Joe Adcock
Joe Adcock
Joseph Wilbur "Billy Joe" Adcockwas 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. His nickname "Billy Joe" was modeled after Vanderbilt University basketball star "Billy Joe Adcock" and was...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAthlete
Date of Birth30 October 1927
CountryUnited States of America
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