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Carlos
Zambrano		  
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4''
Weight: 235
 
Born: June 1, 1981 in Venezuela
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 2016   
Gold Glove 2010   
All-Star Selections 2018   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2007 26 TBA AL $ 7,000,000 4 60 58 59 13 59 36 90 62 76
2008 27 SEA AL $ 7,000,000 4 62 60 61 23 69 46 89 61 75
2009 28 SDN NL $ 7,000,000 4 63 61 62 24 70 47 89 61 75
2010 29 CLE AL $ 7,000,000 8 7 6 7 3 8 5 9 7 8
2011 30 CLE AL $ 5,000,000 8 7 6 7 3 7 5 9 7 8
2012 31 CLE AL $ 5,000,000 8 7 6 7 3 7 5 9 6 8
2013 32 MIL NL $ 5,000,000 7 7 6 7 3 7 5 9 6 8
2014 33 MIL NL $ 5,000,000 7 7 6 7 3 7 5 9 6 8
2015 34 MIL NL $ 5,000,000 7 7 6 7 3 7 5 9 6 7
2016 35 MIL NL $ 2,400,000 7 7 6 7 3 7 5 8 6 7
2017 36 PHI NL $ 2,400,000 7 7 6 7 3 7 5 8 5 7
2018 37 FLO NL $ 450,000 7 6 6 6 2 7 5 7 5 6
2019 38 FLO NL $ 450,000 7 6 6 6 2 7 5 7 4 6
2020 39 NYN NL $ 300,000 7 6 6 6 2 7 5 6 4 5
2021 40 LAS AL   7 6 5 5 2 6 4 6 3 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings   4 6 5 5 2 6 4 6 3 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 7,000,000 8 63 61 62 24 70 47 90 62 76
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2007 26 TBA AL $ 7,000,000   26 26 29 6 6 6 23 23 23 1 1 1 30 30 30
2008 27 SEA AL $ 7,000,000   26 26 29 6 6 6 23 23 23 1 1 1 30 30 30
2009 28 SDN NL $ 7,000,000   26 26 29 6 6 6 23 23 23 1 1 1 30 30 30
2010 29 CLE AL $ 7,000,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
2011 30 CLE AL $ 5,000,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
2012 31 CLE AL $ 5,000,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
2013 32 MIL NL $ 5,000,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
2014 33 MIL NL $ 5,000,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
2015 34 MIL NL $ 5,000,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
2016 35 MIL NL $ 2,400,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
2017 36 PHI NL $ 2,400,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
2018 37 FLO NL $ 450,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
2019 38 FLO NL $ 450,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
2020 39 NYN NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
2021 40 LAS AL     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 7,000,000   26 26 29 6 6 6 23 23 23 1 1 1 30 30 30
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Cy Young or Rookie Of The Year.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
2002 21 CHN   4 8 .333 32   0 0 0 108.3 94 44   63 93 3.66  
2003 22 CHN   6 4 .600 17   0 0 0 92.0 92 59   43 61 5.77  
2004 23 ATL   5 2 .714 31   0 0 2 40.7 37 11   20 35 2.43  
2005 24 ATL   8 7 .533 46   0 0 1 125.0 142 66   79 116 4.75  
2006 25 NYN   14 6 .700 28   1 0 0 179.3 159 69   81 183 3.46  
2007 26 TBA AL 15 8 .652 33 33 0 0 0 191.3 200 88 13 84 184 4.14 .270 .344 .411 .755 11.1
2008 27 SEA AL 14 11 .560 35 35 1 1 0 219.0 189 76 10 125 133 3.12 .238 .344 .335 .679 15.8
2009 28 SEA AL 2 8 .200 23 23 0 0 0 124.0 156 94 13 67 71 6.82 .308 .392 .454 .846 0.0
  SDN NL 6 2 .750 12 12 0 0 0 73.3 78 32 7 25 53 3.93 .274 .337 .411 .747 5.4
  TOT   8 10 .444 35 35 0 0 0 197.3 234 126 20 92 124 5.75 .295 .373 .438 .811 5.4
