Rick Joseph Baseball player

Ricardo Emelindo Joseph Harrigan (August 24, 1939 – September 8, 1979) 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 (1.85 m) tall and weighed 192 pounds (87 kg). 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.

Personal facts

Birth dateAugust 24, 1939
Birth place
San Pedro de Macorís
Date of deathSeptember 08, 1979
Place of death
Santo Domingo

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Baseball player

Career startJune 18, 1964
Career endSeptember 23, 1970
batting sideRight
former teams
Oakland Athletics
Philadelphia Phillies
position
Third baseman
First baseman
teams
Oakland Athletics
Philadelphia Phillies
throwing sideRight

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