Hector Carrasco

Full Name: Hector (Pacheco) Carrasco	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/175	First Game: April 4, 1994
Birthdate: October 22, 1969	MLB Experience: 11 years
Birthplace: San Pedro de Macoris, Macoris (Dominican Republic)
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

Biography[]

Héctor Pacheco (Pipo) Carrasco (born October 22, 1969 in San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic) is a Major League Baseball relief pitcher for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. He bats and throws right handed.

In a ten-season career, Carrasco has posted a 35-46 record with 18 saves and a 3.93 ERA in 557 relief appearances and six starts.

Carrasco began his major league career with the Cincinnati Reds in 1994, and has also pitched for the Kansas City Royals, Minnesota Twins, Boston Red Sox, Baltimore Orioles and Washington Nationals. His most productive season came in 2005 for the Nationals, when he was 5-4 with a 2.04 ERA in 64 appearances, allowing only 59 hits in 88 1-3 innings and limiting opponents to a .193 batting average. He was 4-3 with a 2.04 ERA in 62. 2 innings as a reliever, and 1-1 with a 2.03 ERA in 27 2.3 innings while starting five games near the season's end.

In 2004 Carrasco pitched for the Kintetsu Buffaloes of Japan's Pacific League, going 8-8 with five saves and a .5.57 ERA in 53 relief appearances. He began the 2005 season at Triple-A New Orleans Zephyrs, where he was 1-0 with four saves in eight games without allowing an earned run.

A free agent before the 2006 season, Carrasco agreed to terms with the Angeles Angels on a $6.1 million, two-year contract. The team anticipated he would compete for one spot in the starting rotation, but has been used mainly as a spot starter and has had more success as a reliever.

Scouting Report[]

Statistics[]

Pitching Stats[]

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1994	CIN	N	45	0	5	6	2.24	41	17	14	6	56.1	42	3	30	1	3	2
1995	CIN	N	64	0	2	7	4.12	64	45	40	5	87.1	86	1	46	5	15	2
1996	CIN	N	56	0	4	3	3.75	59	37	31	0	74.1	58	6	45	5	8	1
1997	KC	A	28	0	1	6	5.45	30	21	21	0	34.2	29	4	16	3	8	4
1997	CIN	N	38	0	1	2	3.68	46	25	21	0	51.1	51	3	25	2	3	4
1997	Total		66	0	2	8	4.40	76	46	42	0	86	80	7	41	5	11	8
1998	MIN	A	63	0	4	2	4.38	46	30	30	1	61.2	75	4	31	1	8	1
1999	MIN	A	39	0	2	3	4.96	35	29	27	1	49	48	3	18	0	4	1
2000	MIN	A	61	0	4	3	4.25	57	38	34	1	72	75	6	33	0	14	3
2000	BOS	A	8	1	1	1	9.45	7	8	7	0	6.2	15	2	5	1	0	1
2000	TOT	A	69	1	5	4	4.69	64	46	41	1	78.2	90	8	38	1	14	4
2001	MIN	A	56	0	4	3	4.64	70	40	38	1	73.2	77	8	30	3	7	0
2003	BAL	A	40	0	2	6	4.93	27	22	21	1	38.1	40	5	20	3	0	2
2005	WAS	N	64	5	5	4	2.04	75	23	20	2	88.1	59	6	38	7	6	6
2006	ANA	A	56	3	7	3	3.41	72	42	38	1	100.1	93	10	27	1	6	5
2007	ANA	A	29	1	2	1	6.57	33	34	28	0	38.1	44	8	23	1	3	1
Total	NL		267	5	17	22	3.17	285	147	126	13	357.2	296	19	184	20	35	15
Total	AL		380	5	27	28	4.63	377	264	244	6	474.2	496	50	203	13	50	18
Total			647	10	44	50	4.00	662	411	370	19	832.1	792	69	387	33	85	33

Fielding Stats[]

