Rafael Carmona

Rafael Carmona

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: October 2, 1972 in Rio Piedras, P.R.
High School: Juano Colon HS (Comerio, PR)
Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 13th round of the 1993 amateur draft.
Signed June 5, 1993. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 18, 1995
Team: Mariners 1995-1999

Final Game: June 12, 1999
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1993	20	SEA-min	A-	2	3	.400	3.79	23	0	9	0	0	2	35.2	33	19	15	1	14	1	30	1	0	4	159		1.318	8.3	0.3	3.5	7.6	2.14	BLH · NORW
1994	21	SEA-min	A+	8	2	.800	2.81	50	0	48	0	0	21	67.1	48	22	21	3	19	0	63	4	0	3	264		0.995	6.4	0.4	2.5	8.4	3.32	RVS · CALL
1995	22	SEA-min	AAA,AA	4	4	.500	4.29	23	8	15	1	1	4	63.0	63	34	30	6	22	1	54	4	3	3	271		1.349	9.0	0.9	3.1	7.7	2.45	TAC,PTC · PCL,SOUL
1995	22	SEA	AL	2	4	.333	5.66	15	3	6	0	0	1	47.2	55	31	30	9	34	1	28	2	1	3	230	85	1.867	10.4	1.7	6.4	5.3	0.82
1996	23	SEA-min	AAA	0	0		1.42	4	1	2	0	0	0	6.1	5	1	1	1	5	0	9	0	1	0	29		1.579	7.1	1.4	7.1	12.8	1.80	TAC · PCL
1996	23	SEA	AL	8	3	.727	4.28	53	1	15	0	0	1	90.1	95	47	43	11	55	9	62	3	0	4	415	116	1.661	9.5	1.1	5.5	6.2	1.13
1997	24	SEA-min	AAA	2	5	.286	3.79	32	5	19	0	0	4	59.1	52	31	25	7	35	2	56	2	2	3	263		1.466	7.9	1.1	5.3	8.5	1.60	TAC · PCL
1997	24	SEA	AL	0	0		3.18	4	0	1	0	0	0	5.2	3	3	2	1	2	0	6	0	0	1	22	150	0.882	4.8	1.6	3.2	9.5	3.00

1998	25	SEA-min	A+,AA	0	4	.000	9.99	8	8	0	0	0	0	24.1	30	28	27	5	11	0	22	1	4	2	112		1.685	11.1	1.8	4.1	8.1	2.00	LNR,ORL · CALL,SOUL
1999	26	SEA-min	AAA	1	3	.250	3.53	27	0	9	0	0	2	43.1	39	18	17	6	20	0	38	1	0	2	185		1.362	8.1	1.2	4.2	7.9	1.90	TAC · PCL
1999	26	SEA	AL	1	0	1.000	7.94	9	0	3	0	0	0	11.1	18	11	10	3	9	1	0	0	0	0	57	64	2.382	14.3	2.4	7.1	0.0	0.00
2000	27	SEA-min	AAA	0	1	.000	20.25	3	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	12	9	9	3	2	0	1	0	1	1	26		3.500	27.0	6.8	4.5	2.2	0.50	TAC · PCL
4 Yrs				11	7	.611	4.94	81	4	25	0	0	2	155.0	171	92	85	24	100	11	96	5	1	8	724	100	1.748	9.9	1.4	5.8	5.6	0.96
162 Game Avg.				9	6	.611	4.94	65	3	20	0	0	2	124	137	74	68	19	80	9	77	4	1	6	579	100	1.748	9.9	1.4	5.8	5.6	0.96

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1995	22	SEA	AL	47.2	15	3	31	5.85	4.94	0.08	-0.23	102.5	4.74	-6	-0.5	.9	-0.1	-0.2	-0	.464	.497	$109,000
1996	23	SEA	AL	90.1	53	1	47	4.68	5.37	0.31	-0.37	99.8	4.68	-1	-0.1	1.3	-0.2	0.5	12	.498	.499	$125,000
1997	24	SEA	AL	5.2	4	0	3	4.76	4.93	0.03	-0.37	99.0	4.48	-0	-0.0	.6	-0.0	0.0	1	.495	.500	$

