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Joe Carter
Full name Joseph Chris Carter Born March 7, 1960, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma First Game: July 30, 1983 ; Final Game: September 28, 1998 Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 6' 3" Weight: 215 Named outfielder on The Sporting News AL All-Star Team (1991 to 1992) Named outfielder on The Sporting News AL Silver Slugger Team (1991 to 1992) Ejections: 1988 (1), 1990 (1), 1992 (2), 1993 (2), 1997 (2). Total: 8 SABR Biography
Top Performances
Pitcher Matchups
Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
1983 CHI N Daily Splits 23 51 6 9 1 1 0 1 0 0 21 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 .176 .176 .235 -0.7 1983 CHI N
1984 CLE A Daily Splits 66 244 32 67 6 1 13 41 11 0 48 1 0 1 0 6 2 2 4 .275 .307 .467 0.2 1984 CLE A
1985 CLE A Daily Splits 143 489 64 128 27 0 15 59 25 2 74 2 3 4 0 8 9 24 6 .262 .298 .409 -0.1 1985 CLE A
1986 CLE A Daily Splits 162 663 108 200 36 9 29 121 32 3 95 5 1 8 0 15 8 29 7 .302 .335 .514 2.3 1986 CLE A
1987 CLE A Daily Splits 149 588 83 155 27 2 32 106 27 6 105 9 1 4 0 9 8 31 6 .264 .304 .480 -0.9 1987 CLE A
1988 CLE A Daily Splits 157 621 85 168 36 6 27 98 35 6 82 7 1 6 0 8 6 27 5 .271 .314 .478 1.4 1988 CLE A
1989 CLE A Daily Splits 162 651 84 158 32 4 35 105 39 8 112 8 2 5 0 6 6 13 5 .243 .292 .465 -0.1 1989 CLE A
1990 SD N Daily Splits 162 634 79 147 27 1 24 115 48 18 93 7 0 8 0 15 12 22 6 .232 .290 .391 -1.3 1990 SD N
1991 TOR A Daily Splits 162 638 89 174 42 3 33 108 49 12 112 10 0 9 0 9 6 20 9 .273 .330 .503 1.1 1991 TOR A
1992 TOR A Daily Splits 158 622 97 164 30 7 34 119 36 4 109 11 1 13 0 5 14 12 5 .264 .309 .498 0.9 1992 TOR A
1993 TOR A Daily Splits 155 603 92 153 33 5 33 121 47 5 113 9 0 10 0 3 10 8 3 .254 .312 .489 -0.3 1993 TOR A
1994 TOR A Daily Splits 111 435 70 118 25 2 27 103 33 6 64 2 0 13 0 7 6 11 0 .271 .317 .524 0.1 1994 TOR A
1995 TOR A Daily Splits 139 558 70 141 23 0 25 76 37 5 87 3 0 5 0 5 11 12 1 .253 .300 .428 -1.3 1995 TOR A
1996 TOR A Daily Splits 157 625 84 158 35 7 30 107 44 2 106 7 0 6 0 9 12 7 6 .253 .306 .475 -2.6 1996 TOR A
1997 TOR A Daily Splits 157 612 76 143 30 4 21 102 40 5 105 7 0 9 0 9 12 8 2 .234 .284 .399 -3.2 1997 TOR A
1998 BAL A Daily Splits 85 283 36 70 15 1 11 34 18 4 48 2 0 0 0 1 7 3 1 .247 .297 .424 -0.6 1998 BAL A
1998 SF N Daily Splits 41 105 15 31 7 0 7 29 6 0 13 0 0 4 0 0 2 1 0 .295 .322 .562 0.1 1998 SF N
1998 Total 126 388 51 101 22 1 18 63 24 4 61 2 0 4 0 1 9 4 1 .260 .304 .461 -0.5 1998 Total
Total NL ( 3 Years) 226 790 100 187 35 2 31 145 54 18 127 7 1 12 0 16 15 24 6 .237 .287 .404 -1.9 Total NL
Total AL (14 Years) 1963 7632 1070 1997 397 51 365 1300 473 68 1260 83 9 93 0 100 117 207 60 .262 .308 .471 -3.1 Total AL
Total (16 Years) Splits 2189 8422 1170 2184 432 53 396 1445 527 86 1387 90 10 105 0 116 132 231 66 .259 .306 .464 -5.0 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
League Championship Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1991 TOR A Daily Splits 5 19 3 5 2 0 1 4 1 1 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .263 .286 .526 1991 TOR A
1992 TOR A Daily Splits 6 26 2 5 0 0 1 3 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 .192 .250 .308 1992 TOR A
