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Max
Carey		  
Nickname: Scoops
 
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 175
 
Born: January 11, 1890 in Usa, IN, TERRE HAUTE
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove Award 1918   
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
1910 20 BOS AL     4 4 3 1 1 1 5 5 5 1 2 2 7 8 8
1911 21 BOS AL     5 5 5 1 1 1 6 7 7 2 2 2 8 9 9
1912 22 BOS AL     5 5 6 2 2 2 7 7 7 3 3 3 6 7 7
1913 23 BOS AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 8 8 8 3 3 3 6 7 7
1914 24 BOS AL $ 300,000   5 5 6 2 2 2 8 8 8 3 3 3 6 7 7
1915 25 BOS AL     6 6 6 2 2 2 8 8 8 3 3 3 6 7 7
1916 26 BOS AL     5 5 6 2 2 2 8 8 8 3 3 3 6 7 7
1917 27 BOS AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 9 9 9 3 3 3 6 7 7
1918 28 BOS AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 9 9 9 3 3 3 6 7 7
1919 29 BOS AL $ 357,143   6 6 6 2 2 2 9 9 9 3 3 3 6 7 7
1920 30 NYA AL $ 357,143   6 6 6 2 2 2 9 9 9 3 3 3 6 8 7
1921 31 NYA AL $ 357,143   6 6 6 2 2 2 9 9 9 3 3 3 6 7 7
1922 32 NYA AL $ 575,000   5 5 6 2 2 2 9 9 9 3 3 3 6 7 7
1923 33 NYA AL $ 575,000   5 5 6 2 2 2 9 9 9 3 3 3 5 7 6
1924 34 NYA AL     5 5 6 2 2 2 9 9 9 2 2 2 5 7 6
1925 35 PIT NL $ 500,000   5 5 6 2 2 2 9 9 9 2 2 2 5 7 6
1926 36 WAS AL     5 5 6 2 2 2 9 9 9 3 3 3 5 7 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 3 1 1 1 5 5 5 1 2 2 5 7 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 575,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 9 9 9 3 3 3 8 9 9
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1910 20 A   129 518 35 85 13 3 0 15 19 23 51 161 .164 .239 .201 .440 18.8  
1911 21 A   130 473 39 112 21 5 5 60 19 21 81 75 .237 .348 .334 .682 57.6  
1912 22 AAA   78 262 39 66 10 1 9 44 7 7 22 60 .252 .310 .401 .711 31.9  
    A   50 189 26 41 6 2 3 16 4 14 38 42 .217 .348 .317 .665 20.7  
1913 23 BOS AL 2 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .250 .400 .250 .650 1.1 0.2
1914 24 AAA   73 255 31 63 7 6 3 31 10 11 28 51 .247 .322 .357 .678 28.5  
1915 25 AAA   132 516 76 153 31 5 3 62 16 25 59 100 .297 .369 .393 .762 68.9  
1916 26 AAA   130 486 71 142 29 3 5 75 15 21 66 78 .292 .377 .395 .772 69.1  
1917 27 BOS AL 143 510 55 139 17 13 1 67 1 2 24 65 .273 .308 .363 .671 54.2 9.3
1918 28 BOS AL 131 475 54 118 20 10 0 58 4 3 28 53 .248 .287 .333 .620 43.2 6.2
1919 29 BOS AL 78 267 29 81 14 5 1 42 0 1 15 32 .303 .339 .404 .744 32.9 6.6
1920 30 NYA AL 108 347 43 85 16 6 0 25 1 7 25 47 .245 .293 .326 .619 30.9 2.1
1921 31 NYA AL 43 67 18 17 0 3 0 5 0 2 3 9 .254 .286 .343 .629 5.2 0.1
1922 32 NYA AL 28 22 6 5 2 1 0 1 0 1 2 4 .227 .292 .409 .701 1.5 0.0
1923 33 NYA AL 30 10 12 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .300 .500 0.5 0.1
1924 34 NYA AL 34 30 8 6 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 2 .200 .250 .233 .483 1.7 0.0
1925 35 PIT NL 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
    AAA   60 152 22 39 12 2 0 23 4 3 12 7 .257 .311 .362 .673 16.2  
1926 36 A   129 515 100 169 50 9 9 119 15 17 65 42 .328 .403 .513 .916 95.0  
10 Years Sim 601 1737 226 455 71 38 2 203 6 16 101 213 .262 .302 .350 .652 171.2 24.6
5 Years AAA 473 1671 239 463 89 17 20 235 52 67 187 296 .277 .348 .387 .735 214.6  
4 Years A 438 1695 200 407 90 19 17 210 57 75 235 320 .240 .332 .346 .677 192.1  
9 Years Minors 911 3366 439 870 179 36 37 445 109 142 422 616 .258 .340 .366 .706 406.6  
162 Game Average 468 60 122 19 10 0 54 1 4 27 57 .262 .302 .350 .652 46.2  
Career Highs 143 510 55 139 20 13 1 67 4 7 28 65 .303 .400 .409 .744 54.2  
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   1303 167 335 55 21 2 155 5 11 73 148 .257 .296 .336 .632 122.1
vs LH   434 59 120 16 17 0 48 1 5 28 65 .276 .320 .392 .712 50.7
Home 297 852 106 228 31 17 2 95 4 8 54 98 .268 .311 .351 .662 88.5
Away 303 885 120 227 40 21 0 108 2 8 47 115 .256 .293 .349 .642 84.3
RISP   522 0 138 23 8 0 186 0 0 31 63 .264 .302 .339 .641 52.1
Pinch Hitting   28 1 8 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 .286 .286 .393 .679 2.8
Close/Late   259 59 60 11 6 0 29 0 0 17 34 .232 .274 .320 .594 22.3
Mar/Apr 61 186 23 42 3 2 0 19 0 2 10 19 .226 .263 .263 .526 11.7
May 119 389 38 99 13 7 1 50 0 3 22 43 .254 .294 .332 .626 35.8
June 116 381 35 93 25 8 0 35 2 5 24 54 .244 .290 .352 .642 35.6
July 92 254 34 68 6 6 1 30 1 2 17 31 .268 .315 .350 .665 27.0
