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{{short description|American baseball player (born 1960)}}
{{For|others with similar names|Joseph Carter (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Joe Carter
|image=Joe Carter by Gage Skidmore.jpg
|caption=Carter in 2017
|position=[[Outfielder]] / [[First baseman]]
|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1960|3|7}}
|birth_place=[[Oklahoma City]], Oklahoma, U.S.
|bats=Right
|throws=Right
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate=July 30
|debutyear=1983
|debutteam=Chicago Cubs
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=September 28
|finalyear=1998
|finalteam=San Francisco Giants
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=[[Batting average (baseball)|Batting average]]
|stat1value=.259
|stat2label=[[Hit (baseball)|Hits]]
|stat2value=2,184
|stat3label=[[Home run]]s
|stat3value=396
|stat4label=[[Run batted in|Runs batted in]]
|stat4value=1,445
|teams=
* [[Chicago Cubs]] ({{mlby|1983}})
* [[Cleveland Indians]] ({{mlby|1984}}–{{mlby|1989}})
* [[San Diego Padres]] ({{mlby|1990}})
* [[Toronto Blue Jays]] ({{mlby|1991}}–{{mlby|1997}})
* [[Baltimore Orioles]] ({{mlby|1998}})
* [[San Francisco Giants]] ({{mlby|1998}})
|highlights=
* 5× [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game|All-Star]] ([[1991 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1991]]–[[1994 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1994]], [[1996 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1996]])
* 2× [[World Series champion]] ({{wsy|1992}}, {{wsy|1993}})
* 2× [[Silver Slugger Award]] (1991, 1992)
* [[List of Major League Baseball annual runs batted in leaders|AL RBI leader]] (1986)
* [[Toronto Blue Jays Level of Excellence]]
| hofcolor= #EC1C40
| hoflink= Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame
| hoftype= Canadian 
| hofdate= 2003
}}
'''Joseph Chris Carter''' (born March 7, 1960) is an American former professional [[baseball]] player. He played in [[Major League Baseball]] (MLB) as an [[outfielder]] and [[first baseman]] for the [[Chicago Cubs]], [[Cleveland Indians]], [[San Diego Padres]], [[Toronto Blue Jays]], [[Baltimore Orioles]], and [[San Francisco Giants]].

Carter is a five-time [[MLB All-Star]]. He [[Joe Carter's 1993 World Series home run|hit a walk-off home run]] to win the [[1993 World Series]] for the Blue Jays, their second consecutive championship. Carter is one of only two players to end a World Series with a home run, the other being [[Bill Mazeroski]] in [[1960 World Series|1960]]. The Blue Jays inducted him into their [[Toronto Blue Jays Level of Excellence|Level of Excellence]].

==Amateur career==
Joe Carter was a three-sport athlete at [[Millwood Public Schools (Oklahoma)|Millwood High School]] in [[Oklahoma City]] and was named to the All-State team in Track.<ref>Greco, Jonathan [https://www.koco.com/article/15-things-you-might-not-have-known-about-joe-carter/4302960 "15 Things You Might Not Have Known About Joe Carter" ''KOCO.com'' (March 7, 2015)]</ref>

Joe Carter attended [[Wichita State University]],<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=cartejo01|title= Joe Carter Stats|publisher= Baseball Almanac|access-date= October 30, 2012}}</ref> leaving after his junior year. He was named ''[[The Sporting News]]'' magazine's College Player of the Year in 1981.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/C/CA067.html |title=CARTER, JOSEPH CHRIS (1960- ) |publisher=Digital.library.okstate.edu |date=March 7, 1960 |access-date=September 28, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140525155600/http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/C/CA067.html |archive-date=May 25, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Professional career==
===Draft and minor leagues===
In the [[1981 Major League Baseball draft|1981 MLB draft]], the [[Chicago Cubs]] chose him with the second overall pick.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://admin.xosn.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=7500&ATCLID=651084 |title=Joe Carter (Baseball, 1979-81) – GoShockers.com—Official Web Site of Wichita State Athletics |publisher=Admin.xosn.com |access-date=September 28, 2013 |archive-date=April 11, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120411010218/http://admin.xosn.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=7500&ATCLID=651084 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He began to blossom in the minor leagues in 1982, batting .319 with 25 home runs and 98 RBIs in 110 games for the  [[Midland Cubs]] of the AA [[Texas League]]. He was promoted to the AAA [[Iowa Cubs]] in 1983, where he batted .307 with 22 home runs and 83 RBIs in 124 games.

