David Andrew McCarty (born November 23, 1969 in Houston, Texas) is a former first baseman and outfielder in Major League Baseball. Events 800 - Charlemagne arrives at Rome to investigate the alleged crimes of Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Texas ( is a state geographically located in the South Central United States and is also known as the Lone Star State. First base, or 1B, is the first of four stations on a Baseball diamond which must be touched in succession by a baserunner in order to score a run Outfielder is a generic term applied to each of the people playing in the three defensive positions in Baseball farthest from the batter McCarty attended Stanford University and currently lives in Piedmont, California with two children and his wife. Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly known as Stanford University or simply Stanford, is a private Research university located in Piedmont is a small extremely affluent city in Alameda County, California, United States. California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. McCarty graduated from Sharpstown High School in 1988 [1]. Sharpstown High School is a secondary school located at 7504 Bissonnet in Houston Texas, United States with a Zip code of 77074 From 1993 through 2005, McCarty played with the Minnesota Twins (1993-1995), San Francisco Giants (1995-1996), Seattle Mariners (1998), Kansas City Royals (2000-2002), Tampa Bay Devil Rays (2002), Oakland Athletics (2003) and Boston Red Sox (2003-2005). Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Toronto Blue Jays over Philadelphia Phillies (4-2 Paul Molitor, 2005 Major League Baseball season Headline events of the year Chicago White Sox swept the Houston Astros to win the World Series The Minnesota Twins are a professional baseball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Atlanta Braves over Cleveland Indians (4-2 Tom Glavine, MVP The San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball team based in, that currently play in the National League West Division. Champions Major League Baseball World Series: New York Yankees over Atlanta Braves (4-2 John Wetteland, MVP The Seattle Mariners are an American professional baseball team based in Seattle, Washington, United States. Headline events of the year Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa, Ken Griffey Jr The Kansas City Royals are a Major League Baseball team based in Kansas City, Missouri. Champions Major League Baseball Regular Season Champions Other champions Caribbean World Series: Champions Major League Baseball Regular Season Champions Other champions Caribbean World Series: The Tampa Bay Rays are a Major League Baseball franchise based in St The Oakland Athletics are a professional baseball team based in Oakland, California. Headline event of the year The Florida Marlins become World Series champions holding off a dynastic New York Yankees team 4 games to The Boston Red Sox are a Professional baseball team based in Boston Massachusetts, and are the reigning (2007 World Series Champions. Headline event of the year The Florida Marlins become World Series champions holding off a dynastic New York Yankees team 4 games to He batted right-handed and threw left-handed. Someone who is right-handed will prefer to use this hand for everyday activities such as writing, maintaining personal hygiene, Cooking and so forth
In an eleven-season career, McCarty was a . 242 hitter with 36 home runs and 175 RBI in 630 games. Games played (most often abbreviated as G or GP) is a Statistic used in Team sports to indicate the total number of games in which a player has
A utility player in the purest sense, McCarty was an excellent defensive first baseman and a decent outfielder who occasionally was called upon to pitch. In Baseball, the pitcher is the player who throwsthe baseball from the Pitcher's mound toward the Catcher to begin each play with the goal of His most productive season came in 2000 for the Royals, when he posted career-highs in batting average (. Batting average is a Statistic in both Cricket and Baseball measuring the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters, respectively 278), home runs (12), RBI (68), runs (34), hits (75), doubles (14) and games played (103). In Baseball, a run is scored when a player advances safely around first second and third base and returns safely to Home plate, touching In Baseball statistics, a hit (denoted by H) sometimes called a base hit, is credited to a batter when the batter safely reaches In Baseball, a double is the act of a batter striking the pitched ball and safely reaching Second base without being called out by the Umpire
McCarty, who was released by the Boston Red Sox in May 2005, refused a minor league assignment. Part of the History of baseball series Minor league baseball is a hierarchy of Professional baseball leagues in North He has effectively retired and is considering a career as a baseball commentator.
McCarty has been a Red Sox analyst on NESN since July 1, 2005. The New England Sports Network, or NESN, is a regional Cable television network that covers the six New England states except Fairfield County Connecticut "July 1st" redirects here For the Ayumi Hamasaki song see H (song. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
Contents |
Right/Left
- Notably, McCarty was one of those rare players who were not primarily pitchers in major league history who threw left-handed, but batted right-handed. In Baseball, the pitcher is the player who throwsthe baseball from the Pitcher's mound toward the Catcher to begin each play with the goal of Other such players include:
|
Trivia
- McCarty had also three pitching stints while on the Red Sox in 2004. Jeffrey William Abbott (born August 17, 1972 in Atlanta Georgia) is a retired professional baseball player who played Outfielder in the Major Richard Leroy Adams (born April 8, 1920 in Tuolumne County California) is a former First baseman in Major League Baseball who Douglas Reagan Ault ( March 9, 1950 – December 22, 2004) was a Major League Baseball First baseman / Designated hitter Robert Rudolph Balcena ( August 1, 1925 - January 4, 1990) was an Outfielder in Major League Baseball who played briefly Raymond Bloom "Rube" Bressler ( October 23, 1894 - November 7, 1966) was an American left-handed Pitcher Mark Carreon (born July 19, 1963 in Chicago Illinois) is a former First baseman / Outfielder in Major League Baseball. Chase defensively In his day Hal Chase was almost universally considered one of the best fielders in the game -- not just at first base but at any position even compared Edward Carl "Eddie" Gaedel ( June 8, 1925 – June 18, 1961) born in Chicago Illinois, was an American Rickey Henley Henderson (born as Rickey Nelson Henley, December 25 1958 in Chicago, Illinois) is a former Major League Baseball Outfielder Brian Ronald Hunter (born March 4 1968 in Torrance California) is a former First baseman in Major League Baseball who played from Cleon Joseph Jones (born August 4 1942 in Plateau Alabama) is a former Left fielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Jason Dean Lane (born December 22, 1976 in Santa Rosa, California) is a Major League Baseball Outfielder for the Brian Herbert Lesher (born 5 March 1971) is a former backup Outfielder in Major League who played for three different teams between and. Luis Main Medina (born March 26, 1963 in Santa Monica California) is a former First baseman / Outfielder in Major League Baseball Jesús Manuel (Chucho Ramos García ( April 12, 1918 - September 2, 1977) was an Outfielder / First baseman in Cody Joseph Ross (born December 23, 1980, in Portales New Mexico) is an Outfielder in Major League Baseball who plays for the Headline events of the year The Boston Red Sox win their first World Series since, ending the Curse of the Bambino. The first one during the April 11 home opener. Events 491 - Flavius Anastasius becomes Byzantine Emperor, with the name of Anastasius I. The second in the June 12 game vs the Los Angeles Dodgers in which he struck out Jayson Werth. Events 1381 - Peasants' Revolt: in England, rebels arrive at Blackheath. The Los Angeles Dodgers are a Major League Baseball team based in Los Angeles California, USA Jayson Richard Werth (born May 20, 1979 in Springfield Illinois) is an Outfielder in Major League Baseball who currently plays for And finally, the final game of the season where McCarty went 2 scoreless innings against the Baltimore Orioles in which he struck out Rafael Palmeiro. The Baltimore Orioles are a professional baseball team based in Baltimore, Maryland. Rafael Palmeiro Corrales (born September 24, 1964 in Havana, Cuba) is a former Major League Baseball player with a career spanning
See also
External links
- ESPN profile and daily updates
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference
- McCarty expands repertoire - Jayson Stark, ESPN
Dapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic