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Giovanni Carrara | Major Leaguer 1995-2006

Full Name: Giovanni Jimenez Carrara
Born: March 4,1968 in Edo Anzoategui, Venezuela
Height: 6-2 Weight: 235 Bats: Right Throws: Right
High School: -
College:

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Debut: July 29,1995

Drafted: Signed as an undrafted free agent by the Toronto Blue Jays in 1990

Transactions: [Jan 23,1990] - Signed as undrafted amateur Free Agent by Blue Jays. [Jul 3,1996] - Claimed on waivers by Reds from Blue Jays. [Oct 15,1996] - Granted Free Agency. [Nov 6,1996] - Signed by Orioles [Nov 12,1996] - Signed as Free Agent by Orioles. [May 13,1997] - Released by Orioles [May 14,1997] - Released by Orioles. [May 17,1997] - Signed as Free Agent by Reds. [Sep 11,1997] - Granted Free Agency. [Jan 1,1998] - Signed by Seibu (Japan) [Dec 23,1998] - Signed as Free Agent by Reds. [Oct 15,1999] - Granted Free Agency. [Dec 1,1999] - Signed as Free Agent by Rockies. [Jan 28,2000] - Signed by Rockies [Oct 4,2000] - Granted Free Agency. [Jan 4,2001] - Signed as Free Agent by Dodgers. [Jan 11,2001] - Signed by Dodgers [Mar 30,2001] - Released by Dodgers [Mar 30,2001] - re-signed by Dodgers [Mar 26,2003] - Released by Dodgers. [Mar 28,2003] - Signed as Free Agent by Mariners. [Oct 10,2003] - Granted Free Agency. [Nov 24,2003] - Signed as Free Agent by Indians. [Dec 8,2003] - Signed by Indians [Mar 27,2004] - Released by Indians. [Apr 5,2004] - Signed as Free Agent by Cubs. [Jun 1,2004] - Released by Cubs. [Jun 2,2004] - Signed as Free Agent by Dodgers. [Oct 17,2005] - Opted for free agency [Dec 28,2005] - Signed by Pirates (minor) [May 9,2006] - Signed by Dodgers (minor)

Disabled List: [Aug 15,2002] - 15 Day Disabled list - (strained muscle in his right forearm) [Sep 1,2002] - Activated

