Joe Carter

Joe Carter
Carter with the Baltimore Orioles in spring training, 1998
Outfielder / First baseman
Born: (1960-03-07) March 7, 1960 (age 56) Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
July 30, 1983, for the Chicago Cubs
Last MLB appearance
September 28, 1998, for the San Francisco Giants
MLB statistics
Batting average	.259
Home runs	396
Runs batted in	1,445
Teams
Chicago Cubs (1983) Cleveland Indians (1984–1989) San Diego Padres (1990) Toronto Blue Jays (1991–1997) Baltimore Orioles (1998) San Francisco Giants (1998)
Career highlights and awards
5× All-Star (1991–1994, 1996) 2× World Series champion (1992, 1993) 2× Silver Slugger Award (1991, 1992) AL RBI leader (1986) Toronto Blue Jays Level of Excellence

Joseph Christopher Carter (born March 7, 1960) is an American former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as an outfielder and first baseman from 1983 to 1998. Carter is best known for hitting a walk-off home run to win the 1993 World Series for the Toronto Blue Jays.

Joe Carter attended Wichita State University, leaving after his junior year. He was named The Sporting News magazine's College Player of the Year in 1981. In the 1981 MLB draft, the Chicago Cubs chose him with the second overall pick.

Carter first reached the majors in 1983 with the Cubs, but was traded to the Cleveland Indians the following year, where he blossomed into a star. Carter emerged as a prolific power hitter, hitting as many as 35 home runs in a season and regularly driving in 100 or more runs. He usually hit nearly as many doubles as he did homers, and would get respectable numbers of triples in many years too. He was also a very good baserunner, stealing 20-30 bases a year with a high rate of success; in 1987, Carter became a rare member of the single-season 30–30 club for home runs/stolen bases.

After a strong 1989 season, Carter was traded by Cleveland to the San Diego Padres for prospects Sandy Alomar, Jr., Carlos Baerga, and Chris James. Although he continued to drive in runs, he also continued to have defensive problems. The Padres subsequently dealt him to the Toronto Blue Jays along with Roberto Alomar in exchange for star players Fred McGriff and Tony Fernández.