John E. Carroll was born in Buffalo, New York, in 1860. He was nicknamed "Scrappy", likely due to him having a "pugnacious disposition", and he may have been the first player to have had that nickname.\n', '

Carroll started his professional baseball career in 1884. He played for the St. Paul Apostles of the Northwestern League during that season and made his major league debut with the Union Association\'s St. Paul White Caps on September 27. The White Caps played a total of nine games, and Carroll appeared in all of them, mostly as a right fielder. He went 3 for 31 at the plate for a .097 batting average and made five errors in the field.\n', '

The Union Association disbanded after the 1884 season, and in 1885, Carroll played for three different teams: the Western League\'s Cleveland Forest Cities, the Southern League\'s Memphis Reds, and the National League\'s Buffalo Bisons. In his second major league trial, he played 13 games for the Bisons and went 3 for 40 (.075).\n', '

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