===Chicago Cubs (1983)===
The Cubs promoted Carter to the major leagues in 1983.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Doyle|first=Al|date=January 1987|title=Joe Carter: An Emerging Star for Revived Indians|journal=Baseball Digest|publisher=Lakeside Publishing|volume=46|issue=1|page=19|issn=0005-609X|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XDQDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA19|access-date=May 7, 2009}}</ref> He hit .176 in 23 games, and began the 1984 season back in Iowa.

===Cleveland Indians (1984–1989)===
On June 13, 1984, Carter was traded with three other players to the [[Cleveland Indians]] for [[Rick Sutcliffe]], [[George Frazier (pitcher)|George Frazier]], and [[Ron Hassey]]. Carter enjoyed a breakout season with the Indians in 1986, when he led the major leagues with 121 [[Run batted in|runs batted in]] and recorded career highs of 200 base hits, 341 total bases, and 108 runs scored. In Cleveland, Carter established himself as a prolific power hitter, hitting as many as 35 home runs in a season and regularly driving in 100 or more [[Run (baseball)|run]]s. 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, [[stolen base|stealing]] 20-30 bases a year with a high rate of success; in 1987, Carter became a member of the single-season [[30–30 club]] for home runs/stolen bases.

===San Diego Padres (1990)===
After the {{baseball year|1989}} season, the Indians traded Carter to the [[San Diego Padres]] for prospects [[Sandy Alomar Jr.]], [[Carlos Baerga]], and [[Chris James (baseball)|Chris James]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-12-05-sp-21-story.html|title=Padres Land Carter : Trade: Joe Carter comes to San Diego in exchange for Sandy Alomar, Chris James and minor leaguer Carlos Baerga, as Jack McKeon moves a step closer to his dream outfield.|first=Bob|last=Nightengale|date=December 5, 1989|website=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> 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]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/cut4/on-this-day-in-1990-the-blue-jays-and-padres-made-a-blockbuster-trade-with-rober|title=The Blue Jays and Padres pulled off an All-Star-laden trade 27 years ago today|date=December 5, 2017|website=MLB.com}}</ref>

===Toronto Blue Jays (1991–1997)===
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Carter's overall game improved dramatically in {{baseball year|1991}}, as he helped the [[1991 Toronto Blue Jays season|Toronto Blue Jays]] win the division title and hit the game-winning single that clinched the AL East championship; he also emerged for the first time as a team leader. In {{baseball year|1992}}, he helped the [[1992 Toronto Blue Jays season|Jays]] win their first [[1992 World Series|World Series]] championship, the first ever won by a Canadian-based team. Carter hit two home runs and recorded the final out of the Series, taking a throw to first base from reliever [[Mike Timlin]] to nab [[Otis Nixon]] of the [[1992 Atlanta Braves season|Atlanta Braves]], who bunted. This was the first time a World Series ended on a bunt.

Carter and [[Edwin Encarnación]] are the only two Blue Jays to [[List of Major League Baseball single-inning home run leaders|hit two home runs in one inning]], with Carter's coming against the [[Baltimore Orioles]] in 1993 and Encarnacion's against the [[Houston Astros]] in 2013.

