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Chico Carrasquel

Birthdate:

1/23/1928

Died:

5/26/2005

Height / Weight:

6' 0" / 170 lbs.

Place of Birth:

Caracas, , Venezuela

Bats / Throws:

R / R

Baseball Historian Biography

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A highly popular player, Chico Carrasquel was born in Caracas, Venezuela and was one of the leading defensive shortstops during the 1950's. In his rookie season with the Chicago White Sox in 1950, Carrasquel collected a 24-game batting streak, ended third in the balloting for Rookie of the Year, he scored 72 runs and batted .282. He played 10 major league seasons, was a four time American League All-Star, led the league 3 times in fielding pct and once in double plays. Chico was an outstanding, graceful fielder, with a strong arm and helped the White Sox with his bat as well as his fielding. In 1954, he hit a career high 28 doubles 12 homers and scored 106 runs while hitting .255. He was traded to the Indians in 1956 when the White Sox brought up future Hall of Fame shortstop Luis Aparicio. Carrasquel was the Indians' starting shortstop in 1956-57. After he retired from active playing, he managed the Carcas Lions and later became one of the White Sox's Spanish language Broadcasters. Alfonso 'Chico' Carrasquel

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	ERA
11 years		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	AVG	OBP	SLG
1950	CHW (AL)	141	524	72	148	21	5	4	46	66	46	0	2	0	5	8	0	.282	.368	SLG
1951	CHW (AL)	147	538	41	142	22	4	2	58	46	39	14	4	0	3	8	0	.264	.325	SLG
1952	CHW (AL)	100	359	36	89	7	4	1	42	33	27	2	2	0	2	3	0	.248	.315	SLG
1953	CHW (AL)	149	552	72	154	30	4	2	47	38	47	5	3	0	4	10	0	.279	.330	SLG
1954	CHW (AL)	155	620	106	158	28	3	12	62	85	67	7	6	0	5	6	2	.255	.348	SLG
1955	CHW (AL)	145	523	83	134	11	2	11	52	61	59	1	1	0	4	4	6	.256	.335	SLG
1956	CLE (AL)	141	474	60	115	15	1	7	48	52	61	0	4	0	6	9	3	.243	.323	SLG
1957	CLE (AL)	125	392	37	108	14	1	8	57	41	53	0	2	2	8	7	6	.276	.351	SLG
1958	KCA (AL)	59	160	19	34	5	1	2	13	21	15	0	1	0	0	1	0	.213	.304	SLG
1958	CLE (AL)	49	156	14	40	6	0	2	21	14	12	0	0	1	0	3	0	.256	.318	SLG
1959	BAL (AL)	114	346	28	77	13	0	4	28	34	41	2	3	1	1	8	2	.223	.292	SLG
11 years		1325	4644	568	1199	172	25	55	474	491	467	31	28	4	38	67	19	.258	.333	.SLG

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