Rico Carty played for the Atlanta Braves, Cleveland Indians and Toronto Blue Jays throughout the 1960s and 70s, becoming one of MLB's first stars out of the Dominican Republic.
Carty, a one-time All-Star and one-time batting champion, was 85 years old. He was inducted into the Atlanta Braves' Hall of Fame in 2023.
Carty remained a valuable piece for the Braves as they moved to Atlanta, until he separated his shoulder in 1967 and missed the entire 1968 season with tuberculosis. He returned to form in 1969, batting .342 with 16 home runs, 58 RBI, a .951 OPS and a 3.1 WAR en route to a 13th-place finish in the NL MVP race.
Placing 10th in NL MVP voting marked the peak of Carty's career, as he soon suffered a knee injury that would knock him out for all of 1971. The Braves moved on from Carty after 1972, and he split 1973 between the Texas Rangers, Chicago Cubs and Oakland Athletics.
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