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Joe Carter

Former MLB All-Star Outfielder

Career Highlights: Career Highlights: Joe Carter, a 16-year major league baseball veteran, is most famous for hitting a walk-off home run to win the 1993 World Series with the Toronto Blue Jays trailing 6-5 to the Philadelphia Phillies in the bottom of the ninth inning...Carter helped the Blue Jays win their first World Series title a year earlier in 1992 when he hit two home runs…Carter first reached the major leagues with the Chicago Cubs in 1983 and then was traded to the Cleveland Indians a year later…While with Cleveland (1984-89), he emerged as a prolific power hitter, hitting as many as 35 home runs in a season and regularly driving in 100 or more runs…In 1989 he spent one year with the San Diego Padres before being traded to Toronto. ..Carter spent seven years with the Blue Jays (1991-97) and during that time, in addition to the two World Series rings, he was named a five-time All-Star and a two-time Silver Slugger Award winner…He led the Blue Jays in homeruns and RBIs in 1994 and 1995…After the 1997 season Carter became a free agent and played briefly in 1998 for the Baltimore Orioles and the San Francisco Giants before retiring…In his career, Carter hit 396 home runs and drove in 1,445 RBIs…He drove in 100 runs in a season 10 times, including the 1994 year, which was cut short due to the strike…Carter was the first player to record 100 RBIs for three different teams in three consecutive seasons…Carter served as an announcer for the Toronto Blue Jays on CTV Sportsnet from 1999-2000 and then joined the Chicago Cubs broadcasting team as a color commentator, alongside play-by-play announcer Chip Carey for two seasons…He was inducted into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame, Missouri Valley Hall of Fame and the Kansas Baseball Hall of Fame…Carter also was awarded the MLB Hometown Heroes Award as the former or current player who best represents the legacy of his franchise’s history, as voted by the fans.

Updated: June 2010
Courtesy NBC

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