Steve Carlton

Pitcher · Career Stats, Hall of Fame Bio & Records (1965-1988)

⭐ Hall of Fame 1994
W–L 329–244
ERA 3.22
WHIP 1.25
SO 4,136
Pitcher PIV 76501.5
Position
Pitcher
Bats / Throws
L / L
Height / Weight
6'4" / 210 lb
Born
12/22/1944 in Miami, FL, USA
MLB Debut
1965-04-12
Last Game
1988-04-23
Hall of Fame
Inducted 1994 (BBWAA)
Awards
10× All-Star · 4× Cy Young · Gold Glove · Pitching Triple Crown

Full name: Steven Norman Carlton

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Career Pitching Statistics

W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA Pitcher PIV
329 244 741 709 254 55 2 5217.3 4,672 1,864 414 1,833 4,136 3.22 76501.5

Career ERA 3.22 vs. league average 3.72 across their career seasons — 13.5% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Year Team Lg W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA Lg ERA Pitcher PIV
1965 SLN NL 0 0 15 2 0 0 0 25.0 27 7 8 21 2.52 3.50 (+28%) 13.6
1966 SLN NL 3 3 9 9 2 1 0 52.0 56 18 18 25 3.12 3.52 (+12%) 511.2
1967 SLN NL 14 9 30 28 11 2 1 193.0 173 64 62 168 2.98 3.30 (+10%) 4198.7
1968 SLN NL 13 11 34 33 10 5 0 231.7 214 77 61 162 2.99 2.98 (avg) 3333.9
1969 SLN NL 17 11 31 31 12 2 0 236.3 185 57 93 210 2.17 3.61 (+40%) 5111.3
1970 SLN NL 10 19 34 33 13 2 0 253.7 239 105 109 193 3.73 3.89 (+4%) 1169.0
1971 SLN NL 20 9 37 36 18 4 0 273.3 275 108 98 172 3.56 3.47 (-3%) 373.3
1972 PHI NL 27 10 41 41 30 8 0 346.3 257 76 87 310 1.97 3.26 (+40%) 11638.5
1973 PHI NL 13 20 40 40 18 3 0 293.3 293 127 113 223 3.90 3.75 (-4%) 1782.3
1974 PHI NL 16 13 39 39 17 1 0 291.0 249 104 136 240 3.22 3.63 (+11%) 2365.9
1975 PHI NL 15 14 37 37 14 3 0 255.3 217 101 104 192 3.56 3.71 (+4%) 1076.0
1976 PHI NL 20 7 35 35 13 2 0 252.7 224 88 72 195 3.13 3.51 (+11%) 3859.4
1977 PHI NL 23 10 36 36 17 2 0 283.0 229 83 89 198 2.64 4.00 (+34%) 3934.3
1978 PHI NL 16 13 34 34 12 3 0 247.3 228 78 63 161 2.84 3.69 (+23%) 173.2
1979 PHI NL 18 11 35 35 13 4 0 251.0 202 101 89 213 3.62 4.00 (+10%) 3621.2
1980 PHI NL 24 9 38 38 13 3 0 304.0 243 79 90 286 2.34 3.84 (+39%) 11480.7
1981 PHI NL 13 4 24 24 10 1 0 190.0 152 51 62 179 2.42 3.58 (+33%) 6203.9
1982 PHI NL 23 11 38 38 19 6 0 295.7 253 102 86 286 3.10 3.86 (+20%) 11375.9
1983 PHI NL 15 16 37 37 8 3 0 283.7 277 98 84 275 3.11 3.87 (+20%) 9153.5
1984 PHI NL 13 7 33 33 1 0 0 229.0 214 91 79 163 3.58 3.81 (+6%) 3816.7
1985 PHI NL 1 8 16 16 0 0 0 92.0 84 34 53 48 3.33 3.89 (+15%) -744.0
1986 PHI NL 4 8 16 16 0 0 0 83.0 102 57 45 62 6.18 3.97 (-56%) -2656.9
1986 SFN NL 1 3 6 6 0 0 0 30.0 36 17 16 18 5.10 3.97 (-28%) -773.9
1986 CHA AL 4 3 10 10 0 0 0 63.3 58 26 25 40 3.69 3.97 (+7%) 78.3
1987 CLE AL 5 9 23 14 3 0 1 109.0 111 65 63 71 5.37 4.29 (-25%) -2973.8
1987 MIN AL 1 5 9 7 0 0 0 43.0 54 32 23 20 6.70 4.29 (-56%) -1620.8
1988 MIN AL 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 9.7 20 18 5 5 16.76 3.73 (-349%) 0.0
Career · 27 seasons 329 244 741 709 254 55 2 5,217.1 4,672 1,864 1,833 4,136 3.22 — 76,502

