Joe Decker
Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". George Henry Decker Jr. (June 16, 1947 – March 2, 2003) was an American Major League Baseball pitcher for the Chicago Cubs (1969–72), Minnesota Twins (1973–76) and Seattle Mariners (1979). He was born in Storm Lake, Iowa.[1]
Decker was drafted in the 1965 MLB draft in the 9th round by the Chicago Cubs after playing at Petaluma High School in Petaluma, California.[2]
He was traded along with Bill Hands and minor‐league pitcher Bob Maneely by the Cubs to the Minnesota Twins for Dave LaRoche on December 1, 1972.[3]
He died at age 55 from head injuries following a fall at his home in Fraser, Michigan.[4]
References
<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Durso, Joseph. "A's Send Epstein to Rangers; Scheinblum, Nelson to Reds," The New York Times, Saturday, December 2, 1972. Retrieved April 12, 2020
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
External links
- Career statistics from Script error: No such module "String".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., or Retrosheet
- Pages with script errors
- 1947 births
- 2003 deaths
- Accidental deaths from falls
- Accidental deaths in Michigan
- American expatriate baseball players in Mexico
- Arizona Instructional League Cubs players
- Baseball players from Macomb County, Michigan
- Baseball players from Iowa
- Chicago Cubs players
- Diablos Rojos del México players
- Evansville Triplets players
- Gold Coast Suns (baseball) players
- Lodi Crushers players
- Major League Baseball pitchers
- Mexican League baseball pitchers
- Minnesota Twins players
- People from Fraser, Michigan
- Petaluma High School alumni
- Sportspeople from Petaluma, California
- Baseball players from Sonoma County, California
- People from Storm Lake, Iowa
- Salt Lake City Gulls players
- San Antonio Missions players
- San Bernardino Pride players
- San Jose Missions players
- Seattle Mariners players
- Tacoma Cubs players
- Tecolotes de Nuevo Laredo players
- Tigres de Aragua players
- American expatriate baseball players in Venezuela
- Treasure Valley Cubs players
- Wichita Aeros players
- 20th-century American sportsmen