 In 1896, Carfrey played with the Ansonia Blues from Ansonia, Connecticut in the Naugatuck Valley League.Newspaper accounts in the "Sporting Life" indicate that he also played second base for a "York" baseball team (presumably York, Pennsylvania) in 1896.In November 1897, "The Sporting Life" reported that Carfrey was the captain of the Media Base Ball Club in Media, Pennsylvania, located 12 miles west of Philadelphia.