Carlos Zambrano
Carlos Alberto Zambrano (Big Z and El Toro)
All-Star Player
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5" , Weight: 250 lb.

Born: June 1, 1981 in Puerto Cabello, Venezuela
High School: U. E. Creacion (Carabobo, VE)
Signed
by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1997. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 20, 2001
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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
2001 20 CHC NL 6 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
2002 21 CHC NL 31 32 30 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 .033 .033 .067 .100 -74 2 0 0 2 0 0 1
2003 22 CHC NL 30 80 75 9 18 5 0 2 6 0 0 1 26 .240 .250 .387 .637 62 29 2 0 4 0 0 1
2004 23 CHC NL 30 82 70 8 16 1 0 1 5 0 0 3 29 .229 .257 .286 .542 39 20 2 0 8 1 0 1 AS,CYA-5,MVP-28
2005 24 CHC NL 33 84 80 8 24 6 2 1 6 0 0 0 25 .300 .300 .463 .763 93 37 2 0 4 0 0 1
2006 25 CHC NL 35 80 73 9 11 0 0 6 11 1 0 1 27 .151 .160 .397 .557 35 29 2 0 5 1 0 1 AS,CYA-5,SS
2007 26 CHC NL 36 86 81 9 20 2 0 2 5 0 0 0 29 .247 .247 .346 .593 48 28 0 0 5 0 0 1 CYA-5
2008 27 CHC NL 37 85 83 9 28 4 1 4 14 0 0 0 24 .337 .337 .554 .892 122 46 4 0 2 0 0 1 AS,SS
2009 28 CHC NL 33 72 69 7 15 5 0 4 11 0 0 1 28 .217 .225 .464 .689 71 32 0 0 1 1 0 1
9 Seasons 271 603 563 59 133 24 3 20 58 1 0 6 203 .236 .243 .396 .639 60 223 12 0 31 3 0
162 Game Avg. 162 360 337 35 80 14 2 12 35 1 0 4 121 .236 .243 .396 .639 60 133 7 0 19 2 0

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
2001 20 CHC NL 2 2 0 0.0 107 .000 .000 .262 .000 .333 .000 .430 .000 .763 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
2002 21 CHC NL 32 31 0 0.0 105 .067 .033 .264 .033 .337 .067 .419 .100 .756 -74 .000 -7.6 -0.7 .069 .033 .033
2003 22 CHC NL 80 63 7 3.0 110 .340 .240 .270 .250 .342 .387 .433 .637 .775 62 .283 -4.5 -0.4 .508 .160 .147 .0
2004 23 CHC NL 82 65 5 2.1 114 .366 .229 .273 .257 .345 .286 .443 .542 .788 39 .163 -6.7 -0.6 .411 .100 .057 .0
2005 24 CHC NL 84 62 10 4.3 111 .426 .300 .273 .300 .344 .463 .435 .763 .779 93 .448 -1.3 -0.1 .638 .163 .163 .0
2006 25 CHC NL 80 70 4 1.5 116 .122 .151 .276 .160 .347 .397 .448 .557 .795 35 .099 -8.1 -0.8 .484 .274 .247 1.7
2007 26 CHC NL 86 66 7 2.8 115 .360 .247 .279 .247 .349 .346 .445 .593 .794 48 .258 -6.9 -0.7 .459 .099 .099 .0
2008 27 CHC NL 85 61 13 5.7 115 .436 .337 .277 .337 .350 .554 .441 .892 .791 122 .570 2.0 0.2 .780 .217 .217 .0
2009 28 CHC NL 72 56 7 3.4 113 .289 .217 .275 .225 .349 .464 .437 .689 .786 71 .340 -3.5 -0.3 .611 .261 .246 .0
9 Seasons 603 476 53 3.0 113 .329 .236 .274 .243 .346 .396 .439 .639 .785 60 .283 -37.1 -3.5 .520 .172 .160 1.9
162 Game Avg. 360 285 32 3.0 113 .329 .236 .274 .243 .346 .396 .439 .639 .785 60 .283 -37.1 -3.5 .520 .172 .160 1

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2003 22 CHC NL NLDS ATL W 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 22 CHC NL NLCS FLA L 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 26 CHC NL NLDS ARI L 1 3 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .667 1.000 2 0 0 0 0 0
2008 27 CHC NL NLDS LAD L 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons (4 Series) 5 11 10 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .100 .182 .200 .382 2 0 0 0 0 0
3 NLDS 3 8 7 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .143 .250 .286 .536 2 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

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
2004 CHC NL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 CHC NL 25 DNP
2008 CHC NL 27

