Gary Carter Stats

Gary Carter was born on Thursday, April 8, 1954, in Culver City, California. Carter was 20 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 16, 1974, with the Montreal Expos. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Gary Carter baseball stats page.

"As (Gary) Carter's game improved, so did the fortunes of the (Monreal) Expos. Led by 'The Kid,' a nickname Carter acquired as a result of his youthful exuberance and ever-present smile, the team steadily improved from 107 losses in 1976 to back-to-back second place finishes in 1979 and 1980." - The National Baseball Hall of Fame (2003)

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Gary Carter

Gary Carter Autograph on a 1983 Fleer (#278)

Gary Carter Autograph on a 1983 Fleer (#278)
 

Career All-Star Division LCS World Series Trades Awards
Birth Name:   Gary Edmund Carter
Nickname:   Camera or The Kid or The Kodak Kid
Born On:   04-08-1954
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Culver City, California
Zodiac:   Aries
Year of Death Data Died On:   Still Living
Place of Death Data Died In:   Still Living
Cemetery:   n/a
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right
Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-02
Player Weight Chart Weight:   215
First Game:   09-16-1974 (Age 20)
Last Game:   09-27-1992
Draft:   1972 : 3rd Round (53rd)
Gary Carter

Gary Carter Pitching Stats

G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
- Did Not Pitch - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
Gary Carter

Gary Carter Hitting Stats

G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1974 Expos 9 27 5 11 0 1 1 0 6 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 .407 .414 .593
1975 Expos 144 503 58 136 20 1 17 0 68 72 8 83 10 4 1 7 .270 .360 .416
1976 Expos 91 311 31 68 8 1 6 0 38 30 2 43 2 3 1 7 .219 .287 .309
1977 Expos 154 522 86 148 29 2 31 0 84 58 5 103 3 7 5 9 .284 .356 .525
1978 Expos 157 533 76 136 27 1 20 1 72 62 11 70 2 5 5 10 .255 .336 .422
1979 Expos 141 505 74 143 26 5 22 1 75 40 3 62 2 7 5 11 .283 .338 .485
1980 Expos 154 549 76 145 25 5 29 2 101 58 11 78 1 8 1 9 .264 .331 .486
1981 Expos 100 374 48 94 20 2 16 1 68 35 4 35 3 6 1 6 .251 .313 .444
1982 Expos 154 557 91 163 32 1 29 0 97 78 11 64 4 8 6 16 .293 .381 .510
1983 Expos 145 541 63 146 37 3 17 1 79 51 7 57 2 8 7 14 .270 .336 .444
1984 Expos 159 596 75 175 32 1 27 1 106 64 9 57 0 3 6 8 .294 .366 .487
1985 Mets 149 555 83 156 17 1 32 2 100 69 16 46 0 3 6 18 .281 .365 .488
1986 Mets 132 490 81 125 14 2 24 1 105 62 9 63 0 15 6 21 .255 .337 .439
1987 Mets 139 523 55 123 18 2 20 1 83 42 1 73 1 6 1 14 .235 .290 .392
1988 Mets 130 455 39 110 16 2 11 0 46 34 1 52 1 6 7 8 .242 .301 .358
1989 Mets 50 153 14 28 8 0 2 0 15 12 0 15 0 1 0 5 .183 .241 .275
1990 Giants 92 244 24 62 10 0 9 0 27 25 3 31 0 2 1 2 .254 .324 .406
1991 Dodgers 101 248 22 61 14 0 6 0 26 22 1 26 1 2 7 11 .246 .323 .375
1992 Expos 95 285 24 62 18 1 5 0 29 33 4 37 1 4 2 4 .218 .299 .340
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
19 Years 2,296 7,971 1,025 2,092 371 31 324 11 1,225 848 106 997 33 99 68 180 .262 .335 .439
Gary Carter

