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  Box Score of Four Home Run Game by Joe Adcock by Baseball Almanac
Joe Adcock hammered his way into the four home runs club quite differently as he connected off four different pitchers, added a double, and finished the game with a record eighteen total bases!
On April 29, 1953, Joe Adcock became the first player to hit a home run over the centerfield wall at the Polo Grounds.
Did you know that Joe Adcock is one of the top fifty all-time leaders in grand slams hit during a career?
www.baseball-almanac.com /boxscore/07311954.shtml   (242 words)

  
  Joe Adcock : HistoricBaseball.com
Joe Adcock, a first baseman who once collected four home runs in a game, died on on May 3, 1999 in Coushatta, La. He was 71.
Adcock left his mark on baseball history on July 31, 1954 when he collected four home runs and a double in a game against the Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field.
The Indians traded Adcock to the Los Angeles Angels in Dec. 1963 and he played with the Angels until he was released in 1966.
www.historicbaseball.com /players/a/adcock_joe.html   (351 words)

  
 Mighty Joe Adcock
Joe Adcock, “Mighty Joe“ hails from Saint Joseph, MI and was transplanted to Kissimmee, FL in 1967.
Joe has a tasteful style and finesse that are the product of years of higher education (post sixth grade), multi-faceted private study with gifted mentors, four decades of experience, and an innate love for performing music.
Joe is notorious for his “King Kong” drumsticks which he loves to conceal until after being invited to play someone else’s drums.
www.bopper.com /Joe.html   (340 words)

  
 Untitled Document   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Gomez, who was in the midst of a disappointing 7-17 year, nicked Adcock with a pitch on the wrist.
Before Adcock could catch him, the pitcher took refuge in the Giants' dugout and remained there until he was given a police escort back to his hotel room.
With the towering Joe Adcock closing in on him, Ruben Gomez was acting in self-defense when he threw the baseball.
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 SLAM! Major League Statistics
Adcock, who had been suffering from Alzheimer's disease, passed away at his home at about 4 a.m.
Adcock is also one of three players to hit a home run into the distant center-field bleachers at the Polo Grounds in New York.
Adcock is also credited with one of the memorable phrases involving former teammate Aaron.
www.canoe.ca /StatsBBM/BC-BBM-LGNS-ADCOCKOBIT-R.html   (412 words)

  
 SITT - Joe Adcock
Joe Adcock stood 6-foot-4 and weighed around 255 in his cleats.
Joe hit 336 lifetime homers and it would be interesting to know how many of those weren 't 400 + footers.
Adcock had the similar lean, sinewy strength as Hodges and in the same quiet way, won the respect and admiration of countless fans.
www.thediamondangle.com /sitt/adcock.html   (277 words)

  
 Joe Adcock, former ballplayer, 71
Adcock had Alzheimer's disease and died at his home in Coushatta, La., at 3:15 a.m., said his daughter, Jan Adams.
Adcock managed the Indians in 1967, finishing eighth in the American League with a 75-87 record.
In addition to Adams, Adcock is survived by his wife, Joan; son Jay Adcock, who runs the horse business his father founded; daughters Jill Kennedy and Jeannie Worsham; sister Mary Ann Brown; and eight grandchildren.
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 Untitled Document
Joseph Adcock was born in 1725 in Buckinham County Virginia.
Lydia was 19, Joe was 13, Carson was 11, and Albert was 6.
Nancy Adcock Tindal was born in Virginia in 1798.
www.angelfire.com /ga4/greg0/adcockhistory.html   (11408 words)

  
 TheDeadballEra.com :: JOE ADCOCK'S OBIT
On July 31, 1954, Adcock had the most productive game in history, hitting four homers and a double for a record 18 total bases as the Braves beat the Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field.
Adcock played on the Braves' World Series championship team in 1957 and National League pennant winner in 1958.
Adcock was perhaps best known for turning a perfect game into a loss for Pittsburgh's Harvey Haddix on May 26, 1959, at Milwaukee.
thedeadballera.com /Obits/Adcock.Joe.Obit.html   (220 words)

  
 Henry Breazeale: Eighth Generation
William W. Adcock, the oldest son of Sam and Hulda, was born June 30, 1831, in Greene County, Alabama.
Joseph Edward "Joe" Adcock was born September 23, 1855.
Sophronia Clementine Adcock was born December 3, 1865.
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 Joe Adcock | BaseballLibrary.com
Although he was played out of position, platooned, and frequently injured, Adcock retired as the twentieth most prolific home run hitter of all time and seventh among righthanded hitters.
Adcock is credited with a double and not a home run.
, and Joe Torre of the Braves startle the Reds with a triple steal in the 6th inning.
www.baseballlibrary.com /baseballlibrary/ballplayers/A/Adcock_Joe.stm   (2238 words)

