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Ricardo Emelindo Joseph Harrigan (August 24, 1939 – September 8, 1979) was a Dominican professional baseball corner infielder, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Kansas City Athletics and the Philadelphia Phillies in all or parts of five seasons (1964–1970).[1]

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Born in San Pedro de Macorís, Joseph stood 6 feet 1 inch (1.85 m) tall and weighed 192 pounds (87 kg). He batted and threw right-handed.

Baseball career

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Originally signed by the San Francisco Giants, Joseph played in their minor league system from 1959 to 1963, batting .320, .319, and .326, respectively, in his first three seasons.[2] On December 2, 1963, he was drafted by the Kansas City Athletics in the 1963 minor league draft.

Joseph made his big league debut with the Athletics on June 18, 1964.[1] On November 29, 1966, he was drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1966 minor league draft. The Phillies sent him to their San Diego Padres farm team. There, in 1967, Joseph received the Most Valuable Player Award of the Triple-A Pacific Coast League (PCL), after batting .300 with 24 home runs for the league champion Padres.[2] The performance earned him an August 31 call-up to the Phillies.[3]

On September 16, 1967, against the Los Angeles Dodgers, he hit his first MLB home run, a pinch-hit, walk-off grand slam off Ron Perranoski to give the Phillies an 8-4 win. Through 2019, Joseph is the last MLB player to hit a walk-off grand slam for his first career home run.

After playing the next three seasons with Philadelphia as a utility player, Joseph became expendable when emerging young players such as Don Money and Greg Luzinski, as well as veteran Deron Johnson began to signal a changing of the guard. As such, on January 12, 1971, he was traded by the Philadelphia Phillies to the Chicago White Sox for pitcher Bucky Brandon. Joseph would play the next three years for several minor league and Mexican League teams, never again playing in the major leagues.

Joseph died in 1979 of complications from diabetes.[4]

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Rick Joseph is a Dominican former professional baseball player known for his time as a corner infielder in Major League Baseball with the Kansas City Athletics and Philadelphia Phillies. Born Ricardo Emelindo Joseph on August 24, 1939, in San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic, he debuted in the majors with the Athletics in 1964 and later played four seasons with the Phillies from 1967 to 1970, where he served primarily as a pinch hitter and infielder. His career included a memorable pinch-hit walk-off grand slam against the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1967, his first major league home run. Joseph excelled in the minor leagues, earning Pacific Coast League Most Valuable Player honors in 1967 with a .300 average, 24 home runs, and 96 RBIs for the Phillies' Triple-A affiliate. He also maintained a long career in winter and international leagues, including extensive play in the Dominican Winter League with teams such as Leones del Escogido, Águilas Cibaeñas, and Estrellas Orientales, as well as a stint in Mexico. After retiring from professional baseball following the 1973 Mexican League season, Joseph battled severe diabetes and died on September 8, 1979, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, at the age of 40.

Early life

Birth and background

Ricardo Emelindo Joseph Harrigan, known as Rick Joseph, was born on August 24, 1939, in Santa Fé, a mill town in San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic. His father worked in the sugar industry. Joseph was of "Cocolo" descent, from families of African ancestry who migrated from the British West Indies to work in Dominican sugar cane fields in the early 20th century. He spent significant time with relatives in Batey Central, Barahona, where he attended Escuela Benefactor for nine years and played baseball and volleyball. As a youth, he played first base for a strong amateur team in Barahona in 1957 and was drafted to play for Aviación Militar, the Dominican Air Force team. He signed his first professional contract with the San Francisco Giants prior to the 1959 season. Rick Joseph, the Dominican baseball player (1939–1979), had no known career in the film industry. The content previously in this section describes a different individual with the same name who worked in film production in the late 1990s and early 2000s. No content in this section applies to the subject of the article, Rick Joseph (baseball player, 1939–1979). The cited IMDb profile refers to a different individual with the same name.

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Personal life

Little is documented about Rick Joseph's personal life beyond his baseball career. After retiring following the 1973 Mexican League season, he battled severe diabetes and died on September 8, 1979, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, at the age of 40.
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