Only one season after injuries limited him 13 games, Doug Carter Jr. showed what he is capable of accomplishing when he is healthy. Carter came into his own during his junior campaign, earning New Jersey Athletic Conference Honorable Mention after leading the Scarlet Raptors with a .377 batting average and 33 RBIs.
Carter’s big season raised his career batting average from .253 to .302. He has started 77 of his 86 career games at Rutgers-Camden, collecting 13 doubles, two triples, three home runs, 57 RBIs and 50 runs scored. He owns a .399 slugging percentage and a .387 on-base percentage over his three seasons. He also is tied for sixth on the program’s career list with 21 HBP and tied for eighth in career sacrifices with 11.
With 81 career hits, Carter is poised to join the Scarlet Raptors’ 100-hit club this season.
Baseball 2016: Played in 34 games, starting 30, on his way to earning NJAC Honorable Mention…Led the team in hitting (.377), RBIs (33), sacrifices (6) and slugging (.509), while tying for the lead in on-base percentage (.444)…Fourth on the team in runs scored (25)…Had six doubles, one triple and two home runs…Walked 10 times and was hit by a pitch six times…Collected four sacrifice flies…Successful on seven of his 10 stolen base attempts…Defensively, had 47 putouts and two assists in 51 chances for a .961 fielding percentage…Started 25 games in right field, one in left field and four as the designated hitter…Hit .434 (33-for-76) against right-handed pitchers,.444 (28-for-63) with runners on base, .413 (19-for-46) with runners in scoring position, .800 (16-for-20) with runners at third base and less than two outs, and .429 (12-for-28) with two outs and a runner at third base…Led team with 10 multiple-RBI games…Had 10 multiple-hit games, the sixth-highest total on the team…Finished second on the team with 11 two-out RBIs...Was second on the team with a streak of 18 straight games reaching base safely…Fashioned a pair of five-game hitting streaks, including a 8-for-11 run (.727) to start the season…Had a home run and three RBIs against No. 2-ranked Wisconsin-La Crosse (March 13) and went 3-for-3 with a double, triple and four RBIs against top-ranked and defending national champion Cortland State (March 14)…Went 2-for-4 with one run and three RBIs against No. 15/22 Washington (MO) University (March 15)…Went 7-for-11 (.636) in a three-game stretch against Neumann University (April 5, 2-for-4, two runs) and a doubleheader at Rutgers-Newark (April 10, 3-for-4, two RBIs in the opener and 2-for-3, one run, two RBIs in the nightcap)…Had his second five-game hitting streak of the season from April 23-28, going 10-for-20 (.500)…Included in that streak was a 3-for-6, three-run, three-RBI game in the nightcap of a doubleheader against New Jersey City University (April 23) and a 4-for-4 contest with one RBI against Misericordia University (April 24).
Baseball 2015: Played in 13 games, making 12 starts while fighting back problems throughout the season…Started six games in left field, three in right field and three as the Scarlet Raptors’ designated hitter…Had two doubles, six runs scored and one RBI…Reached base four times as a hit batsman and twice on walks…His four HBP tied for 32nd in the New Jersey Athletic Conference…Collected 33 putouts, one assist and only one error for a .971 fielding percentage…Fighting injuries that limited his playing time and abilities, hit only .167 through his first nine games as of April 24, but finished strong in his final four contests, going 5-for-13 (.385)…Went 2-for-5 in an early-season contest against SUNY-Cortland (March 16), the eventual Division III national champion…Was 1-for-3 with a walk and two runs scored at Johns Hopkins University (March 25)…Plated his lone RBI of the season with a sacrifice fly at Susquehanna University (April 21)…Went 2-for-3 with a double and one run against Kean University (April 25, Game Two) to help Rutgers-Camden win the regular-season NJAC title in a 12-inning, 3-2 marathon…In that contest, he doubled and scored the game-tying run in the seventh inning, making it a 2-2 game…Went 2-for-4 with a double and one run at York (PA) College (May 7).
Baseball 2014: Played in 39 games, starting 35…Hit .261 with 19 runs, five doubles, one triple, one home run and 23 RBIs…Had a .345 slugging percentage and a .358 on-base percentage…Finished second on the team with 12 stolen bases (in 16 attempts)…Notched three outfield assists…Tied for second on the team in reaching as a hit batsman, with 11, and in sacrifices, with five…Made collegiate debut against Neumann University (March 11), going 0-for-5…Had his first hit and RBI the next day in a 1-for-3 performance against Widener University, while also getting hit by a pitch twice…Also was hit twice and went 1-for-3 against Amherst College in the opener of a March 16 doubleheader…In the nightcap against Amherst, went 2-for-4 with a double, two walks and two RBIs for his first multi-hit, multi-RBI and multi-walk game…Went 4-for-5 with four runs, two stolen bases and three RBIs against Washington and Jefferson (March 20)…Slugged a three-run home run during the Raptors’ 10-run fourth inning against Brandywine (April 22) for his first collegiate homer…Ripped a two-run game-tying triple and scored the eventual winning run in the sixth inning of a 5-3 victory over Rutgers-Newark (April 25)…Went 3-for-4 with a double and one run against Montclair State University (May 1)…Notched five multiple-hit games and finished tied for third on the team with five multi-RBI games…Had a six-game hitting streak from March 1-20 (.9-for-22, .409) and a five-game string from April 22-26 (7-for-20, .350).
High School: Captured seven letters at Union High School in baseball (four letters) and football (three)…Was a two-year baseball captain and also served as a captain one season in football, where he played quarterback…Two-time All-Union County First Team and also added one All-Union County Third Team honor…Three-time All-Conference First Team…All-Group Third Team…Two-time Union County Underclassmen All-Star…Senior All-Star for the Northwest Region of New Jersey…Earned the Martin Luther King Jr. Award.
Personal: Born October 6, 1994…Nicknamed “DC”…Enjoys music, rapping and writing music…Music major at Rutgers-Camden with a minor in African American Studies…Doug is the son of Doug and Diane Carter of Union.
