Max Carey Marquee Hall of Fame 1961

b. January 11, 1890 · Pittsburgh Pirates 1910–1926, Brooklyn Robins 1926–1929

He was studying for the Lutheran ministry in Indiana when he signed as a professional under a name that was not the one he was born with. Pittsburgh brought him up in 1910 and kept him for seventeen years. He played 1,624 games in center field and collected 2,665 hits and 1,545 runs.

His method was study rather than speed alone, and he timed pitchers' motions from the bench. He finished with 738 stolen bases, ninth on the career list, and led the National League in triples twice and in walks twice. In 1922, at 32, he had his best year at the plate: 207 hits and 140 runs.

Pittsburgh won the 1925 World Series with Carey its captain in center field. The next August the club released him after he led a players' vote against Fred Clarke, a club officer who had been sitting on the bench during games. Brooklyn took him for his last four seasons, and the Hall of Fame elected him in 1961.

Honors

Award	Times	Years
Baseball Magazine All-Star	3	1917, 1922, 1925
The Sporting News All-Star	1	1925

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
1910	PIT	2	6	2	3	0	1	0	2	2	1	0	.500
1911	PIT	129	427	77	110	15	10	5	43	44	75	27	.258
1912	PIT	150	587	114	177	23	8	5	66	61	79	45	.302
1913	PIT	154	620	99	172	23	10	5	49	55	67	61	.277
1914	PIT	156	593	76	144	25	17	1	31	59	56	38	.243
1915	PIT	140	564	76	143	26	5	3	27	57	58	36	.254
1916	PIT	154	599	90	158	23	11	7	42	59	58	63	.264
1917	PIT	155	588	82	174	21	12	1	51	58	38	46	.296
1918	PIT	126	468	70	128	14	6	3	48	62	25	58	.274
1919	PIT	66	244	41	75	10	2	0	9	25	24	18	.307
1920	PIT	130	485	74	140	18	4	1	35	59	31	52	.289
1921	PIT	140	521	85	161	34	4	7	56	70	30	37	.309
1922	PIT	155	629	140	207	28	12	10	70	80	26	51	.329
1923	PIT	153	610	120	188	32	19	6	63	73	28	51	.308
1924	PIT	149	599	113	178	30	9	8	55	58	17	49	.297
1925	PIT	133	542	109	186	39	13	5	44	66	19	46	.343
1926	BRO/PIT	113	424	64	98	17	6	0	35	38	19	10	.231
1927	BRO	144	538	70	143	30	10	1	54	64	18	32	.266
1928	BRO	108	296	41	73	11	0	2	19	47	24	18	.247
1929	BRO	19	23	2	7	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	.304
Career	—	2476	9363	1545	2665	419	159	70	800	1040	695	738	.285

On this day & linked events

1890

Born January 11, 1890

Terre Haute, IN, USA

1976

Died May 30, 1976

1910

Major-league debut: Max Carey

Max Carey made a major-league debut on October 3, 1910.

1925

Max Carey Hits for the Cycle, 1925

Max Carey hit for the cycle for the Pittsburgh Pirates against the Brooklyn Robins on June 20, 1925.

1929

Final major-league game: Max Carey

Max Carey played a final major-league game on September 29, 1929.

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