Steve Carlton

Full Name: Steven Norman Carlton	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 4"/210	First Game: April 12, 1965
Birthdate: December 22, 1944	Final Game: April 23, 1988
Birthplace: Miami, Florida	MLB Experience: 24 years
Bat/Throw: Left/Left

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Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1994

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[edit] Biography

Born on December 22, 1944 in Miami, Florida, Steve Carlton (Steven Norman Carlton) played for the St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies, San Francisco Giants, Chicago White Sox, Minnesota Twins and Cleveland Indians over the course of his 24 year career. Carlton broke into the bigs on April 12, 1965 with the St. Louis Cardinals, and put up a 3.12 ERA in 52 innings pitched in 1966, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Steve Carlton's best season was 1972, when he posted a 1.97 ERA, won 27 games and struck out 310 batters.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1965	STL	N	15	2	0	0	2.52	21	7	7	0	0	0	25	27	3	8	1	5	1
1966	STL	N	9	9	3	3	3.12	25	22	18	2	1	0	52	56	2	18	1	2	0
1967	STL	N	30	28	14	9	2.98	168	71	64	11	2	1	193	173	10	62	1	6	2
1968	STL	N	34	33	13	11	2.99	162	87	77	10	5	0	231.2	214	11	61	4	6	3
1969	STL	N	31	31	17	11	2.17	210	66	57	12	2	0	236.1	185	15	93	6	7	4
1970	STL	N	34	33	10	19	3.73	193	123	105	13	2	0	253.2	239	25	109	16	14	2
1971	STL	N	37	36	20	9	3.56	172	120	108	18	4	0	273.1	275	23	98	11	12	5
1972	PHI	N	41	41	27	10	1.97	310	84	76	30	8	0	346.1	257	17	87	8	8	1
1973	PHI	N	40	40	13	20	3.90	223	146	127	18	3	0	293.1	293	29	113	12	7	3
1974	PHI	N	39	39	16	13	3.22	240	118	104	17	1	0	291	249	21	136	8	11	5
1975	PHI	N	37	37	15	14	3.56	192	116	101	14	3	0	255.1	217	24	104	5	5	2
1976	PHI	N	35	35	20	7	3.13	195	94	88	13	2	0	252.2	224	19	72	4	8	1
1977	PHI	N	36	36	23	10	2.64	198	99	83	17	2	0	283	229	25	89	5	3	4
1978	PHI	N	34	34	16	13	2.84	161	91	78	12	3	0	247.1	228	30	63	7	3	3
1979	PHI	N	35	35	18	11	3.62	213	112	101	13	4	0	251	202	25	89	11	10	5
1980	PHI	N	38	38	24	9	2.34	286	87	79	13	3	0	304	243	15	90	12	17	2
1981	PHI	N	24	24	13	4	2.42	179	59	51	10	1	0	190	152	9	62	3	9	1
1982	PHI	N	38	38	23	11	3.10	286	114	102	19	6	0	295.2	253	17	86	5	9	1
1983	PHI	N	37	37	15	16	3.11	275	117	98	8	3	0	283.2	277	20	84	10	13	3
1984	PHI	N	33	33	13	7	3.58	163	104	91	1	0	0	229	214	14	79	7	11	0
1985	PHI	N	16	16	1	8	3.33	48	43	34	0	0	0	92	84	6	53	4	3	0
1986	SF	N	6	6	1	3	5.10	18	20	17	0	0	0	30	36	4	16	0	2	1
1986	PHI	N	16	16	4	8	6.18	62	70	57	0	0	0	83	102	15	45	4	3	0
1986	CHI	A	10	10	4	3	3.69	40	30	26	0	0	0	63.1	58	6	25	0	2	0
1986	Total		32	32	9	14	5.10	120	120	100	0	0	0	176.1	196	25	86	4	7	1
1986	TOT	N	22	22	5	11	5.89	80	90	74	0	0	0	113	138	19	61	4	5	1
1987	MIN	A	9	7	1	5	6.70	20	35	32	0	0	0	43	54	7	23	1	2	2
1987	CLE	A	23	14	5	9	5.37	71	76	65	3	0	1	109	111	17	63	3	5	2
1987	TOT	A	32	21	6	14	5.74	91	111	97	3	0	1	152	165	24	86	4	7	4
1988	MIN	A	4	1	0	1	16.76	5	19	18	0	0	0	9.2	20	5	5	1	0	0
Total	NL		695	677	319	226	3.11	4000	1970	1723	251	55	1	4992.1	4429	379	1717	145	174	49
Total	AL		46	32	10	18	5.64	136	160	141	3	0	1	225	243	35	116	5	9	4
Total			741	709	329	244	3.22	4136	2130	1864	254	55	2	5217.1	4672	414	1833	150	183	53

