Max Carey Stats & Facts
Max Carey
Position: Outfielder
Bats: Both • Throws: Right
5-11, 170lb (180cm, 77kg)
Born: January 11, 1890 in Terre Haute, IN us
Died: May 30, 1976 in Miami, FL
Buried: Woodlawn Park North Cemetery & Mausoleum, Miami, FL
High School: Terre Haute HS (Terre Haute, IN)
Schools: Concordia Seminary-St. Louis (St. Louis, MO), Concordia Theological Seminary (Fort Wayne, IN)
Debut: October 3, 1910 (3,438th in major league history)
vs. STL 3 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 0 SB
Last Game: September 29, 1929
vs. BSN 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1961. (Voted by Veteran’s Committee)
View Max Carey’s Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).
Nicknames: Scoops
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Nine Players Who Debuted in 1910
Max Carey
Jake Daubert
Roger Peckinpaugh
Shano Collins
Duffy Lewis
Eddie Foster
Chick Gandil
Ray Caldwell
Hank Gowdy
The Max Carey Teammate Team
C: George Gibson
1B: Babe Herman
2B: George Cutshaw
3B: Pie Traynor
SS: Honus Wagner
LF: Kiki Cuyler
CF: Chief Wilson
RF: Paul Waner
SP: Babe Adams
SP: Wilbur Cooper
SP: Ray Kremer
SP: Burleigh Grimes
SP: Lee Meadows
RP: Claude Hendrix
M: Fred Clarke
Notable Events and Chronology for Max Carey Career
Biography
Max Carey
Little Max Carey had every intention of being a Lutheran minister, but he ended up as a thief. The finest defensive center fielder in the National League during his prime, “Scoops” led his circuit in stolen bases ten times and retired as the most prolific base swiper in league history. His career with the Pittsburgh Pirates bridged the days of Honus Wagner and Fred Clarke to the dawn of Pie Traynor and Paul Waner. Carey first saw Ty Cobb play in a 1924 exhibition game. He immediately adopted Cobb’s hands-apart batting grip and the next season, at the age of 35, he batted a career-high .343. He hit that way the rest of his career, a constant reminder of the “deadball era” style of play.
Best Season, 1922
At age 32, Carey set career high’s in OBP (.408) and runs (140) on his way to a 207-hit season (also a career-best). He hit 28 doubles, 12 triples, and ten homers, driving in 70 runs and walking 80 times. He led the NL in steals with 51 and was only caught twice! In the outfield he led NL flychasers in putouts.
Post-Season Notes
After falling behind by four runs in the finale of the 1925 World Series, Max Carey helped the Bucs off the floor. He slashed three doubles and a single, and stole a base as the Pirates rallied to win the title. Had there been a World Series MVP Award, he probably would have won it. Carey hit .458 with 11 hits and three steals in the Series win over Washington.
Transactions
August 13, 1926: Selected off waivers by the Brooklyn Robins from the Pittsburgh Pirates. Carey was released by the Pirates after he had a run-in with Fred Clarke, his former teammate and manager who was serving as a coach in 1926.
After being unceremoniously released by the Pirates after 17 years of service, Carey returned to Pittsburgh’s Forbes Field in a Brooklyn uniform on July 26, 1927. He stoled home against his former team, giving him 33 swipes of home in his career, a National League record that still stands.
Factoid
On July 15, 1913, Max Carey scored five runs without collecting a single hit. He reached base on four walks and an error in the Pirates 12-2 victory. He also swiped four bases in the game.
Factoid
In the first game of a doubleheader between the Pirates and Cardinals on September 5, 1913, the umpires awarded Max Carey a triple when St. Louis third baseman Mike Mowrey threw his glove over his head and hit the ball that Carey had hit down the left field line in the fith inning.
The New York Times reported on August 25, 1933 that Carey’s contract had been renewed to manage the Dodgers in 1934. The contract was reportedly for $10,000 less than he made in 1933. For some reason, prior to the ’34 campaign, Carey was dismissed.
He led the National League in stolen bases ten times from 1913 until 1925. He led the league in runs in 1913, in triples in 1914 and 1923, and walks in 1918 and 1922. In 1922 he scored 140 runs, which is the fifth highest total in team history. Carey finished his career with 738 stolen bases which still ranks as the ninth highest total all-time. He had a career .285 average with 1,545 runs scored, 2,665 hits and 1,040 walks. Among Pirates all-time records he ranks fourth in games played with 2,178, fourth in runs with 1,414, tied with Pie Traynor for fourth in hits with 2,416, fiftth in doubles, sixth in triples, second in walks to Willie Stargell and first in stolen bases with 688. He has the fourth most putouts as an outfielder all-time and seventh most assists.
He was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1961.
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