Joe Adcock
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Joseph Wilbur Adcock (October 30, 1927 - May 3, 1999) was a Major League Baseball first baseman/outfielder and right-handed batter who played for the Cincinnati Reds (1950-52), Boston & Milwaukee Braves (1953-62), Cleveland Indians (1963), and Los Angeles & California Angels (1964-66). After retiring, Adcock managed for the Indians in the 1967 season. He was born in Coushatta, Louisiana.
Joe Adcock was a slugging first baseman who made his mark on the successful Milwaukee Braves teams of the 1950s. He was drafted by the Reds after a successful run at Louisiana State University, but was blocked by Ted Kluszewski. He played in the outfield, but was unhappy and demanded a trade, which he received. His first season with the Braves was capped by a mammoth homerun into the centerfield bleachers at the Polo Grounds on April 29, 1953, a feat that had never been done before and would only be accomplished twice more, by Hank Aaron and Lou Brock. In 1954, he accomplished the rare feat of homering four times in a single game and set a new record for most total bases in a game (18) that stood until broken by Shawn Green in 2002. Another notable homerun was the blast that ended the epic duel between Lew Burdette and Harvey Haddix in May 1959, in which Haddix took a perfect game into the 12th inning. He did not get credit for a homerun, however, because Aaron, who was on first, saw the runner ahead of him score the winning run and thought the hit had only been a double and walked back to the dugout causing Adcock to be called out for passing him on the basepaths. Adcock was often overshadowed both by his own teammates Aaron and Eddie Mathews and the other slugging first basemen in the league, Kluszewski and Gil Hodges, but he did make one all star team (1960) and was regularly amongst the top ten leaders in homeruns. After retiring, Adcock managed the Cleveland Indians for one year (1967) and managed two more years in the minors before settling down at a 288 acre (1.2 km²) ranch in Coushatta, Louisiana, to raise horses.
Joe Adcock died in Coushatta, Louisiana, at 71 years of age.
YEAR TEAM AGE G AB R H 2B 3B HR HR% RBI BB SO SB CS AVG SLG OBA OPS
1950 Reds 22 102 372 46 109 16 1 8 2.15 55 24 24 2 0 .293 .406 .336 .742
1951 Reds 23 113 395 40 96 16 4 10 2.53 47 24 29 1 2 .243 .380 .288 .668
1952 Reds 24 117 378 43 105 22 4 13 3.44 52 23 38 1 4 .278 .460 .321 .781
1953 Braves 25 157 590 71 168 33 6 18 3.05 80 42 82 3 2 .285 .453 .334 .787
1954 Braves 26 133 500 73 154 27 5 23 4.60 87 44 58 1 4 .308 .520 .365 .885
1955 Braves 27 84 288 40 76 14 0 15 5.21 45 31 44 0 2 .264 .469 .339 .807
1956 Braves 28 137 454 76 132 23 1 38 8.37 103 32 86 1 0 .291 .597 .337 .934
1957 Braves 29 65 209 31 60 13 2 12 5.74 38 20 51 0 0 .287 .541 .351 .891
1958 Braves 30 105 320 40 88 15 1 19 5.94 54 21 63 0 0 .275 .506 .317 .823
1959 Braves 31 115 404 53 118 19 2 25 6.19 76 32 77 0 0 .292 .535 .339 .874
1960 Braves 32 138 514 55 153 21 4 25 4.86 91 46 86 2 2 .298 .500 .354 .854
1961 Braves 33 152 562 77 160 20 0 35 6.23 108 59 94 2 1 .285 .507 .354 .861
1962 Braves 34 121 391 48 97 12 1 29 7.42 78 50 91 2 0 .248 .506 .333 .839
1963 Indians 35 97 283 28 71 7 1 13 4.59 49 30 53 1 2 .251 .420 .320 .740
1964 Angels 36 118 366 39 98 13 0 21 5.74 64 48 61 0 2 .268 .475 .352 .827
1965 Angels 37 122 349 30 84 14 0 14 4.01 47 37 74 2 2 .241 .401 .315 .716
1966 Angels 38 83 231 33 63 10 3 18 7.79 48 31 48 2 2 .273 .576 .355 .930