  
 Fool's Cathedral's Speed of Darkness: Rave 1   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Lou and Joe, two of the main characters in "The Speed of Darkness," were grunts.
Joe became a wealthy construction contractor, selected as South Dakota's Man of the Year.
As Joe's wife, Laurel Anne White is brisk and fresh.
www.drizzle.com /~fools/speed/review.h.html   (297 words)

  
 Joe Adcock All-Star Stats by Baseball Almanac
Joe Adcock Autograph on a 1991 Topps Archives (#285)
The World Series label/link in the final section only shows whether or not Joe Adcock was in the World Series during the season where he appeared in the All-Star Game (Dash=Not in the Series
Visit the main page for Joe Adcock for his comprehensive regular season statistics and World Series data.
www.baseball-almanac.com /players/playerpost.php?p=adcocjo01&ps=asg   (302 words)

  
 Joe Adcock Baseball Stats by Baseball Almanac
Joe Adcock was born on Sunday, October 30, 1927, in Coushatta, Louisiana.
Adcock was 22 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 23, 1950, with the Cincinnati Reds.
His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Joe Adcock baseball stats page.
www.baseball-almanac.com /players/player.php?p=adcocjo01   (304 words)

  
 MLB hitters with four home runs in one game - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gehrig hit a deep fly in his final at-bat that narrowly missed being a fifth home run.
Adcock hit a double off the top of the wall that also narrowly missed being a fifth home run.
Whiten's home runs drove in 12 runs, which also tied him for the Major League record for most runs batted in in a game.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Batters_with_four_home_runs_in_one_game   (221 words)

  
 Joe Adcock's Four HR Game [Archive] - Baseball Fever
Adcock was a strapping 6-foot-4, 220-pounder who had been an All-Southeastern Conference basketball player at LSU from 1944-47.
Joe's most incredible homer had to be the shot he hit over the left field upper deck in Ebbets Field, the only player ever to do that.
Joe hit 13 HR against Brooklyn in '56, tying the record held by Jimmie Foxx and Hank Aaron for most HR against one team in a season.
baseball-fever.com /archive/index.php/t-16740.html   (1216 words)

  
 JUGS
HANK AARON cost Milwaukee Braves teammate Joe Adcock a circuit clout in one of the most famous games ever played when he was guilty of mistakenly leaving the base paths after Adcock hit an apparent game-winning home run.
But Braves first sacker Joe Adcock laced Haddix's second pitch to him over the left-field barrier in Milwaukee's County Stadium for what seemed a game-winning three-run homer.
Adcock, who missed seeing Aaron leave the base paths, was called out when he reached third base, and the final score, instead of being 3 and 0, was 1 and 0, as only Mantilla's run counted.
www.thejugscompany.com /coaches/newsletters/33-hankaaron.cfm   (382 words)

  
 JS Online: Memory of Joe Adcock
Adcock had recently recovered from a broken forearm suffered in an earlier game and it was only his first or second time at bat since the injury.
As Adcock started towards first base, he and Adcock continued their exchange and Gomez retorted with a remark which irritated Adcock to the extent that he broke from the base path and charged toward the mound.
Gomez threw the ball at him as he ran for the dugout and both teams rushed toward each other but Gomez escaped to the safety of the clubhouse.
www.jsonline.com /sports/brew/may02/45597.asp?format=print   (253 words)

  
 Answers to Knoweldge Test No. 1
Joe Adcock holds the record total bases in one game with 18.
Joe Morgan is the first-ballot Hall of Famer with a.182 post-season batting average
Joe Medwick in 1937 is the last National Leaguer to win the Triple Crown.
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 HEARTLIGHT® Magazine: Special Feature: "A Famous Athlete, a Teenage Boy, and Family"   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Joe Adcock was from our neck of the woods, a place called Coushatta.
After his career was finished, Adcock went home to Coushatta, where he lived until his death earlier this month.
Joe Adcock was a man, who lived in the spotlight for awhile, but what he gave his family may have been his most important achievement.
www.heartlight.org /feature/sf_990714_family.html   (642 words)

  
 Joe Adcock | The Baseball Page
Joe Adcock ranks #45 among the Top 50 all-time at 1B.
Adcock used a borrowed bat to hit the four homers...
Adcock became the second man to collect five extra-base hits in a game, since 1900.
www.thebaseballpage.com /players/adcocjo01.php   (99 words)

