Carney Lansford

Full Name: Carney Ray Lansford	Primary Position: 3B
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/195	First Game: April 8, 1978
Birthdate: February 7, 1957	Final Game: October 4, 1992
Birthplace: San Jose, California	MLB Experience: 15 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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[edit] Biography

Carney Lansford (Carney Ray Lansford) was born on February 7, 1957 in San Jose, California. He made his Major League debut on April 8, 1978 for the California Angels. In 1978, his rookie year, he hit .294 with 8 home runs and 52 RBI. Lansford played for the California Angels, Boston Red Sox and Oakland Athletics over the course of his 15 year career.

There is some disagreement on what was Carney Lansford's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1979, when he slugged 19 home runs, hit for a .287 average and knocked in 79 runs. However, others believe that it was 1987, when he slugged 19 home runs, stole 27 bases, hit for a .289 average and knocked in 76 runs.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1978	CAL	A	121	453	63	133	8	52	.294	.339	.406	23	2	31	67	4	5	20	2	4
1979	CAL	A	157	654	114	188	19	79	.287	.329	.436	30	5	39	115	3	12	20	2	16
1980	CAL	A	151	602	87	157	15	80	.261	.312	.390	27	3	50	93	0	7	14	2	12
1981	BOS	A	102	399	61	134	4	52	.336	.389	.439	23	3	34	28	2	1	15	3	6
1982	BOS	A	128	482	65	145	11	63	.301	.359	.444	28	4	46	48	2	1	9	2	15
1983	OAK	A	80	299	43	92	10	45	.308	.357	.475	16	2	22	33	3	0	3	4	8
1984	OAK	A	151	597	70	179	14	74	.300	.342	.439	31	5	40	62	3	2	9	6	12
1985	OAK	A	98	401	51	111	13	46	.277	.311	.429	18	2	18	27	4	4	2	1	6
1986	OAK	A	151	591	80	168	19	72	.284	.332	.421	16	4	39	51	5	1	16	2	16
1987	OAK	A	151	554	89	160	19	76	.289	.366	.455	27	4	60	44	9	5	27	11	9
1988	OAK	A	150	556	80	155	7	57	.279	.327	.360	20	2	35	35	7	5	29	4	17
1989	OAK	A	148	551	81	185	2	52	.336	.398	.405	28	2	51	25	9	1	37	2	21
1990	OAK	A	134	507	58	136	3	50	.268	.333	.320	15	1	45	50	6	2	16	4	10
1991	OAK	A	5	16	0	1	0	1	.063	.063	.063	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
1992	OAK	A	135	496	65	130	7	75	.262	.325	.369	30	1	43	39	7	7	7	0	14
Total			1862	7158	1007	2074	151	874	.290	.343	.411	332	40	553	719	64	53	224	45	166

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1978	CAL	A	3B	117	115	1021	93	182	17	18	.942
1978	CAL	A	SS	2	0	5	1	4	1	0	.833
1978	CAL	A	DH	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1979	CAL	A	3B	157	157	1372	135	263	7	29	.983
1980	CAL	A	3B	150	150	1327.1	151	250	19	29	.955
1981	BOS	A	DH	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1981	BOS	A	3B	86	85	770	70	180	13	17	.951
1982	BOS	A	3B	114	114	1006.2	83	216	10	19	.968
1982	BOS	A	DH	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1983	OAK	A	3B	78	76	671.2	60	163	10	19	.957
1983	OAK	A	SS	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000
1984	OAK	A	3B	151	151	1296	137	268	18	27	.957
1985	OAK	A	3B	96	96	830.2	85	119	5	11	.976
1986	OAK	A	1B	59	51	452.2	413	22	2	24	.995
1986	OAK	A	DH	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1986	OAK	A	3B	100	94	826.2	67	147	4	13	.982
1986	OAK	A	2B	1	0	4	0	1	0	0	1.000
1987	OAK	A	3B	142	139	1161.2	98	249	7	15	.980
1987	OAK	A	1B	17	6	66.2	58	9	0	5	1.000
1987	OAK	A	DH	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1988	OAK	A	3B	143	134	1208	113	220	7	16	.979
1988	OAK	A	DH	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1988	OAK	A	1B	9	0	17	12	1	0	2	1.000
1988	OAK	A	2B	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000
1989	OAK	A	DH	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1989	OAK	A	3B	136	130	1125.1	104	183	13	11	.957
1989	OAK	A	1B	15	11	106	91	5	0	9	1.000
1990	OAK	A	1B	5	2	27	28	1	0	2	1.000
1990	OAK	A	3B	126	123	1033	100	194	9	22	.970
1990	OAK	A	DH	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1991	OAK	A	3B	4	3	26	0	3	0	0	1.000
1991	OAK	A	DH	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1992	OAK	A	3B	119	112	964	86	162	9	10	.965
1992	OAK	A	SS	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000
1992	OAK	A	1B	18	14	126	112	5	2	13	.983
1992	OAK	A	DH	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			3B	1719	1679	14640	1382	2799	148	256	.966
Total			1B	123	84	795.1	714	43	4	55	.995
Total			DH	49	48	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			2B	2	0	5	0	1	0	0	1.000
Total			SS	4	0	7	2	4	1	0	.857

[edit] Transactions

Selected by California Angels in the 3rd round of the free-agent draft (June 3, 1975).
Traded by California Angels with Rick Miller and Mark Clear to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Rick Burleson and Butch Hobson (December 10, 1980).
Traded by Boston Red Sox with Garry Hancock and Jerry King to Oakland Athletics in exchange for Tony Armas and Jeff Newman (December 6, 1982).
Granted free agency (November 6, 1991).
Signed by Oakland Athletics (December 9, 1991).