Chico Carrasquel
Alfonso (Colon) Carrasquel
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: January 23, 1928 in Caracas, Venezuela
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1949. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1950
Final Game: September 23, 1959
Died: May 26, 2005 in Caracas, Venezuela
Relatives: Uncle of Cris Colon and Nephew of Alex Carrasquel
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1950 22 CHW AL 141 603 524 72 148 21 5 4 46 0 2 66 46 .282 .368 .365 .733 90 191 16 5 8 *6 MVP-12,RoY-3
1951 23 CHW AL 147 595 538 41 142 22 4 2 58 14 4 46 39 .264 .325 .331 .656 79 178 13 3 8 *6 AS
1952 24 CHW AL 100 397 359 36 89 7 4 1 42 2 2 33 27 .248 .315 .298 .613 70 107 5 2 3 6
1953 25 CHW AL 149 604 552 72 154 30 4 2 47 5 3 38 47 .279 .330 .359 .689 84 198 15 4 10 *6 AS,MVP-26
1954 26 CHW AL 155 718 620 106 158 28 3 12 62 7 6 85 67 .255 .348 .368 .716 95 228 9 5 6 2 *6 AS
1955 27 CHW AL 145 598 523 83 134 11 2 11 52 1 1 61 59 .256 .335 .348 .683 82 182 10 4 4 6 0 *6 AS
1956 28 CLE AL 141 544 474 60 115 15 1 7 48 0 4 52 61 .243 .323 .323 .646 70 153 9 6 9 3 0 *6/5
1957 29 CLE AL 125 454 392 37 108 14 1 8 57 0 2 41 53 .276 .351 .378 .729 100 148 15 8 7 6 2 *6
1958 30 TOT AL 108 355 316 33 74 11 1 4 34 0 1 35 27 .234 .311 .313 .624 72 99 7 0 4 0 1 65
1958 30 CLE AL 49 173 156 14 40 6 0 2 21 0 0 14 12 .256 .318 .333 .651 81 52 4 0 3 0 1 65
1958 30 KCA AL 59 182 160 19 34 5 1 2 13 0 1 21 15 .213 .304 .294 .598 65 47 3 0 1 0 0 56
1959 31 BAL AL 114 391 346 28 77 13 0 4 28 2 3 34 41 .223 .292 .295 .587 64 102 10 1 8 2 1 64/53
10 Seasons 1325 5259 4644 568 1199 172 25 55 474 31 28 491 467 .258 .333 .342 .674 82 1586 109 38 67 19 4
162 Game Avg. 162 643 568 69 147 21 3 7 58 4 3 60 57 .258 .333 .342 .674 82 194 13 5 8
CHW (6 yrs) 837 3515 3116 410 825 119 22 32 307 29 18 329 285 .265 .339 .348 .686 85 1084 68 23 39 8 0
CLE (3 yrs) 315 1171 1022 111 263 35 2 17 126 0 6 107 126 .257 .333 .345 .679 83 353 28 14 19 9 3
KCA (1 yr) 59 182 160 19 34 5 1 2 13 0 1 21 15 .213 .304 .294 .598 65 47 3 0 1 0 0
BAL (1 yr) 114 391 346 28 77 13 0 4 28 2 3 34 41 .223 .292 .295 .587 64 102 10 1 8 2 1

