Tom Carey

Thomas Joseph Carey
born J. J. Norton

Positions: Shortstop and Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8", Weight: 145 lb.

Born: March, 1846 in Brooklyn, NY(All Transactions)
Debut: May 4, 1871
Teams (by GP): DarkBlues/Canaries/Blues/Mutuals/Grays/... 1871-1879

Final Game: September 29, 1879
Died: August 16, 1906 in San Francisco, CA
Buried: San Francisco National Cemetery, San Francisco, CA
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Standard Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	G	Awards
1871	KEK	NA	25	2B	19				126	58	50	18	5	.857		5.68	.824		5.76
1872	BAL	NA	26	2B	29				151	79	44	28	3	.815		4.24	.826		5.51
1872	BAL	NA	26	SS	9				42	11	19	12	1	.714		3.33	.774		4.80
1872	BAL	NA	26	3B	3				10	4	2	4	0	.600		2.00	.758		4.47
1872	BAL	NA	26	OF	3				7	4	0	3	0	.571		1.33	.820		1.93	0-0-3
1872	BAL	NA	26	1B	1				6	5	0	1	0	.833		5.00	.930		10.40
1873	BAL	NA	27	2B	54				320	135	136	49	21	.847		5.02	.831		5.81
1873	BAL	NA	27	3B	4				10	1	5	4	0	.600		1.50	.739		4.60
1873	BAL	NA	27	SS	3				13	0	11	2	0	.846		3.67	.779		5.07
1874	NYU	NA	28	SS	51				223	40	133	50	5	.776		3.39	.786		4.69
1874	NYU	NA	28	2B	13				82	30	34	18	2	.780		4.92	.805		5.51
1875	HAR	NA	29	SS	86				390	89	240	61	17	.844		3.83	.816		4.63
1875	HAR	NA	29	2B	1				0	0	0	0	0			0.00			5.90
1876	HAR	NL	30	SS	68				331	74	218	39	9	.882		4.29	.866		4.56
1877	HAR	NL	31	SS	60				305	49	203	53	11	.826		4.20	.865		4.58
1878	PRO	NL	32	SS	61				301	56	207	38	8	.874		4.31	.877		4.29
1879	CLV	NL	33	SS	80				396	79	263	54	13	.864		4.28	.872		4.56
	8 Seasons			SS	418				2001	398	1294	309	64	.846		4.05	.848		4.56
	5 Seasons			2B	116				679	302	264	113	31	.834		4.88	.825		5.69
	2 Seasons			3B	7				20	5	7	8	0	.600		1.71	.748		4.54
	1 Season			OF	3				7	4	0	3	0	.571		1.33	.820		1.93	0-0-3
	1 Season			1B	1				6	5	0	1	0	.833		5.00	.930		10.40
	9 Seasons			TOT	545				2713	714	1565	434	95	.840		4.18	.841		4.80	0-0-3
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	G	Awards

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Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
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Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	Batting	1B	2B	3B	SS	RF	OF
1871	KEK	NA	25	19	19	0	19	0	0	0	0
1872	BAL	NA	26	42	42	1	29	3	9	3	3
1873	BAL	NA	27	56	56	0	54	4	3	0	0
1874	NYU	NA	28	64	64	0	13	0	51	0	0
1875	HAR	NA	29	86	86	0	1	0	86	0	0
1876	HAR	NL	30	68	68	0	0	0	68	0	0
1877	HAR	NL	31	60	60	0	0	0	60	0	0
1878	PRO	NL	32	61	61	0	0	0	61	0	0
1879	CLV	NL	33	80	80	0	0	0	80	0	0
	9 Seasons			536	536	1	116	7	418	3	3

Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Assists† s c a p y 1876 NL 218 (4th) 1877 NL 203 (4th) 1878 NL 207 (3rd)	Errors Committed† s c a p y 1877 NL 53 (3rd)	Def. Games as 2B s c a p y 1871 NA 19 (4th) 1872 NA 29 (5th) 1873 NA 54 (2nd)	Putouts as 2B s c a p y 1871 NA 58 (4th) 1872 NA 79 (5th) 1873 NA 135 (4th)
Assists as 2B s c a p y 1871 NA 50 (5th) 1873 NA 136 (3rd)	Errors Committed as 2B s c a p y 1872 NA 28 (5th) 1873 NA 49 (3rd)	Def. Games as SS s c a p y 1874 NA 51 (3rd) 1875 NA 86 (1st) 1876 NL 68 (1st) 1877 NL 60 (1st) 1878 NL 61 (1st) 1879 NL 80 (3rd)	Putouts as SS s c a p y 1874 NA 40 (5th) 1875 NA 89 (3rd) 1876 NL 74 (5th) 1877 NL 49 (5th) 1878 NL 56 (4th) 1879 NL 79 (4th)
Assists as SS s c a p y 1874 NA 133 (3rd) 1875 NA 240 (4th) 1876 NL 218 (3rd) 1877 NL 203 (2nd) 1878 NL 207 (2nd) 1879 NL 263 (4th)	Errors Committed as SS s c a p y 1874 NA 50 (2nd) 1875 NA 61 (3rd) 1877 NL 53 (1st) 1878 NL 38 (2nd) 1879 NL 54 (2nd) Career 309 (65th)	Fielding % as 2B s c a p y 1871 NA .857 (5th) 1872 NA .815 (5th)	Range Factor/Game as SS s c a p y 1877 NL 4.20 (5th) 1878 NL 4.31 (3rd)
Fielding % as SS s c a p y 1875 NA .844 (4th) 1876 NL .882 (5th) 1877 NL .826 (5th) 1878 NL .874 (4th) 1879 NL .864 (5th)	Oldest s c a p y 1878 NL born 1846-03-32 (5th) 1879 NL born 1846-03-32 (3rd)

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