  
 Kodak Presents - Baseball's 25 Greatest Moments brought to you by The Sporting News
Braves first baseman Joe Adcock hit a 1-0 pitch from Haddix that just crept over the 375-foot mark in right-center.
However, Aaron didn't think Adcock's hit got over the wall and when he saw Mantilla cross the plate with the winning run, Aaron touched second base and headed toward the dugout.
Adcock, running with his head down, passed second base before frantic Milwaukee coaches could pull Aaron back on the field.
tsn.sportingnews.com /baseball/25moments/19.html   (695 words)

  
 Joe Adcock Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
The Cleveland Indians sent a player to be named later and Barry Latman to the Los Angeles Angels for Leon Wagner.
The Cleveland Indians sent Joe Adcock (December 6, 1963) to the Los Angeles Angels to complete the trade.
View Joe Adcock's uniforms at Dressed to the Nines
www.baseball-reference.com /a/adcocjo01.shtml   (917 words)

  
 Braves Baseball Blog
Joe Torre drove home the only run of the game.  He singled home Bobby Thomson in the bottom of the eighth after Thomson just missed a homerun but ended up with a triple.
Joe Adcock doubled and drove in the only run for the Braves.  Eddie Mathews had three hits and he scored the only run.
Joe Adcock doubled, scored a run and drove in one in the loss.  Johnny Logan was two for four and he both scored and drove in a run.
www.bravesbaseballblog.com   (2908 words)

  
 ESPN Classic - Adcock ties Gehrig, Hodges with four homers
Before the game at Ebbets Field, Milwaukee Braves first baseman Joe Adcock is told that the Brooklyn Dodgers don't consider him much of a hitter.
Using a borrowed bat -- it belongs to reserve catcher Charley White -- because he broke his regular one last night, the 6-foot-4, 220-pound former LSU basketball player becomes the third player this century to hit four homers in a nine-inning game (Lou Gehrig and Gil Hodges are the others).
Adcock knocks in seven runs as the Braves, who hit seven homers, win their ninth straight, 15-7.
espn.go.com /classic/s/moment010731-adcock-4-homers.html   (191 words)

  
 Ruben Gomez - Baseball Fever
The Braves' Joe Adcock had hit seven HR in nine games coming into a night game at Milwaukee on July 18, 1956.
Adcock charged the mound; Gomez threw the ball, hitting him in the thigh, and then ran for the safety of the Giants' dugout.
As has been mentioned, three years later, Gomez hit Joe Adcock on the wrist, had the beanball war with Cardinals pitcher Sam Jones in 1957, and that July 16, put Frank Robinson in the hospital, hitting him in the head with a pitch.
www.baseball-fever.com /showthread.php?t=24811   (1771 words)

  
 Joe Ross / CD Reviews Archive 1
Eddie and Martha Adcock produce a lot of sound together, but one can wish that they would have also included some guests for additional vocal harmony, as well as a few hot mandolin, fiddle and resonator guitar breaks on this project, their first in five years.
In 1970, Adcock left the Country Gentlemen, moved to California, and played rock music under the pseudonym "Clinton Kodack." In 1971, he formed band with Jimmy Gaudreau called the Iind (Second) Generation.
Everyone knows that trucks are about as American as mom and apple pie, and we all owe a great deal to the men and women who travel the interstates at all times of the day to facilitate interstate commerce.
rhof.blackmill.net /tod/joeross2.html   (17407 words)

  
 OOTP V2 REPORT
Joe Adcock sets a new season AL-Record for RBI with 11 !!!
Joe Adcock sets a new season Team-Record for RBI with 15 !!!
Joe Adcock sets a new season Team-Record for RBI with 18 !!!
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 Student Athlete of the Week - KTBS 3   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Ted: But the Joe Adcock who his 336 career home runs in the major leagues, never got to watch the Mallory Worsham who scored 19 points per game, winning four straight district M.V.P. awards and a state championship while at Riverdale Academy.
Joan Adcock: "Joe was very chauvanistic, he really was.
Ted: Joe Adcock died just over three years ago, after suffering from alzheimer's disease for seven years.
www.ktbs.com /sports/athletearch-detail.html?detail=25   (430 words)

  
 Adcock Genealogy Registrations>
Stinson and Adcocks are found in close proximity in several counties in Tenn., Alabama and elsewhere in the South and Midwest.
The Adcocks of 1830 IL census were too young to be her parents except for Barnet.
Wm.may be son of Henry Adcock of DeKalb Co.Henry may have been in Spartenburg SC at time of Wm's b.as he seems to have been m.thereto Martha but Census gives Tn.
www.adcockfamily.com /reg1997.html   (8937 words)

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