Joe Adcock
Joe Adcock
Full name: Joseph Wilbur Adcock
Born: October 30, 1927, Coushatta, Louisiana
Died May 3, 1999, Coushatta, Louisiana
Buried at Holly Springs Cemetery, Martin, Louisiana
First Game: April 23, 1950; Final Game: October 1, 1966
Managed First Game: April 11, 1967 ; Managed Final Game: October 1, 1967
Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 6' 4" Weight: 210
Joe Adcock
Top Performances
Pitcher Matchups
Batting Record Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team Team
1950 CIN N 102 372 46 109 16 1 8 55 24 24 0 3 12 2 .293 .336 .406 -0.8 1950 CIN N
1951 CIN N 113 395 40 96 16 4 10 47 24 29 1 2 25 1 2 .243 .288 .380 -1.9 1951 CIN N
1952 CIN N 117 378 43 105 22 4 13 52 23 38 1 1 10 1 4 .278 .321 .460 0.3 1952 CIN N
1953 MIL N 157 590 71 168 33 6 18 80 42 82 2 6 22 3 2 .285 .334 .453 -0.5 1953 MIL N
1954 MIL N 133 500 73 154 27 5 23 87 44 58 3 11 4 7 1 4 .308 .365 .520 0.5 1954 MIL N
1955 MIL N 84 288 40 76 14 0 15 45 31 3 44 2 2 1 13 0 2 .264 .339 .469 -0.3 1955 MIL N
1956 MIL N 137 454 76 132 23 1 38 103 32 6 86 1 11 2 11 1 0 .291 .337 .597 2.1 1956 MIL N
1957 MIL N 65 209 31 60 13 2 12 38 20 3 51 1 0 1 7 0 0 .287 .351 .541 0.7 1957 MIL N
1958 MIL N 105 320 40 88 15 1 19 54 21 1 63 1 2 5 14 0 0 .275 .317 .506 0.4 1958 MIL N
1959 MIL N 115 404 53 118 19 2 25 76 32 6 77 0 2 6 8 0 0 .292 .339 .535 2.4 1959 MIL N
1960 MIL N Daily Splits 138 514 55 153 21 4 25 91 46 7 86 1 5 4 0 5i 13 2 2 .298 .354 .500 2.3 1960 MIL N
1961 MIL N Daily Splits 152 562 77 160 20 0 35 108 59 4 94 2 4 2 0 11 22 2 1 .285 .354 .507 1.1 1961 MIL N
1962 MIL N Daily Splits 121 391 48 97 12 1 29 78 50 8 91 1 2 3 0 6i 18 2 0 .248 .333 .506 0.5 1962 MIL N
1963 CLE A Daily Splits 97 283 28 71 7 1 13 49 30 4 53 0 1 3 0 4 7 1 2 .251 .320 .420 -0.7 1963 CLE A
1964 LA A Daily Splits 118 366 39 98 13 0 21 64 48 4 61 0 0 1 0 4 13 0 2 .268 .352 .475 0.8 1964 LA A
1965 CAL A Daily Splits 122 349 30 84 14 0 14 47 37 3 74 1 0 0 0 6 10 2 2 .241 .315 .401 -0.7 1965 CAL A
1966 CAL A Daily Splits 83 231 33 63 10 3 18 48 31 6 48 0 0 3 0 2 11 2 2 .273 .355 .576 1.7 1966 CAL A
Total NL 1539 5377 693 1516 251 31 270 914 448 38i 823 16 51 28i 0i 22i182 15 17i .282 .337 .491 6.8 Total NL
Total AL 420 1229 130 316 44 4 66 208 146 17 236 1 1 7 0 16 41 5 8 .257 .335 .461 1.1 Total AL
Total Splits 1959 6606 823 1832 295 35 336 1122 594 55i1059 17 52 35i 0i 38i223 20 25i .277 .337 .485 7.9 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team Team
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World Series Batting Record World Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1957 MIL N Daily Splits 5 15 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .200 .200 .200 1957 MIL N
1958 MIL N Daily Splits 4 13 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .308 .357 .308 1958 MIL N
Total Splits 9 28 2 7 0 0 0 2 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .250 .276 .250 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
