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Steve
Carlton		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4''
Weight: 240
 
Born: December 22, 1944 in Usa, FL, MIAMI
 
Hall of Fame
Awards & Accomplishments
Platinum Arm 1974    1976    1979   
Gold Glove 1980   
All-Star Selections 1974    1975    1976   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1965 20 OAK AL $ 300,000 9 7 6 7 6 6 6 7 7 7
1966 21 OAK AL $ 300,000 9 7 7 7 6 6 6 7 7 7
1967 22 OAK AL $ 300,000 9 7 6 7 6 6 6 6 6 6
1968 23 OAK AL $ 300,000 10 7 7 7 6 6 6 7 7 7
1969 24 OAK AL $ 4,200,000 10 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
1970 25 OAK AL $ 4,200,000 10 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8
1971 26 OAK AL $ 4,200,000 10 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8
1972 27 OAK AL $ 10,100,000 10 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8
1973 28 OAK AL $ 10,100,000 10 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 9
1974 29 OAK AL $ 10,100,000 10 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
1975 30 OAK AL $ 10,100,000 10 8 8 8 9 8 8 8 8 8
1976 31 OAK AL $ 11,600,000 10 8 7 7 9 8 8 8 8 8
1977 32 OAK AL $ 11,600,000 9 7 7 7 9 9 9 9 9 9
1978 33 CLN NL $ 11,600,000 9 7 7 7 9 9 9 10 10 10
1979 34 MIN AL $ 11,600,000 9 7 6 6 9 9 9 9 9 9
1980 35 MIN AL $ 11,600,000 9 6 6 6 9 8 8 8 8 8
1981 36 CLN NL $ 5,111,111 8 6 6 6 8 8 8 7 7 7
1982 37 SDP NL $ 5,111,111 8 5 5 5 7 7 7 6 6 6
1983 38 SDP NL $ 5,111,111 7 5 5 5 7 6 6 6 6 6
1984 39 SDP NL $ 5,111,111 7 5 4 4 6 6 6 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 7 5 4 4 6 6 6 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 11,600,000 10 8 8 8 9 9 9 10 10 10
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1965 20 OAK AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1966 21 OAK AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1967 22 OAK AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1968 23 OAK AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1969 24 OAK AL $ 4,200,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1970 25 OAK AL $ 4,200,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1971 26 OAK AL $ 4,200,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1972 27 OAK AL $ 10,100,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1973 28 OAK AL $ 10,100,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1974 29 OAK AL $ 10,100,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1975 30 OAK AL $ 10,100,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1976 31 OAK AL $ 11,600,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1977 32 OAK AL $ 11,600,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1978 33 CLN NL $ 11,600,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1979 34 MIN AL $ 11,600,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1980 35 MIN AL $ 11,600,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1981 36 CLN NL $ 5,111,111   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1982 37 SDP NL $ 5,111,111   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1983 38 SDP NL $ 5,111,111   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1984 39 SDP NL $ 5,111,111   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 11,600,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1965 20 OAK AL 13 15 .464 39 39 15 2 0 310.3 279 134 27 102 232 3.89 .239 .299 .366 .665 13.1
