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 A rugged receiver and enthusiastic
on-field general, Gary Carter
excelled at one of baseball’s most
demanding positions, as both an
offensive and defensive force. A
three-time Gold Glove Award winner,
Carter belted 324 home runs in his
19-season major league career. “Kid”
was a two-time All-Star Game MVP, an
11-time All-Star, and still holds
the all-time catching record with
12,988 chances accepted. His clutch
single in the 10th inning of Game
Six of the 1986 World Series sparked
the New York Mets to a dramatic
comeback victory and ultimately a
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Gary Edmund
Carter was born on April 8, 1954,
in Culver City, California. The
younger of two ball-playing brothers
(brother Gordon played outfield for
two years in the minors), Carter
grew up in Fullerton, California,
where he attended Sunny Hills High
School. There Carter excelled as an
All-America quarterback, as well as
the two-year captain of the
football, basketball, and baseball
teams. Though he signed a letter of
intent to play football at UCLA,
Carter chose baseball as a career
after being selected by the Montréal
Expos in the third round of the 1972
free agent draft.
Gary
Carter had 298 home runs as a
catcher, sixth best all-time for the
position. Carter had nine seasons
with 20 or more home runs and four
with 100+ RBI, while finishing in
the top 10 in MVP voting four times.
He holds the major league career
record for most putouts at catcher
(11,785) and most chances accepted
at catcher (12,988). He also owns
the major league single-season
record for fewest passed balls in a
season of 150 or more game (one in
1978), and shares the major league
record for most home runs in two
consecutive games (five on September
3-4, 1985) and most years leading
the league in chances accepted by a
catcher (eight).
Following his departure from the
field, Carter has stayed involved in
the game working as a broadcaster
for the
Florida Marlins and Montréal
Expos. At the end of 2002, Carter
was named roving minor league
catching instructor for the New York
Mets. He has also helped raise
millions of dollars for the Leukemia
Society of America to help fight the
disease that took his mother's life
in 1966.
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