A friendly guy with myriad enemies, a temperamental stoic, a success at an unwanted job, a so-called hypochondriac with more real injuries than you can shake a stick at. Unforgettable yet mostly forgotten, here is the story of 60s-70s baseball star and king of contradictions Rico Carty.

Stats and screen captures from Baseball Reference/Stathead: https://stathead.com/baseball/

Video footage used:
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