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.

1990 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1990 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 11 (1)	SFG	@	ATL	W,8-0	GS	24	5.2	4	0	0	4	0	C
2	3 (1)	Apr 12	SFG	@	ATL	W,13-4	GF	18	4.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH C
3	4	Apr 13	SFG		SDP	L,3-8	GF	14	2.0	1	0	1	2	0	C
4	5	Apr 14	SFG		SDP	L,3-5	GS	22	6.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
5	7 (1)	Apr 16	SFG	@	LAD	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
6	9 (1)	Apr 18	SFG		LAD	L,2-6	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
7	11 (1)	Apr 21	SFG	@	SDP	W,6-4	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
8	14 (2)	Apr 24	SFG		PIT	L,1-4	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
9	15	Apr 25	SFG		PIT	L,4-7	CG	54	12.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
10	16	Apr 26	SFG		PIT	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
11	17	Apr 27	SFG		STL	W,12-3	GS	26	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
12	18	Apr 28	SFG		STL	L,0-5	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
13	19	Apr 29	SFG		STL	W,9-7	GS	35	7.2	4	0	1	5	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	21 (1)	May 1	SFG		CHC	L,4-7	GF	12	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH C
15	26 (4)	May 7	SFG	@	MON	L,6-7	GS	25	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
16	27	May 8	SFG	@	NYM	L,1-4	GS	26	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
17	28	May 9	SFG	@	NYM	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
18	30 (1)	May 12	SFG	@	PHI	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
19	31	May 13	SFG	@	PHI	L,1-4	CG	37	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
20	32	May 14	SFG		NYM	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
21	33	May 15	SFG		NYM	W,6-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
22	34	May 16	SFG		NYM	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	1	1	0	2	0	PH C
23	36 (1)	May 19	SFG		MON	L,4-7	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
24	38 (1)	May 21	SFG		PHI	L,2-5	CG	45	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
25	39	May 22	SFG		PHI	L,2-4	GF	9	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
26	40	May 23	SFG	@	STL	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
27	41	May 24	SFG	@	STL	L,2-3	GS	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
28	44 (2)	May 27	SFG	@	PIT	L,2-5	GS	24	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
29	48 (3)	May 31	SFG		HOU	L,3-5	GS	32	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	49	Jun 1	SFG		HOU	W,6-5	GF	13	4.0	4	0	0	4	0	PH C
31	52 (2)	Jun 4	SFG		CIN	W,10-1	GF	11	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR C
32	54 (1)	Jun 6	SFG		CIN	W,3-2	CG	43	11.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
33	55	Jun 8	SFG	@	ATL	W,23-8	CG	44	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
34	56	Jun 9	SFG	@	ATL	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
35	58 (1)	Jun 11	SFG	@	ATL	W,8-3	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
36	59	Jun 12	SFG	@	SDP	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
37	61 (1)	Jun 14	SFG	@	SDP	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
38	64 (2)	Jun 17	SFG		ATL	W,9-7	GS	30	6.1	3	1	0	4	0	C
39	66 (1)	Jun 19	SFG		SDP	L,3-4	GS	30	6.1	4	0	0	4	0	C
40	67	Jun 20	SFG		SDP	L,3-4	GF	9	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
41	68	Jun 22	SFG	@	HOU	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
42	72 (3)	Jun 26	SFG	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	44	11.0	4	3	0	7	0	C
43	73	Jun 27	SFG	@	CIN	W,8-3	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
44	74	Jun 29	SFG		PIT	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	76 (1)	Jul 1	SFG		PIT	L,5-8	GS	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
46	77	Jul 2	SFG		STL	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
47	81 (3)	Jul 7	SFG		CHC	W,10-9	CG	45	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
48	83 (1)	Jul 8 (2)	SFG		CHC	W,10-4	GS	30	7.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
49	96 (12)	Jul 25	SFG	@	LAD	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
50	98 (1)	Jul 27	SFG		CIN	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
51	99	Jul 28	SFG		CIN	W,3-2	CG	39	11.0	10	2	0	12	1	C
52	102 (2)	Jul 31	SFG		HOU	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
53	103	Aug 1	SFG	@	LAD	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
54	104	Aug 2	SFG		LAD	W,3-1	GS	29	7.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
55	105	Aug 3	SFG		LAD	L,2-11	CG	48	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
56	106	Aug 4	SFG		LAD	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
57	107	Aug 5	SFG		LAD	L,6-12	GF	12	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
58	108	Aug 6	SFG	@	HOU	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
59	109	Aug 7	SFG	@	HOU	L,0-4	GF	9	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
60	110	Aug 8	SFG	@	HOU	W,8-4	GF	11	3.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
61	111	Aug 10	SFG	@	CIN	L,0-7	CG	35	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
62	112	Aug 11	SFG	@	CIN	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
63	113	Aug 12	SFG	@	CIN	L,4-6	CG	39	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	C
64	114	Aug 13	SFG	@	CIN	L,5-6	CG	32	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
65	115	Aug 14	SFG	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	62	12.2	9	1	0	10	0	C
66	118 (2)	Aug 17	SFG		NYM	W,3-2	GS	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
67	120 (1)	Aug 19	SFG		NYM	L,9-10	GF	10	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
68	122 (1)	Aug 21	SFG		MON	L,5-10	GF	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
69	123	Aug 22	SFG		MON	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
70	125 (1)	Aug 24	SFG		PHI	W,13-2	GS	33	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
71	126	Aug 25	SFG		PHI	W,4-2	GS	30	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
72	128 (1)	Aug 28	SFG	@	MON	L,2-5	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
73	129	Aug 29	SFG	@	MON	W,6-5	GF	9	3.0	3	1	0	4	0	PH C
74	130	Aug 30	SFG	@	NYM	L,2-12	CG	41	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
75	131	Aug 31	SFG	@	NYM	L,3-4	CG	33	8.2	4	1	0	5	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
76	133 (1)	Sep 2	SFG	@	NYM	L,6-10	GF	10	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
77	134	Sep 3	SFG	@	SDP	W,5-4	GF	8	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
78	136 (1)	Sep 5	SFG		CIN	L,3-5	GS	27	6.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
79	139 (2)	Sep 8	SFG		HOU	W,2-1	CG	35	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
80	143 (3)	Sep 12	SFG		ATL	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
81	144	Sep 14	SFG	@	HOU	L,1-2	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
82	146 (1)	Sep 16	SFG	@	HOU	L,2-3	CG	37	8.1	4	2	0	6	0	C
83	147	Sep 17	SFG	@	CIN	L,0-4	GF	11	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
							83gm		559.2	348	31	3	382	5