What years did Mike Carp play?

Mike Carp played in Major League Baseball from 2009 to 2014.

Was Mike Carp a pitcher?

No. Mike Carp was a position player (First Baseman), though he did pitch in 1 career game.

How many home runs did Mike Carp hit?

Mike Carp hit 27 career home runs with 225 hits.

What was Mike Carp's career batting average?

Mike Carp batted .254 over his career, with 225 hits in 887 at bats.

How many RBI did Mike Carp have?

Mike Carp drove in 127 runs in his career.

What was Mike Carp's career ERA?

Mike Carp finished with a 9.00 career ERA, going 0-0 with 0 strikeouts.

Mike Carp

First Baseman · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2009-2014)

Mike Carp was a first baseman who played in Major League Baseball from 2009 to 2014 for the Seattle Mariners, the Boston Red Sox, and the Texas Rangers, a span of 6 seasons. In 318 career games, he hit .254 with 225 hits, 27 home runs, and 127 RBI. His career PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of offensive impact — is 1,216.

AVG (Batting Average):: Hits divided by at bats. .300 is the traditional mark of an excellent hitter.
HR (Home Runs):: Hits on which the batter circled the bases and scored, almost always by clearing the outfield fence.
RBI (Runs Batted In):: Runs that scored as a direct result of a batter's plate appearance.
OPS (On-Base Plus Slugging):: On-base percentage plus slugging percentage, the quickest single summary of offensive value. .900 or better is star-level.

Data updated October 12, 2026

AVG .254

HR 27

RBI 127

H 225

OPS .744

PIV 1,216

Position: First Baseman
Bats / Throws: L / R
Height / Weight: 6'0" / 210 lb
Born: 6/30/1986 in Long Beach, CA, USA
MLB Debut: 2009-06-17
Last Game: 2014-08-28

Full name: Christopher Michael Carp

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Career Batting Statistics

Mike Carp — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
318	887	97	225	51	5	27	127	2	90	243	.254	.330	.414	.744	1,216

Career AVG .254 vs. league average .256 across their career seasons — near league average.

Career OBP .330 vs. league average .322 across their career seasons — near league average.

Career SLG .414 vs. league average .401 across their career seasons — near league average.

Career OPS .744 vs. league average .723 across their career seasons — near league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Mike Carp — Season-by-Season Batting
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
2009	SEA	AL	21	54	7	17	3	1	1	5	0	8	10	.315	.262 (+20%)	.332 (+25%)	.417 (+11%)	.750 (+17%)	186.1
2010	SEA	AL	14	37	1	7	2	0	0	0	0	4	8	.189	—	—	—	—	0.0
2011	SEA	AL	79	290	27	80	17	1	12	46	0	19	81	.276	.255 (+8%)	.320 (+2%)	.399 (+17%)	.719 (+10%)	478.7
2012	SEA	AL	59	164	17	35	6	0	5	20	1	21	46	.213	.254 (-16%)	.318 (-2%)	.405 (-16%)	.724 (-10%)	-207.7
2013	BOS	AL	86	216	34	64	18	2	9	43	1	22	67	.296	.253 (+17%)	.317 (+14%)	.396 (+32%)	.714 (+24%)	907.1
2014	BOS	AL	42	86	9	17	5	1	0	9	0	11	17	.198	.251 (-21%)	.313 (+2%)	.386 (-28%)	.700 (-14%)	-148.1
2014	TEX	AL	17	40	2	5	0	0	0	4	0	5	14	.125	—	—	—	—	-148.1
Career · 7 seasons			318	887	97	225	51	5	27	127	2	90	243	.254	—	—	—	—	1,068

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Pitching Statistics

Mike Carp — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	1	0	5	0	9.00	0.0

Career ERA 9.00 vs. league average 3.74 across their career seasons — 140.6% worse than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Mike Carp — Season-by-Season Pitching
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
2014	BOS	AL	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	1	5	0	9.00	—	0.0
Career · 1 season			0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	1	5	0	9.00	—	0

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Mike Carp — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
6	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Mike Carp — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	RBI	SO	AVG
2013	ALCS	BOS	3	5	0	2	.000
2013	ALDS1	BOS	1	1	0	1	.000
2013	WS	BOS	2	2	1	0	.000

