Kid Carsey
[edit] Biography
Born on October 22, 1870 in New York, New York, Kid Carsey (Wilfred Carsey) played for the Washington Senators, Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Perfectos, New York Giants, Cleveland Spiders and Brooklyn Superbas over the course of his 10 year career. Carsey broke into the bigs on April 8, 1891 with the Washington Senators, and put up a 4.99 ERA in 415 innings pitched in 1891, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Kid Carsey's best season was 1892, when he posted a 3.12 ERA, won 19 games and struck out 76 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1891
| WAS
| a
| 54
| 53
| 14
| 37
| 4.99
| 174
| 358
| 230
| 46
| 1
| 0
| 415
| 513
| 17
| 161
| 0
| 22
| 0
|
| 1892
| PHI
| N
| 43
| 36
| 19
| 16
| 3.12
| 76
| 166
| 110
| 30
| 1
| 1
| 317.2
| 320
| 6
| 104
| 0
| 11
| 0
|
| 1893
| PHI
| N
| 39
| 35
| 20
| 15
| 4.81
| 50
| 229
| 170
| 30
| 1
| 0
| 318.1
| 375
| 7
| 124
| 0
| 9
| 0
|
| 1894
| PHI
| N
| 35
| 31
| 18
| 12
| 5.56
| 41
| 229
| 171
| 26
| 0
| 0
| 277
| 349
| 22
| 102
| 0
| 15
| 0
|
| 1895
| PHI
| N
| 44
| 40
| 24
| 16
| 4.92
| 64
| 274
| 187
| 35
| 0
| 1
| 342.1
| 460
| 14
| 118
| 0
| 13
| 0
|
| 1896
| PHI
| N
| 27
| 21
| 11
| 11
| 5.62
| 36
| 164
| 117
| 18
| 1
| 1
| 187.1
| 273
| 4
| 72
| 0
| 6
| 0
|
| 1897
| STL
| N
| 12
| 11
| 3
| 8
| 6.00
| 14
| 81
| 66
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 99
| 133
| 5
| 31
| 0
| 2
| 4
|
| 1897
| PHI
| N
| 4
| 4
| 2
| 1
| 5.14
| 1
| 20
| 16
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 28
| 35
| 0
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1897
| TOT
| N
| 16
| 15
| 5
| 9
| 5.81
| 15
| 101
| 82
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 127
| 168
| 5
| 47
| 0
| 2
| 5
|
| 1898
| STL
| N
| 20
| 13
| 2
| 12
| 6.33
| 10
| 112
| 87
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 123.2
| 177
| 2
| 37
| 0
| 3
| 10
|
| 1899
| WAS
| N
| 4
| 3
| 1
| 2
| 3.72
| 3
| 14
| 12
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 29
| 27
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 1
|
| 1899
| CLE
| N
| 10
| 9
| 1
| 8
| 5.68
| 11
| 66
| 49
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 77.2
| 109
| 2
| 24
| 0
| 3
| 2
|
| 1901
| BRO
| N
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1.29
| 4
| 9
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 9
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 240
| 203
| 102
| 101
| 4.95
| 310
| 1364
| 993
| 172
| 3
| 3
| 1807
| 2267
| 63
| 635
| 0
| 63
| 19
|
| Total
| AA
|
| 54
| 53
| 14
| 37
| 4.99
| 174
| 358
| 230
| 46
| 1
| 0
| 415
| 513
| 17
| 161
| 0
| 22
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 294
| 256
| 116
| 138
| 4.95
| 484
| 1722
| 1223
| 218
| 4
| 3
| 2222
| 2780
| 80
| 796
| 0
| 85
| 19
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1891
| WAS
| a
| SS
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .800
|
| 1891
| WAS
| a
| P
| 54
| 0
| 0
| 22
| 120
| 12
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .922
|
| 1891
| WAS
| a
| OF
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .833
|
| 1892
| PHI
| N
| P
| 43
| 0
| 0
| 19
| 84
| 13
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .888
|
| 1892
| PHI
| N
| OF
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .667
|
| 1893
| PHI
| N
| P
| 39
| 0
| 0
| 17
| 81
| 8
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .925
|
| 1894
| PHI
| N
| P
| 35
| 0
| 0
| 15
| 59
| 5
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .937
|
| 1895
| PHI
| N
| P
| 44
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 77
| 12
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .878
|
| 1896
| PHI
| N
| P
| 27
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 50
| 6
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .908
|
| 1897
| STL
| N
| P
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 26
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .917
|
| 1897
| PHI
| N
| P
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1897
| TOT
| N
| P
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 32
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .930
|
| 1898
| STL
| N
| OF
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .778
|
| 1898
| STL
| N
| P
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 39
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .935
|
| 1898
| STL
| N
| 2B
