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Carroll Sembera

Carroll William Sembera

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 155 lb.

Born: July 26, 1941 in Shiner, TX
High School: Shiner HS (Shiner, TX)
School: Trinity University (San Antonio, TX)
Signed by the Houston Colt .45's as an amateur free agent in 1961. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 28, 1965
Teams (by GP): Astros/Expos 1965-1970

Final Game: April 26, 1970
Died: June 15, 2005 in Shiner, TX
Buried: Shiner Catholic Cemetery, Shiner, TX
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Standard Pitching

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
1965 23 HOU NL 0 1 .000 3.68 2 1 0 0 0 0 7.1 5 3 3 0 3 0 4 0 0 0 30 96 1.091 6.1 0.0 3.7 4.9 1.33
1966 24 HOU NL 1 2 .333 3.00 24 0 11 0 0 1 33.0 36 11 11 3 16 0 21 0 0 3 144 116 1.576 9.8 0.8 4.4 5.7 1.31
1967 25 HOU NL 2 6 .250 4.83 45 0 15 0 0 3 59.2 66 39 32 7 19 4 48 1 0 2 269 68 1.425 10.0 1.1 2.9 7.2 2.53
1969 27 MON NL 0 2 .000 3.55 23 0 11 0 0 2 33.0 28 14 13 1 24 4 15 2 0 2 146 105 1.576 7.6 0.3 6.5 4.1 0.63
1970 28 MON NL 0 0 18.90 5 0 4 0 0 0 6.2 14 14 14 2 11 3 6 1 0 4 46 23 3.750 18.9 2.7 14.9 8.1 0.55
5 Yrs 3 11 .214 4.70 99 1 41 0 0 6 139.2 149 81 73 13 73 11 94 4 0 11 635 74 1.589 9.6 0.8 4.7 6.1 1.29
162 Game Avg. 2 7 .214 4.70 67 1 28 0 0 4 95 101 55 50 9 50 7 64 3 0 7 432 74 1.589 9.6 0.8 4.7 6.1 1.29
HOU (3 yrs) 3 9 .250 4.14 71 1 26 0 0 4 100.0 107 53 46 10 38 4 73 1 0 5 443 82 1.450 9.6 0.9 3.4 6.6 1.92
MON (2 yrs) 0 2 .000 6.13 28 0 15 0 0 2 39.2 42 28 27 3 35 7 21 3 0 6 192 62 1.941 9.5 0.7 7.9 4.8 0.60

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 gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1965 23 HOU NL 7.1 2 1 3 3.68 4.11 -0.40 0.00 88.0 3.97 0 0.0 .0 -0.0 0.1 1 .513 .500 $
1966 24 HOU NL 33.0 24 0 11 3.00 4.16 -0.45 -0.17 98.1 4.35 5 0.5 1.1 -0.0 0.8 8 .521 .503 $
1967 25 HOU NL 59.2 45 0 39 5.88 3.82 -0.51 -0.16 98.7 4.12 -12 -1.4 1.2 -0.3 -1.1 -6 .469 .491 $
1969 27 MON NL 33.0 23 0 14 3.82 4.17 -0.34 -0.18 105.3 4.57 2 0.3 1.2 -0.0 0.6 6 .512 .502 $
1970 28 MON NL 6.2 5 0 14 18.90 4.94 0.18 -0.21 105.2 4.79 -11 -0.9 1.1 -0.0 -0.9 -10 .318 .494 $
5 Seasons 139.2 99 1 81 5.22 4.05 -0.42 -0.16 99.9 4.30 -16 -1.5 1.2 -0.4 -0.5 -0 .485 .498 $
HOU (3 yrs) 100.0 71 1 53 4.77 3.95 -0.48 -0.15 97.7 4.18 -8 -0.9 1.2 -0.3 -0.2 4 .488 .498 $
MON (2 yrs) 39.2 28 0 28 6.35 4.30 -0.25 -0.18 105.3 4.60 -8 -0.6 1.1 -0.1 -0.3 -4 .477 .498 $

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
1965 23 HOU NL 2 30 27 3 5 1 0 0 0 0 3 4 .185 .267 .222 .489 .217 6 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 24 HOU NL 24 144 125 11 36 0 1 3 1 4 16 21 .288 .366 .376 .742 .324 47 3 0 2 1 0 1
1967 25 HOU NL 45 244 243 39 66 9 0 7 6 0 19 48 .272 .326 .395 .721 .312 96 4 1 3 1 4 5
1969 27 MON NL 23 146 114 14 28 4 0 1 4 1 24 15 .246 .383 .307 .690 .273 35 6 2 5 1 4 3
1970 28 MON NL 5 46 33 14 14 5 0 2 0 0 11 6 .424 .578 .758 1.335 .480 25 0 1 1 0 3 0
5 Yrs 99 610 542 81 149 19 1 13 11 5 73 94 .275 .363 .386 .749 .311 209 13 4 11 3 11 9
162 Game Avg. 67 415 369 55 101 13 1 9 7 3 50 64 .275 .363 .386 .749 .311 142 9 3 7 2 7 6
MLB Averages .246 .313 .367 .680 .275

