Rafael Carmona
Rafael Carmona
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: October 2, 1972 in Rio Piedras, P.R.
High School: Juano Colon (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
Final Game: June 12, 1999
    About biographical information

Standard Pitching

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Click rows to sum (Clear)
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
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 84 1.867 10.4 1.7 6.4 5.3 0.82
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 AL 0 0 3.18 4 0 1 0 0 0 5.2 3 3 2 1 2 0 6 0 0 1 22 141 0.882 4.8 1.6 3.2 9.5 3.00
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 63 2.382 14.3 2.4 7.1 0.0 0.00
4 Seasons 11 7 .611 4.94 81 4 25 0 0 2 155.0 171 92 85 24 100 11 96 5 1 8 724 99 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 99 1.748 9.9 1.4 5.8 5.6 0.96

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Click rows to sum (Clear)
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
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
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
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
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
4 Seasons 81 724 600 92 171 38 2 24 7 3 100 96 .285 .387 .475 .862 .301 285 20 5 10 9 11
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
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Click rows to sum (Clear)
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 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 19 19 36 10 0 0 4.0 5.4 4.3 84 0 1 0 0 84
2 Seasons 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

Reliever Pitching*

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Click rows to sum (Clear)
Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP 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 0.718 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 1.101 17 19 15 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 0.315 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 0.725 2 1 6 3 2 4 2 7 4 3 4 1 3.8 22
4 Seasons 81 77 25 11 4 7 2 5 29% 15 8 71 26 37% 0.926 21 25 29 28 9 40 37 40 46 14 51 10 5.4 31

Ratio Pitching*

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Click rows to sum (Clear)
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 57% 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 48% 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 41% 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 47% 5.3% 0.0% 15.8% 14.0% 44% 0.55 1.13 75% 17% 11.5% 10% 13 2 15%
4 Seasons 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

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Click rows to sum (Clear)
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 230 871 3.79 491 56% 26% 13% 27% 34% 74% 1% 41% 83% 55% 7% 17 9 18% 42 21 1 43% 3 7 0 0 0
1996 23 SEA AL 404 1548 3.83 910 59% 28% 16% 25% 32% 72% 4% 42% 78% 53% 8% 32 16 21% 83 43 6 20% 6 9 11 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 Seasons 713 2707 3.80 1568 58% 26% 15% 26% 33% 74% 3% 43% 80% 53% 8% 57 29 19% 135 71 10 25% 10 19 11 0 0
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Click rows to sum (Clear)
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 1 0 4 0
4 Seasons 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 1 0 27 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK
Year Age 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 ERA+
1995 22 2 4 .333 5.66 15 3 6 0 0 1 47.2 55 31 30 9 34 1 28 2 1 3 230 84 1.867 10.4 1.7 6.4 5.3 0.82 84
1996 23 10 7 .588 4.76 68 4 21 0 0 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 0 0 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 0 0 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 0 0 2 155.0 171 92 85 24 100 11 96 5 1 8 724 99 1.748 9.9 1.4 5.8 5.6 0.96 99

Neutralized Pitching

SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Click rows to sum (Clear) ·

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
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 3 .400 5.26 53.0 60 34 31 10 37 31 2 1.830 10.2 6.3 5.3 0.84 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 3 1 1 1 2 6 0 0.833 4.5 3.0 9.0 3.00 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 Seasons 7 9 .438 4.44 160.0 170 87 79 24 99 99 5 1.681 9.6 5.6 1.00 1.4 81

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
 View Player Links in Pop-up
 Compare Stats to Similars
  1. Brian Bass (987)
  2. Carlos Castillo (984)
  3. John Davis (984)
  4. John Briggs (984)
  5. Ole Olsen (984)
  6. Brian Edmondson (983)
  7. Mike Trujillo (983)
  8. Scott Lewis (983)
  9. Mike Ignasiak (983)
  10. Mark Hutton (983)
Most Similar by Ages 
 View Player Links in Pop-up
 Hold mouse over #'s to see names
  1. George Jeffcoat (987)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Dave Sisler (986)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Dick Marlowe (986)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Other Resources & Links

Error?     Compare     Search SABR's Baseball Index     Other Links@google.com     Baseball Library     Baseball-Almanac.com     Retrosheet     The Baseball Cube     The Baseball Page     WhatIfSports: Rafael Carmona    

Viewed 11,856 times through December 6, 2009.
Name and misspellings: Rafael rafeal raffael raphael Carmona

Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons (like '#1972', '#1970-1980-sum', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

The play-by-play information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet.