Thomas Joseph Carey
[edit] Biography
Tom Carey (Thomas Joseph Carey) was born on March , 1846 in Brooklyn, New York. He made his Major League debut on May 4, 1871 for the Ft. Wayne Kekiongas. In 1872, his rookie year, he hit .291 with 2 home runs and 27 RBI. Carey played for the Ft. Wayne Kekiongas, Baltimore Canaries, New York Mutuals, Hartford Dark Blues, Providence Grays and Cleveland Spiders over the course of his 9 year career.
Most people believe that Tom Carey's best season was 1873, when he hit for a .334 average and knocked in 55 runs.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1871
| KEK
| n
| 19
| 87
| 16
| 20
| 0
| 10
| .230
| .247
| .253
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
|
| 1872
| BAL
| n
| 42
| 196
| 42
| 57
| 2
| 27
| .291
| .291
| .357
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 1
|
| 1873
| BAL
| n
| 56
| 290
| 76
| 97
| 1
| 55
| .334
| .337
| .428
| 18
| 3
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1874
| MUT
| n
| 64
| 286
| 56
| 82
| 1
| 38
| .287
| .292
| .353
| 10
| 3
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
|
| 1875
| HAR
| n
| 86
| 382
| 63
| 101
| 0
| 38
| .264
| .266
| .291
| 6
| 2
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1876
| HAR
| N
| 68
| 289
| 51
| 78
| 0
| 26
| .270
| .277
| .294
| 7
| 0
| 3
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1877
| HAR
| N
| 60
| 274
| 38
| 70
| 1
| 20
| .255
| .255
| .292
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1878
| PRO
| N
| 61
| 253
| 33
| 60
| 0
| 24
| .237
| .237
| .300
| 10
| 3
| 0
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1879
| CLE
| N
| 80
| 335
| 30
| 80
| 0
| 32
| .239
| .250
| .287
| 14
| 1
| 5
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 269
| 1151
| 152
| 288
| 1
| 102
| .250
| .255
| .293
| 34
| 6
| 8
| 47
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NA
|
| 267
| 1241
| 253
| 357
| 4
| 168
| .288
| .291
| .345
| 43
| 8
| 6
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 12
| 0
| 1
|
| Total
|
|
| 536
| 2392
| 405
| 645
| 5
| 270
| .270
| .274
| .320
| 77
| 14
| 14
| 59
| 0
| 0
| 12
| 0
| 1
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1871
| KEK
| n
| 2B
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 58
| 50
| 18
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .857
|
| 1872
| BAL
| n
| 2B
| 28
| 27
| 211
| 79
| 44
| 28
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .815
|
| 1872
| BAL
| n
| OF
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .571
|
| 1872
| BAL
| n
| SS
| 9
| 8
| 68
| 11
| 19
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .714
|
| 1872
| BAL
| n
| RF
| 3
| 1
| 9
| 4
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .571
|
| 1872
| BAL
| n
| 3B
| 3
| 3
| 25
| 4
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .600
|
| 1872
| BAL
| n
| 1B
| 1
| 1
| 10
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .833
|
| 1873
| BAL
| n
| 2B
| 54
| 0
| 0
| 134
| 134
| 49
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .845
|
| 1873
| BAL
| n
| 3B
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 5
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .600
|
| 1873
| BAL
| n
| SS
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 13
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .882
|
| 1874
| MUT
| n
| SS
| 51
| 51
| 460
| 40
| 133
| 50
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .776
|
| 1874
| MUT
| n
| 2B
| 13
| 13
| 117
| 30
| 34
| 18
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .780
|
| 1875
| HAR
| n
| 2B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1875
| HAR
| n
| SS
| 86
| 0
| 0
| 89
| 240
| 61
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .844
|
| 1876
| HAR
| N
| SS
| 68
| 0
| 0
| 74
| 218
| 39
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .882
|
| 1877
| HAR
| N
| SS
| 60
| 0
| 0
| 49
| 203
| 53
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .826
|
| 1878
| PRO
| N
| SS
| 61
| 0
| 0
| 56
| 207
| 38
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .874
|
| 1879
| CLE
| N
| SS
| 80
| 0
| 0
| 79
| 263
| 54
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .864
|
| Total
|
|
| 2B
| 115
| 40
| 328
| 301
| 262
| 113
| 32
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .833
|
| Total
|
|
| RF
| 3
| 1
| 9
| 4
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .571
|
| Total
|
|
| 3B
| 7
| 3
| 25
| 5
| 7
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .600
|
| Total
|
|
| SS
| 418
| 59
| 528
| 400
| 1296
| 309
| 63
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .846
|
| Total
|
|
| 1B
| 1
| 1
| 10
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .833
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .571
|
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