2010 29 CLE AL 14 9 .609 31 31 0 0 0 195.0 184 73 13 77 107 3.37 .247 .329 .356 .684 14.9
2011 30 CLE AL 16 13 .552 32 32 1 0 0 200.7 191 94 15 96 124 4.22 .249 .336 .356 .693 13.3
2012 31 CLE AL 8 13 .381 32 32 2 1 0 202.7 174 78 17 62 133 3.46 .231 .297 .350 .647 14.7
2013 32 CLE AL 2 1 .667 3 3 1 0 0 23.3 16 7 1 2 17 2.70 .195 .221 .268 .489 2.6
  MIL NL 9 13 .409 31 31 5 2 0 187.3 197 98 17 85 137 4.71 .273 .355 .402 .757 4.5
  TOT   11 14 .440 34 34 6 2 0 210.7 213 105 18 87 154 4.49 .265 .342 .389 .730 7.1
2014 33 MIL NL 12 8 .600 34 34 2 2 0 232.7 201 96 16 95 198 3.71 .229 .312 .331 .643 10.0
2015 34 MIL NL 10 7 .588 26 26 2 0 0 173.0 155 68 19 57 135 3.54 .235 .298 .375 .673 8.2
2016 35 MIL NL 5 7 .417 30 10 0 0 2 90.0 87 41 9 22 75 4.10 .252 .298 .386 .684 4.2
2017 36 PHI NL 5 7 .417 99 0 0 0 4 111.7 124 62 10 39 89 5.00 .276 .343 .389 .732 3.6
2018 37 FLO NL 6 2 .750 58 0 0 0 32 58.7 65 22 7 20 37 3.38 .285 .343 .434 .777 7.9
2019 38 FLO NL 5 2 .714 80 0 0 0 15 87.0 88 33 8 33 84 3.41 .260 .331 .398 .729 9.1
2020 39 NYN NL 4 6 .400 80 2 0 0 11 100.7 103 59 6 57 72 5.28 .269 .373 .366 .739 2.7
2021 40 AAA   0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 0 3.3 0 0 0 1 3 0.00 .000 .091 .000 .091  
14 Years Sim 133 117 .532 639 304 14 6 64 2270.3 2208 1021 181 946 1649 4.05 .255 .333 .375 .708 128.0
19 Years Pro 170 144 .541 793   15 6 67 2815.6 2732 1270   1232 2137 4.06  
1 Years AAA 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 0 3.3 0 0 0 1 3 0.00 .000 .091 .000 .091  
Season Average 9 8 .529 45 21 1 0 4 162.2 157 72 12 67 117 4.05 .255 .333 .375 .708  
Career Highs 16 14 .750 99 35 6 2 32 232.7 234 126 20 125 198 5.75 .295 .373 .438 .811  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   1167 556 123 322 855   .254 .303 .386 .689
vs LH   1041 465 58 624 794   .255 .354 .362 .716
Home 66 65 .504 335 153 4 3 33 1140.3 1122 516 84 487 814 4.07 .257 .331 .376 .707
Away 67 52 .563 304 151 10 3 36 1130.0 1086 505 97 459 835 4.02 .252 .325 .374 .698
Mar/Apr 15 21 .417 87 46 2 1 9 330.0 335 176 26 135 220 4.80 .264 .335 .395 .731
May 25 26 .490 111 55 3 0 12 406.9 421 188 38 159 298 4.16 .265 .332 .403 .735
June 23 16 .590 102 47 2 2 20 339.0 344 157 33 162 210 4.17 .265 .346 .401 .747
July 19 20 .487 118 49 1 0 14 364.6 353 163 23 143 290 4.02 .253 .322 .355 .677
August 24 19 .558 108 50 2 0 3 382.3 366 156 28 164 278 3.67 .251 .327 .356 .683
Sep/Oct 27 15 .643 113 57 4 3 11 447.3 389 181 33 183 353 3.64 .233 .309 .344 .653
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won MVP or Rookie Of The Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2002 21 CHN   31 30 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 .033 .033 .067 .100 -2.1  
2003 22 CHN   17 30 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 11 .133 .212 .133 .345 0.5  
2004 23 ATL   31 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1  
2005 24 ATL   46 36 3 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 15 .111 .179 .111 .291 -0.1  
2006 25 NYN   28 35 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 17 .143 .211 .143 .353 0.6  
2007 26 TBA AL 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6 0.0
2008 27 SEA AL 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
2009 28 SEA AL 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4 0.0
