Baseball Legend Rico Carty, 1970 National League Batting Champion, Passes Away at 85
Atlanta, Georgia — The baseball world mourns the loss of Rico Carty, a luminary of Major League Baseball and the 1970 National League batting champion, who died on Saturday night in an Atlanta hospital at the age of 85. Born Ricardo Adolfo Jacobo Carty on September 1, 1939, in San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic, Carty rose from his humble beginnings to the apex of American baseball. He initially showcased his talent internationally at the …