Joe Medwick

Joseph Michael Medwick (November 24, 1911 – March 21, 1975), nicknamed "Ducky," "Muscles," and "Mickey," was an American professional baseball left fielder. Born and raised in Carteret, New Jersey, the son of Hungarian immigrants, he excelled in baseball, basketball, football, and track at Carteret High School. Football coach Knute Rockne arranged for Medwick to play at the University of Notre Dame, but he chose professional baseball instead. He entered the professional ranks in 1930 with the Scottdale Scotties of the Middle Atlantic League, batting .419 in 75 games.

Medwick played 17 seasons in Major League Baseball from 1932 to 1948, appearing for the St. Louis Cardinals, Brooklyn Dodgers, New York Giants, and Boston Braves. He was part of the Cardinals' "Gashouse Gang" era of the 1930s. In 1937 he won the Triple Crown and remains the last National League player to do so. A ten-time All-Star, Medwick was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame by the Baseball Writers' Association of America in 1968, receiving 84.81% of the votes. In 2014 he became a member of the inaugural class of the St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame.