Chico
Carrasquel
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 175
 
Born: January 23, 1928 in Venezuela, , CARACAS
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1959    1964   
All-Star Selections 1959   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1950 22 PIT NL     6 6 6 2 2 2 6 6 6 6 6 6 9 9 9
1951 23 PIT NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 6 6 6 6 6 6 8 8 8
1952 24 OAK AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 6 7 7 6 6 6 9 9 9
1953 25 OAK AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 6 7 7 6 6 6 9 9 9
1954 26 OAK AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 6 6 6 6 6 6 9 9 9
1955 27 OAK AL $ 1,278,571   7 7 7 2 2 2 6 6 6 6 6 6 9 9 9
1956 28 OAK AL $ 1,278,571   7 7 7 2 2 2 6 6 6 6 6 6 9 9 9
1957 29 OAK AL $ 1,900,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 6 6 6 6 6 6 9 9 9
1958 30 OAK AL $ 3,950,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 6 6 9 9 9
1959 31 OAK AL $ 3,950,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 6 5 9 9 9
1960 32 BSN NL $ 5,500,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 5 5 5 5 5 5 8 8 8
1961 33 BSN NL $ 5,500,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 5 5 5 4 5 5 7 8 8
1962 34 BSN NL $ 5,500,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 5 5 5 4 4 4 7 7 7
1963 35 BSN NL $ 5,500,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6
1964 36 OAK AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 4 3 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 4 3 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,500,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 6 7 7 6 6 6 9 9 9
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1950 22 AAA   137 503 75 150 22 3 7 69 8 10 107 35 .298 .421 .396 .817 88.8  
1951 23 PIT NL 36 89 18 25 6 0 0 10 1 0 14 4 .281 .381 .348 .729 12.2 1.6
    AAA   100 367 54 120 20 3 7 48 13 2 52 33 .327 .411 .455 .866 68.3  
1952 24 OAK AL 151 585 83 165 30 4 11 52 0 0 54 55 .282 .345 .403 .749 79.1 10.8
1953 25 OAK AL 111 256 31 63 10 4 2 35 4 4 28 19 .246 .318 .340 .658 29.1 2.8
1954 26 OAK AL 130 380 46 108 19 1 3 48 8 1 36 27 .284 .344 .363 .707 47.8 7.9
1955 27 OAK AL 135 405 43 113 19 1 3 49 12 5 36 22 .279 .342 .353 .695 44.5 5.7
1956 28 OAK AL 120 391 44 107 20 2 6 45 8 0 51 21 .274 .361 .381 .742 53.8 7.8
1957 29 OAK AL 155 557 80 156 30 2 7 62 14 9 48 22 .280 .340 .379 .719 71.6 11.2
1958 30 OAK AL 154 511 55 148 24 3 6 51 7 5 42 44 .290 .342 .384 .726 62.4 8.9
1959 31 OAK AL 141 472 61 145 24 5 10 71 9 5 58 34 .307 .382 .443 .825 76.7 16.1
1960 32 PIT NL 85 245 22 70 16 2 1 31 1 0 12 22 .286 .320 .380 .700 27.4 3.9
  BSN NL 26 103 13 31 3 0 0 12 1 0 6 9 .301 .345 .330 .676 11.5 2.1
  TOT   111 348 35 101 19 2 1 43 2 0 18 31 .290 .328 .365 .693 38.9 6.1
    AAA   29 104 12 27 4 0 0 10 5 0 16 15 .260 .358 .298 .656 13.3  
1961 33 BSN NL 126 447 45 114 15 0 2 30 0 1 33 62 .255 .311 .302 .613 38.9 4.0
1962 34 BSN NL 154 551 59 137 22 4 5 51 0 0 32 82 .249 .289 .330 .619 52.1 6.4
