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Carlos Carrasco

Carlos Luis Carrasco

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: March 21, 1987 in Barquisimeto, Lara, Venezuela
High School:
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 2003. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 1, 2009
Team: Indians 2009-2011
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$489k (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 1.067, Arb Eligible: 2014, Free Agent: 2017 [*],
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	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
2004	17	PHI-min	Rk	5	4	.556	3.56	11	8	0	0	48.0	53	23	19	2	15	0	34	3	0	2	212		1.417	9.9	0.4	2.8	6.4	2.27	CLR · GULF
2005	18	PHI-min	A,A-,Rk	1	10	.091	7.92	19	19	1	0	83.0	110	76	73	19	34	0	60	13	3	4	399		1.735	11.9	2.1	3.7	6.5	1.76	LWD,BAT,CLR · SALL,NYPL,GULF
2006	19	PHI-min	A	12	6	.667	2.26	26	26	2	0	159.1	103	50	40	6	65	0	159	9	2	12	643		1.054	5.8	0.3	3.7	9.0	2.45	LWD · SALL
2007	20	PHI-min	AA,A+	12	6	.667	3.86	26	25	2	2	140.0	114	64	60	17	68	0	102	11	2	2	598		1.300	7.3	1.1	4.4	6.6	1.50	REA,CLW · EL,FLOR
2008	21	PHI-min	AA,AAA	9	9	.500	3.69	26	25	1	0	151.1	146	73	62	14	58	1	155	7	2	10	648		1.348	8.7	0.8	3.4	9.2	2.67	REA,LHV · EL,IL
2009	22	PHI-CLE-min	AAA	11	10	.524	4.64	26	26	0	0	157.0	149	91	81	17	45	0	148	7	0	5	667		1.236	8.5	1.0	2.6	8.5	3.29	LHV,CLB · IL
2009	22	CLE	AL	0	4	.000	8.87	5	5	0	0	22.1	40	23	22	6	11	1	11	0	1	0	112	49	2.284	16.1	2.4	4.4	4.4	1.00
2010	23	CLE-min	AAA	10	6	.625	3.65	25	25	0	0	150.1	139	69	61	16	46	0	133	7	0	1	624		1.231	8.3	1.0	2.8	8.0	2.89	CLB · IL
2010	23	CLE	AL	2	2	.500	3.83	7	7	1	0	44.2	47	20	19	6	14	1	38	1	0	1	188	104	1.366	9.5	1.2	2.8	7.7	2.71
2011	24	CLE-min	AA	0	0		9.82	1	1	0	0	3.2	4	4	4	1	3	0	3	1	0	1	19		1.909	9.8	2.5	7.4	7.4	1.00	AKR · EL
2011	24	CLE	AL	8	9	.471	4.62	21	21	1	0	124.2	130	68	64	15	40	3	85	4	0	3	536	85	1.364	9.4	1.1	2.9	6.1	2.13
3 Yrs				10	15	.400	4.93	33	33	2	0	191.2	217	111	105	27	65	5	134	5	1	4	836	81	1.471	10.2	1.3	3.1	6.3	2.06
162 Game Avg.				10	15	.400	4.93	34	34	2	0	198	224	114	108	28	67	5	138	5	1	4	861	81	1.471	10.2	1.3	3.1	6.3	2.06

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	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
2009	22	CLE	AL	22.1	5	5	23	9.27	4.76	-0.17	0.18	95.1	4.86	-11	-0.9	-0.0	-0.7	-8	.317	.494	$
2010	23	CLE	AL	44.2	7	7	20	4.03	4.63	-0.11	0.17	94.9	4.66	3	0.3	-0.0	0.7	8	.543	.502	$
2011	24	CLE	AL	124.2	21	21	68	4.91	4.42	-0.11	0.16	94.9	4.44	-7	-0.7	-0.1	0.3	8	.467	.496	$415,800
3 Seasons				191.2	33	33	111	5.21	4.51	-0.11	0.16	94.9	4.54	-15	-1.3	-0.1	0.3	8	.461	.497	$415,800

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
2009	22	CLE	AL	5	112	100	23	40	9	0	6	3	3	11	11	.400	.455	.670	1.125	.405	67	0	0	0	1	1	2
2010	23	CLE	AL	7	188	170	20	47	13	2	6	5	6	14	38	.276	.333	.482	.816	.323	82	4	1	2	1	1	3
2011	24	CLE	AL	21	536	482	68	130	27	2	15	6	3	40	85	.270	.326	.427	.754	.296	206	7	4	3	7	3	3
3 Yrs				33	836	752	111	217	49	4	27	14	12	65	134	.289	.345	.472	.817	.317	355	11	5	5	9	5	8
162 Game Avg.				34	861	775	114	224	50	4	28	14	12	67	138	.289	.345	.472	.817	.317	366	11	5	5	9	5	8
MLB Averages																.258	.326	.407	.733	.297

