Warren William "Hick" Carpenter (August 16, 1855 – April 18, 1937) was an American

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who played with several major league teams from 1879 to 1892.

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Carpenter was born in

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, in 1855. He started his professional baseball career in 1877 and made his MLB debut in the

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in 1879."Hick Carpenter Minor Leagues Statistics & History"
baseball-reference.com. Retrieved May 19, 2020. In the winter of 1879–1880, Carpenter and Jimmy Macullar became the first North Americans to play in the

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. They were signed by the Colón club and were so powerful that other teams refused to play against them. Carpenter played in the NL in 1880 and 1881. He then joined the American Association's

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and spent the rest of the decade on that team."Hick Carpenter Stats"
baseball-reference.com. Retrieved May 19, 2020. In 1882, Carpenter led the AA with 120 hits and 67 runs batted in. On September 12, 1883, he collected six hits in a game, as Cincinnati beat the

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27–5 while collecting a club-record 33 hits. On July 1, 1884, he had 5 hits, including 2 home runs and 2 doubles to lead the Red Stockings to a 16–5 win over the

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. Carpenter left Cincinnati and played mostly in the minor leagues from 1890 to 1892. He played one MLB game in 1892, which was his last season in professional baseball. In Carpenter's old age, he renewed his friendship with the legendary Reds player Bid McPhee. They often fished together and attended San Diego Padres games in the

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. Carpenter died in

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, California, in 1937. He is interred at Mount Hope Cemetery. A grave marker was provided in 2022 by

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Carpenter, Hick 1855 births 1937 deaths 19th-century baseball players 19th-century American sportsmen Major League Baseball third basemen Syracuse Stars (NL) players Cincinnati Reds (1876–1879) players Worcester Worcesters players Cincinnati Red Stockings (AA) players St. Louis Browns (NL) players Syracuse Stars (minor league baseball) players Kansas City Blues (baseball) players Indianapolis Hoosiers (minor league) players Baseball players from Worcester County, Massachusetts People from Grafton, Massachusetts Burials at Mount Hope Cemetery (San Diego)

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