P Luis 'Crazy Train' Caro #1
Age: 46 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Normal
11/11/2027
OA: 20 POT: 20
P LUIS 'CRAZY TRAIN' CARO #1 - AGE: 46 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: NORMAL
G GS Rec SV ERA IP HA HR BB K WHIP WAR
0 0 0-0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.0
PITCHING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Pot. Overall Vs Left Vs Right Pot.
Stuff 30 30 30 30
Movement 50 45 50 50
Control 55 50 55 55
PITCHING RATINGS
Pitch Cur. Pot.
Fastball 50 50
Changeup 30 30
 
 
 
OTHER PITCHING RATINGS
Velocity 89-91 Mph
Stamina 60
Suggested Role Strictly BP
Type Groundball Pitcher
Hold Runners 40
Defense 20
RUN/BUNT RATINGS
Running Speed: 20
Stealing Ability: 20
Baserunning Inst.: 30
Sacrifice Bunt: 80
Bunt for Hit: 20
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result Start IP H R ER BB K Dec
PERSONALITY
Caro never shows any lack of effort.
High: Work Ethic
Low: Greed
Birthday:08/30/1981
Born in:Carolina, CAR
Nationality:Puerto Rican
Height:6' 3"
Weight:230 lbs
Local Popularity:Insignificant
National Pop.:Insignificant
STATUS
Contract:RETIRED
Salary:-
Signed Through:-
Major Service:13 Years, None
Service This Yr:None
40-Man Service:13 Years, None
Pro Service:17 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:2003, 33rd Pick in Round 2
EASTERN LEAGUE 2003 PITCHING STATS
Pitching G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER HR BB K CG CG% SHO QS QS%
Overall 30 0 4 5 8 5.24 34.1 32 23 20 2 25 26 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Pitching SVO BS SV% RA GF BR/9 H/9 K/9 BB/9 FIP WHIP FIP- WAR BABIP        
Overall 11 3 72.7 30 26 15.47 8.39 6.82 6.55 4.47 1.66 102 0.1 .294        
Pitching AB H 2B 3B HR R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS      
vs. LHB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000      
vs. RHB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000      
EASTERN LEAGUE 2003 PITCHING SPLITS
Split G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER HR BB K  
Career 30 0 4 5 8 5.24 34.1 32 23 20 2 25 26  
CAREER PITCHING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER HR BB K CG SHO WHIP BABIP FIP WAR ERA+
2007 Kansas City - SKY 25 44 0 7 5 1 4.53 51.2 46 29 26 11 20 56 0 0 1.28 .273 5.35 -0.3 102
2008 Kansas City - SKY 26 43 0 3 4 2 3.68 51.1 45 23 21 4 21 70 0 0 1.29 .328 3.30 1.3 126
2009 Kansas City - SKY 27 71 0 11 7 30 2.74 72.1 57 28 22 4 31 92 0 0 1.22 .310 3.02 2.3 167
2010 Kansas City - SKY 28 48 0 6 5 25 3.10 52.1 43 19 18 6 21 63 0 0 1.22 .298 3.91 0.9 147
2010 Chicago - SKY 28 23 0 1 1 15 2.66 23.2 13 7 7 3 7 29 0 0 0.85 .208 3.78 0.4 172
2010 Total - SKY 28 71 0 7 6 40 2.96 76.0 56 26 25 9 28 92 0 0 1.11 .273 3.87 1.3 154
2011 Chicago - SKY 29 63 0 6 3 42 2.23 64.2 41 16 16 7 16 94 0 0 0.88 .250 3.10 2.3 222
2012 Chicago - SKY 30 73 0 8 7 31 3.82 75.1 72 32 32 10 26 102 0 0 1.30 .339 3.96 1.6 131
