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Andy
Carey		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 205
 
Born: October 18, 1931 in Usa, CA, OAKLAND
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1961   
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
1952 20 CIN NL     4 4 5 5 4 4 8 7 7 5 5 5 7 7 7
1953 21 CIN NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 5 4 4 8 7 7 5 5 5 7 7 7
1954 22 MON NL $ 300,000   5 5 6 5 4 4 8 7 7 5 5 5 8 8 8
1955 23 MON NL $ 300,000   6 6 7 5 4 4 8 7 7 5 5 5 8 8 8
1956 24 MON NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 5 4 5 8 7 7 5 5 5 8 8 8
1957 25 MON NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 5 4 5 7 6 7 5 5 5 8 8 8
1958 26 MON NL $ 1,528,571   7 7 7 4 4 4 7 6 7 5 5 5 8 8 8
1959 27 CLE AL $ 1,528,571   7 7 7 5 4 4 8 7 7 5 4 5 8 8 8
1960 28 CLE AL $ 1,528,571   7 7 7 5 4 4 7 6 7 5 4 4 7 7 7
1961 29 NYG NL $ 3,003,003   7 7 7 5 4 4 7 6 7 5 4 4 7 7 7
1962 30 TAM AL $ 3,003,003   6 6 6 4 3 3 7 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6
1963 31 WAS NL $ 3,003,003   5 5 6 4 3 4 7 6 6 4 3 4 6 5 6
1964 32 WAS NL $ 3,003,003   5 5 6 4 3 4 7 6 6 4 3 4 6 5 6
1965 33 NYA AL $ 500,000   5 5 6 4 3 4 7 6 6 4 3 4 6 6 6
1966 34 NYA AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 6 5 5 4 3 4 5 5 5
1967 35 NYA AL     4 4 4 1 1 1 5 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 1 1 1 5 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,003,003   7 7 7 5 4 5 8 7 7 5 5 5 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
1952 20 AA   136 485 86 128 34 4 18 74 11 9 104 75 .264 .394 .462 .856 90.7  
1953 21 CIN NL 16 43 4 12 3 0 1 5 0 0 3 9 .279 .326 .419 .745 5.0 0.8
    AA   118 448 68 136 35 3 23 88 10 7 67 56 .304 .394 .549 .943 91.3  
1954 22 MON NL 42 103 17 34 5 1 3 15 1 1 13 10 .330 .410 .485 .896 19.1 3.3
    AAA   108 440 67 123 33 4 22 89 9 5 53 51 .280 .357 .523 .880 79.2  
1955 23 MON NL 143 341 46 106 21 7 9 47 0 1 27 39 .311 .365 .493 .857 53.8 12.0
1956 24 MON NL 158 548 70 145 24 10 12 74 1 0 48 61 .265 .323 .411 .733 73.6 10.4
1957 25 MON NL 156 555 73 153 30 5 17 87 1 0 52 75 .276 .343 .440 .783 80.4 14.7
1958 26 MON NL 136 425 46 119 19 4 9 52 0 0 50 44 .280 .356 .407 .763 60.1 9.7
1959 27 CLE AL 133 280 33 85 23 0 3 37 1 1 20 23 .304 .354 .418 .772 39.3 8.3
1960 28 CLE AL 125 326 53 88 19 2 7 39 3 0 18 62 .270 .315 .405 .720 37.6 6.7
1961 29 NYG NL 119 362 57 118 22 4 8 51 0 0 14 64 .326 .353 .475 .828 53.3 10.6
1962 30 TAM AL 109 368 47 97 10 4 6 36 0 0 20 69 .264 .310 .361 .672 39.3 5.9
1963 31 WAS NL 123 292 31 78 9 2 3 29 0 0 26 45 .267 .332 .342 .675 31.9 5.7
1964 32 WAS NL 113 243 23 55 10 2 3 29 2 1 20 51 .226 .280 .321 .601 23.4 2.7
1965 33 NYA AL 94 182 15 43 10 1 4 21 2 0 12 35 .236 .294 .368 .663 18.4 2.5
1966 34 NYA AL 66 65 11 16 1 0 1 3 0 0 2 17 .246 .275 .308 .583 4.6 0.0
1967 35 AAA   131 487 46 140 32 3 6 54 1 1 59 105 .287 .364 .402 .767 70.9  
14 Years Sim 1533 4133 526 1149 206 42 86 525 11 4 325 604 .278 .334 .411 .745 539.6 93.4
2 Years AAA 239 927 113 263 65 7 28 143 10 6 112 156 .284 .363 .460 .822 150.1  
2 Years AA 254 933 154 264 69 7 41 162 21 16 171 131 .283 .397 .504 .901 182.1  
4 Years Minors 493 1860 267 527 134 14 69 305 31 22 283 287 .283 .380 .482 .862 332.2  
162 Game Average 436 55 121 21 4 9 55 1 0 34 63 .278 .334 .411 .745 57.0  
Career Highs 158 555 73 153 30 10 17 87 3 1 52 75 .330 .410 .493 .896 80.4  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2175 274 631 104 24 43 290 7 2 131 328 .290 .334 .419 .753 288.7
vs LH   1958 252 518 102 18 43 235 4 2 194 276 .265 .334 .401 .735 259.4
Home 777 2111 260 593 112 16 50 269 7 1 168 327 .281 .336 .420 .756 289.1
Away 756 2022 266 556 94 26 36 256 4 3 157 277 .275 .332 .401 .732 259.0
RISP   986 0 275 58 13 25 415 0 0 102 143 .279 .343 .440 .783 147.2
Pinch Hitting   415 58 113 22 2 8 72 1 0 19 53 .272 .309 .393 .702 47.6
Close/Late   632 87 187 30 7 12 71 0 0 50 92 .296 .352 .422 .774 89.4
Mar/Apr 248 704 79 188 35 8 15 101 0 0 49 105 .267 .316 .403 .719 87.2
May 269 731 100 205 33 9 13 96 1 0 57 105 .280 .337 .404 .740 95.9
June 251 624 74 178 23 4 16 72 2 2 54 91 .285 .342 .412 .754 86.5
July 220 581 92 170 36 4 16 86 2 0 54 85 .293 .353 .451 .804 89.4
