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Our first take on the Steve Carlton trade: Cardinals $57,500 salary offer was 'reasonable
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February 25, 1972 - The Cardinals trade pitcher Steve Carlton to the Phillies for pitcher Rick Wise. Carlton will go on to win 241 games and four Cy Young Awards for the Phillies. : r/baseball
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Philadelphia Phillies: Power Ranking the 10 Best Trades in Team History, News, Scores, Highlights, Stats, and Rumors
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Ranking the top 10 Phillies trades of all time
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February 25, 1972 - The Cardinals trade pitcher Steve Carlton to the Phillies for pitcher Rick Wise. Carlton will go on to win 241 games and four Cy Young Awards for the Phillies. : r/baseball
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Each MLB team's best trade ever
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How baseball changed forever in 1972: A timeline of MLB's most memorable events, 50 years later
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TIL that in 1972, the Cardinals traded Steve Carlton to the Phillies for Rick Wise over a salary dispute. The Cardinals paid Wise what Carlton was seeking. That season, Carlton won 27
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Steve Carlton, Rick Wise trade memories
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Phillies trading Rick Wise for Steve Carlton 50 years ago was a steal