J.C. Romero

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Both • Throws: Left

5-11, 205lb (180cm, 92kg)

Born: June 4, 1976 in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico pr

Draft: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 21st round of the 1997 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Mobile (Mobile, AL).

High School: Berwing (San Juan, Puerto Rico)

School: University of Mobile (Mobile, AL)

Debut: September 15, 1999 (Age 23-103d, 17,592nd in major league history)
vs. TEX 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: August 22, 2012 (Age 36-079d)
vs. TEX 1.0 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2000 season

Agents: Dan Lozano

National Team: us USA (Pro)

Full Name: Juan Carlos Romero

Pronunciation: \row-MARE-oh\

Twitter: @JCRome16

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2008 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

7.8

ERA

4.16

680

661.1

526

WHIP

1.511

Summary of 59 Home Runs Allowed

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

0 leading off, 1 walk-off, 5 tying, 15 go ahead

7 Tms
MIN	38
PHI	11
LAA	3
STL	3
BOS	2
COL	1
BAL	1

Platoon
vs RHB	44
vs LHB	15

Home/Road
Away	30
Home	29

Outs
2	22
0	19
1	18

25 Opps
CLE	8
BOS	4
CHW	4
SFG	3
TEX	3
CHC	3
NYY	3
SEA	3
PIT	3
TOR	3
ARI	2
TBD	2
OAK	2
KCR	2
ATL	2
PHI	2
HOU	2
MIN	1
STL	1
ANA	1
DET	1
BAL	1
NYM	1
LAD	1
FLA	1

57 Batters
John Olerud	2
Casey Blake	2
Michael Cuddyer	1
José Cruz	1
Kelly Johnson	1
Scott Spiezio	1
Jacoby Ellsbury	1
Josh Bard	1
Cody Ross	1
Juan González	1
Manny Ramirez	1
Mark Teixeira	1
Fred McGriff	1
Adam Hyzdu	1
Brian Giles	1
Marty Cordova	1
Mike Hessman	1
Albert Pujols	1
Ben Broussard	1
Ron Coomer	1
Joe Crede	1
Ryan Ludwick	1
Alex Rodriguez	1
Steve Holm	1
Vernon Wells	1
Jay Buhner	1
Matt Downs	1
Hideki Matsui	1
Eric Young Sr.	1
Hank Blalock	1
Royce Clayton	1
Shannon Stewart	1
Aaron Rowand	1
Eric Chavez	1
Paul Konerko	1
Josh Phelps	1
Sammy Sosa	1
Prince Fielder	1
Jed Lowrie	1
Chipper Jones	1
Magglio Ordóñez	1
Ricky Ledée	1
Bob Smith	1
Albert Belle	1
Mark Quinn	1
Mike Cameron	1
Ricky Gutiérrez	1
Cody Ransom	1
Dante Bichette	1
Bernie Williams	1
Garrett Jones	1
Dave McCarty	1
Mike Lieberthal	1
Jack Cust	1
Kelly Shoppach	1
Michael Bourn	1
Omar Vizquel	1

21 Parks
Metrodome (MIN)	20
CitizensBank (PHI)	7
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	3
Rangers Bpk (ARL)	3
Progressive (CLE)	3
Fenway Pk (BOS)	3
RingCentral Col (OAK)	2
T-Mobile Pk (SEA)	2
Yankee Stad (NYC)	2
Chase Field (PHO)	2
Guaranteed (CHI)	2
VeteransStad (PHI)	1
Turner Fld (ATL)	1
Busch Stad 3 (STL)	1
Oracle Park (SFO)	1
Camden Yards (BAL)	1
Coors Fld (DEN)	1
Rogers Ctr (TOR)	1
Angel Stad (ANA)	1
Comerica Pk (DET)	1
MinuteMaidPk (HOU)	1

Where Hit
7	23
9	16
78	10
89	6
8	4

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
4	14
2	12
3	11
1	8
7+	5
5	5
6	4

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	44
2·HR gms	6
3·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	26
1--	17
-2-	5
12-	4
-23	3
--3	2
123	1
1-3	1