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS PIV
745 1,719 123 346 49 6 13 140 2 41 413 .201 .223 .259 .482 -8,032

Career AVG .201 vs. league average .255 across their career seasons — 21.2% below league average.

Career OBP .223 vs. league average .321 across their career seasons — 30.7% below league average.

Career SLG .259 vs. league average .379 across their career seasons — 31.6% below league average.

Career OPS .482 vs. league average .701 across their career seasons — 31.2% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG Lg AVG Lg OBP Lg SLG Lg OPS PIV
1965 SLN NL 15 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 — — — — 0.0
1966 SLN NL 9 15 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .267 — — — — 0.0
1967 SLN NL 30 72 5 11 2 0 0 3 0 3 28 .153 .242 (-37%) .306 (-39%) .357 (-49%) .663 (-45%) -475.2
1968 SLN NL 35 73 6 12 0 1 2 3 0 0 25 .164 .236 (-31%) .298 (-45%) .340 (-19%) .638 (-31%) -350.9
1969 SLN NL 32 80 5 17 4 1 1 7 0 3 27 .212 .248 (-14%) .320 (-25%) .369 (-12%) .689 (-18%) -246.8
1970 SLN NL 34 80 4 16 2 0 0 4 1 1 28 .200 .253 (-21%) .325 (-24%) .385 (-42%) .711 (-34%) -411.7
1971 SLN NL 37 96 5 17 4 0 0 8 0 4 31 .177 .249 (-29%) .316 (-34%) .365 (-40%) .682 (-37%) -548.1
1972 PHI NL 41 117 6 23 3 1 1 8 0 5 31 .197 .243 (-19%) .310 (-24%) .353 (-25%) .664 (-25%) -440.0
1973 PHI NL 40 100 6 16 2 0 2 5 0 2 19 .160 .256 (-38%) .325 (-46%) .378 (-37%) .703 (-41%) -667.9
1974 PHI NL 39 102 7 25 3 0 0 9 0 0 16 .245 .256 (-5%) .324 (-27%) .369 (-26%) .693 (-26%) -452.9
1975 PHI NL 37 90 8 14 2 0 0 9 0 5 24 .156 .257 (-40%) .327 (-39%) .374 (-52%) .701 (-46%) -645.1
1976 PHI NL 35 92 5 20 1 0 0 6 0 1 24 .217 .255 (-15%) .320 (-24%) .360 (-37%) .681 (-31%) -423.7
1977 PHI NL 36 97 7 26 4 0 3 15 0 2 20 .268 .264 (+1%) .329 (-14%) .401 (avg) .730 (-6%) -143.8
1978 PHI NL 34 86 7 25 3 1 0 13 0 3 14 .291 .257 (+13%) .323 (-4%) .378 (-8%) .702 (-6%) -97.4
1979 PHI NL 36 94 9 21 3 0 0 10 1 3 17 .223 .265 (-16%) .329 (-23%) .397 (-36%) .727 (-30%) -458.2
1980 PHI NL 38 101 7 19 1 0 0 6 0 1 21 .188 .264 (-29%) .326 (-42%) .387 (-49%) .714 (-46%) -754.7
1981 PHI NL 24 67 5 9 2 2 0 4 0 2 16 .134 .255 (-47%) .320 (-50%) .368 (-39%) .688 (-44%) -477.5
1982 PHI NL 38 101 8 22 4 0 2 8 0 0 13 .218 .261 (-17%) .324 (-33%) .388 (-18%) .712 (-25%) -417.7
1983 PHI NL 37 97 9 19 5 0 0 1 0 2 20 .196 .260 (-25%) .324 (-35%) .389 (-36%) .714 (-36%) -554.6
1984 PHI NL 34 84 8 16 2 0 1 10 0 2 20 .190 .259 (-27%) .322 (-35%) .384 (-35%) .707 (-35%) -465.6
1985 PHI NL 16 28 2 5 1 0 0 3 0 1 8 .179 — — — — 0.0
1986 PHI NL 16 34 3 7 1 0 0 5 0 1 4 .206 — — — — 0.0
1986 SFN NL 6 11 1 2 0 0 1 3 0 0 3 .182 — — — — 0.0
1986 CHA AL 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1987 CLE AL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1987 MIN AL 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1988 MIN AL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
Career · 27 seasons 745 1,719 123 346 49 6 13 140 2 41 413 .201 — — — — -8,032

