufaxSteve Carlton

Sandy Koufax and Steve Carlton compared on their MLB careers: Sandy Koufax played 12 seasons, 1955 to 1966, Steve Carlton 24 seasons, 1965 to 1988. Sandy Koufax has 165 wins to Steve Carlton's 329. Sandy Koufax won 4 titles, Steve Carlton won 3 titles.

Who has the better career numbers?

Sandy Koufax and Steve Carlton career totals
397GP741
165W329
87L244
2.8ERA3.2
2324.1IP5217.1
2,396K4,136
817BB1,833
1.1WHIP1.3
9SV2

How do they compare in the postseason?

Sandy Koufax and Steve Carlton postseason
8GP16
0R0
36H96

Where each stands all time

Sandy Koufax and Steve Carlton all-time places
52nd (2,396)Strikeouts (pitching)4th (4,136)
202nd (165)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

  • Sandy Koufax: 4 championships; Cy Young ×3, NL MVP, World Series MVP ×2
  • 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.

Sandy Koufax 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.
1st1955223.021965002.52
2nd1956244.911966333.12
3rd1957543.8819671492.98
4th195811114.48196813112.99
5th1959864.05196917112.17
6th19608133.91197010193.73
7th196118133.5219712093.56
8th19621472.54197227101.97
9th19632551.88197313203.90
10th19641951.74197416133.22
11th19652682.04197515143.56
12th19662791.7319762073.13
13th————197723102.64
14th————197816132.84
15th————197918113.62
16th————19802492.34
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