Joe 'Ducky' Medwick
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Birth Name: Joseph Michael Medwick
Born: 24 November 1911 Died: 21 March 1975
Country of origin: United States
Height: 5' 10"
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“Joseph Michael Medwick, nicknamed "Ducky" and "Muscles", was an American Major League Baseball player. A left fielder with the St. Louis Cardinals during the "Gashouse Gang" era of the 1930s, he also played with the Brooklyn Dodgers (1940โ1943, 1946), New York Giants (1943โ1945), and Boston Braves (1945). Medwick is the last player to win the National League Triple Crown (1937).
A ten-time All-Star, Medwick was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame by the Baseball Writers' Association of America in 1968 with 84.81% of the votes.
In 2014, he became a member of the inaugural class of the St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame.”