1966 21 OAK AL 10 23 .303 41 41 16 3 0 321.0 293 137 26 128 228 3.84 .241 .315 .367 .682 17.3
1967 22 OAK AL 8 9 .471 18 18 10 1 0 136.7 140 69 20 43 119 4.54 .265 .321 .445 .766 4.7
    AAA   2 1 .667 4 4 0 0 0 25.0 18 4 2 4 24 1.44 .194 .227 .290 .517  
1968 23 OAK AL 22 13 .629 40 40 22 3 0 331.0 300 113 28 102 257 3.07 .244 .300 .369 .669 22.4
1969 24 OAK AL 12 14 .462 33 33 20 1 0 277.0 244 109 23 96 222 3.54 .235 .299 .358 .657 13.9
1970 25 OAK AL 20 9 .690 33 33 23 1 0 278.7 253 115 26 69 205 3.71 .238 .287 .374 .661 17.4
1971 26 OAK AL 15 15 .500 32 32 17 3 0 255.3 264 124 17 84 193 4.37 .265 .322 .363 .685 11.2
1972 27 OAK AL 14 17 .452 32 32 21 0 0 262.3 267 115 23 76 184 3.95 .263 .312 .374 .686 15.2
1973 28 OAK AL 18 11 .621 35 35 18 2 0 291.7 278 102 9 93 220 3.15 .251 .307 .344 .651 24.1
1974 29 OAK AL 15 9 .625 27 27 17 1 0 228.0 180 81 10 65 153 3.20 .215 .271 .310 .581 21.2
1975 30 OAK AL 14 11 .560 27 27 14 4 0 226.0 218 89 14 59 177 3.54 .253 .301 .350 .652 19.1
1976 31 OAK AL 18 8 .692 32 32 23 5 0 284.0 235 78 19 67 184 2.47 .223 .270 .322 .592 32.0
1977 32 OAK AL 17 6 .739 31 31 19 3 0 254.3 245 85 6 49 164 3.01 .252 .288 .329 .616 26.0
1978 33 OAK AL 8 8 .500 16 16 10 1 0 136.0 142 46 4 25 67 3.04 .267 .301 .343 .644 12.2
  CLN NL 7 7 .500 17 16 10 1 1 136.7 143 49 5 29 89 3.23 .268 .306 .354 .660 9.9
  TOT   15 15 .500 33 32 20 2 1 272.7 285 95 9 54 156 3.14 .268 .303 .348 .652 22.1
1979 34 CLN NL 5 4 .556 12 12 5 1 0 94.7 86 27 3 22 39 2.57 .241 .284 .319 .604 9.1
  MIN AL 12 4 .750 22 22 9 3 0 185.0 157 47 6 50 95 2.29 .229 .282 .303 .585 19.8
  TOT   17 8 .680 34 34 14 4 0 279.7 243 74 9 72 134 2.38 .233 .283 .309 .591 28.9
1980 35 MIN AL 10 19 .345 35 35 15 1 0 270.7 306 137 25 67 125 4.56 .286 .327 .408 .735 9.5
1981 36 CLN NL 11 8 .579 56 13 4 1 3 182.0 171 71 12 48 106 3.51 .246 .293 .341 .634 11.6
1982 37 SDP NL 9 21 .300 34 34 12 1 0 260.3 273 113 26 71 127 3.91 .272 .321 .378 .699 12.9
1983 38 SDP NL 15 15 .500 36 36 11 1 0 276.0 270 86 19 83 105 2.80 .261 .315 .356 .670 22.2
1984 39 SDP NL 3 8 .273 34 4 2 0 17 63.7 80 38 5 21 35 5.37 .305 .355 .401 .756 2.0
20 Years Sim 276 254 .521 682 608 313 39 21 5061.3 4824 1965 353 1449 3326 3.49 .250 .303 .358 .660 346.8
1 Years AAA 2 1 .667 4 4 0 0 0 25.0 18 4 2 4 24 1.44 .194 .227 .290 .517  
Season Average 13 12 .520 34 30 15 1 1 253.1 241 98 17 72 166 3.49 .250 .303 .358 .660  
Career Highs 22 23 .739 56 41 23 5 17 331.0 306 137 28 128 257 5.37 .305 .355 .445 .766  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   3520 1368 233 1062 2265   .256 .309 .359 .668
vs LH   1304 597 120 387 1061   .238 .288 .355 .643
