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Bert BlylevenvsSteve Carlton

Regular-season careers from the StatVault encyclopedia — the same tables as each player's profile.

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Bert Blyleven

1970–1992 · 22 seasons

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Steve Carlton

1965–1988 · 24 seasons

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At a glance

Bert Blyleven and Steve Carlton: seasons, VAL, honors and league-leading seasons
Bert Blyleven	Stat	Steve Carlton
22	Seasons	24
142.3	Career VAL	128.0
15.3 (1973)	Peak-season VAL	14.7 (1980)
Inducted 2011	Hall of Fame	Inducted 1994
2×	All-Star Selections	10×
—	Cy Young Awards	4×
—	Gold Gloves	1×
0	Black ink (league-leading seasons)	6
17	Gray ink (top-10 finishes)	18

VAL is Value Above League — regular-season production measured against the league at the same position group (MLB VAL board). Black and gray ink count seasons from 1950 on.

Career regular season

Career regular-season statistics both Bert Blyleven and Steve Carlton have
Bert Blyleven	Stat	Steve Carlton
Career
699	Games	745
Batting
59	Hits	346
0	Home runs	13
25	RBI	140
19	Runs	123
0	Stolen bases	2
5

VAL by ageEach season plotted at the player's age that season, so careers line up by age rather than by calendar.

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Pitching
287	Wins	329
250	Losses	244
0	Saves	2
4970.0	Innings pitched	5217.1
3,701	Strikeouts (pitching)	4,136
3.31	ERA	3.22
1.20	WHIP	1.25
116	ERA+	114

Age	Bert Blyleven	Steve Carlton
19	5.3	—
20	8.2	—
21	6.2	1
22	15.3	2.8
23	10.6	3.6
24	8.9	7.9
25	9	4
26	10.7	2.7
27	7.8	12.6
28	4.7	2.7
29	4.7	4.5
30	5.4	4.4
31	—	5.9
32	4.4	12.4
33	9.3	6.2
34	11	6.4
35	4	14.7
36	4.2	7
37	0	12.4
38	11.3	9
39	0.9	6.3
40	—	1.5
41	0.4	0
42	—	0