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1950 22 CHW AL 603 402 69 4.6 111 .304 .282 .275 .368 .361 .365 .412 .733 .773 90 .461 -5.7 -0.5 .660 .204 .082 .0
1951 23 CHW AL 595 421 59 3.8 100 .282 .264 .265 .325 .346 .331 .389 .656 .735 79 .419 -15.7 -1.6 .574 .171 .067 3.5
1952 24 CHW AL 397 280 33 3.2 97 .266 .248 .261 .315 .341 .298 .381 .613 .723 70 .381 -14.8 -1.6 .513 .142 .050 1.3
1953 25 CHW AL 604 426 64 4.0 105 .302 .279 .273 .330 .350 .359 .402 .689 .752 84 .454 -13.2 -1.3 .582 .152 .080 2.9
1954 26 CHW AL 718 485 78 4.3 101 .269 .255 .269 .348 .345 .368 .393 .716 .738 95 .505 -3.4 -0.4 .669 .252 .113 8.8
1955 27 CHW AL 598 410 64 4.2 105 .268 .256 .270 .335 .350 .348 .402 .683 .752 82 .458 -13.2 -1.3 .618 .208 .092 1.8
1956 28 CLE AL 544 384 51 3.6 109 .264 .243 .271 .323 .353 .323 .413 .646 .767 70 .366 -21.2 -2.0 .556 .181 .080 .0
1957 29 CLE AL 454 314 51 4.4 99 .297 .276 .263 .351 .335 .378 .397 .729 .732 100 .500 1.3 0.1 .648 .202 .102 .0
1958 30 TOT AL 355 254 31 3.3 98 .246 .234 .262 .311 .331 .313 .398 .624 .729 72 .377 -11.8 -1.2 .532 .187 .079 .0
1958 30 CLE AL 173 123 16 3.5 97 .268 .256 .260 .318 .329 .333 .396 .651 .725 81 .404 -4.1 -0.4 .550 .167 .077 .0
1958 30 KCA AL 182 131 15 3.1 100 .224 .213 .264 .304 .333 .294 .401 .598 .734 65 .350 -7.8 -0.8 .515 .206 .081 .0
1959 31 BAL AL 391 292 30 2.8 96 .241 .223 .257 .292 .328 .295 .392 .587 .720 64 .300 -16.3 -1.7 .482 .168 .072 2.7
10 Seasons 5259 3668 530 3.9 103 .276 .258 .267 .333 .346 .342 .399 .674 .744 82 .431 -114.0 -11.4 .591 .190 .083 39.7
162 Game Avg. 643 448 65 3.9 103 .276 .258 .267 .333 .346 .342 .399 .674 .744 82 .431 -114.0 -11.4 .591 .190 .083 5
CHW (6 yrs) 3515 2424 367 4.1 104 .283 .265 .269 .339 .349 .348 .397 .686 .746 85 .453 -66.0 -6.7 .609 .192 .083 30.4
CLE (3 yrs) 1171 821 118 3.9 103 .277 .257 .266 .333 .343 .345 .404 .679 .747 83 .423 -23.9 -2.3 .590 .187 .088 .0
KCA (1 yr) 182 131 15 3.1 100 .224 .213 .264 .304 .333 .294 .401 .598 .734 65 .350 -7.8 -0.8 .515 .206 .081 .0
BAL (1 yr) 391 292 30 2.8 96 .241 .223 .257 .292 .328 .295 .392 .587 .720 64 .299 -16.3 -1.7 .482 .168 .072 2.7

