Bio
- Height
- 6' 4"
- Debut
- 1965
- NL Cy Young
- 4x
- NL Gold Glove
- 1981
Bio
- Height
- 6' 4"
- Debut
- 1965
- NL Cy Young
- 4x
- NL Gold Glove
- 1981
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 741
- W
- 329
- L
- 244
- ERA
- 3.22
- IP
- 5217.1
- K
- 4,136
- BB
- 1,833
- WHIP
- 1.25
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (W, IP, K: 10+ games; ERA, WHIP: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | 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. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | STL | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2.52 | 25.0 | 21 | 8 | 1.40 |
| 1966 | STL | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3.12 | 52.0 | 25 | 18 | 1.42 |
| 1967 | STL | 30 | 14 | 9 | 2.98 | 193.0 | 168 | 62 | 1.22 |
| 1968 | STL | 34 | 13 | 11 | 2.99 | 231.2 | 162 | 61 | 1.19 |
| 1969 | STL | 31 | 17 | 11 | 2.17 | 236.1 | 210 | 93 | 1.18 |
| 1970 | STL | 34 | 10 | 19 | 3.73 | 253.2 | 193 | 109 | 1.37 |
| 1971 | STL | 37 | 20 | 9 | 3.56 | 273.1 | 172 | 98 | 1.36 |
| 1972 | PHI | 41 | 27 | 10 | 1.97 | 346.1 | 310 | 87 | 0.99 |
| 1973 | PHI | 40 | 13 | 20 | 3.90 | 293.1 | 223 | 113 | 1.38 |
| 1974 | PHI | 39 | 16 | 13 | 3.22 | 291.0 | 240 | 136 | 1.32 |
| 1975 | PHI | 37 | 15 | 14 | 3.56 | 255.1 | 192 | 104 | 1.26 |
| 1976 | PHI | 35 | 20 | 7 | 3.13 | 252.2 | 195 | 72 | 1.17 |
| 1977 | PHI | 36 | 23 | 10 | 2.64 | 283.0 | 198 | 89 | 1.12 |
| 1978 | PHI | 34 | 16 | 13 | 2.84 | 247.1 | 161 | 63 | 1.18 |
| 1979 | PHI | 35 | 18 | 11 | 3.62 | 251.0 | 213 | 89 | 1.16 |
| 1980 | PHI | 38 | 24 | 9 | 2.34 | 304.0 | 286 | 90 | 1.10 |
| 1981 | PHI | 24 | 13 | 4 | 2.42 | 190.0 | 179 | 62 | 1.13 |
| 1982 | PHI | 38 | 23 | 11 | 3.10 | 295.2 | 286 | 86 | 1.15 |
| 1983 | PHI | 37 | 15 | 16 | 3.11 | 283.2 | 275 | 84 | 1.27 |
| 1984 | PHI | 33 | 13 | 7 | 3.58 | 229.0 | 163 | 79 | 1.28 |
| 1985 | PHI | 16 | 1 | 8 | 3.33 | 92.0 | 48 | 53 | 1.49 |
| 1986 |  PHI/CHW/SF | 32 | 9 | 14 | 5.10 | 176.1 | 120 | 86 | 1.60 |
| 1987 |  CLE/MIN | 32 | 6 | 14 | 5.74 | 152.0 | 91 | 86 | 1.65 |
| 1988 | MIN | 4 | 0 | 1 | 16.76 | 9.2 | 5 | 5 | 2.59 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 16
- W
- 6
- L
- 6
- ERA
- 3.25
- IP
- 97.0
- K
- 84
- BB
- 51
- WHIP
- 1.52
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 254
- SHO
- 55
- K/9
- 7.1
- GB
- 0
- FB
- 0
- G/F
- 0.00
- WP
- 0
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (QS, CG, SHO: 10+ GS; K/9: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | STL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1966 | STL | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1967 | STL | 0 | 11 | 2 | 7.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1968 | STL | 0 | 10 | 5 | 6.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1969 | STL | 0 | 12 | 2 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1970 | STL | 0 | 13 | 2 | 6.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1971 | STL | 0 | 18 | 4 | 5.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1972 | PHI | 0 | 30 | 8 | 8.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1973 | PHI | 0 | 18 | 3 | 6.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1974 | PHI | 0 | 17 | 1 | 7.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1975 | PHI | 0 | 14 | 3 | 6.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1976 | PHI | 0 | 13 | 2 | 6.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1977 | PHI | 0 | 17 | 2 | 6.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | PHI | 0 | 12 | 3 | 5.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | PHI | 0 | 13 | 4 | 7.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | PHI | 0 | 13 | 3 | 8.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | PHI | 0 | 10 | 1 | 8.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | PHI | 0 | 19 | 6 | 8.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | PHI | 0 | 8 | 3 | 8.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | PHI | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | PHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | PHI/CHW/SF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | CLE/MIN | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Steve Carlton's career stats?
Steve Carlton played 24 seasons for the Cardinals, the Phillies and the Twins. He had 329 wins and 4,136 strikeouts with a 3.22 ERA over 5,217.1 innings. His best season was 1972: 27 wins, a 1.97 ERA and 310 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
24 seasons, 8 postseasons, 1965 to 1988
Steve Carlton led MLB in wins (1972, 1977, 1982) and strikeouts (pitching) (1980, 1982, 1983); finished top 10 in a stat 23 times; sits top 10 all time in strikeouts (pitching).
Championships ×3
- 1967 World Series with the St. Louis Cardinals
- 1980 World Series with the Philadelphia Phillies
- 1987 World Series with the Minnesota Twins
Awards
- NL Cy Young ×4: 1972, 1977, 1980, 1982
- NL Gold Glove: 1981
All-time career rank
- 4th in strikeouts (pitching) (4,136)
- 11th in wins (pitching) (329)
Among the 8,948 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
Season top 10 finishes
- Wins: 1971 (7th), 1972 (1st), 1976 (6th), 1977 (1st), 1979 (6th), 1980 (2nd), 1982 (1st)
- ERA: 1969 (3rd), 1972 (6th), 1980 (7th)
- Strikeouts (Pitching): 1972 (2nd), 1973 (6th), 1974 (3rd), 1975 (8th), 1976 (8th), 1977 (7th), 1979 (3rd), 1980 (1st), 1982 (1st), 1983 (1st), 1984 (10th)
- WHIP: 1972 (5th), 1980 (7th)
Among qualified MLB players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.
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