Max Carey was born on Saturday, January 11, 1890, in Terre Haute, Indiana. Carey was 20 years old when he broke into the big leagues on October 3, 1910, with the Pittsburgh Pirates. 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 Max Carey baseball stats page.
"Stealing bases is the art of picking up little things - things like a spitball pitcher who never threw to first if he was going to throw a spitter to the plate." - Max Carey
Max Carey![]() Max Carey Autograph on a 2004 Upper Deck Legendary Cuts (#CA) |
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Max CareyMax Carey Pitching Stats |
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| Year | Age | Team | G | GS | GF | W | L | PCT | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | BFP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | IBB | SO | WP | HB | BK | HLD |
| - | - | Did Not Pitch | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Career | G | GS | GF | W | L | PCT | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | BFP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | IBB | SO | WP | HB | BK | HLD | ||
Max CareyMax Carey Hitting Stats |
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| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | GRSL | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | SH | SF | HBP | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| 1910 | 20 | Pirates | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | .500 | .625 | .833 |
| 1911 | 21 | Pirates | 129 | 427 | 77 | 110 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 43 | 44 | - | 75 | 25 | 0 | 7 | - | .258 | .337 | .375 |
| 1912 | 22 | Pirates | 150 | 587 | 114 | 177 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 66 | 61 | - | 79 | 37 | 0 | 5 | - | .302 | .372 | .394 |
| 1913 | 23 | Pirates | 154 | 620 | 99 | 172 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 49 | 55 | - | 67 | 14 | 0 | 3 | - | .277 | .339 | .371 |
| 1914 | 24 | Pirates | 156 | 593 | 76 | 144 | 25 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 59 | - | 56 | 10 | 0 | 2 | - | .243 | .313 | .347 |
| 1915 | 25 | Pirates | 140 | 564 | 76 | 143 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 57 | - | 58 | 5 | 0 | 4 | - | .254 | .326 | .333 |
| 1916 | 26 | Pirates | 154 | 599 | 90 | 158 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 42 | 59 | 3 | 58 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 4 | .264 | .337 | .374 |
| 1917 | 27 | Pirates | 155 | 588 | 82 | 174 | 21 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 51 | 58 | 7 | 38 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 1 | .296 | .369 | .378 |
| 1918 | 28 | Pirates | 126 | 468 | 70 | 128 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 48 | 62 | 1 | 25 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 1 | .274 | .363 | .348 |
| 1919 | 29 | Pirates | 66 | 244 | 41 | 75 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 25 | 0 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .307 | .376 | .365 |
| 1920 | 30 | Pirates | 130 | 485 | 74 | 140 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 59 | 2 | 31 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .289 | .369 | .348 |
| 1921 | 31 | Pirates | 140 | 521 | 85 | 161 | 34 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 56 | 70 | 3 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 4 | 3 | .309 | .395 | .430 |
| 1922 | 32 | Pirates | 155 | 629 | 140 | 207 | 28 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 70 | 80 | 1 | 26 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 3 | .329 | .408 | .459 |
| 1923 | 33 | Pirates | 153 | 610 | 120 | 188 | 32 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 63 | 73 | 0 | 28 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 6 | .308 | .388 | .452 |
| 1924 | 34 | Pirates | 149 | 599 | 113 | 178 | 30 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 55 | 58 | 1 | 17 | 19 | 0 | 7 | 3 | .297 | .366 | .417 |
