Giovanni Carrara
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Giovanni Carrara [car-RAH-ra] (born March 4, 1968 in Anzoátegui State, Venezuela) is a Major League Baseball right-handed relief pitcher who plays with the Los Angeles Dodgers. Previously, he has played for the Toronto Blue Jays (1995-96), Cincinnati Reds (1996-97), Colorado Rockies (2000), Dodgers (2001-02) and Seattle Mariners (2003).
In eight-season career, Carrara has established himself as a valuable middle relief man. He has compiled a 22-13 record with 257 strikeouts and a 4.85 ERA in 369 innings pitched.
Carrara is a 90-92 MPH fireballer, and throws a couple of breaking balls: a deceptive slow curve as his off-speed pitch, and a hard one that is somewhere between a slider and cut fastball. He controls the running game as well, with a good move to both first and second and a quick delivery to the plate. Carrara is also considered one of the best-fielding pitchers in the game as is showed in his perfect 1,000 average in 80 chances without an error.
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- Giovanni Carrara at:
- Baseball Reference (career stats) (http://www.baseball-reference.com/c/carragi01.shtml)
- ESPN (profile and daily stats) (http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/players/profile?statsId=5466)