Biography Of 1977 Nl Cy Young Award Winner Steve Carlton

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Steve Carlton was born in Miami, Florida in 1944. Carlton is a famous professional baseball player that spent time with 6 different teams over the course of his career. Carlton was a pitcher that a tremendous amount of success over the course of his lengthy career. He pitched from 1965 until 1988 and found his way into the Hall of Fame after his career was finished. Over the course of his career he amassed 329 wins and struck out more than 4100 strikeouts. Because of the accomplishments over the course of his career he was voted in by about 96 percent of voters on his first ballot in 1994.

Carlton’s career started in St. Louis with the Cardinals. From early on in his career he was a dominant pitcher. In each of his first two seasons he managed to put up winning records. He was a World Series pitcher in both of his first two years and was an instant success in St. Louis. One of the most memorable moments for Durant during his time at St. Louis had to be his 19 strikeout game against the New York Mets. This was actually a losing performance for Carlton, but it was a record-breaking performance for the star as no player ...
... had struck out that many batters in a game before 1969.

He was fantastic that season, earning 17 wins and posting a 2.17 ERA on the season with 210 strikeouts. Two years later he had the first 20 win season of his career, going 20-9 with the Cardinals in 1971 with a 3.56 ERA.

Unfortunately for St. Louis, Carlton was on his way out away from the Cardinals. Carlton had a dispute over his contract with the Cardinals and the owner of St. Louis demanded that the star pitcher be traded away from the organization. He was traded for Rick Wise in what would be considered one of the worst deals in the history of the Cardinals’ organization.

The Cardinals had Wise for just 2 more seasons as he moved on after that for the rest of his career. Carlton was the best pitcher in the league after being traded to Philadelphia. In his first season with the Phillies he had 27 wins, 30 complete games, 310 strikeouts and a 1.97 ERA. The amazing thing is that he was playing for a team that won just 59 games. His 27 wins represented the highest percentage of a team’s wins from a pitcher in Major League history.

Carlton pitched with the Phillies for 15 seasons and helped them with 4 Cy Young Awards for his amazing pitching performances throughout his time there. In 1980 he helped the team get to the World Series where they would win the 2nd World Series Championship of his career.

Over the course of his career he was an All-Star 10 different times and even won a Gold Glove Award in 1981. He was one of the greatest pitchers of all-time and he will be remembered as the face of the Phillies during his time with the team.

AUTHOR:-
Kristopher Dillon writes reviews on various sporting events including the different sportsbook websites. In this piece of write up, the author highlights on some of legends of MLB and MLB Betting odds. The author also takes the readers thought on how to bet on baseball.