Joe Medwick
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Joseph Michael Medwick (November 24, 1911 – March 21, 1975), nicknamed "Ducky" and "Muscles",[1][2][3] was an American Major League Baseball player. A left fielder with the St. Louis Cardinals during the "Gashouse Gang" era of the 1930s, he also played with the Brooklyn Dodgers (1940–1943, 1946), New York Giants (1943–1945), and Boston Braves (1945). Medwick is the last player to win the National League Triple Crown (1937).[4]
Joe Medwick | |
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Left fielder | |
Born: (1911-11-24)November 24, 1911 Carteret, New Jersey, U.S. | |
Died: March 21, 1975(1975-03-21) (aged 63) St. Petersburg, Florida, U.S. | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
September 2, 1932, for the St. Louis Cardinals | |
Last MLB appearance | |
July 25, 1948, for the St. Louis Cardinals | |
MLB statistics | |
Batting average | .324 |
Hits | 2,471 |
Home runs | 205 |
Runs batted in | 1,383 |
Teams | |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Member of the National | |
Baseball Hall of Fame | |
Induction | 1968 |
Vote | 84.8% (ninth ballot) |
A ten-time All-Star, Medwick was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame by the Baseball Writers' Association of America in 1968 with 84.81% of the votes.[5] In 2014, he became a member of the inaugural class of the St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame.