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Bobby
Carey		  
Nickname: Digital
 
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 7''
Weight: 215
 
Born: May 5, 1951 in Lowell, MS, USA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1979   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
  ERA AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1974 23 BIR FL     0 2 4 3 5 6 6 9 9 9 5 6 5 6 7 6 8 9 8
1975 24 BIR FL $ 300,000   3 3 6 4 6 7 6 9 9 9 6 7 6 6 7 6 8 9 8
1976 25 BIR FL $ 300,000   6 5 7 6 6 7 6 9 9 9 6 7 7 6 7 6 8 9 9
1977 26 OMA JL $ 300,000   9 7 9 8 6 7 7 9 9 9 6 7 7 6 7 6 8 9 9
1978 27 OMA JL $ 3,840,714   9 7 10 8 6 7 6 9 9 9 6 7 7 6 7 6 9 10 9
1979 28 OMA JL $ 4,075,714   9 7 10 8 6 7 6 9 9 9 6 7 7 6 7 6 9 10 9
1980 29 OMA JL $ 4,075,714   9 7 10 8 6 7 7 9 9 9 6 7 7 6 6 6 9 10 9
OOTP5 Min Ratings     0 2 4 3 5 6 6 9 9 9 5 6 5 6 6 6 8 9 8
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 4,075,714   9 7 10 8 6 7 7 9 9 9 6 7 7 6 7 6 9 10 9
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1981 30 OMA JL $ 8,200,000 81 20 20 20 15 17 16 12 15 14
1982 31 OMA JL $ 8,200,000 81 20 20 20 15 16 16 13 16 15
1983 32 OMA JL $ 8,200,000 81 20 20 20 14 16 15 14 16 15
1984 33 OMA JL $ 8,200,000 81 20 20 20 13 15 14 11 13 12
1985 34 CLG FL $ 8,200,000 75 17 19 18 9 11 10 5 7 6
1986 35 CLG FL $ 680,000 75 16 17 17 7 9 8 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 680,000 75 16 17 17 7 9 8 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 8,200,000 81 20 20 20 15 17 16 14 16 15
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1974 23 BIR FL   2 2 2 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
1975 24 BIR FL $ 300,000 2 2 2 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
1976 25 BIR FL $ 300,000 2 2 2 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
1977 26 OMA JL $ 300,000 2 2 2 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
1978 27 OMA JL $ 3,840,714 2 2 2 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
1979 28 OMA JL $ 4,075,714 2 2 2 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
1980 29 OMA JL $ 4,075,714 2 2 2 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
OOTP5 Min Ratings   2 2 2 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 4,075,714 2 2 2 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1981 30 OMA JL $ 8,200,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 8 8 8 4 4 4 6 6 6
1982 31 OMA JL $ 8,200,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 8 8 8 4 4 4 6 6 6
1983 32 OMA JL $ 8,200,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 8 8 8 4 4 4 6 6 6
1984 33 OMA JL $ 8,200,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 8 8 8 4 4 4 6 6 6
1985 34 CLG FL $ 8,200,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 8 8 8 4 4 4 6 6 6
1986 35 CLG FL $ 680,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 8 8 8 4 4 4 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 680,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 8 8 8 4 4 4 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 8,200,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 8 8 8 4 4 4 6 6 6
