Steve Carlton Topps Baseball Rookie Card #477. SGC 4.5. Very Good-Excellent
Steve Carlton Topps Baseball Rookie Card #477. SGC 4.5. Very Good to Excellent+. A very attractive mid-grade example with strong colors, sharp edges and corners, and good centering.
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10-time All-Star Steve Carlton ranks second for both lifetime strikeouts and wins of any left-handed pitcher. He briefly held the lifetime strikeout record of any pitcher from 1982-1984, until being passed by Nolan Ryan. He was the first pitcher to win 4 Cy Young Awards. He led both the Cardinals and Phillies to World Series Championships, won a Golden Glove and the pitching Triple Crown. His most impressive statistics include leading the NL 4 times in wins, 5 times in strikeouts, and once for ERA. He’s won 20 or more games 6 times in his 24 year with 6 different teams.
Carlton was inducted on the first ballot into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1994.
