21 Facts About Joe Medwick

Joe Medwick is the last National League player to win the Triple Crown Award.

Ten-time All-Star, Joe Medwick was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame by the Baseball Writers' Association of America in 1968 with 84.

Joe Medwick was born and raised in Carteret, New Jersey, the son of Hungarian immigrants.

Joe Medwick excelled in baseball, basketball, football, and track at Carteret High School.

Joe Medwick entered professional baseball in 1930 with the Scottdale Scotties of the Middle Atlantic League.

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Joe Medwick spent most of the next two seasons with the Houston Buffaloes of the Texas League.

Joe Medwick played in 139 games for the team the next year, hitting.

Joe Medwick became known as one of baseball's rising stars, but was competitive to the point of combativeness, and regarded by some as self-centered.

Joe Medwick remains the only known player to be thrown out of a game for his own personal safety.

Joe Medwick held the National League record with seven consecutive seasons with 40 or more doubles until Stan Musial topped it with nine.

Team president Branch Rickey and owner Sam Breadon thought the trade would be best because they thought that Joe Medwick was becoming increasingly discontented with being a Cardinal, having spent all season haggling with the pair over his contract.

Six days after the trade, Joe Medwick was nearly killed by what some at the time regarded as a beanball thrown by former Cardinals teammate Bob Bowman.

Joe Medwick said that Dressen would whistle each time he saw the sign for a curveball.

When Joe Medwick strode forward, the ball hit him in the temple and rendered him unconscious.

In 1941, Joe Medwick helped Brooklyn win their first pennant since 1920.

Late in his career, Joe Medwick said that golf was helping him to stay in good physical condition; 36 holes per day allowed him to walk more than 10 miles "without heavy strain".

Joe Medwick eventually returned to St Louis to finish his career with the Cardinals in 1947 and 1948.

Joe Medwick continued playing through 1952 with Class 'B' Raleigh and Tampa, but his numbers declined substantially.

In 1966, Joe Medwick was hired as a hitting instructor in the Cardinals minor league system, a role he held until 1975.

Joe Medwick was buried at St Lucas Cemetery in Sunset Hills, Missouri, a suburb of St Louis.

Joe Medwick received no votes for enshrinement in the Baseball Hall of Fame the first seven years after his retirement, which is sometimes attributed to his strained relationship with teammates and the press.