Gary Carter

Positions: Catcher and Rightfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 205lb (188cm, 92kg)

Born: April 8, 1954 in Culver City, CA us

Died: February 16, 2012 in West Palm Beach, FL

Buried: Riverside Memorial Park, Tequesta, FL

Draft: Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 3rd round of the 1972 MLB June Amateur Draft from Sunny Hills HS (Fullerton, CA).

High School: Sunny Hills HS (Fullerton, CA)

Debut: September 16, 1974 (Age 20-161d, 13,588th in major league history)
vs. NYM 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 27, 1992 (Age 38-172d)
vs. CHC 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 2003. (Voted by BBWAA on 387/496 ballots)
View Gary Carter's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1975 season

Agents: Dick Moss, Jerry Petrie

Full Name: Gary Edmund Carter

Nicknames: Kid

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

70.2

7971

2092

324

.263

1025

RBI

1225

OBP

.335

SLG

.439

OPS

.773

OPS+

115

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1989 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1989 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 3	NYM		STL	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
2	2	Apr 5	NYM		STL	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	8	2	0	10	1	C
3	3	Apr 7	NYM	@	MON	L,3-7	CG	34	8.0	7	2	1	10	0	C
4	5 (1)	Apr 9	NYM	@	MON	W,2-1	GS	27	8.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
5	6	Apr 11	NYM	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	49	10.2	5	2	0	7	0	C
6	7	Apr 13	NYM	@	PIT	L,2-4	CG	37	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
7	8	Apr 14	NYM	@	STL	W,9-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
8	10 (1)	Apr 16	NYM	@	STL	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
9	11	Apr 17	NYM		PHI	W,5-2	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
10	12	Apr 18	NYM		PHI	L,1-7	GS	32	7.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
11	13	Apr 19	NYM		PHI	W,4-2	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
12	14	Apr 20	NYM		CHC	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
13	16 (1)	Apr 22	NYM		CHC	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
14	17	Apr 23	NYM		CHC	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
15	18	Apr 25	NYM		ATL	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
16	19	Apr 26	NYM		ATL	W,6-1	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
17	20	Apr 28	NYM	@	HOU	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	23 (2)	May 1	NYM	@	ATL	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
19	26 (2)	May 4	NYM		CIN	W,3-2	CG	36	10.0	9	3	1	13	1	C
20	27	May 6	NYM		HOU	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	8	2	1	11	0	C
21	28	May 7	NYM		HOU	L,0-5	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
22	29	May 8	NYM	@	CIN	L,0-3	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
23	30	May 9	NYM	@	CIN	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
24	97 (66)	Jul 25	NYM		PIT	L,2-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
25	98	Jul 26	NYM		PIT	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
26	100 (1)	Jul 28	NYM	@	CHC	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
27	102 (1)	Jul 30	NYM	@	CHC	L,4-6	CG	39	8.2	6	0	1	7	0	C
28	103	Jul 31	NYM	@	STL	L,2-3	GS	33	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	106 (2)	Aug 3	NYM	@	STL	L,5-6	CG	34	8.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
30	112 (5)	Aug 9	NYM	@	PHI	W,6-0	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	C
31	113	Aug 10 (1)	NYM		STL	W,5-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
32	116 (2)	Aug 12	NYM		STL	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
33	119 (2)	Aug 16	NYM		SDP	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	C
34	122 (2)	Aug 19	NYM		LAD	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
35	125 (2)	Aug 22	NYM		SFG	L,0-5	CG	36	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	C
36	127 (1)	Aug 25	NYM	@	SDP	L,3-5	GF	4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	PH 1B
37	129 (1)	Aug 27	NYM	@	SDP	L,7-13	GS	27	5.0	4	2	0	6	1	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	133 (3)	Sep 1	NYM	@	SFG	L,1-7	CG	38	8.0	11	1	0	12	0	C
39	136 (2)	Sep 4	NYM		CHC	L,3-7	GF	9	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
40	137	Sep 5	NYM		CHC	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
41	138	Sep 6	NYM		STL	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
42	148 (9)	Sep 17	NYM	@	MON	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
43	150 (1)	Sep 19	NYM	@	CHC	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
44	151	Sep 20	NYM	@	STL	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
45	154 (2)	Sep 23	NYM		MON	W,13-6	GS	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
46	156 (1)	Sep 25	NYM		PHI	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
47	158 (1)	Sep 27	NYM		PHI	L,3-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
48	161 (2)	Sep 30	NYM	@	PIT	W,7-2	CG	44	11.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
							48gm		370.0	266	31	6	303	6