IAL Hall of Fame: Steve Carlton

Steve Carlton

inducted in 1996

A charter member of the Hall, Steve Carlton has the stats to back it up.  His 214-148 record and 2,506 strikeouts were IAL career records until recently.  Steve’s 39 shutouts are second only to Greg Maddux.  Lefty won 24 games in three different seasons, his best year coming in 1982 when he posted a 24-9 record, a 1.69 ERA, allowing only 154 hits in 288 innings, striking out 266 batters.  During Carlton’s 13 years with the Cardinals, the only team he ever pitched for, he completed 167 of his 438 starts.

YEAR	CLUB	G	GS	CG	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	W	L	Sv	ShO	ERA
1975	CARDS	30	30	20	260	213		89	102	204	16	12	0	3	3.08
1976	CARDS	34	34	7	224	263	152	128	99	180	11	17	0	1	5.14
1977	CARDS	35	35	11	252	250	141	128	95	201	11	16	0	2	4.57
1978	CARDS	36	36	17	283	160	84	71	114	216	24	8	0	4	2.26
1979	CARDS	34	34	13	245	182	100	90	90	156	24	10	0	5	3.31
1980	CARDS	35	35	9	247	214	122	113	113	178	20	10	0	1	4.12
1981	CARDS	38	38	26	300	197	114	105	123	294	18	16	0	5	3.15
1982	CARDS	36	36	19	288	154	78	54	92	266	24	9	0	6	1.69
1983	CARDS	38	38	21	295	185	113	84	103	266	22	14	0	6	2.56
1984	CARDS	37	37	14	282 1/3	263	139	123	118	230	16	16	0	3	3.92
1985	CARDS	33	33	8	226	231	111	102	62	160	17	8	0	2	4.06
1986	CARDS	16	16	0	92	83	51	46	49	51	6	3	0	0	4.50
1987	CARDS	36	36	2	138	180	103	86	82	104	5	9	0	1	5.61
13	Totals	438	438	167	3132 1/3	2575	1308	1219	1242	2506	214	148	0	39	3.50