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About. Stats. Stories. Related Hall of Famers. Enlarge Plaque. Steve Carlton was the first pitcher to win four Cy Young Awards. 741 741. Games. 1944 1944. Birth year. About Steve Carlton. Baseball players, especially pitchers, work hard to stay in shape during the off-season with cardio conditioning. But running just wasn’t for Steve Carlton.
Dec 22, 2023 · Carlton secured career victory No. 300 while again showing the Cardinals what they missed out on. He struck out 12 and walked one in eight innings while defeating his former team in a 6-2 decision. A respectable .201 career hitter, Carlton contributed a second-inning RBI single off St. Louis starter Joaquin Andujar.
10x All-Star. (Show more) Steve Carlton (born Dec. 22, 1944, Miami, Fla., U.S.) is an American professional baseball player. In 1983, Carlton became the second pitcher to surpass Walter Johnson ’s career record of 3,508 strikeouts ( Nolan Ryan was the first).
Steven Norman Carlton. Nickname: Lefty. Born: 12/22/1944 in Miami, FL. College: Miami Dade CC. Debut: 4/12/1965. Hall of Fame: 1994. Batting. Pitching. Year.
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After a 24-year big league career that featured 10 All-Star Game selections, Steve Carlton was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1994. (Michael Ponzini/National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum) His win over the Cardinals improved his record to 14-4, and Carlton would win 10 more games that year to finish 24-9 with 286 strikeouts.
Steve Carlton is a former left-handed pitcher who was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1994. Armed with a sweeping curveball, a powerful fastball and a devastating slider that broke down late, "Lefty" earned four Cy Young awards and more than 4,000 strikeouts and 300 wins in his career.
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