2013 Chicago - SKY 31 55 0 4 7 27 3.65 61.2 51 26 25 7 26 72 0 0 1.25 .291 4.18 1.1 135
2014 Montreal - SKY 32 25 0 2 2 15 2.42 26.0 20 7 7 2 3 29 0 0 0.88 .281 2.84 0.9 192
2014 San Francisco - SKY 32 44 0 0 2 32 3.07 41.0 32 14 14 7 17 54 0 0 1.20 .272 4.61 0.4 158
2014 Total - SKY 32 69 0 2 4 47 2.82 67.0 52 21 21 9 20 83 0 0 1.07 .276 3.92 1.3 170
2015 San Francisco - SKY 33 41 0 7 1 2 3.81 56.2 45 28 24 8 17 68 0 0 1.09 .272 4.12 0.7 128
2016 San Francisco - SKY 34 62 0 1 7 3 3.86 79.1 82 40 34 8 29 100 0 0 1.40 .356 3.72 1.5 124
2017 St. Louis - SKY 35 58 0 3 5 31 3.78 64.1 69 29 27 10 24 64 0 0 1.45 .328 4.77 0.2 125
2018 Oakland - SKY 36 50 0 6 1 1 4.19 77.1 69 36 36 7 24 70 0 0 1.20 .291 3.74 1.1 113
2019 Oakland - SKY 37 40 0 3 5 1 4.90 64.1 87 38 35 5 17 39 0 0 1.62 .360 4.44 0.5 99
Total SKY 740 0 68 62 258 3.59 862.0 772 372 344 99 299 1002 0 0 1.24 .308 3.93 14.8 133
CAREER MINOR LEAGUE PITCHING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER HR BB K CG SHO WHIP BABIP FIP WAR ERA+
2003 Total - 21 15 15 9 2 0 2.45 102.2 79 32 28 5 38 125 0 0 1.14 .296 2.60 3.4 100
2003 Harrisburg - AA 21 30 0 4 5 8 5.24 34.1 32 23 20 2 25 26 0 0 1.66 .294 4.47 0.1 83
2004 Harrisburg - AA 22 60 1 3 1 7 2.20 77.2 63 19 19 3 36 82 0 0 1.27 .302 3.17 1.2 179
2005 Harrisburg - AA 23 53 0 4 9 5 4.40 59.1 46 32 29 4 35 70 0 0 1.37 .311 3.79 0.5 90
2006 Northwest Arkansas - AA 24 7 0 0 0 3 0.00 10.0 4 0 0 0 5 18 0 0 0.90 .267 1.54 0.5 999
2006 Syracuse - AAA 24 26 0 1 2 15 1.98 27.1 15 6 6 4 15 40 0 0 1.10 .212 4.03 0.2 214
2006 Omaha - AAA 24 23 0 1 0 13 3.80 23.2 18 10 10 2 10 24 0 0 1.18 .267 4.21 0.2 117
2006 Total - AAA 24 49 0 2 2 28 2.82 51.0 33 16 16 6 25 64 0 0 1.14 .241 4.11 0.4 154
2007 Omaha - AAA 25 9 0 0 0 4 1.93 9.1 3 2 2 0 3 17 0 0 0.64 .214 1.14 0.5 221
Total EL 30 0 4 5 8 5.24 34.1 32 23 20 2 25 26 0 0 1.66 .294 4.47 83.1
Total AAA 58 0 2 2 32 2.69 60.1 36 18 18 6 28 81 0 0 1.06 .238 3.65 161.8
Total AA 120 1 7 10 15 2.94 147.0 113 51 48 7 76 170 0 0 1.29 .304 3.31 134.3
CAREER POSTSEASON PITCHING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER HR BB K CG SHO WHIP BABIP FIP WAR ERA+
2010 Chicago - SKY 28 1 0 0 1 0 162.00 0.1 5 6 6 0 1 1 0 0 18.00 1.000 0.00 0.0 3
2011 Chicago - SKY 29 6 0 1 0 3 3.86 7.0 4 3 3 0 4 14 0 0 1.14 .364 1.57 0.4 128
2012 Chicago - SKY 30 1 0 0 1 0 6.75 2.2 2 2 2 2 0 3 0 0 0.75 .000 11.41 -0.2 74
2013 Chicago - SKY 31 8 0 1 2 5 2.89 9.1 6 3 3 0 3 15 0 0 0.96 .316 1.58 0.7 170
2014 San Francisco - SKY 32 2 0 0 1 1 15.43 2.1 5 4 4 0 4 2 0 0 3.86 .556 7.21 -0.1 31
2017 St. Louis - SKY 35 7 0 2 1 3 2.00 9.0 6 2 2 1 5 6 0 0 1.22 .192 5.49 -0.1 236
2018 Oakland - SKY 36 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.2 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 1.50 .250 4.42 0.0 999
Total SKY 27 0 4 6 12 5.40 33.1 30 20 20 3 19 43 0 0 1.47 .329 4.02 88.6
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
2003 Harrisburg - AA P 30 0 1 8 2 11 2 .818 34.1 2.36 +0.3 1.157