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
16 27 2 6 0 0 1 5 0 7 .222

Playoff Batting by Year

Year Round Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
1983 NLCS PHI 2 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .200
1983 WS PHI 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000
1981 NEDIV PHI 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250
1980 NLCS PHI 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000
1980 WS PHI 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1978 NLCS PHI 1 4 2 2 0 0 1 4 0 0 .500
1977 NLCS PHI 2 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 .500
1976 NLCS PHI 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1968 WS SLN 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1967 WS SLN 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Playoff Career Pitching

W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
6 6 16 14 0 99.3 96 36 51 84 3.26

Playoff Pitching by Year

Year Round Team W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
1983 NLCS PHI 2 0 2 2 0 13.7 13 1 5 13 0.66
1983 WS PHI 0 1 1 1 0 6.7 5 2 3 7 2.70
1981 NEDIV PHI 0 2 2 2 0 14.0 14 6 8 13 3.86
1980 NLCS PHI 1 0 2 2 0 12.3 11 3 8 6 2.19
1980 WS PHI 2 0 2 2 0 15.0 14 4 9 17 2.40
1978 NLCS PHI 1 0 1 1 0 9.0 8 4 2 8 4.00
1977 NLCS PHI 0 1 2 2 0 11.7 13 9 8 6 6.94
1976 NLCS PHI 0 1 1 1 0 7.0 8 4 5 6 5.14
1968 WS SLN 0 0 2 0 0 4.0 7 3 1 3 6.75
1967 WS SLN 0 1 1 1 0 6.0 3 0 2 5 0.00

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

SplitGABRHHRRBIAVG
Home36381656154356.189
Away382903671921084.213

Pitching — Home / Away

SplitGIPHERBBSOERA
Home3612655.2229590090021363.05
Away3802562.0237796493320003.39

Last 10 Games — Pitching

DateTmOppDecIPHRERBBSOHR
1988-04-23 MINCLE L 5.0998342
1988-04-18 MINNYY — 1.0766101
1988-04-17 MINTOR — 1.0000000
1988-04-09 MINTOR — 2.2444112
1987-09-30 MINTEX — 1.0000010
1987-09-26 MINKCR — 5.1433221
1987-09-16 MINCHW — 2.0200110
1987-09-06 MINMIL L 7.0322661
1987-08-23 MINBOS L 4.1655321
1987-08-18 MINDET L 3.01196122

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position G GS PO A E DP
P 741 709 109 724 42 36

