Rafael Carmona

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-2, 185lb (188cm, 83kg)

Born: October 2, 1971 in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico pr

Died: August 2, 2021 in Comerio, Puerto Rico

Buried: Cremated

Draft: Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 13th round of the 1993 MLB June Amateur Draft from Indian Hills Community College (Centerville, IA).

High School: Juano Colon HS (Comerio, Puerto Rico)

School: Indian Hills Community College (Centerville, IA)

Debut: May 18, 1995 (Age 23-228d, 16,658th in major league history)
vs. KCR 3.2 IP, 3 H, 1 SO, 3 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: June 12, 1999 (Age 27-253d)
vs. SFG 1.1 IP, 5 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1996 season

Full Name: Rafael Carmona

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.4

ERA

4.94

155.0

WHIP

1.748

Summary of 24 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 3 tying, 3 go ahead

1 Tm
SEA	24

Platoon
vs RHB	12
vs LHB	12

Home/Road
Away	14
Home	10

Outs
0	10
2	9
1	5

13 Opps
MIN	5
KCR	3
NYY	3
BOS	2
TEX	2
DET	2
TBD	1
COL	1
OAK	1
ANA	1
CLE	1
BAL	1
TOR	1

24 Batters
Marty Cordova	1
Chris Turner	1
Rod Myers	1
Greg Myers	1
Albert Belle	1
José Canseco	1
Scott Stahoviak	1
Matt Walbeck	1
Dean Palmer	1
Juan González	1
Randy Velarde	1
Gary Gaetti	1
John Olerud	1
Miguel Cairo	1
Tino Martinez	1
Wally Joyner	1
Troy O'Leary	1
Chip Hale	1
Kirk Gibson	1
Dion James	1
José Herrera	1
Travis Fryman	1
Curt Leskanic	1
Jeff Manto	1

10 Parks
Kingdome (SEA)	10
Metrodome (MIN)	3
Fenway Pk (BOS)	2
Tiger Stad (DET)	2
KauffmanStad (KAN)	2
Coors Fld (DEN)	1
Yankee Stad (NYC)	1
Rangers Bpk (ARL)	1
Camden Yards (BAL)	1
Progressive (CLE)	1

Where Hit
7	9
9	8
78	3
8	2
89	2

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
4	5
2	5
1	4
3	4
6	3
5	3

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	18
2·HR gms	3

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	12
-2-	5
12-	2
123	2
--3	1
-23	1
1--	1

43 Runs
RISP	11
0 on	12
1 on	7
2 on	3
3 on	2
Any on	12

Inning
2	1
4	2
5	1
6	3
7	13
8	2
9	2

1-3	1
4-6	6
7-end	17

RelScore
+4..	4
+3	2
+2	3
+1	5
Tied	1
-1	2
-2	4
-3	1
-4..	2

Ahead	14
Tied	1
Behind	9

Before event,
for batter

Count
1-0	5
2-1	5
0-0	4
3-2	3
1-1	2
3-1	2
0-2	1
2-2	1
2-0	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
DH	5
1B	4
3B	4
RF	3
2B	2
C	2
PH	1
PH/DH	1
P	1
LF	1