August 103 285 47 81 11 6 0 42 0 0 9 40 .284 .303 .365 .668 29.6
Sep/Oct 86 242 41 72 13 9 0 27 3 4 19 26 .298 .347 .426 .773 33.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1913 23 BOS AL LF 1 1 11.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.82   0.0
    CF 1 1 9.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00    
1917 27 BOS AL 3B 143 140 1264.7 76 333 9 20 .978 2.91   7.8
1918 28 BOS AL 3B 117 117 1056.3 96 263 12 18 .968 3.06   5.3
    1B 6 6 55.0 80 2 1 3 .988 13.42   0.1
    LF 3 3 26.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 3.12   0.3
    CF 2 2 18.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.50    
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1919 29 BOS AL 3B 53 52 468.3 40 108 3 4 .980 2.84   2.9
    1B 17 17 154.3 203 14 3 13 .986 12.65   0.5
    LF 4 3 33.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.36   0.1
1920 30 NYA AL RF 68 59 555.3 120 4 3 1 .976 2.01   2.7
    CF 15 14 128.0 45 1 0 1 1.000 3.23    
    3B 14 12 108.0 8 36 0 2 1.000 3.67   0.7
    1B 4 3 27.0 36 3 0 3 1.000 13.00   0.1
    LF 3 0 3.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 7.38    
1921 31 NYA AL 3B 11 7 68.0 6 21 1 1 .964 3.57   0.4
    CF 8 5 41.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.32   0.2
    LF 6 3 29.7 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.43    
    RF 1 0 5.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60    
    1B 3 0 4.3 4 0 0 1 1.000 8.31   0.0
1922 32 NYA AL LF 6 3 32.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 3.09   0.2
    1B 7 2 24.0 23 3 0 4 1.000 9.75   0.0
    3B 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
    CF 2 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
    RF 2 0 1.7 1 1 0 0 1.000 10.84    
1923 33 NYA AL 1B 8 0 10.3 11 3 0 1 1.000 12.20   0.0
    LF 4 0 8.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    RF 4 0 8.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 5.63   0.1
    3B 4 0 6.3 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.42   0.0
    CF 2 0 5.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60    
1924 34 NYA AL 1B 7 3 32.7 36 4 0 4 1.000 11.02   0.1
    LF 7 0 15.3 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.35   0.1
    3B 5 0 13.0 0 5 1 1 .833 3.46   0.1
    CF 4 0 11.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 4.09    
    RF 2 0 4.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1925 35 PIT NL 3B 3 0 4.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
  3B 351 328 2990.7 227 768 26 46 .975 2.99   17.2
  RF 78 59 575.7 128 5 3 1 .978 2.08   2.8
  1B 52 31 307.7 393 29 4 29 .991 12.35   0.8
  CF 34 22 214.0 65 1 0 1 1.000 2.78   0.2
  LF 34 13 158.7 41 0 0 0 1.000 2.33   0.6
Career Totals   549 453 4246.6 854 803 33 77 .980 3.51   21.6
Career Highs   143 140 1264.7 248 333 13 21 1.000 6.34    
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
1918 28 BOS AL 7 24 1 5 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 6 .208 .208 .292 .500
Career Post-Season Batting 7 24 1 5 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 6 .208 .208 .292 .500
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.
Triples
1917-2-13
 Strikeouts
1917-10-65
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 28)
   Gray Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 183)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 1st overall pick, by Boston (A) in 1910
Had first career hit on 7/18/1913, off Dixie Walker (SLA)
Injured on 9/1/1914 with a Strained Abdominal Muscle, out for one week
Hit first career homerun on 5/25/1917, off Bill Steele (WAS)
Won Gold Glove Award at Third Base in 1918
2/14/1919: Gets a new one-year contract worth $357,143 through salary arbitration
2/18/1920: Gets a new one-year contract worth $357,143 through salary arbitration
Traded from Boston (A) to New York (A) on 3/20/1920 (Going to BOS: 2B Lyman Lamb. Going to NYA: LF Max Carey, RF Dutch Wetzel)
2/18/1921: Gets a new one-year contract worth $357,143 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by New York (A) on 3/2/1922 to a 5-year deal worth $575,000 per year
Released by New York (A) on 10/2/1924
Signed as a free agent by Pittsburgh on 2/15/1925 to a 1-year deal worth $500,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Washington on 3/14/1926 to a minor league contract
 
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