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.

1991 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1991 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	4 (3)	Apr 13	LAD		SDP	L,3-6	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	1B
2	14 (9)	Apr 23	LAD		ATL	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	9	3	1	13	0	C
3	19 (4)	Apr 28	LAD		SFG	W,7-3	GF	12	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	21 (1)	May 1	LAD	@	MON	L,3-9	GF	9	3.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
5	28 (6)	May 11	LAD		PHI	W,3-2	GS	27	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
6	29	May 12	LAD		PHI	L,3-7	GF	12	3.0	2	1	0	3	0	PH C
7	31 (1)	May 14	LAD		MON	W,6-2	GF	5	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
8	32	May 15	LAD		MON	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	C
9	33	May 17	LAD		NYM	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
10	38 (4)	May 22	LAD	@	HOU	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	7	2	0	9	1	C
11	40 (1)	May 24	LAD	@	CIN	W,11-3	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
12	41	May 25	LAD	@	CIN	W,8-1	GF	17	4.0	2	1	0	3	0	1B
13	43 (1)	May 27	LAD		HOU	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
14	44	May 28	LAD		HOU	W,8-2	GF	23	5.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
15	45	May 29	LAD		HOU	L,2-8	GF	8	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
16	46	May 30	LAD		CIN	L,2-7	GF	36	7.2	4	1	0	5	0	1B
17	47	May 31	LAD		CIN	W,7-4	GS	29	7.0	3	3	0	6	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	49 (1)	Jun 2	LAD		CIN	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
19	50	Jun 4	LAD	@	STL	L,2-3	GF	19	4.1	3	1	0	4	0	C
20	55 (4)	Jun 9	LAD	@	CHC	W,6-3	GS	23	6.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
21	56	Jun 10	LAD	@	CHC	W,13-5	GF	21	4.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
22	61 (4)	Jun 16	LAD		STL	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
23	64 (2)	Jun 19	LAD		CHC	W,9-8	GS	26	6.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
24	65	Jun 20	LAD		PIT	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	C
25	68 (2)	Jun 23	LAD		PIT	W,2-0	GS	33	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
26	69	Jun 25	LAD		SFG	L,4-9	GF	20	3.0	5	1	0	6	0	PH C
27	70	Jun 26	LAD		SFG	L,2-3	CG	39	11.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
28	71	Jun 28 (1)	LAD	@	ATL	L,2-3	GS	29	7.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
29	72	Jun 28 (2)	LAD	@	ATL	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
30	73	Jun 29	LAD	@	ATL	W,2-1	CG	42	11.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
31	74	Jun 30	LAD	@	ATL	W,11-4	GS	32	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	75	Jul 2	LAD	@	SDP	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
33	76	Jul 3	LAD	@	SDP	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
34	77	Jul 4	LAD	@	SDP	L,4-5	CG	52	11.1	12	0	0	12	0	C
35	78	Jul 5	LAD		ATL	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
36	79	Jul 6	LAD		ATL	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	7	2	0	9	1	C
37	80	Jul 7	LAD		ATL	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
38	81	Jul 11	LAD	@	MON	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
39	82	Jul 12	LAD	@	MON	L,5-6	CG	37	8.1	4	2	1	7	0	C
40	83	Jul 14 (1)	LAD	@	MON	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	C
41	84	Jul 14 (2)	LAD	@	MON	L,4-7	GF	10	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
42	85	Jul 15	LAD	@	PHI	L,8-9	CG	41	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
43	86	Jul 16	LAD	@	PHI	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
44	87	Jul 17	LAD	@	PHI	L,2-4	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
45	88	Jul 18	LAD	@	NYM	W,10-5	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
46	89	Jul 19	LAD	@	NYM	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
47	91 (1)	Jul 21	LAD	@	NYM	L,4-9	GF	12	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
48	94 (2)	Jul 25	LAD		PHI	W,5-0	GS	29	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
49	96 (1)	Jul 27	LAD		MON	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
50	100 (3)	Jul 31	LAD		NYM	W,6-3	GS	35	7.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
51	103 (2)	Aug 4	LAD	@	HOU	L,1-2	CG	38	9.1	9	1	0	10	0	C
52	105 (1)	Aug 6	LAD	@	CIN	W,5-2	GF	5	1.2	1	0	0	1	0	C
53	106	Aug 7	LAD	@	CIN	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
54	107	Aug 8	LAD	@	CIN	W,6-4	CG	34	9.0	13	0	0	13	3	1B
55	108	Aug 9	LAD	@	SFG	L,0-1	CG	49	12.1	7	2	0	9	0	C
56	111 (2)	Aug 12	LAD		CIN	W,3-2	GS	30	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
57	112	Aug 13	LAD		CIN	L,3-4	CG	44	10.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
58	113	Aug 14	LAD		CIN	W,4-1	GF	14	4.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
59	114	Aug 15	LAD		HOU	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
60	115	Aug 16	LAD		HOU	W,4-1	GS	28	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
61	116	Aug 17	LAD		HOU	W,8-7	GF	12	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH C
62	117	Aug 18	LAD		HOU	L,4-8	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
63	123 (5)	Aug 25	LAD	@	STL	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
64	127 (3)	Aug 29	LAD		PIT	L,1-4	GS	34	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
65	128	Aug 30	LAD		CHC	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	10	0	1	11	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
66	131 (2)	Sep 2	LAD		STL	L,4-7	GS	35	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
67	132	Sep 3	LAD		STL	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
68	133	Sep 4	LAD		STL	W,8-3	GS	35	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
69	134	Sep 6 (1)	LAD	@	PIT	W,4-3	GS	27	7.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
70	135	Sep 6 (2)	LAD	@	PIT	L,1-3	GS	28	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
71	136	Sep 7	LAD	@	PIT	W,5-1	GS	24	6.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
72	142 (5)	Sep 13	LAD	@	ATL	W,5-2	GS	26	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
73	144 (1)	Sep 15	LAD	@	ATL	L,1-9	GS	26	5.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
74	146 (1)	Sep 17	LAD		CIN	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
75	149 (2)	Sep 20	LAD		ATL	L,0-3	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
76	151 (1)	Sep 22	LAD		ATL	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
77	155 (3)	Sep 28	LAD		SFG	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
78	161 (5)	Oct 5	LAD	@	SFG	L,0-4	CG	31	8.0	12	0	1	13	0	C
							78gm		552.0	402	52	5	459	5