Gary Carter, a Hall of Fame catcher that played with the Motreal Expos, the New York Mets, San Fransisco Giants and the LA Dodgers has died at age 57. Carter had been battling brain cancer since a diagnosis in May, according to the New York Times. From the NYT:
Carter played with intensity and flair, hitting 324 home runs and punctuating many of the ones he hit at Shea Stadium with arm-flailing curtain calls emblematic of the Mets’ swagger in the middle and late 1980s. In his 19 seasons in the major leagues, all but two of them with the Expos or the Mets, he was an 11-time All-Star and was twice named the most valuable player in the All-Star Game.