2004 Harrisburg - AA P 60 1 2 6 0 8 0 1.000 77.2 0.93 +0.1 1.017
2005 Harrisburg - AA P 52 0 1 12 0 14 1 .929 59.1 1.97 +1.4 .937
2006 Syracuse - AAA P 26 0 0 3 0 3 0 1.000 27.1 0.99 -0.2 1.052
2006 Omaha - AAA P 23 0 1 2 0 3 0 1.000 23.2 1.14 +0.3 1.578
2006 Northwest Arkansas - AA P 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 10.0 0.00 -0.0 .000
2007 Kansas City - MLB P 42 0 3 4 0 7 0 1.000 51.2 1.22 +1.1 1.087
2007 Omaha - AAA P 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 9.1 0.00 -0.0 .000
2008 Kansas City - MLB P 42 0 1 4 0 7 2 .714 51.1 0.88 -0.1 .648
2009 Kansas City - MLB P 71 0 1 12 1 14 1 .929 72.1 1.62 +1.3 .998
2010 Chicago - MLB P 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 23.2 0.00 +0.3 .000
2010 Kansas City - MLB P 47 0 1 8 0 10 1 .900 52.1 1.55 -0.0 1.089
2011 Chicago - MLB P 62 0 2 4 0 7 1 .857 64.2 0.84 -0.5 .816
2012 Chicago - MLB P 73 0 2 7 0 9 0 1.000 75.1 1.08 -0.0 .949
2013 Chicago - MLB P 55 0 0 6 0 6 0 1.000 61.2 0.88 +0.8 .928
2014 Montreal - MLB P 24 0 1 2 0 3 0 1.000 26.0 1.04 +0.7 1.080
2014 San Francisco - MLB P 44 0 1 8 0 10 1 .900 41.0 1.98 -0.0 1.080
2015 San Francisco - MLB P 41 0 3 2 0 6 1 .833 56.2 0.79 -0.1 .726
2016 San Francisco - MLB P 61 0 1 4 0 5 0 1.000 79.1 0.57 +1.2 1.452
2017 St. Louis - MLB P 58 0 0 8 0 10 2 .800 64.1 1.12 +0.1 .953
2018 Oakland - MLB P 50 0 1 9 0 10 0 1.000 77.1 1.16 -0.2 .945
2019 Oakland - MLB P 37 0 1 10 0 12 1 .917 64.1 1.54 -0.0 .979
TOTAL P 937 1 23 119 3 155 13 .916 1103.2 1.16 +6.5 .998
PLAYER HISTORY
06/02/2003 Drafted in the 2003 first-year player draft (Round 2, Pick 33, 67th overall pick) by the Washington Nationals, out of college (Florida).
06/11/2003 Signed a minor league contract with the Washington Nationals organization with a signing bonus of $380,000.
01/01/2004 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 40 (75); Movement: 50 (55); Control: 25 (40).
01/01/2005 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 55 (80); Movement: 50 (50); Control: 25 (45).
01/01/2006 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 65 (80); Movement: 50 (50); Control: 25 (40).
06/12/2006 Was traded by the Washington Nationals to the Kansas City Royals, along with SP Arturo Talavera, 3B Keith Finkle, in exchange for 2B Juan Bernal, LF Jonathan Miracola, LF Tim Madera.
07/26/2006 Injured (Viral infection), day-to-day for 4 days.
01/01/2007 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 65 (80); Movement: 50 (50); Control: 30 (40).
09/14/2007 Wins the 2007 Triple A Triple A Championship Series with the Omaha Storm Chasers!
11/28/2007 Received a 1-year contract worth a total of $500,000 through automatic renewal.
01/01/2008 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 75 (80); Movement: 50 (50); Control: 35 (40).
08/25/2008 Injured (Sore shoulder), day-to-day for one week.
09/01/2008 Suffered setback in recovery from injury, will miss another 6 days.
