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Lefty's Streak By The Number

Steve Carlton's 1972 15-game winning streak .

    by Bob Vetrone Jr.
    Published 

Forty years ago Friday, Phillies lefthander Steve Carlton completed his 15-game winning streak with a 9-4 victory over the Reds (right).

(Earlier this season, BoopStats touched on Carlton's masteful 1972 season from a different point of view. And we will do so again before the end of the summer.)

Here are the 18 starts that comprised Carlton's 15-game winning streak — during which he had a 1.51 ERA, a 0.92 WHIP and held opponents to a .192 batting average.