As the Hot Stove League has brought the departure of one Carlos' (Delgado's) palo de beisbol grande and brief rumours of it being replaced by another Carlos' big bat (Lee, now of the Brewers), and the past season saw the dismissal of still another Carlos from Toronto's own managerial hot seat, it brings to mind the possibilities of an All-Carlos team. Here's one very quick take; can you do better?
* Indicates selected to at least one MLB All-Star Game
MANAGER
Tosca*
LINEUP
C Hernandez
1B Pena
2B Baerga*
SS Guillen*
3B Martinez
LF May*
CF Beltran*
RF Lee
DH Delgado*
BENCH
IF Garcia*
IF Febles
OF Paula
OF Bernier
OF Perez
C Diaz (F.)
PITCHING STAFF
RHSP Zambrano*
LHSP Perez*
RHSP Silva
LHSP Pulido
RHRP Almanzar
LHRP Hernandez (Guacara)
RHRP Reyes
LHRP Diaz (A.)
Notes of interest:
- Tosca is the only Carlos to ever manage in the big leagues.
- Only one Carlos (Carlos Moore, who pitched in four games for the 1930 Senators) appeared in the big leagues before 1950.
- A total of 41 men with the first name "Carlos" have appeared in tbe big leagues; nine of them, or 22 percent, have been to a MLB All-Star Game as a player or coach. Play the odds and name your kid "Carlos"!
- Only one man (Cisco Carlos, who pitched for the 1967-70 White Sox and Senators) has appeared in the big leagues with the last name Carlos.
- The only Carloses to share a last name are the two Diazes and the three Hernandezes. Carlos F. Diaz was a Blue Jay catcher in 1990; Carlos A. Diaz had cups of coffee with the Braves, Mets and Dodgers in the 1980s. Carlos A. Hernandez caught for a decade, mostly with the Padres and Dodgers; Carlos (no middle initial, from Caracas, Venezuela) Hernandez auditioned briefly as a 2B/SS/3B with the 1999 Astros and 2000 Mariners; and Carlos (no middle initial, from Guacara, Venezuela) Hernandez is currently a moderately effective lefty reliever, also with the Astros.
- We can't document that it's the only time it's ever happened, but on March 21, 2000, Carlos (no middle initial, from Caracas, Venezuela) Hernandez was traded by the Houston Astros to the Seattle Mariners for Carlos Maldonado, a right-handed reliever who last appeared in the big leagues with the American League Milwuakee Brewers in 1993 ... an all-Carlos swap.
- Carlos Pulido spent nine years between his debut in 1994 with the Twins and his second season return to the bigs in 2003, also with the Twins.
- There's not much question that Carlos Delgado, with HOF Standards/Monitor scores of 31 and 80 already (where scores of 50 and 100 indicate likely HOF status), is the greatest Carlos ever to don major league duds. Beltran (19 and 43) could close the gap, and has already caught or surpassed Baerga (19.8 abd 44.5), while Guillen and Zambrano, like May before them, are single-digit guys.
Adios Carlos. You're the anchor of the All-Carlos team, anyway.
* Indicates selected to at least one MLB All-Star Game
MANAGER
Tosca*
LINEUP
C Hernandez
1B Pena
2B Baerga*
SS Guillen*
3B Martinez
LF May*
CF Beltran*
RF Lee
DH Delgado*
BENCH
IF Garcia*
IF Febles
OF Paula
OF Bernier
OF Perez
C Diaz (F.)
PITCHING STAFF
RHSP Zambrano*
LHSP Perez*
RHSP Silva
LHSP Pulido
RHRP Almanzar
LHRP Hernandez (Guacara)
RHRP Reyes
LHRP Diaz (A.)
Notes of interest:
- Tosca is the only Carlos to ever manage in the big leagues.
- Only one Carlos (Carlos Moore, who pitched in four games for the 1930 Senators) appeared in the big leagues before 1950.
- A total of 41 men with the first name "Carlos" have appeared in tbe big leagues; nine of them, or 22 percent, have been to a MLB All-Star Game as a player or coach. Play the odds and name your kid "Carlos"!
- Only one man (Cisco Carlos, who pitched for the 1967-70 White Sox and Senators) has appeared in the big leagues with the last name Carlos.
- The only Carloses to share a last name are the two Diazes and the three Hernandezes. Carlos F. Diaz was a Blue Jay catcher in 1990; Carlos A. Diaz had cups of coffee with the Braves, Mets and Dodgers in the 1980s. Carlos A. Hernandez caught for a decade, mostly with the Padres and Dodgers; Carlos (no middle initial, from Caracas, Venezuela) Hernandez auditioned briefly as a 2B/SS/3B with the 1999 Astros and 2000 Mariners; and Carlos (no middle initial, from Guacara, Venezuela) Hernandez is currently a moderately effective lefty reliever, also with the Astros.
- We can't document that it's the only time it's ever happened, but on March 21, 2000, Carlos (no middle initial, from Caracas, Venezuela) Hernandez was traded by the Houston Astros to the Seattle Mariners for Carlos Maldonado, a right-handed reliever who last appeared in the big leagues with the American League Milwuakee Brewers in 1993 ... an all-Carlos swap.
- Carlos Pulido spent nine years between his debut in 1994 with the Twins and his second season return to the bigs in 2003, also with the Twins.
- There's not much question that Carlos Delgado, with HOF Standards/Monitor scores of 31 and 80 already (where scores of 50 and 100 indicate likely HOF status), is the greatest Carlos ever to don major league duds. Beltran (19 and 43) could close the gap, and has already caught or surpassed Baerga (19.8 abd 44.5), while Guillen and Zambrano, like May before them, are single-digit guys.
Adios Carlos. You're the anchor of the All-Carlos team, anyway.
