Joe Medwick

Joe Medwick
Joe Medwick
	Medwick with the St. Louis Cardinals
	Left fielder
	Born: November 24, 1911; Carteret, New Jersey, U.S.
	Died: March 21, 1975 (aged 63); St. Petersburg, Florida, U.S.
	Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
	September 2, 1932, for the St. Louis Cardinals
Last MLB appearance
	July 25, 1948, for the St. Louis Cardinals
MLB statistics
Batting average	.324
Hits	2,471
Home runs	205
Runs batted in	1,383
Teams
	St. Louis Cardinals (1932–1940); Brooklyn Dodgers (1940–1943); New York Giants (1943–1945); Boston Braves (1945); Brooklyn Dodgers (1946); St. Louis Cardinals (1947–1948);
Career highlights and awards
	10× All-Star (1934–1942, 1944); World Series champion (1934); NL MVP (1937); Triple Crown (1937); NL batting champion (1937); NL home run leader (1937); 3× NL RBI leader (1936–1938); St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame;
Member of the National
Baseball Hall of Fame
Induction	1968
Vote	84.8% (ninth ballot)

Joseph Michael Medwick (November 24, 1911 – March 21, 1975), nicknamed "Ducky" and "Muscles", was an American Major League Baseball player. A left fielder with the St. Louis Cardinals during the "Gashouse Gang" era of the 1930s, he also played with the Brooklyn Dodgers (1940–1943, 1946), New York Giants (1943–1945), and Boston Braves (1945). Medwick is the last player to win the National League Triple Crown (1937).

A ten-time All-Star, Medwick was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame by the Baseball Writers' Association of America in 1968 with 84.81% of the votes. In 2014, he became a member of the inaugural class of the St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame.

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