====1993 World Series====
{{Main|Joe Carter's 1993 World Series home run}}
[[File:Blue Jays Win the 1993 World Series.jpg|250px|thumb|Fireworks in [[SkyDome]] after Carter's [[1993 World Series|World Series]]-winning home run]]
In {{baseball year|1993}}, the [[1993 Toronto Blue Jays season|Blue Jays]] reached the [[1993 World Series|World Series]] again, facing the [[1993 Philadelphia Phillies season|Philadelphia Phillies]]. In Game 6, with the Blue Jays leading three games to two, Carter came to bat with one out in the bottom of the ninth inning with the Blue Jays trailing 6–5 and [[Rickey Henderson]] and [[Paul Molitor]] on base. On a 2–2 count, Carter hit a three-run walk-off home run off Phillies pitcher [[Mitch Williams]] (against whom he had previously been 0–4 in his career) to win the World Series, only the second time a Series has ended with a home run (the other being in [[1960 World Series|1960]], when [[Bill Mazeroski]] did it for the [[Pittsburgh Pirates]] against the [[New York Yankees]]), and the only time the home run has been hit by a player whose team was trailing in the bottom of the ninth inning in a potential championship clinching game. Upon hitting the home run, Carter jumped up and down many times, most notably while rounding first base, where his helmet came off. [[Tom Cheek]], the Blue Jays' radio broadcaster, called the play: "Touch 'em all, Joe, you'll never hit a bigger home run in your life!"<ref name="Cheek">{{cite web|last1=Elliott|first1=Bob|title=Late Blue Jays announcer Tom Cheek named Ford C. Frick Award winner|url=http://www.torontosun.com/2012/12/05/the-late-tom-cheek-named-ford-c-frick-award-winner|publisher=Toronto Sun|access-date=August 8, 2016|date=December 5, 2012}}</ref>

====1994–1997====
Carter continued to play for the Blue Jays until [[1997 Toronto Blue Jays season|1997]], and led the Blue Jays in home runs and RBIs in [[1994 Toronto Blue Jays season|1994]] and [[1995 Toronto Blue Jays season|1995]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=1994 Toronto Blue Jays Statistics |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/TOR/1994.shtml |access-date=April 8, 2025 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=1995 Toronto Blue Jays Statistics |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/TOR/1995.shtml |access-date=April 8, 2025 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref>

When he represented the Blue Jays at the [[1996 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1996 All-Star Game]], hosted by the Phillies at [[Veterans Stadium]], he received boos for his World Series home run.<ref>{{cite news|title=Carter Likes Even the Boos at the Vet|date=July 9, 1996|first=Sam|last=Carchidi|newspaper=Philadelphia Inquirer|page=D6}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=To Phillie fans, Carter still Public Enemy No. 1|date=July 10, 1996|first=Hal|last=Bodley|newspaper=USA Today|page=3C|quote=Joe Carter...walked out onto the sizzling Veterans Stadium turf...held his head high...and heard the boos even before he was introduced. Hard-core Philly baseball fans...(will) never forgive Carter for the dramatic ninth-inning home run that won the 1993 World Series.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=This time, Phillies pitcher shuts down Carter|date=July 9, 1996|first=Richard|last=Griffin|newspaper=Toronto Star|page=C3|quote=As Carter took his first swing and the on-field introduction was made, the boos rained down.}}</ref> During the 1997 season, he snuck an unlicensed maple wood [[baseball bat]] manufactured by [[Sam Bat]] into a game.<ref name="Curry">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/28/sports/baseball/28bats.html|title=Why Bonds Will Never Have to Borrow a Bat|last=Curry|first=Jack|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=July 28, 2007|access-date=January 12, 2017}}</ref>

===Baltimore Orioles and San Francisco Giants (1998)===
[[File:Joe Carter 1998.jpg|right|thumb|upright|Carter with the Baltimore Orioles in  spring training, 1998]]
He became a free agent in {{baseball year|1998}} and briefly played for the [[1998 Baltimore Orioles season|Baltimore Orioles]] and [[1998 San Francisco Giants season|San Francisco Giants]] before retiring. Carter ended his career by popping out to end the game in a [[1998 National League Wild Card tie-breaker game|one-game playoff]] against the [[1998 Chicago Cubs season|Chicago Cubs]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bluejays.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080922&content_id=3526704&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb |title=One-game playoffs have been epics |publisher=Bluejays.mlb.com |access-date=September 28, 2013}}{{dead link|date=October 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

===Career statistics===
Carter was named to five [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game|All-Star]] teams. In his career he hit 396 home runs and drove in 1445 runs. He drove in 100 runs in a season ten times, including the {{baseball year|1994}} year, which was cut short due to [[1994–95 Major League Baseball strike|the strike]] that occurred 115 games into the year. He was the first player to record 100 RBI for three different teams in three consecutive seasons.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://baseballbiography.com/joe-carter-1960|title=Joe Carter|publisher=baseballbiography.com|access-date=November 3, 2008}}</ref> In 1993, while a Toronto Blue Jay, Carter set an American League record when he hit 3 home runs in a game for the fifth time in his career. (The record was tied 10 years later by [[2003 Toronto Blue Jays season|Blue Jay]] [[Carlos Delgado]].)

