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Gary Carter
Inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame, 2003
Inducted into the New York Mets Hall of Fame, 2001
Ultimate Mets Database popularity ranking: 17 of 1252 players

Gary Edmund Carter
Born: April 8, 1954 at Culver City, Cal.
Died: February 16, 2012 at West Palm Beach, Fla. Obituary
Throws: Right Bats: Right
Height: 6.02 Weight: 210

Gary Carter has been the most popular Ultimate Mets Database daily lookup 99 times, most recently on August 29, 2024.

First Mets game: April 9, 1985
Last Mets game: September 30, 1989

Winner of National League Player of the Month award, September 1985. (New York Mets)
Named Catcher on the National League Silver Slugger team, 1985, 1986. (New York Mets)
Winner of National League Player of the Week award, September 8, 1985. (New York Mets)
Winner of Roberto Clemente Award award, 1989. (New York Mets)

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Gary Carter also played for the following teams:

Montreal Expos 1974 - 1984; San Francisco Giants 1990; Los Angeles Dodgers 1991; Montreal Expos 1992

Gary Carter managed the following Mets farm teams:
Gulf Coast Mets 2005; St. Lucie Mets 2006

Traded by the Montreal Expos to the New York Mets in exchange for Hubie Brooks, Mike Fitzgerald, Herm Winningham and Floyd Youmans on December 10, 1984.

Released by the New York Mets on November 14, 1989.

On disabled list:

from August 17, 1986 to September 1, 1986 (partial tear of radial ligament, left thumb)
from May 10, 1989 to July 25, 1989 (inflamed right knee)

Tied Mets season record of 105 Runs Batted In in 1986. Record was previously set by Rusty Staub in 1975. Broken by Darryl Strawberry in 1990 with 108.
Established a Mets season record for Sacrifice Flies in 1986 with 15. Tied by Howard Johnson in 1991.

Click the icon to see a graph of Gary Carter's batting, slugging, and on base percentages

Batting Record with New York Mets

Year G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SB CS SH SF TB Avg. Slg. OBP

1985 149 555 83 156 17 1 32 100 69 16 46 6 1 1 0 3 271 .281 .488 .365

1986 132 490 81 125 14 2 24 105 62 9 63 6 1 0 0 15 215 .255 .439 .337

1987 139 523 55 123 18 2 20 83 42 1 73 1 0 0 1 6 205 .235 .392 .290

1988 130 455 39 110 16 2 11 46 34 1 52 7 0 2 1 6 163 .242 .358 .301

1989 50 153 14 28 8 0 2 15 12 0 15 0 0 0 0 1 42 .183 .275 .241

5 years 600 2176 272 542 73 7 89 349 219 27 249 20 2 3 2 31 896 .249 .412 .319

League Championship Series Record

Year G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SB CS SH SF TB Avg. Slg. OBP

1986 6 27 1 4 1 0 0 2 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 .148 .185 .207

1988 7 27 0 6 1 1 0 4 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 9 .222 .333 .250

2 years 13 54 1 10 2 1 0 6 3 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 14 .185 .259 .228

World Series Record

Year G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SB CS SH SF TB Avg. Slg. OBP

1986 7 29 4 8 2 0 2 9 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 16 .276 .552 .267

1 year 7 29 4 8 2 0 2 9 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 16 .276 .552 .267

All-Star Game Record

Year G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SB CS SH SF TB Avg. Slg. OBP

1986 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000

1987 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .500

1988 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333

3 years 3 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .143 .143 .250

Led National League in sacrifice flies with 15 in 1986.
Tied for National League lead in grounded into double play with 21 in 1986.

Led Mets in home runs with 32 in 1985.
Led Mets in runs batted in with 100 in 1985 and with 105 in 1986.
Led Mets in slugging percentage with .488 in 1985.
Led Mets in on base plus slugging with .853 in 1985.
Led Mets in intentional walks with 16 in 1985.
Led Mets in hit by pitch with 6 in 1985 and with 7 in 1988. Tied for Mets lead in hit by pitch with 6 in 1986.
Led Mets in total bases with 271 in 1985.
Led Mets in sacrifice flies with 15 in 1986.
Led Mets in grounded into double play with 18 in 1985 and with 21 in 1986.

Games where Gary Carter had 2 or more Home Runs
vs. Chicago (NL) 08/11/85. At San Diego (NL) 09/03/85. At San Diego (NL) 09/04/85. vs. Philadelphia (NL) 06/10/86.
vs. Atlanta (NL) 07/11/86. vs. San Diego (NL) 09/06/86. At Boston (AL) 10/22/86. vs. St. Louis (NL) 07/01/87.
vs. Philadelphia (NL) 08/05/87. At Montreal (NL) 04/07/88.

Games where Gary Carter had 4 or more Hits
At Philadelphia (NL) 06/12/85. At Chicago (NL) 06/26/85. At Atlanta (NL) 07/04/85. vs. Houston (NL) 07/27/85.
At Chicago (NL) 06/10/87. vs. Montreal (NL) 09/23/87. At Philadelphia (NL) 08/09/89.

Games played by position
1985: Catcher 143, First Base 6, Outfield 1, Right Field 1
1986: Catcher 122, First Base 9, Outfield 4, Right Field 2, Left Field 2, Third Base 1
1987: Catcher 135, First Base 4, Outfield 1, Right Field 1
1988: Catcher 119, First Base 10, Third Base 1
1989: Catcher 47, First Base 1

Lineup Analysis
Number of games in each batting order position in games in which Gary Carter was in the starting lineup.

Year 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th

1985 0 0 0 145 1 0 0 0 0
1986 0 0 0 101 30 0 0 0 0
1987 0 0 0 56 1 76 0 0 0
1988 0 0 0 0 17 89 16 0 0
1989 0 0 0 0 0 11 30 1 0
Totals 0 0 0 302 49 176 46 1 0

1986 Gary Carter

New York Times Magazine THE FUTURE IS NOW

New York Times Magazine
March 24, 1985

Baseball Digest GARY CARTER: PENNANT-BOUND AT LAST?

Baseball Digest
September 1986

New York
September 29, 1986

Sports Illustrated
October 27, 1986

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Year	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th
1985	0	0	0	145	1	0	0	0	0
1986	0	0	0	101	30	0	0	0	0
1987	0	0	0	56	1	76	0	0	0
1988	0	0	0	0	17	89	16	0	0
1989	0	0	0	0	0	11	30	1	0
Totals	0	0	0	302	49	176	46	1	0