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Mike Carp — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	157	424	51	110	12	62	.259
Away	161	463	46	115	15	65	.248

Pitching — Home / Away

Mike Carp — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	1	1.0	0	1	5	0	9.00

Last 10 Games — Batting

Mike Carp — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
2014-08-28	TEX	HOU	L	3	0	0	1	0	0
2014-08-27	TEX	SEA	W	5	1	1	0	0	1
2014-08-26	TEX	SEA	L	0	0	0	0	1	0
2014-08-22	TEX	KCR	L	4	0	0	0	0	2
2014-08-19	TEX	MIA	L	5	0	0	0	0	2
2014-08-17	TEX	LAA	W	2	0	1	1	0	0
2014-08-16	TEX	LAA	L	1	0	0	0	0	0
2014-08-15	TEX	LAA	L	4	1	1	1	0	2
2014-08-14	TEX	TBR	L	4	0	0	0	0	1
2014-08-13	TEX	TBR	L	3	0	1	0	1	1

Last 1 Games — Pitching

Mike Carp — Last 1 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2014-04-24	BOS	NYY	—	1.0	0	1	1	5	0	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Mike Carp — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1B	143	122	991	73	6	94
3B	1	0	0	0	0	0
OF	110	90	142	3	6	0
P	1	0	0	0	0	0

Season-by-Season Fielding

Mike Carp — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
2009	SEA	1B	16	15	115	15	0	13
2010	SEA	1B	9	9	65	4	0	3
2010	SEA	OF	1	1	0	0	0	0
2011	SEA	1B	34	30	253	14	2	27
2011	SEA	OF	28	26	49	2	4	0
2012	SEA	1B	23	23	188	13	0	15
2012	SEA	OF	24	21	41	1	2	0
2013	BOS	1B	29	23	188	12	2	19
2013	BOS	OF	43	33	43	0	0	0
2014	BOS	1B	20	13	115	11	0	10
2014	BOS	3B	1	0	0	0	0	0
2014	BOS	OF	12	8	8	0	0	0
2014	BOS	P	1	0	0	0	0	0
2014	TEX	1B	12	9	67	4	2	7
2014	TEX	OF	2	1	1	0	0	0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Mike Carp — Career Games by Position
Position	Games
Pitcher	1
First Base	143
Third Base	1
Left Field	106
Right Field	4
Designated Hitter	30

Awards & Honors

Mike Carp — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
2011	Rookie of the Month	August

Salary History

Mike Carp — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2014	BOS	AL	$1,400,000
2013	BOS	AL	$508,500
2012	SEA	AL	$488,800
Total Career Earnings			$2,397,300

Mike Carp: the record in brief

June 17, 2009 and August 28, 2014 bracket Mike Carp's time in the majors: the debut and the last game on record. The team column moves through the Seattle Mariners (2009 through 2012), the Boston Red Sox (2013 to 2014), and the Texas Rangers (2014). Carp, a first baseman by primary position, hit left-handed while throwing right-handed. The recorded size is 6-foot-0 and 210 pounds. The birth record reads June 30, 1986, in Long Beach, CA, USA. Mike Carp was the playing name; the full given name is Christopher Michael.

Across 318 games at the plate, Carp's career line reads 225 hits in 887 at bats for a .254 average, along with 27 homers and 127 runs batted in. The on-base percentage is .330 and the slugging percentage .414, for an OPS of .744. Against a .256 league average for those years, Carp's .254 average was near the norm. Carp's most home runs in a season came in 2011, when the total reached 12 for the Seattle Mariners.

Frequently Asked Questions about Mike Carp

What years did Mike Carp play?: Mike Carp played in Major League Baseball from 2009 to 2014.
Was Mike Carp a pitcher?: No. Mike Carp was a position player (First Baseman), though he did pitch in 1 career game.
How many home runs did Mike Carp hit?: Mike Carp hit 27 career home runs with 225 hits.
What was Mike Carp's career batting average?: Mike Carp batted .254 over his career, with 225 hits in 887 at bats.
How many RBI did Mike Carp have?: Mike Carp drove in 127 runs in his career.
What was Mike Carp's career ERA?: Mike Carp finished with a 9.00 career ERA, going 0-0 with 0 strikeouts.