Joseph Salvatore Altobelli was an American professional baseball first baseman and outfielder who played for the Cleveland Indians and Minnesota Twins of Major League Baseball.
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19 Facts About Joe Altobelli
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Joe Altobelli was a manager for the San Francisco Giants, Baltimore Orioles, and Chicago Cubs.
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Joe Altobelli succeeded Earl Weaver as manager of the Orioles in 1983 and led the team to their sixth American League pennant and their third World Series championship.
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Joe Altobelli ended his involvement in professional baseball in 2009, retiring after over a decade as a color commentator for the Triple-A Rochester Red Wings.
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Joe Altobelli earned All-City recognition in baseball, football, and basketball while attending Eastern High School.
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Joe Altobelli was signed as an amateur free agent by the Cleveland Indians before the 1951 season.
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Joe Altobelli earned a promotion to the Eastern League the following year, posting two solid seasons with the Reading Indians, as he helped lead them to 101 wins and the Eastern League pennant in 1953.
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Joe Altobelli's first hit and RBI came a week later when singled to left with the bases loaded to score Larry Doby.
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Joe Altobelli remained with Indianapolis in 1956, as the club posted one of the most successful seasons in franchise history.
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In between, Joe Altobelli played baseball in three winter seasons in Venezuela: one year in the Liga Occidental de Beisbol Profesional and two in the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League.
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Joe Altobelli signed a two-year contract as manager of the Orioles on November 12,1982, succeeding Earl Weaver who had retired one month prior.
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Joe Altobelli then returned to coaching, working with the Yankees again, serving next under Don Zimmer with the Chicago Cubs from 1988 to 1991, and filling in as interim manager for one game when Zimmer was fired in 1991, before being replaced in Chicago by Jim Essian.
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Joe Altobelli returned to Rochester in 1991 and took over as general manager of the Red Wings the following year.
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Joe Altobelli subsequently acted as special assistant to the club president until 1997.
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Joe Altobelli announced his retirement in early 2009, making it the first year he was out of organized baseball since 1950.
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Joe Altobelli suffered a stroke in November 2017, and consequently resided at a rehabilitation center.
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Joe Altobelli made his final public appearance two years later in August 2019, when Rich Dauer – who played under Altobelli in 1976 – was inducted into the Rochester Red Wings Hall of Fame.
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