1993 TOR A Daily Splits 6 27 2 7 0 0 0 2 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .259 .286 .259 1993 TOR A
Total ( 3 Years) Splits 17 72 7 17 2 0 2 9 4 1 14 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 .236 .273 .347 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
World Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1992 TOR A Daily Splits 6 22 2 6 2 0 2 3 3 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 .273 .346 .636 1992 TOR A
1993 TOR A Daily Splits 6 25 6 7 1 0 2 8 0 0 4 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 .280 .250 .560 1993 TOR A
Total ( 2 Years) Splits 12 47 8 13 3 0 4 11 3 1 6 0 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 .277 .296 .596 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
All-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1991 AL Daily Splits 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 1991 AL
1992 AL Daily Splits 1 3 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 .667 1992 AL
1993 AL Daily Splits 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 1993 AL
1994 AL Daily Splits 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1994 AL
1996 AL Daily Splits 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 1996 AL
Total ( 5 Years) Splits 5 11 3 5 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .455 .500 .455 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
1983 CHI N Daily Splits OF 16 13 9 108 26 0 0 0 0 1.000 14 2 1
1983 CHI N LF 14 11 7 89 20 0 0 0 0 1.000
1983 CHI N CF 2 2 2 18 6 0 0 0 0 1.000
1983 CHI N RF 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -
1984 CLE A Daily Splits OF 59 48 39 432.2 122 9 6 0 0 .956 48 14 0
1984 CLE A LF 48 37 33 336.2 90 7 6 0 0 .942
1984 CLE A CF 14 11 6 96 32 1 0 0 0 1.000
1984 CLE A 1B 7 7 1 53 47 2 0 4 0 1.000
1985 CLE A Daily Splits OF 135 113 84 1044 278 11 5 2 0 .983 122 4 30
1985 CLE A LF 122 101 78 922.1 244 10 5 2 0 .981
1985 CLE A RF 30 11 5 110.2 29 1 0 0 0 1.000
1985 CLE A 1B 11 7 0 37 33 5 1 2 0 .974
1985 CLE A DH 7 6 6 -
1985 CLE A CF 4 1 1 11 4 0 0 0 0 1.000
1985 CLE A 2B 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1.000
1985 CLE A 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
1986 CLE A Daily Splits OF 104 98 60 861 241 8 6 2 0 .976 45 9 78
1986 CLE A RF 78 56 46 530 135 7 3 1 0 .979
1986 CLE A 1B 70 62 55 553.2 559 47 4 50 0 .993
1986 CLE A LF 45 37 13 289 93 1 3 1 0 .969
1986 CLE A CF 9 5 1 42 13 0 0 0 0 1.000
1987 CLE A Daily Splits 1B 84 80 78 699.1 644 45 12 61 0 .983
1987 CLE A OF 62 60 48 518.2 138 1 5 0 0 .965 42 13 14
1987 CLE A LF 42 39 29 318.1 87 0 3 0 0 .967
1987 CLE A RF 14 10 10 102.1 17 1 0 0 0 1.000
1987 CLE A CF 13 11 9 98 35 0 2 0 0 .946
1987 CLE A DH 5 4 4 -
1988 CLE A Daily Splits OF 156 156 148 1366.2 444 8 7 3 0 .985 0 156 0
1988 CLE A CF 156 156 148 1366.2 443 8 6 3 0 .987
1989 CLE A Daily Splits OF 146 143 127 1273.1 350 6 8 3 0 .978 56 102 1
1989 CLE A CF 102 100 88 874.1 260 5 6 3 0 .978
1989 CLE A LF 56 43 39 395.1 98 1 2 0 0 .980
1989 CLE A 1B 11 11 7 91 93 14 1 4 0 .991
1989 CLE A DH 7 7 7 -
1989 CLE A RF 1 0 0 3.2 1 0 0 0 0 1.000
1990 SD N Daily Splits OF 150 148 124 1310 385 13 5 4 0 .988 51 112 0
1990 SD N CF 112 106 94 956.2 294 7 3 3 0 .990
