| JOE CARTER, according to the editors of the Total Baseball Biographical Encyclopedia, is one of only nine players in major league history to drive in 100 or more runs in 10 different seasons. The others are all in the Hall of Fame - Goose Goslin, Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig,
Jimmie Foxx, Al Simmons, Stan Musial, Willie Mays, and Hank Aaron. A product of Millwood High School in Oklahoma City, Carter went on to star at Wichita State University, where he was drafted by the Chicago Cubs. In 1984, he was traded to the Cleveland Indians for eventual Cy Young Award winner Rick Sutcliffe. He spent six seasons with the Tribe,
leading the American League with 121 RBIs in 1986 while hitting .302 with 29 home runs, 200 hits, and 108 runs scored. In 1990, he was traded to the San Diego Padres and stayed there for one season before being traded again to the Toronto Blue Jays along with Roberto Alomar for Fred McGriff and Tony Fernandez - one of the all-time blockbuster trades. In 1993, he won the World Series for the
Blue Jays against the Philadelphia Phillies with a bottom-of-the-ninth, walk-off-the-field home run off Mitch Williams. It was only the second time in history that a World Series ended on a homer, the first being Bill Mazeroski for the Pittsburgh Pirates against the New York Yankees in 1960. Carter, who had 396 homers and 1,445 ribbies in his 16-year career, was a .259 lifetime hitter and ended his career
with the San Francisco Giants in 1998. |
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