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Pitcher Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1974 23 AA   5 7 .417 20 20 1 0 0 133.0 145 55 11 38 163 3.72 .275 .323 .390 .713  
1975 24 BIR FL 0 1 .000 2 2 0 0 0 13.7 15 9 2 8 14 5.93 .278 .391 .426 .817 0.0
    AAA   3 1 .750 5 5 3 2 0 35.0 22 6 2 5 41 1.54 .180 .213 .238 .450  
    AA   11 7 .611 18 18 4 1 0 133.0 122 38 11 31 213 2.57 .240 .283 .318 .602  
1976 25 BIR FL 7 8 .467 23 20 4 1 0 150.0 129 58 18 54 162 3.48 .230 .306 .366 .672 9.7
    AAA   6 1 .857 9 9 0 0 0 62.0 65 20 2 26 86 2.90 .273 .345 .328 .672  
1977 26 OMA JL 8 13 .381 33 33 0 0 0 205.7 196 77 15 78 189 3.37 .249 .324 .346 .671 9.6
1978 27 OMA JL 7 7 .500 26 25 1 0 0 166.3 139 53 16 54 162 2.87 .228 .312 .350 .662 15.3
1979 28 OMA JL 17 8 .680 38 38 3 2 0 260.3 200 102 27 86 214 3.53 .211 .286 .335 .621 18.7
1980 29 OMA JL 10 9 .526 36 36 0 0 0 229.3 186 79 17 81 196 3.10 .220 .303 .328 .631 16.2
1981 30 OMA JL 12 7 .632 32 32 0 0 0 200.0 147 75 23 49 211 3.38 .201 .259 .367 .626 16.9
1982 31 OMA JL 14 11 .560 32 32 1 0 0 208.7 171 71 19 34 219 3.06 .219 .261 .384 .645 18.5
1983 32 OMA JL 14 10 .583 33 33 0 0 0 200.7 166 93 37 45 220 4.17 .222 .280 .436 .716 11.4
1984 33 OMA JL 14 6 .700 30 30 0 0 0 194.3 157 68 22 56 214 3.15 .217 .282 .397 .679 16.1
1985 34 CLG FL 8 4 .667 16 16 1 0 0 98.0 93 56 19 25 88 5.14 .245 .303 .470 .773 2.4
1986 35 AAA   10 8 .556 26 26 1 0 0 154.7 125 89 37 78 210 5.18 .220 .314 .438 .751  
11 Years Sim 111 84 .569 301 297 10 3 0 1927.0 1599 741 215 570 1889 3.46 .223 .291 .373 .664 134.8
3 Years AAA 19 10 .655 40 40 4 2 0 251.7 212 115 41 109 337 4.11 .228 .309 .383 .692  
2 Years AA 16 14 .533 38 38 5 1 0 266.0 267 93 22 69 376 3.15 .257 .304 .355 .659  
5 Years Minors 35 24 .593 78 78 9 3 0 517.7 479 208 63 178 713 3.62 .244 .306 .368 .675  
Season Average 10 7 .588 27 27 0 0 0 175.2 145 67 19 51 171 3.46 .223 .291 .373 .664  
Career Highs 17 13 .700 38 38 4 2 0 260.3 200 102 37 86 220 5.93 .278 .391 .470 .817  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   794 348 102 239 1065   .206 .253 .343 .595
vs LH   805 393 113 331 824   .243 .312 .407 .719
Home 55 44 .556 157 154 4 3 0 988.0 859 396 109 293 978 3.61 .232 .288 .383 .671
Away 56 40 .583 144 143 6 0 0 939.0 740 345 106 277 911 3.31 .214 .272 .361 .633
Mar/Apr 22 9 .710 49 49 1 0 0 316.3 251 112 34 89 312 3.19 .214 .269 .365 .634
May 13 21 .382 48 48 1 0 0 293.0 256 137 38 83 307 4.21 .232 .286 .403 .689
June 17 15 .531 55 54 2 0 0 358.3 293 148 42 107 351 3.72 .223 .281 .373 .654
July 20 9 .690 49 46 3 2 0 305.6 245 105 29 86 279 3.09 .218 .274 .357 .630
August 20 16 .556 54 54 1 0 0 347.0 298 123 37 108 316 3.19 .228 .287 .372 .659
Sep/Oct 19 14 .576 46 46 2 1 0 306.6 256 116 35 97 324 3.40 .224 .285 .367 .652
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Hitter Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1975 24 BIR FL 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3 0.0
