Carlos
Salazar
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4''
Weight: 245
 
Born: August 31, 1974 in Venezuela
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 2002   
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2000 25 MA FF $ 1,704,500 3 3 3 5 5 5 4 4 4 10 10 10 4 5 5 2 2 2
2001 26 MN GE $ 1,704,500 3 3 3 5 5 5 4 4 4 10 10 10 4 4 4 1 1 1
2002 27 MN GE $ 1,704,500 3 3 3 6 6 6 4 4 4 10 11 11 4 4 4 2 2 2
2003 28 MN GE $ 1,704,500 3 3 3 6 6 6 4 4 4 10 11 11 4 4 4 2 2 2
2004 29 MN GE $ 1,704,500 3 3 3 6 6 6 4 4 4 10 11 11 4 4 4 2 2 2
2005 30 MN GE $ 1,704,500 3 3 3 5 6 6 4 4 4 10 10 10 4 4 4 2 2 2
2006 31 MN GE $ 300,000 3 3 3 5 5 5 4 4 4 10 10 10 4 4 4 2 2 2
2007 32 MN GE $ 300,000 3 3 3 5 5 5 4 4 4 10 10 10 4 4 4 2 2 2
2008 33 MN GE $ 300,000 3 3 3 5 5 5 4 4 4 8 8 8 4 4 4 2 2 2
OOTP5 Min Ratings $ 300,000 3 3 3 5 5 5 4 4 4 8 8 8 4 4 4 1 1 1
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 1,704,500 3 3 3 6 6 6 4 4 4 10 11 11 4 5 5 2 2 2
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2009 34 MN GE $ 300,000   4 4 4 8 8 8 6 6 6 5 5 5 3 3 3
2010 35 MN GE $ 300,000   2 2 2 5 6 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   2 2 2 5 6 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   4 4 4 8 8 8 6 6 6 5 5 5 3 3 3
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Tyson Bacon Award or Bick Horizon Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2000 25 MA FF 44 161 27 42 9 1 19 35 0 0 23 30 .261 .360 .683 1.043 38.3 7.7
2001 26 MN GE 131 477 59 100 22 4 26 67 5 2 50 167 .210 .286 .436 .722 58.7 7.3
2002 27 MN GE 153 555 71 117 29 6 37 101 1 0 37 162 .211 .260 .485 .745 71.7 15.9
2003 28 MN GE 146 518 57 116 29 3 28 88 2 1 40 127 .224 .277 .454 .730 64.8 12.8
2004 29 MN GE 154 534 67 120 27 1 32 97 1 1 37 135 .225 .276 .459 .734 66.0 14.2
2005 30 MN GE 154 514 82 125 28 6 41 103 2 2 34 137 .243 .288 .560 .848 84.1 15.4
2006 31 MN GE 142 445 48 77 16 4 22 53 2 0 32 127 .173 .230 .375 .605 39.6 1.2
2007 32 MN GE 84 96 13 18 4 2 6 19 2 0 3 21 .188 .220 .458 .678 11.0 1.5
2008 33 MN GE 63 94 14 20 6 0 6 14 0 2 2 25 .213 .229 .468 .697 8.3 0.5
2009 34 MN GE 130 368 34 69 23 1 10 50 0 1 20 86 .188 .228 .337 .565 26.5 1.5
2010 35 AAA   126 398 70 95 26 2 38 87 2 2 39 69 .239 .307 .601 .907 73.9  
10 Years Sim 1201 3762 472 804 193 28 227 627 15 9 278 1017 .214 .268 .461 .729 469.1 78.2
1 Years AAA 126 398 70 95 26 2 38 87 2 2 39 69 .239 .304 .601 .904 73.9  
162 Game Average 507 63 108 26 3 30 84 2 1 37 137 .214 .268 .461 .729 63.3  
Career Highs 154 555 82 125 29 6 41 103 5 2 50 167 .261 .360 .683 1.043 84.1  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2654 328 560 135 21 165 445 14 7 191 704 .211 .264 .464 .729 340.3
vs LH   1108 144 244 58 7 62 182 1 2 87 313 .220 .276 .453 .729 143.0
Home 610 1845 223 381 110 16 94 290 3 3 146 493 .207 .264 .436 .701 220.4
Away 591 1917 249 423 83 12 133 337 12 6 132 524 .221 .271 .485 .756 263.0
RISP   917 0 204 45 10 66 397 0 0 80 260 .222 .278 .509 .787 138.1
Pinch Hitting   151 21 31 10 2 6 30 0 0 7 33 .205 .245 .417 .663 15.3
Close/Late   456 56 100 21 2 33 79 0 0 36 119 .219 .276 .491 .767 64.8
