Steve Carlton

Steven Norman "Steve" Carlton (born December 22, 1944), nicknamed "Lefty", is a former Major League Baseball left-handed pitcher. He pitched from 1965 to 1988 for six different teams in his career, but it is his time with the Philadelphia Phillies where he received his greatest acclaim as a professional and won four Cy Young Awards. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1994.

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Filmography

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Acting Credits

2008

2008 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

Himself - Pre-Game Hall of Fame Ceremony

1996

1996 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

Himself - Ceremonial 1st Pitch

1983

1983 National League Championship Series (TV Show)

Himself - Philadelphia Phillies Pitcher

1982

1982 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

Himself - NL Pitcher

1980

1980 World Series (TV Show)

Himself - Philadelphia Phillies Pitcher

1980

1980 National League Championship Series (TV Show)

Himself - Philadelphia Phillies Pitcher

1979

1979 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

Himself - NL Pitcher

1972

1972 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

Himself - NL Pitcher

1969

1969 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

Himself - NL Pitcher

1968

1968 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

Himself - NL Pitcher

1968

1968 World Series (TV Show)

Himself - St. Louis Cardinals Pitcher

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Quotes

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List of Steve Carlton quotes.

The final release point for the fastball is the tips of your fingers.

That's the past. I don't agree with retrospect.

So what I did on the field was the essence of what I am. Remember me like that.

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Pitching Stats

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Major League pitching statistics for Steve Carlton.

Year	Team	W-L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
1965	STL	0-0	2.52	15	2	0	0	0	25	27	7	7	8	21
1966	STL	3-3	3.12	9	9	2	1	0	52	56	22	18	18	25
1967	STL	14-9	2.98	30	28	11	2	1	193	173	71	64	62	168
1968	STL	13-11	2.99	34	33	10	5	0	232	214	87	77	61	162
1969	STL	17-11	2.17	31	31	12	2	0	236	185	66	57	93	210
1970	STL	10-19	3.73	34	33	13	2	0	253	239	123	105	109	193
1971	STL	20-9	3.56	37	36	18	4	0	273	275	120	108	98	172
1972	PHI	27-10	1.97	41	41	30	8	0	346	257	84	76	87	310
1973	PHI	13-20	3.90	40	40	18	3	0	293	293	146	127	113	223
1974	PHI	16-13	3.22	39	39	17	1	0	291	249	118	104	136	240
1975	PHI	15-14	3.56	37	37	14	3	0	255	217	116	101	104	192
1976	PHI	20-7	3.13	35	35	13	2	0	252	224	94	88	72	195
1977	PHI	23-10	2.64	36	36	17	2	0	283	229	99	83	89	198
1978	PHI	16-13	2.84	34	34	12	3	0	247	228	91	78	63	161
1979	PHI	18-11	3.62	35	35	13	4	0	251	202	112	101	89	213
1980	PHI	24-9	2.34	38	38	13	3	0	304	243	87	79	90	286
1981	PHI	13-4	2.42	24	24	10	1	0	190	152	59	51	62	179
1982	PHI	23-11	3.10	38	38	19	6	0	295	253	114	102	86	286
1983	PHI	15-16	3.11	37	37	8	3	0	283	277	117	98	84	275
1984	PHI	13-7	3.58	33	33	1	0	0	229	214	104	91	79	163
1985	PHI	1-8	3.33	16	16	0	0	0	92	84	43	34	53	48
1986	CHW	4-3	3.69	10	10	0	0	0	63	58	30	26	25	40
1986	PHI	4-8	6.18	16	16	0	0	0	83	102	70	57	45	62
1986	SFG	1-3	5.10	6	6	0	0	0	30	36	20	17	16	18
1987	CLE	5-9	5.37	23	14	3	0	1	109	111	76	65	63	71
1987	MIN	1-5	6.70	9	7	0	0	0	43	54	35	32	23	20
1988	MIN	0-1	16.76	4	1	0	0	0	9	20	19	18	5	5
Career		329-244	-	741	709	254	55	2	-	4672	2130	1864	1833	4136

Fielding Stats

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Major League fielding statistics for Steve Carlton.