Home 142 124 .534 350 311 152 21 9 2629.6 2479 973 157 717 1712 3.33 .248 .298 .345 .643
Away 134 130 .508 332 297 161 18 12 2431.6 2345 992 196 732 1614 3.67 .253 .308 .372 .680
Mar/Apr 50 45 .526 106 106 59 9 0 860.3 818 320 64 222 562 3.35 .250 .298 .359 .657
May 49 40 .551 114 106 52 8 4 860.6 824 338 50 262 553 3.53 .252 .307 .343 .650
June 41 48 .461 109 107 45 4 0 850.3 818 391 78 247 563 4.14 .252 .305 .383 .688
July 42 47 .472 122 102 59 9 6 865.9 815 314 62 236 613 3.26 .249 .300 .355 .655
August 50 36 .581 117 94 56 7 7 816.6 764 290 45 226 515 3.20 .247 .298 .349 .647
Sep/Oct 44 38 .537 114 93 51 2 4 807.3 785 312 54 256 520 3.48 .253 .310 .357 .667
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1965 20 OAK AL 39 111 5 19 2 0 0 12 1 0 1 26 .171 .177 .189 .366 1.8 0.0
1966 21 OAK AL 41 100 6 13 1 1 0 3 2 1 1 23 .130 .147 .160 .307 0.4 0.0
1967 22 OAK AL 18 48 3 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 9 .167 .184 .167 .350 1.0 0.0
1968 23 OAK AL 40 119 7 16 4 0 1 4 0 0 2 31 .134 .148 .193 .341 0.6 0.0
4 Years Sim 138 378 21 56 7 1 1 20 3 1 5 89 .148 .161 .180 .341 3.9 0.0
162 Game Average 443 24 65 8 1 1 23 3 1 5 104 .148 .161 .180 .341 4.6  
Career Highs 41 119 7 19 4 1 1 12 2 1 2 31 .171 .184 .193 .366 1.8  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   278 12 35 4 1 0 11 2 0 3 57 .126 .134 .147 .282 -3.0
vs LH   100 9 21 3 0 1 9 1 1 2 32 .210 .233 .270 .503 5.1
Home 67 172 5 24 2 0 1 9 2 1 1 43 .140 .149 .169 .318 -0.4
Away 71 206 16 32 5 1 0 11 1 0 4 46 .155 .170 .189 .359 2.5
RISP   91 0 13 1 0 0 18 0 0 1 22 .143 .158 .154 .312 -0.4
Close/Late   35 2 5 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 9 .143 .189 .229 .418 0.7
Mar/Apr 25 70 5 9 0 0 0 4 1 0 2 16 .129 .162 .129 .291 -0.5
May 21 59 3 11 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 15 .186 .186 .220 .407 1.3
June 26 64 2 7 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 18 .109 .109 .156 .266 -1.3
July 25 72 1 11 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 19 .153 .153 .222 .375 1.1
August 21 57 4 7 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 13 .123 .136 .140 .276 -1.1
Sep/Oct 20 56 6 11 1 0 0 3 2 0 2 8 .196 .224 .214 .438 2.4
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1965 20 OAK AL P 39 39 310.3 17 65 3 4 .965 2.38    
1966 21 OAK AL P 41 41 321.0 25 62 1 8 .989 2.44    
1967 22 OAK AL P 18 18 136.7 7 21 1 0 .966 1.84    
1968 23 OAK AL P 40 40 331.0 29 53 3 5 .965 2.23    
1969 24 OAK AL P 33 33 277.0 20 54 2 5 .974 2.40    
1970 25 OAK AL P 33 33 278.7 18 46 1 1 .985 2.07    
1971 26 OAK AL P 32 32 255.3 18 39 0 4 1.000 2.01    
1972 27 OAK AL P 32 32 262.3 20 38 2 3 .967 1.99    
1973 28 OAK AL P 35 35 291.7 13 59 6 4 .923 2.22    
1974 29 OAK AL P 27 27 228.0 15 39 2 1 .964 2.13    
1975 30 OAK AL P 27 27 226.0 9 36 1 3 .978 1.79    
1976 31 OAK AL P 32 32 284.0 18 50 0 4 1.000 2.15    
1977 32 OAK AL P 31 31 254.3 14 63 2 5 .975 2.72    
1978 33 OAK AL P 16 16 136.0 10 26 2 3 .947 2.38    
  CLN NL P 17 16 136.7 10 27 2 4 .949 2.44    
