Carl Husta

{{short description|American baseball player (1902–1951)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

| name =Carl Husta

| image =

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| position =Shortstop

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| birth_date ={{birth date|1902|4|8}}

| birth_place =Egg Harbor City, New Jersey

| death_date ={{death date and age|1951|11|6|1902|4|8}}

| death_place =Kingston, New York

| bats =Right

| throws =Right

|debutleague = MLB

| debutdate =September 24

| debutyear =1925

| debutteam =Philadelphia Athletics

|finalleague = MLB

| finaldate =October 3

| finalyear =1925

| finalteam =Philadelphia Athletics

|statleague = MLB

| stat1label =Batting average

| stat1value =.136

| stat2label =Home runs

| stat2value =0

| stat3label =Runs batted in

| stat3value =2

| awards =

| teams =

• Philadelphia Athletics ({{mlby|1925}})

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Carl Lawrence Husta (April 8, 1902 – November 6, 1951) was an American baseball and basketball player. He was one of the top basketball players of the 1920s and 30s, playing for the Cleveland Rosenblums, Fort Wayne Hoosiers, Camden Brewers, Boston Trojans, Kingston Colonials, and Troy Celtics of the American Basketball League and the independent Toledo Red Man Tobaccos and Original Celtics.{{cite web |title=Carl Husta |url=https://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/carl-husta/ |website=Pro Basketball Encyclopedia |access-date=1 April 2024}} Nicknamed "Sox", he was also an infielder for Major League Baseball's Philadelphia Athletics during the {{Baseball year|1925}} season.{{cite web |title=Carl Husta |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hustaca01.shtml |website=Basketball Reference |publisher=Sports Reference LLC |access-date=1 April 2024}} He died in Kingston, New York, in 1951.{{cite news |title=Carl L. Husta |work=Daily Freeman |location=Kingston, New York |date=November 7, 1951 |page=10 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/14500607/carl_husta_baseball_and_basketball/ |via=Newspapers.com }}