George Carr (baseball)
George Henry "Tank" Carr | |||
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Carr at the 1924 Colored World Series
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George Henry "Tank" Carr (September 2, 1894 – January 14, 1948) was an American first baseman and outfielder with the Kansas City Monarchs in the Negro baseball leagues from 1920 to 1922.
Prior to the Negro Leagues, Carr played high school baseball and graduated from Pasadena High School in Pasadena, California.[4] He played for the Los Angeles White Sox, and in the Winter Leagues in Florida in 1916, playing with and against pre-Negro League stars like John Donaldson, the "Taylor boys" C. I. Taylor, Ben Taylor and Candy Jim Taylor. The next year, Carr played with and against some of those same players, plus José Méndez, "Gentleman" Dave Malarcher, and Andy Cooper. He continued to play Winter Baseball with the Los Angeles White Sox and Captained the team in 1921.[1]
During his first three years with the Kansas City Monarchs, Carr was among the top ten hitters. In 1921, he posted the most home runs on his team during regular season play. He jumped to the Hilldale team in 1923 and was a regular through 1928. He played briefly in 1929 before dropping from the highest levels of Negro leagues play.
After his retirement, he worked as a cook for a railroad company.[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Baseball Carr and McNair Write From Sunny California" Kansas City Sun, Kansas City, Missouri February 5, 1921
- ↑ "Foster's Giants Played a Stiff Game with the Monarchs" Chicago Broad Axe, Chicago, May 13, 1922, Page 3
- ↑ "With Taber on Mound Chester Beats Hilldale" Chester Times, Chester, Pennsylvania, Tuesday, July 29, 1924, Page 6, Column 1
- ↑ "A Baseball Star That Shines Boldly" Kansas City Sun, Kansas City, Missouri, Saturday, October 2, 1920, Page 8, Columns 3 and 4
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
External links
- Negro league baseball statistics and player information from Seamheads.com, or Baseball-Reference (Negro leagues)
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