Paul Carey

Background

Carey was born in Boston, Massachusetts.

Education

He was selected in the 27th round of the 1986 draft by the Seattle Mariners but chose not to sign, and then by the Detroit Tigers in the fourth round of the 1989 draft, but again didn"t sign.

Career

He also managed in the minor leagues from 1998 to 2001. He was inducted into the Stanford University Hall of Fame in 1990. After being chosen by the Miami Miracle of the Florida State League in the fourth round of the 1990 draft, however, he did sign.

1990 was his first professional season.

He hit.327 for Miami with four home runs and 20 Reserve Bank of India in 153 at-bats. On March 18, 1991, the Baltimore Orioles purchased his contract from the Miracle.

He played for the Hagerstown Suns in 1991, hitting.252 with 12 home runs and 65 Reserve Bank of India. In 1992, his hitting improved as he played for the Frederick Keys, Hagerstown Suns and Rochester Red Wings at different times. In 136 at-bats with the Keys, he hit.301 with nine home runs and 26 Reserve Bank of India. In 163 at-bats with the Suns, he hit.270 with four home runs and 18 Reserve Bank of India. In 87 at-bats with the Red Wings, however, he fell to.230 with one home run and seven Reserve Bank of India. Overall for 1992, he hit.272 with 14 home runs and 51 Reserve Bank of India. He spent most of 1993 with the Red Wings, hitting.311 with 12 home runs and 50 Reserve Bank of India in 325 at-bats.

On May 25, 1993 he made his major league debut against Bob Wickman and the New York Yankees.

As the Orioles" Dialectics and Humanism, he went 1 for 3 in a losing effort. He played in 18 games that season, collecting 10 hits in 47 at-bats for a.213 batting average. He played his final major league game on October 2, 1993.

Although his major league career was over, he played professionally until 1995.

In 1994, he played for Frederick and Rochester, hitting a combined.279 with 14 home runs and 40 Reserve Bank of India in 226 at-bats. In 1995, he hit.236 with nine home runs and 50 Reserve Bank of India for the Red Wings.

Overall, he hit.275 with 65 home runs and 276 Reserve Bank of India in his six-year minor league career. Carey managed in the minor leagues from 1998 to 2001.

The following is his managerial record.

Achievements

• He attended Boston College High School in Dorchester, Massachusetts and then Stanford University, where he was voted the 1987 College World Series Most Outstanding Player as a freshman outfielder on Stanford"s national champion baseball team on the basis of his come-from-behind ninth-inning walk-off double in the title game in Omaha. He is one of three players from Stanford University to win this award (Lee Plemel and John Hudgins are the other two). The Yankees won the game 1–0.