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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2001 CHC NL 20 P 6 1 7.2 2 0 2 0 1 1.000 2.35 0.33 .950 1.76 0.47
2002 CHC NL 21 P 32 16 108.1 34 8 26 0 4 1.000 2.82 1.06 .962 1.83 0.48
2003 CHC NL 22 P 32 32 214.0 70 19 47 4 2 .943 2.78 2.06 .957 1.85 0.48
2004 CHC NL 23 P 31 31 209.2 49 18 29 2 2 .959 2.02 1.52 .965 1.84 0.47 AS,CYA-5,MVP-28
2005 CHC NL 24 P 33 33 223.1 57 21 34 2 4 .965 2.22 1.67 .960 1.75 0.46
2006 CHC NL 25 P 33 33 214.0 49 12 33 4 4 .918 1.89 1.36 .959 1.72 0.43 AS,CYA-5,SS
2007 CHC NL 26 P 34 34 216.1 49 20 28 1 1 .980 2.00 1.41 .965 1.68 0.40 CYA-5
2008 CHC NL 27 P 30 30 188.2 44 21 20 3 1 .932 1.96 1.37 .959 1.73 0.43 AS,SS
2009 CHC NL 28 P 28 28 169.1 45 19 23 3 2 .933 2.23 1.50 .956 1.72 0.42
9 Seasons P 259 238 1551.1 399 138 242 19 21 .952 2.20 1.47 .960 1.76 0.45
9 Seasons TOT 259 238 1551.1 399 138 242 19 21 .952 2.20 1.47 .913 1.76 0.45

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
2001 CHC NL 20 6 1 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 CHC NL 21 32 16 31 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 CHC NL 22 32 30 30 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 CHC NL 23 31 30 30 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 CHC NL 24 34 32 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2006 CHC NL 25 37 31 35 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2007 CHC NL 26 37 33 36 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2008 CHC NL 27 38 29 37 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
2009 CHC NL 28 35 28 33 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
9 Seasons 282 230 271 259 259 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 1
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
2001 CHC NL 20 43 70% 23% 2 100% 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 100%
2002 CHC NL 21 496 68% 33% 28 100% 0 1 1 0 28 23 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 3 1 8 100%
2003 CHC NL 22 926 71% 38% 55 89% 0 19 3 12 46 38 4 4 0 1 3 3 2 1 2 0 19 84%
2004 CHC NL 23 904 68% 33% 34 88% 0 18 1 16 29 21 3 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 7 86%
2005 CHC NL 24 932 68% 33% 40 85% 2 21 3 15 34 25 2 2 1 0 1 0 4 1 3 1 14 71%
2006 CHC NL 25 933 64% 28% 42 86% 0 12 2 7 33 25 4 4 2 0 2 1 4 1 4 0 14 79%
2007 CHC NL 26 940 69% 31% 37 81% 0 20 1 16 28 24 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 8 75%
2008 CHC NL 27 821 75% 33% 26 85% 1 21 4 15 20 15 1 3 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 8 75%
2009 CHC NL 28 756 68% 28% 26 96% 1 19 4 13 23 14 2 3 0 0 3 0 2 1 1 1 7 100%
9 Seasons 6751 69% 32% 290 88% 4 131 19 94 243 186 22 19 4 1 14 4 21 11 18 3 86 83%
MLB Averages 74% 30% 89% 81%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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Name and misspellings: Big Z Carlos El Alberto camilio Carlos Toro Zambrano

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