Carter was also involved in the final plays of four games in which the Blue Jays clinched a championship: 1) The game-winning single to drive home [[Roberto Alomar]] and clinch the 1991 American League East division championship, 2) catching the final out at first base in the 1992 World Series, 3) catching the final out on a fly ball to right field in the 1993 American League Championship Series, and 4) the walk-off home run in Game 6 of the 1993 World Series.

==Post-retirement==
[[File:William S. Cohen, Joe Carter and family (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|Carter (left) and his family with [[United States Secretary of Defense]] [[William Cohen]] at [[the Pentagon]] in 1998]]
From {{baseball year|1999}} to {{baseball year|2000}}, Carter served as a color commentator for the Toronto Blue Jays on [[Sportsnet|CTV Sportsnet]], leaving to work for the Chicago Cubs. From {{baseball year|2001}} to {{baseball year|2002}}, Carter served as the color commentator, alongside play-by-play man [[Chip Caray]], for the Chicago Cubs on [[WGN-TV]]. Carter was replaced by the man whom Carter himself replaced, [[Steve Stone (baseball)|Steve Stone]].

Carter became eligible for the [[Baseball Hall of Fame]] in 2004, however, he received 19 votes, representing 3.8% of the vote and was dropped from future ballots.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2004 Hall of Fame Voting |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/hof_2004.shtml |access-date=January 26, 2025 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref> Carter is currently eligible for induction via the [[Veterans Committee#Today's Game (1988–present)|Today's Game]] era committee.

Carter was inducted into the [[Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame]] in 2003.<ref name="CBHOF">{{cite web |title=Joe Carter |url=https://baseballhalloffame.ca/blog/2009/09/29/joe-carter/ |publisher=[[Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame]] and Museum |access-date=April 13, 2020 |archive-date=April 14, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414004709/https://baseballhalloffame.ca/blog/2009/09/29/joe-carter/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In September 2006, Carter was awarded the Major League Baseball Hometown Heroes Award, as the former or current player who best represents the legacy of his franchise's history, as voted by fans.

In 2008, Carter appeared on an episode of ''[[Pros vs. Joes]]''.

On August 7, 2009, Carter, along with many of his 1992 and 1993 Toronto Blue Jay World Series alumni teammates, attended a reunion/[[pre-game ceremony]] at the SkyDome. The event was organized by Carter himself and included three dozen players, coaches and athletic trainers from the Blue Jays' 1992 and 1993 World Series rosters.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/baseball/blue-jays-reunion-ends-on-sour-note-1.775318 | work=CBC News | title=Blue Jays' reunion ends on sour note | date=August 8, 2009}}</ref>

On May 19, 2012, the Cleveland Indians honored Carter with a bobblehead giveaway bearing his likeness during their game against the Miami Marlins.  Carter attended and signed autographs, as well as throwing out the ceremonial first pitch.

On July 14, 2015, in a pregame ceremony before the [[2015 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|2015 All-Star Game]], it was announced that Carter was elected by fans as a Franchise Four member of the Toronto Blue Jays, as one of the four most valuable players in franchise history.

==Charity involvement==
Carter co-chairs the annual "Joe Carter Classic", a celebrity golf tournament in the Toronto area founded in 2010 to benefit the [[Children's Aid Society (Canada)|Children's Aid Foundation]]. The tournament has raised over $2.5 million for the foundation. Previous events have featured celebrities including  [[Charles Barkley]], [[Ray Bourque]], and [[Gordie Howe]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Official site |url=http://joecarterclassic.com/ |publisher=Joe Carter Classic Golf Tournament |access-date=April 13, 2020}}</ref>

