Jim Carter

Inducted 2020

Baseball

Former coach and fellow Hall of Famer Chuck Box, called Carter “a professional hitter.” His amazing numbers at the plate, led to his being inducted into the FHU Sports Hall of Fame. Carter transferred to FHU from Jackson State and played two seasons with the Lions, more than enough time to work his way toward the top of the record books.   

“Jim is very deserving of this honor,” Box said. “He is one of the best hitters I have coached in my 30 years of coaching. He worked very hard to develop his game and was really a ‘professional hitter’ while playing in college. He was also a fierce competitor who was a part of the program at a very pivotal time, as we went from the worst team in the league to a conference championship. Jim was a key piece of that rise.”

Carter is No. 2 in career batting average, hitting .412 in two years. His career slugging percentage of .675 is also No. 2 all-time. In his junior season, he hit 21 doubles (No. 2 all time in a single season), batted .401, brought in 42 runs, had a .572 slugging percentage and a .481 on-base percentage.

His senior season, he batted .425 (No. 7 all-time in a single season), had 76 hits (No. 10 all-time in a single season), brought in 69 runs (No. 2 all-time in a single season), scored 61 runs (No. 6 all-time in a single season), had a .704 slugging percentage (No. 10 all-time in a single season), had an OPS (On-Base Plus Slugging) of 1.171 (No. 10 all-time in a single season), and recorded 27 extra-base hits (No. 10 all- time in a single season).

“I am humbled and honored to be recognized by Freed-Hardeman and the Hall of Fame Committee,” Carter said. “I have so many great memories of my time in the baseball program. To be associated with so many teammates who have previously been inducted, as well as Chuck Box, makes this even more special.”

Carter is currently the athletic director and head baseball coach at Goodpasture Christian School in Nashville where he and his wife Heather and their two children live.