  SDN NL 12 25 2 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 11 .120 .185 .120 .305 0.4 0.0
  TOT   13 27 2 4 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 11 .148 .207 .148 .355 0.8 0.0
2010 29 CLE AL 1 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 .667 1.333 0.9 0.3
2011 30 CLE AL 3 6 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 2 .333 .429 .833 1.262 1.9 0.5
2012 31 CLE AL 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
2013 32 MIL NL 30 64 5 13 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 19 .203 .227 .203 .430 2.6 0.0
2014 33 MIL NL 33 81 4 11 1 0 0 6 0 0 2 18 .136 .157 .148 .305 -0.7 0.0
2015 34 MIL NL 25 52 4 6 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 20 .115 .132 .115 .247 -1.4 0.0
2016 35 MIL NL 30 21 2 5 1 0 0 5 0 0 2 6 .238 .304 .286 .590 1.6 0.2
2017 36 PHI NL 96 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
2018 37 FLO NL 54 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
2019 38 FLO NL 76 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
2020 39 NYN NL 77 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .250 .400 .250 .650 0.2 0.0
14 Years Sim 445 275 18 44 2 0 1 22 1 0 11 84 .160 .192 .178 .370 4.4 0.9
19 Years Pro 598 407 26 58 3 0 1 24 1 0 20 143 .143 .183 .157 .340 3.3  
162 Game Average 100 6 16 0 0 0 8 0 0 4 30 .160 .192 .178 .370 1.6  
Career Highs 96 81 5 13 1 0 1 6 1 0 2 20 .667 .667 .833 1.333 2.6  
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   208 14 30 1 0 1 15 1 0 10 60 .144 .183 .163 .347 2.7
vs LH   67 4 14 1 0 0 7 0 0 1 24 .209 .221 .224 .444 2.5
Home 202 96 6 9 2 0 0 7 0 0 4 33 .094 .130 .115 .245 -2.1
Away 166 179 12 35 0 0 1 15 1 0 7 51 .196 .226 .212 .438 7.2
RISP   84 0 13 1 0 0 19 0 0 1 25 .155 .165 .167 .331 0.2
Close/Late   5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .167 .000 .167 -0.1
Mar/Apr 15 30 3 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 14 .167 .194 .167 .360 0.4
May 40 55 5 13 2 0 0 10 0 0 1 9 .236 .250 .273 .523 3.2
June 24 35 2 8 0 0 1 4 0 0 1 12 .229 .250 .314 .564 2.7
July 76 42 2 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 15 .167 .186 .167 .353 0.5
August 44 62 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 21 .081 .095 .081 .176 -2.6
Sep/Oct 43 51 4 6 0 0 0 4 1 0 6 13 .118 .211 .118 .328 0.9
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
2007 26 TBA AL P 33 33 191.3 7 28 0 5 1.000 1.65    
2008 27 SEA AL P 35 35 219.0 11 36 2 1 .959 1.93    
2009 28 SEA AL P 23 23 124.0 9 19 1 2 .966 2.03    
  SDN NL P 12 12 73.3 5 12 0 1 1.000 2.09    
  TOT   P 35 35 197.3 14 31 1 3 .978 2.05    
2010 29 CLE AL P 31 31 195.0 23 37 2 3 .968 2.77    
2011 30 CLE AL P 32 32 200.7 12 32 1 5 .978 1.97    
2012 31 CLE AL P 32 32 202.7 16 39 1 3 .982 2.44    
2013 32 CLE AL P 3 3 23.3 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.54    
  MIL NL P 31 31 187.3 9 27 0 2 1.000 1.73    
  TOT   P 34 34 210.7 10 30 0 2 1.000 1.71    
2014 33 MIL NL P 34 34 232.7 8 36 2 2 .957 1.70    
2015 34 MIL NL P 26 26 173.0 10 27 0 2 1.000 1.92    
2016 35 MIL NL P 30 10 90.0 5 14 0 2 1.000 1.90    
2017 36 PHI NL P 99 0 111.7 10 15 0 0 1.000 2.02    
2018 37 FLO NL P 58 0 58.7 5 10 1 1 .938 2.30    
2019 38 FLO NL P 80 0 87.0 7 14 0 3 1.000 2.17    
