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Gary
Carter		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 220
 
Born: April 8, 1954 in Usa, CA, CULVER CITY
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1981   
All-Star Selections 1986   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1974 20 BOS AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 8 8 8
1975 21 BOS AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 7 7 7 8 8 8
1976 22 BOS AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7
1977 23 BOS AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6
1978 24 BOS AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 5 5 5
1979 25 BOS AL $ 350,000   3 3 3 8 8 8 7 7 7 8 8 8 5 5 5
1980 26 BOS AL $ 1,492,857   3 3 3 8 8 8 7 7 7 8 8 8 5 5 5
1981 27 BOS AL $ 1,492,857   3 3 3 8 8 8 7 7 7 8 8 8 5 5 5
1982 28 BOS AL $ 510,000   3 3 3 8 8 8 7 7 7 8 8 8 4 4 4
1983 29 BOS AL $ 510,000   3 3 3 8 8 8 7 7 7 8 8 8 4 4 4
1984 30 BOS AL $ 510,000   3 3 3 8 8 8 7 7 7 8 8 8 4 4 4
1985 31 MIA NL $ 1,500,000   3 3 3 8 8 8 7 7 7 8 8 8 4 4 4
1986 32 MIA NL $ 1,500,000   3 3 3 8 8 8 7 7 7 8 8 8 4 4 4
1987 33 MIA NL $ 5,330,000   3 3 3 8 8 8 7 7 7 8 8 8 4 4 4
1988 34 MIA NL $ 5,330,000   3 3 3 8 8 8 7 7 7 8 8 8 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   3 3 3 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,330,000   6 6 6 8 8 8 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8
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
1974 20 BOS AL 17 56 3 10 1 0 0 5 0 0 6 4 .179 .258 .196 .454 2.0 0.0
    AAA   130 478 91 120 31 4 34 113 0 0 62 58 .251 .337 .546 .883 87.7  
1975 21 BOS AL 49 165 24 41 4 1 6 25 0 0 21 21 .248 .335 .394 .729 23.9 3.4
    AAA   106 396 100 136 23 2 34 101 0 2 64 38 .343 .435 .669 1.104 102.3  
1976 22 BOS AL 135 473 61 111 19 1 14 60 2 0 35 64 .235 .291 .368 .659 49.7 5.5
1977 23 BOS AL 138 456 57 119 18 1 11 66 0 0 47 50 .261 .328 .377 .705 58.4 7.9
1978 24 BOS AL 135 466 56 86 22 3 10 51 0 1 57 97 .185 .278 .309 .587 36.3 0.0
1979 25 BOS AL 135 450 59 85 27 2 19 73 1 1 60 86 .189 .286 .384 .671 52.2 7.2
1980 26 BOS AL 142 489 55 78 25 2 21 51 1 0 54 115 .160 .244 .348 .591 42.3 1.2
1981 27 BOS AL 102 347 41 67 22 0 12 38 0 0 45 84 .193 .285 .360 .646 35.5 3.2
1982 28 BOS AL 125 443 45 74 25 1 13 48 0 0 56 97 .167 .259 .316 .575 33.3 0.3
1983 29 BOS AL 14 36 7 6 2 0 3 3 0 0 7 8 .167 .302 .472 .775 5.1 0.8
    AAA   106 370 60 90 27 3 27 77 0 0 50 86 .243 .333 .551 .885 68.1  
1984 30 AAA   101 326 47 71 19 5 18 60 0 1 45 66 .218 .313 .472 .785 49.8  
1985 31 MIA NL 119 351 35 53 12 4 17 42 0 0 35 98 .151 .236 .353 .589 28.8 0.1
1986 32 MIA NL 139 461 68 102 40 2 25 72 2 1 59 113 .221 .312 .479 .792 69.1 13.0
1987 33 MIA NL 61 158 22 24 12 1 6 20 0 0 22 46 .152 .258 .354 .613 15.4 1.0
    AAA   53 203 36 51 14 1 19 37 0 0 30 63 .251 .348 .611 .958 42.6  
1988 34 AAA   137 459 80 96 21 3 44 106 0 1 76 132 .209 .321 .556 .877 86.3  
13 Years Sim 1311 4351 533 856 229 18 157 554 6 3 504 883 .197 .282 .366 .648 452.0 43.6
6 Years AAA 633 2232 414 564 135 18 176 494 0 4 327 443 .253 .349 .566 .915 436.6  
162 Game Average 537 65 105 28 2 19 68 0 0 62 109 .197 .282 .366 .648 55.9  
Career Highs 142 489 68 119 40 4 25 73 2 1 60 115 .261 .335 .479 .792 69.1  
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   3026 346 597 150 12 101 368 4 2 320 631 .197 .277 .355 .632 308.6
vs LH   1325 187 259 79 6 56 186 2 1 184 252 .195 .293 .391 .684 163.0
Home 658 2149 271 430 120 10 81 256 5 0 254 459 .200 .286 .378 .664 245.2
Away 653 2202 262 426 109 8 76 298 1 3 250 424 .193 .278 .354 .632 226.5
RISP   1102 0 211 55 6 31 377 0 0 144 234 .191 .279 .337 .616 113.4
Pinch Hitting   55 6 14 2 2 1 12 0 0 9 15 .255 .354 .418 .772 8.6
Close/Late   570 65 133 36 2 25 70 0 0 76 115 .233 .325 .435 .760 82.9
Mar/Apr 225 747 91 137 41 3 29 92 1 1 83 164 .183 .267 .363 .629 75.9
May 217 741 95 154 39 3 32 100 1 1 80 150 .208 .287 .398 .685 88.0
June 224 773 106 168 47 6 33 105 1 0 83 162 .217 .297 .422 .719 98.9
July 185 599 53 103 29 0 16 69 1 0 70 125 .172 .262 .301 .563 49.3
August 216 704 100 147 41 4 25 98 1 0 80 137 .209 .289 .385 .674 82.1
Sep/Oct 244 787 88 147 32 2 22 90 1 1 108 145 .187 .286 .316 .603 77.4
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
