Joe Lahoud | |||
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Outfielder | |||
Born: Danbury, Connecticut |
April 14, 1947 |||
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MLB debut | |||
April 10, 1968, for the Boston Red Sox | |||
Last MLB appearance | |||
May 24, 1978, for the Kansas City Royals | |||
MLB statistics | |||
Batting average | .223 | ||
Home runs | 65 | ||
Runs batted in | 218 | ||
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Joseph Michael Lahoud (born April 14, 1947) is an American former professional baseball player. He played all or part of eleven seasons in Major League Baseball, primarily as an outfielder and designated hitter, for the Boston Red Sox (1968–71), Milwaukee Brewers (1972–73), California Angels (1974–76), Texas Rangers (1976) and Kansas City Royals (1977–78).
Lahoud is from Danbury, Connecticut. His Christian parents emigrated to the United States from Lebanon before he was born.
Lahoud attended the University of New Haven, where he played college baseball for the New Haven Chargers.
Lahoud played for the Winston-Salem Red Sox of the Class A Carolina League in 1966 and 1967. Though optioned to the minor leagues during spring training in 1968, the Red Sox recalled Lahoud from the Louisville Colonels of the Class AAA International League at the start of the 1968 season as Tony Conigliaro struggled with his recovery from an eye injury. He was soon sent to Louisville to continue his development. The Red Sox optioned Lahoud to Louisville at the end of spring training in 1970.