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1991	St. Cath	NYPL	23	Tor	A-	5	2	1.71	15	13	2	2	0	0	89.2	66	26	17	5	21	83	4		6.62	0.50	2.11	8.33	0.97	--
1992	Myrtle Bch	SAL	24	Tor	A	11	7	3.14	22	16	1	1	2	0	100.1	86	40	35	12	36	100	9		7.71	1.08	3.23	8.97	1.22	--
	Dunedin	FSL	24	Tor	A+	0	1	4.63	5	4	0	0	1	0	23.1	22	13	12	1	11	16	4		8.49	0.39	4.24	6.17	1.41	--
1993	Dunedin	FSL	25	Tor	A+	6	11	3.45	27	24	1	0	1	0	140.2	136	69	54	14	59	108	10		8.70	0.90	3.77	6.91	1.39	--
1994	Knoxville	Sou	26	Tor	AA	13	7	3.89	26	26	1	0	0	0	164.1	158	85	71	16	59	96	9	0	8.65	0.88	3.23	5.26	1.32	--
1995	Syracuse	IL	27	Tor	AAA	7	7	3.96	21	21	0	0	0	0	131.2	116	72	58	11	58	81	3	0	7.93	0.75	3.96	5.54	1.32	--
	Toronto	AL	27	Tor	MLB	2	4	7.21	12	7	1	0	2	0	48.2	64	46	39	10	25	27	1	0	11.84	1.85	4.62	4.99	1.83	46%
1996	Indy	Amer	28	Cin	AAA	4	0	0.76	9	6	1	1	2	1	47.2	25	6	4	2	9	45	0	1	4.72	0.38	1.70	8.50	0.71	--
	Syracuse	IL	28	Tor	AAA	4	4	3.58	9	6	1	0	1	0	37.2	37	16	15	2	12	28	1	0	8.84	0.48	2.87	6.69	1.30	--
	Toronto	AL	28	Tor	MLB	0	1	11.40	11	0	0	0	3	0	15.0	23	19	19	5	12	10	1	0	13.80	3.00	7.20	6.00	2.33	45%
	Cincinnati	NL	28	Cin	MLB	1	0	5.87	8	5	0	0	1	0	23.0	31	17	15	6	13	13	0	0	12.13	2.35	5.09	5.09	1.91	28%
1997	Indy	Amer	29	Cin	AAA	12	5	3.51	19	18	2	0	0	0	120.2	111	50	47	12	51	105	1	1	8.28	0.90	3.80	7.83	1.34	--
	Rochester	IL	29	Bal	AAA	4	2	4.44	8	8	1	0	0	0	46.2	45	23	23	4	16	48	1	0	8.68	0.77	3.09	9.26	1.31	--
	Cincinnati	NL	29	Cin	MLB	0	1	7.84	2	2	0	0	0	0	10.1	14	9	9	4	6	5	0	0	12.19	3.48	5.23	4.35	1.94	--
1998	Seibu	Jap Pac	30		Intl	1	2	4.91	33	5	0	0	0	1	73.1	68	44	40	8	40	50	0	0	8.35	0.98	4.91	6.14	1.47	--
	Seibu	Jap East	30		Intl	2	0	4.50	4	0	0	0	0	0	8.0	8	4	4	0	1	8	0	0	9.00	0.00	1.13	9.00	1.13	--
1999	Indy	IL	31	Cin	AAA	12	7	3.47	39	21	2	1	7	0	158.0	144	68	61	20	58	114	3	1	8.20	1.14	3.30	6.49	1.28	--
2000	Colo Spr	PCL	32	Col	AAA	7	2	3.26	18	15	0	0	1	0	96.2	89	39	35	8	30	89	4	0	8.29	0.74	2.79	8.29	1.23	--
	Colorado	NL	32	Col	MLB	0	1	12.83	8	0	0	0	2	0	13.1	21	19	19	5	11	15	0	0	14.18	3.38	7.43	10.13	2.40	44%
2001	Las Vegas	PCL	33	La	AAA	1	2	3.10	6	6	0	0	0	0	29.0	27	10	10	5	9	35	0	1	8.38	1.55	2.79	10.86	1.24	--
	LA Dodgers	NL	33	La	MLB	6	1	3.16	47	3	0	0	2	0	85.1	73	30	30	12	24	70	0	0	7.70	1.27	2.53	7.38	1.14	47%
2002	LA Dodgers	NL	34	La	MLB	6	3	3.28	63	1	0	0	13	1	90.2	83	34	33	14	32	56	1	0	8.24	1.39	3.18	5.56	1.27	48%
2003	Tacoma	PCL	35	Sea	AAA	1	1	4.23	18	0	0	0	13	5	27.2	28	14	13	2	9	27	3		9.11	0.65	2.93	8.78	1.34	--
	Seattle	AL	35	Sea	MLB	2	0	6.83	23	0	0	0	7	0	29.0	40	22	22	6	14	13	0	0	12.41	1.86	4.34	4.03	1.86	40%
2004	Iowa	PCL	36	Chc	AAA	1	2	3.81	20	0	0	0	4	1	28.1	29	12	12	3	8	23	0		9.21	0.95	2.54	7.31	1.31	--
	Las Vegas	PCL	36	La	AAA	0	1	2.51	11	0	0	0	5	2	14.1	11	4	4	1	8	15	1		6.91	0.63	5.02	9.42	1.33	--
	LA Dodgers	NL	36	La	MLB	5	2	2.18	42	0	0	0	15	2	53.2	46	15	13	1	20	48	1	0	7.71	0.17	3.35	8.05	1.23	39%
2005	LA Dodgers	NL	37	La	MLB	7	4	3.93	72	0	0	0	18	0	75.2	65	35	33	6	38	56	4	0	7.73	0.71	4.52	6.66	1.36	41%
2006	Las Vegas	PCL	38	La	AAA	2	1	4.26	21	0	0	0	10	4	25.1	22	13	12	3	12	19	1	0	7.82	1.07	4.26	6.75	1.34	--
	Indy	IL	38	Pit	AAA	1	1	3.00	9	1	0	0	2	0	15.0	8	5	5	1	5	14	0	0	4.80	0.60	3.00	8.40	0.87	--
	LA Dodgers	NL	38	La	MLB	0	1	4.55	25	0	0	0	9	1	27.2	27	14	14	5	7	25	1	0	8.78	1.63	2.28	8.13	1.23	42%

Major League Totals - 10 Season(s)						29	18	4.69	313	18	1	0	72	4	472.1	487	260	246	74	202	338	9	0	9.28	1.41	3.85	6.44	1.46	44%
Minor League Totals - 14 Season(s)						94	65	3.47	340	190	12	5	49	14	1,378.1	1236	613	532	130	512	1104	54		8.07	0.85	3.34	7.21	1.27	--

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Level	Pos	Ln	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1995	Toronto	AL	27	Tor	MLB	p	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1996	Indy	Amer	28	Cin	AAA	p		9	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
	Cincinnati	NL	28	Cin	MLB	p	9	8	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	83%
	Toronto	AL	28	Tor	MLB	p	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1997	Indy	Amer	29	Cin	AAA	p		19	18	2	4	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	4	0	0	1	0	0	.222	.300	.222	522	--
	Cincinnati	NL	29	Cin	MLB	p	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
1999	Indy	IL	31	Cin	AAA	p		39	23	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	.130	.130	.130	260	--
2000	Colo Spr	PCL	32	Col	AAA	p		18	24	2	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	0	1	.167	.167	.167	334	--
	Colorado	NL	32	Col	MLB	p	9	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
2001	Las Vegas	PCL	33	La	AAA	p		6	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
	LA Dodgers	NL	33	La	MLB	p	9	44	12	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	500	100%
2002	LA Dodgers	NL	34	La	MLB	p	9	59	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.143	.000	143	50%
2003	Seattle	AL	35	Sea	MLB	p	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
2004	Iowa	PCL	36	Chc	AAA	p		20	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
	LA Dodgers	NL	36	La	MLB	p	9	41	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
2005	LA Dodgers	NL	37	La	MLB	p	9	72	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	100%
2006	Las Vegas	PCL	38	La	AAA	p		21	6	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	.167	.167	.333	500	--

