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Steve Carlton played 24 major-league seasons (1965-1988) as a P (741). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 22 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | 21 | SLN | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| 1966 | 22 | SLN | 9 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .267 | .579 | 69 |
| 1967 | 23 | SLN | 30 | 72 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 28 | .153 | .367 | 10 |
| 1968 | 24 | SLN | 35 | 73 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 25 | .164 | .438 | 35 |
| 1969 | 25 | SLN | 32 | 80 | 5 | 17 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 27 | .213 | .566 | 63 |
| 1970 | 26 | SLN | 34 | 80 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 28 | .200 | .472 | 32 |
| 1971 | 27 | SLN | 37 | 96 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 31 | .177 | .429 | 26 |
| 1972 | 28 | PHI | 41 | 117 | 6 | 23 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 31 | .197 | .501 | 48 |
| 1973 | 29 | PHI | 40 | 100 | 6 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 19 | .160 | .415 | 18 |
| 1974 | 30 | PHI | 39 | 102 | 7 | 25 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 16 | .245 | .513 | 48 |
| 1975 | 31 | PHI | 37 | 90 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 24 | .156 | .378 | 9 |
| 1976 | 32 | PHI | 35 | 92 | 5 | 20 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 24 | .217 | .470 | 39 |
| 1977 | 33 | PHI | 36 | 97 | 7 | 26 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 20 | .268 | .684 | 87 |
| 1978 | 34 | PHI | 34 | 86 | 7 | 25 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 14 | .291 | .660 | 91 |
| 1979 | 35 | PHI | 36 | 94 | 9 | 21 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 17 | .223 | .508 | 44 |
| 1980 | 36 | PHI | 38 | 101 | 7 | 19 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 21 | .188 | .388 | 12 |
| 1981 | 37 | PHI | 24 | 67 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 16 | .134 | .383 | 11 |
| 1982 | 38 | PHI | 38 | 101 | 8 | 22 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 13 | .218 | .535 | 53 |
| 1983 | 39 | PHI | 37 | 97 | 9 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 20 | .196 | .460 | 32 |
| 1984 | 40 | PHI | 34 | 84 | 8 | 16 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 20 | .190 | .459 | 33 |
| 1985 | 41 | PHI | 16 | 28 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .179 | .414 | 20 |
| 1986 | 42 | PHI|SFN | 22 | 45 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .200 | .506 | 44 |
| Year | Age | Team | G | GS | W | L | SV | IP | SO | BB | ERA | ERA+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | 21 | SLN | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 21 | 8 | 2.52 | 140 |
| 1966 | 22 | SLN | 9 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 52 | 25 | 18 | 3.12 | 116 |
| 1967 | 23 | SLN | 30 | 28 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 193 | 168 | 62 | 2.98 | 113 |
| 1968 | 24 | SLN | 34 | 33 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 231.2 | 162 | 61 | 2.99 | 100 |
| 1969 | 25 | SLN | 31 | 31 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 236.1 | 210 | 93 | 2.17 | 166 |
| 1970 | 26 | SLN | 34 | 33 | 10 | 19 | 0 | 253.2 | 193 | 109 | 3.73 | 109 |
| 1971 | 27 | SLN | 37 | 36 | 20 | 9 | 0 | 273.1 | 172 | 98 | 3.56 | 97 |
| 1972 | 28 | PHI | 41 | 41 | 27 | 10 | 0 | 346.1 | 310 | 87 | 1.97 | 175 |
| 1973 | 29 | PHI | 40 | 40 | 13 | 20 | 0 | 293.1 | 223 | 113 | 3.90 | 94 |
| 1974 | 30 | PHI | 39 | 39 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 291 | 240 | 136 | 3.22 | 112 |
| 1975 | 31 | PHI | 37 | 37 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 255.1 | 192 | 104 | 3.56 | 102 |
| 1976 | 32 | PHI | 35 | 35 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 252.2 | 195 | 72 | 3.13 | 112 |
| 1977 | 33 | PHI | 36 | 36 | 23 | 10 | 0 | 283 | 198 | 89 | 2.64 | 148 |