Mar/Apr 173 542 72 124 32 6 39 111 2 3 40 135 .229 .284 .526 .810 81.8
May 225 701 92 137 32 6 46 123 1 0 56 199 .195 .256 .455 .711 87.1
June 184 581 67 123 23 5 25 62 2 2 52 168 .212 .278 .398 .675 66.2
July 193 624 80 145 38 5 35 110 2 0 37 160 .232 .274 .478 .752 83.4
August 215 673 88 146 26 3 48 118 5 1 48 170 .217 .268 .478 .746 91.8
Sep/Oct 211 641 73 129 42 3 34 103 3 3 45 185 .201 .252 .435 .687 73.0
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Zachary Matthews Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
2000 25 MA FF RF 43 43 376.0 88 4 1 1 .989 2.20 0 0 .000 0 0.9
2001 26 MN GE RF 125 123 1097.0 254 6 6 0 .977 2.13 0 0 .000 0 1.6
    LF 3 0 6.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 0 0 .000 0  
2002 27 MN GE RF 150 147 1316.3 309 8 8 3 .975 2.17 0 0 .000 0 3.6
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
2003 28 MN GE RF 142 141 1236.3 318 8 15 0 .956 2.37 0 0 .000 0 3.4
2004 29 MN GE RF 153 148 1272.3 290 12 10 3 .968 2.14 0 0 .000 0 4.2
    C 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2005 30 MN GE RF 150 144 1262.3 295 5 7 1 .977 2.14 0 0 .000 0 4.2
2006 31 MN GE RF 121 115 1005.7 211 6 5 2 .977 1.94 0 0 .000 0 3.3
    LF 1 1 7.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 0 0 .000 0  
2007 32 MN GE LF 13 3 59.0 23 1 1 0 .960 3.66 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    RF 11 0 20.0 3 0 1 0 .750 1.35 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 2 0 5.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60 0 0 .000 0  
2008 33 MN GE RF 17 10 94.7 20 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    LF 23 10 93.7 16 2 0 0 1.000 1.73 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 2 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0  
2009 34 MN GE RF 111 110 872.0 181 4 6 1 .969 1.91 0 0 .000 0 1.6
    LF 12 1 45.3 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.59 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
  RF 1023 981 8552.6 1969 54 59 11 .972 2.13 0 0 .000 0 23.3
  LF 53 15 213.0 49 3 1 0 .981 2.20 0 0 .000 0 0.3
  CF 5 0 11.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.27 0 0 .000 0  
  C 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1082 996 8777.6 2023 57 60 11 .972 2.13 0 0 .000 0 23.6
Career Highs   154 148 1318.3 318 12 15 3 1.000 3.11 0 0 .000 0  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2004 29 MN GE 10 33 6 10 2 0 4 8 0 0 3 10 .303 .351 .727 1.079
2005 30 MN GE 18 65 6 11 2 0 3 7 0 0 5 22 .169 .229 .338 .567
2006 31 MN GE 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
Career Post-Season Batting 28 99 12 22 4 0 7 16 0 0 8 32 .222 .278 .475 .753
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Slugging Pct
2002-10-.485
2005-2-.560
OPS
2005-9-.848
Total Bases
2002-8-269
2005-5-288
Homeruns
2002-3-37
2003-5-28
2004-5-32
2005-2-41
RBIs
2002-4-101
2003-10-88
2004-7-97
2005-3-103
Strikeouts
2001-2-167
2002-1-162
2003-10-127
2004-5-135
2005-10-137
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 26)
   Gray Ink Test: 38    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 157)
 
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