This makes my third “Hawk” nickname card, following a 1978 Andre Dawson and a 1970 Ken Harrelson, easily making this the most popular alias in this long-running thread.
Carroll get’s a 1973 template since he was coming off his amazing 1972 campaign that saw him set a National League record mark with 37 saves while posting a 2.25 ERA over 65 appearances and 96 innings.
Those numbers were good enough to finish fifth in the Cy Young Race, as well as a 13th-place finish for MVP, while making his second All-Star team.
Since coming to the Reds in 1968 he did nothing but put in stellar season after season, posting double-digit saves while posting records like 12-6 in 1969, 10-4 in 1971 and 12-5 later in 1974.
Over his 15-year Big League career he would end up with a record of 96-73, with 143 saves and a very nice 2.94 ERA over 731 appearances and 1353.1 innings pitched.