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Full Name: Juan Carlos Romero Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 5' 11"/195 First Game: September 15, 1999
Birthdate: June 4, 1976 MLB Experience: 8 years
Birthplace: Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico
Bat/Throw: Both/Left

Biography[]

Born on June 4, 1976 in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico, J.C. Romero (Juan Carlos Romero) played for the Minnesota Twins and Anaheim Angels over the course of his 8 year career. Romero broke into the bigs on September 15, 1999 with the Minnesota Twins, and put up a 7.02 ERA in 57.2 innings pitched in 2000, his rookie year.

Most people believe that J.C. Romero's best season was 2002, when he posted a 1.89 ERA and struck out 76 batters.

Scouting Report[]

Romero has not really lived up to the one ridiculously good season he had as a reliever with the Twins in 2002, where he went 9-2 with a 1.89 ERA.

Statistics[]

Pitching Stats[]

Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP
1999 MIN A 5 0 0 0 3.72 4 4 4 0 0 0 9.2 13 0 0 0 0 0
2000 MIN A 12 11 2 7 7.02 50 51 45 0 0 0 57.2 72 8 30 0 2 1
2001 MIN A 14 11 1 4 6.23 39 48 45 0 0 0 65 71 10 24 1 1 1
2002 MIN A 81 0 9 2 1.89 76 17 17 0 0 1 81 62 3 36 4 9 4
2003 MIN A 73 0 2 0 5.00 50 37 35 0 0 0 63 66 7 42 7 9 6
2004 MIN A 74 0 7 4 3.51 69 32 29 0 0 1 74.1 61 4 38 6 5 5
2005 MIN A 68 0 4 3 3.47 48 26 22 0 0 0 57 50 6 39 8 1 6
2006 ANA A 65 0 1 2 6.70 31 40 36 0 0 0 48.1 57 3 28 2 1 1
2007 BOS A 23 0 1 0 3.15 11 7 7 0 0 1 20 24 2 15 3 0 0
2007 PHI N 51 0 1 2 1.24 31 5 5 0 0 0 36.1 14 1 25 2 4 2
2007 Total 74 0 2 2 1.92 42 12 12 0 0 1 56.1 39 3 40 5 4 2
Total NL 51 0 1 2 1.24 31 5 5 0 0 0 36.1 14 1 25 2 4 2
Total AL 415 22 27 22 4.54 378 262 240 0 0 3 476 476 43 252 31 28 24
Total 466 22 28 24 4.30 409 267 245 0 0 3 512.1 491 44 277 33 32 26

Fielding Stats[]

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1999 MIN A P 5 0 9.2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .667
2000 MIN A P 12 11 57.2 6 10 0 0 0 1 4 2 0 1.000
2001 MIN A P 14 11 65 9 11 2 0 0 0 1 3 2 .909
2002 MIN A P 81 0 81 5 9 0 2 0 0 4 3 0 1.000
2003 MIN A P 73 0 63 8 12 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 .909
2004 MIN A P 74 0 74.1 7 8 0 2 0 1 2 1 0 1.000
2005 MIN A P 68 0 57 7 10 3 0 0 1 5 1 0 .850
2006 ANA A P 65 0 48.1 7 3 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 1.000
2007 BOS A P 23 0 20 2 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .833
2007 PHI N P 51 0 36.1 4 7 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 1.000
2007 Total P 74 0 56.1 6 10 1 0 0 0 4 2 1 .941
Total P 466 22 512.1 56 74 9 7 0 4 23 14 5 .935

Batting Stats[]

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1999 MIN A 5 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 MIN A 12 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 MIN A 14 2 1 1 0 0 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 MIN A 81 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 MIN A 73 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
2004 MIN A 74 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 MIN A 68 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 ANA A 65 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 BOS A 23 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 STL N 51 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 Total 74 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total NL 51 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total AL 415 3 1 1 0 0 .333 .333 .667 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Total 466 4 1 1 0 0 .250 .250 .500 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

Transactions[]

  • Selected by Minnesota Twins in the 21st round of the free-agent draft (June 3, 1997 - signed June 8, 1997).
  • Traded by Minnesota Twins to Anaheim Angels in exchange for Alexi Casilla (December 9, 2005).
  • Granted free agency (October 31, 2006).
  • Signed by Boston Red Sox (December 15, 2006).

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