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Max Carey
Max George Carey (Scoops)
Hall of Famer
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Weight: 170 lb.

Born: January 11, 1890 in Terre Haute, IN (All Transactions)
Debut: October 3, 1910
Final Game: September 29, 1929
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by Veteran's Committee as Player in 1961.
Died: May 30, 1976 in Miami, FL
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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
1910 20 PIT NL 2 8 6 2 3 0 1 0 2 0 2 1 .500 .625 .833 1.458 313 5 0 0 /O
1911 21 PIT NL 129 503 427 77 110 15 10 5 43 27 44 75 .258 .337 .375 .712 96 160 7 25 *O
1912 22 PIT NL 150 690 587 114 177 23 8 5 66 45 61 79 .302 .372 .394 .766 110 231 5 37 *O
1913 23 PIT NL 154 692 620 99 172 23 10 5 49 61 55 67 .277 .339 .371 .710 106 230 3 14 *O
1914 24 PIT NL 156 664 593 76 144 25 17 1 31 38 59 56 .243 .313 .347 .661 100 206 2 10 *O
1915 25 PIT NL 140 630 564 76 143 26 5 3 27 36 17 57 58 .254 .326 .333 .660 101 188 4 5 *O
1916 26 PIT NL 154 679 599 90 158 23 11 7 42 63 19 59 58 .264 .337 .374 .711 117 224 7 14 *O
1917 27 PIT NL 155 668 588 82 174 21 12 1 51 46 58 38 .296 .369 .378 .746 126 222 10 12 *O
1918 28 PIT NL 126 549 468 70 128 14 6 3 48 58 62 25 .274 .363 .348 .712 115 163 4 15 *O
1919 29 PIT NL 66 275 244 41 75 10 2 0 9 18 25 24 .307 .376 .365 .741 120 89 2 4 O
1920 30 PIT NL 130 567 485 74 140 18 4 1 35 52 10 59 31 .289 .369 .348 .718 104 169 3 20 *O
1921 31 PIT NL 140 625 521 85 161 34 4 7 56 37 12 70 30 .309 .395 .430 .825 116 224 4 30 *O
1922 32 PIT NL 155 732 629 140 207 28 12 10 70 51 2 80 26 .329 .408 .459 .868 122 289 4 19 *O
1923 33 PIT NL 153 699 610 120 188 32 19 6 63 51 8 73 28 .308 .388 .452 .841 119 276 7 9 *O
1924 34 PIT NL 149 683 599 113 178 30 9 8 55 49 13 58 17 .297 .366 .417 .783 108 250 7 19 *O MVP-18
1925 35 PIT NL 133 620 542 109 186 39 13 5 44 46 11 66 19 .343 .418 .491 .909 125 266 4 8 *O MVP-11
1926 36 TOT NL 113 483 424 64 98 17 6 0 35 10 38 19 .231 .294 .300 .594 58 127 0 21 *O
1926 36 PIT NL 86 370 324 46 72 14 5 0 28 10 30 14 .222 .288 .296 .584 54 96 0 16 O
1926 36 BRO NL 27 113 100 18 26 3 1 0 7 0 8 5 .260 .315 .310 .625 69 31 0 5 O
1927 37 BRO NL 144 623 538 70 143 30 10 1 54 32 64 18 .266 .345 .364 .709 90 196 1 20 *O MVP-20
1928 38 BRO NL 108 353 296 41 73 11 0 2 19 18 47 24 .247 .354 .304 .658 74 90 2 8 O
1929 39 BRO NL 19 27 23 2 7 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 .304 .407 .304 .712 81 7 1 0 /O
20 Seasons 2476 10770 9363 1545 2665 419 159 70 800 738 92 1040 695 .285 .361 .386 .747 107 3612 77 290
162 Game Avg. 162 705 613 101 174 27 10 5 52 48 68 45 .285 .361 .386 .747 107 236 5 19
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
PIT (17 yrs) 2178 9654 8406 1414 2416 375 148 67 719 688 92 918 646 .287 .363 .391 .754 110 3288 73 257
BRO (4 yrs) 298 1116 957 131 249 44 11 3 81 50 122 49 .260 .346 .339 .685 83 324 4 33

