Gary Carter

Positions: Catcher and Rightfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 205lb (188cm, 92kg)

Born: April 8, 1954 in Culver City, CA us

Died: February 16, 2012 in West Palm Beach, FL

Buried: Riverside Memorial Park, Tequesta, FL

Draft: Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 3rd round of the 1972 MLB June Amateur Draft from Sunny Hills HS (Fullerton, CA).

High School: Sunny Hills HS (Fullerton, CA)

Debut: September 16, 1974 (Age 20-161d, 13,588th in major league history)
vs. NYM 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 27, 1992 (Age 38-172d)
vs. CHC 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 2003. (Voted by BBWAA on 387/496 ballots)
View Gary Carter's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1975 season

Agents: Dick Moss, Jerry Petrie

Full Name: Gary Edmund Carter

Nicknames: Kid

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

70.2

7971

2092

324

.263

1025

RBI

1225

OBP

.335

SLG

.439

OPS

.773

OPS+

115

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1988 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1988 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 4	NYM	@	MON	W,10-6	CG	46	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
2	2	Apr 6	NYM	@	MON	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
3	3	Apr 7	NYM	@	MON	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
4	4	Apr 8	NYM	@	PHI	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
5	5	Apr 9	NYM	@	PHI	L,3-9	CG	40	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
6	6	Apr 10	NYM	@	PHI	W,4-3	GS	32	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
7	7	Apr 12	NYM		MON	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
8	8	Apr 14	NYM		MON	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
9	9	Apr 15	NYM		STL	W,3-0	CG	20	6.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
10	10	Apr 16	NYM		STL	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
11	11	Apr 17	NYM		STL	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
12	12	Apr 18	NYM		PHI	L,7-10	CG	47	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	C
13	13	Apr 19	NYM		PHI	L,2-10	GS	35	7.0	8	2	0	10	0	C
14	14	Apr 20	NYM		PHI	W,6-2	CG	31	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
15	15	Apr 22	NYM	@	STL	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
16	16	Apr 23	NYM	@	STL	W,12-9	CG	44	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
17	18 (1)	Apr 26	NYM	@	ATL	W,13-4	GS	29	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
18	19	Apr 27	NYM	@	ATL	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
19	20	Apr 29	NYM	@	CIN	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	9	0	1	10	0	C
20	21	Apr 30	NYM	@	CIN	W,6-5	GS	26	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	23 (1)	May 2	NYM		ATL	L,1-3	CG	33	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
22	24	May 3	NYM		ATL	W,8-0	GS	26	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
23	25	May 4	NYM		HOU	W,8-0	CG	32	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
24	26	May 6	NYM		CIN	W,4-3	CG	42	10.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
25	28 (1)	May 8	NYM		CIN	W,5-1	CG	30	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
26	29	May 9	NYM	@	HOU	L,2-6	CG	34	8.0	6	1	1	8	0	C
27	30	May 10	NYM	@	HOU	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
28	31	May 11	NYM	@	HOU	W,9-8	CG	44	10.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
29	32	May 13	NYM	@	SFG	L,2-3	CG	30	8.0	10	2	0	12	1	C
30	34 (1)	May 15	NYM	@	SFG	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	11	2	0	13	0	C
31	35	May 16	NYM	@	SDP	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
32	36	May 17	NYM	@	SDP	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	14	0	0	14	0	C
33	37	May 18	NYM	@	SDP	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
34	39 (1)	May 20	NYM	@	LAD	W,5-2	GS	33	7.1	8	0	0	8	0	C
35	40	May 21	NYM	@	LAD	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
36	42 (1)	May 24	NYM		SFG	L,2-4	CG	33	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
37	43	May 25	NYM		SFG	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
38	44	May 26	NYM		SFG	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	13	1	0	14	0	C
39	45	May 27	NYM		SDP	L,0-2	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
40	46	May 28	NYM		SDP	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
41	48 (1)	May 30	NYM		LAD	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
42	49	May 31	NYM		LAD	W,5-4	CG	43	11.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	51 (1)	Jun 2	NYM		CHC	W,2-1	CG	49	13.0	14	1	0	15	1	C
44	52	Jun 3	NYM		CHC	L,0-5	CG	43	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
45	53	Jun 4	NYM		CHC	W,6-5	GF	17	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH 3B
46	54	Jun 5	NYM		CHC	W,11-3	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
47	55	Jun 6	NYM	@	STL	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
48	56	Jun 7	NYM	@	STL	L,1-4	CG	41	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
49	57	Jun 8	NYM	@	STL	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
50	58	Jun 10	NYM	@	MON	L,2-5	CG	39	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
51	60 (1)	Jun 12	NYM	@	MON	L,3-4	CG	40	10.1	11	1	1	13	0	C
52	61	Jun 13	NYM		STL	W,2-1	CG	42	12.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
53	62	Jun 14	NYM		STL	W,5-0	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
54	64 (1)	Jun 17	NYM		PHI	L,1-3	CG	33	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
55	65	Jun 18	NYM		PHI	W,3-2	GS	55	14.0	13	1	0	14	1	C 1B
56	66	Jun 19	NYM		PHI	W,6-0	GS	22	7.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
57	67	Jun 20	NYM		PIT	L,5-8	CG	42	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