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1965	STL	N	P	15	2	25	1	6	0	1	1	3	0	0	1.000
1966	STL	N	P	9	9	52	2	10	0	2	0	0	1	3	1.000
1967	STL	N	P	30	28	193	8	30	2	3	2	11	4	1	.950
1968	STL	N	P	34	33	232	4	39	3	1	1	9	7	5	.935
1969	STL	N	P	31	31	236.1	1	34	3	1	2	6	11	9	.921
1970	STL	N	P	34	33	253.2	6	38	4	1	2	13	9	7	.917
1971	STL	N	P	37	36	273.1	11	40	0	3	1	9	9	8	1.000
1972	PHI	N	P	41	41	346.1	8	37	2	3	2	22	12	5	.957
1973	PHI	N	P	40	40	293.1	4	42	5	3	4	12	9	7	.902
1974	PHI	N	P	39	39	291	6	42	4	1	3	22	11	4	.923
1975	PHI	N	P	37	37	255.1	10	32	1	4	1	12	9	4	.977
1976	PHI	N	P	35	35	252.2	4	19	0	2	1	28	7	2	1.000
1977	PHI	N	P	36	36	283	4	52	1	2	0	29	16	18	.982
1978	PHI	N	P	34	34	247.1	5	46	3	1	1	12	14	16	.944
1979	PHI	N	P	35	35	251	3	32	5	0	0	8	17	9	.875
1980	PHI	N	P	38	38	304	2	42	0	1	0	14	16	9	1.000
1981	PHI	N	P	24	24	190	3	22	0	0	0	6	9	5	1.000
1982	PHI	N	P	38	38	295.2	6	37	4	2	3	17	16	12	.915
1983	PHI	N	P	37	37	283.2	4	37	4	0	4	19	19	15	.911
1984	PHI	N	P	33	33	229	7	22	0	0	1	26	9	2	1.000
1985	PHI	N	P	16	16	92	3	18	0	1	1	9	5	0	1.000
1986	SF	N	P	6	6	30	1	8	0	0	0	3	3	0	1.000
1986	PHI	N	P	16	16	83	2	8	0	1	2	7	4	0	1.000
1986	CHI	A	P	10	10	63.1	1	7	0	1	0	5	3	0	1.000
1986	Total		P	32	32	176.1	4	23	0	2	2	15	10	0	1.000
1986	TOT	N	P	22	22	113	3	16	0	1	2	10	7	0	1.000
1987	MIN	A	P	9	7	43	1	8	0	1	1	3	3	1	1.000
1987	CLE	A	P	23	14	109	2	15	1	1	0	9	2	0	.944
1987	TOT	A	P	32	21	152	3	23	1	2	1	12	5	1	.963
1988	MIN	A	P	4	1	9.2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			P	741	709	5217.2	109	724	42	36	33	314	225	142	.952

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	GDP
1965	STL	N	15	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
1966	STL	N	9	15	0	4	0	0	.267	.313	.267	0	0	0	3	1	2	0	0
1967	STL	N	30	72	5	11	0	3	.153	.187	.181	2	0	3	28	0	1	0	0
1968	STL	N	35	73	6	12	2	3	.164	.164	.274	0	1	0	25	0	6	0	1
1969	STL	N	32	80	5	17	1	7	.213	.241	.325	4	1	3	27	0	4	0	3
1970	STL	N	34	80	4	16	0	4	.200	.247	.225	2	0	1	28	4	3	1	1
1971	STL	N	37	96	5	17	0	8	.177	.210	.219	4	0	4	31	0	7	0	4
1972	PHI	N	41	117	6	23	1	8	.197	.236	.265	3	1	5	31	1	7	0	0
1973	PHI	N	40	100	6	16	2	5	.160	.175	.240	2	0	2	19	0	4	0	1
1974	PHI	N	39	102	7	25	0	9	.245	.238	.275	3	0	0	16	0	7	0	1
1975	PHI	N	37	90	8	14	0	9	.156	.200	.178	2	0	5	24	0	7	0	3
1976	PHI	N	35	92	5	20	0	6	.217	.242	.228	1	0	1	24	2	7	0	1
1977	PHI	N	36	97	7	26	3	15	.268	.282	.402	4	0	2	20	1	7	0	0
1978	PHI	N	34	86	7	25	0	13	.291	.311	.349	3	1	3	14	0	3	0	0
1979	PHI	N	36	94	9	21	0	10	.223	.253	.255	3	0	3	17	1	2	1	4
1980	PHI	N	38	101	7	19	0	6	.188	.190	.198	1	0	1	21	0	6	0	4
1981	PHI	N	24	67	5	9	0	4	.134	.159	.224	2	2	2	16	0	2	0	2
1982	PHI	N	38	101	8	22	2	8	.218	.218	.317	4	0	0	13	0	8	0	1
1983	PHI	N	37	97	9	19	0	1	.196	.212	.247	5	0	2	20	0	6	0	2
1984	PHI	N	34	84	8	16	1	10	.190	.209	.250	2	0	2	20	0	3	0	1
1985	PHI	N	16	28	2	5	0	3	.179	.200	.214	1	0	1	8	0	1	0	1
1986	SF	N	6	11	1	2	1	3	.182	.182	.455	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1
1986	PHI	N	16	34	3	7	0	5	.206	.229	.235	1	0	1	4	0	1	0	2
1986	CHI	A	10	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1986	Total		32	45	4	9	1	8	.200	.217	.289	1	0	1	7	0	1	0	3
1986	TOT	N	22	45	4	9	1	8	.200	.217	.289	1	0	1	7	0	1	0	3
1987	MIN	A	9	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1987	CLE	A	23	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1987	TOT	A	32	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1988	MIN	A	4	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		699	1719	123	346	13	140	.201	.223	.259	49	6	41	413	10	94	2	33
Total	AL		46	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total			745	1719	123	346	13	140	.201	.223	.259	49	6	41	413	10	94	2	33

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by St. Louis Cardinals (October 8, 1963).
Traded by St. Louis Cardinals to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Rick Wise (February 25, 1972).
Released by Philadelphia Phillies (June 24, 1986).
Signed by San Francisco Giants (July 4, 1986).
Released by San Francisco Giants (August 7, 1986).
Signed by Chicago White Sox (August 12, 1986).
Granted free agency (November 12, 1986).
Signed by Cleveland Indians (April 4, 1987).
Traded by Cleveland Indians to Minnesota Twins in exchange for a player to be named later (July 31, 1987); Cleveland Indians received Jeff Perry (August 18, 1987).
Released by Minnesota Twins (December 21, 1987).
Signed by Minnesota Twins (January 29, 1988).
Released by Minnesota Twins (April 28, 1988).