steve carlton 3,000 strikeout

Steve Rogers, 2-1, took the loss.Carlton is sixth on the career strikeout list, with 3,006. Until that point, only right-handers Walter Johnson (1923), Bob Gibson (1974), Gaylord Perry (1978), Nolan Ryan (1980) and Tom Seaver (on April 18, 1981, just 11 days before Carlton) had reached the 3,000 barrier. Only Ryan, Randy Johnson and Roger Clemens have more. To preserve these articles as they originally appeared, The Times does not alter, edit or update them.Occasionally the digitization process introduces transcription errors or other problems; we are continuing to work to improve these archived versions. Carlton, Clemens, Randy Johnson and Ryan complete the membership of the 4,000-strikeout club. At the end of that strike-shortened season, Carlton had a 13-4 record and a National League-best 8.48 strikeouts per nine innings pitched. Carlton became the first left-hander – and just the sixth pitcher overall – to record 3,000 strikeouts in a career.

''I wanted to make sure I struck out three batters tonight.The Phillies gave him a 1-0 lead in the second on a double by Gary Matthews, an infield out and Garry Maddox's sacrifice fly. In all he fanned nine and walked three, giving up nine hits. On April 29, 1981, Steve Carlton of the Philadelphia Phillies becomes the first left-handed pitcher in major league history to notch 3,000 strikeouts.

Steve Carlton became the first lefthander in baseball history to surpass 3,000 strikeouts, as he beat the Montreal Expos tonight, 6-2, for his fourth victory.victory. But when Steve Carlton fanned Montreal's Tim Wallach on April 29, 1981, in Philadelphia, the Phillies left-hander established a category all to himself. And among left-handers, only Johnson has joined Carlton in the 3,000-strikeout club. Carlton, who was 36 when he fanned Wallach, went on to pitch seven more big league seasons, winning the 1982 Cy Young Award (the fourth of his career) and finishing with 4,136 strikeouts. But when Steve Carlton fanned Montreal's Tim Wallach on April 29, 1981, in Philadelphia, the Phillies left-hander established a category all to himself. Nolan Ryan had joined the 3,000-strikeout club just two days before, and only Walter Johnson (3,508), Gaylord Perry (3,218) and Bob Gibson (3,117) ranked ahead of Ryan at the close of play on July 6, 1980. The 3,000-strikeout club remains one of baseball's most exclusive fraternities, with only 16 pitchers having reached the mark. BL-3701-84 (Anthony Neste / National Baseball Hall of Fame Library)Baseball used by Steve Carlton to record his 3000th strikeout of career, April 29, 1981 at Philadelphia vs. Tim Wallach of the Montreal Expos. Steve Carlton became the first lefthander in baseball history to surpass 3,000 strikeouts, as he beat the Montreal Expos tonight, 6-2, for his fourth victory.victory.Carlton, who has not lost this reached the milestone by striking out the side in the first inning.As a crowd of 30,142 cheered with every pitch, he got Tim Raines swinging and retired Jerry Manuel and Tim Wallach on called strikes. ''Going down to warm up I was kind of excited,'' said Carlton, a three-time Cy Young Award winner. Carlton became the first left-hander – and just the sixth pitcher overall – to record 3,000 strikeouts in a career. On July 6, 1980, Steve Carlton set the record for strikeouts by … He trails Walter Johnson (3,508), Gaylord Perry (3,293), Nolan Ryan (3,128), Bob Gibson (3,117) and Tom Seaver (3,010).TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers.This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of online publication in 1996. - B-31-81 (Milo Stewart Jr./National Baseball Hall of Fame Library)Our Cooperstown Golf Classic, in conjunction with the Hall of Fame Classic over Memorial Day Weekend, is the perfect getaway for the baseball loving golfer. They made it 2-0 in the fifth as Maddox singled, extending his hitting streak to 10 games; moved to second on a sacrifice bunt and scored on a single by Carlton.Montreal tallied in the sixth when Wallach singled, advanced on a hit by Ellis Valentine and scored when Gary Carter's grounder went into left field for a double as Mike Schmidt fell on what might have been a double-play ball to third.The Phillies wrapped it up in the seventh, when Bowa and Bob Boone singled, Carlton doubled home his second run of the game, Pete Rose was intentionally walked and Del Unser slammed a three-run pinch double. Carlton fans Tim Raines, Jerry Manuel and Tim Wallach of the  Montreal Expos in the first inning to reach the milestone. Lefty's entry into that club, with a strikeout of Eric Davis on Aug. 5, 1986 (as a Giant), came five years after he joined the 3,000-strikeout club vs. Tim Wallach on April 29, 1981. Steve Carlton of the Philadelphia Phillies. In that April 29 game against the Expos, Carlton allowed just two runs and struck out nine in a complete-game victory, improving his record on the season to 4-0.