Season-by-Season Fielding

Year Team Pos G GS PO A E DP
1965 SLN P 15 2 1 6 0 1
1966 SLN P 9 9 2 10 0 2
1967 SLN P 30 28 8 30 2 3
1968 SLN P 34 33 4 39 3 1
1969 SLN P 31 31 1 34 3 1
1970 SLN P 34 33 6 38 4 1
1971 SLN P 37 36 11 40 0 3
1972 PHI P 41 41 8 37 2 3
1973 PHI P 40 40 4 42 5 3
1974 PHI P 39 39 6 42 4 1
1975 PHI P 37 37 10 32 1 4
1976 PHI P 35 35 4 19 0 2
1977 PHI P 36 36 4 52 1 2
1978 PHI P 34 34 5 46 3 1
1979 PHI P 35 35 3 32 5 0
1980 PHI P 38 38 2 42 0 1
1981 PHI P 24 24 3 22 0 0
1982 PHI P 38 38 6 37 4 2
1983 PHI P 37 37 4 37 4 0
1984 PHI P 33 33 7 22 0 0
1985 PHI P 16 16 3 18 0 1
1986 PHI P 16 16 2 8 0 1
1986 SFN P 6 6 1 8 0 0
1986 CHA P 10 10 1 7 0 1
1987 CLE P 23 14 2 15 1 1
1987 MIN P 9 7 1 8 0 1
1988 MIN P 4 1 0 1 0 0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Position Games
Pitcher 741

Awards & Honors

Year Award Notes
1982 Cy Young Award
1982 TSN All-Star LHP
1982 TSN Pitcher of the Year
1981 Gold Glove P
1980 Cy Young Award
1980 Pitcher of the Month May
1980 Player of the Week Week of 1980-06-20
1980 TSN All-Star LHP
1980 TSN Pitcher of the Year
1979 Player of the Week Week of 1979-07-06
1979 TSN All-Star LHP
1977 Cy Young Award
1977 Player of the Week Week of 1977-08-05
1977 TSN All-Star LHP
1977 TSN Pitcher of the Year
1972 Cy Young Award
1972 Pitching Triple Crown
1972 TSN All-Star LHP
1972 TSN Pitcher of the Year
1971 TSN All-Star LHP
1969 TSN All-Star LHP

Salary History

Year Team League Salary
1988 MIN AL $115,000
1986 CHA AL $60,000
1986 PHI NL $1,000,000
1985 PHI NL $1,075,000
Total Career Earnings $2,250,000

College History

School Name City State Years Attended
Miami-Dade College - North Campus Miami FL 1963

Award Voting History

Year Award League Finish Points Won Points Max Votes First
1982 Cy Young Award NL 1st 112.0 120 20
1982 Most Valuable Player NL 9th 41.0 336 0
1981 Cy Young Award NL 3rd 50.0 120 5
1981 Most Valuable Player NL 9th 41.0 336 0
1980 Cy Young Award NL 1st 118.0 120 23
1980 Most Valuable Player NL 5th 134.0 336 0
1977 Cy Young Award NL 1st 104.0 120 17
1977 Most Valuable Player NL 5th 100.0 336 0
1976 Cy Young Award NL 4th 11.0 120 0
1976 Most Valuable Player NL 15th 16.0 336 0
1972 Cy Young Award NL 1st 120.0 120 24
1972 Most Valuable Player NL 5th 124.0 336 1

Most Similar Players

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Career Spans

Steve Carlton (highlighted) compared to peers across the same era.

  1. 98
    Roger Clemens
    354-184, 3.12 ERA
  2. 97
    Bert Blyleven HOF
    287-250, 3.31 ERA
  3. 93
    Gaylord Perry HOF
    314-265, 3.11 ERA
  4. 92
    Don Sutton HOF
    324-256, 3.26 ERA
  5. 90
    Tom Seaver HOF
    311-205, 2.86 ERA
  6. 79
    Tom Glavine HOF
    305-203, 3.54 ERA

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Frequently Asked Questions about Steve Carlton

What years did Steve Carlton play?
Steve Carlton played in Major League Baseball from 1965 to 1988.
Was Steve Carlton a pitcher?
Yes. Steve Carlton pitched in the major leagues, recording 329 wins and 4136 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Steve Carlton hit?
Steve Carlton hit 13 career home runs with 346 hits.
Is Steve Carlton in the Hall of Fame?
Yes. Steve Carlton was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1994.