Chuck Carr (baseball)
Chuck Carr | |
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Center fielder | |
Born: San Bernardino, California | August 10, 1967|
Died: November 13, 2022 | (aged 55)|
Batted: Switch Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
April 28, 1990, for the New York Mets | |
Last MLB appearance | |
September 27, 1997, for the Houston Astros | |
MLB statistics | |
Batting average | .254 |
Home runs | 13 |
Runs batted in | 123 |
Stolen bases | 144 |
Teams | |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Charles Lee Glenn Carr Jr. (August 10, 1967 – November 13, 2022) was an American Major League Baseball outfielder.
Career
Carr topped the National League in stolen bases in 1993 with 58. He helped the Astros win the 1997 National League Central Division.
In an eight-season career, he played in 507 games, had 1,713 at-bats, 254 runs, 435 hits, 81 doubles, seven triples, 13 home runs, 123 RBI, 144 stolen bases, 149 walks, a .254 batting average, .316 on-base percentage, .332 slugging percentage, 569 total bases, 30 sacrifice hits, 10 sacrifice flies, and four Intentional walks.
Carr is perhaps remembered most for his hasty departure from the Brewers in 1997. After popping out to third base on a two balls, no strike count, after being signalled to take the next pitch, Carr was questioned by manager Phil Garner. Carr reportedly replied to Garner by saying in the third person: "That ain't Chuckie's game. Chuckie hacks on 2-0." He was released from the club shortly thereafter. He played the rest of that season with the Houston Astros where he hit his first postseason home run off John Smoltz in Game 3 of the NLDS. The home run would be the last at bat of his career.
Personal life and death
Carr died on November 13, 2022, at the age of 55.
See also
Sources
- ^ Tom Haudricourt (1997-09-02). "Carr Enjoying Ride in Houston". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
- ^ Box score of the infamous "Chuckie hacks" game
- ^ "Former Brewers outfielder Chuck Carr dies at age 55". Journal Sentinel. Retrieved 2022-11-14.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference
- Baseball Reference (Minors)
- Baseball Gauge
- Retrosheet
- 1967 births
- 2022 deaths
- African-American baseball players
- Arkansas Travelers players
- Atlantic City Surf players
- Baseball players from California
- Bellingham Mariners players
- Bisbee-Douglas Copper Kings players
- Charlotte Knights players
- American expatriate baseball players in Italy
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- Jackson Mets players
- Long Island Ducks players
- Major League Baseball center fielders
- Mercuries Tigers players
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- Minor league baseball coaches
- National League stolen base champions
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- Sportspeople from San Bernardino, California
- Rimini Baseball Club players
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- Tidewater Tides players
- Vermont Mariners players
- Wausau Timbers players
- Louisville Redbirds players
- American expatriate baseball players in Taiwan
- 21st-century African-American people
- 20th-century African-American sportspeople
- American baseball outfielder, 1960s birth stubs