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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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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
1871 25 KEK NA 19 89 87 16 20 2 0 0 10 5 0 2 1 .230 .247 .253 .500 43 22 0 0 *4
1872 26 BAL NA 42 198 196 42 57 7 0 2 27 4 1 2 2 .291 .298 .357 .655 96 70 1 0 *4/65O3
1873 27 BAL NA 56 292 291 76 98 18 3 1 55 2 3 1 4 .337 .339 .430 .769 125 125 2 0 *4/56
1874 28 NYU NA 64 289 287 56 82 10 3 1 38 3 0 2 4 .286 .291 .352 .643 102 101 1 0 *64
1875 29 HAR NA 86 383 382 63 101 6 2 0 38 13 3 1 3 .264 .266 .291 .557 87 111 1 0 *6/4
1876 30 HAR NL 68 292 289 51 78 7 0 0 26 3 4 .270 .277 .294 .572 83 85 0 *6
1877 31 HAR NL 60 274 274 38 70 3 2 1 20 0 9 .255 .255 .292 .547 79 80 0 *6
1878 32 PRO NL 61 253 253 33 60 10 3 0 24 0 14 .237 .237 .300 .538 75 76 0 *6
1879 33 CLV NL 80 340 335 30 80 14 1 0 32 5 20 .239 .250 .287 .537 77 96 0 *6
9 Seasons 536 2410 2394 405 646 77 14 5 270 27 7 16 61 .270 .275 .320 .595 89 766 5 0
162 Game Avg. 162 728 724 122 195 23 4 2 82 5 18 .270 .275 .320 .595 89 232 0
HAR (2 yrs) 128 566 563 89 148 10 2 1 46 3 13 .263 .267 .293 .560 81 165 0
BAL (2 yrs) 98 490 487 118 155 25 3 3 82 6 4 3 6 .318 .322 .400 .723 113 195 3 0
PRO (1 yr) 61 253 253 33 60 10 3 0 24 0 14 .237 .237 .300 .538 75 76 0
KEK (1 yr) 19 89 87 16 20 2 0 0 10 5 0 2 1 .230 .247 .253 .500 43 22 0 0
CLV (1 yr) 80 340 335 30 80 14 1 0 32 5 20 .239 .250 .287 .537 77 96 0
NYU (1 yr) 64 289 287 56 82 10 3 1 38 3 0 2 4 .286 .291 .352 .643 102 101 1 0
HAR (1 yr) 86 383 382 63 101 6 2 0 38 13 3 1 3 .264 .266 .291 .557 87 111 1 0
NA (5 yrs) 267 1251 1243 253 358 43 8 4 168 27 7 8 14 .288 .293 .345 .638 98 429 5 0
NL (4 yrs) 269 1159 1151 152 288 34 6 1 102 8 47 .250 .255 .293 .548 79 337 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1871 25 KEK NA 89 -9 1 0 0 -1 0 2 -7 -0.3 -6 -0.4 0.1 $ *4
1872 26 BAL NA 198 -1 0 0 0 -6 1 5 -1 0.0 5 0.4 -0.4 $ *4/65O3
1873 27 BAL NA 292 18 0 0 0 1 1 7 27 2.1 26 2.1 0.0 $1,200 *4/56
1874 28 NYU NA 289 3 1 0 0 -4 4 8 12 1.1 16 1.6 -0.5 $ *64
1875 29 HAR NA 383 -1 2 0 0 2 6 11 20 2.0 18 1.7 0.3 $ *6/4
1876 30 HAR NL 292 -4 1 0 0 9 4 9 19 1.9 10 1.0 0.9 $ *6
1877 31 HAR NL 274 -5 0 0 0 3 4 8 10 1.0 7 0.7 0.3 $ *6
1878 32 PRO NL 253 -6 0 0 0 1 4 8 7 0.7 6 0.6 0.1 $ *6
1879 33 CLV NL 340 -12 -2 0 0 -3 5 10 -2 -0.1 1 0.1 -0.2 $ *6
9 Seasons 2410 -17 3 0 0 2 29 68 85 8.4 83 7.8 0.6 $1,200
HAR (2 yrs) 566 -9 1 0 0 12 8 17 29 2.9 17 1.7 1.2 $
BAL (2 yrs) 490 17 0 0 0 -5 2 12 26 2.1 31 2.5 -0.4 $1,200
PRO (1 yr) 253 -6 0 0 0 1 4 8 7 0.7 6 0.6 0.1 $
KEK (1 yr) 89 -9 1 0 0 -1 0 2 -7 -0.3 -6 -0.4 0.1 $
CLV (1 yr) 340 -12 -2 0 0 -3 5 10 -2 -0.1 1 0.1 -0.2 $
NYU (1 yr) 289 3 1 0 0 -4 4 8 12 1.1 16 1.6 -0.5 $
HAR (1 yr) 383 -1 2 0 0 2 6 11 20 2.0 18 1.7 0.3 $

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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
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • 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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1873 NA  2.1 (6th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1873 NA  2.1 (6th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1873 NA  2.1 (8th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1876 NL  0.9 (9th)

Games Played s c a p y
1873 NA  56 (10th)
1875 NA  86 (1st)
1876 NL  68 (9th)
1877 NL  60 (10th)

At Bats s c a p y
1873 NA  291 (7th)
1875 NA  382 (6th)
1877 NL  274 (4th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1873 NA  292 (9th)
1875 NA  383 (6th)
1877 NL  274 (10th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1873 NA  76 (10th)

Hits s c a p y
1873 NA  98 (6th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1873 NA  125 (7th)

Doubles s c a p y
1873 NA  18 (4th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1872 NA  2 (3rd)
1877 NL  1 (6th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1873 NA  55 (7th)

Singles s c a p y
1873 NA  76 (7th)
1875 NA  93 (6th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1873 NA  41 (9th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1873 NA  22 (7th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1873 NA  99 (7th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1872 NA  2.7 (6th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1872 NA  98.0 (4th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1873 NA  198 (9th)
1875 NA  285 (1st)
1877 NL  204 (3rd)
1878 NL  193 (7th)

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 1846-03-00 (5th)
1879 NL  born 1846-03-00 (3rd)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 1 (733), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 27 (855), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 3 (2527), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  5. Johnny Lipon (934)
  6. Mario Guerrero (928)
  7. Sadie Houck (927)
  8. Ernie Johnson (927)
  9. Stan Rojek (925)
  10. John Wathan (923)
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  1. Aaron Miles (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  3. Scott Hastings (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Sparky Adams (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Chick Fulmer (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Chick Fulmer (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Chick Fulmer (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
187327Baltimore Canaries$1,200Preston Orem 161
Career to date (may be incomplete)$1,200
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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Name and misspellings: Thomas Joseph tim Tom tommy Carey

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