| 1925 | 35 | Pirates | 133 | 542 | 109 | 186 | 39 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 44 | 66 | 3 | 19 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 3 | .343 | .418 | .491 |
| 1926 | 36 | Pirates | 86 | 324 | 46 | 72 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 30 | 0 | 14 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .222 | .288 | .296 |
| 1926 | 36 | Robins | 27 | 100 | 18 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .260 | .315 | .310 |
| 1927 | 37 | Robins | 144 | 538 | 70 | 143 | 30 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 54 | 64 | 0 | 18 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .266 | .345 | .364 |
| 1928 | 38 | Robins | 108 | 296 | 41 | 73 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 47 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .247 | .354 | .304 |
| 1929 | 39 | Robins | 19 | 23 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .304 | .407 | .304 |
| Career | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | GRSL | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | SH | SF | HBP | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG | ||
| 20 Years | 2,476 | 9,363 | 1,545 | 2,665 | 419 | 159 | 70 | 2 | 800 | 1,040 | 22 | 695 | 290 | 0 | 77 | 39 | .285 | .361 | .386 | ||
Max CareyMax Carey Fielding Stats |
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| Team | POS | G | GS | OUTS | TC | TC/G | CH | PO | A | E | DP | PB | CASB | CACS | FLD% | RF |
| 1910 Pirates | LF | 2 | - | - | 11 | 5.5 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 0.00 |
| 1911 Pirates | CF | 67 | 64 | 1,721 | 200 | 3.0 | 197 | 189 | 8 | 3 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .985 | 3.09 |
| 1911 Pirates | LF | 46 | 45 | 1,217 | 200 | 4.3 | 197 | 115 | 3 | 5 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .959 | 2.62 |
| 1914 Pirates | LF | 154 | - | - | 353 | 2.3 | 341 | 318 | 23 | 12 | 3 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .966 | 0.00 |
| 1915 Pirates | LF | 139 | 138 | 3,630 | 334 | 2.4 | 328 | 307 | 21 | 6 | 5 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .982 | 2.44 |
| 1916 Pirates | CF | 134 | 133 | 3,567 | 1,399 | 10.4 | 1,370 | 1,370 | - | 29 | 6 | n/a | n/a | n/a | - | - |
| 1916 Pirates | LF | 21 | 20 | 510 | 154 | 7.3 | 152 | 149 | 3 | 2 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .987 | 8.05 |
| 1917 Pirates | CF | 153 | 151 | 453 | 478 | 3.1 | 468 | 440 | 28 | 10 | 8 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .979 | 27.89 |
| 1918 Pirates | CF | 126 | 1 | 378 | 401 | 3.2 | 384 | 359 | 25 | 17 | 9 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .958 | 27.43 |
| 1919 Pirates | CF | 63 | 63 | 1,722 | 188 | 3.0 | 178 | 173 | 5 | 10 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .947 | 2.79 |
| 1920 Pirates | CF | 129 | 128 | 3,447 | 367 | 2.8 | 355 | 345 | 10 | 12 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .967 | 2.78 |
| 1921 Pirates | CF | 139 | 139 | 3,801 | 466 | 3.4 | 446 | 431 | 15 | 20 | 6 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .957 | 3.17 |
| 1922 Pirates | CF | 152 | 152 | 4,071 | 483 | 3.2 | 468 | 447 | 21 | 15 | 4 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .969 | 3.10 |
| 1922 Pirates | LF | 3 | 3 | 74 | 3 | 1.0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.09 |
| 1923 Pirates | CF | 153 | 153 | 4,044 | 497 | 3.2 | 478 | 450 | 28 | 19 | 4 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .962 | 3.19 |
| 1924 Pirates | CF | 149 | 149 | 3,914 | 460 | 3.1 | 444 | 428 | 16 | 16 | 3 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .965 | 3.06 |
| 1925 Pirates | CF | 130 | 130 | 3,348 | 403 | 3.1 | 383 | 363 | 20 | 20 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .950 | 3.09 |
| 1926 Pirates | CF | 82 | 80 | 2,011 | 247 | 3.0 | 233 | 225 | 8 | 14 | 3 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .943 | 3.13 |