102 Runs
RISP	16
0 on	26
1 on	24
2 on	8
3 on	1
Any on	33

Inning
1	3
2	5
3	4
4	3
5	2
6	3
7	9
8	15
9	13
Extra	2

1-3	12
4-6	8
7-end	39

RelScore
+4..	12
+3	5
+2	6
+1	5
Tied	13
-1	6
-2	4
-3	1
-4..	7

Ahead	28
Tied	13
Behind	18

Before event,
for batter

Count
3-2	8
1-2	8
0-0	8
1-1	7
1-0	6
2-1	6
0-1	6
3-1	4
0-2	2
2-0	2
2-2	1
3-0	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
1B	10
CF	7
RF	7
LF	7
SS	6
3B	6
PH	4
C	4
2B	3
DH	3
PH/DH	2

OrderPos
4th	12
5th	11
6th	9
3rd	8
1st	6
7th	5
8th	3
2nd	3
9th	2

Leverage
High Lev	11
Medium Lev	15
Low Lev	33

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2000	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2000-07-31	Albert Belle	BAL		MIN	tied 0-0	b 1	2	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	4	9	17%	70%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); D. DeShields Scores
2	2	2	1	2000-08-11	José Cruz	TOR	@	MIN	behind 0-2	t 2	1	---	3,(1-1) FBX	1	6	8	8%	38%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
3	3	3	2	2000-08-11	Shannon Stewart	TOR	@	MIN	behind 1-3	t 3	0	---	4,(2-1) BBCX	1	1	7	9%	40%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
4	4	4	1	2000-08-16	Dave McCarty	KCR	@	MIN	tied 0-0	t 2	2	---	4,(1-2) BFFX	1	7	3	10%	55%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
5	5	5	1	2000-08-22	Bob Smith	TBD	@	MIN	tied 0-0	t 2	1	---	3,(1-1) BFX	1	5	4	9%	57%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
6	6	6	2	2000-08-22	Fred McGriff	TBD	@	MIN	ahead 1-0	t 4	0	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	4	3	14%	79%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); G. Vaughn Scores/unER
7	7	7	1	2000-09-10	Alex Rodriguez	SEA		MIN	tied 0-0	b 3	2	-23	5,(3-1) BBBCX	3	3	6	24%	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); R. Henderson Scores; M. Cameron Scores
8	8	8	2	2000-09-10	Jay Buhner	SEA		MIN	ahead 3-0	b 3	2	12-	2,(1-0) BX	3	6	9	12%	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF); E. Martínez Scores; J. Olerud Scores
2001	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
9	9	1	1	2001-04-17	Mark Quinn	KCR	@	MIN	tied 0-0	t 4	2	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	3	7	12%	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
10	10	2	1	2001-04-24	Dante Bichette	BOS		MIN	ahead 5-3	b 5	2	---	7,(3-2) FBBSFBX	1	5	7	8%	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
11	11	3	1	2001-06-10	Brian Giles	PIT	@	MIN	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	5,(3-1) BSBBX	1	3	8	10%	56%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
12	12	4	2	2001-06-10	Adam Hyzdu	PIT	@	MIN	behind 1-8	t 4	2	1--	4,(2-1) BFBX	2	6	9	4%	6%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF); K. Young Scores
13	13	5	1	2001-06-15	Ricky Gutiérrez	CHC		MIN	tied 0-0	b 2	2	---	4,(2-1) BCBX	1	6	6	11%	62%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
14	14	6	2	2001-06-15	Eric Young Sr.	CHC		MIN	ahead 1-0	b 3	1	--3	1,(0-0) X	2	1	4	12%	83%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF); J. Girardi Scores
15	15	7	3	2001-06-15	Ron Coomer	CHC		MIN	ahead 3-2	b 5	2	1--	4,(1-2) BCFX	2	4	3	19%	87%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); S. Sosa Scores
16	16	8	1	2001-06-21	Juan González	CLE		MIN	tied 0-0	b 1	1	-23	4,(2-1) BBSX	3	4	9	16%	79%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); O. Vizquel Scores; R. Alomar Scores
17	17	9	2	2001-06-21	Marty Cordova	CLE		MIN	behind 3-5	b 2	0	1--	3,(0-2) LFX	2	8	7	16%	55%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF); J. Thome Scores
18	18	10	1	2001-06-28	Royce Clayton	CHW	@	MIN	ahead 5-2	t 9	2	---	4,(1-2) CFBX	1	8	6	2%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2002	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