1999	26	SEA	AL	11.1	9	0	11	8.74	4.81	-0.44	-0.35	110.5	5.41	-4	-0.4	.8	0.0	-0.2	-3	.459	.498	$
4 Seasons				155.0	81	4	92	5.34	5.18	0.18	-0.33	101.4	4.74	-12	-1.1	1.1	-0.3	0.1	10	.487	.498	$234,000

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE
1995	22	SEA	AL	15	230	188	31	55	14	2	9	2	1	34	28	.293	.397	.532	.929	.295	100	6	2	1	5	1	3
1996	23	SEA	AL	53	415	348	47	95	18	0	11	4	2	55	62	.273	.375	.420	.795	.303	146	12	3	7	2	9	7
1997	24	SEA	AL	4	22	20	3	3	1	0	1	1	0	2	6	.150	.227	.350	.577	.154	7	0	0	0	0	0	0

1999	26	SEA	AL	9	57	44	11	18	5	0	3	0	0	9	0	.409	.491	.727	1.218	.349	32	2	0	2	2	1	0
4 Yrs				81	724	600	92	171	38	2	24	7	3	100	96	.285	.387	.475	.862	.301	285	20	5	10	9	11	10
162 Game Avg.				65	579	480	74	137	30	2	19	6	2	80	77	.285	.387	.475	.862	.301	228	16	4	8	7	9	8
MLB Averages																.268	.339	.424	.763	.301

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1995	22	SEA	AL	-3.8	-0.4	236	-0.8	2.7	-3.4	.72	-1.0	-0.1	-7.6	-0.7	0.72	-12.6	2	3	7
1996	23	SEA	AL	6.7	0.6	425	0.6	8.2	-7.6	1.12	-0.0	0.5	1.1	0.1	1.12	1.4	17	19	14
1997	24	SEA	AL	0.6	0.1	24	0.0	0.1	-0.1	.32	-0.0	0.0	-1.6	-0.2	0.32	-0.4	0	2	1

1999	26	SEA	AL	-3.4	-0.3	58	-0.2	0.5	-0.6	.73	-0.6	0.4	-4.2	-0.4	0.73	-5.5	2	1	6
4 Yrs				0.1	0.0	743	-0.3	11.5	-11.8	.94	-1.7	1.3	-12.3	-1.1	0.94	-17.1	21	25	28

Starting Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Wgs	Lgs	ND	Wchp	Ltuf	Wtm	Ltm	tmW-L%	Wlst	Lsv	CG	SHO	QS	QS%	GmScA	Best	Wrst	BQR	BQS	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS	Pit/GS	<80	80-99	100-119	≥120	Max
1995	22	SEA	AL	15	3	0	2	1	0	0	1	2	.333	0	1	0	0	0	0%	26.0	34	22	6	1	0	1	5.9	5.7	3.9	80	1	2	0	0	92
1996	23	SEA	AL	53	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	19.0	19	19	36	10	0	0	4.0	5.4	4.3	84	0	1	0	0	84
2 Yrs				68	4	0	3	1	0	0	1	3	.250	0	1	0	0	0	0%	24	34	19	42	11	0	1	5.4	5.6	4.0	81	1	3	0	0	92
MLB Averages													.500						47%	48	105	-21					4.9	4.9	6.0	96

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
1995	22	SEA	AL	15	12	6	2	2	2	1	1	50%	2	0	15	8	53%	5	.719	2	3	7	3	1	8	8	4	11	1	11	1	9.0	53
1996	23	SEA	AL	53	52	15	8	2	5	1	4	20%	13	8	48	15	31%	7	1.119	17	19	14	21	5	26	26	26	30	10	35	8	5.0	29
1997	24	SEA	AL	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	3	3	100%	3	.318	0	2	1	1	1	2	1	3	1	0	1	0	4.3	23

1999	26	SEA	AL	9	9	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	5	0	0%	9	.734	2	1	6	3	2	4	2	7	4	3	4	1	3.8	22
4 Yrs				81	77	25	11	4	7	2	5	29%	15	8	71	26	37%		.937	21	25	28	28	9	40	37	40	46	14	51	10	5.4	31

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1995	22	SEA	AL	230	43%	3.9%	12.2%	14.8%	10.9%	46%	0.81	1.21	68%	23%	11.3%	12%	49	6	12%
1996	23	SEA	AL	415	52%	2.7%	14.9%	13.3%	7.0%	31%	0.78	1.05	67%	21%	7.7%	12%	98	12	12%
1997	24	SEA	AL	22	59%	4.6%	27.3%	9.1%	9.1%	67%	0.40	0.38	59%	14%	11.1%	10%	2	0	0%