58	68	Jun 21	NYM		PIT	W,9-0	CG	32	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
59	70 (1)	Jun 23	NYM	@	CHC	L,1-4	CG	30	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
60	71	Jun 24	NYM	@	CHC	W,8-3	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
61	72	Jun 25	NYM	@	CHC	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
62	74 (1)	Jun 27	NYM	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
63	75	Jun 28	NYM	@	PIT	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
64	76	Jun 29	NYM	@	PIT	W,8-7	GS	23	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
65	77	Jun 30	NYM		HOU	W,12-6	GS	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
66	79 (1)	Jul 1 (2)	NYM		HOU	L,5-6	CG	59	13.0	11	0	1	12	2	1B
67	80	Jul 2	NYM		HOU	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
68	82 (1)	Jul 4	NYM		CIN	L,1-5	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
69	83	Jul 5	NYM		CIN	L,1-3	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
70	84	Jul 6	NYM		CIN	W,5-4	GF	11	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH C
71	85	Jul 8	NYM	@	HOU	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
72	87 (1)	Jul 10	NYM	@	HOU	L,5-6	GS	30	7.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
73	88	Jul 14	NYM	@	ATL	W,9-8	CG	48	11.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
74	89	Jul 15	NYM	@	ATL	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	8	0	1	9	0	C
75	91 (1)	Jul 17	NYM	@	ATL	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
76	92	Jul 18	NYM	@	CIN	L,1-2	GS	29	7.0	2	1	0	3	0	1B
77	93	Jul 19	NYM	@	CIN	L,2-11	GS	22	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
78	94	Jul 22 (1)	NYM		ATL	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
79	96 (1)	Jul 23	NYM		ATL	L,1-6	GS	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	C 1B
80	97	Jul 24	NYM		ATL	L,2-4	GS	35	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	C 1B
81	98	Jul 25	NYM	@	PHI	L,2-3	GS	29	7.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
82	99	Jul 26	NYM	@	PHI	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
83	101 (1)	Jul 29	NYM		PIT	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
84	102	Jul 30	NYM		PIT	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	14	0	0	14	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
85	104 (1)	Aug 1	NYM		PIT	L,2-7	CG	46	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
86	105	Aug 2	NYM		CHC	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
87	106	Aug 3	NYM		CHC	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
88	107	Aug 4	NYM		CHC	L,3-4	GF	3	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
89	108	Aug 5	NYM	@	PIT	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
90	109	Aug 6	NYM	@	PIT	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	7	1	1	9	0	C
91	110	Aug 7	NYM	@	PIT	W,6-2	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
92	111	Aug 8	NYM	@	PIT	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
93	112	Aug 9	NYM	@	CHC	L,4-6	CG	37	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
94	114 (1)	Aug 11	NYM	@	CHC	W,9-6	CG	40	9.0	7	2	1	10	0	C
95	115	Aug 12	NYM		MON	L,2-5	CG	44	12.0	14	0	0	14	0	C
96	117 (1)	Aug 14 (1)	NYM		MON	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
97	119 (1)	Aug 16	NYM	@	SFG	W,13-6	GS	21	6.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
98	120	Aug 17	NYM	@	SFG	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	13	0	0	13	0	C
99	122 (1)	Aug 19	NYM	@	SDP	L,2-3	CG	39	9.2	8	0	0	8	0	C
100	123	Aug 21	NYM	@	SDP	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
101	124	Aug 22	NYM	@	LAD	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
102	125	Aug 23	NYM	@	LAD	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
103	127 (1)	Aug 26	NYM		SFG	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
104	128	Aug 27	NYM		SFG	W,2-1	GS	29	7.2	3	0	0	3	0	C
105	130 (1)	Aug 29	NYM		SDP	W,6-0	CG	30	9.0	8	0	1	9	0	C
106	131	Aug 30	NYM		SDP	W,1-0	GS	25	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
107	132	Aug 31	NYM		SDP	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
108	133	Sep 2	NYM		LAD	W,8-0	CG	32	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	C
109	135 (1)	Sep 5	NYM	@	PIT	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
110	136	Sep 6	NYM	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
111	137	Sep 7	NYM	@	CHC	L,8-9	CG	43	8.1	4	0	0	4	0	C
112	139 (1)	Sep 9	NYM	@	MON	W,7-3	CG	42	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
113	140	Sep 10	NYM	@	MON	W,6-0	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
114	142 (1)	Sep 12	NYM		PIT	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
115	143	Sep 13	NYM		PIT	L,0-1	CG	31	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
116	144	Sep 14	NYM		CHC	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
117	146 (1)	Sep 16	NYM		MON	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	C
118	148 (1)	Sep 18	NYM		MON	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
119	149	Sep 20	NYM		PHI	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
120	150	Sep 21	NYM		PHI	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
121	151	Sep 22	NYM		PHI	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
122	153 (1)	Sep 24	NYM	@	STL	W,14-1	GS	24	6.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
123	155 (1)	Sep 26	NYM	@	PHI	W,10-4	GS	20	5.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
124	156	Sep 27	NYM	@	PHI	L,4-5	GS	31	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	C 1B
125	158 (1)	Sep 30	NYM		STL	W,4-2	GS	30	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
126	160 (1)	Oct 2	NYM		STL	W,7-5	GS	31	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
							130gm		1063.1	842	58	10	910	8