All-Star Batting

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Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1951 CHW AL 23 as SS 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
1953 CHW AL 25 as SS 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 CHW AL 26 as SS 5 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400 1 0 0 0 0 0
1955 CHW AL 27 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 .667 1.333 2 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons (4 Appearances) 12 12 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .333 .667 4 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1950 22 CHW AL 603 0.7% 7.6% 11.0% 5.0% 20% 0.70 11.4 131.0 11.4 79%
1951 23 CHW AL 595 0.3% 6.6% 7.7% 4.7% 20% 0.85 13.8 269.0 9.3 84%
1952 24 CHW AL 397 0.3% 6.8% 8.3% 3.0% 14% 0.82 13.3 359.0 8.5 83%
1953 25 CHW AL 604 0.3% 7.8% 6.3% 6.0% 23% 1.24 11.7 276.0 11.7 83%
1954 26 CHW AL 718 1.7% 9.3% 11.8% 6.0% 27% 0.79 9.3 51.7 10.0 0.94 76%
1955 27 CHW AL 598 1.8% 9.9% 10.2% 4.0% 18% 0.97 8.9 47.5 10.1 0.87 77%
1956 28 CLE AL 544 1.3% 11.2% 9.6% 4.2% 20% 1.17 7.8 67.7 9.9 1.14 75%
1957 29 CLE AL 454 1.8% 11.7% 9.0% 5.1% 21% 1.29 7.4 49.0 6.9 1.15 74%
1958 30 TOT AL 355 1.1% 7.6% 9.9% 4.5% 22% 0.77 11.7 79.0 9.3 0.79 80%
1958 30 CLE AL 173 1.2% 6.9% 8.1% 4.6% 20% 0.86 13.0 78.0 7.4 0.70 82%
1958 30 KCA AL 182 1.1% 8.2% 11.5% 4.4% 24% 0.71 10.7 80.0 12.3 0.90 79%
1959 31 BAL AL 391 1.0% 10.5% 8.7% 4.4% 22% 1.21 8.4 86.5 12.4 1.06 77%
10 Seasons 5259 1.1% 8.9% 9.3% 4.8% 21% 0.95 9.9 84.4 9.8 0.98 79%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1954 26 CHW AL 12 0 40% 315 7 6 54% 7 7 0 0 0 0 4 0 10 16 46% 70 51 18 5 2 3 37 7 30
1955 27 CHW AL 16 0 38% 260 1 1 50% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 14 39% 50 39 11 10 8 2 29 7 22
1956 28 CLE AL 13 0 32% 210 0 4 0% 0 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 8 8 53% 22 15 7 6 2 4 19 5 14
1957 29 CLE AL 9 0 20% 191 0 2 0% 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 11 9 25% 28 23 4 1 1 0 11 2 6
1958 30 TOT AL 1 1 28% 133 0 1 0% 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 6 56% 16 10 6 3 2 1 8 0 8
1958 30 CLE AL 0 1 23% 74 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 6 50% 6 4 2 2 2 0 4 0 4
1958 30 KCA AL 1 0 32% 59 0 1 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 60% 10 6 4 1 0 1 4 0 4
1959 31 BAL AL 6 0 22% 153 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 32% 26 20 6 3 2 1 9 3 5
10 Seasons 57 1 31% 1262 31 28 53% 10 21 0 2 0 0 8 0 42 57 42% 212 158 52 28 17 11 113 24 85
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1954 26 CHW AL 718 32% 158 0 0 0 0 12 0 17 8 4 3 9 0 10 6 60% 104 9 9% 46 11 24% 349 52 15% 33 12 36% 26 7 27% 0
1955 27 CHW AL 597 28% 134 4 1 0 0 1.24 11 0 9 7 4 6 5 0 4 4 100% 91 10 11% 27 14 52% 327 44 13% 23 12 52% 29 12 41% 0
1956 28 CLE AL 544 31% 115 0 0 0 0 7 1 19 5 2 3 4 0 10 9 90% 96 9 9% 46 15 33% 310 44 14% 27 13 48% 22 9 41% 0
1957 29 CLE AL 456 30% 108 3 1 0 0 1.13 8 2 15 6 2 5 3 0 7 7 100% 97 15 15% 48 23 48% 298 52 17% 29 15 52% 28 8 29% 0
1958 30 TOT AL 348 33% 74 11 4 0 1 1.96 4 0 9 3 1 2 2 0 5 4 80% 61 7 11% 23 7 30% 213 30 14% 17 11 65% 13 4 31% 8
1958 30 CLE AL 174 36% 40 3 1 0 0 1.50 2 0 4 1 1 0 2 0 4 3 75% 38 4 11% 14 5 36% 116 20 17% 10 6 60% 8 4 50% 0
1958 30 KCA AL 174 30% 34 8 3 0 1 2.13 2 0 5 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 100% 23 3 13% 9 2 22% 97 10 10% 7 5 71% 5 0 0% 8
1959 31 BAL AL 390 30% 77 6 2 0 2 2.46 4 0 8 3 1 3 1 0 9 8 89% 60 10 17% 28 9 32% 231 27 12% 17 7 41% 16 2 13% 0
10 Seasons 3053 31% 1199 24 8 0 3 1.86 55 3 77 32 14 22 24 0 45 67 149% 509 109 21% 218 79 36% 1728 249 14% 146 70 48% 134 42 31% 8
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1950 22 141 603 524 72 148 21 5 4 46 0 2 66 46 .282 .368 .365 .733 90 191 16 5 8
1951 23 288 1198 1062 113 290 43 9 6 104 14 6 112 85 .273 .347 .347 .694 85 369 29 8 16
1952 24 388 1595 1421 149 379 50 13 7 146 16 8 145 112 .267 .339 .335 .674 81 476 34 10 19
1953 25 537 2199 1973 221 533 80 17 9 193 21 11 183 159 .270 .336 .342 .678 82 674 49 14 29
1954 26 692 2917 2593 327 691 108 20 21 255 28 17 268 226 .266 .339 .348 .687 85 902 58 19 35 2
1955 27 837 3515 3116 410 825 119 22 32 307 29 18 329 285 .265 .339 .348 .686 85 1084 68 23 39 8 0
1956 28 978 4059 3590 470 940 134 23 39 355 29 22 381 346 .262 .337 .345 .681 83 1237 77 29 48 11 0
1957 29 1103 4513 3982 507 1048 148 24 47 412 29 24 422 399 .263 .338 .348 .686 84 1385 92 37 55 17 2
1958 30 1211 4868 4298 540 1122 159 25 51 446 29 25 457 426 .261 .336 .345 .681 83 1484 99 37 59 17 3
1959 31 1325 5259 4644 568 1199 172 25 55 474 31 28 491 467 .258 .333 .342 .674 82 1586 109 38 67 19 4

