Andy Carey stats
Last played for the Los Angeles Dodgers, 1962
Bio
- Debut
- 1952
Bio
- Debut
- 1952
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 938
- AB
- 2,850
- R
- 371
- H
- 741
- HR
- 64
- RBI
- 350
- SB
- 23
- AVG
- .260
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately. | AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | NYY | 16 | 40 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .150 |
| 1953 | NYY | 51 | 81 | 14 | 26 | 4 | 8 | 2 | .321 |
| 1954 | NYY | 122 | 411 | 60 | 124 | 8 | 65 | 5 | .302 |
| 1955 | NYY | 135 | 510 | 73 | 131 | 7 | 47 | 3 | .257 |
| 1956 | NYY | 132 | 422 | 54 | 100 | 7 | 50 | 9 | .237 |
| 1957 | NYY | 85 | 247 | 30 | 63 | 6 | 33 | 2 | .255 |
| 1958 | NYY | 102 | 315 | 39 | 90 | 12 | 45 | 1 | .286 |
| 1959 | NYY | 41 | 101 | 11 | 26 | 3 | 9 | 1 | .257 |
| 1960 |  NYY/ATH | 106 | 346 | 31 | 81 | 12 | 54 | 0 | .234 |
| 1961 |  ATH/CHW | 95 | 266 | 41 | 68 | 3 | 25 | 0 | .256 |
| 1962 | LAD | 53 | 111 | 12 | 26 | 2 | 13 | 0 | .234 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 16
- AB
- 40
- R
- 3
- H
- 7
- HR
- 0
- RBI
- 2
- SB
- 0
- AVG
- .175
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 3,217
- TB
- 1,128
- XBH
- 221
- HBP
- 27
- IBB
- 18
- GIDP
- 0
- P/PA
- 0.00
| PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included. | TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run. | XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs. | HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base. | IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose. | GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better. | P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | NYY | 45 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1953 | NYY | 91 | 43 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1954 | NYY | 471 | 174 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1955 | NYY | 570 | 193 | 37 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 1956 | NYY | 480 | 143 | 27 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1957 | NYY | 273 | 97 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1958 | NYY | 365 | 153 | 35 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1959 | NYY | 109 | 36 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1960 | NYY/ATH | 379 | 139 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1961 | ATH/CHW | 304 | 105 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1962 | LAD | 130 | 39 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- 8.5
- RC
- 392.6
- RC/27
- 4.80
- ISOP
- .136
- SECA
- .231
- BB/K
- 0.69
- AB/HR
- 44.5
- GO/FO
- 0.00
| WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in. | RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced. | RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs. | ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count. | SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat. | BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline. | AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power. | GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | NYY | -0.6 | 0.7 | 0.5 | .000 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1953 | NYY | 0.9 | 16.7 | 7.9 | .210 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 20.3 | 0 |
| 1954 | NYY | 3.0 | 68.8 | 6.2 | .122 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 51.4 | 0 |
| 1955 | NYY | 1.3 | 64.7 | 4.4 | .122 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 72.9 | 0 |
| 1956 | NYY | -0.2 | 48.5 | 3.9 | .102 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 60.3 | 0 |
| 1957 | NYY | 0.7 | 31.3 | 4.4 | .138 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 41.2 | 0 |
| 1958 | NYY | 3.0 | 57.5 | 6.6 | .200 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 26.3 | 0 |
| 1959 | NYY | 0.0 | 11.3 | 4 | .099 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 33.7 | 0 |
| 1960 | NYY/ATH | 0.2 | 42.1 | 4.2 | .168 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 28.8 | 0 |
| 1961 | ATH/CHW | 0.2 | 36.9 | 4.8 | .139 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 88.7 | 0 |
| 1962 | LAD | 0.0 | 14.6 | 4.5 | .117 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 55.5 | 0 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
What were Andy Carey's career stats?
Andy Carey played 11 seasons for the Yankees and the Dodgers. He was a career .260 hitter with 741 hits, 64 home runs and 350 RBI. His best season was 1953: a .321 batting average, 4 home runs and 8 RBI.
League leaderboards and awards
11 seasons, 4 postseasons, 1952 to 1962
Championships ×4
- 1952 World Series with the New York Yankees
- 1953 World Series with the New York Yankees
- 1956 World Series with the New York Yankees
- 1958 World Series with the New York Yankees