  TOT   P 33 32 272.7 20 53 4 7 .948 2.41    
1979 34 CLN NL P 12 12 94.7 8 18 1 1 .963 2.47    
  MIN AL P 22 22 185.0 16 36 3 1 .945 2.53    
  TOT   P 34 34 279.7 24 54 4 2 .951 2.51    
1980 35 MIN AL P 35 35 270.7 23 61 2 4 .977 2.79    
1981 36 CLN NL P 56 13 182.0 10 36 0 2 1.000 2.27    
1982 37 SDP NL P 34 34 260.3 19 52 2 6 .973 2.45    
1983 38 SDP NL P 36 36 276.0 22 52 3 3 .961 2.41    
1984 39 SDP NL P 34 4 63.7 1 11 1 0 .923 1.70    
Career Totals   682 608 5061.3 342 944 40 71 .970 2.29    
Career Highs   56 41 331.0 29 65 6 8 1.000 2.79    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1967 22 OAK AL 0 1 .000 1 1 0 0 0 6.0 10 8 1 6 6 12.00 .357 .471 .571 1.042
1970 25 OAK AL 3 2 .600 5 5 3 0 0 39.7 38 27 3 21 26 6.13 .250 .341 .408 .749
1971 26 OAK AL 1 1 .500 2 2 2 0 0 17.0 12 8 0 10 9 4.24 .203 .319 .271 .590
1973 28 OAK AL 2 2 .500 5 5 2 0 0 41.7 38 25 3 15 20 5.40 .245 .312 .381 .692
1976 31 OAK AL 0 2 .000 2 2 2 0 0 17.0 17 7 2 5 7 3.71 .274 .328 .435 .764
1978 33 CLN NL 0 0 .000 1 1 0 0 0 8.7 7 3 1 4 2 3.12 .219 .306 .375 .681
Career Post-Season Pitching 6 8 .429 16 16 9 0 0 130.0 122 78 10 61 70 5.40 .250 .333 .393 .727
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1967 22 OAK AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1973-4-3.15
1974-1-3.20
1976-2-2.47
1977-3-3.01
1979-1-2.29
1983-5-2.80
 Wins
1968-4-22
1970-4-20
1973-3-18
1974-10-15
1976-5-18
1977-7-17
CAR-12-276
 Losses
1966-4-23
1971-10-15
1972-3-17
1980-3-19
1982-1-21
CAR-4-254
 Winning Pct
1968-8-.629
1974-6-.625
1976-8-.692
1977-2-.739
1979-2-.750
 Saves
1984-9-17
 Games Pitched
CAR-44-682
Games Started
1973-4-35
1980-6-35
1983-5-36
CAR-15-608
 Complete Games
1965-8-15
1966-4-16
1968-4-22
1969-1-20
1970-1-23
1971-3-17
1972-1-21
1973-1-18
1974-2-17
1975-2-14
1976-1-23
1977-1-19
1978-9-10
1979-7-9
1980-1-15
1982-5-12
1983-5-11
CAR-4-313
 Shutouts
1965-8-2
1966-3-3
1968-6-3
1971-3-3
1973-3-2
1974-7-1
1975-1-4
1976-1-5
1977-4-3
1979-6-3
CAR-8-39
 Innings Pitched
1966-10-321.0
1968-6-331.0
1969-5-277.0
1970-2-278.7
1971-10-255.3
1972-8-262.3
1973-1-291.7
1976-1-284.0
1977-10-254.3
1980-2-270.7
1983-6-276.0
CAR-9-5061.3
 Hits Allowed
1966-10-293
1968-9-300
1969-8-244
1970-6-253
1971-5-264
1972-6-267
1973-4-278
1980-1-306
1982-3-273
1983-8-270
CAR-6-4824
 Homeruns Allowed
1970-10-26
1980-9-25
1982-8-26
CAR-41-353
Strikeouts
1968-9-257
1969-8-222
1970-9-205
1971-9-193
1972-10-184
1973-3-220
1975-9-177
1976-8-184
CAR-18-3326
 Walks Allowed
1966-4-128
1969-9-96
CAR-31-1449
 Walks per 9IP
1970-9-2.2
1975-7-2.3
1976-6-2.1
1977-4-1.7
 Hits per 9IP
1974-3-7.1
1976-6-7.4
1979-6-7.6
 Strikeouts per 9IP
1975-9-7.0
 WHiP
1973-8-1.27
1974-1-1.07
1975-5-1.23
1976-3-1.06
1977-5-1.16
1979-7-1.12
OAVG
1974-2-.215
1976-6-.223
1979-6-.229
 OOBP
1973-7-.307
1974-1-.271
1975-5-.301
1976-3-.270
1977-6-.288
1979-7-.282
 OSLG
1973-7-.344
1974-2-.310
1975-9-.350
1976-5-.322
1977-7-.329
1979-2-.303
 OOPS
1973-6-.651
1974-1-.581
1975-8-.652
1976-3-.592
1977-4-.616
1979-3-.585