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1950 22 147 608 538 68 145 21 5 4 43 0 65 48 .270 .354 .349 .703 65 141
1951 23 155 617 566 42 149 23 4 2 59 15 48 41 .263 .324 .329 .653 60 147
1952 24 105 416 378 40 96 8 4 1 46 2 36 28 .254 .322 .304 .626 37 100
1953 25 156 616 573 73 157 31 4 2 47 5 39 49 .274 .325 .353 .677 65 149
1954 26 162 747 650 114 167 30 3 13 67 7 90 70 .257 .351 .372 .723 84 155
1955 27 152 624 549 84 142 12 2 12 52 1 65 62 .259 .338 .353 .692 65 145
1956 28 147 555 493 57 118 15 1 7 46 0 53 64 .239 .319 .316 .635 49 141
1957 29 131 477 417 41 118 15 1 9 63 0 45 56 .283 .361 .388 .749 57 125
1958 30 113 372 334 36 81 12 1 4 37 0 38 28 .243 .320 .320 .640 34 108
1959 31 119 402 363 31 82 14 0 4 31 2 36 43 .226 .296 .298 .594 32 114
10 Seasons 1387 5434 4861 586 1255 181 25 58 491 32 515 489 .258 .333 .341 .674 548 1325
162 Game Avg. 162 635 568 68 147 21 3 7 57 4 60 57 .258 .333 .341 .674 64 1325

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1951 (SS)
1953 (SS)
1954 (SS)
1955 *

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1950-AL-12-6%
1953-AL-26-0%
0.06 Career Shares (1033rd)

Games Played s c a p y
1951 AL--147--7th
1954 AL--155--1st

At Bats s c a p y
1954 AL--620--4th

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1954 AL--718--1st

Runs Scored s c a p y
1954 AL--106--5th

Doubles s c a p y
1953 AL--30--9th
1954 AL--28--4th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1954 AL--85--5th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1954 AL--67--7th

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1951 AL--14--4th

Singles s c a p y
1954 AL--115--9th

Times On Base s c a p y
1954 AL--248--7th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1950 AL--5--9th
1954 AL--5--7th
1957 AL--8--5th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1956 AL--9--4th

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1957 AL--6--9th

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1953 AL--15--9th
1957 AL--15--9th

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1954 AL--8.8--7th

Outs Made s c a p y
1954 AL--485--2nd

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 1 (725), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 14 (1192), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 15 (939), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 17 (990), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  6. Wally Gerber (926)
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  8. Craig Reynolds (923)
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  1. Luis Aparicio (966) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Mike Caruso (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Marty Marion (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Marty Marion (984)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Marty Marion (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Rafael Ramirez (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Bucky Dent (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Marty Marion (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Dave Concepcion (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Rafael Ramirez (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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