Carl Sumner

{{short description|American baseball player (1908–1999)}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Carl Sumner

|image=Carl Sumner.jpg

|position=Outfielder

|birth_date={{Birth date|1908|9|28}}

|birth_place=Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|1999|2|8|1908|9|28}}

|death_place=Chatham, Massachusetts, U.S.

|bats=Left

|throws=Left

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=July 28

|debutyear=1928

|debutteam=Boston Red Sox

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=August 21

|finalyear=1928

|finalteam=Boston Red Sox

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.276

|stat2label=Fielding percentage

|stat2value=.923

|stat3label=Games played

|stat3value=16

|teams=

• Boston Red Sox (1928)

|highlights=1928 Youngest Player in AL at 19 Yrs 5 Mos

}}

Carl Ringdahl Sumner (September 28, 1908 – February 8, 1999) was an American Major League Baseball player."Carl Sumner Statistical Record" The Sports Encyclopedia: BASEBALL published in 1974 by Grosset & Dunlap, p. 167 'Lefty' was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and lived in the state until his death in Chatham, Massachusetts.

Sumner played for the Boston Red Sox for 16 games in the 1928 season when the club finished dead last in the American League."1928 Boston Red Sox Record" The Sports Encyclopedia: BASEBALL published in 1974 by Grosset & Dunlap, p. 256