Joe Gonzales
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Joe Madrid Gonzales (Smokey)
- Bats Right, Throws Right
- Height 5' 9", Weight 175 lb.
- School University of Southern California
- Debut August 28, 1937
- Final Game October 3, 1937
- Born March 19, 1915 in San Francisco, CA USA
- Died November 16, 1996 in Torrance, CA USA
[edit] Biographical Information
Joe Gonzales pitched 8 games for the 1937 Red Sox. He had come out of USC in 1937, where he was a teammate of Johnny Berardino. With the Red Sox, he was three years older than 19-year-old Bobby Doerr.
While at USC, Gonzales had thrown a no-hitter against Stanford University and a one-hitter against UCLA.
Caption of picture in HOF World War II exhibit: Production. Airplane manufacture, general. Joe Gonzales, former professional baseball player, handles the organization of sports in the recreation department of North American Aviation at Inglewood, California. This plant produces the battle-tested B-25.
Later he went into the Navy
