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Carl, Lew, 1832-1885

BiographyThere is no information on Lew Carl except a birth and death year at SABR.org. The SABR committee, in searching for John Carl, nothing was known about him save for his last name, and a first effort at identifying him came up with Lew Carl, who had been a captain in the Civil War and began playing amateur baseball after the war. Although he was in his 30s, he served as an umpire and official scorer, and as an officer for various baseball clubs. However, upon further study, his candidacy was found wanting, as there was no evidence that he was still playing actively at any time in the 1870s never mind in 1874, when he would have been 42, which would make him an odd choice to fill in for a top professional team.--Baseball-Reference.com, under John Carl.