August 257 686 79 176 35 10 11 71 3 0 46 110 .257 .309 .385 .693 78.7
Sep/Oct 288 807 102 232 44 7 15 99 3 2 65 108 .287 .348 .415 .763 110.4
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
1953 21 CIN NL RF 9 9 74.0 14 0 0 0 1.000 1.70 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    3B 2 1 10.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.90 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1954 22 MON NL 3B 16 13 120.3 5 34 2 2 .951 2.92 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    RF 8 7 73.3 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.10 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    2B 5 0 6.3 1 7 1 1 .889 11.37 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 1 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0  
1955 23 MON NL 3B 60 55 492.0 37 120 7 9 .957 2.87 0 0 .000 0 1.1
    2B 38 0 75.3 15 44 1 6 .983 7.05 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    LF 11 5 61.3 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.32 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    RF 4 0 16.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.13 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 9 0 15.0 21 1 0 4 1.000 13.20 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 1 1 9.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 5.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1956 24 MON NL 3B 148 145 1277.0 83 306 19 27 .953 2.74 0 0 .000 0 3.7
    RF 4 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1957 25 MON NL 3B 146 145 1288.0 82 333 15 19 .965 2.90 0 0 .000 0 2.3
    RF 2 0 11.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.82 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    2B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 2 0 2.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1958 26 MON NL 3B 80 72 631.0 51 161 9 12 .959 3.02 0 0 .000 0 1.5
    1B 41 41 356.0 392 30 2 38 .995 10.67 0 0 .000 0 0.8
    2B 7 0 13.0 1 4 0 0 1.000 3.46 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 3 0 6.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1959 27 CLE AL 3B 60 14 221.0 13 51 3 5 .955 2.61 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    2B 27 20 179.0 40 80 1 14 .992 6.03 0 0 .000 0 1.1
    1B 13 8 79.3 102 9 1 11 .991 12.59 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    LF 8 5 46.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.76 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    RF 7 3 35.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 0 0 .000 0  
1960 28 CLE AL 3B 81 70 626.0 29 162 5 9 .974 2.75 0 0 .000 0 2.2
    2B 15 7 74.0 21 38 2 10 .967 7.18 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    LF 6 5 40.3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.67 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 2 1 11.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.79 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 2 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1961 29 NYG NL 3B 81 60 580.0 29 124 8 9 .950 2.37 0 0 .000 0 1.5
    RF 14 14 125.0 20 0 1 0 .952 1.44 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    LF 3 0 6.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 1 0 2.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1962 30 TAM AL 2B 56 55 487.3 106 214 6 39 .982 5.91 0 0 .000 0 2.8
    3B 39 34 308.0 19 71 4 9 .957 2.63 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    RF 1 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1963 31 WAS NL RF 59 46 446.3 104 2 1 1 .991 2.14 0 0 .000 0 1.0
    3B 16 3 55.3 4 16 0 0 1.000 3.25 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    2B 10 4 45.0 17 17 1 7 .971 6.80 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    LF 5 4 34.3 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.62 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 9 1 23.0 27 2 0 0 1.000 11.35 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1964 32 WAS NL RF 24 15 153.0 37 0 1 0 .974 2.18 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    LF 21 9 99.0 21 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 0 0 .000 0  
