Tom Carroll

Who is Tom Carroll?

Thomas Michael Carroll 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. He made his major league debut on July 7, 1974 at Riverfront Stadium. Facing Bob Forsch 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. Following an August 11 victory over the New York Mets, Carroll's record stood at 4-0. However, he lost his final three decisions of the year, and ended the season 4-3 with a 3.68 ERA.

He began the 1975 season with the AAA Indianapolis Indians, but got a call to the majors when Reds starterDon Gullett fractured his left thumb. 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 1975 World Series victory over the Boston Red Sox, he was voted a three-quarter share by his teammates.