| 1926 Robins | CF | 27 | 27 | 642 | 75 | 2.8 | 70 | 70 | 0 | 5 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .933 | 2.94 |
| 1927 Robins | CF | 40 | 34 | 822 | 100 | 2.5 | 95 | 92 | 3 | 5 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .950 | 3.12 |
| 1927 Robins | LF | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 9.00 |
| 1927 Robins | RF | 108 | 105 | 2,672 | 257 | 2.4 | 251 | 235 | 16 | 6 | 6 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .977 | 2.54 |
| 1928 Robins | CF | 64 | 61 | 1,428 | 184 | 2.9 | 181 | 174 | 7 | 3 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .984 | 3.42 |
| 1928 Robins | LF | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 9.00 |
| 1928 Robins | RF | 35 | 11 | 303 | 28 | 0.8 | 28 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 2.50 |
| 1929 Robins | CF | 2 | 2 | 54 | 21 | 10.5 | 21 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 10.50 |
| 1929 Robins | RF | 2 | 1 | 27 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 4.00 |
| Career | POS | G | GS | OUTS | TC | TC/G | CH | PO | A | E | DP | PB | CASB | CACS | FLD% | RF |
| CF Totals | 1,610 | 1,467 | 35,423 | 5,969 | 3.7 | 5,771 | 5,574 | 197 | 198 | 49 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .967 | 4.40 | |
| LF Totals | 368 | 207 | 5,446 | 1,060 | 2.9 | 1,037 | 906 | 52 | 25 | 11 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .975 | 4.75 | |
| RF Totals | 145 | 117 | 3,002 | 289 | 2.0 | 283 | 266 | 17 | 6 | 6 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .979 | 2.55 | |
| 18 Years | 2,123 | 1,791 | 43,871 | 7,318 | 3.4 | 7,091 | 6,746 | 266 | 229 | 66 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .968 | 4.32 | |
Max CareyMax Carey Miscellaneous Stats |
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| Baserunning Statistics | Other Positions | Common Hitting Ratios | Common Pitching Ratios | |||||||||
| Team | SB | CS | SB% | PH | PR | DH | AB/HR | AB/K | AB/RBI | K/BB | K/9 | BB/9 |
| 1910 Pirates | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 6.0 | 3.0 | - | - | - |
| 1911 Pirates | 27 | - | - | 0 | 0 | n/a | 85.4 | 5.7 | 9.9 | - | - | - |
| 1912 Pirates | 45 | - | - | 0 | 0 | n/a | 117.4 | 7.4 | 8.9 | - | - | - |
| 1913 Pirates | 61 | - | - | 0 | 0 | n/a | 124.0 | 9.3 | 12.7 | - | - | - |
| 1914 Pirates | 38 | - | - | 0 | 0 | n/a | 593.0 | 10.6 | 19.1 | - | - | - |
| 1915 Pirates | 36 | 17 | .679 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 188.0 | 9.7 | 20.9 | - | - | - |
| 1916 Pirates | 63 | 19 | .768 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 85.6 | 10.3 | 14.3 | - | - | - |
| 1917 Pirates | 46 | 16 | .742 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 588.0 | 15.5 | 11.5 | - | - | - |
| 1918 Pirates | 58 | 20 | .744 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 156.0 | 18.7 | 9.8 | - | - | - |
| 1919 Pirates | 18 | 11 | .621 | 3 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 10.2 | 27.1 | - | - | - |
| 1920 Pirates | 52 | 10 | .839 | 2 | 0 | n/a | 485.0 | 15.6 | 13.9 | - | - | - |
| 1921 Pirates | 37 | 12 | .755 | 1 | 0 | n/a | 74.4 | 17.4 | 9.3 | - | - | - |
| 1922 Pirates | 51 | 2 | .962 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 62.9 | 24.2 | 9.0 | - | - | - |
| 1923 Pirates | 51 | 8 | .864 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 101.7 | 21.8 | 9.7 | - | - | - |
| 1924 Pirates | 49 | 13 | .790 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 74.9 | 35.2 | 10.9 | - | - | - |
| 1925 Pirates | 46 | 11 | .807 | 3 | 0 | n/a | 108.4 | 28.5 | 12.3 | - | - | - |
| 1926 Pirates | 10 | 5 | .667 | 4 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 23.1 | 11.6 | - | - | - |
| 1926 Robins | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 20.0 | 14.3 | - | - | - |
| 1927 Robins | 32 | 7 | .821 | 2 | 1 | n/a | 538.0 | 29.9 | 10.0 | - | - | - |
| 1928 Robins | 18 | 3 | .857 | 11 | 2 | n/a | 148.0 | 12.3 | 15.6 | - | - | - |
| 1929 Robins | 0 | 0 | .000 | 12 | 3 | n/a | 0.0 | 11.5 | 23.0 | - | - | - |
