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Max Carey
Max George Carey (Scoops)

Bats Both, Throws Right
Weight 170 lb.

Debut October 3, 1910
Final Game September 29, 1929
Born January 11, 1890 in Terre Haute, IN
Died May 30, 1976 in Miami, FL

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1961.

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1910 20 PIT NL   2    6    2    3   0  1   0    2   0      2   1  .500  .625  .833  313    5   0           0    
 1911 21 PIT NL 129  427   77  110  15 10   5   43  27     44  75  .258  .337  .375   96  160  25           7    
 1912 22 PIT NL 150  587  114  177  23  8   5   66  45     61  79  .302  .372  .394  110  231  37           5    
 1913 23 PIT NL 154  620   99  172  23 10   5   49  61     55  67  .277  .339  .371  106  230  14           3    
 1914 24 PIT NL 156  593   76  144  25 17   1   31  38     59  56  .243  .313  .347  100  206  10           2    
 1915 25 PIT NL 140  564   76  143  26  5   3   27  36 17  57  58  .254  .326  .333  101  188   5           4    
 1916 26 PIT NL 154  599   90  158  23 11   7   42  63 19  59  58  .264  .337  .374  117  224  14           7    
 1917 27 PIT NL 155  588   82  174  21 12   1   51  46     58  38  .296  .369  .378  126  222  12          10    
 1918 28 PIT NL 126  468   70  128  14  6   3   48  58     62  25  .274  .363  .348  115  163  15           4    
 1919 29 PIT NL  66  244   41   75  10  2   0    9  18     25  24  .307  .376  .365  120   89   4           2    
 1920 30 PIT NL 130  485   74  140  18  4   1   35  52 10  59  31  .289  .369  .348  104  169  20           3    
 1921 31 PIT NL 140  521   85  161  34  4   7   56  37 12  70  30  .309  .395  .430  116  224  30           4    
 1922 32 PIT NL 155  629  140  207  28 12  10   70  51  2  80  26  .329  .408  .459  122  289  19           4    
 1923 33 PIT NL 153  610  120  188  32 19   6   63  51  8  73  28  .308  .388  .452  119  276   9           7    
 1924 34 PIT NL 149  599  113  178  30  9   8   55  49 13  58  17  .297  .366  .417  108  250  19           7     MVP-18
 1925 35 PIT NL 133  542  109  186  39 13   5   44  46 11  66  19  .343  .418  .491  125  266   8           4     MVP-11
 1926 36 TOT NL 113  424   64   98  17  6   0   35  10     38  19  .231  .294  .300   58  127  21           0    
         PIT NL  86  324   46   72  14  5   0   28  10     30  14  .222  .288  .296   54   96  16           0    
         BRO NL  27  100   18   26   3  1   0    7   0      8   5  .260  .315  .310   69   31   5           0    
 1927 37 BRO NL 144  538   70  143  30 10   1   54  32     64  18  .266  .345  .364   90  196  20           1     MVP-20
 1928 38 BRO NL 108  296   41   73  11  0   2   19  18     47  24  .247  .354  .304   74   90   8           2    
 1929 39 BRO NL  19   23    2    7   0  0   0    1   0      3   2  .304  .407  .304   81    7   0           1    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 20 Seasons         9363      2665    159      800     92     695  .285  .361  .386  107      290   0   0  77   0
               2476      1545      419     70      738   1040                            3612