1990 SD N LF 51 42 30 353.1 92 5 2 1 0 .980
1990 SD N 1B 14 13 11 111 107 3 6 15 0 .948
1991 TOR A Daily Splits OF 152 152 138 1335.1 283 13 8 2 0 .974 56 0 101
1991 TOR A RF 101 100 90 871 191 12 3 2 0 .985
1991 TOR A LF 56 52 48 464.1 94 1 5 0 0 .950
1991 TOR A DH 10 10 10 -
1992 TOR A Daily Splits OF 129 129 111 1097.1 257 10 8 2 0 .971 6 0 123
1992 TOR A RF 123 123 106 1044.1 247 10 8 2 0 .970
1992 TOR A DH 24 24 22 -
1992 TOR A LF 6 6 5 53 10 0 0 0 0 1.000
1992 TOR A 1B 4 4 4 35 27 3 1 1 0 .968
1993 TOR A Daily Splits OF 151 151 132 1291.1 289 7 8 0 0 .974 55 0 96
1993 TOR A RF 96 96 87 825.2 183 6 4 0 0 .979
1993 TOR A LF 55 55 45 465.2 103 1 4 0 0 .963
1993 TOR A DH 3 3 3 -
1994 TOR A Daily Splits OF 110 109 95 945 205 4 2 1 0 .991 0 0 110
1994 TOR A RF 110 109 95 945 202 4 2 1 0 .990
1994 TOR A DH 1 1 1 -
1995 TOR A Daily Splits OF 128 127 101 1091.2 269 9 7 1 0 .975 116 20 0
1995 TOR A LF 116 110 92 943 226 6 7 1 0 .971
1995 TOR A CF 20 17 9 148.2 43 3 0 0 0 1.000
1995 TOR A 1B 7 6 6 56 47 3 0 2 0 1.000
1995 TOR A DH 5 5 5 -
1996 TOR A Daily Splits OF 115 109 86 935.2 167 7 7 1 0 .961 115 0 0
1996 TOR A LF 115 109 86 935.2 165 7 7 1 0 .961
1996 TOR A 1B 41 33 25 285 249 16 2 31 0 .993
1996 TOR A DH 15 15 14 -
1997 TOR A Daily Splits DH 64 64 61 -
1997 TOR A OF 51 51 44 430.2 104 1 3 0 0 .972 41 0 10
1997 TOR A 1B 42 42 40 372 325 22 1 24 0 .997
1997 TOR A LF 41 41 34 340.2 88 0 3 0 0 .967
1997 TOR A RF 10 10 10 90 16 1 0 0 0 1.000
1998 BAL A Daily Splits OF 50 44 31 374.2 96 4 4 1 0 .962 3 0 47
1998 BAL A RF 47 43 31 365 94 3 4 1 0 .960
1998 BAL A DH 32 22 18 -
1998 BAL A LF 3 1 0 9.2 2 1 0 0 0 1.000
1998 BAL A 1B 1 0 0 2 3 1 0 0 0 1.000
1998 SF N Daily Splits OF 17 13 6 109.1 15 0 0 0 0 1.000 4 0 14
1998 SF N 1B 16 10 5 97 87 8 1 5 0 .990
1998 SF N RF 14 12 5 91.1 13 0 0 0 0 1.000
1998 SF N LF 4 1 1 18 3 0 0 0 0 1.000
1998 Total 1B 17 10 5 99 90 9 1 5 0 .990
1998 Total LF 7 2 1 27.2 5 1 0 0 0 1.000
1998 Total RF 61 55 36 456.1 107 3 4 1 0 .965
1998 Total OF 67 57 37 484 111 4 4 1 0 .966 7 0 61
Total (16 Years) Splits OF 1731 1664 1383 14525.1 3669 111 89 22 0 .977 774 432 625
Total (14 Years) LF 774 685 540 5934 1415 40 47 6 0 .969
Total (11 Years) RF 625 570 485 4980 1128 45 24 7 0 .980
Total ( 9 Years) CF 432 409 358 3611.1 1130 24 17 9 0 .985
Total (11 Years) 1B 308 275 232 2392 2221 169 29 199 0 .988
Total (11 Years) DH 173 161 151 -
Total ( 1 Year ) 2B 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1.000
Total ( 1 Year ) 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
League Championship Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
1991 TOR A Daily Splits OF 3 3 2 24 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 3
1991 TOR A RF 3 3 2 24 4 1 0 0 0 1.000
1991 TOR A DH 2 2 2 -
1992 TOR A Daily Splits OF 6 6 4 51 14 1 1 1 0 .938 0 0 6
1992 TOR A RF 6 6 4 51 14 1 1 1 0 .938
1992 TOR A 1B 2 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 1.000
1993 TOR A Daily Splits OF 6 6 6 54 12 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 6
1993 TOR A RF 6 6 6 54 12 1 0 0 0 1.000
Total ( 3 Years) Splits OF 15 15 12 129 30 3 1 1 0 .971 0 0 15
Total ( 3 Years) RF 15 15 12 129 30 3 1 1 0 .971
Total ( 1 Year ) DH 2 2 2 -
Total ( 1 Year ) 1B 2 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 1.000
