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Reynolds was a hard-hitting outfielder who topped .300 six times in a checkered career. His best season was 1930 with the White Sox, when he finished third in the AL at .359, with 22 homers and 100 RBI. Three of his homers came in consecutive at-bats (5/2/30) at Yankee Stadium. He was slowed by leg injuries the next year. White Sox Manager Donie Bush considered him temperamental and traded him to the Senators. He was traded twice more after the next two seasons and returned to the Senators in 1936. After hitting only .276 as a part-timer, he was sent to the minors. A big year at Minneapolis (.355) won him a promotion to the Cubs before the 1937 season ended. He hit .302, his career average, for the Cub pennant-winners of 1938. (RL)

FROM THE BASEBALL CHRONOLOGY » July 2, 1930: Carl Reynolds of the White Sox hits three consecutive HRs in the second game of a doubleheader at Yankee Stadium. Two of them are hit inside the park. The feat is second-billed, as headlines tell of Ruth tearing a nail off his finger on the OF screen. » August 31, 1930: With a chance to pick up a game and a half on the leading Cubs, the Giants edge the Braves 4–3 in the opener a doubleheader before 40,000 fans at the Polo Grounds. In the 2nd game, Mel Ott hits a double and three consecutive home runs to drive in six runs, but the Braves counter with a homer by George Sisler and two by slugging rookie Wally Berger among their 18 hits. Ott is the 4th major leaguer to hit three straight homers, joining Goose Goslin (August 19, 1930) Carl Reynolds (July 2, 1930), George Kelly (September 17, 1923), and Cap Anson (August 6, 1884). The final score is Boston 14, New York, 10. » August 25, 1931: At Chicago, the Yankees record their first shutout of the season when Herb Pennock blanks the White Sox, 6–0. Ben Chapman has a good day with a triple, single, two runs scored and his 50th and 51st stolen bases of the year. In addition, he beats the Sox Carl Reynolds in a pre-game 100-yard dash. » December 4, 1931: Bump Hadley, Jackie Hayes, and Sad Sam Jones are traded from Washington to the White Sox for Carl Reynolds and John Kerr. » July 4, 1932: Yankees C Bill Dickey breaks Carl Reynolds' jaw with a punch, sidelining the Senators OF indefinitely. Dickey is suspended for 30 days and assessed a $1,000 fine. » December 14, 1932: The Senators swap Sam West, Carl Reynolds, and Lloyd Brown, along with $20,000, for former Senator Goose Goslin, lefthander Walter Stewart, and OF Fred Schulte. They also get Earl Whitehill from Detroit for Firpo Marberry and Carl Fischer. » December 14, 1933: The Browns acquire OF Smead Jolley, P Ivy Andrews, and $40,000 from the Red Sox for P Carl Reynolds. St. Louis then sends Jolley, plus SS Jim Levey, and P Wally Hebert to Hollywood (PCL) for SS Alan Strange. Strange will go to Washington for veteran SS Lyn Lary before the end of the season. Levey, meanwhile, will return east in the fall to join the Pittsburgh Steelers, where he will play halfback for three seasons. » May 6, 1934: The Red Sox score 12 runs in the 4th inning, helped along by a record-tying four consecutive triples hit by Carl Reynolds, Moose Solters, Rick Ferrell, and Bucky Walters, to beat Detroit 14–4. Firpo Marberry serves up all four triples. In their next at bats in the inning, the foursome tack on two singles, a walk, and a double. » June 8, 1935: In the lidlifter in Boston, Lou Gehrig is 3-for-3 with four RBIs to lead New York to a 13–6 win. Gehrig collides with Carl Reynolds on a play at 1B and leaves the game with arm and shoulder injuries. He does play in game 2, a 4–2 Boston win. Lefty Gomez walks eight and wild pitches home two runs to help lose his 7th. » December 17, 1935: Heinie Manush is traded from Washington to the Boston Red Sox for Roy Johnson and Carl Reynolds. » August 22, 1936: Washington ties an AL record when Red Kress, Joe Kuhel, and Carl Reynolds hit HRs in the fourth inning.