Baseball legend Rico Carty, who played for the Braves franchise in Milwaukee and Atlanta, passed away over the weekend at the age of 85.
Baseball legend Rico Carty, who played for the Braves franchise in Milwaukee and Atlanta, passed away over the weekend at the age of 85.
Carty played for the Braves from 1963 to 1972 and won the 1970 NL batting title after hitting a major league-best .366.
Listín Diario reported that he died at a hospital in Atlanta on Saturday night and the Daily Mail reported that he had been hospitalized for the past two weeks with intestinal ailments.
“Few players in franchise history connected with Braves fans like Rico Carty.