1976 25 BIR FL 23 45 5 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 21 .267 .283 .267 .549 3.5 0.2
1977 26 OMA JL 33 69 3 8 1 0 1 5 0 0 2 27 .116 .141 .174 .315 0.5 0.0
1978 27 OMA JL 26 62 7 14 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 27 .226 .250 .242 .492 3.6 0.0
1979 28 OMA JL 38 95 12 20 4 1 1 11 0 1 9 38 .211 .279 .305 .584 7.9 0.4
1980 29 OMA JL 36 78 4 13 4 0 0 5 0 0 1 34 .167 .177 .218 .395 1.7 0.0
1981 30 OMA JL 32 67 9 13 1 0 1 3 0 0 2 23 .194 .217 .254 .471 2.9 0.0
1982 31 OMA JL 32 74 1 10 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 22 .135 .145 .135 .280 -0.1 0.0
1983 32 OMA JL 33 66 4 11 4 0 0 8 0 0 0 18 .167 .167 .227 .394 1.5 0.0
1984 33 OMA JL 30 69 3 10 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 22 .145 .145 .174 .319 -0.6 0.0
1985 34 CLG FL 16 31 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 15 .065 .065 .065 .129 -1.8 0.0
11 Years Sim 300 659 49 114 17 1 3 39 1 1 18 247 .173 .195 .215 .410 19.5 0.7
162 Game Average 355 26 61 9 0 1 21 0 0 9 133 .173 .195 .215 .410 10.5  
Career Highs 38 95 12 20 4 1 1 11 1 1 9 38 .333 .333 .333 .667 7.9  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   431 29 78 13 0 2 30 1 1 14 169 .181 .206 .225 .431 14.5
vs LH   228 20 36 4 1 1 9 0 0 4 78 .158 .172 .197 .370 3.3
Home 156 313 24 54 5 0 2 25 0 0 9 124 .173 .195 .208 .403 8.2
Away 144 346 25 60 12 1 1 14 1 1 9 123 .173 .194 .223 .417 9.6
RISP   152 0 26 4 0 1 33 0 0 2 60 .171 .181 .217 .398 3.4
Close/Late   32 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 15 .063 .118 .063 .180 -1.2
Mar/Apr 49 107 8 15 5 0 0 5 1 0 6 47 .140 .186 .187 .373 2.0
May 48 89 5 12 3 0 1 5 0 0 6 42 .135 .189 .202 .392 2.2
June 55 126 10 21 1 1 1 7 0 0 1 41 .167 .172 .214 .386 2.5
July 49 102 7 15 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 35 .147 .155 .167 .322 -0.1
August 54 127 10 27 2 0 1 16 0 1 2 42 .213 .225 .252 .477 5.6
Sep/Oct 45 108 9 24 4 0 0 3 0 0 2 40 .222 .236 .259 .496 5.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1975 24 BIR FL P 2 2 13.7 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.66    
1976 25 BIR FL P 23 20 150.0 13 19 0 0 1.000 1.92    
1977 26 OMA JL P 33 33 205.7 15 18 2 3 .943 1.44    
1978 27 OMA JL P 26 25 166.3 10 16 1 1 .963 1.41    
1979 28 OMA JL P 38 38 260.3 12 25 0 2 1.000 1.28    
1980 29 OMA JL P 36 36 229.3 9 29 2 5 .950 1.49    
1981 30 OMA JL P 32 32 200.0 9 19 0 2 1.000 1.26    
1982 31 OMA JL P 32 32 208.7 8 21 1 0 .967 1.25    
1983 32 OMA JL P 33 33 200.7 12 23 0 2 1.000 1.57    
1984 33 OMA JL P 30 30 194.3 11 18 1 2 .967 1.34    
1985 34 CLG FL P 16 16 98.0 6 10 1 0 .941 1.47    
Career Totals   301 297 1927.0 105 199 8 17 .974 1.42    
Career Highs   38 38 260.3 15 29 2 5 1.000 1.92    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1981 30 OMA JL 0 0 .000 1 1 0 0 0 5.3 4 2 1 3 6 3.38 .200 .304 .450 .754
1982 31 OMA JL 1 0 1.000 1 1 0 0 0 6.3 5 1 0 0 6 1.42 .227 .227 .227 .455
