Carlos Silva

Full Name: Carlos Silva	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 4"/225	First Game: April 1, 2002
Birthdate: April 23, 1979	MLB Experience: 5 years
Birthplace: Bolivar, Venezuela
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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[edit] Biography

Born on April 23, 1979 in Bolivar, Venezuela, Carlos Silva (Carlos Silva) played for the Philadelphia Phillies and Minnesota Twins over the course of his 5 year career. Silva broke into the bigs on April 1, 2002 with the Philadelphia Phillies, and put up a 3.21 ERA in 84 innings pitched in 2002, his rookie year.

There is some disagreement on what was Carlos Silva's most productive season. Some believe that it was 2004, when he posted a 4.21 ERA, won 14 games and struck out 76 batters. However, others believe that it was 2005, when he posted a 3.44 ERA and struck out 71 batters.

With the Twins, Silva made a successful conversion from reliever to starter, for one of the biggest surprises in the 2004 season. He posted a 14-8 mark in 203 innings pitched and finished second in the rotation behind Cy Young winner Johan Santana. In 2005 he set the record for fewest walks allowed per 9 innings in the modern era with an average of .43 BB/9 innings.

During May 2006, Silva was demoted to the bullpen after struggling through the beginning of the season. In June, he re-entered the rotation when the struggling #5 starter, Scott Baker, was demoted to the Twins' AAA team in Rochester, New York. In 2006 he gave up a major-league-worst 1.90 home runs per 9 innings, and had a major-league-worst batting average against of .326.[1]

Through 2006, Silva has posted a 42-32 record with 306 strikeouts and a 4.35 ERA in 743 innings. In 2007, Silva started as the fifth spot starter behind Johan Santana, Boof Bonser, Ramon Ortiz, and Sidney Ponson. In his first start of 2007, against the Chicago White Sox, he gave up 5 hits in five-innings and one earned run. His son Justin Enmanuel was born on June 12th, 2007, just an hour after teammate Juan Rincon's son was born.

[edit] Scouting Report

Silva throws a low-nineties sinking fastball, a slider and a changeup. He is known for his relatively quick pace, as he takes very short breaks between pitches. A ground ball pitcher, Silva has excellent command of his pitches, and walks very few batters.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
2002	PHI	N	68	0	5	0	3.21	41	34	30	0	0	1	84	88	4	22	6	3	4
2003	PHI	N	62	1	3	1	4.43	48	43	43	0	0	1	87.1	92	7	37	5	12	8
2004	MIN	A	33	33	14	8	4.21	76	100	95	1	1	0	203	255	23	35	2	5	5
2005	MIN	A	27	27	9	8	3.44	71	83	72	2	0	0	188.1	212	25	9	2	0	3
2006	MIN	A	36	31	11	15	5.94	70	130	119	0	0	0	180.1	246	38	32	4	1	7
2007	MIN	A	33	33	13	14	4.19	89	99	94	2	1	0	202	229	20	36	2	4	4
Total	NL		130	1	8	1	3.83	89	77	73	0	0	2	171.1	180	11	59	11	15	12
Total	AL		129	124	47	45	4.42	306	412	380	5	2	0	773.2	942	106	112	10	10	19
Total			259	125	55	46	4.31	395	489	453	5	2	2	945	1122	117	171	21	25	31

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	AVG
2002	PHI	N	P	68	0	84	4	19	1	2	0	4	5	.958
2003	PHI	N	P	62	1	87.1	3	18	1	2	1	4	1	.955
2004	MIN	A	P	33	33	203	11	25	2	1	0	7	6	.947
2005	MIN	A	P	27	27	188.1	14	26	0	3	1	7	4	1.000
2006	MIN	A	P	36	31	180.1	13	20	0	3	0	10	2	1.000
2007	MIN	A	P	33	33	202	14	26	0	2	1	8	7	1.000
Total			P	259	125	945	59	134	4	13	3	40	25	.980

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	H	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	BB	SO	SH	GDP
2002	PHI	N	68	2	0	0	.000	.333	.000	0	1	1	0	0
2003	PHI	N	62	9	2	1	.222	.222	.333	1	0	2	1	1
2004	MIN	A	33	3	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	0	0
2005	MIN	A	27	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	2	0	0
2006	MIN	A	36	3	1	0	.333	.333	.333	0	0	0	0	0
2007	MIN	A	33	4	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	2	1
Total	NL		130	11	2	1	.182	.250	.273	1	1	3	1	1
Total	AL		129	12	1	0	.083	.083	.083	0	0	4	2	1
Total			259	23	3	1	.130	.167	.174	1	1	7	3	2

[edit] Transactions

Signed as a non-drafted free agent by Philadelphia Phillies (March 22, 1996).
Traded by Philadelphia Phillies with Nick Punto and a player to be named later to Minnesota Twins in exchange for Eric Milton (December 3, 2003); Minnesota Twins received Bobby Korecky (December 17, 2003).