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI
2009	22	CLE	AL	-11.5	-1.0	121	-1.2	1.3	-2.5	.84	-1.7	0.3	-11.8	-1.0	0.84	-17.4
2010	23	CLE	AL	1.0	0.1	198	0.3	3.8	-3.5	1.09	-0.4	0.7	2.1	0.2	1.09	-4.4
2011	24	CLE	AL	-8.4	-0.8	548	-0.7	8.7	-9.4	.98	-0.3	-0.4	-8.0	-0.8	0.98	-5.8
3 Yrs				-19.0	-1.7	867	-1.6	13.9	-15.4	.99	-2.4	0.8	-17.7	-1.6	0.99	-27.6

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
2009	22	CLE	AL	5	5	0	4	1	0	0	0	5	.000	0	1	0	0	0	0%	31.0	40	17	2	0	0	4	3.8	1.8	4.5	80	3	2	0	0	93
2010	23	CLE	AL	7	7	2	2	3	0	1	3	4	.429	1	0	1	0	6	86%	52.6	69	42	2	1	0	2	3.9	4.8	6.4	97	0	4	3	0	106
2011	24	CLE	AL	21	21	8	9	4	2	3	9	12	.429	0	2	1	0	12	57%	48.9	82	16	8	2	0	12	4.1	4.2	5.9	94	3	9	9	0	112
3 Yrs				33	33	10	15	8	2	4	12	21	.364	1	3	2	0	18	55%	47	82	16	12	3	0	18	4.0	4.1	5.8	92	6	15	12	0	112
MLB Averages													.500						52%	50	100	-8					4.5	4.5	5.9	96

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%
2009	22	CLE	AL	112	52%	5.4%	9.8%	9.8%	13.4%	38%	0.89	1.74	75%	33%	13.3%	4%	26	0	0%
2010	23	CLE	AL	188	49%	3.2%	20.2%	7.5%	11.2%	45%	1.32	2.10	68%	16%	11.5%	9%	28	4	14%
2011	24	CLE	AL	536	46%	2.8%	15.9%	7.5%	8.2%	34%	0.99	1.38	73%	17%	8.6%	12%	105	7	7%
3 Yrs				836	48%	3.2%	16.0%	7.8%	9.6%	37%	1.04	1.55	72%	19%	9.9%	10%	159	11	7%
MLB Averages					46%	2.6%	18.4%	8.5%	7.6%	33%	0.80	1.07	69%	19%	7.5%	13%			11%

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
2009	22	CLE	AL	113	400	3.54	240	60%	25%	12%	25%	38%	75%	3%	45%	84%	56%	6%	7	3	13%	15	11	3	18%	3	3	-1	0	0
2010	23	CLE	AL	191	681	3.57	434	64%	28%	18%	24%	31%	72%	2%	46%	76%	57%	6%	11	5	15%	29	17	1	16%	2	5	-3	0	0
2011	24	CLE	AL	536	1964	3.66	1255	64%	24%	14%	29%	32%	76%	1%	48%	81%	58%	5%	28	16	23%	125	72	6	15%	16	10	0	0	0
3 Yrs				840	3045	3.63	1929	63%	25%	15%	27%	33%	75%	1%	47%	80%	58%	5%	46	24	20%	169	100	10	16%	21	18	-4	0	0
MLB Averages						3.82		63%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	45%	79%	59%	5%			23%				25%

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
2009	22	CLE	AL	112	40	4	1	6	0	1	3	3	3	3	10	9	1	90%	2	0	0	51	3	3	50%	3	3	0	0	0	0	4	2	2	0
2010	23	CLE	AL	188	47	5	0	6	0	2	6	0	2	4	7	4	2	57%	3	1	0	65	5	6	45%	4	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	0
2011	24	CLE	AL	536	130	12	4	15	1	10	5	10	9	6	29	19	3	66%	3	3	0	183	6	3	67%	6	3	0	0	0	0	2	2	15	0
3 Yrs				836	217	21	5	27	1	13	14	13	14	13	46	32	6	70%	8	4	0	299	14	12	54%	13	11	0	1	1	0	6	4	20	0
MLB Averages																		52%							72%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	CG	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+
2009	22	0	4	.000	8.87	5	5	0	22.1	40	23	22	6	11	1	11	0	1	0	112	49	2.284	16.1	2.4	4.4	4.4	1.00	49
2010	23	2	6	.250	5.51	12	12	1	67.0	87	43	41	12	25	2	49	1	1	1	300	74	1.672	11.7	1.6	3.4	6.6	1.96	74
2011	24	10	15	.400	4.93	33	33	2	191.2	217	111	105	27	65	5	134	5	1	4	836	81	1.471	10.2	1.3	3.1	6.3	2.06	81

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
2009	22	0	2	.000	9.90	20.0	40	24	22	6	11	10	0	2.550	18.0	5.0	4.5	0.91	2.7	5
2010	23	2	2	.500	4.61	41.0	50	23	21	6	15	35	1	1.585	11.0	3.3	7.7	2.33	1.3	7
2011	24	5	8	.385	5.42	118.0	136	79	71	16	42	80	4	1.508	10.4	3.2	6.1	1.90	1.2	21
3 Yrs		7	12	.368	5.73	179.0	226	126	114	28	68	125	5	1.642	11.4		6.3	1.84	1.4	33

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