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Gary Carter, then with the Montreal Expos, gets ready to bat during a game against the Chicago Cubs in 1978\. Though he became most famous as a Mets catcher, Carter first made his mark in Montreal, where he starred for 11 years. It was at training camp during his rookie season in 1974 that he earned the nickname Kid, a nod to his energetic, infectious enthusiasm about the sport. timeadmin ## The All-Star 
Carter, center, chats with Philadelphia Phillies players Mike Schmidt, left, and Pete Rose, right, before the start of the All-Star Game on July 8, 1980, in Los Angeles. Carter made seven All-Star teams during his time in Montreal, winning two MVP awards in the process. timeadmin ## Presence Behind the Plate 
Always a feisty advocate for his pitchers and team, Carter, center, argues with home-plate umpire Bruce Froemming during a division playoff against the Phillies on Oct. 10, 1981, in Philadelphia. With Carter dominating behind and at the plate, Montreal made its only playoff appearance in franchise history in 1981; the team beat the Phillies in a special division-round series (a result of the strike-shortened season) before falling to the Los Angeles Dodgers in the league championship series. timeadmin ## Gold Glove 
Carter shows the umpire he held on to the ball after tagging out Ozzie Smith of the San Diego Padres in a 1981 regular-season game in San Diego. During his career, Carter won three Gold Gloves as a catcher. timeadmin ## Successful Slugger 
Carter hits a home run against the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field in Chicago in July 1983\. In addition to the three Gold Gloves he won for his defense, Carter won five Silver Slugger awards and is considered one of the all-time best-hitting catchers in the sport. timeadmin ## In Demand 
Fans ask Carter for autographs as he stands in the dugout during spring training in West Palm Beach, Fla., on March 9, 1986\. After the 1984 season, the Expos traded the high-priced Carter to the Mets, and in his first game for the club, on April 9, 1985, he hit a game-winning walk-off home run at Shea Stadium. timeadmin ## Run Batted In 
Carter slides to avoid being tagged out at home plate by Boston Red Sox catcher Rich Gedman in a 1986 World Series game at Fenway Park in Boston. Though Carter helped get the Mets back into the series by hitting home runs in Game 4 at Fenway, he is best remembered for hitting a single that began an improbable two-out come-from-behind rally during Game 6\. After the Red Sox were one strike away from their first World Series victory in decades, the Mets tied the game and then won it 6-5 when Red Sox first baseman Bill Buckner made an infamous error, letting a routine ground ball roll through his legs and allowing the winning run to score. timeadmin ## Landing the Tag 
Boston Red Sox outfielder Jim Rice is tagged out at the plate by Carter during seventh-inning action in Game 6 of the World Series at Shea Stadium in New York City on Oct. 25, 1986. timeadmin ## Game 6 
Carter leads the cheers after the Mets, down to their last strike on the bottom of the 10th inning, came back to defeat Boston Red Sox in Game 6 of the World Series, 6-5\. Two nights later, the Mets won Game 7 to take the title. timeadmin ## After the World Series 
Carter stands on the field as a catcher for the San Francisco Giants during a game in the 1990 season. After being released by the Mets in 1989, Carter spent a year with the Giants, joined the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1991 and ended his career with the team he started it with, the Montreal Expos, the year after. In 2003 he was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. timeadmin ## Coach Carter 
Carter greets players on the dugout steps between innings during the All-Star Futures game, a seven-inning game between prospects from the U.S. and prospects from around the world, on July 9, 2006, in Pittsburgh. From 2005 to 2010, Carter managed a few different minor-league teams, earning Manager of the Year honors three times. In 2011 he was diagnosed with an inoperable form of brain cancer, and he died on Feb. 16, 2012. timeadmin ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/archive/7159790/gary-carter-a-baseball-career-in-photos/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/archive/7159790/gary-carter-a-baseball-career-in-photos/"},"headline":"Gary Carter: A Baseball Career in Photos","datePublished":"2012-02-17T19:47:30.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-25T05:13:50.311Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/archive/7159790/gary-carter-a-baseball-career-in-photos/","keywords":["Gymnastics"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"Sports","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/sports/","name":"Sports"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/archive/7159790/gary-carter-a-baseball-career-in-photos/","name":"Gary Carter: A Baseball Career in Photos"}}]}] ```