Joe Carter

LF/RF/CF · R/R · MLB · ACTIVE: 1983–1998 BORN: OKLAHOMA CITY, USA
All-Star ×5 Silver Slugger ×2
Career
2184 H · 396 HR · 1445 RBI · 231 SB
.259 AVG · .771 OPS · 2189 G
1998 Season
.295 AVG · 7 HR · 29 RBI · 1 SB
.322 OBP · .562 SLG · .884 OPS
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Joe Carter was a left fielder in MLB. Across 2189 career games, with a .259 batting average and 396 home runs. This page covers season stats, team history, salary history, and career profile.

Deep Data

Full Career Record

Season-by-season performance, contract terms, and the complete archive.

Season-by-Season Batting
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Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1983 CHC 23 51 6 9 1 1 0 1 1 0 21 .176 .176 .235 .412
1984 CLE 66 244 32 67 6 1 13 41 2 11 48 .275 .307 .467 .775
1985 CLE 143 489 64 128 27 0 15 59 24 25 74 .262 .298 .409 .707
1986 CLE 162 663 108 200 36 9 29 121 29 32 95 .302 .335 .514 .849
1987 CLE 149 588 83 155 27 2 32 106 31 27 105 .264 .304 .480 .784
1988 CLE 157 621 85 168 36 6 27 98 27 35 82 .271 .314 .478 .792
1989 CLE 162 651 84 158 32 4 35 105 13 39 112 .243 .292 .465 .757
1990 SD 162 634 79 147 27 1 24 115 22 48 93 .232 .290 .391 .681
1991 TOR 162 638 89 174 42 3 33 108 20 49 112 .273 .330 .503 .833
1992 TOR 158 622 97 164 30 7 34 119 12 36 109 .264 .309 .498 .808
1993 TOR 155 603 92 153 33 5 33 121 8 47 113 .254 .312 .489 .802
1994 TOR 111 435 70 118 25 2 27 103 11 33 64 .271 .317 .524 .841
1995 TOR 139 558 70 141 23 0 25 76 12 37 87 .253 .300 .428 .728
1996 TOR 157 625 84 158 35 7 30 107 7 44 106 .253 .306 .475 .782
1997 TOR 157 612 76 143 30 4 21 102 8 40 105 .234 .284 .399 .683
1998 BAL 85 283 36 70 15 1 11 34 3 18 48 .247 .297 .424 .721
1998 SF 41 105 15 31 7 0 7 29 1 6 13 .295 .322 .562 .884
Career Totals 2189 8422 1170 2184 432 53 396 1445 231 527 1387 .259 .306 .464 .771
Awards & Achievements
  • Player of the Month (2): 1991, 1994
  • Player of the Week (7): 1986, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1992, 1994, 1994
  • Silver Slugger (2): 1991, 1992
  • TSN All-Star (2): 1991, 1992
All-Star Selections

1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996

Salary & Contract
Year Salary
1985$110,000
1986$190,000
1987$250,000
1988$840,000
1989$1,630,000
1990$1,866,667
1991$3,791,667
1992$3,691,667
1993$5,550,000
1994$5,550,000
1995$7,500,000
1996$6,525,000
1997$6,500,000
1998$3,151,380

Career Total: $47,146,381 (14 seasons)

Average: $3,367,599

Salary data is available from 1985 onward.

TGN salary figures show base salary. Signing bonuses, accounting allocations, and luxury-tax values are listed separately where available.

Contract Detail

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Data: Lahman Baseball Database (CC BY-SA 4.0), Cot's Baseball Contracts, Retrosheet.