Year	Team	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%
1965	STL	15	2	25	1	6	0	1	1.000
1966	STL	9	9	52	2	10	0	2	1.000
1967	STL	30	28	193	8	30	2	3	0.950
1968	STL	35	33	232	4	39	3	1	0.935
1969	STL	32	31	236	1	34	3	1	0.921
1970	STL	34	33	253	6	38	4	1	0.917
1971	STL	37	36	273	11	40	0	3	1.000
1972	PHI	41	41	346	8	37	2	3	0.957
1973	PHI	40	40	293	4	42	5	3	0.902
1974	PHI	39	39	291	6	42	4	1	0.923
1975	PHI	37	37	255	10	32	1	4	0.977
1976	PHI	35	35	252	4	19	0	2	1.000
1977	PHI	36	36	283	4	52	1	2	0.982
1978	PHI	34	34	247	5	46	3	1	0.944
1979	PHI	35	35	251	3	32	5	0	0.875
1980	PHI	38	38	304	2	42	0	1	1.000
1981	PHI	24	24	190	3	22	0	0	1.000
1982	PHI	38	38	295	6	37	4	2	0.915
1983	PHI	37	37	283	4	37	4	0	0.911
1984	PHI	33	33	229	7	22	0	0	1.000
1985	PHI	16	16	92	3	18	0	1	1.000
1986	CHW	10	10	63	1	7	0	1	1.000
1986	PHI	16	16	83	2	8	0	1	1.000
1986	SFG	6	6	30	1	8	0	0	1.000
1987	CLE	23	14	109	2	15	1	1	0.944
1987	MIN	9	7	43	1	8	0	1	1.000
1988	MIN	4	1	9	0	1	0	0	1.000
Career		743	709	-	109	724	42	36	-

Batting Stats

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Major League batting statistics for Steve Carlton.

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG
1965	STL	15	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.000	0.000	0.000
1966	STL	9	15	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.267	0.313	0.267
1967	STL	30	72	5	11	2	0	0	3	0	3	28	0.153	0.187	0.181
1968	STL	35	73	6	12	0	1	2	3	0	0	25	0.164	0.164	0.274
1969	STL	32	80	5	17	4	1	1	7	0	3	27	0.213	0.241	0.325
1970	STL	34	80	4	16	2	0	0	4	1	1	28	0.200	0.247	0.225
1971	STL	37	96	5	17	4	0	0	8	0	4	31	0.177	0.210	0.219
1972	PHI	41	117	6	23	3	1	1	8	0	5	31	0.197	0.236	0.265
1973	PHI	40	100	6	16	2	0	2	5	0	2	19	0.160	0.175	0.240
1974	PHI	39	102	7	25	3	0	0	9	0	0	16	0.245	0.238	0.275
1975	PHI	37	90	8	14	2	0	0	9	0	5	24	0.156	0.200	0.178
1976	PHI	35	92	5	20	1	0	0	6	0	1	24	0.217	0.242	0.228
1977	PHI	36	97	7	26	4	0	3	15	0	2	20	0.268	0.282	0.402
1978	PHI	34	86	7	25	3	1	0	13	0	3	14	0.291	0.311	0.349
1979	PHI	36	94	9	21	3	0	0	10	1	3	17	0.223	0.253	0.255
1980	PHI	38	101	7	19	1	0	0	6	0	1	21	0.188	0.190	0.198
1981	PHI	24	67	5	9	2	2	0	4	0	2	16	0.134	0.159	0.224
1982	PHI	38	101	8	22	4	0	2	8	0	0	13	0.218	0.218	0.317
1983	PHI	37	97	9	19	5	0	0	1	0	2	20	0.196	0.212	0.247
1984	PHI	34	84	8	16	2	0	1	10	0	2	20	0.190	0.209	0.250
1985	PHI	16	28	2	5	1	0	0	3	0	1	8	0.179	0.200	0.214
1986	CHW	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
1986	PHI	16	34	3	7	1	0	0	5	0	1	4	0.206	0.229	0.235
1986	SFG	6	11	1	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	3	0.182	0.182	0.455
1987	CLE	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
1987	MIN	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
1988	MIN	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
Career		699	1719	123	346	49	6	13	140	2	41	413	-	-	-

First Name	Steven
Middle Name	Norman
Last Name	Carlton
Full Name at Birth	Steven Norman Carlton
Other Names	Lefty
Age	68
Date of Birth	December 22, 1944
Birthplace	Miami, FL
Height	6' 4" (193 cm)
Weight	210 lbs (95.3 kg)
Star Sign	Capricorn
Nationality	American
High School	North Miami (North Miami, FL)
Occupation	Former Major League Baseball Player
Occupation Category	Baseball
Position	Pitcher
Bats	Left
Throws	Left
MLB Debut	12 April 1965
Last MLB Game	23 April 1988
Hall of Fame	Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1994 (436/456 ballots).