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Place of Birth: El Tigre, Anzoátegui, Venezuela
About Giovanni Carrara
- Giovanni Carrara Jiménez [car-rah'-ra] (born March 4, 1968) is a Venezuelan former professional baseball pitcher.
- Listed at 6' 2", 225 lb., Carrara batted and threw right-handed.
- He established himself as a valuable middle relief man in MLB, as well as a solid starting pitcher in the Italian Baseball League. A failed starter in MLB, Carrera became an effective long reliever.
- He had a 90–92 MPH fastball, along with a couple of breaking balls, a deceptive slow curve, and particularly his off-speed pitch; a hard one that was somewhere between a slider and cut fastball.
- He controlled the running game as well, with a good move to both first base and second, and a quick delivery to the plate. On August 15, 2001, Carrara combined with fellow Venezuelan pitchers Omar Daal, Kelvim Escobar, and Freddy GarcĂa to win their respective starts: Carrara, of the Dodgers, facing Montreal, 13–1; Daal, in a Phillies victory over the Brewers, 8–6; Escobar, of the Blue Jays, over Oakland, 5–2, and GarcĂa, of Seattle, against the Red Sox, 6–2.
- This marked the first time in major league history that four pitchers coming from Venezuela have recorded a winning game in their respective starts in the same day. On August 26, 2006, Carrara was designated for assignment by the Dodgers.
- He was called up in September 2006 when rosters expanded and used sparingly after re-joining the big league club.
- The Dodgers chose not to re-sign Carrara in the offseason. On May 4, 2007, Carrara was signed by the Caffè Danesi Nettuno of Serie A1 in Italy.
- In 2008, he was 8–2 with a 2.35 ERA and 49 strikeouts.
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