Paul Carey

Paul Carey may refer to:

Paul Carey (cricketer)

Paul Alexander Huntly Carey (21 May 1920 – 13 November 2009) was an English cricketer active from 1938 to 1951 who played for Sussex. He was born in Horsham and died in Perth, Western Australia. He appeared in 52 first-class matches as a lefthanded batsman who bowled right arm fast. He scored 869 runs with a highest score of 96 and took 136 wickets with a best performance of six for 80. During the Second World War, Carey was stationed in India where he played first-class cricket for four years.

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Paul Carey (baseball)

Paul Stephen Carey (born January 8, 1968) is a former Major League Baseball first baseman/designated hitter who played in 1993 for the Baltimore Orioles. He also managed in the minor leagues from 1998 to 2001. His brother is former NHL goalie Jim Carey.

Early life

Carey was born in Boston, Massachusetts. 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). He was inducted into the Stanford University Hall of Fame in 1990.

Playing career

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. 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 RBI in 153 at-bats.