What years did Gary Carter play?

Gary Carter played in Major League Baseball from 1974 to 1992.

Was Gary Carter a pitcher?

No. Gary Carter was a position player (Catcher).

How many home runs did Gary Carter hit?

Gary Carter hit 324 career home runs with 2092 hits.

Is Gary Carter in the Hall of Fame?

Yes. Gary Carter was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2003.

Gary Carter

Catcher · Career Stats, Hall of Fame Bio & Records (1974-1992)

⭐ Hall of Fame 2003

AVG .262

HR 324

RBI 1,225

H 2,092

OPS .773

PIV 14,141

Position: Catcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'2" / 205 lb
Born: 4/8/1954 in Culver City, CA, USA
Died: 2/16/2012 in West Palm Beach, FL, USA
MLB Debut: 1974-09-16
Last Game: 1992-09-27
Hall of Fame: Inducted 2003 (BBWAA)
Awards: 11× All-Star · 2× All-Star Game MVP · 3× Gold Glove · 5× Silver Slugger · Roberto Clemente Award

Full name: Gary Edmund Carter

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Career Batting Statistics

G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
2,296	7,971	1,025	2,092	371	31	324	1,225	39	848	997	.262	.335	.439	.773	14,141

Career AVG .262 vs. league average .259 across their career seasons — near league average.

Career OBP .335 vs. league average .324 across their career seasons — near league average.

Career SLG .439 vs. league average .385 across their career seasons — +14.0% above league average.

Career OPS .773 vs. league average .709 across their career seasons — +9.1% above league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1974	MON	NL	9	27	5	11	0	1	1	6	2	1	2	.407	—	—	—	—	0.0
1975	MON	NL	144	503	58	136	20	1	17	68	5	72	83	.270	.257 (+5%)	.327 (+10%)	.374 (+11%)	.701 (+11%)	1197.8
1976	MON	NL	91	311	31	68	8	1	6	38	0	30	43	.219	.255 (-14%)	.320 (-10%)	.360 (-14%)	.681 (-13%)	-585.7
1977	MON	NL	154	522	86	148	29	2	31	84	5	58	103	.284	.264 (+7%)	.329 (+8%)	.401 (+31%)	.730 (+21%)	2171.3
1978	MON	NL	157	533	76	136	27	1	20	72	10	62	70	.255	.257 (-1%)	.323 (+4%)	.378 (+11%)	.702 (+8%)	886.4
1979	MON	NL	141	505	74	143	26	5	22	75	3	40	62	.283	.265 (+7%)	.329 (+2%)	.397 (+22%)	.727 (+13%)	1191.1
1980	MON	NL	154	549	76	145	25	5	29	101	3	58	78	.264	.264 (avg)	.326 (+1%)	.387 (+25%)	.714 (+14%)	1460.9
1981	MON	NL	100	374	48	94	20	2	16	68	1	35	35	.251	.255 (-2%)	.320 (-2%)	.368 (+20%)	.688 (+10%)	543.2
1982	MON	NL	154	557	91	163	32	1	29	97	2	78	64	.293	.261 (+12%)	.324 (+17%)	.388 (+31%)	.712 (+25%)	2944.6
1983	MON	NL	145	541	63	146	37	3	17	79	1	51	57	.270	.260 (+3%)	.324 (+3%)	.389 (+14%)	.714 (+9%)	916.5
1984	MON	NL	159	596	75	175	32	1	27	106	2	64	57	.294	.259 (+13%)	.322 (+13%)	.384 (+26%)	.707 (+21%)	2552.2
1985	NYN	NL	149	555	83	156	17	1	32	100	1	69	46	.281	.257 (+9%)	.323 (+13%)	.390 (+25%)	.714 (+19%)	2310.4
1986	NYN	NL	132	490	81	125	14	2	24	105	1	62	63	.255	.257 (-1%)	.325 (+3%)	.395 (+11%)	.720 (+8%)	696.3
1987	NYN	NL	139	523	55	123	18	2	20	83	0	42	73	.235	.262 (-11%)	.331 (-12%)	.415 (-6%)	.746 (-9%)	-831.8
1988	NYN	NL	130	455	39	110	16	2	11	46	0	34	52	.242	.254 (-5%)	.317 (-5%)	.377 (-5%)	.695 (-5%)	-389.1
1989	NYN	NL	50	153	14	28	8	0	2	15	0	12	15	.183	.254 (-28%)	.319 (-25%)	.375 (-27%)	.694 (-26%)	-626.8
1990	SFN	NL	92	244	24	62	10	0	9	27	1	25	31	.254	.257 (-1%)	.324 (avg)	.385 (+5%)	.710 (+3%)	124.2
1991	LAN	NL	101	248	22	61	14	0	6	26	2	22	26	.246	.255 (-4%)	.323 (avg)	.384 (-3%)	.708 (-1%)	-31.2
1992	MON	NL	95	285	24	62	18	1	5	29	0	33	37	.218	.255 (-15%)	.322 (-7%)	.377 (-10%)	.699 (-9%)	-389.2
Career · 19 seasons			2,296	7,971	1,025	2,092	371	31	324	1,225	39	848	997	.262	—	—	—	—	14,141

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

G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
30	118	11	33	8	1	4	21	8	15	.280

Playoff Batting by Year

Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1988	NLCS	NYN	7	27	0	6	1	1	0	4	1	3	.222
1986	NLCS	NYN	6	27	1	4	1	0	0	2	2	5	.148
1986	WS	NYN	7	29	4	8	2	0	2	9	0	4	.276
1981	NEDIV	MON	5	19	3	8	3	0	2	6	1	1	.421
1981	NLCS	MON	5	16	3	7	1	0	0	0	4	2	.438

