{{short description|American baseball player (1941–2005)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{One source|date=December 2025}}{{Infobox baseball biography | name = Carroll Sembera | position = Pitcher | image = Carroll Sembera.jpg | caption = ''Topps'' baseball card – 1967 Series, #136 | bats = Right | throws = Right | birth_date = {{Birth date|1941|7|26}} | birth_place = Shiner, Texas, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2005|6|15|1941|7|26}} | death_place = Shiner, Texas, U.S. |debutleague = MLB | debutdate = September 28 | debutyear = 1965 | debutteam = Houston Astros |finalleague = MLB | finaldate = April 26 | finalyear = 1970 | finalteam = Montreal Expos |statleague = MLB | stat1label = Win–loss record | stat1value = 3–11 | stat2label = Earned run average | stat2value = 4.70 | stat3label = Strikeouts | stat3value = 94 | teams = *Houston Astros ({{by|1965}}–{{by|1967}}) *Montreal Expos ({{by|1969}}–{{by|1970}}) }} '''Carroll William Sembera''' (July 26, 1941 – June 15, 2005) was an American professional baseball relief pitcher, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Houston Astros (1965–67) and Montreal Expos (1969–70).
In a five-season MLB career, Sembera posted a 3–11 record with a 4.70 ERA and six saves in 99 games pitched.
Sembera made his MLB debut with the Astros in 1965 at the age of 23. In 1967, he recorded career highs in games (45), innings pitched (59.2) and games finished (15). Sembera also pitched for the Expos in 1969 and 1970. Sembera earned the first save in Expos history on opening day in 1969.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=In Memory of Carroll Sembera|url=https://www.astrosdaily.com/players/obits/Sembera_Carroll.html|website=Astros Daily}}</ref>
Following his career as a player, Sembera scouted for the Major League Scouting Bureau and with the Seattle Mariners for eleven years.
Sembera died in his hometown of Shiner, Texas, at the age of 63.<ref name=":0" />
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