==In popular culture==
*In the 1999 [[Canadian hip hop]] single, "[[Let's Ride (Choclair song)|Let's Ride]]" by [[Choclair]], one of the verses cites Carter's walk-off home run in the 1993 World Series, "It was the 9th inning, with two outs, I hit the home run to left field like Carter did to Philly".<ref>{{Citation|title=Let's Ride| date=August 31, 2018 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3_iQebdDEU |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/l3_iQebdDEU| archive-date=December 12, 2021 |url-status=live|language=en|access-date=September 11, 2019}}{{cbignore}}</ref> In actuality, there was only one out when Carter hit his home run.
*In the 1999 film ''[[Big Daddy (1999 film)|Big Daddy]]'', a plot twist at the end of the film revealed by [[Jon Stewart]]'s character, Kevin Gerrity, is that he fathered a child conceived in Toronto as a by-product of celebrating Carter's walk-off home run to win the 1993 World Series, and later meeting a woman that same night while inebriated.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://bluejayhunter.com/2010/10/acid-flasback-friday-blue-jays-cameo-in.html|title=Flashback Friday: A Blue Jays Cameo in Big Daddy|last1=era|first1=Ian has been writing about the Toronto Blue Jays since 2007 He enjoyed the tail-end of the Roy Halladay|last2=years|first2=vividly remembers the Alex Rodriguez "mine" incident He'll also retell the story of Game 5 of the 2015 ALDS to his kids for the next 20|date=October 29, 2010|website=Blue Jay Hunter|language=en-US|access-date=September 11, 2019}}</ref>
*In July 2015, Carter's walk-off home run celebration was used as the track artwork for the song "[[Back to Back (Drake song)|Back to Back]]" released by Toronto native [[Drake (rapper)|Drake]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fansided.com/2015/07/29/drake-blue-jays-world-series-phillies-troll-meek-mill/|title=Drake uses Blue Jays' World Series win over Phillies to troll Meek Mill|author=Mike Dyce|date=July 29, 2015|access-date=January 30, 2016}}</ref>

==Awards and honors==
* 5× [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game|All-Star]] ([[1991 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1991]], [[1992 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1992]], [[1993 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1993]], [[1994 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1994]], [[1996 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1996]])
* 2× [[Silver Slugger Award]] winner (1991, 1992)
* 2x World Series Champion (1992, 1993)
* [[Toronto Blue Jays Level of Excellence]]
*In 1988, Carter was inducted into the Wichita State University Pizza Hut Shocker Hall of Fame.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.goshockers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=7500&KEY=&ATCLID=640290 |title=Pizza Hut Shocker Sports Hall of Fame – GoShockers.com—Official Web Site of Wichita State Athletics |publisher=Goshockers.com |date=January 31, 2011 |access-date=September 28, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131209054424/http://www.goshockers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=7500&KEY=&ATCLID=640290 |archive-date=December 9, 2013 }}</ref>
*In 1999, Carter was inducted into the [[Missouri Valley Conference Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kshs.org/kansapedia/joe-carter/17761|title=Joe Carter|access-date=April 8, 2016}}</ref>
*In 2003, Carter was inducted into the [[Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame]].<ref name="CBHOF"/>
*In 2004, Carter was inducted into the [[Ontario Sports Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://oshof.ca/index.php/honoured-members/item/32-joe-carter |title=Joe Carter |website=oshof.ca |publisher=[[Ontario Sports Hall of Fame]] |access-date=September 25, 2014 |archive-date=December 29, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141229012151/http://www.oshof.ca/index.php/honoured-members/item/32-joe-carter |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*In 2008, Carter was inducted into the [[Kansas Sports Hall of Fame#Baseball|Kansas Baseball Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.goshockers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=1366337&db_oem_id=7500 |title=Carter and Stephenson to be Inducted into Hall of Fame – GoShockers.com—Official Web Site of Wichita State Athletics |publisher=Goshockers.com |access-date=September 28, 2013}}</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|Oklahoma|Biography|Baseball}}
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* [[Cleveland Guardians award winners and league leaders]]
* [[List of Major League Baseball career extra base hits leaders]]
* [[List of Major League Baseball career home run leaders]]
* [[List of Major League Baseball career hits leaders]]
* [[List of Major League Baseball career runs batted in leaders]]
* [[List of Major League Baseball career runs scored leaders]]
* [[List of people from Oklahoma City]]
* [[List of Wichita State University people]]
* [[Toronto Blue Jays award winners and league leaders]]
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==References==
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==External links==
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*[http://joecarterclassic.com/ The Annual Joe Carter Classic Golf Tournament]
*{{youTube|-F5HwiGm7lg|Video of Carter's 1993 World Series winning home run}}

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