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1994	CIN	N	P	45	0	56.1	3	7	1	0	3	3	1	0	.909
1995	CIN	N	P	64	0	87.1	4	9	2	1	1	4	0	0	.867
1996	CIN	N	P	56	0	74.1	3	12	2	1	0	8	1	0	.882
1997	KC	A	P	28	0	34.2	2	6	0	0	3	1	0	1	1.000
1997	CIN	N	P	38	0	51.1	2	4	1	0	1	6	0	0	.857
1997	Total		P	66	0	86	4	10	1	0	4	7	0	1	.933
1998	MIN	A	P	63	0	61.2	9	6	0	0	1	5	1	0	1.000
1999	MIN	A	P	39	0	49	5	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	.833
2000	MIN	A	P	61	0	72	2	12	0	0	4	4	1	0	1.000
2000	BOS	A	P	8	1	6.2	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	.000
2000	TOT	A	P	69	1	78.2	2	12	1	0	4	4	3	0	.933
2001	MIN	A	P	56	0	73.2	0	5	1	0	0	4	5	0	.833
2003	BAL	A	P	40	0	38.1	5	4	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.000
2005	WAS	N	P	64	5	88.1	5	10	0	0	2	4	0	2	1.000
2006	ANA	A	P	56	3	100.1	6	19	2	2	2	2	0	0	.926
2007	ANA	A	P	29	1	38.1	4	5	1	2	1	0	0	0	.900
Total			P	647	10	832.1	50	99	12	6	20	41	12	3	.925

Batting Stats[]

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	AVG	OBP	SLG	SO	SH
1994	CIN	N	45	6	0	0	.000	.000	.000	4	0
1995	CIN	N	64	7	0	0	.000	.000	.000	4	0
1996	CIN	N	56	5	0	1	.200	.200	.200	4	0
1997	KC	A	28	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0
1997	CIN	N	38	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0
1997	Total		66	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0
1998	MIN	A	63	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0
1999	MIN	A	39	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0
2000	MIN	A	61	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0
2000	BOS	A	8	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0
2000	TOT	A	69	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0
2001	MIN	A	56	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0
2003	BAL	A	40	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0
2005	WAS	N	64	8	1	0	.000	.000	.000	7	2
2006	ANA	A	56	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0
2007	ANA	A	29	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0
Total	NL		267	26	1	1	.038	.038	.038	19	2
Total	AL		380	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0
Total			647	26	1	1	.038	.038	.038	19	2

Transactions[]

Signed as a non-drafted free agent by New York Mets (March 20, 1988).
Released by New York Mets (January 6, 1992).
Signed by Houston Astros (January 21, 1992).
Traded by Houston Astros with Brian Griffiths to Florida Marlins in exchange for Tom Edens (November 17, 1992).
Traded by Florida Marlins to Cincinnati Reds (September 10, 1993) completing trade in which Florida Marlins traded Gary Scott and a player to be named later to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Chris Hammond (March 27, 1993).
Traded by Cincinnati Reds with Scott Service to Kansas City Royals in exchange for Jon Nunnally and Chris Stynes (July 15, 1997).
Selected by Arizona Diamondbacks from Kansas City Royals (49th pick overall) in the expansion draft (November 18, 1997).
Claimed on waivers by Minnesota Twins from Arizona Diamondbacks (April 3, 1998).
Traded by Minnesota Twins to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Lew Ford (September 9, 2000).
Granted free agency (November 1, 2000).
Signed by Toronto Blue Jays (January 9, 2001).
Released by Toronto Blue Jays (March 28, 2001).
Signed by Minnesota Twins (March 30, 2001).
Granted free agency (October 19, 2001).
Signed by Texas Rangers (January 23, 2002).
Released by Texas Rangers (April 30, 2002).
Signed by Baltimore Orioles (March 1, 2003).
Granted free agency (October 27, 2003).
Signed by Washington Nationals (February 3, 2005).
Granted free agency (November 1, 2005).
Signed by Anaheim Angels (December 2, 2005).