19	19	1	1	2002-06-22	Mike Lieberthal	PHI		MIN	behind 0-1	b 8	0	---	4,(1-2) CBFX	1	6	2	31%	60%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
20	20	2	1	2002-06-25	Paul Konerko	CHW	@	MIN	ahead 13-6	t 9	1	-2-	2,(1-0) BX	2	5	3	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); M. Ordóñez Scores
21	21	3	1	2002-09-22	Magglio Ordóñez	CHW		MIN	ahead 7-2	b 8	0	---	3,(0-2) SCX	1	4	9	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2003	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
22	22	1	1	2003-04-21	Bernie Williams	NYY	@	MIN	ahead 13-1	t 9	2	-2-	6,(3-2) BSBBFX	2	4	8	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); N. Johnson Scores
23	23	2	1	2003-05-30	Mike Cameron	SEA	@	MIN	ahead 3-0	t 9	0	1--	3,(1-1) .CBX	2	7	PH	2%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); R. Winn Scores
24	24	3	1	2003-07-05	Casey Blake	CLE	@	MIN	ahead 10-2	t 9	1	1-3	2,(1-0) BX	3	6	5	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF); M. Bradley Scores; B. Broussard Scores
25	25	4	1	2003-07-11	Scott Spiezio	ANA		MIN	ahead 3-0	b 8	1	1--	2,(0-1) 1CX	2	2	3	2%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); D. Erstad Scores
26	26	5	1	2003-08-12	Ryan Ludwick	CLE	@	MIN	ahead 6-4	t 7	2	-2-	6,(3-2) CBBS*BX	2	5	9	13%	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Gerut Scores
27	27	6	1	2003-08-31	Hank Blalock	TEX		MIN	behind 6-7	b 7	0	---	2,(0-1) .SX	1	2	5	20%	60%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
28	28	7	2	2003-08-31	Mark Teixeira	TEX		MIN	tied 7-7	b 7	0	12-	3,(1-1) BFX	3	5	9	20%	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); A. Rodriguez Scores; R. Palmeiro Scores
2004	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
29	29	1	1	2004-06-11	Ricky Ledée	PHI	@	MIN	ahead 8-6	t 9	2	-23	4,(1-2) FFBX	3	6	DH	7%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); B. Abreu Scores; J. Thome Scores
30	30	2	1	2004-09-25	Josh Phelps	CLE		MIN	behind 2-3	b 8	2	---	3,(2-0) .BBX	1	3	PH/DH	33%	53%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
31	31	3	1	2004-09-29 (1)	Hideki Matsui	NYY		MIN	behind 1-3	b 7	1	---	3,(1-1) BCX	1	6	7	14%	33%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF)
32	32	4	1	2004-09-30	John Olerud	NYY		MIN	behind 2-3	b 6	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	7	3	18%	54%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
2005	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
33	33	1	1	2005-05-04	Josh Bard	CLE	@	MIN	tied 4-4	t 9	1	---	6,(3-2) CBBCBX	1	9	2	37%	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
34	34	2	1	2005-05-29	Vernon Wells	TOR		MIN	ahead 2-0	b 8	1	---	5,(3-1) CBBBX	1	6	8	4%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
35	35	3	1	2005-06-15	Omar Vizquel	SFG	@	MIN	ahead 6-4	t 9	1	-2-	2,(0-1) CX	2	1	6	5%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); M. Matheny Scores
36	36	4	1	2005-07-29	John Olerud	BOS		MIN	ahead 4-3	b 8	0	123	4,(2-1) .BFBX	4	5	3	5%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); É. Rentería Scores/unER; D. Ortiz Scores; M. Ramirez Scores
37	37	5	1	2005-08-07	Manny Ramirez	BOS	@	MIN	ahead 8-3	t 7	0	1--	7,(3-2) CBCF*BBX	2	4	7	2%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); D. Ortiz Scores
38	38	6	1	2005-09-02	Ben Broussard	CLE	@	MIN	ahead 4-0	t 8	2	1--	4,(3-0) B*BBX	2	7	3	3%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF); R. Belliard Scores
2006	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
39	39	1	1	2006-04-19	Michael Cuddyer	MIN		LAA	tied 10-10	b 10	2	--3	2,(0-1) .CX	2	4	PH/DH	37%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF); L. Castillo Scores