All-Star Game Batting Record All-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1960 NL Daily Splits 2 5 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .600 .600 .800 1960 NL
Fielding Record Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
1950 CIN N OF 75 177 6 6 3 .968 75 0 0
1950 CIN N 1B 24 169 11 2 13 .989
1951 CIN N OF 107 221 8 4 2 .983 107 0 0
1952 CIN N OF 85 189 5 3 1 .985 85 0 0
1952 CIN N 1B 17 117 3 0 7 1.000
1953 MIL N 1B 157 1389 96 13 146 .991
1954 MIL N 1B 133 1229 67 6 125 .995
1955 MIL N 1B 78 725 44 8 68 .990
1956 MIL N 1B 129 1086 75 6 109 .995
1957 MIL N 1B 56 477 30 2 60 .996
1958 MIL N 1B 71 525 36 6 55 .989
1958 MIL N OF 22 39 1 1 0 .976 22 0 0
1959 MIL N 1B 89 761 80 2 67 .998
1959 MIL N OF 21 46 1 5 0 .904 21 0 0
1960 MIL N Daily 1B 136 136 125 1205.2 1229 104 9 105 1 .993
1961 MIL N Daily 1B 148 148 139 1315 1471 102 11 133 0 .993
1962 MIL N Daily 1B 112 112 45 839 907 57 3 72 0 .997
1963 CLE A Daily 1B 78 69 58 619.1 608 36 3 46 0 .995
1964 LA A Daily 1B 105 102 65 823 959 54 7 94 0 .993
1965 CAL A Daily 1B 97 94 32 711.1 789 45 3 68 0 .996
1966 CAL A Daily 1B 71 57 43 524 565 39 2 60 0 .997
Total 1B 1501 718i 507i 6037.1i13006 879 83 1228 1i .994
Total OF 310 672 21 19 6 .973 310 0 0
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
i - incomplete
World Series Fielding Record World Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
1957 MIL N Daily 1B 5 4 0 28 38 2 1 2 0 .976
1958 MIL N Daily 1B 3 3 2 27 23 2 0 0 0 1.000
Total 1B 8 7 2 55 61 4 1 2 0 .985
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
All-Star Game Fielding Record All-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
1960 NL Daily 1B 2 2 0 7 6 0 0 1 0 1.000
Managerial Record Managerial Record
Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING
1967 CLE A 162 75 87 .463 559 613 8
Transactions Transactions
Signed as an amateur free agent by Cincinnati Reds (1947).
Traded by Cincinnati Reds to Milwaukee Braves as part of 4-team trade in which
Philadelphia Phillies sent cash to Milwaukee Braves ; Milwaukee Braves sent cash to
Cincinnati Reds ; Philadelphia Phillies sent Russ Meyer to Brooklyn Dodgers ;
Milwaukee Braves sent Earl Torgeson to Philadelphia Phillies ; Brooklyn Dodgers sent
Rocky Bridges to Cincinnati Reds ; and Brooklyn Dodgers sent Jim Pendleton to
Milwaukee Braves (February 16, 1953 ).
Traded by Milwaukee Braves with Jack Curtis to Cleveland Indians in exchange for Don
Dillard , Frank Funk and a player to be named later (November 27, 1962 ); Milwaukee
Braves received Ty Cline (March 18, 1963 ).
Traded by Cleveland Indians to Los Angeles Angels (December 6, 1963 ) completing
trade in which Cleveland Indians traded Barry Latman and a player to be named later
to Los Angeles Angels in exchange for Leon Wagner (December 2, 1963 ).
Released by California Angels (October 18, 1966 ).
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