John Carter (minors06)

John Christopher Carter

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 6' 1", Weight 195 lb.
• High School Simeon High School

• Born February 16, 1972 in Chicago, IL USA

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Biographical Information

Pitcher John Carter played in the minor leagues from 1991 to 1997 after being a 37th-round pick in the 1990 amateur draft out of a high school in Chicago, IL.

He started his pro career by going 5-4, 3.29 in 10 games (9 starts) for the GCL Pirates in 1991, then in 1991 started the season in the New York-Penn League with the Welland Pirates before earning a quick promotion to the Augusta Pirates of the South Atlantic League. On July 3rd, he was included in a major league trade, moving to the Cleveland Indians with Tony Mitchell in return for major league OF Alex Cole. He went back to the NY-Penn league, finishing the year with the Watertown Indians. His combined record between the three teams was 4-7, 3.76 in 17 games.

Carter had a career season in 1993 with the Columbus RedStixx of the Sally League, finishing at 17-7, 2.79 in 29 starts and logging 180 1/3 innings. He led the circuit in wins and won the Bob Feller Award given to the top pitcher in the Indians' minor league system. In 1994, he moved up to the Canton-Akron Indians of the AA Eastern League but fell to 9-6, 4.33 and in 1995 he made only 5 starts, going 1-2, 3.95 with the same team. In 1996, he found himself pitching in the New York Mets system and had a nice bounce-back season, going 10-5, 4.68 in 23 starts between the St. Lucie Mets of the Florida State League and Binghamton Mets of the Eastern League. He started 1997 pitching in relief for Binghamton but on April 30th he was traded again, back to the Pirates alongside fellow minor leaguer Erick Ojeda in return for OF Wes Chamberlain and minor leaguer Ramon Espinosa. He got to pitch in AAA for the first time that year, with 15 games for the Calgary Cannons of the Pacific Coast League. He also made one appearance with the Carolina Mudcats of the Southern League after the trade, then was let go by the Pirates and got one final look back with the Indians to finish the season. He was back at Akron, with the team now called the Akron Aeros, but the results were no better than at his three previous stops as he finished the season with a record of 2-4 and an ungodly 11.25 ERA in 35 games. That marked the end of his pitching career.