Charles Lee Glenn Carr Jr. (August 10, 1967 – November 12, 2022) was an American
Major League Baseball outfielder.
Career
Carr did not receive much playing time until the 1993 expansion draft saw him play as an original member of the
Miami Marlins
The Miami Marlins are an American professional baseball team based in Miami. The Marlins compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) East division. The club's home ballpark is LoanDepot Park.
The franc ...
. Carr topped the
National League in
stolen base
In baseball, a stolen base occurs when a runner advances to a base to which they are not entitled and the official scorer rules that the advance should be credited to the action of the runner. The umpires determine whether the runner is safe or ...
s that year with 58.
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, who won the 1997
National League Central. He hit a postseason home run off
John Smoltz in Game 3 of the
1997 National League Division Series
The 1997 National League Division Series (NLDS), the opening round of the 1997 National League playoffs, began on Tuesday, September 30, and ended on Friday, October 3, with the champions of the three NL divisions along with a wild card team par ...
. The home run would be the last at bat of his career.
Personal life and death
Carr died on November 12, 2022, at the age of 55.
See also
*
List of Major League Baseball annual stolen base leaders
Sources
External links
Baseball Gauge
1967 births
2022 deaths
African-American baseball players
Arkansas Travelers players
Atlantic City Surf players
Bellingham Mariners players
Bisbee-Douglas Copper Kings players
Charlotte Knights players
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Louisville Redbirds players
American expatriate baseball players in Taiwan
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