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).