Gary Carter Fielding Stats

POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
1974 Expos C 6 - - 30 5.0 30 26 4 0 1 0 - - 1.000 0.00 -
1974 Expos RF 2 - - 2 1.0 2 2 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1975 Expos 3B 1 - - 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00 -
1975 Expos C 66 - - 322 4.9 317 280 37 5 6 6 - - .984 0.00 -
1975 Expos RF 92 - - 155 1.7 151 150 1 4 1 n/a n/a n/a .974 0.00 -
1976 Expos C 60 - - 349 5.8 347 311 36 2 7 3 - - .994 0.00 -
1976 Expos OF 36 - - 59 1.6 59 53 6 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1977 Expos C 146 - - 921 6.3 912 811 101 9 14 9 - - .990 0.00 -
1977 Expos LF 1 - - 2 2.0 2 2 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1978 Expos 1B 1 - - 6 6.0 6 6 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1978 Expos C 152 - - 874 5.8 864 781 83 10 9 1 - - .989 0.00 -
1979 Expos C 138 - - 848 6.1 839 751 88 9 12 3 - - .989 0.00 -
1980 Expos C 149 - - 937 6.3 930 822 108 7 8 3 - - .993 0.00 -
1981 Expos 1B 1 - - 6 6.0 6 6 0 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1981 Expos C 100 - - 571 5.7 567 509 58 4 11 4 - - .993 0.00 -
1982 Expos C 153 - - 1,068 7.0 1,058 954 104 10 6 6 - - .991 0.00 -
1983 Expos 1B 1 - - 9 9.0 9 8 1 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1983 Expos C 144 - - 959 6.7 954 847 107 5 14 6 - - .995 0.00 -
1984 Expos 1B 25 - - 232 9.3 231 218 13 1 19 n/a n/a n/a .996 0.00 -
1984 Expos C 143 - - 843 5.9 837 772 65 6 6 7 - - .993 0.00 -
1985 Mets 1B 6 - - 34 5.7 34 31 3 0 2 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1985 Mets C 143 - - 1,031 7.2 1,023 956 67 8 11 5 - - .992 0.00 -
1985 Mets RF 1 - - 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00 -
1986 Mets 1B 9 - - 73 8.1 73 68 5 0 4 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1986 Mets 3B 1 - - 4 4.0 4 1 3 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1986 Mets C 122 - - 939 7.7 931 869 62 8 13 5 - - .991 0.00 -
1986 Mets OF 4 - - 6 1.5 5 5 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .833 0.00 -
1987 Mets 1B 4 - - 10 2.5 10 10 0 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1987 Mets C 135 - - 953 7.1 944 874 70 9 13 5 - - .991 0.00 -
1987 Mets RF 1 - - 2 2.0 2 2 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1988 Mets 1B 10 - - 49 4.9 48 45 3 1 3 n/a n/a n/a .980 0.00 -
1988 Mets 3B 1 - - 1 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1988 Mets C 119 - - 860 7.2 851 797 54 9 5 9 - - .990 0.00 -
1989 Mets 1B 1 - - 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00 -
1989 Mets C 47 - - 303 6.4 297 266 31 6 6 3 - - .980 0.00 -
1990 Giants 1B 3 - - 25 8.3 25 25 0 0 3 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1990 Giants C 80 - - 357 4.5 354 323 31 3 2 4 - - .992 0.00 -
1991 Dodgers 1B 10 - - 54 5.4 54 47 7 0 3 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1991 Dodgers C 68 - - 405 6.0 400 355 45 5 2 4 - - .988 0.00 -
1992 Expos 1B 5 - - 27 5.4 27 26 1 0 2 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1992 Expos C 85 - - 539 6.3 533 481 52 6 3 1 - - .989 0.00 -
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
C Totals 2,056 0 0 13,109 6.4 12,988 11,785 1,203 121 149 84 n/a n/a .991 0.00 --
RF Totals 96 0 0 159 1.7 155 154 1 4 1 n/a n/a n/a .975 0.00 --
1B Totals 76 0 0 525 6.9 523 490 33 2 39 n/a n/a n/a .996 0.00 --
OF Totals 40 0 0 65 1.6 64 58 6 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .985 0.00 --
3B Totals 3 0 0 5 1.7 5 1 4 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 --
LF Totals 1 0 0 2 2.0 2 2 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 --
19 Years 2,272 - - 13,865 6.1 13,737 12,490 1,247 128 191 84 n/a n/a .991 0.00 --
Gary Carter

Gary Carter Miscellaneous Stats

SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1974 Expos 2 0 1.000 - - n/a 27.0 13.5 4.5 - - -
1975 Expos 5 2 .714 - - n/a 29.6 6.1 7.4 - - -
1976 Expos 0 2 .000 - - n/a 51.8 7.2 8.2 - - -
1977 Expos 5 5 .500 - - n/a 16.8 5.1 6.2 - - -
1978 Expos 10 6 .625 - - n/a 26.7 7.6 7.4 - - -
1979 Expos 3 2 .600 - - n/a 23.0 8.1 6.7 - - -
1980 Expos 3 2 .600 - - n/a 18.9 7.0 5.4 - - -
1981 Expos 1 5 .167 - - n/a 23.4 10.7 5.5 - - -
1982 Expos 2 5 .286 - - n/a 19.2 8.7 5.7 - - -
1983 Expos 1 1 .500 - - n/a 31.8 9.5 6.8 - - -
1984 Expos 2 2 .500 - - n/a 22.1 10.5 5.6 - - -
1985 Mets 1 1 .500 - - n/a 17.3 12.1 5.6 - - -
1986 Mets 1 0 1.000 - - n/a 20.4 7.8 4.7 - - -
1987 Mets 0 0 .000 - - n/a 26.2 7.2 6.3 - - -
1988 Mets 0 2 .000 - - n/a 41.4 8.8 9.9 - - -
1989 Mets 0 0 .000 - - n/a 76.5 10.2 10.2 - - -
1990 Giants 1 1 .500 - - n/a 27.1 7.9 9.0 - - -
1991 Dodgers 2 2 .500 - - n/a 41.3 9.5 9.5 - - -
1992 Expos 0 4 .000 - - n/a 57.0 7.7 9.8 - - -
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
19 Years 39 42 .481 - - n/a 24.6 8.0 6.5 - - -
Gary Carter

Gary Carter Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1974 Montreal Expos 57 Undetermined - -
1975 Montreal Expos 8 Undetermined Stats -
1976 Montreal Expos 8 $45,000.00 - -
1977 Montreal Expos 8 $65,000.00 - -
1978 Montreal Expos 8 Undetermined - -
1979 Montreal Expos 8 Undetermined Stats -
1980 Montreal Expos 8 Undetermined Stats -
1981 Montreal Expos 8 Undetermined Stats -
1982 Montreal Expos 8 Undetermined Stats -
1983 Montreal Expos 8 Undetermined Stats -
1984 Montreal Expos 8 Undetermined Stats -
1985 New York Mets 8 $2,028,571.00 Stats -
1986 New York Mets 8 $2,160,714.00 Stats Stats
1987 New York Mets 8 $2,060,714.00 Stats -
1988 New York Mets 8 $2,160,714.00 Stats -
1989 New York Mets 8 $2,198,572.00 - -
1990 San Francisco Giants 8 $250,000.00 - -
1991 Los Angeles Dodgers 8 $500,000.00 - -
1992 Montreal Expos 8 $825,000.00 - -


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