1974 20 BOS AL C 17 15 134.7 80 13 0 0 1.000 6.22 21 11 .524 0 1.3
1975 21 BOS AL C 37 33 299.0 170 17 2 0 .989 5.63 36 12 .333 1 1.3
    RF 13 12 107.7 24 0 0 0 1.000 2.01 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1976 22 BOS AL C 123 120 1039.7 544 51 7 4 .988 5.15 117 36 .308 4 5.9
    RF 13 7 70.0 14 0 1 0 .933 1.80 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    CF 1 0 2.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1977 23 BOS AL C 130 129 1138.7 677 67 9 1 .988 5.88 112 39 .348 4 6.6
    RF 7 0 15.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.40 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1978 24 BOS AL C 132 129 1177.7 627 82 10 1 .986 5.42 131 48 .366 3 7.5
    RF 2 0 2.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1979 25 BOS AL C 131 130 1146.7 640 60 5 0 .993 5.49 114 40 .351 3 8.5
    RF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1980 26 BOS AL C 137 132 1174.3 672 55 10 2 .986 5.57 120 40 .333 3 6.7
1981 27 BOS AL C 100 99 868.7 490 56 5 0 .991 5.66 84 40 .476 3 5.4
    RF 2 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1982 28 BOS AL C 117 117 1026.0 514 67 8 1 .986 5.10 128 45 .352 4 4.9
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1983 29 BOS AL C 10 10 81.0 46 6 0 0 1.000 5.78 7 3 .429 1 0.5
    RF 4 2 19.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.37 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1985 31 MIA NL C 89 75 706.3 388 41 4 0 .991 5.47 74 25 .338 3 6.1
    RF 12 6 62.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.60 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    3B 5 5 45.0 4 7 1 0 .917 2.20 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    SS 2 2 17.0 1 2 2 1 .600 1.59 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1986 32 MIA NL C 131 124 1116.0 646 53 6 1 .991 5.64 106 40 .377 3 8.5
    RF 3 3 25.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.05 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1987 33 MIA NL C 49 31 299.0 185 10 0 0 1.000 5.87 23 5 .217 2 1.8
    RF 7 7 53.0 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.04 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  C 1203 1144 10207.6 5679 578 66 10 .990 5.52 1073 384 .358 34 65.0
  RF 66 37 361.3 77 0 1 0 .987 1.92 0 0 .000 0 0.9
  3B 5 5 45.0 4 7 1 0 .917 2.20 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  SS 2 2 17.0 1 2 2 1 .600 1.59 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  CF 2 0 3.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
Career Totals   1278 1188 10634.6 5761 587 70 11 .989 5.37 1073 384 .358 34 66.0
Career Highs   137 132 1179.7 681 82 10 4 1.000 6.22 131 48 .524 4  
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
1978 24 BOS AL 5 18 2 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 5 .167 .286 .167 .452
1979 25 BOS AL 7 24 5 8 2 0 4 7 0 0 0 6 .333 .320 .917 1.237
Career Post-Season Batting 12 42 7 11 2 0 4 9 0 0 3 11 .262 .304 .595 .900
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.
Doubles
1986-7-40
 Homeruns
1986-9-25
 Strikeouts
1980-8-115
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 6    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 27    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  6. Rico Petrocelli (889)
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 3rd overall pick, by Boston (A) in 1974
Had first career hit on 9/1/1974, off Gary Nolan (COL)
Hit first career homerun on 8/28/1975, off Masanori Murakami (NYA)
Injured on 4/25/1976 with a Strained Rib Cage Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
2/2/1979: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Drove in 6 runs against Pittsburgh on 8/5/1979
2/2/1980: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,492,857 through salary arbitration
2/2/1981: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,492,857 through salary arbitration
7/31/1981: Signed a contract extension with Boston (A), $510,000 per year, for 3 years
Won Gold Glove at Catcher in 1981
Injured on 8/1/1984 with a Broken Finger, out for 5 weeks
Signed as a free agent by Miami on 2/5/1985 to a 2-year deal worth $1,500,000 per year
Was selected to the 1986 Allstar game
9/22/1986: Signed a contract extension with Miami, $5,330,000 per year, for 2 years
 
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