1983 32 OMA JL 0 0 .000 1 1 0 0 0 7.0 4 3 1 1 9 3.86 .160 .192 .360 .552
1984 33 OMA JL 0 1 .000 1 1 0 0 0 2.0 6 6 1 2 4 27.00 .545 .615 .909 1.524
Career Post-Season Pitching 1 1 .500 4 4 0 0 0 20.7 19 12 3 6 25 5.23 .244 .298 .423 .721
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1981 30 OMA JL 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1982 31 OMA JL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1983 32 OMA JL 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1978-10-2.87
1980-9-3.10
1982-10-3.06
CAR-44-3.46
 Wins
1979-9-17
1982-10-14
1984-9-14
 Winning Pct
1979-8-.680
1984-6-.700
 Games Started
1979-4-38
1980-5-36
 Homeruns Allowed
1979-9-27
1983-2-37
 Strikeouts
1980-8-196
1981-2-211
1982-1-219
1983-4-220
1984-6-214
Walks Allowed
1979-10-86
1980-6-81
 Walks per 9IP
1982-3-1.5
 Hits per 9IP
1978-9-7.5
1979-6-6.9
1980-4-7.3
1981-2-6.6
1982-4-7.4
1983-8-7.4
1984-10-7.3
CAR-18-7.5
 Strikeouts per 9IP
1980-10-7.7
1981-2-9.5
1982-1-9.4
1983-1-9.9
1984-4-9.9
CAR-32-8.8
 WHiP
1981-3-0.98
1982-2-0.98
1983-7-1.05
CAR-25-1.13
 OAVG
1979-6-.211
1980-4-.220
1981-2-.201
1982-4-.219
1983-8-.222
1984-9-.217
CAR-18-.223
OOBP
1981-3-.259
1982-3-.261
CAR-48-.291
 OSLG
1979-10-.335
1980-5-.328
 OOPS
1980-8-.631
1981-8-.626
CAR-45-.664
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 8    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 38)
   Gray Ink Test: 78    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 149)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 38    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 50)
 
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  1. Shamus Perfetto (957)
  2. Narciso Jarilla (956)
  3. Billy Chapel (950)
  4. Denny Estrada (939)
  5. Terrence Williams (938)
  6. Jacob Butler (937)
  7. Brock Rutherford (934)
  8. J.R. Richard (931)
  9. Robert Grove (931)
  10. Al Nipper (921)
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Denny Estrada (987)
  2. Brent Beemings (987)
  3. Andy Messersmith (985)
  4. Luke Gofannon (979)
  5. Ed Ostrosser (978)
  6. Terence Hermanson (978)
  7. Matt Ryan (976)
  8. Clyde Mercedes (976)
  9. Alexander Everett (974)
  10. Justin Alexander (974)
History
Released by Omaha on 7/11/1973
Drafted in 1st round, 8th overall pick, by Birmingham in 1974
Injured on 4/5/1974 with a Ruptured Elbow Ligament, out for 4 weeks
Injured on 5/12/1974 with a Sore Shoulder, out for 4 days
Injured on 7/10/1974 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for one week
Injured on 8/21/1975 with a Pulled Tricep Muscle, out for 2-3 weeks
Had first career hit on 9/22/1975, off Jose Abbey (DM)
Earned first career win on 6/6/1976
Traded from Birmingham to Omaha on 2/6/1977 (Going to BIR: P C. Aubrey, P J. Wilbury. Going to OMA: P B. Carey, P E. Pereira, RF X. Jonah)
Hit first career homerun on 8/13/1977, off Alvin Harrison (CHI)
Injured on 4/22/1978 with a Spasms Back, out for 6 weeks
Was selected to the 1979 Allstar game
 
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