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b. October 30, 1927 · Cincinnati Reds 1950–1952, Milwaukee Braves 1953–1962, Cleveland Indians 1963, Los Angeles Angels 1964, California Angels 1965–1966

On July 31, 1954 at Ebbets Field he hit four home runs and a double: eighteen total bases, which stood as the record for forty-eight years until Shawn Green had nineteen. He used a teammate's bat, having broken his own the day before.

On May 26, 1959 Harvey Haddix retired thirty-six Milwaukee batters in a row, twelve perfect innings, and lost. In the thirteenth an error and a walk put men on, and Adcock hit the ball over the fence — it was ruled a double when he passed Hank Aaron on the bases, and the final was 1-0. Lew Burdette had thrown thirteen shutout innings for the other side.

Seventeen seasons gave him 1,832 hits, 336 home runs, 1,122 runs batted in and a .277 average, most of it for the Milwaukee club that won the 1957 World Series. He was chosen for one All-Star team in all that, which is hard to explain, and no writers' ballot ever listed him.

Honors

Award	Times	Years
All-Star selection	1	1960

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
1950	CIN	102	372	46	109	16	1	8	55	24	24	2	.293
1951	CIN	113	395	40	96	16	4	10	47	24	29	1	.243
1952	CIN	117	378	43	105	22	4	13	52	23	38	1	.278
1953	MLN	157	590	71	168	33	6	18	80	42	82	3	.285
1954	MLN	133	500	73	154	27	5	23	87	44	58	1	.308
1955	MLN	84	288	40	76	14	0	15	45	31	44	0	.264
1956	MLN	137	454	76	132	23	1	38	103	32	86	1	.291
1957	MLN	65	209	31	60	13	2	12	38	20	51	0	.287
1958	MLN	105	320	40	88	15	1	19	54	21	63	0	.275
1959	MLN	115	404	53	118	19	2	25	76	32	77	0	.292
1960	MLN	138	514	55	153	21	4	25	91	46	86	2	.298
1961	MLN	152	562	77	160	20	0	35	108	59	94	2	.285
1962	MLN	121	391	48	97	12	1	29	78	50	91	2	.248
1963	CLE	97	283	28	71	7	1	13	49	30	53	1	.251
1964	LAA	118	366	39	98	13	0	21	64	48	61	0	.268
1965	CAL	122	349	30	84	14	0	14	47	37	74	2	.241
1966	CAL	83	231	33	63	10	3	18	48	31	48	2	.273
Career	—	1959	6606	823	1832	295	35	336	1122	594	1059	20	.277

On this day & linked events

1927

Born October 30, 1927

Coushatta, LA, USA

1999

Died May 3, 1999

1950

Major-league debut: Joe Adcock

Joe Adcock made a major-league debut on April 23, 1950.

1954

Joe Adcock's Four-Home-Run Game, 1954

Joe Adcock hit four home runs for the Milwaukee Braves against the Brooklyn Dodgers on July 31, 1954.

1966

Final major-league game: Joe Adcock

Joe Adcock played a final major-league game on October 1, 1966.

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