TOTALS 1959 6606 823 1832 295 35 336 5.09 1122 594 1059 20 25 .277 .485 .337 .822
LG AVERAGE 6555 873 1741 277 57 186 2.83 818 663 856 72 42 .266 .410 .335 .745
POS AVERAGE 6637 905 1806 287 54 265 3.99 1012 723 960 47 33 .272 .451 .345 .796
YEAR TEAM RC RCAA RCAP OWP RC/G TB EBH ISO SEC BPA IBB HBP SAC SF GIDP OUTS PA POS
1950 Reds 49 -9 -14 .425 4.76 151 25 .113 .183 .417 0 0 3 0 12 278 399 LF
1951 Reds 36 -25 -32 .279 2.96 150 30 .137 .195 .355 0 1 2 0 25 328 422 LF
1952 Reds 53 3 -1 .528 4.97 174 39 .183 .235 .460 0 1 1 0 10 288 403 LF
1953 Braves 84 1 -4 .506 5.02 267 57 .168 .241 .457 0 2 6 0 22 452 640 1B
1954 Braves 92 29 23 .666 6.68 260 55 .212 .294 .539 0 3 11 4 7 372 562 1B
1955 Braves 41 3 -5 .526 4.81 135 29 .205 .306 .475 3 2 2 1 13 230 324 1B
1956 Braves 87 28 20 .669 6.79 271 62 .306 .379 .601 6 1 11 2 11 346 500 1B
1957 Braves 37 12 6 .670 6.36 113 27 .254 .349 .550 3 1 0 1 7 157 231 1B
1958 Braves 46 7 1 .571 4.91 162 35 .231 .297 .490 1 1 2 5 14 253 349 1B
1959 Braves 72 21 10 .645 6.44 216 46 .243 .322 .543 6 0 2 6 8 302 444 1B
1960 Braves 88 29 22 .672 6.17 257 50 .202 .292 .515 7 1 5 4 13 385 570 1B
1961 Braves 94 24 15 .625 5.89 285 55 .222 .329 .520 4 2 4 2 22 431 629 1B
1962 Braves 61 6 2 .537 5.20 198 42 .258 .391 .524 8 1 2 3 18 317 447 1B
1963 Indians 37 2 0 .515 4.44 119 21 .170 .272 .446 4 0 1 3 7 225 317 1B
1964 Angels 58 18 14 .659 5.51 174 34 .208 .333 .499 4 0 0 1 13 284 415 1B
1965 Angels 42 0 -4 .499 4.09 140 28 .160 .266 .434 3 1 0 0 10 277 387 1B
1966 Angels 43 15 14 .688 6.31 133 31 .303 .437 .577 6 0 0 3 11 184 265 1B
TOTALS 1020 164 67 .577 5.39 3205 666 .208 .297 .495 55 17 52 35 223 5109 7304
LG AVERAGE 913 0 0 .500 4.83 2691 520 .145 .250 .448 46 38 62 38 152 5109 7357
POS AVERAGE 1036 121 0 .552 5.48 2995 606 .179 .290 .485 55 38 39 46 159 5109 7484
JOE ADCOCK LEAGUE LEADERSHIP RANKINGS
1951 NL WORST RCAA T4TH -25; WORST RCAP 1ST -32; GIDP 2ND 25
1953 NL GAMES T2ND 157; DOUBLES 10TH 33; STRIKEOUTS T10TH 82; GIDP 1ST 22
1954 NL HR/100 OUTS 10TH 6.18; HR/100 PA 10TH 4.09; HR/100 AB 10TH 4.60; AVERAGE 9TH .308; SLG 8TH .520; OPS 8TH .885; RCAA T9TH 29; OWP 7TH .666; RUNS CREATED/GAME 10TH 6.68; ISOLATED POWER 10TH .212; BPA 9TH .539; SACRIFICES T10TH 11
1956 NL HOMERUNS T2ND 38; HR/100 OUTS 1ST 10.98; HR/100 PA 1ST 7.60; HR/100 AB 1ST 8.37; RBI 2ND 103; STRIKEOUTS T6TH 86; SLG 2ND .597; OPS 3RD .934; RCAA T7TH 28; OWP 6TH .669; RUNS CREATED/GAME 8TH 6.79; EXTRA BASE HITS 10TH 62; ISOLATED POWER 2ND .306; SECONDARY AVERAGE 7TH .379; TOTAL AVERAGE 5TH .916; BPA 3RD .601; SACRIFICES T8TH 11
1959 NL HOMERUNS T9TH 25; SACRIFICE FLIES T8TH 6
1960 NL HOMERUNS 7TH 25; HR/100 OUTS 9TH 6.49; HR/100 PA 8TH 4.39; HR/100 AB 9TH 4.86; RBI 8TH 91; STRIKEOUTS T9TH 86; AVERAGE 7TH .298; SLG 7TH .500; OPS 7TH .854; RCAA 8TH 29; RCAP 9TH 22; OWP 6TH .672; RUNS CREATED/GAME 7TH 6.17; ISOLATED POWER 8TH .202; TOTAL AVERAGE 7TH .809; BPA 9TH .515
1961 NL GAMES T9TH 152; HOMERUNS T4TH 35; HR/100 OUTS 5TH 8.12; HR/100 PA 5TH 5.56; HR/100 AB 5TH 6.23; RBI 6TH 108; STRIKEOUTS 4TH 94; SLG 10TH .507; ISOLATED POWER 9TH .222; SECONDARY AVERAGE 10TH .329; GIDP T3RD 22
1962 NL HOMERUNS T8TH 29; GIDP T4TH 18
See also
External links
- Player and managerial careers statistics at Baseball Reference (http://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/adcocjo01.shtml)
- Page at Baseball Library (http://www.baseballlibrary.com/baseballlibrary/ballplayers/A/Adcock_Joe.stm)