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        613  101  174  27 10   5   52  48  6  68  45  .285  .361  .386  107  236  19   0   0   5   0
 Career High    156  629  140  207  39 19  10   70  63 19  80  79  .343  .418  .491  126  289  37   0   0  10   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1910 20 PIT NL    8    3    3  26.8    93| .500  .271| .625  .346| .833  .359|1.458  .705| 313  .974   1.8   0.2     
 1911 21 PIT NL  503  342   52   4.1    99| .258  .273| .337  .351| .375  .376| .712  .727|  96  .509  -3.6  -0.4     
 1912 22 PIT NL  690  447   85   5.1    99| .302  .279| .372  .349| .394  .380| .766  .729| 110  .580   9.4   1.0     
 1913 23 PIT NL  692  462   77   4.5    88| .277  .265| .339  .329| .371  .360| .710  .689| 106  .566   5.1   0.5     
 1914 24 PIT NL  664  459   64   3.7    81| .243  .254| .313  .321| .347  .340| .660  .661| 100  .529  -1.0  -0.1     
 1915 25 PIT NL  630  443   61   3.7    80| .254  .255| .326  .317| .333  .341| .659  .658| 101  .555   1.9   0.2  67%
 1916 26 PIT NL  679  474   78   4.4    79| .264  .255| .337  .314| .374  .341| .711  .655| 117  .632  13.0   1.5  76%
 1917 27 PIT NL  668  426   80   5.1    81| .296  .260| .369  .318| .378  .343| .747  .661| 126  .682  20.4   2.3     
 1918 28 PIT NL  549  355   58   4.4    82| .274  .265| .363  .323| .348  .342| .711  .664| 115  .613  11.0   1.2     
 1919 29 PIT NL  275  173   33   5.2    85| .307  .269| .376  .324| .365  .353| .741  .677| 120  .664   7.2   0.8     
 1920 30 PIT NL  567  375   69   5.0    93| .289  .280| .369  .334| .348  .372| .717  .706| 104  .617   5.7   0.6  83%
 1921 31 PIT NL  625  402   91   6.1   109| .309  .302| .395  .352| .430  .416| .825  .768| 116  .623  15.6   1.5  75%
 1922 32 PIT NL  732  443  127   7.6   113| .329  .302| .408  .360| .459  .421| .867  .781| 122  .692  23.8   2.2  96%
 1923 33 PIT NL  699  439  113   6.9   109| .308  .296| .388  .355| .452  .412| .840  .766| 119  .666  18.4   1.8  86%
 1924 34 PIT NL  683  453   94   5.6   106| .297  .292| .366  .348| .417  .407| .783  .755| 108  .591   7.7   0.8  79%
 1925 35 PIT NL  620  375  115   8.2   120| .343  .309| .418  .368| .491  .441| .909  .809| 125  .703  23.2   2.2  80%
 1926 36 TOT NL  483  347   38   2.9   106| .231  .291| .294  .352| .300  .404| .594  .756|  58  .309 -26.0  -2.6     
         PIT NL  370  268   28   2.8   107| .222  .293| .288  .354| .296  .406| .584  .760|  54  .291 -21.7  -2.2     
         BRO NL  113   79   10   3.4   102| .260  .286| .315  .346| .310  .396| .625  .742|  69  .369  -4.3  -0.4     
 1927 37 BRO NL  623  415   67   4.3   104| .266  .290| .345  .349| .364  .400| .709  .749|  90  .473  -6.2  -0.6     
 1928 38 BRO NL  353  231   31   3.6   108| .247  .289| .354  .354| .304  .411| .658  .764|  74  .370  -9.0  -0.9     
