Don Carrithers

Don Carrithers
Pitcher
Born: September 15, 1949 (1949-09-15) (age 62) Lynwood, California
Batted: Right	Threw: Right
MLB debut
August 1, 1970 for the San Francisco Giants
Last MLB appearance
September 27, 1977 for the Minnesota Twins
Career statistics
Win–loss record	28-32
Earned run average	4.45
Strikeouts	275
Teams
San Francisco Giants (1970-73) Montreal Expos (1974-76) Minnesota Twins (1977)

Donald George Carrithers is a former professional baseball pitcher. Carrithers pitched in all or part of eight seasons in Major League Baseball from 1970 until 1977.

Carrithers was drafted out of high school in the 3rd round of the 1967 Major League Baseball Draft by the San Francisco Giants. After working his way up through their farm system, he made his major league debut at the age of 20 in 1970, pitching 11 games with an ERA of 7.36. Carrithers started the 1971 season back in the minors, but was called up in June and was in the majors for good.

Over the next three seasons, Carrithers bounced back and forth between the starting rotation and the bullpen for the Giants, but various injuries limited him to no more than 25 appearances in each season. His performance was below average in each season as well, and just before the 1974 season, the Giants shipped him off to the Montreal Expos in return for catcher John Boccabella.

Carrithers met with more success in Montreal, but injuries still hampered him. After two seasons of performing well in limited action, in 1976 Carrithers stayed healthy enough to throw 140 innings, his career high. However, his performance suffered a setback, as he went only 6-12 with an ERA of 4.43. The Expos became the second team to be frustrated by Carrithers, and they sold him to the Minnesota Twins the following spring. After yet another injury-filled campaign in which Carrithers made it into only 7 games, his career was over at the age of 28.

Sources

• Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)

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Name	Carrithers, Don
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Date of birth	September 15, 1949
Place of birth	Lynwood, California
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