40	40	2	1	2006-04-21	Eric Chavez	OAK		LAA	behind 2-3	b 7	1	1--	4,(1-2) CFB1X	2	4	5	39%	77%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); M. Scutaro Scores
41	41	3	1	2006-05-09	Joe Crede	CHW		LAA	ahead 8-1	b 7	2	---	6,(3-2) BBCFBX	1	7	5	0%	100%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
2007	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
42	42	1	1	2007-04-07	Sammy Sosa	TEX		BOS	ahead 5-3	b 6	1	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	5	DH	10%	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); M. Teixeira Scores
43	43	2	1	2007-05-30	Kelly Shoppach	CLE	@	BOS	ahead 6-2	t 8	0	---	1,(0-0) .X	1	9	2	2%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
44	44	3	1	2007-07-13	Albert Pujols	STL	@	PHI	behind 1-11	t 8	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	3	3	0%	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
2008	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
45	45	1	1	2008-05-02	Aaron Rowand	SFG	@	PHI	tied 4-4	t 10	0	---	1,(0-0) .X	1	5	8	33%	83%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
46	46	2	1	2008-05-11	Steve Holm	SFG		PHI	behind 2-3	b 7	2	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	4	2	44%	75%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); R. Winn Scores
47	47	3	1	2008-06-24	Jack Cust	OAK		PHI	ahead 3-2	b 8	2	1--	2,(1-0) B1>X	2	3	DH	12%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); R. Sweeney Scores
48	48	4	1	2008-07-02	Chipper Jones	ATL		PHI	behind 2-5	b 8	0	---	3,(1-1) ..CBX	1	3	5	8%	16%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
49	49	5	1	2008-09-08	Cody Ross	FLA	@	PHI	behind 4-8	t 8	1	1--	4,(2-1) .BBCX	2	4	PH	6%	10%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); J. Cantú Scores
2009	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
50	50	1	1	2009-06-13	Jacoby Ellsbury	BOS	@	PHI	ahead 10-6	t 9	0	---	7,(2-2) .FFBBFFX	1	2	8	1%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
51	51	2	1	2009-07-12	Garrett Jones	PIT	@	PHI	behind 1-5	t 9	0	---	5,(3-1) .BBBCX	1	3	7	2%	3%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
2010	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
52	52	1	1	2010-04-23	Kelly Johnson	ARI		PHI	ahead 6-3	b 7	0	---	8,(3-2) .BBBCCFFX	1	1	4	3%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
53	53	2	1	2010-08-06	Mike Hessman	NYM	@	PHI	behind 2-7	t 9	2	12-	3,(1-1) ...SBX	3	8	PH	1%	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); I. Davis Scores; J. Francoeur Scores
54	54	3	1	2010-08-10	Casey Blake	LAD	@	PHI	ahead 13-7	t 9	1	1--	7,(3-2) BBCCBFX	2	5	5	0%	100%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line); A. Ethier Scores
2011	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
55	55	1	1	2011-08-22	Matt Downs	HOU	@	COL	behind 1-9	t 9	0	12-	2,(0-1) .CX	3	1	PH	0%	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); H. Quintero Scores; J. Michaels Scores/unER
2012	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
56	56	1	1	2012-05-05	Jed Lowrie	HOU		STL	ahead 6-2	b 8	1	-2-	5,(1-2) CFBFX	2	5	6	1%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); C. Lee Scores
57	57	2	1	2012-05-07	Cody Ransom	ARI		STL	behind 0-7	b 6	0	1--	3,(2-0) BBX	2	5	6	3%	5%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); M. Montero Scores
58	58	3	1	2012-05-12	Michael Bourn	ATL	@	STL	ahead 5-1	t 8	0	---	1,(0-0) ..X	1	1	8	2%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
59	59	4	1	2012-08-17	Prince Fielder	DET		BAL	tied 3-3	b 8	2	1--	4,(1-2) .BCCX	2	4	3	38%	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); M. Cabrera Scores