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	1165	3875	516	1036	162	618	.267
Away	1131	4096	509	1056	162	607	.258

Last 10 Games — Batting

Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO
1992-09-27	WSN	CHC	W	3	0	1	1	1	0	1
1992-09-23	WSN	PIT	W	2	0	1	0	0	1	0
1992-09-20	WSN	NYN	L	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
1992-09-17	WSN	PIT	L	4	0	1	1	2	0	1
1992-09-14	WSN	PHI	L	3	1	1	0	0	0	1
1992-09-13	WSN	NYN	W	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1992-09-12	WSN	NYN	W	2	0	1	1	0	2	0
1992-09-11	WSN	NYN	W	2	0	0	0	0	1	0
1992-09-09	WSN	STL	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1992-09-07	WSN	STL	L	1	0	1	1	1	0	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1B	76	53	490	33	2	39
3B	3	0	1	4	0	1
C	2056	1955	11785	1203	121	149
OF	137	120	214	7	5	2

Season-by-Season Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1974	MON	C	6	5	26	4	0	1
1974	MON	OF	2	2	2	0	0	0
1975	MON	3B	1	0	0	0	0	0
1975	MON	C	66	56	280	37	5	6
1975	MON	OF	92	80	150	1	4	1
1976	MON	C	60	55	311	36	2	7
1976	MON	OF	36	33	53	6	0	1
1977	MON	C	146	143	811	101	9	14
1977	MON	OF	1	0	2	0	0	0
1978	MON	1B	1	0	6	0	0	0
1978	MON	C	152	147	781	83	10	9
1979	MON	C	138	136	751	88	9	12
1980	MON	C	149	146	822	108	7	8
1981	MON	1B	1	1	6	0	0	1
1981	MON	C	100	99	509	58	4	11
1982	MON	C	153	151	954	104	10	6
1983	MON	1B	1	1	8	1	0	1
1983	MON	C	144	141	847	107	5	14
1984	MON	1B	25	23	218	13	1	19
1984	MON	C	143	134	772	65	6	6
1985	NYN	1B	6	6	31	3	0	2
1985	NYN	C	143	139	956	67	8	11
1985	NYN	OF	1	1	0	0	0	0
1986	NYN	1B	9	7	68	5	0	4
1986	NYN	3B	1	0	1	3	0	1
1986	NYN	C	122	121	869	62	8	13
1986	NYN	OF	4	3	5	0	1	0
1987	NYN	1B	4	0	10	0	0	1
1987	NYN	C	135	132	874	70	9	13
1987	NYN	OF	1	1	2	0	0	0
1988	NYN	1B	10	6	45	3	1	3
1988	NYN	3B	1	0	0	1	0	0
1988	NYN	C	119	116	797	54	9	5
1989	NYN	1B	1	0	0	0	0	0
1989	NYN	C	47	42	266	31	6	6
1990	SFN	1B	3	3	25	0	0	3
1990	SFN	C	80	58	323	31	3	2
1991	LAN	1B	10	4	47	7	0	3
1991	LAN	C	68	55	355	45	5	2
1992	MON	1B	5	2	26	1	0	2
1992	MON	C	85	79	481	52	6	3

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

Circle size = games played at each position.

Position	Games
Catcher	2056
First Base	76
Third Base	3
Left Field	5
Right Field	132

Awards & Honors

Year	Award	Notes
1989	Roberto Clemente Award
1986	Silver Slugger	C
1986	TSN All-Star	C
1985	Player of the Month	September
1985	Player of the Week	Week of 1985-09-06
1985	Silver Slugger	C
1985	TSN All-Star	C
1984	All-Star Game MVP
1984	Silver Slugger	C
1984	TSN All-Star	C
1982	Gold Glove	C
1982	Silver Slugger	C
1982	TSN All-Star	C
1981	All-Star Game MVP
1981	Gold Glove	C
1981	Player of the Week	Week of 1981-08-28
1981	Silver Slugger	C
1981	TSN All-Star	C
1980	Gold Glove	C
1980	Player of the Month	September
1980	Player of the Week	Week of 1980-05-30
1980	TSN All-Star	C
1975	Player of the Week	Week of 1975-06-20
1975	TSN Rookie Player of the Year

Salary History

Year	Team	League	Salary
1992	MON	NL	$825,000
1991	LAN	NL	$500,000
1990	SFN	NL	$250,000
1989	NYN	NL	$2,198,572
1988	NYN	NL	$2,160,714
1987	NYN	NL	$2,060,714
1986	NYN	NL	$2,160,714
1985	NYN	NL	$2,028,571
Total Career Earnings			$12,184,285

Award Voting History

Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
1986	Most Valuable Player	NL	3rd	181.0	336	1
1985	Most Valuable Player	NL	6th	116.0	336	0
1984	Most Valuable Player	NL	14th	32.0	336	0
1982	Most Valuable Player	NL	12th	35.0	336	0
1981	Most Valuable Player	NL	6th	77.0	336	0
1980	Most Valuable Player	NL	2nd	193.0	336	0
1979	Most Valuable Player	NL	17th	15.0	336	1
1975	Rookie of the Year	NL	2nd	9.0	24	9

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Frequently Asked Questions about Gary Carter

What years did Gary Carter play?: Gary Carter played in Major League Baseball from 1974 to 1992.
Was Gary Carter a pitcher?: No. Gary Carter was a position player (Catcher).
How many home runs did Gary Carter hit?: Gary Carter hit 324 career home runs with 2092 hits.
Is Gary Carter in the Hall of Fame?: Yes. Gary Carter was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2003.