1928

Carl Sumner was born on September 28, 1908, in Cambridge, Mass. He attended Arlington High School and lettered in baseball and played halfback for the football team He then played for Easton, Maryland, in the Eastern Shore League, before the league broke up. 

He was working out with the Red Sox and looked so good to Manager Bill Carrigan, that he was given a contract.

He was still only 19 years old when he made his major-league in Detroit, in July 1928. After playing in a few games, his final major-league appearance came in August.

Carl attended 1929 spring training with the Red Sox, one of 11 outfielders trying out. In April, he played in 28 games for the Pittsfield Hillies, accumulating 95 at-bats and compiling a .305 BA. Later that year, he played right field for Springfield in the Central League, though not very well. He batted just .188 in 64 at-bats and then he was out of professional baseball completely.

For many years Carl served as plant manager for Cambosco Scientific Company of Cambridge and Boston, which manufactured electromagnetic and other scientific instruments. He retired in 1960 and moved to Harwichport, on Cape Cod, then moved once more to nearby Chatham in 1967. 

Carl Sumner passed away in his home, at age 90, on February 8, 1999, in Chatham, Mass.