• Carlos socked 50 doubles in 1997 to tie for first among all minor leaguers.
• Carlos’s first career grand slam came against Bartolo Colon in 1999.
• Carlos’s 84 RBIs in 1999 tied him with Pete Ward for 8th all-time among White Sox rookies.
• Of the 24 homers Carlos hit in 2001, 22 came off of righthanders.
• Carlos had one of his biggest baseball thrills in 2001, when the White Sox signed his boyhood hero, Jose Canseco.
• When the White Sox hired hitting coach Greg Walker early in 2003, he told Carlos he wanted him to drive pitches up the middle more often. During a batting practice session, Carlos smacked a line drive back to the mound that broke Walker’s arm.
• Carlos’s 28-game hitting streak in 2004 broke the White Sox club record of 24 set by Chico Carrasquel in 1950.
• Carlos had 76 RBIs before the All-Star break in 2005 to set a Brewers team record.
• Carlos won the Silver Slugger award in 2005 as the best-hitting leftfielder in baseball.
• Carlos led the NL with 11 sacrifice flies in 2005.
• Carlos represented Panama in the 2005 All-Star Home Run Derby and cranked out 11 bombs. He lost in the first round to Bobby Abreu and Ivan Rodriguez.
• Carlos’s nickname is El Caballo—The Horse.
• Carlos runs a cattle ranch in Panama during the off-season.
• Carlos has a younger brother—also named Carlos—who turned into a good ballplayer, too. He was signed as a catcher by the White Sox in 2000.
• Carlos and his wife, Mary, have three children—Karla, Cassandra, and Karlos.
• Whenever there is a rumble of thunder near the stadium, the running joke among the Brewers is that someone just dropped Carlos’s glove.
• Carlos is known for making silly faces while his teammates are being interviewed on TV.
• Carlos can often be seen at shortstop during batting practice. He still loves playing the infield and sometimes tries to turn double plays.

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