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Andy Carey
Andrew Arthur Carey
born Andrew Arthur Hexem

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 195 lb.
School Saint Mary's College of California

Debut May 2, 1952
Final Game October 2, 1962
Born October 18, 1931 in Oakland, CA

Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1950. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1952 20 NYY AL  16   40    6    6   0  0   0    1   0  0   3  10  .150  .209  .150    4    6   2           0   2
 1953 21 NYY AL  51   81   14   26   5  0   4    8   2  1   9  12  .321  .389  .531  149   43   1           0   1
 1954 22 NYY AL 122  411   60  124  14  6   8   65   5  5  43  38  .302  .373  .423  121  174   5   5       7  15
 1955 23 NYY AL 135  510   73  131  19 11   7   47   3  3  44  51  .257  .313  .378   87  193   8   7   6   1  11
 1956 24 NYY AL 132  422   54  100  18  2   7   50   9  6  45  53  .237  .310  .339   74  143   6   5   4   2   9
 1957 25 NYY AL  85  247   30   63   6  5   6   33   2  2  15  42  .255  .309  .393   93   97   4   2   3   5   7
 1958 26 NYY AL 102  315   39   90  19  4  12   45   1  2  34  43  .286  .363  .486  136  153   7   3   4   6   5
 1959 27 NYY AL  41  101   11   26   1  0   3    9   1  1   7  17  .257  .306  .356   85   36   1   0   0   0   4
 1960 28 TOT AL 106  346   31   81  14  4  12   54   0  0  26  53  .234  .287  .402   85  139   3   3   0   1  16
         NYY AL   4    3    1    1   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   1  .333  .333  .333   86    1   0   0   0   0   0
         KCA AL 102  343   30   80  14  4  12   53   0  0  26  52  .233  .287  .402   85  138   3   3   0   1  16
 1961 29 TOT AL  95  266   41   68  18  5   3   25   0  1  26  47  .256  .329  .395   93  105   6   2   0   4   4
         KCA AL  39  123   20   30   6  2   3   11   0  0  15  23  .244  .336  .398   95   49   2   0   0   2   3
         CHW AL  56  143   21   38  12  3   0   14   0  1  11  24  .266  .323  .392   91   56   4   2   0   2   1
 1962 30 LAD NL  53  111   12   26   5  1   2   13   0  0  16  23  .234  .333  .351   90   39   1   1   1   1   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons     938 2850  371  741 119 38  64  350  23 21 268 389  .260  .327  .396   97 1128  44  28  18  27  75
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        492   64  128  21  7  11   60   4  4  46  67  .260  .327  .396   97  195   8   5   3   5  13
 Career High    135  510   73  131  19 11  12   65   9  6  45  53  .302  .373  .486  136  193   8   7   6   7  16
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1952 20 NYY AL   45   38    1   0.7    91| .150  .253| .209  .332| .150  .369| .359  .701|   4  .038  -5.1  -0.5   0%
 1953 21 NYY AL   91   58   17   7.9   100| .321  .266| .389  .342| .531  .392| .920  .733| 149  .739   5.6   0.6  66%
 1954 22 NYY AL  471  317   63   5.3    96| .302  .262| .373  .337| .423  .383| .796  .720| 121  .601  12.7   1.3  50%
 1955 23 NYY AL  570  408   60   3.9   102| .257  .265| .313  .344| .378  .395| .691  .739|  87  .430 -11.3  -1.1  50%
 1956 24 NYY AL  480  348   45   3.5   104| .237  .264| .310  .345| .339  .402| .649  .747|  74  .354 -15.4  -1.5  60%
 1957 25 NYY AL  273  199   29   4.0    98| .255  .261| .309  .333| .393  .393| .702  .726|  93  .451  -3.6  -0.4  50%
 1958 26 NYY AL  365  242   57   6.3    95| .286  .257| .363  .325| .486  .390| .849  .715| 136  .668  16.1   1.6  33%
 1959 27 NYY AL  109   81   10   3.3    95| .257  .256| .306  .326| .356  .391| .662  .717|  85  .374  -2.4  -0.2  50%
 1960 28 TOT AL  379  287   36   3.4   101| .234  .263| .287  .337| .402  .403| .689  .740|  85  .373  -9.0  -0.9   0%
         NYY AL    3    2    0   0.0    96| .333  .256| .333  .329| .333  .392| .666  .721|  86  .000  -0.1   0.0   0%
         KCA AL  376  285   36   3.4   101| .233  .263| .287  .337| .402  .403| .689  .740|  85  .375  -9.0  -0.9   0%
 1961 29 TOT AL  304  211   36   4.6   104| .256  .264| .329  .339| .395  .410| .724  .749|  93  .490  -2.4  -0.2   0%
         KCA AL  142   98   17   4.6   105| .244  .265| .336  .340| .398  .412| .734  .753|  95  .498  -0.9  -0.1   0%
