J.C. Romero

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).