Rick Joseph
First baseman, Baseball Player
1939 –
Who is Rick Joseph?
Ricardo Emelindo Joseph Harrigan was a Dominican Major League Baseball infielder. He played for the Kansas City Athletics during the 1964 season and the Philadelphia Phillies from 1967 to 1970. Primarily a first baseman and third baseman, he stood 6 feet 1 inch tall and weighed 192 pounds. He threw and batted right-handed.
Joseph was the 1967 Most Valuable Player of the Triple-A Pacific Coast League, batting .300 with 24 home runs for the league champion San Diego Padres. The performance earned him a late August call-up to the Phillies.
Rick Joseph died at age 40 from diabetes.
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- Born
- Aug 24, 1939
San Pedro de Macorís - Profession
- Died
- Jun 9, 2024
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on July 23, 2013
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