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1965 23 HOU NL 0.1 0.0 30 -0.2 0.5 -0.7 1.16 0.2 -0.4 0.2 0.0 1.16 1.6 0 0 1
1966 24 HOU NL 2.4 0.2 152 -0.6 1.6 -2.3 .67 -0.1 -0.8 -1.0 -0.1 0.67 -1.9 6 2 16
1967 25 HOU NL -11.6 -1.2 252 -2.4 4.6 -7.0 1.31 -0.7 -1.2 -10.7 -1.2 1.31 -6.1 17 7 17
1969 27 MON NL 0.9 0.1 153 -0.2 1.8 -2.0 .83 -0.1 -0.2 0.2 0.0 0.83 -0.8 5 3 15
1970 28 MON NL -10.0 -0.9 50 -0.4 0.1 -0.6 .38 -0.7 -0.4 -12.5 -1.1 0.38 -9.0 1 1 3
5 Yrs -18.2 -1.8 637 -3.9 8.6 -12.5 .96 -1.3 -2.7 -23.7 -2.3 0.96 -16.2 29 13 52

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
1965 23 HOU NL 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 46.0 46 46 2 1 0 0 2.0 1.8 5.3
1 Yr 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 46 46 46 2 1 0 0 2.0 1.8 5.3
MLB Averages .500 56% 54 114 0 4.0 3.9 6.4

Reliever Pitching*

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
1965 23 HOU NL 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1.163 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0
1966 24 HOU NL 24 24 11 1 2 1 1 0 100% 3 1 21 9 43% 7 .670 6 2 16 4 2 18 12 12 13 7 13 4 4.1
1967 25 HOU NL 45 45 15 2 6 9 3 6 33% 10 1 37 17 46% 6 1.311 17 7 17 11 6 25 22 20 19 17 22 10 4.0
1969 27 MON NL 23 23 11 0 2 3 2 1 67% 3 0 15 6 40% 8 .830 5 3 15 3 3 17 7 16 10 7 10 6 4.3
1970 28 MON NL 5 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 9 .383 1 1 3 0 1 4 2 3 2 2 2 1 4.0
5 Yrs 99 98 41 3 10 13 6 7 46% 16 2 76 34 45% .967 29 13 52 18 12 65 43 52 45 33 48 21 4.1

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%
1965 23 HOU NL 30 67% 0.0% 13.3% 10.0% 3.3% 20% 5.00 77% 5 0 0%
1966 24 HOU NL 144 57% 2.1% 14.6% 11.1% 2.8% 11% 3.29 71% 42 3 7%
1967 25 HOU NL 267 60% 2.9% 19.7% 7.8% 6.6% 24% 2.32 77% 51 4 8%
1969 27 MON NL 146 64% 0.7% 10.3% 16.4% 3.4% 18% 1.68 68% 33 6 18%
1970 28 MON NL 46 67% 4.4% 13.0% 23.9% 15.2% 50% 2.50 54% 12 0 0%
5 Yrs 633 61% 2.1% 15.4% 12.0% 5.4% 22% 2.38 72% 143 13 9%
MLB Averages 47% 2.1% 15.6% 8.4% 6.1% 27% 1.11 73% 10%

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
1965 23 HOU NL 30 5 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 33% 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 24 HOU NL 144 36 3 1 6 1 2 0 3 10 7 1 70% 1 3 1 65 1 4 20% 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1967 25 HOU NL 244 66 7 0 8 4 2 1 5 14 7 5 50% 5 2 0 102 6 0 100% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 23
1969 27 MON NL 146 28 1 0 9 1 0 1 0 13 4 1 31% 3 2 1 63 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1970 28 MON NL 46 14 2 1 4 2 0 0 2 5 1 2 20% 0 4 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
5 Yrs 610 149 13 2 29 8 4 2 10 45 20 10 44% 9 11 2 259 11 5 69% 11 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 23
MLB Averages 49% 62%

Cumulative Pitching

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+
1965 23 0 1 .000 3.68 2 1 0 0 0 0 7.1 5 3 3 0 3 0 4 0 0 0 30 96 1.091 6.1 0.0 3.7 4.9 1.33 96
1966 24 1 3 .250 3.12 26 1 11 0 0 1 40.1 41 14 14 3 19 0 25 0 0 3 174 112 1.488 9.1 0.7 4.2 5.6 1.32 112
1967 25 3 9 .250 4.14 71 1 26 0 0 4 100.0 107 53 46 10 38 4 73 1 0 5 443 82 1.450 9.6 0.9 3.4 6.6 1.92 82
1968 26 3 9 .250 4.14 71 1 26 0 0 4 100.0 107 53 46 10 38 4 73 1 0 5 443 82 1.450 9.6 0.9 3.4 6.6 1.92 82
1969 27 3 11 .214 3.99 94 1 37 0 0 6 133.0 135 67 59 11 62 8 88 3 0 7 589 87 1.481 9.1 0.7 4.2 6.0 1.42 87
1970 28 3 11 .214 4.70 99 1 41 0 0 6 139.2 149 81 73 13 73 11 94 4 0 11 635 74 1.589 9.6 0.8 4.7 6.1 1.29 74

Neutralized Pitching

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
1965 23 0 0 5.14 7.0 5 4 4 0 3 4 0 1.143 6.4 3.9 5.1 1.33 0.0 2
1966 24 2 1 .667 3.90 30.0 38 14 13 3 17 19 0 1.833 11.4 5.1 5.7 1.12 0.9 24
1967 25 2 4 .333 5.90 58.0 72 42 38 8 21 47 1 1.603 11.2 3.3 7.3 2.24 1.2 45
1969 27 1 2 .333 4.20 30.0 29 16 14 1 25 14 2 1.800 8.7 7.5 4.2 0.56 0.3 23
1970 28 0 0 18.00 7.0 14 16 14 2 11 6 1 3.571 18.0 14.1 7.7 0.55 2.6 5
5 Yrs 5 7 .417 5.66 132.0 158 92 83 14 77 90 4 1.780 10.8 6.1 1.17 1.0 99

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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