Alan Carter

Alan Zhang Carter

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 6' 3", Weight 200 lb.

• School Columbus State University, Lee University
• High School Duluth High School

• Born December 16, 1997 in Singapore Singapore

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Biographical Information

Alan Carter fanned 78 batters in 62 innings as a high school senior to set the school whiff record. He was 1-0 with a 6.48 ERA in four games as a freshman at Columbus State and had a 4.22 ERA in eight outings as a sophomore. Transferring to Lee, he was 2-0 with a 7.00 ERA in five games in 2020. In '21, he improved to 6-2, 2.86 with 49 K in 28 1/3 IP and his fastball hit 98.6 mph on the radar gun. He injured his shoulder and had Tommy John surgery.

Returning as a graduate student, he went 2-1 with two saves and a 1.06 ERA in ten games, whiffing 34 in 17 innings and allowing only six hits. He was signed by the Los Angeles Angels as an undrafted free agent. He then appeared for the Chinese national team in the 2023 World Baseball Classic. He was the first Singapore native to play in a World Baseball Classic. In his debut, he relieved Chaoqun Zheng in the third with a 3-0 deficit, no on and two out against the Czech national team. He walked Petr Zýma then struck out Filip Smola. He went 1-2-3 in the fourth against another former Angels signee Vojtěch Menšík, former major leaguer Eric Sogard and Marek Chlup (whiffing Chlup). He had another 1-2-3 frame in the 5th against former AAA player Martin Červenka, Matěj Menšík and Martin Mužík. After China closed it to 3-1, he ran into trouble in the 6th. He walked Willie Escala, who advanced on a passed ball and a grounder then scored on Smola's hit. He struck out Vojtěch Menšík then Qiang Lin took over. His other game was not as good. He was charged with four runs in 1 1/3 IP in a start against South Korea; Zheng succeeded him and Carter took the loss to Tae-in Won. He led China in IP (4 1/3, one more than Changlong Su) and strikeouts (5, 2 more than anyone else) while his 8.31 ERA was 4th on their 14-man staff.