| 1978 | 34 | PHI | 34 | 34 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 247.1 | 161 | 63 | 2.84 | 126 |
| 1979 | 35 | PHI | 35 | 35 | 18 | 11 | 0 | 251 | 213 | 89 | 3.62 | 103 |
| 1980 | 36 | PHI | 38 | 38 | 24 | 9 | 0 | 304 | 286 | 90 | 2.34 | 154 |
| 1981 | 37 | PHI | 24 | 24 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 190 | 179 | 62 | 2.42 | 144 |
| 1982 | 38 | PHI | 38 | 38 | 23 | 11 | 0 | 295.2 | 286 | 86 | 3.10 | 116 |
| 1983 | 39 | PHI | 37 | 37 | 15 | 16 | 0 | 283.2 | 275 | 84 | 3.11 | 117 |
| 1984 | 40 | PHI | 33 | 33 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 229 | 163 | 79 | 3.58 | 100 |
| 1985 | 41 | PHI | 16 | 16 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 92 | 48 | 53 | 3.33 | 108 |
| 1986 | 42 | CHA | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 63.1 | 40 | 25 | 3.69 | 113 |
| 1986 | 42 | PHI|SFN | 22 | 22 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 113 | 80 | 61 | 5.89 | 63 |
| 1987 | 43 | CLE|MIN | 32 | 21 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 152 | 91 | 86 | 5.74 | 78 |
| 1988 | 44 | MIN | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9.2 | 5 | 5 | 16.76 | 24 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | P | 15 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| 1966 | P | 9 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 2 |
| 1967 | P | 30 | 28 | 8 | 30 | 2 | 3 |
| 1968 | P | 34 | 33 | 4 | 39 | 3 | 1 |
| 1969 | P | 31 | 31 | 1 | 34 | 3 | 1 |
| 1970 | P | 34 | 33 | 6 | 38 | 4 | 1 |
| 1971 | P | 37 | 36 | 11 | 40 | 0 | 3 |
| 1972 | P | 41 | 41 | 8 | 37 | 2 | 3 |
| 1973 | P | 40 | 40 | 4 | 42 | 5 | 3 |
| 1974 | P | 39 | 39 | 6 | 42 | 4 | 1 |
| 1975 | P | 37 | 37 | 10 | 32 | 1 | 4 |
| 1976 | P | 35 | 35 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 2 |
| 1977 | P | 36 | 36 | 4 | 52 | 1 | 2 |
| 1978 | P | 34 | 34 | 5 | 46 | 3 | 1 |
| 1979 | P | 35 | 35 | 3 | 32 | 5 | 0 |
| 1980 | P | 38 | 38 | 2 | 42 | 0 | 1 |
| 1981 | P | 24 | 24 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | P | 38 | 38 | 6 | 37 | 4 | 2 |
| 1983 | P | 37 | 37 | 4 | 37 | 4 | 0 |
| 1984 | P | 33 | 33 | 7 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | P | 16 | 16 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 1 |
| 1986 | P | 32 | 32 | 4 | 23 | 0 | 2 |
| 1987 | P | 32 | 21 | 3 | 23 | 1 | 2 |
| 1988 | P | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Steve Carlton won: TSN All-Star 1969 (NL), TSN All-Star 1971 (NL), Cy Young Award 1972 (NL), Pitching Triple Crown 1972 (NL), TSN All-Star 1972 (NL), Cy Young Award 1977 (NL), TSN All-Star 1977 (NL), TSN All-Star 1979 (NL), Cy Young Award 1980 (NL), TSN All-Star 1980 (NL), Gold Glove 1981 (NL), Cy Young Award 1982 (NL), TSN All-Star 1982 (NL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (12 ballot finishes, 4 wins). Full year pages: 1982, 1981, 1980, 1977, 1976, 1972.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Cy Young Award (winner) | NL | 1 | 120 / 120 | 24 |
| 1972 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 5 | 124 / 336 | 1 |
| 1976 | Cy Young Award | NL | 4 | 11 / 120 | 0 |
| 1976 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 15 | 16 / 336 | 0 |
| 1977 | Cy Young Award (winner) | NL | 1 | 104 / 120 | 17 |
| 1977 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 5 | 100 / 336 | 0 |
| 1980 | Cy Young Award (winner) | NL | 1 | 118 / 120 | 23 |
| 1980 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 5 | 134 / 336 | 0 |
| 1981 | Cy Young Award | NL | 3 | 50 / 120 | 5 |
| 1981 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 9 | 41 / 336 | 0 |
| 1982 | Cy Young Award (winner) | NL | 1 | 112 / 120 | 20 |
| 1982 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 9 | 41 / 336 | 0 |
Steve Carlton ranks on 1 all-time single-season position leaderboard (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
| Rank | Board | Year | Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| #126 | starting pitchers | 1972 | 175 ERA+ |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.