Regular-season careers from the StatVault encyclopedia — the same tables as each player's profile.
| Steve Carlton | Stat | Ted Lyons |
|---|---|---|
| 24 | Seasons | 21 |
| 128.0 | Career VAL | 113.6 |
| 14.7 (1980) | Peak-season VAL | 14.6 (1927) |
| Inducted 1994 | Hall of Fame | Inducted 1955 |
| 4× | Cy Young Awards | — |
| 1× | Gold Gloves | — |
| 10× | All-Star Selections | 1× |
| 6 | Black ink (league-leading seasons) | — |
| 18 | Gray ink (top-10 finishes) | — |
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.
| Steve Carlton | Stat | Ted Lyons |
|---|---|---|
| Career | ||
| 745 | Games | 705 |
| Batting | ||
| 346 | Hits | 364 |
| 13 | Home runs | 5 |
| 140 | RBI | 149 |
| 123 | Runs | 162 |
| 2 | Stolen bases | 0 |
| 41 | ||
| Walks |
|---|
| 73 |
| .201 | Batting avg | .233 |
|---|
| .223 | On-base % | .270 |
|---|
| .259 | Slugging % | .285 |
|---|
| 38 | OPS+ | 48 |
|---|
| Pitching | ||
|---|---|---|
| 329 | Wins | 260 |
| 244 | Losses | 230 |
| 2 | Saves | 23 |
| 5217.1 | Innings pitched | 4161.0 |
| 4,136 | Strikeouts (pitching) | 1,073 |
| 3.22 | ERA | 3.67 |
| 1.25 | WHIP | 1.35 |
| 114 | ERA+ | 119 |
| Age | Steve Carlton | Ted Lyons |
|---|---|---|
| 21 | 1 | — |
| 22 | 2.8 | — |
| 23 | 3.6 | 0.3 |
| 24 | 7.9 | 10.2 |
| 25 | 4 | 9.4 |
| 26 | 2.7 | 14.6 |
| 27 | 12.6 | 4.4 |
| 28 | 2.7 | 8.7 |
| 29 | 4.5 | 13.1 |
| 30 | 4.4 | 1.6 |
| 31 | 5.9 | 3.9 |
| 32 | 12.4 | 1.1 |
| 33 | 6.2 | 0.8 |
| 34 | 6.4 | 6.4 |
| 35 | 14.7 | 1.2 |
| 36 | 7 | 2.7 |
| 37 | 12.4 | 5.3 |
| 38 | 9 | 8.1 |
| 39 | 6.3 | 6.5 |
| 40 | 1.5 | 4.9 |
| 41 | 0 | 8.6 |
| 42 | 0 | — |
| 45 | — | 1.8 |