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Camilo Pascual
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Birthdate: 1/20/1934    
Height / Weight: 5' 11" / 185 lbs. Place of Birth: Havana, , Cuba
Bats / Throws: R / R

Baseball Historian Biography

This superb pitcher started on the lousy fielding, poor hitting and last place Washington Senators. Camilo Pascual's pitching arsenal included a sharp breaking curve ball; which ranks as one of the best of all-time. Batters often remarked that Pascual curve ranked right up there with Sandy Koufax's. In 1959, his record was 17-10 with an ERA of 2.64 and an OBA of .226. In 1960, Pascual went 12-8 for the lowly Senators. Camilo Pascual became an ever better baseball pitcher when the Washington Team moved to Minnesota. Pascual's pinpoint control helped him throw 5 shutouts in 1962 and with his 20-11 record; he was rated Pitcher of the Year in the AL. He continued his outstanding pitching in 1963 and was 21-9, pct .700 along with an ERA of 2.46.

 Camilo Pascual led the American League in strikeouts for three years in a row. Twice he led the league in complete games and shutouts; and twice he fanned 15 batters in a single game. In 1967, the Twins traded this top pitcher back to the Washington Senators. Camilo Pascual's lifetime accomplishments include a 174-170 W -L; 529 games, including 400 games started, 132 completed and he hurled 36 shutouts. He pitched 36 shutouts, a career ERA of 3.63, strikeouts 2167, walks 1069 in a total of 2930 innings. baseballhistorian.com archives


Pitching Statistics
Year Team G GS W L SV CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK ERA
1954 WSH (AL) 48 4 4 7 3 1 0 119.1 126 65 56 7 61 0 60 4 6 3 4.22
1955 WSH (AL) 43 16 2 12 3 1 0 129.0 158 94 88 5 70 6 82 2 6 1 6.14
1956 WSH (AL) 39 27 6 18 2 6 0 188.2 194 131 123 33 89 4 162 7 6 0 5.87
1957 WSH (AL) 29 26 8 17 0 8 2 175.2 168 85 80 11 76 5 113 5 3 0 4.10
1958 WSH (AL) 31 27 8 12 0 6 2 177.1 166 66 62 14 60 2 146 3 3 2 3.15
1959 WSH (AL) 32 30 17 10 0 17 6 238.2 202 80 70 10 69 7 185 5 3 3 2.64
1960 WSH (AL) 26 22 12 8 2 8 3 151.2 139 65 51 11 53 2 143 2 2 0 3.03
1961 MIN (AL) 35 33 15 16 0 15 8 252.1 205 114 97 26 100 1 221 7 3 0 3.46
1962 MIN (AL) 34 33 20 11 0 18 5 257.2 236 100 95 25 59 5 206 6 2 1 3.32
1963 MIN (AL) 31 31 21 9 0 18 3 248.1 205 76 68 21 81 4 202 10 3 0 2.46
1964 MIN (AL) 36 36 15 12 0 14 1 267.1 245 121 98 30 98 6 213 8 3 0 3.30
1965 MIN (AL) 27 27 9 3 0 5 1 156.0 126 67 58 12 63 0 96 7 5 1 3.35
1966 MIN (AL) 21 19 8 6 0 2 0 103.0 113 63 56 9 30 0 56 3 2 1 4.89
1967 WSA (AL) 28 27 12 10 0 5 1 164.2 147 73 60 15 43 3 106 7 3 0 3.28
1968 WSA (AL) 31 31 13 12 0 8 4 201.0 181 72 60 11 59 4 111 6 4 0 2.69
1969 WSA (AL) 14 13 2 5 0 0 0 55.1 49 42 42 12 38 1 34 3 5 0 6.83
1969 CIN (NL) 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 7.1 14 7 7 2 4 0 3 1 0 0 8.59
1970 LAD (NL) 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 14.0 12 4 4 2 5 1 8 0 1 0 2.57
1971 CLE (AL) 9 1 2 2 0 0 0 23.1 17 9 8 0 11 0 20 0 1 0 3.09
19 years   529 404 174 170 10 132 36 2930.2 2703 1334 1183 256 1069 51 2167 86 61 12 3.63
Batting Statistics
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS IBB HBP SH SF AVG OBP SLG
1954 WSH (AL) 48 30 2 4 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .133 .161 SLG
1955 WSH (AL) 43 32 2 7 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 .219 .242 SLG
1956 WSH (AL) 43 58 3 8 2 1 0 2 2 6 0 0 0 1 6 0 .138 .180 SLG
1957 WSH (AL) 32 50 5 7 0 0 0 1 3 8 0 0 0 0 5 0 .140 .189 SLG
1958 WSH (AL) 31 57 2 9 2 1 0 6 0 4 0 0 0 0 4 0 .158 .158 SLG
1959 WSH (AL) 32 86 10 26 2 0 0 3 5 11 0 0 0 0 5 0 .302 .341 SLG
1960 WSH (AL) 27 51 6 9 3 1 1 8 5 10 0 0 0 0 4 0 .176 .250 SLG
1961 MIN (AL) 35 85 4 14 3 0 0 4 5 15 0 0 0 0 5 0 .165 .211 SLG
1962 MIN (AL) 34 97 9 26 4 0 2 19 6 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 .268 .311 SLG
1963 MIN (AL) 33 92 9 23 5 1 0 12 3 15 0 0 0 1 5 1 .250 .278 SLG
1964 MIN (AL) 36 94 3 17 7 0 0 8 8 9 0 0 0 0 4 0 .181 .245 SLG
1965 MIN (AL) 27 60 7 12 1 0 2 8 2 8 0 0 0 0 2 0 .200 .226 SLG
1966 MIN (AL) 21 37 3 8 1 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 1 1 0 .216 .237 SLG
1967 WSA (AL) 28 51 2 9 1 0 0 2 4 6 0 0 0 0 6 0 .176 .236 SLG
1968 WSA (AL) 31 65 2 12 0 0 0 5 1 10 0 0 0 0 4 1 .185 .194 SLG
1969 WSA (AL) 17 17 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .235 .235 SLG
1969 CIN (NL) 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 .0 SLG
1970 LAD (NL) 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 .0 SLG
1971 CLE (AL) 9 5 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .600 .600 SLG
19 years   542 967 71 198 32 5 5 81 46 123 0 0 0 3 55 2 .205 .243 .SLG



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