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 19
| 25
| 8
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .846
|
| 1899
| WAS
| N
| P
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 11
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .923
|
| 1899
| NY
| N
| 3B
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 7
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .667
|
| 1899
| NY
| N
| SS
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1899
| CLE
| N
| P
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 24
| 4
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .879
|
| 1899
| CLE
| N
| SS
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1899
| TOT
| N
| P
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 35
| 5
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .891
|
| 1899
| TOT
| N
| SS
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 11
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1901
| BRO
| N
| P
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 4
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .778
|
| Total
|
|
| 2B
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 19
| 25
| 8
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .846
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 294
| 0
| 0
| 109
| 578
| 67
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .911
|
| Total
|
|
| 3B
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 7
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .667
|
| Total
|
|
| SS
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 15
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .960
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1891
| WAS
| a
| 61
| 187
| 25
| 28
| 0
| 15
| .150
| .236
| .198
| 5
| 2
| 19
| 38
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
| 1892
| PHI
| N
| 44
| 131
| 8
| 20
| 1
| 10
| .153
| .207
| .206
| 2
| 1
| 9
| 24
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1893
| PHI
| N
| 39
| 145
| 12
| 27
| 0
| 10
| .186
| .229
| .207
| 1
| 1
| 5
| 14
| 3
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
| 1894
| PHI
| N
| 35
| 125
| 30
| 34
| 0
| 18
| .272
| .359
| .320
| 2
| 2
| 16
| 11
| 1
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
|
| 1895
| PHI
| N
| 44
| 141
| 24
| 41
| 0
| 20
| .291
| .363
| .305
| 2
| 0
| 15
| 12
| 1
| 11
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
| 1896
| PHI
| N
| 27
| 81
| 13
| 18
| 0
| 7
| .222
| .315
| .296
| 2
| 2
| 11
| 12
| 0
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1897
| STL
| N
| 13
| 43
| 2
| 13
| 0
| 5
| .302
| .318
| .442
| 2
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1897
| PHI
| N
| 4
| 13
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 1
| .231
| .231
| .231
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1897
| TOT
| N
| 17
| 56
| 3
| 16
| 0
| 6
| .286
| .298
| .393
| 2
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1898
| STL
| N
| 38
| 105
| 8
| 21
| 1
| 10
| .200
| .270
| .248
| 0
| 1
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 3
| 0
| 0
|
| 1899
| WAS
| N
| 4
| 11
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1899
| NY
| N
| 5
| 18
| 2
| 6
| 0
| 1
| .333
| .400
| .389
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
| 1899
| CLE
| N
| 11
| 36
| 5
| 10
| 0
| 4
| .278
| .333
| .278
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1899
| TOT
| N
| 20
| 65
| 8
| 16
| 0
| 5
| .246
| .300
| .262
| 1
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
| 1901
| BRO
| N
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 266
| 851
| 106
| 193
| 2
| 86
| .227
| .291
| .269
| 12
| 9
| 72
| 73
| 5
| 21
| 15
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AA
|
| 61
| 187
| 25
| 28
| 0
| 15
| .150
| .236
| .198
| 5
| 2
| 19
| 38
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 327
| 1038
| 131
| 221
| 2
| 101
| .213
| .281
| .256
| 17
| 11
| 91
| 111
| 7
| 21
| 17
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Traded by Philadelphia Phillies with Mike Grady to St. Louis Browns in exchange for Ed McFarland (June 1, 1897).
- Assigned to Cleveland Spiders by St. Louis Perfectos with Jack Clements, Lave Cross, Tommy Dowd, Dick Harley, Bill Hill, Jim Hughey, Harry Lochhead, Harry Maupin, Joe Quinn, Jack Stivetts, Willie Sudhoff, Joe Sugden, Suter Sullivan and Tommy Tucker (March 29, 1899).
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