Carney Lansford Stats

Carney Lansford was born on Thursday, February 7, 1957, in San Jose, California. Lansford was 21 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 8, 1978, with the California Angels. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Carney Lansford baseball stats page.

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"I don't think I ever saw a regular third baseman who had less range than Carney Lansford. The reason is, he dived for everything, and I meant everything. You could not hit a ball so close to Carney Lansford's left or right that he wouldn't dive for it. You could hit the ball three fee from Lansford on his glove said, and he'd dive for it and come up short half the time. And the cheerleaders in the press box used to rave about his defense because he made all those diving stops. His range was however far he could dive; not a step and a dive, just a dive. He was a good hitter, but he was an awful third baseman." - James, Bill. Author / Historian. The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract. Free Press Publishing. 13 June 2003. Best Third Basemen in History #39 – Carney Lansford. Page 564.

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Carney Lansford Autograph on a 1982 Fleer Baseball Card (#298)

Carney Lansford Autograph on a 1982 Fleer Baseball Card (#298)

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Birth Name:   Carney Ray Lansford
Nickname:   None
Born On:   02-07-1957  (Aquarius)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   San Jose, California
Year of Death Data Died On:   Still Living (1,000 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Still Living
Cemetery:   n/a
High School:   Wilcox High School (Santa Clara, CA)
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-02   Player Weight Chart Weight:   195
First Game:   04-08-1978 (Age 21)
Last Game:   10-04-1992
Draft:   1975 : 3rd Round (49th)

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Carney Lansford Pitching Stats

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Carney Lansford Hitting Stats

1978 21 Angels 121 453 63 133 23 2 8 0 52 31 2 67 5 7 4 4 .294 .339 .406
1979 22 Angels 157 654 114 188 30 5 19 0 79 39 2 115 12 4 3 16 .287 .329 .436
1980 23 Angels 151 602 87 157 27 3 15 0 80 50 2 93 7 11 0 12 .261 .312 .390
1981 24 Red Sox 102 399 61 134 23 3 4 0 52 34 3 28 1 2 2 6 .336 .389 .439
1982 25 Red Sox 128 482 65 145 28 4 11 1 63 46 2 48 1 8 2 15 .301 .359 .444
1983 26 Athletics 80 299 43 92 16 2 10 1 45 22 4 33 0 4 3 8 .308 .357 .475
1984 27 Athletics 151 597 70 179 31 5 14 0 74 40 6 62 2 9 3 12 .300 .342 .439
1985 28 Athletics 98 401 51 111 18 2 13 0 46 18 1 27 4 5 4 6 .277 .311 .429
1986 29 Athletics 151 591 80 168 16 4 19 0 72 39 2 51 1 4 5 16 .284 .332 .421
1987 30 Athletics 151 554 89 160 27 4 19 0 76 60 11 44 5 3 9 9 .289 .366 .455
1988 31 Athletics 150 556 80 155 20 2 7 0 57 35 4 35 5 4 7 17 .279 .327 .360
1989 32 Athletics 148 551 81 185 28 2 2 0 52 51 2 25 1 4 9 21 .336 .398 .405
1990 33 Athletics 134 507 58 136 15 1 3 0 50 45 4 50 2 4 6 10 .268 .333 .320
1991 34 Athletics 5 16 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .063 .063 .063
1992 35 Athletics 135 496 65 130 30 1 7 1 75 43 0 39 7 8 7 14 .262 .325 .369
15 Years 1,862 7,158 1,007 2,074 332 40 151 3 874 553 45 719 53 77 64 166 .290 .343 .411

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Carney Lansford Fielding Stats

1978 Angels 3B 117 115 3,063 292 2.5 275 93 182 17 18 n/a n/a n/a .942 2.42
1978 Angels SS 2 0 15 6 3.0 5 1 4 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .833 9.00
1979 Angels 3B 157 157 453 405 2.6 398 135 263 7 29 n/a n/a n/a .983 23.72
1980 Angels 3B 150 150 396 420 2.8 401 151 250 19 29 n/a n/a n/a .955 27.34
1981 Red Sox 3B 86 85 2,310 263 3.1 250 70 180 13 17 n/a n/a n/a .951 2.92
1982 Red Sox 3B 114 114 3,018 309 2.7 299 83 216 10 19 n/a n/a n/a .968 2.67
1983 Athletics 3B 78 76 2,013 233 3.0 223 60 163 10 19 n/a n/a n/a .957 2.99
1983 Athletics SS 1 0 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1984 Athletics 3B 151 151 3,888 423 2.8 405 137 268 18 27 n/a n/a n/a .957 2.81
1985 Athletics 3B 97 97 2,490 209 2.2 204 85 119 5 11 n/a n/a n/a .976 2.21
1986 Athletics 1B 60 52 1,356 437 7.3 435 413 22 2 24 n/a n/a n/a .995 8.66
1986 Athletics 2B 1 0 12 1 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.25
1986 Athletics 3B 100 94 2,478 218 2.2 214 67 147 4 13 n/a n/a n/a .982 2.33
1987 Athletics 1B 17 6 198 67 3.9 67 58 9 0 5 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 9.14
1987 Athletics 3B 142 139 3,483 354 2.5 347 98 249 7 15 n/a n/a n/a .980 2.69
1988 Athletics 1B 9 0 51 13 1.4 13 12 1 0 2 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 6.88
1988 Athletics 2B 1 0 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1988 Athletics 3B 143 134 3,624 340 2.4 333 113 220 7 16 n/a n/a n/a .979 2.48
1989 Athletics 1B 15 11 318 96 6.4 96 91 5 0 9 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 8.15
1989 Athletics 3B 136 130 3,375 300 2.2 287 104 183 13 11 n/a n/a n/a .957 2.30
1990 Athletics 1B 5 2 81 29 5.8 29 28 1 0 2 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 9.67
1990 Athletics 3B 126 123 3,099 303 2.4 294 100 194 9 22 n/a n/a n/a .970 2.56
1991 Athletics 3B 4 3 78 3 0.8 3 0 3 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.04
1992 Athletics 1B 18 14 378 119 6.6 117 112 5 2 13 n/a n/a n/a .983 8.36
1992 Athletics 3B 119 112 2,892 257 2.2 248 86 162 9 10 n/a n/a n/a .965 2.32
1992 Athletics SS 1 0 3 1 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 9.00
3B Totals 1,720 1,680 36,660 4,329 2.5 4,181 1,382 2,799 148 256 n/a n/a n/a .966 3.08
1B Totals 124 85 2,382 761 6.1 757 714 43 4 55 n/a n/a n/a .995 8.58
SS Totals 4 0 21 7 1.8 6 2 4 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .857 7.71
2B Totals 2 0 15 1 0.5 1 0 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.80
15 Years 1,850 1,765 39,078 5,098 2.8 4,945 2,098 2,847 153 311 n/a n/a n/a .970 3.42

