Héctor Pacheco Carrasco (born October 22, 1969) is a Dominican former

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. He bats and throws

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. In a twelve-season career, Carrasco has posted a 44–50 record with 19 saves and a 3.99

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appearances and ten starts.

Career

Carrasco began his major league career with the

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in , and has also pitched for the

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, and

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. On April 15, , while pitching for the Twins, Hector gave up

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's 3000th hit in a game at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. His most productive season came in for the Nationals, when he was 5–4 with a 2.04 ERA in 64 appearances, allowing only 59

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and limiting opponents to a .193

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. He was 4–3 with a 2.04 ERA in 62.2 innings as a reliever, and 1–1 with a 2.03 ERA in 27 2.3 innings while starting five games near the season's end. In , Carrasco pitched for the

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, going 8–8 with five saves and a 5.57 ERA in 53 relief appearances. He began the 2005 season at the then

' Triple-A affiliate,

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, where he was 1–0 with four saves in eight games without allowing an earned run, before being called up and having a terrific year for the Nats. He made 64 appearances (10th in the league), primarily as the set up man for closer

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, pitching innings, with an ERA of just 2.04, although he also started five games. His WHIP (BB + H per IP) was 1.098, which would have been good enough for fifth in the league had he had the requisite number of innings pitched. Following the 2005 season, Carrasco filed for free agency, and was signed by the Angels to a $6.1 million, two-year contract. In , Carrasco was 7–3 with a 3.41 ERA in 56 appearances, three as a starter. But in , after 29 appearances where he posted an ERA of 6.57, and allowing 8 HR's in innings, he was released. The following week, Carrasco returned to the Nationals organization by signing a minor league contract. On Jan. 24, , Carrasco signed a minor-league contract with an invitation to

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with the Pirates. He was released on March 26, 2008. In early May, he signed a minor league contract with the Chicago Cubs. He became a free agent at the end of the season. In 2009 Carrasco played in the Atlantic League for the

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, the

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and the

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. Carrasco played with the

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of the

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during the 2010 season. He played for the club in 2011 as well.

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