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
1925 35 PIT NL WS WSH W 7 31 24 6 11 4 0 0 2 3 1 2 3 .458 .552 .625 1.177 15 0 3 2 0 0
1 WS 7 31 24 6 11 4 0 0 2 3 1 2 3 .458 .552 .625 1.177 15 0 3 2 0 0
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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1910 PIT NL 20 OF 2 11 10 1 0 0 1.000 5.50 .955 2.10 2-0-0
1911 PIT NL 21 OF 122 323 304 11 8 5 .975 2.58 .959 2.07 46-76-0
1912 PIT NL 22 OF 150 401 369 19 13 10 .968 2.59 .955 2.16 145-6-0
1913 PIT NL 23 OF 154 407 363 28 16 6 .961 2.54 .960 2.08 144-11-0
1914 PIT NL 24 OF 154 353 318 23 12 3 .966 2.21 .957 1.97 154-0-0
1915 PIT NL 25 OF 139 334 307 21 6 5 .982 2.36 .958 2.01 139-0-0
1916 PIT NL 26 OF 154 459 419 32 8 10 .983 2.93 .966 2.00 21-134-0
1917 PIT NL 27 OF 153 478 440 28 10 8 .979 3.06 .962 2.08 0-153-0
1918 PIT NL 28 OF 126 401 359 25 17 9 .958 3.05 .962 2.13 0-126-0
1919 PIT NL 29 OF 63 188 173 5 10 1 .947 2.83 .965 2.18 0-63-0
1920 PIT NL 30 OF 129 367 345 10 12 0 .967 2.75 .964 2.21 0-129-0
1921 PIT NL 31 OF 139 466 431 15 20 6 .957 3.21 .965 2.24 0-139-0
1922 PIT NL 32 OF 155 486 449 22 15 4 .969 3.04 .962 2.26 3-152-0
1923 PIT NL 33 OF 153 497 450 28 19 4 .962 3.12 .964 2.28 0-153-0
1924 PIT NL 34 OF 149 460 428 16 16 3 .965 2.98 .965 2.24 0-149-0 MVP-18
1925 PIT NL 35 OF 130 403 363 20 20 2 .950 2.95 .967 2.33 0-130-0 MVP-11
1926 TOT NL 36 OF 109 322 295 8 19 3 .941 2.78 .966 2.26 0-109-0
1926 PIT NL 36 OF 82 247 225 8 14 3 .943 2.84 .966 2.26 0-82-0
1926 BRO NL 36 OF 27 75 70 0 5 0 .933 2.59 .967 2.26 0-27-0
1927 BRO NL 37 OF 141 361 331 19 11 6 .970 2.48 .970 2.35 0-39-108 MVP-20
1928 BRO NL 38 OF 95 213 202 8 3 1 .986 2.21 .972 2.31 1-75-35
1929 BRO NL 39 OF 4 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.75 .971 2.38 0-2-2
20 Seasons OF 2421 6937 6363 339 235 86 .966 2.77 .963 2.17 655-1646-145
20 Seasons TOT 2421 6937 6363 339 235 86 .966 2.77 .929 2.17 655-1646-145
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1924-NL-18-4%
1925-NL-11-14%
1927-NL-20-4%
0.22 Career Shares (691st)

Batting Average s c a p y
1917 NL--.296--9th
1925 NL--.343--7th

On-Base% s c a p y
1917 NL--.369--8th
1918 NL--.363--9th
1920 NL--.369--8th
1921 NL--.395--7th
1922 NL--.408--4th
1925 NL--.418--6th

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1917 NL--.746--10th
1925 NL--.909--10th

Games Played s c a p y
1912 NL--150--3rd
1913 NL--154--3rd
1914 NL--156--1st
1916 NL--154--6th
1917 NL--155--2nd
1918 NL--126--5th
1922 NL--155--5th
1923 NL--153--4th
1924 NL--149--6th
Career--2476--55th

At Bats s c a p y
1912 NL--587--3rd
1913 NL--620--1st
1914 NL--593--1st
1916 NL--599--3rd
1917 NL--588--4th
1922 NL--629--4th
1923 NL--610--7th
1924 NL--599--3rd
Career--9363--44th

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1912 NL--690--2nd
1913 NL--692--1st
1914 NL--664--3rd
1916 NL--679--3rd
1917 NL--668--3rd
1918 NL--549--7th
1922 NL--732--3rd
1923 NL--699--4th
1924 NL--683--1st
Career--10770--35th

Runs Scored s c a p y
1912 NL--114--2nd
1913 NL--99--1st
1915 NL--76--6th
1916 NL--90--2nd
1917 NL--82--5th
1918 NL--70--5th
1922 NL--140--2nd
1923 NL--120--2nd
1924 NL--113--3rd
1925 NL--109--6th
Career--1545--52nd

Hits s c a p y
1912 NL--177--6th
1913 NL--172--4th
1916 NL--158--6th
1917 NL--174--4th
1922 NL--207--4th
1923 NL--188--10th
1924 NL--178--10th
Career--2665--61st

