Andy Carey
Andrew Arthur Carey
born Andrew Arthur Hexem
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: October 18, 1931 in Oakland, CA
High School: Alameda (Alameda, CA)
School: Saint Mary's College of California
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1950. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 2, 1952
Final Game: October 2, 1962
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1952 NYY AL 20 3B 14 36 11 21 4 4 .889 2.29 .956 2.98
1952 NYY AL 20 SS 1 6 2 2 2 0 .667 4.00 .967 4.30
1953 NYY AL 21 3B 40 85 29 55 1 8 .988 2.10 .955 2.93
1953 NYY AL 21 SS 2 2 0 1 1 0 .500 0.50 1.000 4.50
1953 NYY AL 21 2B 1 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 5.00 .980 5.10
1954 NYY AL 22 3B 120 115 1014.0 452 154 283 15 32 .967 6.4 7.6 6.4 1.3 5.0 0 3.88 3.64 .959 3.48 3.07
1955 NYY AL 23 3B 135 133 1180.1 477 154 301 22 37 .954 7.5 7.6 6.5 3.5 3.0 1 3.47 3.37 .950 3.17 2.73
1956 NYY AL 24 3B 131 128 1087.0 400 114 265 21 26 .948 2.4 2.6 2.4 2.7 -0.3 0 3.14 2.89 .949 3.22 2.78
1957 NYY AL 25 3B 81 69 617.0 218 66 147 5 9 .977 4.5 8.8 5.5 4.8 0.7 -1 3.11 2.63 .950 3.23 2.77
1958 NYY AL 26 3B 99 90 794.0 306 99 195 12 22 .961 4.6 7.0 3.6 8.8 -5.2 1 3.33 2.97 .951 3.11 2.59
1959 NYY AL 27 3B 34 23 239.2 95 39 48 8 10 .916 -0.9 -4.5 -1.9 -1.0 -0.9 1 3.27 2.56 .954 3.21 2.72
1960 TOT AL 28 3B 93 89 780.1 282 95 180 7 26 .975 0.7 1.1 0.7 -1.0 1.7 0 3.17 2.96 .951 3.14 2.72
1960 NYY AL 28 3B 2 1 3.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.2 80.0 0.2 0.0 0.2 0 3.00 0.50 .900 3.00 2.70
1960 NYY AL 28 LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -120.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.70
1960 NYY AL 28 OF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -120.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 2.00
1960 KCA AL 28 3B 91 88 777.1 281 95 179 7 26 .975 0.5 0.8 0.5 -1.0 1.5 0 3.17 3.01 .951 3.14 2.72
1961 TOT AL 29 3B 93 73 669.0 211 58 143 10 16 .953 -3.1 -5.6 -4.1 -3.5 -0.5 1 2.70 2.16 .950 3.18 2.79
1961 KCA AL 29 3B 39 35 310.0 108 32 70 6 12 .944 1.5 5.8 0.5 0.2 0.4 1 2.96 2.62 .950 3.18 2.79
1961 CHW AL 29 3B 54 38 359.0 103 26 73 4 4 .961 -4.6 -15.4 -4.6 -3.7 -0.9 0 2.48 1.83 .950 3.18 2.79
1962 LAD NL 30 3B 42 26 270.0 88 28 54 6 4 .932 -2.1 -9.3 -2.1 -0.5 -1.6 0 2.73 1.95 .950 2.95 2.56
11 Seasons 3B 882 746 6651.1 2650 847 1692 111 194 .958 20.0 3.6 17.0 15.1 1.9 3 3.44 2.88 .952 3.21 2.78
2 Seasons SS 3 8 2 3 3 0 .625 1.67 .975 4.43
1 Season 2B 1 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 5.00 .980 5.10
1 Season LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -120.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.70
1 Season OF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -120.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 2.00
11 Seasons TOT 887 746 6652.1 2663 854 1695 114 194 .957 19.9 3.6 16.9 15.1 1.8 0 3 3.45 2.87 .909 3.21 2.79
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1952 NYY AL 20 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 14 1 0 0 0 0
1953 NYY AL 21 51 51 51 0 0 0 1 40 2 0 0 0 0
1954 NYY AL 22 122 115 122 122 0 0 0 0 120 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
1955 NYY AL 23 135 133 135 135 0 0 0 0 135 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1956 NYY AL 24 132 128 132 132 0 0 0 0 131 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1957 NYY AL 25 85 69 85 85 0 0 0 0 81 0 0 0 0 0 7 3
1958 NYY AL 26 102 90 102 102 0 0 0 0 99 0 0 0 0 0 7 1
1959 NYY AL 27 41 23 41 41 0 0 0 0 34 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1960 KCA AL 28 102 88 102 102 0 0 0 0 91 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
1960 NYY AL 28 4 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 2 0
1961 CHW AL 29 56 38 56 56 0 0 0 0 54 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
1961 KCA AL 29 39 35 39 39 0 0 0 0 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1962 LAD NL 30 53 26 53 53 0 0 0 0 42 0 0 0 0 0 16 1
11 Seasons 938 746 938 938 0 0 0 1 882 3 1 0 0 1 60 10
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1954 NYY AL 22 4120 67% 79% 26% 453 88% 9 153 123 15 15 273 202 54 9 8 15 0 12 3 12 32 23 0 28 4 3 1 23 48%
1955 NYY AL 23 5101 67% 76% 25% 444 91% 2 152 108 26 18 299 227 58 4 12 22 1 20 1 18 37 26 2 33 4 3 0 15 87%
1956 NYY AL 24 4742 61% 76% 25% 395 89% 5 115 84 13 18 261 203 47 6 5 23 0 19 4 22 27 15 1 23 3 3 0 20 60%
1957 NYY AL 25 2628 65% 76% 30% 224 91% 3 67 55 7 5 149 117 24 3 4 5 0 3 2 3 9 7 1 8 1 1 0 11 73%
1958 NYY AL 26 3411 66% 78% 29% 313 88% 4 100 75 14 11 196 162 28 2 2 12 0 9 3 11 22 11 5 17 3 3 0 13 38%
1959 NYY AL 27 1041 59% 77% 29% 91 85% 2 36 31 4 1 46 30 12 2 0 8 0 4 4 7 10 9 0 9 1 1 0 5 20%
1960 KCA AL 28 3484 66% 80% 26% 265 93% 1 94 65 15 14 180 140 34 2 4 7 0 5 2 6 26 14 4 22 3 2 1 9 67%
1960 NYY AL 28 14 57% 86% 14% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 CHW AL 29 1571 68% 79% 22% 103 85% 2 24 18 2 4 73 57 10 2 2 4 1 3 0 3 4 2 1 3 1 1 0 5 60%
1961 KCA AL 29 1415 63% 79% 27% 117 90% 0 32 26 4 2 77 57 19 1 1 6 1 5 0 5 12 10 0 12 0 0 0 3 33%
1962 LAD NL 30 1173 66% 73% 29% 94 84% 1 31 23 1 7 57 46 9 0 5 6 1 3 2 4 4 2 0 2 1 0 1 6 50%
9 Seasons 28700 65% 77% 26% 2500 89% 29 804 608 101 95 1612 1242 295 31 43 108 4 83 21 91 183 119 14 157 21 17 3 110 57%
MLB Averages 62% 78% 26% 89% 59%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1960 NYY AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 43% 57% 29% 1 0%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 43% 57% 29% 1 0%
MLB Averages 56.6% 2.3% 62% 78% 29% 48%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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