Carlos Silva (baseball)

Carlos Silva
Seattle Mariners – No. 52
Starting pitcher
Bats: Right Throws: Right
debut
April 1, 2002, for the Philadelphia Phillies
Career statistics (through 2007)
Win-Loss	55-46
Earned run average	4.31
Strikeouts	495
Teams
Philadelphia Phillies (2002-2003) Minnesota Twins (2004-2007) Seattle Mariners (2008-present)

Carlos Silva (born April 23, 1979, in Bolívar, Venezuela) is a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who plays for the Seattle Mariners. Previously, he played for the Philadelphia Phillies (2002-2003) and Minnesota Twins (2004-2007). He bats and throws right-handed. Silva was acquired from Philadelphia along with Nick Punto and Bobby Korecky in exchange for Eric Milton, who was a staple of the Minnesota rotation since 1998. In May 2006, Silva was demoted to the bullpen after struggling through the beginning of the season. In June, he re-entered the rotation when the struggling #5 starter, Scott Baker, was demoted to the Twins' AAA team in Rochester.

Silva throws a low-nineties sinking fastball, a slider, a changeup, and a splitter. He is known for his relatively quick pace, as he takes very short breaks between pitches. A ground ball pitcher, Silva has excellent command of his pitches, and walks very few batters.

With the Twins, Silva made a successful conversion from reliever to starter, for one of the biggest surprises in the 2004 season. He posted a 14-8 mark in 203 innings pitched and finished second in the rotation behind Cy Young winner Johan Santana. In 2005, he set the record for fewest walks allowed per 9 innings in the modern era with an average of .43 BB/9 innings. On May 20, 2005, Silva set a record since 1957 for the least amount of pitches (75) in a nine-inning game.

In 2006, he gave up a major-league-worst 1.90 home runs per 9 innings, and had a major-league-worst batting average against of .326.

Through 2006, Silva posted a 42-32 record with 306 strikeouts and a 4.35 ERA in 743 innings. In 2007, Silva started as the fifth starter behind Johan Santana, Boof Bonser, Ramon Ortiz, and Sidney Ponson. In his first start of 2007, against the Chicago White Sox, he gave up 5 hits in five-innings and one earned run. His son Justin Emmanuel was born on June 12, 2007, just an hour after teammate Juan Rincón's son was born.

On December 20, 2007, he signed a four-year contract with the Seattle Mariners believed to be somewhere between $44 million and $48 million.

See also

• List of players from Venezuela in Major League Baseball

External links

• Career statistics and player information from ESPN, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs

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