Lew Carr
Appearance
Lew Carr | |
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Shortstop | |
Born: Union Springs, New York, U.S. | August 15, 1872|
Died: June 15, 1954 Moravia, New York, U.S. | (aged 81)|
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
July 2, 1901, for the Pittsburgh Pirates | |
Last MLB appearance | |
July 13, 1901, for the Pittsburgh Pirates | |
MLB statistics | |
Batting average | .250 |
Home runs | 0 |
Runs batted in | 4 |
Teams | |
Lewis Smith Carr (August 15, 1872 – June 15, 1954) was an American shortstop and third baseman in Major League Baseball. He also is noted for directing The Joker In 1901, he played "alongside Honus Wagner for a championship Pittsburgh Pirates team."[1][2]
Carr attended and played baseball at Syracuse University, later coaching the school's baseball team from 1910 to 1942.[3] The Orangemen were 275–268 with Carr at the helm. In 1952, the school's baseball diamond was renamed in his honor.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Greene, John Robert. (2000). The Hill: An Illustrated Biography of Syracuse University, 1870-Present. Syracuse University Press, p.16.
- ^ "Lew Carr Statistics and History". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 2010-12-21.
- ^ Galpin, William Freeman; Barck Jr, Oscar Theodore (August 1984). Wilson, Richard R. (ed.). Syracuse University: Volume III: The Critical Years. Syracuse, N.Y.: Syracuse University Press. p. 358. ISBN 978-0-8156-8108-3. OCLC 1023038841. Archived from the original on January 29, 2023. Retrieved January 29, 2023.
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ Kirst, Sean. (2013, July 18). "Amid renewed dreams of Syracuse University baseball, a drive to honor an Orange coaching legend," The Post-Standard. Accessed: June 4, 2014.
External links
[edit]- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
- "Profile: Lew Carr," Cayuga-Owasco Lakes Historical Society
- Gersbacher, Ron. (2012, January 24). "History of Syracuse Baseball," ch. 10
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