Kid Carsey Notable

b. October 22, 1872 · Washington Statesmen 1891, Philadelphia Phillies 1892–1897, St. Louis Browns 1897–1898, Cleveland Spiders 1899, Washington Senators 1899, New York Giants 1899, Brooklyn Superbas 1901

Kid Carsey played for seven clubs across 11 seasons as a pitcher, opening with the Washington Statesmen in 1891 and closing with the Brooklyn Superbas in 1901. His longest stay was with the Philadelphia Phillies, from 1892 to 1897.

He went 116 and 138 with a 4.95 earned run average, pitching 2,233 innings in 296 games. He struck out 486, completed 218 of his 257 starts and threw 4 shutouts. Across 329 games he batted .214, with 223 hits and 132 runs. He finished with 2 home runs, 17 doubles and 17 stolen bases.

He was born in New York, NY, USA on October 22, 1872, and died on March 29, 1960. He batted left-handed and threw right-handed.

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
1891	WAS	61	187	25	28	5	2	0	15	19	38	2	.150
1892	PHI	44	131	8	20	2	1	1	10	9	24	1	.153
1893	PHI	39	145	12	27	1	1	0	10	5	14	2	.186
1894	PHI	37	129	31	36	2	2	0	18	17	12	3	.279
1895	PHI	44	141	24	41	2	0	0	20	15	12	2	.291
1896	PHI	27	81	13	18	2	2	0	7	11	12	1	.222
1897	PHI/STL	17	56	3	16	2	2	0	6	1	6	1	.286
1898	STL	38	105	8	21	0	1	1	10	10	15	3	.200
1899	CLV/NYG/WHS	20	65	8	16	1	0	0	5	5	4	2	.246
1901	BRO	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Career	—	329	1042	132	223	17	11	2	101	92	137	17	.214

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1891	WAS	14	37	54	53	0	415.0	513	230	161	174	4.99
1892	PHI	19	16	43	36	1	317.2	317	110	104	76	3.12
1893	PHI	20	15	39	35	0	318.1	375	170	124	50	4.81
1894	PHI	18	12	37	32	0	288.1	366	177	106	43	5.52
1895	PHI	24	16	44	40	1	342.1	460	187	118	64	4.92
1896	PHI	11	11	27	21	1	187.1	273	117	72	36	5.62
1897	PHI/STL	5	9	16	15	0	127.0	168	82	47	15	5.81
1898	STL	2	12	20	13	0	123.2	177	87	37	10	6.33
1899	CLV/WHS	2	10	14	12	0	106.2	136	61	28	14	5.15
1901	BRO	1	0	2	0	0	7.0	9	8	3	4	10.29
Career	—	116	138	296	257	3	2233.1	2794	1229	800	486	4.95

On this day & linked events

1872

Born October 22, 1872

New York, NY, USA

1960

Died March 29, 1960

1891

Major-league debut: Kid Carsey

Kid Carsey made a major-league debut on April 8, 1891.

1901

Final major-league game: Kid Carsey

Kid Carsey played a final major-league game on July 20, 1901.

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