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Carney Lansford Miscellaneous Stats

1978 Angels 20 9 .690 2 2 1 56.6 6.8 8.7 - - -
1979 Angels 20 8 .714 0 0 0 34.4 5.7 8.3 - - -
1980 Angels 14 5 .737 1 0 0 40.1 6.5 7.5 - - -
1981 Red Sox 15 10 .600 1 0 16 99.8 14.3 7.7 - - -
1982 Red Sox 9 4 .692 1 0 13 43.8 10.0 7.7 - - -
1983 Athletics 3 8 .273 3 0 0 29.9 9.1 6.6 - - -
1984 Athletics 9 3 .750 0 0 0 42.6 9.6 8.1 - - -
1985 Athletics 2 3 .400 1 0 0 30.8 14.9 8.7 - - -
1986 Athletics 16 7 .696 2 0 3 31.1 11.6 8.2 - - -
1987 Athletics 27 8 .771 2 0 4 29.2 12.6 7.3 - - -
1988 Athletics 29 8 .784 6 2 1 79.4 15.9 9.8 - - -
1989 Athletics 37 15 .712 1 1 3 275.5 22.0 10.6 - - -
1990 Athletics 16 14 .533 2 1 5 169.0 10.1 10.1 - - -
1991 Athletics 0 0 .000 1 0 1 0.0 8.0 16.0 - - -
1992 Athletics 7 2 .778 5 0 2 70.9 12.7 6.6 - - -
15 Years 224 104 .683 28 6 49 47.4 10.0 8.2 - - -

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Carney Lansford Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1978 California Angels 12 $21,000.00 - -
1979 California Angels 12 $24,300.00 - -
1980 California Angels 5 $35,000.00 - -
1981 Boston Red Sox 4 $330,000.00 - -
1982 Boston Red Sox 4 $440,000.00 - -
1983 Oakland Athletics 4 $525,000.00 - -
1984 Oakland Athletics 4 $525,000.00 - -
1985 Oakland Athletics 4 $900,000.00 - -
1986 Oakland Athletics 4 $1,200,000.00 - -
1987 Oakland Athletics 4 $1,300,000.00 - -
1988 Oakland Athletics 4 $1,300,000.00 Stats Stats
1989 Oakland Athletics 4 $1,375,000.00 - Stats
1990 Oakland Athletics 4 $1,275,000.00 - Stats
1991 Oakland Athletics 4 $1,275,000.00 - -
1992 Oakland Athletics 4 $1,150,000.00 - -

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Carney Ray Lansford was a Major League Baseball player with the California Angels (1978-1980), Boston Red Sox (1981-1982), and Oakland Athletics (19831992). Did you know that Lansford was one of the few major league ballplayers who took the field in both a Little League World Series & Major League World Series during his career?

Carney Lansford Rookie Card | Baseball Almanac

Carney Lansford Rookie Card | 1979 Topps Baseball Card (#212)
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In 1984, the Boston Red Sox retired #4 in honor of hall of famer (1956) Joe Cronin. On September 30, 1982, Carney Lansford played third base at Fenway Park, a 9-4 victory over the visiting Milwaukee Brewers, and after the game was over, Lansford became the last Red Sox player to ever wear #4 in a regular season game.

Carney Lansford, Boston Red Sox #4 Jersey | Baseball Almanac

Carney Lansford | Boston Red Sox Game Used Jersey (#4)

Carney Lansford led every American League third baseman in fielding percentage in 1979 (.983), 1987 (.980), 1988 (.979) and 1990 (.970). The three latter years were with the Oakland Athletics – making Carney their first third baseman in franchise history to lead the junior circuit in fielding percentage in back-to-back-to-back seasons!