         CHW AL  162  113   19   4.5   103| .266  .263| .323  .338| .392  .409| .715  .746|  91  .484  -1.5  -0.1   0%
 1962 30 LAD NL  130   88   14   4.3    97| .234  .261| .333  .328| .351  .397| .684  .724|  90  .469  -0.8  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 11 Seasons     3217 2277  368   4.3   100| .260  .262| .327  .337| .396  .396| .723  .733|  97  .482 -15.8  -1.4  52%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1952 20 NYY AL 3B 14 11 21 4 4 .889 .952 2.29 2.98 SS 1 2 2 2 0 .667 .952 4.00 4.30 1953 21 NYY AL 3B 40 29 55 1 8 .988 .957 2.10 2.93 SS 2 0 1 1 0 .500 1.000 0.50 4.50 2B 1 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 5.00 5.10 1954 22 NYY AL 3B 120 154 283 15 32 .967 .959 3.64 3.07 1955 23 NYY AL 3B 135 154 301 22 37 .954 .950 3.37 2.73 1956 24 NYY AL 3B 131 114 265 21 26 .948 .949 2.89 2.78 3.14 3.22 128 1087.0 1957 25 NYY AL 3B 81 66 147 5 9 .977 .951 2.63 2.77 3.11 3.23 69 617.0 1958 26 NYY AL 3B 99 99 195 12 22 .961 .951 2.97 2.59 3.33 3.11 90 794.0 1959 27 NYY AL 3B 34 39 48 8 10 .916 .952 2.56 2.72 3.27 3.21 23 239.7 1960 28 TOT AL 3B 93 95 180 7 26 .975 .952 2.96 2.72 3.17 3.14 89 780.3 NYY AL 3B 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 0.50 2.70 3.00 3.00 1 3.0 LF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.70 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 KCA AL 3B 91 95 179 7 26 .975 .952 3.01 2.72 3.17 3.14 88 777.3 1961 29 TOT AL 3B 93 58 143 10 16 .953 .950 2.16 2.79 2.70 3.18 73 669.0 KCA AL 3B 39 32 70 6 12 .944 .950 2.62 2.79 2.96 3.18 35 310.0 CHW AL 3B 54 26 73 4 4 .961 .950 1.83 2.79 2.48 3.18 38 359.0 1962 30 LAD NL 3B 42 28 54 6 4 .932 .949 1.95 2.56 2.73 2.95 26 270.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1953 21 NYY AL 2B 1 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 5.00 5.10 1952 20 NYY AL 3B 14 11 21 4 4 .889 .952 2.29 2.98 1953 21 NYY AL 3B 40 29 55 1 8 .988 .957 2.10 2.93 1954 22 NYY AL 3B 120 154 283 15 32 .967 .959 3.64 3.07 1955 23 NYY AL 3B 135 154 301 22 37 .954 .950 3.37 2.73 1956 24 NYY AL 3B 131 114 265 21 26 .948 .949 2.89 2.78 3.14 3.22 128 1087.0 1957 25 NYY AL 3B 81 66 147 5 9 .977 .951 2.63 2.77 3.11 3.23 69 617.0 1958 26 NYY AL 3B 99 99 195 12 22 .961 .951 2.97 2.59 3.33 3.11 90 794.0 1959 27 NYY AL 3B 34 39 48 8 10 .916 .952 2.56 2.72 3.27 3.21 23 239.7 1960 28 TOT AL 3B 93 95 180 7 26 .975 .952 2.96 2.72 3.17 3.14 89 780.3 NYY AL 3B 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 0.50 2.70 3.00 3.00 1 3.0 KCA AL 3B 91 95 179 7 26 .975 .952 3.01 2.72 3.17 3.14 88 777.3 1961 29 TOT AL 3B 93 58 143 10 16 .953 .950 2.16 2.79 2.70 3.18 73 669.0 KCA AL 3B 39 32 70 6 12 .944 .950 2.62 2.79 2.96 3.18 35 310.0 CHW AL 3B 54 26 73 4 4 .961 .950 1.83 2.79 2.48 3.18 38 359.0 1962 30 LAD NL 3B 42 28 54 6 4 .932 .949 1.95 2.56 2.73 2.95 26 270.0 1960 28 NYY AL LF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.70 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 1960 28 NYY AL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 1952 20 NYY AL SS 1 2 2 2 0 .667 .952 4.00 4.30 1953 21 NYY AL SS 2 0 1 1 0 .500 1.000 0.50 4.50
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 3B* 882 847 1692 111 194 .958 .952 2.88 2.78 498 4457.0 SS 3 2 3 3 0 .625 .962 1.67 4.43 2B 1 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 5.00 5.10 LF* 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.70 0 1.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 887 854 1695 114 194 .957 .952 2.87 2.79
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1955   WS    NYY BRO     L   2   2   0   1  0  1  0   1   0   0  .500  .500 1.500   0  0   0   0   0 
 1956   WS    NYY BRO     W   7  19   2   3  0  0  0   0   1   6  .158  .200  .158   0  0   0   0   0 
 1957   WS    NYY MLN     L   2   7   0   2  1  0  0   1   1   0  .286  .375  .429   0  0   0   0   0 
 1958   WS    NYY MLN     W   5  12   1   1  0  0  0   0   0   3  .083  .083  .083   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  4 World Series        2-2  16  40   3   7  1  1  0   2   2   9  .175  .214  .250   0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Batting Average
1954 AL-.302-10

