Joe Decker

Joe Decker was a right-handed pitcher who appeared in the major leagues from 1969 to 1979. Born in Storm Lake, Iowa, he was drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the ninth round of the 1965 draft out of Petaluma High School. He reached the majors as a September call-up in 1969, going 7–9 with a 4.37 ERA across parts of four seasons in Chicago. Traded to the Minnesota Twins in December 1972, he threw a 15-strikeout shutout against the Chicago White Sox on June 26, 1973, matching a single-game franchise record set by Camilo Pascual. He later appeared with the Seattle Mariners in 1979.