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Rico Carty played 15 major-league seasons (1963-1979) as a OF (807), 1B (59), C (17), 3B (1). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 16 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | 24 | ML1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| 1964 | 25 | ML1 | 133 | 455 | 72 | 150 | 22 | 88 | 1 | 43 | 78 | .330 | .942 | 172 |
| 1965 | 26 | ML1 | 83 | 271 | 37 | 84 | 10 | 35 | 1 | 17 | 44 | .310 | .849 | 146 |
| 1966 | 27 | ATL | 151 | 521 | 73 | 170 | 15 | 76 | 4 | 60 | 74 | .326 | .859 | 146 |
| 1967 | 28 | ATL | 134 | 444 | 41 | 113 | 15 | 64 | 4 | 49 | 70 | .255 | .730 | 116 |
| 1969 | 30 | ATL | 104 | 304 | 47 | 104 | 16 | 58 | 0 | 32 | 28 | .342 | .951 | 174 |
| 1970 | 31 | ATL | 136 | 478 | 84 | 175 | 25 | 101 | 1 | 77 | 46 | .366 | 1.037 | 187 |
| 1972 | 33 | ATL | 86 | 271 | 31 | 75 | 6 | 29 | 0 | 44 | 33 | .277 | .780 | 130 |
| 1973 | 34 | TEX|OAK | 93 | 314 | 25 | 73 | 4 | 34 | 2 | 38 | 40 | .232 | .626 | 77 |
| 1973 | 34 | CHN | 22 | 70 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 10 | .214 | .533 | 54 |
| 1974 | 35 | CLE | 33 | 91 | 6 | 33 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 9 | .363 | .846 | 144 |
| 1975 | 36 | CLE | 118 | 383 | 57 | 118 | 18 | 64 | 2 | 45 | 31 | .308 | .882 | 148 |
| 1976 | 37 | CLE | 152 | 552 | 67 | 171 | 13 | 83 | 1 | 67 | 45 | .310 | .821 | 141 |
| 1977 | 38 | CLE | 127 | 461 | 50 | 129 | 15 | 80 | 1 | 56 | 51 | .280 | .787 | 114 |
| 1978 | 39 | TOR|OAK | 145 | 528 | 70 | 149 | 31 | 99 | 1 | 57 | 57 | .282 | .850 | 137 |
| 1979 | 40 | TOR | 132 | 461 | 48 | 118 | 12 | 55 | 3 | 46 | 45 | .256 | .713 | 92 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | OF | 121 | 118 | 176 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| 1965 | OF | 73 | 70 | 112 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| 1966 | OF | 126 | 118 | 226 | 8 | 7 | 0 |
| 1966 | C | 17 | 14 | 88 | 8 | 3 | 1 |
| 1966 | 1B | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1966 | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1967 | OF | 112 | 110 | 203 | 7 | 9 | 3 |
| 1967 | 1B | 9 | 6 | 64 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 1969 | OF | 79 | 79 | 118 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 1970 | OF | 133 | 133 | 219 | 5 | 6 | 0 |
| 1972 | OF | 78 | 78 | 139 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 1973 | OF | 72 | 72 | 123 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 1974 | 1B | 8 | 8 | 64 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 1975 | 1B | 26 | 23 | 189 | 15 | 2 | 21 |
| 1975 | OF | 12 | 10 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1976 | 1B | 12 | 11 | 79 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 1976 | OF | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1B | 2 | 2 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (4 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1976, 1970, 1969, 1964.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | Rookie of the Year | NL | 2 | 1 / 20 | 1 |
| 1969 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 14 | 12 / 336 | 0 |
| 1970 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 10 | 43 / 336 | 0 |
| 1976 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 24 | 5 / 336 | 0 |
Rico Carty ranks on 3 all-time single-season position leaderboards (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
| Rank | Board | Year | Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| #53 | left fielders | 1970 | 187 OPS+ |
| #67 | designated hitters | 1976 | 141 OPS+ |
| #72 | designated hitters | 1978 | 137 OPS+ |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.