Major League Totals - 9 Season(s)								258	31	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	11	0	0	4	0	0	.097	.125	.097	222	75%
Minor League Totals - 7 Season(s)								132	82	4	12	1	0	0	6	0	1	2	16	0	0	8	0	1	.146	.167	.159	326	--

Playoffs Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Series	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
2004	LA Dodgers	NL	36	La	Div	0	0	9.00	3	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	4	2	2	1	1	1	1	0	18.00	4.50	4.50	4.50	2.50	--

Major League Totals - 1 Season(s)						0	0	9.00	3	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	4	2	2	1	1	1	1	0	18.00	4.50	4.50	4.50	2.50	--

Playoffs Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Series	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
2004	LA Dodgers	NL	36	La	Div	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--

Major League Totals - 1 Season(s)						3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
1991	St. Cath	NYPL	23	Tor	A-	P	15			6	16	3	25	2	-	-	-	.880	--

1992	Myrtle Bch	SAL	24	Tor	A	P	22			3	10	0	13	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
1992	Dunedin	FSL	24	Tor	A+	P	5			1	3	0	4	1	-	-	-	1.000	--

1993	Dunedin	FSL	25	Tor	A+	P	27			13	19	1	33	2	-	-	-	.970	--

1994	Knoxville	Sou	26	Tor	AA	P	26			16	30	0	46	1	-	-	-	1.000	--

1995	Syracuse	IL	27	Tor	AAA	P	21			17	19	4	40	2	-	-	-	.900	--
1995	Toronto	AL	27	Tor	MLB	P	12		48.2	1	3	0	4	0	-	-	-	1.000	.74

1996	Indy	Amer	28	Cin	AAA	P	9			4	2	1	7	0	-	-	-	.857	--
1996	Syracuse	IL	28	Tor	AAA	P	9			2	5	0	7	2	-	-	-	1.000	--
1996	Cincinnati	NL	28	Cin	MLB	P	8		23	2	3	0	5	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.96
1996	Toronto	AL	28	Tor	MLB	P	11		15	0	1	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	.60

1997	Indy	Amer	29	Cin	AAA	P	19			9	14	1	24	2	-	-	-	.958	--
1997	Rochester	IL	29	Bal	AAA	P	8			6	5	0	11	1	-	-	-	1.000	--
1997	Cincinnati	NL	29	Cin	MLB	P	2		10.1	0	3	0	3	0	-	-	-	1.000	2.61

1999	Indy	IL	31	Cin	AAA	P	39			17	23	0	40	2	-	-	-	1.000	--

2000	Colo Spr	PCL	32	Col	AAA	P	18			9	13	1	23	0	-	-	-	.957	--
2000	Colorado	NL	32	Col	MLB	P	8		13.1	3	0	0	3	0	-	-	-	1.000	2.03

2001	Las Vegas	PCL	33	La	AAA	P	6			3	7	0	10	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
2001	LA Dodgers	NL	33	La	MLB	P	47		85.1	5	10	0	15	1	-	-	-	1.000	1.58

2002	LA Dodgers	NL	34	La	MLB	P	63		90.2	8	18	0	26	1	-	-	-	1.000	2.58

2003	Tacoma	PCL	35	Sea	AAA	P	18			0	1	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
2003	Seattle	AL	35	Sea	MLB	P	23	-	29	4	4	0	8	1	-	-	-	1.000	2.48

2004	Iowa	PCL	36	Chc	AAA	P	20			1	2	0	3	1	-	-	-	1.000	--
2004	Las Vegas	PCL	36	La	AAA	P	11			1	0	1	2	1	-	-	-	.500	--
2004	LA Dodgers	NL	36	La	MLB	P	42	-	53.2	4	11	0	15	2	-	-	-	1.000	2.52

2005	LA Dodgers	NL	37	La	MLB	P	72	-	75.2	4	20	2	26	3	-	-	-	.923	2.85

2006	Indy	IL	38	Pit	AAA	P	9								-	-	-	---	--
2006	Las Vegas	PCL	38	La	AAA	P	21								-	-	-	---	--
2006	LA Dodgers	NL	38	La	MLB	P	25	-	27.2	2	2	0	4	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.30

Awards

[1997] - American Association All-Star RHP [1998] - Winter League All-Star SP [2002] - Winter League All-Star RP

Salaries

Year	Salary	Rank	Lg Avg	Centile
1995	109,000		831,504	80
1996	115,000		835,262	72
1997	*150,000		996,990	80
2000	*175,000		1,369,505	80
2001	*200,000		1,609,512	80
2002	360,000		1,654,088	47
2003	400,000		1,773,364	45
2004	*300,000		1,716,303	80
2005	500,000		1,825,756	42
2006	*327,000		1,937,004	80

Career:	$2,636,000	estimate

Trivia and Player Notes

Played in 2006 World Baseball Classic for Venezuela.

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