Carl Sumner
Encyclopedia
Carl Ringdahl Sumner was a former Major League Baseball
player
. 'Lefty' was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts
and lived in the state until his death in Chatham, Massachusetts
.
Sumner played for the Boston Red Sox
for 16 games in the 1928 season when the club finished dead last in the American League.
Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball is the highest level of professional baseball in the United States and Canada, consisting of teams that play in the National League and the American League...
player
Player (game)
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. 'Lefty' was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Cambridge is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, in the Greater Boston area. It was named in honor of the University of Cambridge in England, an important center of the Puritan theology embraced by the town's founders. Cambridge is home to two of the world's most prominent...
and lived in the state until his death in Chatham, Massachusetts
Chatham, Massachusetts
Chatham is a town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States, Barnstable County being coextensive with Cape Cod. The population was 6,625 at the 2000 census...
.
Sumner played for the Boston Red Sox
Boston Red Sox
The Boston Red Sox are a professional baseball team based in Boston, Massachusetts, and a member of Major League Baseball’s American League Eastern Division. Founded in as one of the American League's eight charter franchises, the Red Sox's home ballpark has been Fenway Park since . The "Red Sox"...
for 16 games in the 1928 season when the club finished dead last in the American League.