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Francisco Manuel Carlos
Chicago White Sox
Pitcher
Born: September 17, 1940, Monrovia, CA
Signed: Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent before 1961 season
Major League Teams: Chicago White Sox 1967-1969; Washington Senators 1969-1970
Cisco Carlos pitched in parts of four seasons in the majors, never quite replicating the success he found as a starter for the White Sox when called up in August 1967. With the White Sox in a pennant chase, Carlos went 2-0 with an 0.86 ERA in eight games pitched in August and September, including seven starts. The White Sox would finish three games behind the pennant-winning Red Sox. Carlos would falter in 1968, going 4-14 with a 3.90 ERA in 29 appearances and 122 1/3 innings pitched. He'd serve primarily in a relief role in 1969 and the White Sox sold him to the Senators that August. Carlos would pitch in 11 games for the Senators between 1969 and 1970, seeing his last major league action.
He'd stick around through the 1974 season, continuing to pitch in the Senators/Rangers organization, with the Astros top farm team and finally with Monterrey in the Mexican League. In 73 major league games, Carlos was 11-18 with a 3.72 ERA and 119 strikeouts in 237 innings pitched.
March 12, 2023 from The Philly Show (Uncle Dick's Cards)
In mid-March, Doug and I attended the Philadelphia Sports Collectors Show, held within the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center in Oaks, Pennsylvania. My main focus for this show was accumulating as many 1969 Topps commons as possible, which I did by adding a grand total of 193 cards to our set. That's almost 30% of the entire set added in one enjoyable afternoon. I wrote a full summary of the show in a post over at The Phillies Room, found here.
This is the 30th of the 193 commons and semi-stars purchased, pulled and stacked from the first two neon green binders housing 1969 Topps cards at the multi-table spread of Uncle Dick's Cards from Babylon, New York. My method was simple - I pulled up a chair, found a card I needed, picked the best of the group from the binder page and set it aside. After each 100 cards, I'd ask the dealer to tell me how much damage I had done so far. With a budget in mind, I kept going twice, continuing after card #100 and card #200, and stopping at card #298. The final amount due was 17% off the sticker price for the pile of 193 cards, with this card costing me less than a dollar. If I stick to composing posts five times a week, and I'm already slipping off that pace a little, I should go through the stack and be caught up by the week of January 22, 2024!
The Card / White Sox Team Set / Accuracy Index +5
Composing this post, I had to correct myself a few times as I always thought this pitcher's name was Carlos Cisco. That's a #44 on his jersey here, which according to his Baseball Reference page is a number Carlos never wore with the White Sox. They have his uniform numbers listed as #46 and later #30.
The first sentence on the back is a weird sentence construction by Topps with, "Strong, he started 29 games in 1966." It's also a strange thing to highlight, in cartoon form, how many batters a pitcher has hit. Apparently Carlos did this quite often, as his stats show 97 hit batters over 14 professional seasons.
Accuracy Index: The photo here is similar to the photo on Carlos' 1968 Topps Rookie Stars card, but it's not the same. He scores a +5 for the accurate White Sox jersey.
1969 Season
It looks as if Carlos started the season in the minors, and came up to the White Sox in late May. Between May 20th and August 12th, he appeared in 25 games, making four starts. He was 4-3 with a 5.66 ERA over 49 1/3 innings pitched. On August 25th he was sold to the Senators, and faired slightly better with Washington. In six games with the Senators, including four starts, Carlos was 1-1 with a 4.58 ERA.
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First Mainstream Card: 1968 Topps #287
Topps Flagship Set Appearances (3): 1968-1970
Most Recent Mainstream Card: 2019 Topps Heritage Real One Autographs #ROA-CC
Total Non-Parallel Baseball Cards: 13 in the Beckett online database as of 6/2/23.
Sources:
Baseball Reference / Wikipedia
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