Cisco Carlos

Francisco Manuel Carlos (born September 17, 1940 in Monrovia, California) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. A right-hander, Carlos pitched for the Chicago White Sox from 1967 to 1969 and the Washington Senators from 1969 to 1970.

Amateur career

Carlos was a pitcher for the University of Northern Colorado team that participated in the 1960 College World Series. He was signed by the White Sox as an amateur free agent in 1961 and spent the next six seasons in their farm system. After posting a 15–8 record in Double-A in 1966 and an 11–8 record with a 2.63 earned run average in Triple A in 1967, Carlos was called up to the Majors in late August.

Professional career

That year, the White Sox were involved in a four-way American League pennant race with the Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers and Minnesota Twins. The White Sox were eliminated from the race in the final days of the season, but not before Carlos won two games to keep them in contention. On September 10 he defeated the Tigers 4–0 in the second game of a doubleheader at Comiskey Park, allowing four hits in six innings; the game came hours after Joe Horlen's no-hitter over the Tigers in the first game. Four days later, Carlos shut out the Cleveland Indians 4–0 in ten innings, the ChiSox winning the game on Don Buford's grand slam in the bottom of the tenth.