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Full Name: Max George Carey Primary Position: OF,CF
Height/Weight: 5' 11.5"/170 First Game: October 3, 1910
Birthdate: January 11, 1890 Final Game: September 29, 1929
Birthplace: Terre Haute, Indiana MLB Experience: 20 years
Died: May 30, 1976
Deathplace: Miami, Florida
Bat/Throw: Both/Right
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Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1961

Biography[]

Max Carey (Max George Carey) was born on January 11, 1890 in Terre Haute, Indiana. He made his Major League debut on October 3, 1910 for the Pittsburgh Pirates. In 1911, his rookie year, he hit .258 with 5 home runs and 43 RBI. Carey played for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Brooklyn Robins over the course of his 20 year career.

Most people believe that Max Carey's best season was 1922, when he stole 51 bases, hit for a .329 average and knocked in 70 runs.

Statistics[]

Batting Stats[]

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1910 PIT N 2 6 2 3 0 2 .500 .625 .833 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
1911 PIT N 129 427 77 110 5 43 .258 .337 .375 15 10 44 75 7 25 27 0 1
1912 PIT N 150 587 114 177 5 66 .302 .372 .394 23 8 61 79 5 37 45 0 0
1913 PIT N 154 620 99 172 5 49 .277 .339 .371 23 10 55 67 3 14 61 0 0
1914 PIT N 156 593 76 144 1 31 .243 .313 .347 25 17 59 56 2 10 38 0 0
1915 PIT N 140 564 76 143 3 27 .254 .326 .333 26 5 57 58 4 5 36 0 0
1916 PIT N 154 599 90 158 7 42 .264 .337 .374 23 11 59 58 7 14 63 0 0
1917 PIT N 155 588 82 174 1 51 .296 .369 .378 21 12 58 38 10 12 46 0 0
1918 PIT N 126 468 70 128 3 48 .274 .363 .348 14 6 62 25 4 15 58 0 0
1919 PIT N 66 244 41 75 0 9 .307 .376 .365 10 2 25 24 2 4 18 0 0
1920 PIT N 130 485 74 140 1 35 .289 .369 .348 18 4 59 31 3 20 52 0 0
1921 PIT N 140 521 85 161 7 56 .309 .395 .430 34 4 70 30 4 30 37 0 0
1922 PIT N 155 629 140 207 10 70 .329 .408 .459 28 12 80 26 4 19 51 1 3
1923 PIT N 153 610 120 188 6 63 .308 .388 .452 32 19 73 28 7 9 51 0 0
1924 PIT N 149 599 113 178 8 55 .297 .366 .417 30 9 58 17 7 19 49 0 0
1925 PIT N 133 542 109 186 5 44 .343 .418 .491 39 13 66 19 4 8 46 0 0
1926 PIT N 86 324 46 72 0 28 .222 .288 .296 14 5 30 14 0 16 10 0 0
1926 BRO N 27 100 18 26 0 7 .260 .315 .310 3 1 8 5 0 5 0 0 0
1926 TOT N 113 424 64 98 0 35 .231 .294 .300 17 6 38 19 0 21 10 0 0
1927 BRO N 144 538 70 143 1 54 .266 .345 .364 30 10 64 18 1 20 32 0 0
1928 BRO N 108 296 41 73 2 19 .247 .354 .304 11 0 47 24 2 8 18 0 0
1929 BRO N 19 23 2 7 0 1 .304 .407 .304 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 0
Total 2476 9363 1545 2665 70 800 .285 .361 .386 419 159 1040 695 77 290 738 1 4

Fielding Stats[]

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1910 PIT N OF 2 0 0 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1911 PIT N OF 112 109 979.1 304 11 8 5 0 0 0 0 0 .975
1911 PIT N CF 67 64 573.2 189 8 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 .985
1911 PIT N LF 46 45 405.2 115 3 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 .959
1912 PIT N OF 150 0 0 369 19 13 10 0 0 0 0 0 .968
1913 PIT N OF 154 0 0 363 28 16 6 0 0 0 0 0 .961
1914 PIT N OF 154 0 0 318 23 12 3 0 0 0 0 0 .966
1915 PIT N OF 139 0 0 307 21 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 .982
1916 PIT N OF 154 0 0 419 32 8 10 0 0 0 0 0 .983
1917 PIT N OF 153 0 0 440 28 10 8 0 0 0 0 0 .979
1918 PIT N OF 126 0 0 359 25 17 9 0 0 0 0 0 .958
1919 PIT N OF 63 0 0 173 5 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 .947
1920 PIT N OF 129 0 0 345 10 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 .967
1921 PIT N OF 139 0 0 431 15 20 6 0 0 0 0 0 .957
1921 PIT N CF 139 139 0 431 15 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 .957
1922 PIT N OF 155 155 1373.1 449 22 15 4 0 0 0 0 0 .969
1922 PIT N CF 152 152 1348.2 447 21 15 4 0 0 0 0 0 .969
1922 PIT N LF 3 3 24.2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1923 PIT N OF 153 0 0 450 28 19 4 0 0 0 0 0 .962
1924 PIT N OF 149 0 0 428 16 16 3 0 0 0 0 0 .965
1925 PIT N OF 130 0 0 363 20 20 2 0 0 0 0 0 .950
1926 PIT N OF 82 0 0 225 8 14 3 0 0 0 0 0 .943
1926 BRO N OF 27 0 0 70 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 .933
1926 TOT N OF 109 0 0 295 8 19 3 0 0 0 0 0 .941
1926 TOT N CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1927 BRO N OF 141 0 0 331 19 11 6 0 0 0 0 0 .970
1928 BRO N OF 95 0 0 202 8 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 .986
1929 BRO N OF 4 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total LF 49 48 430.1 117 4 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 .960
Total OF 2411 403 2352.2 6363 339 235 86 0 0 0 0 0 .966
Total CF 358 355 1922.1 1067 44 38 13 0 0 0 0 0 .967

Transactions[]

  • Sold by South Bend (Central) to Pittsburgh Pirates with Alex McCarthy (August 15, 1910).
  • Claimed on waivers by Brooklyn Robins from Pittsburgh Pirates (August 13, 1926).
  • Released by Brooklyn Robins (October 10, 1929).

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