    2B 24 7 92.3 21 40 0 11 1.000 5.95 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    3B 12 8 76.0 2 30 2 3 .941 3.79 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    1B 14 6 71.3 83 6 2 10 .978 11.23 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1965 33 NYA AL 2B 59 31 312.3 69 135 0 26 1.000 5.88 0 0 .000 0 2.2
    3B 14 14 115.0 0 28 1 2 .966 2.19 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    LF 3 3 25.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.88 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    RF 4 2 21.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 0 0 .000 0  
1966 34 NYA AL 2B 35 7 109.0 26 55 2 14 .976 6.69 0 0 .000 0 1.2
    LF 6 3 29.0 2 1 0 1 1.000 0.93 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    RF 10 1 23.0 7 1 0 1 1.000 3.13 0 0 .000 0  
    3B 2 0 4.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  3B 757 634 5803.7 354 1438 75 106 .960 2.78 0 0 .000 0 14.9
  2B 278 131 1396.7 317 634 14 128 .985 6.13 0 0 .000 0 9.4
  RF 149 98 1000.0 204 3 3 2 .986 1.86 0 0 .000 0 1.9
  1B 91 56 550.7 633 48 5 63 .993 11.13 0 0 .000 0 1.2
  LF 70 34 356.0 67 2 0 1 1.000 1.74 0 0 .000 0 0.7
  C 1 1 9.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 5.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1346 954 9116.0 1580 2125 97 300 .974 3.66 0 0 .000 0 28.1
Career Highs   154 145 1305.0 447 333 19 50 1.000 5.73 0 0 .000 0  
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
1958 26 MON NL 5 12 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 3 .083 .083 .250 .333
1960 28 CLE AL 11 23 2 6 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 3 .261 .292 .391 .683
1962 30 TAM AL 12 51 2 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 10 .078 .094 .078 .173
Career Post-Season Batting 28 86 5 11 1 2 0 6 0 0 2 16 .128 .146 .186 .332
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.
Games
1956-2-158
1957-10-156
 Triples
1955-5-7
1956-1-10
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 4    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 25    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  4. Joe Garagiola (928)
  5. Ray Jablonski (927)
  6. Hank Majeski (924)
  7. Carney Lansford (923)
  8. Tony Gonzalez (921)
  9. Freddie Lindstrom (916)
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 24th overall pick, by Cincinnati in 1952
Injured on 6/28/1953 with a Broken Finger, out for 3 weeks
Injured on 7/29/1953 with a Bruised Hand, out for 5 days
Injured on 8/18/1953 with a Pulled Back Muscle, out for one week
Had first career hit on 9/7/1953, off Hersh Freeman (NYA)
Hit first career homerun on 9/25/1953, off Howie Pollet (STL)
Traded from Cincinnati to Montreal on 4/2/1954 (Going to CIN: P Dick Littlefield. Going to MON: 3B Andy Carey, P Windy Mccall)
2/1/1958: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,528,571 through salary arbitration
2/1/1959: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,528,571 through salary arbitration
Traded from Montreal to Cleveland on 2/1/1959 (Going to CLE: 3B Andy Carey. Going to MON: RF Leo Burke)
2/1/1960: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,528,571 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by New York (N) on 2/20/1961 to a 4-year deal worth $3,003,003 per year
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Minnesota on 6/14/1961
Was selected to the 1961 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Montreal on 9/10/1961
Traded from New York (N) to Tampa Bay on 2/21/1962 (Going to TAM: C Carl Sawatski, 3B Andy Carey. Going to NYG: P Floyd Wooldridge)
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Cleveland (A) on 4/21/1962
Traded from Tampa Bay to Washington on 3/3/1963 (Going to WAS: 1B Ken Harrelson, 3B Andy Carey, P Stu Miller. Going to TAM: CF Bob Hazle, P Frank Baumann, 2B Luis Aparicio)
Signed as a free agent by New York (A) on 2/18/1965 to a 1-year deal worth $500,000 per year
3/3/1965: Signed a minor league contract extension with New York (A)
3/3/1966: Signed a minor league contract extension with New York (A)
Injured on 5/6/1967 with a Bruised Heel, out for one week
 
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