1)  The J.C. in his name stands for Juan Carlos. 

2) Graduated from Berwing High School in 1994 where he played baseball and volleyball.  He attended the University of Mobile in Alabama and was an All-Gulf Coast Athletic Conference selection in 1996.  He was drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 21st round of the 1997 draft. 

3)  In the minors in 1998, J.C. posted a 10.1 inning hitless streak and had a 13 game (18 IP) scorless streak. 

4)   In 1999 Romero played for the World Team at the Futures Game in Boston and later represented Team USA at the Pan-Am Games.  Team USA won the silver medal that year.

5)  J.C. Romero made his major league debut on Septmeber 15, 1999 pitching against the Texas Rangers.  He threw for 1 1/3 innings allowing just one hit and no runs.  In his five games with the Twins that season, he did not allow a run in three of his five appearances and did not allow an inherited runner to score. 

6)  Went down with a posterior deltoid strain in his left shoulder in early 2000.  Moved from the bullpen to the rotation in the minors and even threw a complete game.

7)  He made his first major league start on July 31st against the Baltimore Orioles.  He picked up his first major league loss in the contest as he allowed five runs in 4 2/3 innings in a 6-5 loss.  The pitcher who came in to relieve Romero in his first major league start was none other than Hector Carrasco, who is now with the Angels.   

8)  In his next start on August 6th, he recorded his first major league win defeating Jeff Weaver and the Detroit Tigers.  Romero allowed just one run in six innings to pick up the victory.  He finished the season 2-7 with a 7.02 ERA.

9)  In 2001 Romero began the season in the Twins rotation but went 1-4 with a 6.23 ERA and was sent back to the minors.

10)  His lone highlight of the 2001 season was recording his first major league hit (double) off Julian Tavarez of the Cubs on June 15th.

11)  In 2002 he was moved to the bullpen to start the season.  He immediately showed the organization that it was the right move as he went 2-0 and did not allow a run in his first 13 appearances (14 IP) of the season.

12)  Romero had three separate scorless streaks of 13 straight appearances, 14 straight appearances and 18 straight appearances during the 2002 season.  He finished with a 9-2 record and a 1.89 ERA.  He was ranked second in the league in games pitched (81).

13)  Romero struggled the following season going 2-0 with a 5.00 ERA.  He was able to strand 70% (32-of-46) of inherited runners.  He was sixth in the league in games pitched (73).

14)  In 2004 Romero set a club record by not allowing a run in 36 straight innings (32 games), but was just 1-for-8 in save chances.  He finished the season with a 7-4 record and 3.51 ERA.

15)  Romero finished his final season with the Twins going 4-3 with a 3.47 ERA.  On the downside of the season, he went 0-for-1 in save chances to bring his career totals to 2-for-18 (11%) and he also stranded just 55% (23-of042) of inherited runners.