| Joe Charboneau | ||
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| Outfielder, DH | ||
| Born: June 17, 1955 | ||
| Batted: Right | Threw: Right | |
| MLB debut | ||
| April 11, 1980 for the Cleveland Indians | ||
| Final game | ||
| June 1, 1982 for the Cleveland Indians | ||
| Career statistics | ||
| Batting Average | . Outfielder is a generic term applied to each of the people playing in the three defensive positions in Baseball farthest from the batter In Baseball, the designated hitter rule is the common name for Major League Baseball Rule 6 Events 1462 - Vlad III the Impaler attempts to assassinate Mehmed II ( The Night Attack) forcing him to retreat Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Events 491 - Flavius Anastasius becomes Byzantine Emperor, with the name of Anastasius I. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) The Cleveland Indians are a professional baseball team based in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. Events 193 - Roman Emperor Didius Julianus is Assassinated 987 - Hugh Capet is elected Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) The Cleveland Indians are a professional baseball team based in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. Batting average is a Statistic in both Cricket and Baseball measuring the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters, respectively 266 | |
| Home Runs | 29 | |
| RBIs | 114 | |
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Joseph Charboneau (born June 17, 1955 in Belvidere, Illinois) was a Major League Baseball player for the Cleveland Indians and is one of the most often-cited examples of baseball's fabled sophomore jinx. The Cleveland Indians are a professional baseball team based in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Philadelphia Phillies over Kansas City Royals (4-2 Mike Schmidt, MVP Champions Major League Baseball World Series Champion St Louis Cardinals World Series MVP Darrell In Major League Baseball, the Rookie of the Year Award is given annually to one player from each league as voted upon by the Baseball Writers Association of America Events 1462 - Vlad III the Impaler attempts to assassinate Mehmed II ( The Night Attack) forcing him to retreat Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Belvidere is a city in Boone County, Illinois, United States. The Cleveland Indians are a professional baseball team based in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. A Sophomore slump or sophomore jinx refers to an instance in which a second or sophomore, effort fails to live up to the standards of the first effort
"Super Joe" Charboneau made his debut with the Indians in 1980, splitting time between left field and designated hitter. Athletics For an extensive coverage see 1980 in athletics (track and field World Records June 12 &mdash His 23 home runs led the team and he captured the city's imagination with his hard hitting and his eccentricities. While not as wild as Dennis Rodman, his tendency to dye his hair unnatural colors, open beer bottles with his eye socket, and drink beer with a straw through his nose, and other stories that emerged about how he did his own dental work and fixed a broken nose with a pair of pliers and a few shots of Jack Daniel's whiskey, stood out in 1980. Dennis Keith Rodman (born May 13 1961 is a retired American professional Basketball National Basketball Association (NBA player of the Detroit Pistons Jack Daniel's is a brand of Tennessee whiskey which is among the world's best-selling liquors and is known for its square bottles and black label By mid-season, Charboneau was the subject of a song--"Go Joe Charboneau"--that reached #3 on the local charts.
He finished the season with 87 runs batted in and a . 289 batting average while winning the American League Rookie of the Year award--all in spite of being stabbed with a ball-point pen by a crazed fan as he waited for the team bus on March 8. The American League of Professional Baseball Clubs, or simply the American League ( AL) is one of two leagues that make up Major League Baseball in In Major League Baseball, the Rookie of the Year Award is given annually to one player from each league as voted upon by the Baseball Writers Association of America Events 1618 - Johannes Kepler discovers the third law of planetary motion. The pen penetrated an inch and hit a rib, but Charboneau played his first regular-season game just over a month later, on April 11. Events 491 - Flavius Anastasius becomes Byzantine Emperor, with the name of Anastasius I. He missed the final six weeks of the season with a pelvis injury.
Charboneau injured his back in a headfirst slide in spring training the following year, and he never hit higher than . 214 in the major leagues again. He was sent to the minors halfway through the 1981 season after hitting only . Artistic Gymnastics World Artistic Gymnastics Championships: Men's all-around champion Yuri Korolev, USSR 210--becoming the first Rookie of the Year to find himself back in the minors the following season--and only appeared in 22 games in 1982. Athletics For an extensive coverage see 1982 in athletics (track and field Marathon He underwent back surgery twice but never fully recovered, and the Indians released him in 1983. Artistic Gymnastics World Artistic Gymnastics Championships: Men's all-around champion Dmitry Bilozerchev, USSR
Charboneau now works as a minor-league hitting coach.
Charboneau was an extra in the 1984 film The Natural.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube
| Preceded by Alfredo Griffin John Castino | American League Rookie of the Year 1980 | Succeeded by Dave Righetti |
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