Max Carey

Maximillian George Carnarius got his start playing baseball in Terre Haute, Indiana. This plack is up in front of the football field for Indiana State University. What is now the football field use to be the old baseball stadium. The old gates are still used to enter the football field. Max Carey adopted his name when he played his first professional game to maitain ameture status for Concordia College. The name stuck and he went on the play for the Pittsburgh Pirates. He holds many records that are still good today. In most of the categories he is still ranked 9th. After playing for the pirates he went on the play for the Brooklyn Robins for three years before he retired. After he retired he was the manager for the Dogers. During World War 2 he went on to manage the Milwaukee Chicks and the Fort Wayne Daisys two women's teams that played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Of all these accomplishments everyone will always remember that little Max Carey got his big start playing ball in Terre Haute, Indiana.