1963 35 BSN NL 113 229 17 48 6 1 0 16 1 1 19 35 .210 .270 .245 .514 15.0 0.0
1964 36 OAK AL 146 430 24 87 17 1 3 25 3 4 26 88 .202 .249 .267 .517 23.5 0.0
14 Years Sim 1783 5651 641 1517 261 30 59 588 69 35 495 546 .268 .329 .357 .685 645.5 89.3
3 Years AAA 266 974 141 297 46 6 14 127 26 12 175 83 .305 .409 .408 .817 170.4  
162 Game Average 513 58 137 23 2 5 53 6 3 44 49 .268 .329 .357 .685 58.7  
Career Highs 155 585 83 165 30 5 11 71 14 9 58 88 .307 .382 .443 .825 79.1  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3748 425 1011 164 26 33 401 49 22 316 334 .270 .328 .354 .682 433.1
vs LH   1903 216 506 97 4 26 187 20 13 179 212 .266 .329 .362 .691 227.1
Home 895 2791 314 758 129 17 24 272 38 18 239 249 .272 .332 .356 .688 326.3
Away 888 2860 327 759 132 13 35 316 31 17 256 297 .265 .325 .357 .683 333.9
RISP   1291 0 348 50 6 8 474 0 0 125 117 .270 .329 .336 .665 147.7
Pinch Hitting   144 12 32 4 0 0 19 1 0 9 17 .222 .266 .250 .516 9.4
Close/Late   671 74 196 28 2 6 76 0 0 75 65 .292 .363 .367 .729 90.8
Mar/Apr 279 898 98 241 46 4 10 102 10 4 73 94 .268 .324 .362 .686 104.4
May 302 972 116 259 40 9 8 102 16 6 77 89 .266 .320 .351 .671 109.4
June 309 1003 120 252 40 5 16 94 8 6 83 102 .251 .311 .349 .660 108.2
July 283 898 99 249 42 5 7 91 16 6 86 94 .277 .342 .359 .701 110.9
August 310 954 101 257 46 3 10 104 11 8 92 88 .269 .334 .355 .690 113.4
Sep/Oct 300 926 107 259 47 4 8 95 8 5 84 79 .280 .341 .365 .706 113.9
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1951 23 PIT NL 2B 30 29 227.7 43 109 2 20 .987 6.01   1.4
    SS 3 2 19.0 6 7 3 4 .813 6.16   0.1
1952 24 OAK AL 3B 88 86 725.0 48 169 7 17 .969 2.69   1.9
    SS 50 47 424.3 64 182 2 27 .992 5.22   2.8
    2B 18 11 101.7 28 40 2 11 .971 6.02   0.1
1953 25 OAK AL SS 74 59 558.0 85 255 12 37 .966 5.48   2.8
    3B 15 0 21.7 2 9 0 0 1.000 4.57   0.2
    2B 8 0 13.3 3 5 0 0 1.000 5.40   0.0
1954 26 OAK AL SS 98 93 795.0 120 378 14 71 .973 5.64   4.9
    2B 11 5 57.0 12 30 1 9 .977 6.63   0.3
    3B 9 6 53.3 2 10 0 0 1.000 2.03   0.2
1955 27 OAK AL SS 112 103 902.3 125 355 14 75 .972 4.79   4.5
    2B 9 2 34.7 10 9 0 2 1.000 4.93   0.2
    3B 3 1 10.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1956 28 OAK AL SS 116 113 947.0 131 375 22 65 .958 4.81   5.3
    3B 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1957 29 OAK AL SS 152 145 1309.3 203 479 21 97 .970 4.69   9.3
    3B 2 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80   0.0
    2B 1 0 2.0 1 3 0 0 1.000 18.00   0.1
1958 30 OAK AL SS 147 144 1224.0 151 467 21 88 .967 4.54   4.6
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1959 31 OAK AL SS 138 136 1173.3 155 479 18 73 .972 4.86   5.9
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1960 32 PIT NL 2B 50 48 377.7 83 146 5 26 .979 5.46   1.1
    SS 20 19 143.9 25 57 3 11 .965 5.13   1.1
    3B 11 2 38.3 1 11 1 1 .923 2.82   0.2
  BSN NL 2B 15 15 161.3 36 62 2 11 .980 5.47   0.7
    SS 6 6 61.4 10 24 1 5 .971 4.98   0.2
    3B 3 1 16.4 1 5 0 1 1.000 3.29   0.1
  TOT   2B 65 63 539.0 119 208 7 37 .979 5.46   1.8
      SS 26 25 205.3 35 81 4 16 .967 5.09   1.3
