Max "Scoops" Carey was a major league baseball player and Hall of Famer. Carey's career began in 1910 with the Pittsburgh Pirates but retired after several seasons with the Brooklyn Robins (who would later become the Dodgers). He led the NL in stolen bases ten times and remains #9 on the all-time stolen base leader list with 738 stolen bases. Carey was selected by the Veterans Committee to become part of the Hall of Fame in 1961.
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| - Max "Scoops" Carey was a major league baseball player and Hall of Famer. Carey's career began in 1910 with the Pittsburgh Pirates but retired after several seasons with the Brooklyn Robins (who would later become the Dodgers). He led the NL in stolen bases ten times and remains #9 on the all-time stolen base leader list with 738 stolen bases. Carey was selected by the Veterans Committee to become part of the Hall of Fame in 1961.
- He was born Maximillian George Carnarius in Terre Haute, Indiana. He first adopted the name Max Carey when he played his first professional baseball game in order to retain his amateur status at Concordia College; the name would stick with him for his entire career. Carey played his final three and a half years with the Brooklyn Robins, but was aging and no longer the same player. He retired in 1929, but went on to manage the Dodgers from 1932 to 1933, as well as the Milwaukee Chicks and the Fort Wayne Daisies of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.
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| - He was born Maximillian George Carnarius in Terre Haute, Indiana. He first adopted the name Max Carey when he played his first professional baseball game in order to retain his amateur status at Concordia College; the name would stick with him for his entire career. Carey played for the Pirates from his arrival in the league in 1910 until 1926, winning a World Series championship in 1925. He was known as a skilled fielder and excellent base stealer. He regularly stole 40 or more bases and maintained a favorable steal percentage; in 1922 he stole 51 bases and was caught only twice. He also stole home 33 times in his career, second best to Ty Cobb's 50 on the all-time list. Carey played his final three and a half years with the Brooklyn Robins, but was aging and no longer the same player. He retired in 1929, but went on to manage the Dodgers from 1932 to 1933, as well as the Milwaukee Chicks and the Fort Wayne Daisies of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Carey was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1961. He died at age 86 in Miami, Florida and is buried in Woodlawn Park Cemetery and Mausoleum (now Caballero Rivero Woodlawn North Park Cemetery and Mausoleum).
- Max "Scoops" Carey was a major league baseball player and Hall of Famer. Carey's career began in 1910 with the Pittsburgh Pirates but retired after several seasons with the Brooklyn Robins (who would later become the Dodgers). He led the NL in stolen bases ten times and remains #9 on the all-time stolen base leader list with 738 stolen bases. Carey was selected by the Veterans Committee to become part of the Hall of Fame in 1961.
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