Steve Carlton

Steve Carlton SP

Player Card | Career Stats
CAREER PITCHING STATS
G SHO IP SO W L SV ERA
741 55 5217.1 4136 329 244 2 3.22
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Three Strikes -- Cy Young edition

Jayson Stark

...65-97) 2006 -- Brandon Webb, Diamondbacks (76-86) 1997 -- Roger Clemens, Blue Jays (76-86) 1972 -- Steve Carlton, Phillies (59-97) So Greinke is only the fourth pitcher ever to win a Cy Young...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | November 17, 2009

Greinke wins; Hernandez second

Associated Press

Zack Greinke has won the American League Cy Young Award, beating out Felix Hernandez after a spectacular season short on wins but long on domination.

Story | Conversation | November 17, 2009

Postseason had many defining moments

Howard Bryant, ESPN.com

While the Yankees returned to glory by winning the World Series, the inevitability of full-scale instant replay in baseball stood out as perhaps the most important aspect of the 2009 postseason.

Story | Conversation | November 06, 2009

Fisking Pettitte's Cooperstown credentials

Rob Neyer, SweetSpot

...fourth-best pickoff rate (since 1954) at 3.4 percent of runners on first, just behind Steve Carlton, Bill Lee and Mark Langston. I knew that Mark Langston was tough on runners. Steve Carlton...

Blog | November 04, 2009

Three Strikes: Phils, Yanks close but uncommon

Jayson Stark

...won 16 postseason games all by himself. The Phillies' most dominating starting pitchers in franchise history -- Steve Carlton, Robin Roberts, Jim Bunning, Chris Short, Curt Schilling, Cole Hamels, Cliff Lee and Grover Cleveland Alexander...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | October 26, 2009

Rewriting history, one series at a time

Jayson Stark, ESPN.com

A title in 2008 wasn't enough. Not for these Phillies, anyway. Philadelphia finished off the L.A. Dodgers in Game 5 of the NLCS to return to the World Series for the second straight year.

Story | Conversation | October 21, 2009

The Tigers must address Cabrera

Buster Olney

Police reportedly don't know everything that took place inside Miguel Cabrera's home Saturday morning because neither the Tigers' first baseman nor hi...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | October 08, 2009

Rockies make all the right moves

Jayson Stark, ESPN.com

The number of moves made by the managers was enough to make your head spin, but all that matters to the Rockies is they won Game 2 of their NLDS with the Phillies and head home all square.

Story | Conversation | October 08, 2009

Colorado conundrum: Try to win the division or rest for the playoffs?

ESPN.com

Doug Pensinger/Getty Images Rockies manager Jim Tracy has a tough decision -- catch the Dodgers or rest his team? By Eduardo Perez, ESPN Which te...

Page | Conversation

Phillies beat Astros to win third consecutive NL East title

Associated Press

Kyle Kendrick pitched three scoreless innings in relief of Pedro Martinez and the Phillies beat the Astros 10-3 to clinch their third straight NL East crown.

Recap | Box Score | Conversation | September 30, 2009

Greinke deserves to win AL Cy Young

Tim Kurkjian, ESPN The Magazine

Zack Greinke doesn't lead the American League in wins, and he doesn't pitch for a contender. But he's the AL's best pitcher and deserves to win the Cy Young Award.

Story | Conversation | September 24, 2009

Today's Two Cents: AL Cy Young

...Morgan. How meta narcissistic of us.In Tuesday's chat, Morgan brought up the example of Steve Carlton in talking about a pitcher from a losing team (i.e. Zack Greinke) winning the Cy...

Blog Entry | September 01, 2009

Joe Torre's Straw man acquisition

Buster Olney

Joe Torre loved having Darryl Strawberry on his bench in the days when the two were manager and player with the New York Yankees. Strawberry didn't pl...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | September 01, 2009

Sandwich Awards: Phillies trio has the munchies

Jayson Stark

...team did that: June 4-6, 1976, against the Giants, in games started by Jim Lonborg, Steve Carlton and Jim Kaat. Moyer • But just as incredibly, Phillies pitchers had back-to-back-to...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | August 21, 2009

Three Strikes: Mauer power edition

Jayson Stark

...Sports Bureau, Moyer was the first 250-game winner to relieve a 200-game winner since Steve Carlton relieved Twins starter Bert Blyleven on April 18, 1988 (in the next-to-last appearance of...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | August 19, 2009