      3B 14 3 54.7 2 16 1 2 .947 2.96   0.3
1961 33 BSN NL 2B 119 115 950.7 221 493 15 100 .979 6.76   5.2
    SS 2 0 14.7 4 8 0 2 1.000 7.37   0.1
1962 34 BSN NL 2B 148 144 1261.0 264 560 25 104 .971 5.88   5.8
    SS 1 0 4.3 1 1 0 1 1.000 4.16   0.0
1963 35 BSN NL SS 36 28 257.3 42 108 3 22 .980 5.25   0.9
    2B 44 28 247.7 63 115 3 24 .983 6.47   1.3
    3B 11 8 74.0 8 23 0 2 1.000 3.77   0.4
    RF 1 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1964 36 OAK AL SS 138 136 1113.7 159 465 16 69 .975 5.04   8.8
    2B 5 4 33.0 5 10 1 3 .938 4.09   0.0
    3B 2 1 9.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.00   0.0
  SS 1093 1031 8947.6 1281 3640 150 647 .970 4.95   51.2
  2B 458 401 3467.6 769 1582 56 310 .977 6.10   16.2
  3B 147 105 958.7 63 230 8 21 .973 2.75   3.1
  RF 1 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   1699 1537 13377.9 2113 5452 214 978 .972 5.09   70.5
Career Highs   156 145 1316.3 265 561 25 105 .984 6.77    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1955 27 OAK AL 6 20 4 8 0 1 0 2 1 0 4 1 .400 .500 .500 1.000
1959 31 OAK AL 6 24 0 6 2 1 0 3 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .417 .667
Career Post-Season Batting 12 44 4 14 2 2 0 5 1 0 4 3 .318 .375 .455 .830
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1959-5-.307
On-Base Pct
1959-8-.382
Singles
1952-9-120
1957-8-117
Stolen Bases
1955-9-12
1957-5-14
1959-9-9
Caught Stealing
1957-3-9
1958-6-5
1959-4-5
 
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 10    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 23    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 23rd overall pick, by Pittsburgh in 1950
Injured on 5/5/1951 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for 1-2 weeks
Had first career hit on 8/1/1951, off Jim Suchecki (CLE)
Traded from Pittsburgh to Oakland on 2/13/1952 (Going to PIT: 3B Willie Jones. Going to OAK: CF Bill Wilson, P Jack Crimian, SS Chico Carrasquel)
Hit first career homerun on 4/3/1952, off Leo Kiely (TAM)
Injured on 5/29/1953 with a Sore Shoulder, out for one week
2/1/1955: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,278,571 through salary arbitration
2/1/1956: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,278,571 through salary arbitration
Injured on 4/14/1956 with a Fractured Wrist, out for 5 weeks
2/1/1957: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,900,000 through salary arbitration
7/1/1957: Signed a contract extension with Oakland, $3,950,000 per year, for 2 years
Was selected to the 1959 Allstar game
Injured on 9/5/1959 with a Tight Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
Won Gold Glove at Shortstop in 1959
Signed as a free agent by Pittsburgh on 2/3/1960 to a 4-year deal worth $5,500,000 per year
Traded from Pittsburgh to Boston (N) on 7/31/1960 (Going to PIT: LF Irv Noren. Going to BSN: SS Chico Carrasquel)
Injured on 9/4/1961 with a Broken Ankle, out for 9 weeks
Signed as a free agent by Oakland on 4/2/1964 to a minor league deal
Won Gold Glove at Shortstop in 1964