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 30    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 194    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 94    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 95)
 
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  8. Johnny Antonelli (818)
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  1. Hi Bithorn (991)
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  9. Virgil Jester (985)
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 3rd overall pick, by Kansas City in 1965
Traded from Kansas City to Oakland on 2/13/1965 (Going to OAK: P Steve Carlton, P Dave Mcnally. Going to KCR: RF Lou Clinton)
Earned first career win on 4/2/1965
Had first career hit on 4/11/1965, off Joe Horlen (BSN)
Injured on 6/3/1965 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Injured on 4/22/1967 with a Pulled Bicep Muscle, out for 5 weeks
Injured on 8/16/1967 with a Ruptured Bicep Tendon, out for 6 weeks
Hit first career homerun on 7/13/1968, off Steve Hamilton (NYA)
2/1/1969: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,200,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1970: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,200,000 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 4/21/1970, winning 2 games with a 3.00 ERA
2/1/1971: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,200,000 through salary arbitration
7/31/1971: Signed a contract extension with Oakland, $10,100,000 per year, for 4 years
Injured on 4/2/1974 with a Ruptured Elbow Ligament, out for 5 weeks
Was selected to the 1974 Allstar game
6/1/1975: Signed a contract extension with Oakland, $11,600,000 per year, for 5 years
Was selected to the 1975 Allstar game
Injured on 8/4/1975 with a Strained Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 4-5 weeks
Was selected to the 1976 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 8/18/1976, winning 2 games with a 1.00 ERA
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 9/1/1976, going 4-1, 1.43
Won Platinum Arm in 1976, going 18-8, 2.47 ERA
Injured on 6/5/1977 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for 1-2 weeks
Won Player of the Week award on 7/29/1977, winning 2 games with a 0.50 ERA
Traded from Oakland to Cleveland (N) on 7/1/1978 (Going to OAK: C Frank Fernandez, P Manny Sarmiento. Going to CLN: P Steve Carlton, DH Rick Monday, C Rene Lachemann)
Traded from Cleveland (N) to Minnesota on 6/1/1979 (Going to CLN: P John Hiller, P Shane Rawley, P Jerry don Gleaton. Going to MIN: P Steve Carlton)
Won Platinum Arm in 1979, going 17-8, 2.38 ERA
Won Gold Glove at Pitcher in 1980
Signed as a free agent by Cleveland (N) on 2/6/1981 to a 4-year deal worth $5,111,111 per year
Traded from Cleveland (N) to San Diego on 3/4/1982 (Going to SDP: RF Rick Monday, P Steve Carlton, 1B Joe Morgan. Going to CLN: P Greg Minton)
Injured on 6/5/1984 with a Ruptured Bicep Tendon, out for 3 weeks
Injured on 9/4/1984 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for one week
 
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