Total Bases s c a p y
1912 NL--231--9th
1913 NL--230--7th
1916 NL--224--7th
1917 NL--222--8th
1922 NL--289--10th
1923 NL--276--9th
Career--3612--129th

Doubles s c a p y
1921 NL--34--6th
1923 NL--32--9th
1924 NL--30--10th
1925 NL--39--6th
Career--419--127th

Triples s c a p y
1914 NL--17--1st
1917 NL--12--10th
1922 NL--12--9th
1923 NL--19--1st
1925 NL--13--7th
1927 NL--10--9th
Career--159--42nd

Home Runs s c a p y
1916 NL--7--8th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1914 NL--59--9th
1915 NL--57--8th
1916 NL--59--8th
1917 NL--58--8th
1918 NL--62--1st
1920 NL--59--6th
1921 NL--70--3rd
1922 NL--80--1st
1923 NL--73--3rd
1924 NL--58--6th
1925 NL--66--4th
1927 NL--64--8th
Career--1040--95th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1911 NL--75--4th
1912 NL--79--3rd
1913 NL--67--7th

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1912 NL--45--2nd
1913 NL--61--1st
1914 NL--38--4th
1915 NL--36--1st
1916 NL--63--1st
1917 NL--46--1st
1918 NL--58--1st
1920 NL--52--1st
1921 NL--37--2nd
1922 NL--51--1st
1923 NL--51--1st
1924 NL--49--1st
1925 NL--46--1st
1927 NL--32--2nd
1928 NL--18--5th
Career--738--9th

Singles s c a p y
1912 NL--141--2nd
1913 NL--134--3rd
1916 NL--117--10th
1917 NL--140--3rd
1922 NL--157--4th
Career--2017--44th

Runs Created s c a p y
1912 NL--85--10th
1913 NL--77--10th
1916 NL--78--5th
1917 NL--80--7th
1922 NL--127--2nd
1923 NL--113--5th
1924 NL--94--10th
1925 NL--115--6th
Career--1339--126th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1917 NL--20--8th
1922 NL--24--5th
1925 NL--23--9th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1917 NL--2.3--8th
1922 NL--2.2--5th
1925 NL--2.2--8th

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1914 NL--43--9th
1916 NL--41--9th
1923 NL--57--5th
1925 NL--57--10th
Career--648--212th

Times On Base s c a p y
1912 NL--243--7th
1913 NL--230--3rd
1916 NL--224--5th
1917 NL--242--3rd
1918 NL--194--3rd
1922 NL--291--2nd
1923 NL--268--4th
1924 NL--243--8th
1925 NL--256--6th
Career--3782--57th

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1917 NL--.682--10th
1922 NL--.692--4th
1925 NL--.703--7th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1911 NL--7--9th
1916 NL--7--7th
1917 NL--10--3rd
1923 NL--7--5th
1924 NL--7--5th
Career--77--150th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1911 NL--25--9th
1912 NL--37--1st
1921 NL--30--5th
1924 NL--19--3rd
Career--290--13th

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1916 NL--19--8th
1925 NL--11--8th
Career--92--138th

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1916 NL--12.6--3rd
1921 NL--11.8--8th
1922 NL--16.7--2nd
1924 NL--13.8--3rd
1925 NL--9.0--8th
Career--127.9--237th

AB per SO s c a p y
1924 NL--35.235--4th
1925 NL--28.526--10th
1927 NL--29.889--7th

Outs Made s c a p y
1912 NL--447--2nd
1913 NL--462--1st
1914 NL--459--2nd
1916 NL--474--4th
1917 NL--426--7th
1922 NL--443--10th
1924 NL--453--3rd
1927 NL--415--8th
Career--7080--40th

Oldest s c a p y
1927 NL--born 1890-01-11--9th
1928 NL--born 1890-01-11--4th
1929 NL--born 1890-01-11--5th

Youngest s c a p y
1910 NL--born 1890-01-11--4th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 32 (52), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 148 (89), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 76 (232), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 36 (182), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  6. Brett Butler (838)
  7. Jimmy Sheckard (832)
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  10. George Van Haltren (823)
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  7. Clyde Milan (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  14. Harry Hooper (922) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  16. Harry Hooper (937) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  17. Lou Brock (867) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Transactions

August 15, 1910: Purchased by the Pittsburgh Pirates from South Bend (Central).

August 13, 1926: Selected off waivers by the Brooklyn Robins from the Pittsburgh Pirates.

October 10, 1929: Released by the Brooklyn Robins.

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