09/03/2008 Suffered setback in recovery from injury, will miss another one week.
09/07/2008 Injured (Gout), out for 1 day.
11/28/2008 Received a 1-year contract worth a total of $500,000 through automatic renewal.
01/01/2009 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 80 (80); Movement: 45 (45); Control: 40 (40).
07/20/2009 Was selected to the 2009 Skyline Baseball League All-Star Game.
09/02/2009 Injured (Abdominal soreness), day-to-day for 2 days.
09/06/2009 Injured (Sore back), day-to-day for 2 days.
11/05/2009 Finished 2nd in 2009 SKY WEST Reliever of the Year voting.
11/20/2009 Received a 1-year contract worth a total of $4,540,000 through arbitration.
01/01/2010 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 80 (80); Movement: 50 (50); Control: 45 (45).
08/09/2010 Was traded by the Kansas City Royals to the Chicago Cubs, along with $977,846, in exchange for a 3rd draft pick.
10/18/2010 Signed a 1-year contract extension worth a total of $6,990,000 with the Chicago Cubs organization.
01/01/2011 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 75 (80); Movement: 50 (50); Control: 40 (40).
03/11/2011 Signed a 2-year contract extension worth a total of $15,000,000 with the Chicago Cubs organization.
08/01/2011 Wins the SKY WEST Pitcher of the Month Award.
11/10/2011 Wins the 2011 Skyline Cup Series with the Chicago Cubs.
11/21/2011 Wins the 2011 SKY WEST Reliever of the Year.
01/01/2012 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 75 (75); Movement: 50 (55); Control: 45 (45).
05/07/2012 Injured (Hamstring soreness), day-to-day for 4 days.
07/17/2012 Was selected to the 2012 Skyline Baseball League All-Star Game.
01/01/2013 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 75 (75); Movement: 50 (50); Control: 45 (45).
05/21/2013 Injured (Abdominal soreness), day-to-day for 4 days.
11/28/2013 Became a free agent.
12/14/2013 Signed a 3-year contract worth a total of $24,060,000 with the Montreal Expos organization.
01/01/2014 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 75 (75); Movement: 50 (50); Control: 50 (50).
04/11/2014 Injured (Sore ankle), day-to-day for 2 days.
06/16/2014 Was traded by the Montreal Expos to the San Francisco Giants, along with 1B Jason Foley, in exchange for a 2nd draft pick, a 4th draft pick, a 6th draft pick.
09/22/2014 Injured (Back tightness), day-to-day for 5 days.
01/01/2015 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 75 (75); Movement: 50 (50); Control: 50 (50).
05/09/2015 Injured (Back tightness), day-to-day for 2 days.
09/20/2015 Injured (Mild calf strain), day-to-day for 4 days.
01/01/2016 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 75 (75); Movement: 50 (50); Control: 50 (50).
05/25/2016 Injured (Sore back), day-to-day for 2 days.
11/28/2016 Became a free agent.
12/22/2016 Signed a 3-year contract worth a total of $22,710,000 with the St. Louis Cardinals organization.
01/01/2017 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 65 (70); Movement: 50 (50); Control: 50 (50).
11/28/2017 Became a free agent.
01/01/2018 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 60 (60); Movement: 50 (50); Control: 50 (50).
01/13/2018 Signed a 2-year contract worth a total of $6,580,000 with the Oakland Athletics organization.
07/17/2018 Was selected to the 2018 Skyline Baseball League All-Star Game.
01/01/2019 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 50 (60); Movement: 50 (50); Control: 55 (55).
05/14/2019 Injured (Back spasms), day-to-day for 5 days.
11/28/2019 Became a free agent.
01/01/2020 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 35 (35); Movement: 50 (50); Control: 55 (55).
11/12/2020 Retired from professional baseball.
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year G Rank
2009 71 7
2010 71 8
2012 73 6
Year SV Rank
2009 30 5
2010 40 2
2011 42 1
2012 31 5
2013 27 9
2014 32 6
2017 31 6
Year WP Rank
2016 8 8
Year RA Rank
2009 71 6
2010 71 8
2012 73 5
Year GF Rank
2009 61 1
2010 65 1
2011 59 1
2012 55 1
2013 43 8
2014 37 10
2017 49 4
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