Tom Carey

Who was Tom Carey?

Thomas Joseph Carey, born J. J. Norton, was an American shortstop in Major League Baseball. Born in Brooklyn, New York, he played a total of nine seasons, five of which were in the National Association, and the other four in the National League. During two of the seasons in the National Association, he also spent some time as player-manager, with a career record of 27 wins and 21 losses.

Carey played as a second baseman in his first three seasons in the National Association, and went hitless in three at bats for the Fort Wayne Kekiongas in the first professional game ever played on May 4, 1871, against the Cleveland Forest Citys.

After his playing days were over, he spent the 1882 season as an umpire. He died at the age of 60 in San Francisco, California, and is buried at the San Francisco National Cemetery.