| Cisco Carlos | |
|---|---|
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| Pitcher | |
| Born: (1940-09-17)September 17, 1940 (age 84) Monrovia, California, U.S. | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| August 25, 1967, for the Chicago White Sox | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| September 27, 1970, for the Washington Senators | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Win–loss record | 11-18 |
| ERA | 3.72 |
| Strikeouts | 119 |
Stats atBaseball Reference  | |
| Teams | |
Francisco Manuel Carlos Guzmán (born September 17, 1940), best known asCisco Carlos, is an American former professionalbaseballpitcher. He played from 1967 through 1970 for theChicago White Sox andWashington Senators ofMajor League Baseball (MLB). Listed at 6' 3", 205 lb., Carlos batted and threw right handed. He was born inMonrovia, California, of Mexican American descent.
Carlos was a pitcher for theUniversity of Northern Colorado team that participated in the1960 College World Series. He was signed by the White Sox as an amateur free agent in 1961 and spent the next six seasons in theirfarm system. After posting a 15–8 record in Double-A in1966 and an 11–8 record with a 2.63earned run average in Triple A in1967, Carlos was called up to the Majors in late August.
That year, the White Sox were involved in a four-wayAmerican League pennant race with theBoston Red Sox,Detroit Tigers andMinnesota Twins. The White Sox were eliminated from the race in the final days of the season, but not before Carlos won two games to keep them in contention. On September 10 he defeated the Tigers 4–0 in the second game of adoubleheader atComiskey Park, allowing four hits in six innings; the game came hours afterJoe Horlen'sno-hitter over the Tigers in the first game. Four days later, Carlosshut out theCleveland Indians 4–0 in ten innings, the ChiSox winning the game onDon Buford'sgrand slam in the bottom of the tenth.
Carlos was featured along with futureHall-of-FamerJohnny Bench on the front cover ofSports Illustrated as one of "The Best Rookies of1968."[1] However, in this, the "Year of the Pitcher", he posted a 4–14 record with a 3.90 earned run average—almost a full run above the league average of 2.98. Carlos pitched mostly in relief in1969 and, after posting a 4–3 record with a 5.66 ERA, was purchased by the Washington Senators on August 25, two years to the day of his Major League debut.
After pitching in five games in1970, Carlos was sent to the minors and spent the rest of his professional career there. He posted a 13–9 record with the Senators' Triple A club, theDenver Bears of theAmerican Association. He posted a 14–20 record over the next two years and retired after pitching in theHouston Astros farm system in1973 (the Bears, for whom Carlos pitched at the beginning of the season, were now the Astros' Triple A affiliate).
In his MLB career, Carlos posted an 11–18 record with 119 strikeouts and a 3.72 ERA in 237 innings.
Following his baseball retirement, Carlos founded Cabinets by Design, a family owned kitchen, bath and storage design and renovation firm located atPhoenix andScottsdale inArizona, which has provided its services for more than 25 years.[1]