Andy Carey

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Full Name: Andrew Arthur Carey	Primary Position: 3B
Height/Weight: 6' 1.5"/190	First Game: May 2, 1952
Birthdate: October 18, 1931	Final Game: October 2, 1962
Birthplace: Oakland, California	MLB Experience: 11 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
5 Video Gallery
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7 See Also
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[edit] Biography

Andy Carey (born October 18, 1931 in Oakland, California) is a former major league third baseman for the New York Yankees (1952-1960), and 4 other major league teams from 1960 to 1962. He batted and threw right-handed.

Carey ended his career on September 30, 1962 with the Los Angeles Dodgers. In an 11-year career, he had a .260 batting average, with 64 home runs, and 350 RBI's. He had 741 career hits. Carey led the league in triples in 1955 with 11. He finished his career with 38 triples.

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1952	NY	A	16	40	6	6	0	1	.150	.209	.150	0	0	3	10	0	2	0	0	2
1953	NY	A	51	81	14	26	4	8	.321	.389	.531	5	0	9	12	0	1	2	0	1
1954	NY	A	122	411	60	124	8	65	.302	.373	.423	14	6	43	38	7	5	5	0	15
1955	NY	A	135	510	73	131	7	47	.257	.313	.378	19	11	44	51	1	8	3	6	11
1956	NY	A	132	422	54	100	7	50	.237	.310	.339	18	2	45	53	2	6	9	4	9
1957	NY	A	85	247	30	63	6	33	.255	.309	.393	6	5	15	42	5	4	2	3	7
1958	NY	A	102	315	39	90	12	45	.286	.363	.486	19	4	34	43	6	7	1	4	5
1959	NY	A	41	101	11	26	3	9	.257	.306	.356	1	0	7	17	0	1	1	0	4
1960	NY	A	4	3	1	1	0	1	.333	.333	.333	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1960	KC	A	102	343	30	80	12	53	.233	.287	.402	14	4	26	52	1	3	0	0	16
1960	TOT	A	106	346	31	81	12	54	.234	.287	.402	14	4	26	53	1	3	0	0	16
1961	KC	A	39	123	20	30	3	11	.244	.336	.398	6	2	15	23	2	2	0	0	3
1961	CHI	A	56	143	21	38	0	14	.266	.323	.392	12	3	11	24	2	4	0	0	1
1961	TOT	A	95	266	41	68	3	25	.256	.329	.395	18	5	26	47	4	6	0	0	4
1962	LA	N	53	111	12	26	2	13	.234	.333	.351	5	1	16	23	1	1	0	1	1
Total	NL		53	111	12	26	2	13	.234	.333	.351	5	1	16	23	1	1	0	1	1
Total	AL		885	2739	359	715	62	337	.261	.326	.398	114	37	252	366	26	43	23	17	74
Total			938	2850	371	741	64	350	.260	.327	.396	119	38	268	389	27	44	23	18	75

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1952	NY	A	3B	14	0	0	11	21	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	.889
1952	NY	A	SS	1	0	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667
1953	NY	A	3B	40	0	0	29	55	1	8	0	0	0	0	0	.988
1953	NY	A	SS	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500
1953	NY	A	2B	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1954	NY	A	3B	120	0	0	154	283	15	32	0	0	0	0	0	.967
1955	NY	A	3B	135	0	0	154	301	22	37	0	0	0	0	0	.954
1956	NY	A	3B	131	0	0	114	265	21	26	0	0	0	0	0	.947
1957	NY	A	3B	81	69	617	66	147	5	9	0	0	0	0	0	.977
1958	NY	A	3B	99	90	794	99	195	12	22	0	0	0	0	0	.961
1959	NY	A	3B	34	23	239.2	39	48	8	10	0	0	0	0	0	.916
1960	NY	A	3B	2	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1960	NY	A	LF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1960	NY	A	OF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1960	KC	A	3B	91	88	777.1	95	179	7	26	0	0	0	0	0	.975
1960	TOT	A	3B	93	89	780.1	95	180	7	26	0	0	0	0	0	.975
1961	KC	A	3B	39	35	310	32	70	6	12	0	0	0	0	0	.944
1961	CHI	A	3B	54	38	359	26	73	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	.961
1961	TOT	A	3B	93	73	669	58	143	10	16	0	0	0	0	0	.953
1962	LA	N	3B	42	26	270	28	54	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	.932
Total			3B	882	370	3370	847	1692	111	194	0	0	0	0	0	.958
Total			SS	3	0	0	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.625
Total			LF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			2B	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			OF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by New York Yankees (1950).
Traded by New York Yankees to Kansas City Athletics in exchange for Bob Cerv (May 19, 1960).
Traded by Kansas City Athletics with Ray Herbert, Don Larsen and Al Pilarcik to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Bob Shaw, Gerry Staley, Wes Covington and Stan Johnson (June 10, 1961).
Traded by Chicago White Sox with Frank Barnes to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Bob Sadowski and Taylor Phillips (December 15, 1961); Andy Carey refused to report to Philadelphia Phillies and Philadelphia Phillies sent Lou Vassie and Chicago White Sox sent Cal McLish (March 24, 1962) to complete trade. Traded by Chicago White Sox to Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for Ramon Conde and Jim Koranda (March 24, 1962).
Released by Los Angeles Dodgers (October 19, 1962).

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