Baseball Gr8 Gary Carter Dies From Brain Cancer
 

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Gary Carter is pictured during his 1986 World Series-winning season with the New York Mets.

February 16th, 2012
05:29 PM ET

Baseball Hall of Fame catcher Gary Carter, who played 19 Major League seasons and won a World Series with the New York Mets in 1986, died Thursday in Florida after battling brain cancer, according to Carter's family and the Hall of Fame. He was 57.

"He is in heaven and has reunited with his mom and dad," said a message on the family's online journal chronicling Carter's health battle. "I believe with all my heart that dad had a standing ovation as he walked through the gates of heaven to be with Jesus."

Carter's death comes less than a month after the family announced that more tumors were found on Carter's brain. Carter initially was diagnosed with inoperable brain tumors in May.

Carter played with the Montreal Expos, New York Mets, San Francisco Giants and Los Angeles Dodgers, batting .262 with 324 home runs and 1,225 runs batted in.

He entered baseball's Hall of Fame in 2003.

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New York Mets Hall of Fame catcher Gary Carter (L) jokes with Chicago Cubs great Andre Dawson before the All Star Legends and Celebrity Softball game in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in this July 9, 2006 file photo. Carter has died at age 57, according to his daugther, and reported by ESPN, February 16, 2012.

Photograph by: Gary Cameron/Files, Reuters

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Gary Carter #8 of the Montreal Expos stands ready at the plate during a game against the Dodgers on July 8, 1992 at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California.

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Former Montreal Expos catcher Gary Carter holds up a Mets and Expos hat as Yogi Berra (R) looks on during the opening ceremonies at Major League Baseball's All-Star game at Yankee Stadium in New York, July 15, 2008.

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Baseball great Gary Carter holds his plaque after being inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York, July 27, 2003. Carter, an 11-time All Star and three-time Gold Glove award winner who played 19 seasons in the Major Leagues with Montreal, The New York Mets, Los Angeles and San Francisco from 1974-1982, holds the record for most games played by a catcher (2,056).