All-Decade Team: Reserve

Only one player who has worn the uniform of the Wild Things owns a Frontier League batting title.


The only problem with that is, Chris Carter's batting title in 2003 came when he played for the Kalamazoo Kings and hit .364. Carter didn't join the Wild Things until 2005, after a year-and-a-half stint in the Baltimore Orioles' system, where he advanced to the high-Class A level.

An outfieler, Carter spent two highly productive years in Washington. While it takes consistency to win a batting title, Carter was one of the streakiest hitters the Wild Things ever had, yet one of their best.

In 2005, when the Wild Things won the East Division title by 10 games, Carter was batting a highly respectable .299 at mid-June. Then, for a 44-game stretch, he became the hottest hitter in the league and led the Wild Things' runaway to the division title and league record 13-game winning streak. During the stretch, Carter batted .313 with a nine home runs and a whopping 43 RBI. He had 18 multi-hit games during the hot streak.

Carter finished the year with a .286 batting average.

In 2006, Carter had another season of streaks. He was scuffling along at the end of June, carrying only a .240 batting average. Manager John Massarelli even kept Carter out of the lineup for a few days, hoping the outfielder could clear his mind and kick-start his bat. It worked. Carter batted a blistering .363 over the next two months and led the Wild Things to another East Division title, this time by a half-game over Chillicothe. When Carter started his torrid hitting on July 1, Washington was 8 1/2 games out of first place.

Carter retired after the 2006 season and is currently the Director of Baseball Operations for his alma mater, Coastal Carolina University. He gets one of the reserve spots on the Wild Things' All-Decade team, leaving two roster spots to be filled.

All-Decade Team: Chris Carter (2005-06)