This pitching great had an outstanding fastball, curve, and his sweeping slider fooled hitter after hitter. "Lefty" Carlton was a 10 time All-Star and won the Cy Young Award four times. In 1972, while pitching for the Phillies, Carlton had a spectacular year, winning 27 games and losing only 10. In this year he completed 30 of 41 starts and had an ERA of 1.74; while striking out 310 hitters in 346 innings. Carlton, a Hall of Fame Baseball Pitcher, played on the great Phillies teams of the 1970's and 1980's. In seven different years, his ERA was under 3.00 and three times under 2.50 with his lowest being 1.74. Carlton struck out more hitters than any left-handed pitcher in major league history. Steve Carlton's career records are 329 wins, loses 244.