Saturday, March 9, 2013

Gary Carter MLB Hall of Fame 2003

Gary E Carter was inducted into the MLB Hall of Fame class of 2003 along with Eddie Murray. Carter was a C\OF with 19 seasons MLB experience playing with the Montreal Expors (1974-1984, 1992), New York Mets (1985-1989), San Francisco Giants (1990) and Los Angeles Dodgers (1991). For his MLB career he hit .262/.335/.439 with 324 HR, 1225 RBI, 1025 R, 39 SB in 2296 games. He threw out 35% of those that tried to steal on him. 

I believe his three best seasons were 1985 when he hit .281/.365/.488 with 32 HR, 100 RBI, 83 R, 1 SB in 149 games, 1984 when he hit .294/.366/.487 with 27 HR, 106 RBI, 75 R, 2 SB in 159 games and 1982 when he hit .293/.381/.510 with 29 HR, 97 RBI, 91 R, 2 SB in 154 games. 

Carter led the National League in RBI in 1984.

He was an All Star 11 times (1975, 1979-1988). He won three Gold Gloves (1980-1982).  He was second in NL Rookie of the Year voting in 1975 and NL MVP voting in 1980. Carter won the World Series Championship with the Mets in 1986.

Hall of Fame page

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