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Thomas Michael Carroll (born November 5, 1952 in Oriskany, New York) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds. The Reds selected Carroll in the sixth round of the June 1970 Major League Baseball Draft out of North Allegheny High School in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania at age 17. At 18, Carroll went 18–5 with a 2.39 earned run average and 148 strikeouts with the Florida State League's Tampa Tarpons. He was also a part-time student studying political science and foreign affairs at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh. Carroll tossed a no-hitter to improve his career minor league record to 51–33 with a 3.38 ERA when he received his first call to the majors.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Studies Wait for Reds' Tom Carroll )〕 He made his major league debut on July 7, at Riverfront Stadium. Facing Bob Forsch (who was also making his major league debut) in the first game of a doubleheader with the St. Louis Cardinals, he held the Cardinals to just two hits over seven innings while striking out six.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Cincinnati Reds 2, St. Louis Cardinals 1 )〕 Following an August 11 victory over the New York Mets, Carroll's record stood at 4–0.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Cincinnati Reds 10, New York Mets 4 )〕 However, he lost his final three decisions of the year, and ended the season 4–3 with a 3.68 ERA. He began the season with the AAA Indianapolis Indians, but got a call to the majors when Reds starter Don Gullett fractured his left thumb.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Reds Lose Gullett )〕 He made the most of this opportunity, going 4–1 with a 4.98 ERA in place of Gullett. Though he did not participate in the Big Red Machine's World Series victory over the Boston Red Sox, he was voted a three-quarter share by his teammates.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Series Share Announced )〕 He spent all of the season with Indianapolis, going 9–15 with a 5.38 ERA. Following the season, the Reds traded him to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Jim Sadowski. He was then taken from the Pirates in the 1976 Rule V draft by the Montreal Expos. He remained in Montreal's farm system until arm problems ended his career in . He attempted a comeback with the independent Alexandria Dukes of the Carolina League in , but was unsuccessful. Carroll is currently a chief analyst with the Center for Integrated Intelligence Systems at the MITRE Corporation.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Finding the Strike Zone in a Different Arena )〕 ==Career stats== A poor hitter, even for a pitcher, Carroll struck out twenty times in forty career at-bats. One of his four career singles came on July 17, 1974 against Bob Gibson as Gibson stood with 2999 career strikeouts. The next batter, César Gerónimo, ended up being Gibson's three thousandth career strikeout.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Cincinnati Reds 6, St. Louis Cardinals 4 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tom Carroll (pitcher)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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