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.

1979 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1979 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 6	MON	@	PIT	W,3-2	CG	37	10.0	9	0	1	10	0	C
2	2	Apr 7	MON	@	PIT	L,6-7	CG	41	8.2	0	0	1	1	0	C
3	3	Apr 8	MON	@	PIT	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
4	4	Apr 10	MON	@	NYM	W,3-2	CG	56	14.0	11	1	0	12	0	C
5	5	Apr 11	MON	@	NYM	W,3-2	GS	33	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
6	6	Apr 14	MON		CHC	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
7	7	Apr 15	MON		CHC	L,1-5	CG	34	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
8	8	Apr 16	MON		CHC	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
9	9	Apr 17	MON		NYM	W,5-4	CG	47	12.0	11	2	0	13	1	C
10	10	Apr 18	MON		NYM	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
11	11	Apr 20	MON	@	CHC	L,5-8	CG	37	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
12	12	Apr 21	MON	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	39	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
13	14 (1)	Apr 24	MON		SDP	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
14	15	Apr 25	MON		SDP	W,9-6	CG	41	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	C
15	16	Apr 27	MON		SFG	W,14-8	GS	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
16	17	Apr 28	MON		SFG	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
17	18	Apr 29	MON		SFG	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
18	19	Apr 30	MON		LAD	W,8-4	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	20	May 1	MON		LAD	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
20	21	May 3	MON	@	SDP	L,2-10	CG	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
21	22	May 4	MON	@	SDP	W,12-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
22	23	May 5	MON	@	SDP	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
23	24	May 6	MON	@	SDP	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
24	25	May 8	MON	@	SFG	W,4-0	CG	29	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
25	26	May 9	MON	@	SFG	L,2-9	CG	40	8.0	5	2	1	8	0	C
26	27	May 10	MON	@	SFG	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
27	28	May 11	MON	@	LAD	L,0-7	CG	35	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
28	29	May 12	MON	@	LAD	L,3-4	CG	42	10.1	15	1	0	16	1	C
29	31 (1)	May 15	MON	@	STL	L,0-1	CG	35	8.2	7	1	0	8	1	C
30	32	May 16	MON	@	STL	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
31	33	May 17 susp	MON	@	STL	W,3-2	CG	41	11.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
32	34	May 18	MON	@	PHI	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
33	35	May 19	MON	@	PHI	W,10-5	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
34	36	May 20	MON	@	PHI	W,10-6	CG	40	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
35	37	May 21	MON		PIT	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
36	39 (1)	May 23	MON		PIT	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
37	40	May 27 (1)	MON		STL	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
38	42 (1)	May 29	MON		PHI	W,9-0	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
39	43	May 30	MON		PHI	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
40	44	May 31	MON		PHI	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	7	2	0	9	1	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	45	Jun 1	MON	@	HOU	L,2-3	CG	30	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	C
42	46	Jun 2	MON	@	HOU	L,1-2	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
43	47	Jun 3	MON	@	HOU	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
44	48	Jun 4	MON	@	ATL	W,8-1	GS	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
45	49	Jun 5	MON	@	ATL	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
46	50	Jun 6	MON	@	ATL	W,12-2	GS	28	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
47	51	Jun 8	MON	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
48	52	Jun 9	MON	@	CIN	L,1-7	CG	36	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
49	53	Jun 10	MON	@	CIN	L,2-3	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
50	54	Jun 11	MON		ATL	W,6-5	CG	50	11.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
51	55	Jun 13	MON		ATL	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
52	56	Jun 14	MON		ATL	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
53	57	Jun 15	MON		HOU	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
54	58	Jun 16	MON		HOU	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
55	59	Jun 17	MON		HOU	W,19-3	GS	19	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
56	60	Jun 18	MON		CIN	L,2-3	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
57	61	Jun 19	MON		CIN	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
58	62	Jun 20	MON		CIN	W,5-4	CG	46	11.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
59	63	Jun 22	MON		PHI	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
60	64	Jun 23	MON		PHI	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
61	65	Jun 24	MON		PHI	L,2-5	CG	43	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
62	66	Jun 25	MON	@	STL	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
63	67	Jun 26	MON	@	STL	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
64	69 (1)	Jun 29	MON	@	PIT	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
65	70	Jun 30	MON	@	PIT	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
66	71	Jul 2	MON	@	CHC	W,5-0	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
67	72	Jul 3	MON	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	39	8.2	7	0	0	7	0	C
68	73	Jul 4	MON	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
69	74	Jul 5	MON	@	CHC	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	4	2	1	7	0	C