1999	26	SEA	AL	57	53%	5.3%	0.0%	15.8%	14.0%	44%	0.55	1.13	75%	17%	11.5%	10%	13	2	15%
4 Yrs				724	50%	3.3%	13.3%	13.8%	8.8%	37%	0.75	1.07	68%	21%	9.3%	12%	162	20	12%
MLB Averages					45%	2.7%	16.6%	9.1%	7.8%	33%	0.81	1.10	70%	21%	8.2%	15%			10%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1st%	30%	30c	30s	02%	02c	02s	02h	L/SO	3pK	4pW	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1995	22	SEA	AL	231	873	3.78	493	56%	27%	13%	27%	34%	73%	1%	41%	83%	55%	7%	17	9	18%	42	21	1	43%	3	7	-1	0	0
1996	23	SEA	AL	406	1554	3.83	914	59%	28%	16%	25%	31%	72%	4%	42%	78%	53%	8%	32	16	20%	83	43	6	20%	6	9	9	0	0
1997	24	SEA	AL	22	91	4.14	54	59%	15%	20%	39%	26%	85%	0%	51%	76%	32%	9%	2	1	23%	5	3	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0

1999	26	SEA	AL	57	197	3.46	113	57%	20%	10%	27%	42%	80%	5%	46%	88%	49%	11%	6	3	9%	5	4	3		0	2	0	0	0
4 Yrs				716	2715	3.79	1574	58%	27%	15%	26%	33%	73%	3%	43%	80%	53%	8%	57	29	19%	135	71	10	25%	10	19	8	0	0
MLB Averages						3.71		61%	26%	15%	27%	32%	74%	2%	45%	80%	57%	6%			19%				28%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
1995	22	SEA	AL	230	55	2	0	9	1	12	4	5	6	3	16	11	0	69%	3	3	1	96	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	0
1996	23	SEA	AL	415	95	6	0	11	1	21	4	7	2	9	21	9	0	43%	7	4	0	176	4	2	67%	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	9	0
1997	24	SEA	AL	22	3	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	100%	0	1	0	3	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

1999	26	SEA	AL	57	18	1	1	3	0	4	3	0	1	2	5	3	0	60%	0	0	0	23	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
4 Yrs				724	171	9	1	24	2	39	12	12	10	14	43	24	1	56%	10	8	1	298	7	3	70%	7	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	27	0
MLB Averages																		54%							69%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1995	22	2	4	.333	5.66	15	3	6	1	47.2	55	31	30	9	34	1	28	2	1	3	230	85	1.867	10.4	1.7	6.4	5.3	0.82	85
1996	23	10	7	.588	4.76	68	4	21	2	138.0	150	78	73	20	89	10	90	5	1	7	645	103	1.732	9.8	1.3	5.8	5.9	1.01	103
1997	24	10	7	.588	4.70	72	4	22	2	143.2	153	81	75	21	91	10	96	5	1	8	667	104	1.698	9.6	1.3	5.7	6.0	1.05	104
1998	25	10	7	.588	4.70	72	4	22	2	143.2	153	81	75	21	91	10	96	5	1	8	667	104	1.698	9.6	1.3	5.7	6.0	1.05	104
1999	26	11	7	.611	4.94	81	4	25	2	155.0	171	92	85	24	100	11	96	5	1	8	724	100	1.748	9.9	1.4	5.8	5.6	0.96	100

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1995	22	2	4	.333	5.17	54.0	59	34	31	10	36	32	2	1.759	9.8	6.0	5.3	0.89	1.7	15
1996	23	5	5	.500	3.80	90.0	90	42	38	10	52	62	3	1.578	9.0	5.2	6.2	1.19	1.0	53
1997	24	0	0		1.50	6.0	2	1	1	1	1	7	0	0.500	3.0	1.5	10.5	7.00	1.5	4

1999	26	0	1	.000	7.36	11.0	17	10	9	3	8	0	0	2.273	13.9	6.5	0.0	0.00	2.5	9
4 Yrs		7	10	.412	4.42	161.0	168	87	79	24	97	101	5	1.646	9.4		5.6	1.04	1.3	81

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