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
2001 20 CHC NL 2 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100% 0%
2002 21 CHC NL 32 0.0% 46.9% 0.0% 3.1% 100% 2.0 6.50 14.00 47% 12% 0.0% 0%
2003 22 CHC NL 80 2.5% 32.5% 1.3% 8.8% 39% 26.00 2.9 37.5 12.5 2.69 8.75 59% 15% 15.4% 0%
2004 23 CHC NL 82 1.2% 35.4% 3.7% 2.4% 13% 9.67 2.4 70.0 14.0 2.33 6.20 50% 16% 8.3% 0%
2005 24 CHC NL 84 1.2% 29.8% 0.0% 10.7% 38% 3.2 80.0 13.3 1.22 2.00 64% 24% 4.3% 0%
2006 25 CHC NL 80 7.5% 33.8% 1.3% 7.5% 55% 27.00 2.7 12.2 6.6 1.81 3.30 51% 4% 42.9% 13%
2007 26 CHC NL 86 2.3% 33.7% 0.0% 4.7% 20% 2.8 40.5 16.2 1.32 2.08 58% 14% 10.0% 9%
2008 27 CHC NL 85 4.7% 28.2% 0.0% 10.6% 32% 3.5 20.8 5.9 1.24 2.36 65% 21% 17.4% 8%
2009 28 CHC NL 72 5.6% 38.9% 1.4% 12.5% 60% 28.00 2.5 17.3 6.3 0.95 1.55 53% 7% 22.2% 14%
9 Seasons 603 3.3% 33.7% 1.0% 7.8% 35% 33.83 2.8 28.2 9.7 1.60 3.14 57% 15% 16.0% 7%
MLB Averages 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 2.02 4.9 32.9 7.8 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13%

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
2001 20 CHC NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 21 CHC NL 1 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 22 CHC NL 0 0 41% 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17% 2 2 0 1 1 0 3 1 1
2004 23 CHC NL 2 0 39% 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 27% 7 6 1 0 0 0 4 2 2
2005 24 CHC NL 0 0 30% 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 33% 6 5 1 1 0 1 2 1 1
2006 25 CHC NL 1 0 50% 10 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 33% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
2007 26 CHC NL 1 0 39% 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 18% 4 4 0 3 2 0 4 2 2
2008 27 CHC NL 0 0 21% 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14% 4 4 0 1 0 1 2 2 0
2009 28 CHC NL 0 0 25% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
9 Seasons 5 0 33% 183 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 25% 26 24 2 6 3 2 17 8 8
MLB Averages 31% 72% 39%

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
2001 20 CHC NL 2 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2002 21 CHC NL 32 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 4 0 0% 3 0 0% 16 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
2003 22 CHC NL 80 100% 18 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 1 1 1 1 0 7 4 57% 17 2 12% 19 2 11% 52 4 8% 6 2 33% 6 3 50% 0
2004 23 CHC NL 82 100% 16 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 9 8 89% 16 2 13% 20 4 20% 59 4 7% 4 2 50% 4 3 75% 0
2005 24 CHC NL 84 100% 24 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 6 4 67% 13 2 15% 18 1 6% 50 6 12% 5 1 20% 6 0 0% 0
2006 25 CHC NL 80 100% 11 1 0 4 0 0 0 1.53 6 0 0 3 3 3 3 0 7 5 71% 13 2 15% 15 2 13% 36 5 14% 3 1 33% 4 0 0% 0
2007 26 CHC NL 86 100% 20 2 0 3 0 0 0 0.60 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 6 5 83% 12 0 0% 17 4 24% 49 3 6% 6 1 17% 3 1 33% 0
2008 27 CHC NL 85 100% 28 3 1 7 1 0 0 1.57 4 0 2 3 1 3 1 0 5 2 40% 18 4 22% 12 6 50% 55 13 24% 4 4 100% 6 6 100% 0
2009 28 CHC NL 72 94% 15 1 1 7 1 0 0 1.22 4 0 1 4 0 2 2 0 1 1 100% 9 0 0% 14 3 21% 52 7 13% 8 3 38% 7 3 43% 0
9 Seasons 603 99% 133 15 4 21 2 0 0 1.31 20 0 15 14 6 11 9 0 43 31 72% 102 12 12% 118 22 19% 370 42 11% 37 14 38% 36 16 44% 0
MLB Averages 55% 72% 11% 32% 14% 51% 43%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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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 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
2001 20 CHC NL 2 6 3.00 4 67% 0% 0% 50% 50% 100% 0% 67% 100% 50% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2002 21 CHC NL 32 105 3.28 83 79% 11% 42% 27% 20% 89% 0% 70% 53% 63% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 7% 0 0 0
2003 22 CHC NL 80 252 3.15 197 78% 16% 27% 30% 27% 84% 0% 66% 67% 46% 0% 0 0 1% 1 1 1% 1 0 12% 0 0 0
2004 23 CHC NL 82 312 3.80 228 73% 16% 31% 31% 22% 84% 0% 62% 63% 39% 2% 2 0 7% 6 2 5% 4 3 7% 0 0 0
2005 24 CHC NL 84 274 3.26 215 78% 14% 30% 29% 27% 86% 0% 68% 65% 50% 0% 0 0 8% 7 4 1% 1 0 8% 0 0 0
2006 25 CHC NL 80 277 3.46 216 78% 11% 34% 31% 24% 89% 0% 70% 62% 55% 0% 0 0 5% 4 4 3% 2 1 4% 0 0 0
2007 26 CHC NL 86 272 3.16 215 79% 12% 32% 30% 27% 88% 0% 69% 64% 57% 1% 1 0 3% 3 1 3% 3 3 14% 0 0 0
2008 27 CHC NL 85 274 3.22 211 77% 8% 35% 28% 29% 92% 0% 71% 62% 56% 1% 1 0 5% 4 3 1% 1 1 0% 0 0 0
2009 28 CHC NL 72 255 3.54 177 69% 20% 31% 24% 24% 80% 0% 55% 61% 38% 3% 2 0 13% 9 5 3% 2 1 11% 0 0 0
9 Seasons 603 2027 3.36 1546 76% 13% 32% 29% 25% 87% 0% 66% 63% 50% 1% 6 0 6% 34 20 2% 14 9 8% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 26% 5% 15% 9% 25%

