He played in Major League Baseball as a left-handed pitcher for six different teams from 1965 to 1988, most notably as a member of the Philadelphia Phillies with whom he won four Cy Young Awards as well as the 1980 World Series. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1994. Carlton has the second-most lifetime strikeouts of any left-handed pitcher (4th overall), and the second-most lifetime wins of any left-handed pitcher (11th overall). He was the first pitcher to win four Cy Young Awards in a career. One of his most remarkable records was accounting for nearly half (46%) of his team's wins, when he won 27 games for the last-place (59–97) 1972 Phillies. He is the last National League pitcher to win 25 or more games in one season, as well as the last pitcher from any team to throw more than 300 innings in a season. 

Carlton picked 144 runners off base, by far the most in Major League Baseball since pickoff records began being collected in 1957. Carlton had 90 career balks, the most in baseball history. Although he never threw a no-hitter, Carlton pitched six one–hitters, 11th most in baseball history. The Philadelphia Phillies retired Carlton's number 32 in 1989.

Teams
St. Louis Cardinals (1965–1971)
Philadelphia Phillies (1972–1986)
San Francisco Giants (1986)
Chicago White Sox (1986)
Cleveland Indians (1987)
Minnesota Twins (1987–1988)

Career highlights and awards
10× All-Star (1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1977, 1979–1982)
2× World Series champion (1967, 1980)
4× NL Cy Young Award (1972, 1977, 1980, 1982)
Gold Glove Award (1981)
4× NL wins leader (1972, 1977, 1980, 1982)
NL ERA leader (1972)
5× NL strikeout leader (1972, 1974, 1980, 1982, 1983)
Philadelphia Phillies No. 32 retired

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