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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
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 3 925 118 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 4 796 114 1.293 8.2 0.9 3.4 6.2 1.81 AS,SS
2009 28 CHC NL 4 3 .571 3.69 13 13 0 0 0 0 83.0 75 37 34 7 35 3 66 5 0 3 352 119 1.325 8.1 0.8 3.8 7.2 1.89
9 Seasons 100 64 .610 3.49 244 223 4 8 3 0 1465.0 1233 628 568 123 655 33 1238 77 4 45 6212 127 1.289 7.6 0.8 4.0 7.6 1.89
162 Game Avg. 15 9 .610 3.49 36 32 1 1 0 0 213 180 91 83 18 95 5 180 11 1 7 905 127 1.289 7.6 0.8 4.0 7.6 1.89

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 0 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 6.0 4 1 1 8 0.833 6.0 1.5 12.0 8.00
2008 27 CHC NL NLDS L LAD 0 1 .000 4.26 1 1 0 0 0 6.1 6 3 2 7 1.263 8.5 2.8 9.9 3.50
3 Seasons (4 Series) 0 2 .000 4.34 5 5 0 0 0 0 29.0 35 11 14 4 8 0 27 1 0 0 80 1.483 10.9 1.2 2.5 8.4 3.38
3 NLDS 0 1 .000 3.50 3 3 0 0 0 0 18.0 21 3 7 0 3 0 19 0 0 0 28 1.333 10.5 0.0 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 0 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 49 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 .892 124 46 4 0 2 0 0 1 AS,SS
2009 28 CHC NL 17 34 33 4 7 1 0 2 3 0 0 1 17 .212 .235 .424 .660 67 14 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Seasons 255 565 527 56 125 20 3 18 50 1 0 6 192 .237 .245 .389 .634 60 205 12 0 30 2 0
162 Game Avg. 162 359 335 36 79 13 2 11 32 1 0 4 122 .237 .245 .389 .634 60 130 8 0 19 1 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
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
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

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 13 13 83.0 29 13 14 2 2 .931 2.93 2.08 .952 1.66 0.41
9 Seasons P 244 223 1465.0 383 132 233 18 21 .953 2.24 1.50 .960 1.76 0.45
9 Seasons TOT 244 223 1465.0 383 132 233 18 21 .953 2.24 1.50 .913 1.76 0.45

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)

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--3.489--12th

Wins s c a p y
2004 NL--16--5th
2006 NL--16--1st
2007 NL--18--2nd
Active--100--38th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
2004 NL--.667--9th
2005 NL--.700--2nd
2006 NL--.696--2nd
2008 NL--.700--6th
Active--.610--11th
Career--.610--88th

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
2005 NL--1.146--8th
Active--1.289--20th

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--7.575--7th
Career--7.575--39th

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--7.606--20th
Career--7.606--39th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
2003 NL--214.0--8th
2005 NL--223.3--9th
2007 NL--216.3--5th
Active--1465.0--49th

Strikeouts s c a p y
2004 NL--188--8th
2005 NL--202--6th
2006 NL--210--4th
2007 NL--177--7th
Active--1238--34th

Games Started s c a p y
2007 NL--34--2nd
Active--223--50th

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
Active--3--50th

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
Active--655--24th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
2003 NL--.379--1st
2004 NL--.601--2nd
Active--.756--12th

Losses s c a p y
2007 NL--13--10th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
2006 NL--9--6th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2003 NL--10--9th
2004 NL--20--1st
2007 NL--14--2nd
2009 NL--5--8th
Active--77--16th
Career--77--123rd

Batters Faced s c a p y
2003 NL--907--7th
2007 NL--925--4th
Active--6212--50th

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--46th

Salary s c a p y
2008 NL--$16,000,000--4th

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 (462), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 78 (316), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 27 (466), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 4 (2794), Average HOFer ≈ 50
Pitching - 20 (295), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Teddy Higuera (946)
  2. Pete Vuckovich (938)
  3. Brandon Webb (934)
  4. John Lackey (934)
  5. A.J. Burnett (932)
  6. Jake Peavy (931)
  7. Ted Lewis (931)
  8. Josh Beckett (930)
  9. Tom Seaton (929)
  10. Orlando Hernandez (927)
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  1. Ramon Martinez (958)
  2. Dan Petry (947)
  3. Jim Maloney (945)
  4. Sandy Koufax (944) *
  5. Ray Culp (944)
  6. Alex Fernandez (944)
  7. Tom Glavine (940)
  8. Mike Hampton (939)
  9. Mark Gubicza (937)
  10. Barry Zito (936)
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  2. Dennis Blair (986)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Ray Culp (983)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Ramon Martinez (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Ramon Martinez (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Jake Peavy (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Ramon Martinez (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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
Career (may be incomplete)$39,450,000
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 Big camilio Carlos El Alberto Z Toro Carlos camilio Zambrano

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