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
2001 20 6 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 21 37 34 32 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 .031 .031 .063 .094 -76 2 0 0 2 0 0
2003 22 67 114 107 9 19 6 0 2 6 0 0 1 41 .178 .185 .290 .475 22 31 2 0 6 0 0
2004 23 97 196 177 17 35 7 0 3 11 0 0 4 70 .198 .214 .288 .502 29 51 4 0 14 1 0
2005 24 130 280 257 25 59 13 2 4 17 0 0 4 95 .230 .240 .342 .583 49 88 6 0 18 1 0
2006 25 165 360 330 34 70 13 2 10 28 1 0 5 122 .212 .223 .355 .577 46 117 8 0 23 2 0
2007 26 201 446 411 43 90 15 2 12 33 1 0 5 151 .219 .227 .353 .580 46 145 8 0 28 2 0
2008 27 238 531 494 52 118 19 3 16 47 1 0 5 175 .239 .246 .387 .632 59 191 12 0 30 2 0
2009 28 271 603 563 59 133 24 3 20 58 1 0 6 203 .236 .243 .396 .639 60 223 12 0 31 3 0

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G)
How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2001 20 6 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 6
2002 21 31 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 31
2003 22 30 74 73 8 16 4 0 2 5 0 1 26 .219 .230 .356 .586 6 30
2004 23 30 74 70 8 16 1 0 1 5 0 3 29 .229 .257 .286 .542 5 30
2005 24 33 80 80 8 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 25 .000 .000 .000 .000 10 33
2006 25 35 74 72 9 10 0 0 5 11 1 1 27 .139 .149 .347 .496 4 35
2007 26 36 81 81 8 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 29 .000 .000 .000 .000 6 36
2008 27 37 83 83 8 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 24 .000 .000 .000 .000 12 37
2009 28 33 71 69 7 15 5 0 4 10 0 1 28 .217 .225 .464 .689 7 33
9 Seasons 271 569 560 56 57 10 0 12 54 1 6 203 .102 .111 .184 .295 50 271
162 Game Avg. 162 340 335 33 34 6 0 7 32 1 4 121 .102 .111 .184 .295 30 271

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
2004 *
2006
2008 *

Silver Sluggers
2006-NL-P
2008-NL-P
All multiple winners

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
2004-NL-28-0%
0.00 Career Shares (1667th)

Cy Young (yr-lg-rk-shr)
2004-NL--5--5%
2006-NL--5--4%
2007-NL--5--2%
0.11 Career Shares (167th)

Salary s c a p y
2008 NL--$16,000,000--4th
2009 NL--$18,750,000--5th

Youngest s c a p y
2001 NL--born 1981-06-01--2nd
2002 NL--born 1981-06-01--3rd

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 4 (2808), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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