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Rico
Carty		  
Nickname: Beeg Boy
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 215
 
Born: September 1, 1939 in D.R., , SAN PEDRO DE M
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1967    1971   
Silver Slugger 1967   
Bronze Rookie 1964   
Gold Glove 1970   
All-Star Selections 1964    1965    1966    1967    1969    1971    1972    1973    1974    1975    1976   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1964 24 NYG NL $ 300,000   10 10 10 8 8 8 8 8 8 6 5 6 7 7 7
1965 25 NYG NL $ 300,000   10 10 10 8 8 8 8 8 8 6 5 5 6 6 6
1966 26 NYG NL $ 300,000   10 10 10 8 8 8 8 8 8 6 5 5 6 6 6
1967 27 NYG NL $ 5,571,429   10 10 10 8 8 8 8 8 8 6 5 5 6 6 6
1968 28 NYG NL $ 6,107,143   9 9 10 8 8 8 8 8 8 5 5 5 6 6 6
1969 29 NYG NL $ 6,107,143   9 9 10 8 8 8 8 8 8 5 5 5 6 6 6
1970 30 NYG NL $ 6,378,571   10 10 10 7 7 7 7 7 7 4 4 4 6 6 6
1971 31 MON NL $ 18,231,000   9 9 10 7 7 7 7 7 7 4 4 4 6 6 6
1972 32 CLE AL $ 18,231,000   9 9 10 7 7 7 6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6
1973 33 CLE AL $ 18,231,000   9 9 10 7 7 7 6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6
1974 34 CLE AL $ 18,231,000   9 9 10 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 5 5
1975 35 CLE AL $ 14,000,000   9 9 9 6 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 5
1976 36 CLE AL $ 14,000,000   6 6 6 2 1 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3
1977 37 CLE AL $ 14,000,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 18,231,000   10 10 10 8 8 8 8 8 8 6 5 6 7 7 7
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1964 24 NYG NL 151 553 93 177 42 2 28 121 0 0 57 85 .320 .380 .555 .935 106.3 23.4
1965 25 NYG NL 127 472 71 141 30 2 17 71 0 0 46 76 .299 .361 .479 .840 73.6 16.6
1966 26 NYG NL 134 434 55 137 32 4 20 81 1 0 40 85 .316 .370 .546 .916 79.3 20.9
1967 27 NYG NL 152 558 81 188 43 2 26 95 2 0 49 93 .337 .391 .561 .952 106.7 28.4
1968 28 NYG NL 126 450 71 133 27 1 21 68 0 0 40 77 .296 .353 .500 .853 71.0 16.0
1969 29 NYG NL 132 490 80 155 43 0 25 83 0 0 46 107 .316 .374 .557 .931 90.4 18.5
    AAA   2 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.000 1.500 2.500 1.6  
1970 30 NYG NL 147 550 61 157 32 2 13 71 0 0 48 109 .285 .343 .422 .765 71.0 12.6
1971 31 MON NL 141 536 77 171 21 3 18 88 0 0 40 98 .319 .364 .470 .835 82.6 17.8
1972 32 CLE AL 103 391 65 143 25 1 13 59 1 0 37 61 .366 .420 .535 .954 76.6 20.1
1973 33 CLE AL 155 625 88 210 34 4 19 95 0 0 30 94 .336 .363 .494 .857 102.6 22.3
1974 34 CLE AL 148 598 83 202 30 4 24 103 0 0 38 92 .338 .376 .522 .897 99.9 18.8
1975 35 CLE AL 148 572 79 202 23 2 15 102 1 1 29 77 .353 .377 .479 .856 93.8 18.2
1976 36 CLE AL 146 554 65 176 23 1 6 56 0 0 57 97 .318 .381 .395 .776 71.7 12.4
1977 37 CLE AL 40 122 14 34 4 1 1 12 0 0 6 21 .279 .313 .352 .665 12.2 1.3
14 Years Sim 1850 6905 983 2226 409 29 246 1105 5 1 563 1172 .322 .372 .497 .869 1137.7 247.3
1 Years AAA 2 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.000 1.500 2.500 1.6  
162 Game Average 604 86 194 35 2 21 96 0 0 49 102 .322 .372 .497 .869 99.6  
Career Highs 155 625 93 210 43 4 28 121 2 1 57 109 .366 .420 .561 .954 106.7  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   4334 618 1371 259 17 139 665 4 1 334 706 .316 .363 .480 .844 711.8
vs LH   2571 365 855 150 12 107 440 1 0 229 466 .333 .386 .525 .911 480.9
Home 926 3392 474 1101 216 16 114 539 3 1 268 596 .325 .373 .499 .871 585.2
Away 924 3513 509 1125 193 13 132 566 2 0 295 576 .320 .371 .495 .866 607.5
RISP   1756 0 585 104 8 51 768 0 0 216 316 .333 .398 .489 .886 328.7
Pinch Hitting   172 21 55 12 0 6 38 1 1 19 30 .320 .385 .494 .880 30.9
Close/Late   786 112 266 50 5 39 153 0 0 101 123 .338 .413 .564 .977 167.8
Mar/Apr 323 1180 175 390 67 4 44 184 1 1 104 204 .331 .383 .506 .889 212.6
May 328 1210 155 368 65 6 32 187 0 0 100 210 .304 .356 .447 .803 184.8
June 313 1177 181 387 76 6 45 196 2 0 106 205 .329 .382 .518 .900 216.3
July 295 1124 164 378 65 5 51 190 2 0 79 192 .336 .379 .539 .918 209.5
August 298 1135 149 364 67 3 31 164 0 0 87 189 .321 .368 .467 .835 183.1
Sep/Oct 293 1079 159 339 69 5 43 184 0 0 87 172 .314 .363 .507 .870 186.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1964 24 NYG NL C 137 135 1214.0 820 66 13 1 .986 6.57 81 32 .395 4 4.9
