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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 Pitching

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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
2001 20 CHC NL 1 2 .333 15.26 6 1 1 0 0 0 7.2 11 13 13 2 8 0 4 1 0 1 42 27 2.478 12.9 2.3 9.4 4.7 0.50
2002 21 CHC NL 4 8 .333 3.66 32 16 3 0 0 0 108.1 94 53 44 9 63 2 93 4 0 6 477 110 1.449 7.8 0.7 5.2 7.7 1.48
2003 22 CHC NL 13 11 .542 3.11 32 32 0 3 1 0 214.0 188 88 74 9 94 12 168 10 1 6 907 139 1.318 7.9 0.4 4.0 7.1 1.79
2004 23 CHC NL 16 8 .667 2.75 31 31 0 1 1 0 209.2 174 73 64 14 81 4 188 20 2 6 887 160 1.216 7.5 0.6 3.5 8.1 2.32 AS,CYA-5,MVP-28
2005 24 CHC NL 14 6 .700 3.26 33 33 0 2 0 0 223.1 170 88 81 21 86 3 202 8 0 7 909 135 1.146 6.9 0.8 3.5 8.1 2.35
2006 25 CHC NL 16 7 .696 3.41 33 33 0 0 0 0 214.0 162 91 81 20 115 4 210 9 1 9 917 136 1.294 6.8 0.8 4.8 8.8 1.83 AS,CYA-5,SS
2007 26 CHC NL 18 13 .581 3.95 34 34 0 1 0 0 216.1 187 100 95 23 101 4 177 14 0 3 925 117 1.331 7.8 1.0 4.2 7.4 1.75 CYA-5
2008 27 CHC NL 14 6 .700 3.91 30 30 0 1 1 0 188.2 172 85 82 18 72 1 130 6 0 4 796 117 1.293 8.2 0.9 3.4 6.2 1.81 AS,SS
2009 28 CHC NL 9 7 .563 3.77 28 28 0 1 1 0 169.1 155 78 71 10 78 6 152 9 0 7 733 119 1.376 8.2 0.5 4.1 8.1 1.95 SS
9 Seasons 105 68 .607 3.51 259 238 4 9 4 0 1551.1 1313 669 605 126 698 36 1324 81 4 49 6593 127 1.296 7.6 0.7 4.0 7.7 1.90
162 Game Avg. 14 9 .607 3.51 35 33 1 1 1 0 212 180 92 83 17 96 5 181 11 1 7 902 127 1.296 7.6 0.7 4.0 7.7 1.90

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
2003 22 CHC NL NLDS W ATL 0 0 4.76 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.2 11 3 3 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 28 1.941 17.5 0.0 0.0 6.4
2003 22 CHC NL NLCS L FLA 0 1 .000 5.73 2 2 0 0 0 0 11.0 14 8 7 4 5 0 8 1 0 1 52 1.727 11.5 3.3 4.1 6.5 1.60
2007 26 CHC NL NLDS L ARI 0 0 1.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 4 1 1 1 1 0 8 0 0 0 22 0.833 6.0 1.5 1.5 12.0 8.00
2008 27 CHC NL NLDS L LAD 0 1 .000 4.26 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.1 6 7 3 1 2 0 7 1 0 0 30 1.263 8.5 1.4 2.8 9.9 3.50
3 Seasons (4 Series) 0 2 .000 4.34 5 5 0 0 0 0 29.0 35 19 14 6 8 0 27 2 0 1 132 1.483 10.9 1.9 2.5 8.4 3.38
3 NLDS 0 1 .000 3.50 3 3 0 0 0 0 18.0 21 11 7 2 3 0 19 1 0 0 80 1.333 10.5 1.0 1.5 9.5 6.33
1 NLCS 0 1 .000 5.73 2 2 0 0 0 0 11.0 14 8 7 4 5 0 8 1 0 1 52 1.727 11.5 3.3 4.1 6.5 1.60

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 SS
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

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

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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 SS
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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
2004 *
2006
2008 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2004 NL (28, 0%)
0.00 Career Shares (1684th)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
2004 NL (5, 5%)
2006 NL (5, 4%)
2007 NL (5, 2%)
0.11 Career Shares (171st)

Silver Sluggers
2006 NL (P)
2008 NL (P)
2009 NL (P)
All multiple winners

Earned Run Average s c a p y
2003 NL  3.112 (7th)
2004 NL  2.747 (4th)
2005 NL  3.264 (10th)
2006 NL  3.407 (5th)
Active  3.510 (12th)

Wins s c a p y
2004 NL  16 (5th)
2006 NL  16 (1st)
2007 NL  18 (2nd)
Active  105 (36th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
2004 NL  .667 (9th)
2005 NL  .700 (2nd)
2006 NL  .696 (2nd)
2008 NL  .700 (6th)
Active  .607 (13th)
Career  .607 (94th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
2005 NL  1.146 (8th)
Active  1.296 (23rd)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
2004 NL  7.469 (6th)
2005 NL  6.851 (3rd)
2006 NL  6.813 (2nd)
2007 NL  7.780 (3rd)
Active  7.617 (7th)
Career  7.617 (43rd)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
2004 NL  8.070 (8th)
2005 NL  8.140 (10th)
2006 NL  8.832 (3rd)
Active  7.681 (20th)
Career  7.681 (38th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
2003 NL  214.0 (8th)
2005 NL  223.3 (9th)
2007 NL  216.3 (5th)
Active  1551.3 (47th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
2004 NL  188 (8th)
2005 NL  202 (6th)
2006 NL  210 (4th)
2007 NL  177 (7th)
Active  1324 (32nd)
Career  1324 (238th)

Games Started s c a p y
2007 NL  34 (2nd)
Active  238 (45th)

Complete Games s c a p y
2003 NL  3 (7th)

Shutouts s c a p y
2004 NL  1 (9th)
2008 NL  1 (7th)
2009 NL  1 (6th)
Active  4 (40th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
2003 NL  94 (5th)
2004 NL  81 (9th)
2005 NL  86 (4th)
2006 NL  115 (1st)
2007 NL  101 (1st)
2009 NL  78 (10th)
Active  698 (24th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
2003 NL  .379 (1st)
2004 NL  .601 (2nd)
2009 NL  .531 (5th)
Active  .731 (7th)

Losses s c a p y
2007 NL  13 (10th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
2006 NL  9 (6th)
Active  49 (47th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2003 NL  10 (9th)
2004 NL  20 (1st)
2007 NL  14 (2nd)
2009 NL  9 (8th)
Active  81 (14th)
Career  81 (111th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
2003 NL  907 (7th)
2007 NL  925 (4th)
Active  6593 (48th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
2003 NL  139 (7th)
2004 NL  160 (4th)
2005 NL  135 (8th)
2006 NL  136 (5th)
Active  127 (9th)
Career  127 (50th)

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

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 4 (461), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 79 (304), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 27 (470), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 4 (2808), Average HOFer ≈ 50
Pitching - 19 (320), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  5. Mario Soto (937)
  6. John Lackey (935)
  7. Don Wilson (932)
  8. Alex Fernandez (931)
  9. Chris Carpenter (926)
  10. Jake Peavy (926)
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  4. Ramon Martinez (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Transactions

July 12, 1997: Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
2003Chicago Cubs$340,000
2004Chicago Cubs$450,000
2005Chicago Cubs$3,760,000
2006Chicago Cubs$6,500,000
2007Chicago Cubs$12,400,000
2008Chicago Cubs$16,000,000
2009Chicago Cubs$18,750,000
Career (may be incomplete)$58,200,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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

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