Carl Lind

[Comedian2004]

I stumbled across this guy and did some research at Sporting News and it was quite interesting.

He came up in 1927 for the Indians and was touted as the second baseman of the future for the Indians. However, he saw limited action and very rarely finished a game in his September call up. In 37 at bats he hit .135.

Then in 1928, he lived up to his expectations. He hit 42 doubles and hit .294 in a full time job at 2B. He even got himself 4 votes for leagues most valueable player.

However, in 1929, he went sour. He hit .241 in 66 games and lost his starting job.

In 1930, they moved him to SS and he was the talk of the town. It was going to be like 1929 all over again. He is overcoming a battle with Maleria fever he obtained while playing in the Cuban Winter Leagues. He had to beat out Gardner, Burnett and Goldman for the SS position, since Hodapp was taking over 2B.

Goldman won the job, but only hit .246, same as Lind. Lind just saw 24 games in his final year.

In 1931, Lind was battling once again for the SS job, but lost the deal and was sent to the minors. He was later traded to the 'Oaks' in Minnesota. Or was it Oakland? The Oaks were struggling. But thanks to Lind, they turned it around and won it all. Cookie Devincenzi called Lind and McMillen, two of the best the Oaks have ever bought.

In September of 1931, they said Carl Lind proved a flop.

In December of 1931 the National Association Reserve Bulletin List

Carl was listed on New Orleans. He was still going.

March 1932 has Carl in the SS position for the New Orleans team.
May 19th he makes headlines with his ankle injury that opened the spot for sensation Johnny Ouilliber, a local boy in NO. Only 21 years old and fresh off the campus of Loyola University.

December of 1932 he made that list again for NO.
December 29, 1932: Carl Lind, infielder for the New Orleans club, is one of the most popular college basket ball officials in the South this winter. He is kept busy, working games for Tulane, L.S.U. and other conference schools. Lind formerly was an All-Southern player at Tulane.

1-26-1933 - Babe Ruth expected to agree on $60,000 pay for 1933 season.

3-16-1933 - Infielder Carl Lind, who has been under the control of the Cleveland Indians for most of his professional career, saw the ties broken last week when the Knoxville Southern League Association club purchased him from New Orleans. Lind will probably play second base for the Smokies. Line began with NO in 1925 and had been back with the Pelicans several times after going to Peoria, Cleveland, Toledo, Newark and Oakland.

What a life Carl.

October 1933, Carl is pursuing the off season coaching job for the Knights of Columbus basket ball team. Looks like Carl is drifting a little here.

to be continued...

[swampdragon]

Listed as Henry Lind in Marshall Wright's book on the Southern Association. He hit .263 as the regular New Orleans shortstop in 1932 with no power but 64 walks. The league batting average was .293, and he appears to have been out of the league in 1933. He didn't play for either New Orleans or Knoxville in 1933 or 1934, and may have retired after being traded.

[Comedian2004]

Elected to the Tulane Athletics Hall Of Fame in 1980.

[swampdragon]

Originally Posted by Comedian2004

Elected to the Tulane Athletics Hall Of Fame in 1980.

That would strongly imply that he coached for them, since he wasn't that good a player. I'll see what I can find out.

[swampdragon]

Nope. They just had a large Hall of Fame. Lind died in New York City in 1946.