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- Adcock, Joseph Wilbur, 1927-1999
- Adcock, Billy Joe, 1927-1999
Identifies LC/NAF RWO
Identifies RWO
Birth Date
- 1927-10-30
Death Date
- 1999-05-03
Has Affiliation
- Organization: Milwaukee Braves (Baseball team)
- Organization: Cleveland Indians (Baseball team)
- Organization: California Angels (Baseball team)
- Organization: Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, La.)
Birth Place
- Coushatta (La.)
Associated Language
- English
Field of Activity
Occupation
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Sources
- found: Sluggers, c1991:table of contents (Joe Adcock)
- found: Wikipedia.org, via WWW, 18 March 2015:(Joe Adcock; Joseph Wilbur "Billy Joe" Adcock (October 30, 1927-May 3, 1999) was 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. Born in Coushatta, the seat of Red River Parish in northwestern Louisiana, Adcock attended Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. After concluding his playing career with the Cleveland Indians (1963) and Los Angeles/California Angels (1964-66), Adcock managed the Cleveland Indians for one year (1967). He died in Coushatta at age 71 in 1999 from Alzheimer's Disease.)
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Change Notes
- 2015-04-01: new
- 2015-04-18: revised
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