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
World Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
1992 TOR A Daily Splits OF 4 4 4 36 7 0 0 0 0 1.000 1 0 3
1992 TOR A RF 3 3 3 27 5 0 0 0 0 1.000
1992 TOR A 1B 2 2 2 19 20 1 0 0 0 1.000
1992 TOR A LF 1 1 1 9 2 0 0 0 0 1.000
1993 TOR A Daily Splits OF 6 6 6 53 13 0 2 0 0 .867 0 0 6
1993 TOR A RF 6 6 6 53 13 0 2 0 0 .867
Total ( 2 Years) Splits OF 10 10 10 89 20 0 2 0 0 .909 1 0 9
Total ( 2 Years) RF 9 9 9 80 18 0 2 0 0 .900
Total ( 1 Year ) 1B 2 2 2 19 20 1 0 0 0 1.000
Total ( 1 Year ) LF 1 1 1 9 2 0 0 0 0 1.000
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
All-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
1991 AL Daily Splits OF 1 0 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1 0 0
1991 AL LF 1 0 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 1.000
1992 AL Daily Splits OF 1 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 1
1992 AL RF 1 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 1.000
1993 AL Daily Splits OF 1 1 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 1
1993 AL RF 1 1 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 1.000
1994 AL Daily Splits OF 1 1 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1 0 0
1994 AL LF 1 1 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 1.000
1996 AL Daily Splits OF 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 1 0
1996 AL CF 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total ( 5 Years) Splits OF 5 3 0 22 5 0 0 0 0 1.000 2 1 2
Total ( 2 Years) RF 2 2 0 9 2 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total ( 2 Years) LF 2 1 0 11 2 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total ( 1 Year ) CF 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1.000
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
Ejection Information
Date Team Umpire Reason
9-20-1988 BOX CLE A Dale Ford Call at 3B
9-15-1990 BOX SD N Jerry Layne Called third strike
5-27-1992 BOX TOR A Greg Kosc Charging mound
6-30-1992 BOX TOR A Rick Reed Balls and strikes
6-19-1993 BOX TOR A Terry Craft Call at 2B
8-12-1993 BOX TOR A Jim Joyce Called third strike
7-12-1997 BOX TOR A Derryl Cousins Fan interference call
7-20-1997 BOX TOR A John Hirschbeck Check swing
Transaction Information
Selected by Chicago Cubs in the 1st round (2nd pick overall) of the free-agent draft
(June 8, 1981 - signed June 12, 1981 ).
Traded by Chicago Cubs with Mel Hall , Don Schulze and Darryl Banks to Cleveland
Indians in exchange for Rick Sutcliffe , George Frazier and Ron Hassey (June 13,
1984 ).
Traded by Cleveland Indians to San Diego Padres in exchange for Sandy Alomar , Chris
James and Carlos Baerga (December 6, 1989 ).
Traded by San Diego Padres with Roberto Alomar to Toronto Blue Jays in exchange for
Fred McGriff and Tony Fernandez (December 5, 1990 ).
Granted free agency (October 30, 1992 ).
Signed by Toronto Blue Jays (December 7, 1992 ).
Granted free agency (October 28, 1997 ).
Signed by Baltimore Orioles (December 12, 1997 ).
Traded by Baltimore Orioles to San Francisco Giants in exchange for Darin Blood
(July 23, 1998 ).
Granted free agency (November 5, 1998 ).
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