Lew Carl, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American baseball player
Date of Birth: 25-Feb-1832
Place of Birth: Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Date of Death: 19-May-1885
Profession: baseball player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Pisces 
About Lew Carl
- Lewis Adolph Carl (February 25, 1832 – May 19, 1885) was an American baseball player. After Nate Berkenstock, Carl is thought to be the second-ever future pro baseball player to be born; he is also the "oldest" player with a certified birth date, as Berkenstock's is given simply as 1831, without a date attached.
- (Berkenstock's tombstone, however, gives his birth date as September 17, 1832; if accurate, this would make Carl first.) He played in one game for the 1874 Baltimore Canaries of the National Association. Exactly when Carl took up the game of baseball is unknown; his name is not listed in Marshall D.
- Wright's compendium of the game's pre-professional era, The National Association of Base Ball Players, 1857-1870.
- It seems unlikely that Carl wouldn't appear in his first match until the age of 42, when he stepped in as catcher for the Baltimore Canaries on September 9, 1874; he may have been one of the many who previously played under a pseudonym.
- (Carl went 0-for-3 that day, and the Canaries lost to the New York Mutuals, 15-1, en route to 9-38 season, after which they folded.) Carl's playing career wasn't over, however.
- Three years later, in 1877, he appeared in eight games for the Manchester, New Hampshire club of the International Association, a quasi-major league that featured many players that would later play in the real big leagues, including John O'Rourke, brother of "Orator" Jim O'Rourke.
- Carl, at the age of 45, managed three hits in 27 at bats for a .111 average. Lew Carl died on May 19, 1885 in Newark, New Jersey, at the age of 53.
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