    LF 10 0 19.7 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.29 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1965 25 NYG NL C 116 115 1030.3 624 45 12 2 .982 5.84 66 27 .409 3 6.9
    LF 8 0 19.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.47 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1966 26 NYG NL C 107 99 887.7 570 47 7 0 .989 6.26 64 23 .359 2 6.8
    LF 16 0 32.7 5 0 1 0 .833 1.38 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1967 27 NYG NL C 134 132 1169.7 699 62 11 1 .986 5.86 72 26 .361 6 3.8
    LF 11 4 57.3 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.04 0 0 .000 0 0.2
1968 28 NYG NL C 110 108 950.7 512 46 6 1 .989 5.28 58 23 .397 4 4.3
    LF 13 0 20.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.35 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1969 29 NYG NL C 123 117 1042.0 579 60 15 2 .977 5.52 70 35 .500 2 6.2
    LF 8 0 14.0 3 0 1 0 .750 1.93 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1970 30 NYG NL C 132 128 1146.0 715 48 17 1 .978 5.99 71 29 .408 2 4.4
    2B 4 4 38.0 9 13 0 3 1.000 5.21 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    SS 3 3 27.0 4 7 2 0 .846 3.67 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 6 0 8.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1971 31 MON NL C 132 122 1130.3 769 38 6 0 .993 6.43 67 19 .284 2 2.3
    LF 4 0 9.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1972 32 CLE AL C 99 94 829.3 557 30 18 0 .970 6.37 69 23 .333 6 1.6
    LF 4 0 9.0 2 0 1 0 .667 2.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1973 33 CLE AL LF 8 0 15.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.15 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 3 1 13.0 12 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1974 34 CLE AL C 4 0 7.7 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.70 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 2 0 2.3 2 1 0 0 1.000 11.59 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1975 35 CLE AL LF 10 0 20.3 4 0 1 0 .800 1.77 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 5 0 11.0 9 1 0 0 1.000 8.18 2 0 .000 0 0.1
1976 36 CLE AL LF 6 1 20.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.35 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 1 0 6.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1977 37 CLE AL C 21 20 171.0 88 12 3 0 .971 5.26 21 10 .476 1 1.0
    LF 7 7 57.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.58 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    3B 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 1124 1071 9608.6 5962 456 108 8 .983 6.01 641 247 .385 32 42.3
  LF 113 12 304.3 55 1 4 0 .933 1.66 0 0 .000 0 0.5
  2B 4 4 38.0 9 13 0 3 1.000 5.21 0 0 .000 0 0.2
  SS 3 3 27.0 4 7 2 0 .846 3.67 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  3B 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1245 1090 9980.9 6030 477 114 11 .983 5.87 641 247 .385 32 43.1
Career Highs   147 136 1233.7 825 68 19 4 1.000 6.50 81 35 .500 6  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1965 25 NYG NL 11 45 7 15 3 0 2 12 0 0 5 11 .333 .400 .533 .933
1967 27 NYG NL 19 75 12 19 2 0 3 11 0 0 5 18 .253 .309 .400 .709
1968 28 NYG NL 11 41 7 11 3 0 2 6 0 0 3 13 .268 .311 .488 .799
1971 31 MON NL 16 68 12 30 3 1 2 12 0 0 4 20 .441 .472 .603 1.075
1972 32 CLE AL 4 16 3 9 4 0 1 4 0 0 0 1 .563 .563 1.000 1.563
1974 34 CLE AL 5 18 1 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 .333 .400 .333 .733
Career Post-Season Batting 66 263 42 90 15 1 10 47 0 0 19 65 .342 .387 .521 .908
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1964-2-.320
1966-9-.299*
1967-2-.337
1969-2-.316
1971-3-.319
1972-7-.310*
1973-3-.336
1974-1-.338
1975-1-.353
1976-2-.318
CAR-18-.322
 On-Base Pct
1964-4-.380
1967-2-.391
1969-9-.374
1976-8-.381
 Slugging Pct
1964-5-.555
1966-6-.517*
1967-1-.561
1968-7-.490*
1969-3-.557
1973-7-.494
1974-5-.522
CAR-50-.497
 OPS
1964-4-.935
1966-9-.870*
1967-1-.952
1968-9-.837*
1969-2-.931
1974-6-.897
CAR-46-.869
 XR
1964-3-106.3
1967-3-106.7
1973-7-102.6
1974-10-99.9
 At-Bats
1973-2-625
1974-8-598
Runs
1964-7-93
 Hits
1964-3-177
1967-2-188
1971-6-171
1973-1-210
1974-2-202
1975-1-202
1976-8-176
 Total Bases
1964-3-307
1967-1-313
1969-7-273
1973-2-309
1974-1-312
1975-7-274
 Singles
1967-6-117
1971-4-129
1973-3-153
1974-6-144
1975-2-162
1976-3-146
 Doubles
