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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
Schools: 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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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1952 20 NYY AL 16 45 40 6 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 10 .150 .209 .150 .359 4 6 2 0 2 5/6
1953 21 NYY AL 51 91 81 14 26 5 0 4 8 2 1 9 12 .321 .389 .531 .920 149 43 1 0 1 5/64
1954 22 NYY AL 122 471 411 60 124 14 6 8 65 5 5 43 38 .302 .373 .423 .797 121 174 15 7 5 5 *5
1955 23 NYY AL 135 570 510 73 131 19 11 7 47 3 3 44 51 .257 .313 .378 .692 87 193 11 1 8 7 6 *5
1956 24 NYY AL 132 480 422 54 100 18 2 7 50 9 6 45 53 .237 .310 .339 .649 74 143 9 2 6 5 4 *5
1957 25 NYY AL 85 273 247 30 63 6 5 6 33 2 2 15 42 .255 .309 .393 .701 93 97 7 5 4 2 3 5
1958 26 NYY AL 102 365 315 39 90 19 4 12 45 1 2 34 43 .286 .363 .486 .849 136 153 5 6 7 3 4 5
1959 27 NYY AL 41 109 101 11 26 1 0 3 9 1 1 7 17 .257 .306 .356 .662 85 36 4 0 1 0 0 5
1960 28 TOT AL 106 379 346 31 81 14 4 12 54 0 0 26 53 .234 .287 .402 .689 85 139 16 1 3 3 0 5/7
1960 28 NYY AL 4 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 86 1 0 0 0 0 0 /57
1960 28 KCA AL 102 376 343 30 80 14 4 12 53 0 0 26 52 .233 .287 .402 .689 85 138 16 1 3 3 0 5
1961 29 TOT AL 95 304 266 41 68 18 5 3 25 0 1 26 47 .256 .329 .395 .724 93 105 4 4 6 2 0 5
1961 29 KCA AL 39 142 123 20 30 6 2 3 11 0 0 15 23 .244 .336 .398 .734 95 49 3 2 2 0 0 5
1961 29 CHW AL 56 162 143 21 38 12 3 0 14 0 1 11 24 .266 .323 .392 .714 91 56 1 2 4 2 0 5
1962 30 LAD NL 53 130 111 12 26 5 1 2 13 0 0 16 23 .234 .333 .351 .685 90 39 1 1 1 1 1 5
11 Seasons 938 3217 2850 371 741 119 38 64 350 23 21 268 389 .260 .327 .396 .722 97 1128 75 27 44 28 18
162 Game Avg. 162 556 492 64 128 21 7 11 60 4 4 46 67 .260 .327 .396 .722 97 195 13 5 8
NYY (9 yrs) 688 2407 2130 288 567 82 28 47 259 23 20 200 267 .266 .332 .397 .729 100 846 54 21 34 22 17
KCA (2 yrs) 141 518 466 50 110 20 6 15 64 0 0 41 75 .236 .300 .401 .701 88 187 19 3 5 3 0
LAD (1 yr) 53 130 111 12 26 5 1 2 13 0 0 16 23 .234 .333 .351 .685 90 39 1 1 1 1 1
CHW (1 yr) 56 162 143 21 38 12 3 0 14 0 1 11 24 .266 .323 .392 .714 91 56 1 2 4 2 0
AL (10 yrs) 885 3087 2739 359 715 114 37 62 337 23 21 252 366 .261 .326 .398 .724 97 1089 74 26 43 27 17
NL (1 yr) 53 130 111 12 26 5 1 2 13 0 0 16 23 .234 .333 .351 .685 90 39 1 1 1 1 1

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1955 23 NYY AL WS BRO L 2 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.500 2.000 3 0 0 0 0 0
1956 24 NYY AL WS BRO W 7 20 19 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .158 .200 .158 .358 3 0 0 0 0 0
1957 25 NYY AL WS MLN L 2 8 7 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .286 .375 .429 .804 3 0 0 0 0 0
1958 26 NYY AL WS MLN W 5 12 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .083 .083 .083 .167 1 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons (4 Series) 16 42 40 3 7 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 9 .175 .214 .250 .464 10 0 0 0 0 0
4 WS 16 42 40 3 7 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 9 .175 .214 .250 .464 10 0 0 0 0 0
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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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Batting Average s c a p y
1954 AL--.302--10th

Triples s c a p y
1955 AL--11--1st

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1956 AL--9--8th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1954 AL--7--3rd
1957 AL--5--8th
1958 AL--6--7th

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1955 AL--7--5th

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1955 AL--6--10th

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1956 AL--6--4th

Youngest s c a p y
1952 AL--born 1931-10-18--9th
1953 AL--born 1931-10-18--9th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 1 (980), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 7 (1573), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 10 (1105), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 5 (2504), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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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 Wes Covington, Stan Johnson, Bob Shaw and Jerry Staley.

December 15, 1961: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Frank Barnes to the Philadelphia Phillies for Taylor Phillips and Bob Sadowski. 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 to the Chicago White Sox for . 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 Jim Koranda (minors) and Ramon Conde.

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

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