IAL Hall of Fame: Gary Carter

Gary Carter

Catcher inducted in 1997

Wearing the tools of ignorance did nothing to soften Gary Carter’s blow.  He managed to hit 339 dingers throughout his 18 year career (20th all time, at the time of his induction).  Gary was a mainstay of the Chicago Champion dynasty and helped them to six IAL World Championships.  In 1978 Carter was traded to the Champions from the Davenport Fire in exchange for Greg Luzinski, Greg won the MVP, leading the Fire to a 1st place finish, and the Champions won the IAL Championship, a good deal for both teams.

YEAR	CLUB	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	SLG	OBP
1976	FIRE	88	294	38	73	11	0	9	38	0	0	3	.248	.378	.248
1977	FIRE	59	80	4	14	2	0	1	5	0	0	0	.175	.238	.175
1978	CHAMPS	143	506	101	145	42	5	41	134	51	107	6	.287	.632	.352
1979	CHAMPS	154	535	93	126	28	0	28	92	76	64	2	.236	.445	.331
1980	CHAMPS	134	495	66	133	26	7	20	71	41	68	0	.269	.471	.325
1981	CHAMPS	135	549	72	133	22	6	36	112	46	88	0	.242	.501	.301
1982	CHAMPS	143	523	50	106	26	1	17	65	38	68	0	.203	.354	.257
1983	CHAMPS	145	514	86	164	30	4	23	93	80	73	0	.319	.527	.411
1984	CHAMPS	145	531	62	153	44	2	22	85	33	37	0	.288	.503	.330
1985	CHAMPS	159	587	67	155	35	0	24	77	68	67	0	.264	.446	.340
1986	CHAMPS	145	525	80	135	14	0	48	111	67	65	0	.257	.558	.341
1987	CHAMPS	131	430	55	104	12	0	19	56	70	58	0	.242	.402	.348
1988	CHAMPS	139	490	54	115	16	5	19	52	47	94	0	.235	.404	.302
1989	CHAMPS	122	409	30	105	23	2	10	62	31	60	0	.257	.396	.309
1990	CHAMPS	36	100	11	24	8	0	2	8	6	12	0	.240	.380	.283
1991	CHAMPS	62	157	16	38	6	0	7	20	14	28	0	.242	.414	.304
1992	CHAMPS	51	115	13	30	7	0	6	13	6	11	4	.261	.478	.298
1993	12TRS	78	182	20	41	16	1	7	26	20	28	0	.225	.440	.302
18	Total	2069	7022	918	1794	368	33	339	1120	694	928	15	.255	.462	.322