Please answer the following question: Facts:   - finalteam: baltimore canaries    - finalyear: 1874    - death place: newark , new jersey    - statlabel: batting average home runs rbi    - position: catcher    - statvalue: .000 0 0    - throws: unknown    - debutteam: baltimore canaries    - bats: unknown    - debutdate: september 9    - death date: 19 may 1885      - birth date: february 25 , 1832    - finaldate: september 9    - name: lew carl    - birth place: baltimore , maryland    - debutyear: 1874   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of lew carl .
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lewis adolph carl -lrb- february 25 , 1832 -- may 19 , 1885 -rrb- was an american catcher in the national association .he played in one game for the 1874 baltimore canaries .