 1929 39 BRO NL   27   16    3   5.0   119| .304  .302| .407  .365| .304  .439| .711  .805|  81  .457  -0.4   0.0     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 20 Seasons   10770  7080 1339   5.1    97| .285  .279| .361  .340| .386  .381| .747  .721| 107  .593 118.1  12.2     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1910 20 PIT NL OF 2 10 1 0 0 1.000 .957 5.50 2.10 2 0 0 1911 21 PIT NL OF 122 304 11 8 5 .975 .960 2.58 2.07 46 76 0 1912 22 PIT NL OF 150 369 19 13 10 .968 .956 2.59 2.16 145 6 0 1913 23 PIT NL OF 154 363 28 16 6 .961 .960 2.54 2.08 144 11 0 1914 24 PIT NL OF 154 318 23 12 3 .966 .957 2.21 1.97 154 0 0 1915 25 PIT NL OF 139 307 21 6 5 .982 .959 2.36 2.01 139 0 0 1916 26 PIT NL OF 154 419 32 8 10 .983 .967 2.93 2.00 21 134 0 1917 27 PIT NL OF 153 440 28 10 8 .979 .963 3.06 2.08 0 153 0 1918 28 PIT NL OF 126 359 25 17 9 .958 .962 3.05 2.13 0 126 0 1919 29 PIT NL OF 63 173 5 10 1 .947 .964 2.83 2.18 0 63 0 1920 30 PIT NL OF 129 345 10 12 0 .967 .964 2.75 2.21 0 129 0 1921 31 PIT NL OF 139 431 15 20 6 .957 .965 3.21 2.24 0 139 0 1922 32 PIT NL OF 155 449 22 15 4 .969 .962 3.04 2.26 3 152 0 1923 33 PIT NL OF 153 450 28 19 4 .962 .964 3.12 2.28 0 153 0 1924 34 PIT NL OF 149 428 16 16 3 .965 .965 2.98 2.24 0 149 0 1925 35 PIT NL OF 130 363 20 20 2 .950 .967 2.95 2.33 0 130 0 1926 36 TOT NL OF 109 295 8 19 3 .941 .965 2.78 2.26 0 109 0 PIT NL OF 82 225 8 14 3 .943 .965 2.84 2.26 0 82 0 BRO NL OF 27 70 0 5 0 .933 .966 2.59 2.26 0 27 0 1927 37 BRO NL OF 141 331 19 11 6 .970 .970 2.48 2.35 0 39 108 1928 38 BRO NL OF 95 202 8 3 1 .986 .972 2.21 2.31 1 75 35 1929 39 BRO NL OF 4 7 0 0 0 1.000 .972 1.75 2.38 0 2 2
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1910 20 PIT NL OF 2 10 1 0 0 1.000 .957 5.50 2.10 2 0 0 1911 21 PIT NL OF 122 304 11 8 5 .975 .960 2.58 2.07 46 76 0 1912 22 PIT NL OF 150 369 19 13 10 .968 .956 2.59 2.16 145 6 0 1913 23 PIT NL OF 154 363 28 16 6 .961 .960 2.54 2.08 144 11 0 1914 24 PIT NL OF 154 318 23 12 3 .966 .957 2.21 1.97 154 0 0 1915 25 PIT NL OF 139 307 21 6 5 .982 .959 2.36 2.01 139 0 0 1916 26 PIT NL OF 154 419 32 8 10 .983 .967 2.93 2.00 21 134 0 1917 27 PIT NL OF 153 440 28 10 8 .979 .963 3.06 2.08 0 153 0 1918 28 PIT NL OF 126 359 25 17 9 .958 .962 3.05 2.13 0 126 0 1919 29 PIT NL OF 63 173 5 10 1 .947 .964 2.83 2.18 0 63 0 1920 30 PIT NL OF 129 345 10 12 0 .967 .964 2.75 2.21 0 129 0 1921 31 PIT NL OF 139 431 15 20 6 .957 .965 3.21 2.24 0 139 0 1922 32 PIT NL OF 155 449 22 15 4 .969 .962 3.04 2.26 3 152 0 1923 33 PIT NL OF 153 450 28 19 4 .962 .964 3.12 2.28 0 153 0 1924 34 PIT NL OF 149 428 16 16 3 .965 .965 2.98 2.24 0 149 0 1925 35 PIT NL OF 130 363 20 20 2 .950 .967 2.95 2.33 0 130 0 1926 36 TOT NL OF 109 295 8 19 3 .941 .965 2.78 2.26 0 109 0 PIT NL OF 82 225 8 14 3 .943 .965 2.84 2.26 0 82 0 BRO NL OF 27 70 0 5 0 .933 .966 2.59 2.26 0 27 0 1927 37 BRO NL OF 141 331 19 11 6 .970 .970 2.48 2.35 0 39 108 1928 38 BRO NL OF 95 202 8 3 1 .986 .972 2.21 2.31 1 75 35 1929 39 BRO NL OF 4 7 0 0 0 1.000 .972 1.75 2.38 0 2 2
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 2421 6363 339 235 86 .966 .963 2.77 2.17 655 1646 145 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 2421 6363 339 235 86 .966 .963 2.77 2.17
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1925   WS    PIT WSH     W   7  24   6  11  4  0  0   2   2   3  .458  .552  .625   3  1   2   0   3 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1924-NL-18-0.04
1925-NL-11-0.14
1927-NL-20-0.04
Car-691-0.22 shares

