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- Joe_Adcock abstract "Joseph Wilbur \"Billy Joe\" Adcock (October 30, 1927 – May 3, 1999) was a major league baseball player who also managed in the Major and Minor Leagues. He was best known as a first baseman and right-handed slugger with the powerful Milwaukee Braves teams of the 1950s, whose career included numerous home run feats. A sure-handed defensive player, he also retired with the third highest career fielding percentage by a first baseman (.994). His nickname \"Billy Joe\" was modeled after Vanderbilt University basketball star \"Billy Joe Adcock\" and was popularized by Vin Scully.Born in Coushatta, the seat of Red River Parish in northwestern Louisiana, Adcock attended Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, where he played on the baseball team; before college, he had never played a game of baseball in his life.He was signed by the Cincinnati Reds, but Ted Kluszewski had firm hold of the team's first base slot. Adcock played in left field from 1950 to 1952, but was unhappy and demanded a trade, which he received. His first season with the Braves was capped by a mammoth home run into the center field 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.On July 31, 1954, Adcock accomplished the rare feat of homering four times in a single game, against the Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field. He also hit a double off the top of the wall to set a record for most total bases in a game (18) that stood for 48 years, until broken by Shawn Green in 2002.Another notable home run was the blast that ended the epic duel between Lew Burdette and Harvey Haddix on May 26, 1959, in which Haddix took a perfect game into the 13th inning. Adcock did not get credit for a home run, however, because Aaron – who was on first base – saw Félix Mantilla, 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 base paths. (Eventually, the ruling was that instead of a 3-run home run for a 3–0 Braves victory, Adcock got a double and 1 RBI, and the Braves won 1–0.)Adcock was often overshadowed both by his own teammates Aaron and Eddie Mathews, and by the other slugging first basemen in the league, Kluszewski and Gil Hodges, but he did make one All-Star team (1960) and was regularly among the league leaders in home runs. In 1956, he finished second in the National League in home runs, runs batted in, and slugging average.After concluding his playing career with the Cleveland Indians (1963) and Los Angeles/California Angels (1964–66), Adcock managed the Cleveland Indians for one year (1967), with the team registering its worst percentage finish in 21 years (.463, vs. .442 in 1946), finishing eighth in a 10-team league. Following the season he was replaced as Cleveland manager by Alvin Dark. Adcock managed two more years in the minor leagues before settling down at his 288-acre (1.2 km2) ranch in Coushatta to raise horses. He died in Coushatta at age 71 in 1999 from Alzheimer's Disease.".
- Joe_Adcock birthDate "1927-10-30".
- Joe_Adcock birthPlace Coushatta,_Louisiana.
- Joe_Adcock deathDate "1999-05-03".
- Joe_Adcock deathPlace Coushatta,_Louisiana.
- Joe_Adcock debutTeam Cincinnati_Reds.
- Joe_Adcock position First_baseman.
- Joe_Adcock position Outfielder.
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- Joe_Adcock wikiPageWikiLinkText "Joe Adcock".
- Joe_Adcock wikiPageWikiLinkText "Joe Bill Adcock".
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- Joe_Adcock birthDate "1927-10-30".
- Joe_Adcock birthPlace Coushatta,_Louisiana.
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- Joe_Adcock caption "Adcock in 1954.".
- Joe_Adcock cube "Joe-Adcock".
- Joe_Adcock deathDate "1999-05-03".
- Joe_Adcock deathPlace Coushatta,_Louisiana.
- Joe_Adcock debutdate "--04-23".
- Joe_Adcock debutleague "MLB".
- Joe_Adcock debutteam "Cincinnati Reds".
- Joe_Adcock debutyear "1950".
- Joe_Adcock fangraphs "1000067".
- Joe_Adcock finaldate "--10-01".
- Joe_Adcock finalleague "MLB".