2020 39 NYN NL P 80 2 100.7 3 23 1 1 .963 2.32    
Career Totals   639 304 2270.3 141 372 11 33 .979 2.03    
Career Highs   99 35 232.7 23 39 2 5 1.000 2.77    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
2015 34 MIL NL 0 1 .000 2 2 0 0 0 11.3 13 6 3 4 15 4.77 .277 .333 .553 .887
2016 35 MIL NL 1 0 1.000 4 0 0 0 0 9.0 3 0 0 7 9 0.00 .115 .303 .192 .495
2018 37 FLO NL 0 1 .000 8 0 0 0 5 7.0 8 1 0 4 4 1.29 .296 .387 .370 .757
2019 38 FLO NL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 4.0 5 3 0 4 1 6.75 .294 .429 .294 .723
Career Post-Season Pitching 1 2 .333 16 2 0 0 5 31.3 29 10 3 19 29 2.87 .248 .353 .393 .746
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
2015 34 MIL NL 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
2016 35 MIL NL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
2019 38 FLO NL 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .167 .000 .167
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
2008-1-3.12
2010-9-3.37
 Wins
2011-6-16
CAR-37-133
 Losses
CAR-35-117
 Saves
2018-5-32
 Games Pitched
2017-6-99
CAR-19-639
 Games Started
2008-8-35
Complete Games
2013-7-5
 Shutouts
2008-5-1
2012-7-1
2013-5-2
2014-3-2
 Innings Pitched
CAR-36-2270.3
 Hits Allowed
CAR-27-2208
 Strikeouts
CAR-50-1649
 Walks Allowed
2007-8-84
2008-1-125
2011-7-96
2013-10-85
2014-4-95
CAR-6-946
Hits per 9IP
2008-5-7.8
2012-8-7.7
 Strikeouts per 9IP
2007-5-8.7
 OAVG
2008-6-.238
2012-9-.231
 OSLG
2008-1-.335
2010-8-.356
2011-6-.356
 OOPS
2008-8-.679
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 4    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 2)
   Gray Ink Test: 29    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 6)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 24    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 0)
 
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History
Traded from Texas to Tampa Bay on 2/27/2007 (Going to TBA: P C. Zambrano, CF R. Ludwick, P B. Rustich. Going to TEX: P A. Loewen, C J. Brashear, 3B A. Boone)
Traded from Tampa Bay to Seattle on 7/30/2008 (Going to SEA: P Carlos Zambrano. Going to TBA: RF Danny Bautista, RF Michael Goss)
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 10/1/2008, going 5-0, 0.98
Traded from Seattle to San Diego on 7/31/2009 (Going to SDN: P Carlos Zambrano. Going to SEA: 2B Ramon Vazquez, P Young Richardson, P Sean Thompson)
Traded from San Diego to Cleveland on 2/1/2010 (Going to SDN: P Billy Traber, P Juan Moreno, RF Patrick Boyd, SS Derek Jeter. Going to CLE: SS Mike Rouse, CF Vernon Wells, P Carlos Zambrano, 3B Drew Henson)
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 10/1/2010, going 4-0, 1.54
Won Gold Glove at Pitcher in 2010
Hit first career homerun on 6/20/2011, off Colt Griffin (ATL)
Injured on 7/11/2012 with a Strained Back, out for 1-2 weeks
Traded from Cleveland to Milwaukee on 4/24/2013 (Going to MIL: P Carlos Zambrano. Going to CLE: C William Scobie, LF Chris Snavely)
Injured on 6/9/2015 with a Ruptured Bicep Tendon, out for 5 weeks
7/29/2015: Signed a contract extension with Milwaukee, $2,400,000 per year, for 2 years
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 9/1/2015, going 4-0, 0.99
Won World Championship with Milwaukee in 2016
 
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