George Henry "Tank" Carr (September 2, 1894 – January 14, 1948) was an American

first baseman A first baseman, abbreviated 1B, is the player on a baseball or softball team who fields the area nearest first base, the first of four bases a baserunner must touch in succession to score a run. The first baseman is responsible for the majori ...

and

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with the

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in the

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from 1920 to 1922. Prior to the Negro leagues, Carr played high school baseball and graduated from Pasadena High School in Pasadena, California."A Baseball Star That Shines Boldly"
''Kansas City Sun'', Kansas City, Missouri, Saturday, October 2, 1920, Page 8, Columns 3 and 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 José Colmenar del Valle Méndez (January 2, 1885 – October 31, 1928) was a Cuban right-handed pitcher and manager in baseball's Negro leagues. Born in Cárdenas, Matanzas, he died at age 43 in Havana. Known in Cuba as ''El Diamante Negro'' ...

, "Gentleman" Dave Malarcher, and

Andy Cooper Andrew Lewis Cooper (April 24, 1898 – June 3, 1941), nicknamed "Lefty", was an American left-handed pitcher in baseball's Negro leagues. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2006. An alumnus of Paul Quinn College, Cooper played nin ...

. He continued to play Winter Baseball with the Los Angeles White Sox and Captained the team in 1921. In 1917, 23 year-old Carr registered for the WWI Draft. He listed his current occupation as a movie actor listing Martin Turner and Universal Studios as his employer. His current home address was 1249 East 25th Street in Los Angeles. He is listed as married and lists his wife and three children as dependents."WWI Draft Registration Card for George Carr," Precinct 190, Los Angeles, California, June 5, 1917
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, 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 from baseball, he worked as a cook for a railroad company. A few years after his death, Carr received votes listing him on the 1952 ''

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'' player-voted poll of the Negro leagues' best players ever."1952 Pittsburgh Courier Poll of Greatest Black Players"
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