Triples
1955 AL-11-1

Stolen Bases
1956 AL-9-8

Hit By Pitch
1954 AL-7-3
1957 AL-5-8
1958 AL-6-7

Sac. Flies
1955 AL-7-5

Intentional Walks
1955 AL-6-10

Caught Stealing
1956 AL-6-4

Youngest Player
1952 AL-20-9
1953 AL-21-9

       

Black Ink: Batting - 1 (723) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 7 (1568) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 5.0 (2485) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 10.5 (1093) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

Before 1950 Season: Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent.

May 19, 1960: Traded by the New York Yankees to the Kansas City Athletics for Bob Cerv.

June 10, 1961: Traded by the Kansas City Athletics with Ray Herbert, Don Larsen, and Al Pilarcik to the Chicago White Sox for Bob Shaw, Jerry Staley, Wes Covington, and Stan Johnson.

December 15, 1961: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Frank Barnes to the Philadelphia Phillies for Bob Sadowski and Taylor Phillips. Andy Carey refused to report to his new team on March 24, 1962. The Philadelphia Phillies sent Lou Vassie (minors) (March 24, 1962) to the Chicago White Sox to complete the trade. The Chicago White Sox sent Cal McLish (March 24, 1962) to the Philadelphia Phillies to complete the trade.

March 24, 1962: Sent by the Philadelphia Phillies to the Chicago White Sox to complete an earlier deal made on December 15, 1961. The Philadelphia Phillies sent Bob Sadowski and Taylor Phillips to the Chicago White Sox for Andy Carey and Frank Barnes. Andy Carey refused to report to his new team on March 24, 1962. The Philadelphia Phillies sent Lou Vassie (minors) (March 24, 1962) to the Chicago White Sox to complete the trade. The Chicago White Sox sent Cal McLish (March 24, 1962) to the Philadelphia Phillies to complete the trade.

March 24, 1962: Traded by the Chicago White Sox to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Ramon Conde and Jim Koranda (minors).

October 19, 1962: Released by the Los Angeles Dodgers.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Uniforms 
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