Carl William Moran (born September 26, 1950) is an American politician and retired baseball pitcher. Born in Portsmouth, Virginia, he attended Woodrow Wilson High School, Louisburg College, and Jacksonville University. Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the ninth round of the 1971 Major League Baseball Draft, Moran played one year in the majors, going 1–3 with a 4.66 ERA for the Chicago White Sox during the 1974 season. He later worked as a scout for the White Sox.
In 2010 he ran for mayor of Portsmouth in a special election to replace recalled mayor James W. Holley, III.[1]