![Steve Carlton's 1972 season was one of the best since the Deadball](https://img.mlbstatic.com/mlb-images/image/upload/t_2x1/t_w1536/mlb/srhm8nvams1ancjpmhcf.jpg)
Best baseball player born every year since 1847
![Steve Carlton's 1972 season was one of the best since the Deadball](https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:1400/1*tClQpEqrOfPJ2XGc5hy3eA.jpeg)
Super Steve's Streak. It was on this date in 1972 that Steve…, by Larry Shenk
![Steve Carlton's 1972 season was one of the best since the Deadball](https://a.espncdn.com/photo/2020/0327/r683610_1296x729_16-9.jpg)
The best pitching performance ever for all 30 teams - ESPN
![Steve Carlton's 1972 season was one of the best since the Deadball](https://www.cooperstownexpert.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Warren-Giles-Steve-Carlton-letter.jpg)
Steve Carlton's 1972 season was one of the best since the Deadball Era - Cooperstown Expert
![Steve Carlton's 1972 season was one of the best since the Deadball](http://rayonsports.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Carlton1972.jpg)
MLB – Top 5 Left-Handed Pitchers of All Time «
![Steve Carlton's 1972 season was one of the best since the Deadball](https://img.mlbstatic.com/mlb-images/image/upload/t_16x9/t_w2208/mlb/mr0sjxvu3x0s86xtk2k9)
Best baseball player born every year since 1847
![Steve Carlton's 1972 season was one of the best since the Deadball](https://cdn.theathletic.com/app/uploads/2020/09/03223511/AP_691011030-scaled.jpg)
Posnanski: Tom Seaver had a little bit of everything good and that made him great - The Athletic
![Steve Carlton's 1972 season was one of the best since the Deadball](https://img.mlbstatic.com/mlb-images/image/private/t_16x9/t_w1024/mlb/zlcrhgour1wtepefp54c)
Ranking the best Cy Young Award winners
![Steve Carlton's 1972 season was one of the best since the Deadball](https://www.cooperstownexpert.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/carlton-card-e1442941332838.jpeg)
Steve Carlton - Cooperstown Expert
![Steve Carlton's 1972 season was one of the best since the Deadball](https://www.cooperstownexpert.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/carlton-contract-fleer-1.jpeg)
Steve Carlton - Cooperstown Expert
![Steve Carlton's 1972 season was one of the best since the Deadball](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/4af05cf/2147483647/strip/true/crop/512x288+0+57/resize/1200x675!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F71%2F7d%2F3d1049ded8838f219ffb4336590b%2Fsdut-file-this-feb.-27-2006-fil-20160831)
Fantasy Time Machine: Bob Welch (1990) - The San Diego Union-Tribune
![Steve Carlton's 1972 season was one of the best since the Deadball](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4J5SlE10e44/VC7OrLxDdZI/AAAAAAAABpM/30fuA_T4Jzg/s1600/Carlton%2BWins%2B27th%2BBoxscore%2BOctober%2B4%2C%2B1972%2BNYTimes.jpg)
Baseball Sisco Kid Style: Steve Carlton wins 27th game for the Philadephia Phillies October 3, 1972