1964-1-42
1965-9-30
1966-5-32
1967-2-43
1969-1-43
1970-9-32
 Homeruns
1964-9-28
1969-8-25
RBIs
1964-2-121
1967-10-95
1975-9-102
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 21    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 119    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 62    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  4. Bobby Hofman (842)
  5. Rudy York (837)
  6. Ron Blomberg (832)
  7. Dolph Camilli (816)
  8. Dick Dietz (814)
  9. Jack Cummings (802)
  10. Bill Dickey (792)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 1st overall pick, by New York (N) in 1964
Had first career hit (double) on 4/2/1964, off Danny Mcdevitt (DET)
Hit first career homerun on 4/5/1964, off Bill Kunkel (BRK)
Won Player of the Week award on 6/30/1964, hitting .550 with 2 HR, 6 RBI
Was selected to the 1964 Allstar game
Won Bronze Rookie in 1964, hitting .320 with 28 HR, 121 RBI
Injured on 5/5/1965 with a Strained Posterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 4 weeks
Was selected to the 1965 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 8/4/1965, hitting .478 with 2 HR, 11 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 9/29/1965, hitting .455 with 3 HR, 9 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1966, hitting .394 with 7 HR, 16 RBI
Was selected to the 1966 Allstar game
Injured on 8/2/1966 with a Pulled Calf Muscle, out for 3 weeks
2/1/1967: Gets a new one-year contract worth $5,571,429 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1967 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 7/28/1967, hitting .571 with 3 HR, 9 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1967, hitting .409 with 8 HR, 19 RBI
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Los Angeles on 8/8/1967
Won World Championship with New York (N) in 1967
2/1/1968: Gets a new one-year contract worth $6,107,143 through salary arbitration
Injured on 5/21/1968 with a Dislocated Shoulder, out for 3 weeks
Injured on 8/30/1968 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
2/1/1969: Gets a new one-year contract worth $6,107,143 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 6/30/1969, hitting .370 with 5 HR, 9 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1969, hitting .326 with 9 HR, 17 RBI
Was selected to the 1969 Allstar game
2/1/1970: Gets a new one-year contract worth $6,378,571 through salary arbitration
Injured on 3/20/1970 with a Tender Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
Won Gold Glove at Catcher in 1970
Signed as a free agent by Montreal on 2/6/1971 to a 4-year deal worth $18,231,000 per year
Was selected to the 1971 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against St. Louis on 10/13/1971
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Seattle on 10/22/1971
Won World Championship with Montreal in 1971
Traded from Montreal to Cleveland (A) on 2/3/1972 (Going to CLE: C Rico Carty. Going to MON: CF Ellis Burton)
Won Player of the Week award on 4/14/1972, hitting .563 with 1 HR, 6 RBI
Was selected to the 1972 Allstar game
Injured on 7/10/1972 with a Broken Ribs, out for 8 weeks
Won Player of the Week award on 9/8/1972, hitting .478 with 1 HR, 3 RBI
Was selected to the 1973 Allstar game
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1973, hitting .371 with 7 HR, 20 RBI
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Minnesota on 9/22/1973
Was selected to the 1974 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Kansas City on 7/19/1974
9/1/1974: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland (A), $14,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Player of the Week award on 9/22/1974, hitting .600 with 1 HR, 5 RBI
Was selected to the 1975 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Kansas City on 7/19/1975
Won Player of the Week award on 7/21/1975, hitting .538 with 2 HR, 8 RBI
Had 22-game hitting streak snapped on 8/7/1975
Had 2000th career hit on 9/12/1975, off Fergie Jenkins (MIN)
Won Player of the Week award on 4/7/1976, hitting .727 with 0 HR, 6 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1976, hitting .494 with 3 HR, 15 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 6/9/1976, hitting .593 with 0 HR, 2 RBI
Was selected to the 1976 Allstar game
 
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