| Career | SB | CS | SB% | PH | PR | DH | AB/HR | AB/K | AB/RBI | K/BB | K/9 | BB/9 |
| 20 Years | 738 | 156 | .826 | 38 | 6 | n/a | 133.8 | 13.5 | 11.7 | - | - | - |
Max CareyMax Carey Miscellaneous Items of Interest |
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| Team | Roster | Uniform Numbers | Salary | All-Star | World Series |
| 1910 Pittsburgh Pirates | n/a | Undetermined | n/a | - |
| 1911 Pittsburgh Pirates | n/a | Undetermined | n/a | - |
| 1912 Pittsburgh Pirates | n/a | Undetermined | n/a | - |
| 1913 Pittsburgh Pirates | n/a | Undetermined | n/a | - |
| 1914 Pittsburgh Pirates | n/a | Undetermined | n/a | - |
| 1915 Pittsburgh Pirates | n/a | Undetermined | n/a | - |
| 1916 Pittsburgh Pirates | n/a | $5,000.00 | n/a | - |
| 1917 Pittsburgh Pirates | n/a | Undetermined | n/a | - |
| 1918 Pittsburgh Pirates | n/a | Undetermined | n/a | - |
| 1919 Pittsburgh Pirates | n/a | Undetermined | n/a | - |
| 1920 Pittsburgh Pirates | n/a | Undetermined | n/a | - |
| 1921 Pittsburgh Pirates | n/a | Undetermined | n/a | - |
| 1922 Pittsburgh Pirates | n/a | Undetermined | n/a | - |
| 1923 Pittsburgh Pirates | n/a | Undetermined | n/a | - |
| 1924 Pittsburgh Pirates | n/a | Undetermined | n/a | - |
| 1925 Pittsburgh Pirates | n/a | Undetermined | n/a | Stats |
| 1926 Pittsburgh Pirates | n/a | $16,500.00 | n/a | - |
| 1926 Brooklyn Robins | n/a | " " | n/a | - |
| 1927 Brooklyn Robins | n/a | Undetermined | n/a | - |
| 1928 Brooklyn Robins | n/a | Undetermined | n/a | - |
| 1929 Brooklyn Robins | n/a | Undetermined | n/a | - |
| Max Carey Stats by Baseball Almanac | ||||

On September 10, 1974, Lou Brock stole his one-hundred fifth base of the season breaking Maury Wills' modern single season record. Former Negro League speedster James "Cool Papa" Bell presented Brock with the actual base during an on-field ceremony and said, "We decided to give him his one-hundred fifth base, because if we didn't, he was going to steal it, anyway." Brock was also credited with breaking Max Carey's forty-five year old National League career stolen bases record of 738 in that game (with his second steal). When Carey passed away, two years after the record fell, his obituary (seen below) mentioned the mark as well. Note: modern research into stolen bases has actually shown that Billy Hamilton had more steals in the National League than Carey, but the events unfolded at the time with the facts as they were known.

Max Carey Obituary | St. Petersburg Independent | May 31, 1976 | Page 3-C
Did you know that Max Carey finished his career with 2,665 hits, five more than George Davis (1890-1909) had after his career and he was the all-time hits leader amongst switch hitters in baseball history? Carey held the mark until Frankie Frisch (1919-1937) finished with 2,880 hits, taking over the "hits-king title", which was surrendered to Pete Rose (1963-1986), an unreachable record of 4,256 career hits (tops for switch-hitters, lefties and righties).
Did you that when Max Carey hit for the cycle on June 20, 1925, it was the first time a Pittsburgh Pirates switch-hitter completed a cycle? Too easy? Did you know that when Max Carey went 6-for-6 on July 7, 1922, he did it during an extra inning game with another Bucs player, the first time in baseball history two players from the same team each had 6-hits in the same game? Do you know who that player was? [Answer]

Max Carey | National Baseball Hall of Fame Plaque | Class of 1961 (HOF)
Max Carey led the National League in at-bats twice (1913 & 1914), in bases on balls twice (1918 & 1922), in double plays turned by a left fielder twice (1914 & 1915) in plate appearances twice (1913 & 1924), in triples twice (1914 & 1923), and was the stolen base champion ten times (1913, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925) — a Major League leading total he held until Rickey Henderson made it to twelve. The Most Seasons Leading The National League in stolen bases, through today, is still Max Carey!