Steve Carlton vs. Rudy Minarcin — Career Comparison

Steve Carlton
Silent GenerationFloridaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherGold GloveCy Young AwardAll-Star
Rudy Minarcin
Silent GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Steve Carlton built a career as a starting pitcher and Rudy Minarcin as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Steve Carlton posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.22 and WHIP 1.276 compared to 4.66 and 1.582 for Rudy Minarcin. By the career numbers, Steve Carlton had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Steve Carlton and Rudy Minarcin

Steve Carlton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
24
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Steve Carlton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
741
1.28
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
3.71
Steve Carlton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
709
1.22
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.69
Steve Carlton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
329
0.57
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.32
Steve Carlton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
244
0.42
Rudy Minarcin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.48
Steve Carlton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.42
57.42
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Steve Carlton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.68
95.68
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 9 Innings
18.57
18.57
Steve Carlton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
254
0.44
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.16
Steve Carlton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.09
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Steve Carlton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0
Rudy Minarcin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.16
Steve Carlton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1864
3.22
Rudy Minarcin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
88
4.66
Steve Carlton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.22
3.22
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.66
4.66
Steve Carlton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.85
4.85
Steve Carlton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.53
3.53
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.67
5.67
Steve Carlton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.255
0.255
Steve Carlton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15652
27
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 9 Innings
510
27
Steve Carlton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5217.1
9
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 9 Innings
170
9
Steve Carlton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4672
8.06
Rudy Minarcin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
169
8.95
Steve Carlton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.06
8.06
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.95
8.95
Steve Carlton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
414
0.71
Rudy Minarcin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
1.27
Steve Carlton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.27
1.27
Steve Carlton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.56
0.56
Rudy Minarcin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.34
0.34
Steve Carlton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1833
3.16
Rudy Minarcin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
89
4.71
Steve Carlton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
0.26
Rudy Minarcin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.58
Steve Carlton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.71
4.71
Steve Carlton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4136
7.13
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
3.71
Steve Carlton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.13
7.13
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.71
3.71
Steve Carlton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.58
5.58
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Steve Carlton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.144
1.144
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.935
0.935
Steve Carlton
Career
Per 9 Innings
183
0.32
Rudy Minarcin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.32
Steve Carlton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.09
Rudy Minarcin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.26
Steve Carlton
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
0.16
Rudy Minarcin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Carlton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21683
37.4
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
756
40.02
Steve Carlton
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.02
Rudy Minarcin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.48
Steve Carlton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2130
3.67
Rudy Minarcin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
107
5.66
Steve Carlton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.67
3.67
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.66
5.66
Steve Carlton
Career
Per 9 Innings
203
0.35
Rudy Minarcin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Carlton
Career
Per 9 Innings
103
0.18
Rudy Minarcin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Carlton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
287
0.5
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Carlton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.247
1.247
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.518
1.518
Steve Carlton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19491
33.62
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
662
35.05
Steve Carlton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.87
2.87
Rudy Minarcin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.53
1.53
Steve Carlton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Rudy Minarcin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Steve Carlton
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.4
37.4
Rudy Minarcin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.02
40.02

Fielding Stats for Steve Carlton and Rudy Minarcin

Steve Carlton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
24
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Steve Carlton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
741
1.28
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
3.71
Steve Carlton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
709
1.22
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.69
Steve Carlton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15652
27
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 9 Innings
510
27
Steve Carlton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5217.1
9
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 9 Innings
170
9
Steve Carlton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
109
0.19
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.53
Steve Carlton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
724
1.25
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
2.01
Steve Carlton
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.07
Rudy Minarcin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Steve Carlton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
875
1.51
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
2.59
Steve Carlton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
833
1.44
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
2.54
Steve Carlton
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.2
95.2
Rudy Minarcin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.96
97.96
Steve Carlton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.124
1.124
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.686
0.686
Steve Carlton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.68
95.68
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 9 Innings
18.57
18.57
Steve Carlton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.06
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.16
Steve Carlton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Carlton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Carlton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Carlton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Steve Carlton and Rudy Minarcin

Steve Carlton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
24
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Steve Carlton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
745
238.15
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
70
1105.26
Steve Carlton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1877
600
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 600 PA
38
600
Steve Carlton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1719
549.49
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 600 PA
32
505.26
Steve Carlton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.201
0.201
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Steve Carlton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.52
0.52
Rudy Minarcin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.54
0.54
Steve Carlton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
346
110.6
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 600 PA
6
94.74
Steve Carlton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
278
88.87
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
94.74
Steve Carlton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
15.66
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Carlton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
1.92
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Carlton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
4.16
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Carlton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68
21.74
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Carlton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.197
0.197
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Carlton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Carlton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.038
0.038
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Carlton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
96.04
30.7
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.01
31.81
Steve Carlton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
446
142.57
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 600 PA
6
94.74
Steve Carlton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
397
126.9
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
173.68
Steve Carlton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.223
0.223
Rudy Minarcin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Steve Carlton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.26
0.26
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Steve Carlton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.482
0.482
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.477
0.477
Steve Carlton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.058
0.058
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Carlton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.165
0.165
Rudy Minarcin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Steve Carlton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.354
0.354
Rudy Minarcin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.423
0.423
Steve Carlton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.255
0.255
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Steve Carlton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
123
39.32
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 600 PA
2
31.58
Steve Carlton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
140
44.75
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 600 PA
2
31.58
Steve Carlton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
250
79.91
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 600 PA
4
63.16
Steve Carlton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
91.08
29.11
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.62
41.31
Steve Carlton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
3.2
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Carlton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
13.11
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
78.95
Steve Carlton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Carlton
Career
Per 600 PA
413
132.02
Rudy Minarcin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
94.74
Steve Carlton
Career
Per 600 PA
4.54
4.54
Rudy Minarcin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.33
6.33
Steve Carlton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Rudy Minarcin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.83
0.83
Steve Carlton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
94
30.05
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Carlton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
4.16
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
15.79
Steve Carlton
Career
Per 600 PA
33
10.55
Rudy Minarcin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Steve Carlton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.64
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Carlton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.64
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Carlton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
1.28
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Carlton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50
Rudy Minarcin
Career
Per 600 PA