Batting Average
1917 NL-.296-9
1925 NL-.343-7

On-base %
1917 NL-.369-8
1918 NL-.363-9
1920 NL-.369-8
1921 NL-.395-7
1922 NL-.408-4
1925 NL-.418-6

OPS
1917 NL-.746-10
1925 NL-.909-10

Games
1912 NL-150-3
1913 NL-154-3
1914 NL-156-1
1916 NL-154-6
1917 NL-155-2
1918 NL-126-5
1922 NL-155-5
1923 NL-153-4
1924 NL-149-6
Car-2476-55

At Bats
1912 NL-587-3
1913 NL-620-1
1914 NL-593-1
1916 NL-599-3
1917 NL-588-4
1922 NL-629-4
1923 NL-610-7
1924 NL-599-3
Car-9363-44

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1912 NL-690-2
1913 NL-692-1
1914 NL-664-3
1916 NL-679-3
1917 NL-668-3
1918 NL-549-7
1922 NL-732-3
1923 NL-699-4
1924 NL-683-1
Car-10770-35

Runs
1912 NL-114-2
1913 NL-99-1
1915 NL-76-6
1916 NL-90-2
1917 NL-82-5
1918 NL-70-5
1922 NL-140-2
1923 NL-120-2
1924 NL-113-3
1925 NL-109-6
Car-1545-52

Hits
1912 NL-177-6
1913 NL-172-4
1916 NL-158-6
1917 NL-174-4
1922 NL-207-4
1923 NL-188-10
1924 NL-178-10
Car-2665-61

Total Bases
1912 NL-231-9
1913 NL-230-7
1916 NL-224-7
1917 NL-222-8
1922 NL-289-10
1923 NL-276-9

Doubles
1921 NL-34-6
1923 NL-32-9
1924 NL-30-10
1925 NL-39-6

Triples
1914 NL-17-1
1917 NL-12-10
1922 NL-12-9
1923 NL-19-1
1925 NL-13-7
1927 NL-10-9
Car-159-42

Home Runs
1916 NL-7-8

Bases on Balls
1914 NL-59-9
1915 NL-57-8
1916 NL-59-8
1917 NL-58-8
1918 NL-62-1
1920 NL-59-6
1921 NL-70-3
1922 NL-80-1
1923 NL-73-3
1924 NL-58-6
1925 NL-66-4
1927 NL-64-8
Car-1040-95

Strikeouts
1911 NL-75-4
1912 NL-79-3
1913 NL-67-7

Stolen Bases
1912 NL-45-2
1913 NL-61-1
1914 NL-38-4
1915 NL-36-1
1916 NL-63-1
1917 NL-46-1
1918 NL-58-1
1920 NL-52-1
1921 NL-37-2
1922 NL-51-1
1923 NL-51-1
1924 NL-49-1
1925 NL-46-1
1927 NL-32-2
1928 NL-18-5
Car-738-9

Singles
1912 NL-141-2
1913 NL-134-3
1916 NL-117-10
1917 NL-140-3
1922 NL-157-4
Car-2017-44

Runs Created
1912 NL-85-10
1913 NL-77-10
1916 NL-78-5
1917 NL-80-7
1922 NL-127-2
1923 NL-113-5
1924 NL-94-10
1925 NL-115-6

Adjusted Batting Runs
1917 NL-20-8
1922 NL-24-5
1925 NL-23-9

Batting Wins
1917 NL-2.3-8
1922 NL-2.2-5
1925 NL-2.2-8

Extra-Base Hits
1914 NL-43-9
1916 NL-41-9
1923 NL-57-5
1925 NL-57-10

Times on Base
1912 NL-243-7
1913 NL-230-3
1916 NL-224-5
1917 NL-242-3
1918 NL-194-3
1922 NL-291-2
1923 NL-268-4
1924 NL-243-8
1925 NL-256-6
Car-3782-57

Offensive Win%
1917 NL-.682-10
1922 NL-.692-4
1925 NL-.703-7

Hit By Pitch
1911 NL-7-9
1916 NL-7-7
1917 NL-10-3
1923 NL-7-5
1924 NL-7-5

Sac. Hits
1911 NL-25-9
1912 NL-37-1
1921 NL-30-5
1924 NL-19-3
Car-290-13

Caught Stealing
1916 NL-19-8
1925 NL-11-8

Power/Speed Number
1916 NL-12.6-3
1921 NL-11.8-8
1922 NL-16.7-2
1924 NL-13.8-3
1925 NL-9.0-8

At Bats per Strikeout
1924 NL-35.2-4
1925 NL-28.5-10
1927 NL-29.9-7

Outs
1912 NL-447-2
1913 NL-462-1
1914 NL-459-2
1916 NL-474-4
1917 NL-426-7
1922 NL-443-10
1924 NL-453-3
1927 NL-415-8
Car-7080-40

Oldest Player
1927 NL-37-9
1928 NL-38-4
1929 NL-39-5

Youngest Player
1910 NL-20-4

         

Black Ink: Batting - 32 (52) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 148 (89) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 36.0 (182) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 76.5 (232) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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  16. Harry Hooper (937) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

August 15, 1910: Purchased by the Pittsburgh Pirates from the 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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Uniforms 
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