70	75	Jul 6	MON		LAD	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
71	76	Jul 7	MON		LAD	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
72	77	Jul 8	MON		LAD	L,6-8	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
73	78	Jul 9	MON		LAD	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
74	79	Jul 10	MON		SFG	L,7-11	CG	62	13.0	16	0	0	16	0	C
75	80	Jul 11	MON		SFG	L,0-1	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
76	81	Jul 12	MON		SFG	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	6	3	0	9	1	C
77	82	Jul 13 (1)	MON		SDP	L,5-7	CG	44	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
78	84 (1)	Jul 14	MON		SDP	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
79	85	Jul 15	MON		SDP	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
80	86	Jul 19	MON	@	LAD	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
81	87	Jul 20	MON	@	LAD	L,5-6	CG	47	10.1	11	0	0	11	0	C
82	88	Jul 21	MON	@	LAD	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
83	89	Jul 22 (1)	MON	@	SFG	L,6-8	CG	42	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
84	91 (1)	Jul 23	MON	@	SFG	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
85	92	Jul 24	MON	@	SDP	L,3-4	CG	59	13.1	10	0	0	10	0	C
86	94 (1)	Jul 27 (1)	MON		PIT	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
87	96 (1)	Jul 28	MON		PIT	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	9	2	0	11	0	C
88	97	Jul 29	MON		PIT	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
89	98	Jul 30 (1)	MON		STL	L,2-7	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
90	100 (1)	Jul 31	MON		STL	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
91	101	Aug 1	MON		CHC	W,7-5	CG	48	12.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
92	102	Aug 2	MON		CHC	W,6-4	CG	42	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
93	103	Aug 3	MON		NYM	W,10-6	CG	38	9.0	6	4	0	10	0	C
94	104	Aug 4	MON		NYM	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
95	105	Aug 5 (1)	MON		NYM	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
96	107 (1)	Aug 7	MON	@	PHI	L,2-4	CG	38	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
97	108	Aug 8	MON	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	40	8.2	3	1	0	4	0	C
98	112 (3)	Aug 11	MON	@	NYM	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	5	4	0	9	0	C
99	113	Aug 13	MON	@	HOU	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	4	3	0	7	0	C
100	114	Aug 14	MON	@	HOU	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
101	115	Aug 15	MON	@	HOU	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
102	116	Aug 17	MON		ATL	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
103	118 (1)	Aug 19	MON		ATL	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
104	119	Aug 20	MON	@	CIN	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
105	121 (1)	Aug 22	MON	@	CIN	L,2-7	CG	39	8.0	7	1	2	10	0	C
106	122	Aug 24	MON	@	ATL	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
107	123	Aug 27	MON		HOU	L,0-3	CG	34	9.0	9	4	0	13	1	C
108	124	Aug 28	MON		HOU	W,7-6	CG	36	9.0	10	2	0	12	0	C
109	125	Aug 29	MON		HOU	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
110	126	Aug 31	MON		CIN	W,8-7	CG	50	10.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
111	127	Sep 1	MON		CIN	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
112	128	Sep 2	MON		CIN	W,13-1	CG	32	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
113	129	Sep 3 (1)	MON		NYM	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
114	130	Sep 3 (2)	MON		NYM	W,6-5	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
115	131	Sep 4	MON		NYM	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
116	132	Sep 5	MON	@	CHC	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
117	133	Sep 6	MON	@	CHC	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
118	134	Sep 7	MON	@	STL	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
119	135	Sep 8	MON	@	STL	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
120	136	Sep 9	MON	@	STL	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	C
121	137	Sep 11 (1)	MON		CHC	W,8-6	GS	25	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
122	138	Sep 11 (2)	MON		CHC	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
123	139	Sep 12	MON		CHC	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
124	140	Sep 13	MON		CHC	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	C
125	141	Sep 15 (1)	MON		STL	W,2-1	CG	40	11.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
126	142	Sep 15 (2)	MON		STL	L,1-4	CG	35	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
127	143	Sep 16 (1)	MON		STL	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
128	144	Sep 16 (2)	MON		STL	W,5-1	GF	6	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
129	145	Sep 17	MON		PIT	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
130	146	Sep 18	MON		PIT	L,3-5	CG	44	11.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
131	147	Sep 19 (1)	MON	@	NYM	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
132	148	Sep 19 (2)	MON	@	NYM	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
133	149	Sep 20 (1)	MON	@	NYM	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
134	150	Sep 20 (2)	MON	@	NYM	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
135	151	Sep 22 (1)	MON	@	PHI	L,8-9	CG	49	9.2	9	2	0	11	1	C
136	153 (1)	Sep 23	MON	@	PHI	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
137	154	Sep 24 (1)	MON	@	PIT	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	5	0	2	7	0	C
138	155	Sep 24 (2)	MON	@	PIT	W,7-6	GS	17	3.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
							138gm		1214.1	751	88	9	848	12