Hall of Fame Major League Baseball Player. Nicknamed "The Kid," he was widely regarded as one of the top catchers during his era. He was a major contributor to the New York Mets' winning the World Series title in 1986. For nineteen seasons (1974 to 1992), he played at the catcher, right field and first base positions with the Montreal Expos, New York Mets, San Francisco Giants, and Los Angeles Dodgers. Born Gary Edmund Carter, he attended Sunny Hills High School, where he excelled at baseball and football, prior to being selected by the Montreal Expos during the 3rd round of the June 1972 MLB Amateur Draft. Carter broke into the Major Leagues on September 16th, 1974 and played in 9 games that year, as he produced a .407 batting average during that brief time. The following season (1975), he secured the starting catcher spot for Montreal and achieved the first of eleven trips to the all star game during the course of his career. He finished second in NL Rookie of Year voting behind John Montefusco. By the end of the decade, he established himself as one of baseball's best catchers and during the 1980s, he added five Silver Slugger Awards and three Gold Glove Awards, in addition to being named All Star Game MVP twice to his Hall of Fame resume. In 1984, he led the league with 106 RBIs. After he was acquired by the New York Mets, he helped lead them to a world championship in 1986 and belted 2 home runs during the 1986 World Series against the Boston Red Sox. After stints with the Giants and Dodgers, he returned to Montreal where he concluded his career in 1992. In 2,296 career regular season games, he compiled 2,092 hits, with 324 home runs, 1,225 RBIs, and a .262 lifetime batting average. Following his retirement as a player, he settled in Florida and served as a TV analyst with the Florida Marlins from 1993 to 1996, and later served as a Minor League coach with the Mets' organization. He experienced an acting role in the motion picture "The Last Home Run" (1996). He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2003. He died following a year long battle with the brain cancer known as Glioblastoma.