Steve Carlton
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| Born: December 22nd, 1944 Miami , United States 
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| Strikes: Left | Throws: Left |
| Debut in Major League Baseball | |
| April 12, 1965 with the St. Louis Cardinals | |
| Last MLB assignment | |
| April 23, 1988 for the Minnesota Twins | |
| MLB statistics (until end of career) |
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| Win - Loss | 329-244 |
| ERA | 3.22 |
| Strikeouts | 4.136 |
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 Baseball Hall of Fame
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| Recorded | 1994 |
| Quota | 95.8% (first ballot) |
Steve Norman Carlton (born December 22, 1944 in Miami , Florida ) is a retired American baseball player in Major League Baseball . His nickname is Lefty .
Life
Steve Carlton made his debut in the National League with the St. Louis Cardinals on April 12, 1965. From the 1967 season, the left-handed pitcher was then an integral part of the thrower rotation of the Cardinals. That season he had fourteen wins with nine losses and reached the World Series with the Cardinals against the Boston Red Sox . Carlton suffered a defeat in his World Series start, but his team remained victorious. In 1968 the Cardinals reached the World Series again, but were subject to the Detroit Tigers .
From the 1969 season, Carlton finally caught the attention of the baseball world. He was nominated as a starter for the All-Star Game and was also the victory pitcher there. Then on September 15, he set a new record for strike outs in a nine innings game . Against the New York Mets , who won the game 4-3, he got 19 strike outs. In 1971 he won 20 games in one season for the first time.
After the season he asked for a salary increase at the Cardinals, but they refused and transferred him to the Philadelphia Phillies . He probably had his best season at the Phillies. He won 27 games, had 30 full games, 310 strike outs and an ERA of 1.97, winning the Triple Crown . His achievements during this period are all the more remarkable, as the Phillies finished last in their division this season with a record of 59 wins and 97 losses and Carlton was responsible for almost half of the wins as a pitcher.
That year he also won his first Cy Young Award . In 1977, 1980 and 1982 he was able to repeat this success and was the first player to win the trophy for the best pitcher of a season four times.
Between 1973 and 1975, however, he was not particularly successful as he had to contend with various injuries. When the press criticized his training methods, Carlton decided not to give press representatives any interviews or information. He held on to this throughout his time with the Phillies. When the Mexican Fernando Valenzuela caused a stir with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1981 , a reporter wrote: "The two best pitchers in the National League don't speak English: Fernando Valenzuela and Steve Carlton."
In 1980 he helped the Phillies to their first (and only until 2008) win of the World Series. Against the Kansas City Royals he won two games, including the decisive sixth. In 1983 he reached the World Series with the Phillies for the second time, but lost to the Baltimore Orioles . On September 23, 1983, Carlton became the 16th player in MLB history to win his 300th game as a pitcher against the St. Louis Cardinals.
During the 1986 season he was fired by the Phillies and moved to the San Francisco Giants . There he was on August 5, 1986 the second player in the Major Leagues after Nolan Ryan , who reached 4,000 strike outs in his career. Shortly thereafter, he announced his retirement, but played for the Chicago White Sox that same season . Other stations were the Cleveland Indians and the Minnesota Twins , before he finally resigned.
Carlton finished his career with 329 wins, 244 losses, an ERA of 3:22 and 4,136 strike outs. In terms of the number of strike outs, he is only behind Nolan Ryan, Randy Johnson and Roger Clemens . In 1994 he was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame and the Phillies no longer assign his number 32 shirt. They also erected a statue of him outside Citizens Bank Park .
Steve Carlton had a television appearance in the American series A Terribly Nice Family .
His stations as a player
- 1965-1971 St. Louis Cardinals
- 1972-1986 Philadelphia Phillies
- 1986 San Francisco Giants
- 1986 Chicago White Sox
- 1987 Cleveland Indians
- 1987-1988 Minnesota Twins
Web links
- Player information and statistics from MLB or baseball reference or fangraphs (English)
- Official Homepage (English)
- Steve Carlton biography
- Steve Carlton in the Baseball Hall of Fame (English)
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| SURNAME | Carlton, Steve |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Carlton, Steve Norman (full name); Lefty (nickname) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American baseball player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 22, 1944 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Miami , Florida |