OrderPos
5th	6
4th	4
6th	3
3rd	2
7th	2
1st	2
8th	2
2nd	2
9th	1

Leverage
High Lev	5
Medium Lev	10
Low Lev	9

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1995	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1995-05-18	Gary Gaetti	KCR		SEA	behind 1-2	b 7	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	5	5	23%	52%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line)
2	2	2	1	1995-05-22	Kirk Gibson	DET		SEA	tied 8-8	b 7	0	1--	5,(3-1) SBBBX	2	5	DH	23%	88%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); C. Fielder Scores
3	3	3	1	1995-05-29	Randy Velarde	NYY	@	SEA	ahead 2-1	t 4	2	-2-	4,(2-1) BBFX	2	7	4	18%	77%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); M. Stanley Scores
4	4	4	2	1995-05-29	Dion James	NYY	@	SEA	ahead 5-4	t 6	0	-2-	3,(1-1) BCX	2	6	DH	13%	85%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); D. Mattingly Scores
5	5	5	1	1995-06-08	Jeff Manto	BAL		SEA	ahead 6-2	b 7	2	-2-	1,(0-0) X	2	7	5	3%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); H. Baines Scores
6	6	6	1	1995-06-12	Wally Joyner	KCR	@	SEA	ahead 8-5	t 6	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	3	3	6%	91%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
7	7	7	1	1995-06-16	Chip Hale	MIN	@	SEA	ahead 9-1	t 9	0	---	3,(2-0) .BBX	1	6	PH/DH	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
8	8	8	1	1995-06-30	Juan González	TEX	@	SEA	ahead 9-1	t 8	2	---	5,(3-1) BBBFX	1	4	DH	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
9	9	9	1	1995-07-16	John Olerud	TOR	@	SEA	behind 0-2	t 4	0	123	5,(2-2) BBFSX	4	5	3	24%	72%		Home Run (Fly Ball); P. Molitor Scores; R. Alomar Scores; J. Carter Scores
1996	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
10	10	1	1	1996-05-23	Troy O'Leary	BOS		SEA	ahead 3-2	b 6	1	--3	6,(3-2) SBBFBX	2	1	9	11%	89%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); J. Manto Scores
11	11	2	2	1996-05-23	José Canseco	BOS		SEA	ahead 5-4	b 7	0	---	4,(2-1) BSBX	1	4	DH	10%	87%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
12	12	3	1	1996-06-04	Albert Belle	CLE		SEA	behind 4-6	b 7	1	-2-	2,(1-0) *BX	2	4	7	28%	55%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); C. Baerga Scores
13	13	4	1	1996-06-10	Greg Myers	MIN		SEA	ahead 6-5	b 7	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	5	2	11%	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
14	14	5	2	1996-06-10	Scott Stahoviak	MIN		SEA	ahead 7-5	b 7	1	12-	1,(0-0) X	3	8	3	9%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); R. Coomer Scores; D. Hollins Scores
15	15	6	1	1996-07-02	José Herrera	OAK	@	SEA	behind 5-6	t 7	0	---	4,(2-1) ...BCBX	1	1	9	17%	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
16	16	7	1	1996-07-04	Dean Palmer	TEX		SEA	behind 2-4	b 7	2	-23	3,(0-2) CFX	3	6	5	45%	73%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); R. Greer Scores/unER; M. Tettleton Scores/unER; D. Palmer Scores/unER
17	17	8	1	1996-08-02	Travis Fryman	DET		SEA	ahead 4-2	b 7	2	123	4,(2-1) .BBCX	4	3	5	11%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); K. Bartee Scores; C. Pride Scores; M. Lewis Scores
18	18	9	1	1996-08-10	Matt Walbeck	MIN	@	SEA	ahead 6-4	t 5	0	-2-	6,(3-2) CB111FB1B.X	2	8	2	10%	88%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); D. Hollins Scores; M. Walbeck Scores
19	19	10	1	1996-08-19	Tino Martinez	NYY		SEA	behind 0-3	b 2	0	---	6,(3-2) BBBCFX	1	5	3	8%	36%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); T. Martinez Scores
20	20	11	1	1996-09-12	Rod Myers	KCR		SEA	behind 4-6	b 8	2	---	3,(1-1) .CBX	1	5	PH	11%	22%		Home Run (Fly Ball)
1997	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
21	21	1	1	1997-09-24	Chris Turner	ANA	@	SEA	ahead 8-1	t 7	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	2	9	1%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
1999	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
22	22	1	1	1999-05-25	Marty Cordova	MIN		SEA	behind 4-11	b 7	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	4	DH	1%	3%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
23	23	2	1	1999-05-29	Miguel Cairo	TBD	@	SEA	behind 4-11	t 9	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	2	4	0%	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
24	24	3	1	1999-06-09	Curt Leskanic	COL		SEA	ahead 13-10	b 7	2	12-	4,(2-1) BCBX	3	9	1	7%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); H. Blanco Scores; E. Clemente Scores