By Bobby Ross Jr. | Religion Unplugged
ARLINGTON, Texas — “The Little Savior made everyone a believer.”
That’s how the Dallas Morning News characterized Evan Carter after he made his MLB debut in September 2023 — just 10 days after his 21st birthday — and helped the Texas Rangers win the World Series for the first time in the franchise’s 63-year history.
After such a meteoric rise, the left-handed hitting outfielder seemed destined for baseball stardom.
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But Carter, still just 22, has faced multiple challenges the past two seasons, battling injuries and a temporary demotion to the minor leagues.
Carter — who famously wore a “Jesus Won” T-shirt to batting practice when he reached the big leagues in 2023 — talked to Religion Unplugged recently about his journey both as a ballplayer and a person of deep Christian faith.
“Baseball is what I do, but I try and not make it, as the cliché goes, who I am,” Carter said in a pregame interview at Globe Life Field. “Baseball is a really hard sport, and it can take a toll on you physically and mentally.”
His faith, he explained, means “just having something that you know is a bigger purpose than just playing on the ballfield, and I try to keep it in perspective.”
This story appears in the online magazine Religion Unplugged.
Photo by Gunnar Word, courtesy of the Texas Rangers
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