Joe Antolick, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American baseball player
Date of Birth: 11-Apr-1916
Place of Birth: Hokendauqua, Pennsylvania, United States
Date of Death: 25-Jun-2002
Profession: baseball player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Aries 
About Joe Antolick
- Joseph Antolick (April 11, 1916 – June 25, 2002), was an American professional baseball catcher and manager, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Phillies.
- He appeared in four games, in 1944, as a 28-year-old rookie.
- During his playing days, Antolick stood 6 feet (1.83 m) tall, weighing 185 pounds (84 kg); he batted and threw right-handed. Antolick is one of many ballplayers who only appeared in the Majors during World War II.
- His pro career began in 1938 and extended through 1951, but the highest minor league level he reached was Class A (roughly equivalent to Double-A today) with the Utica Blue Sox of the Eastern League in 1945.
- A season earlier, he was recalled by the Phillies after the 1944 minor league season—which he spent with the Class B Wilmington Blue Rocks—for his big-league debut on September 20, 1944, in a home game against the Cincinnati Reds at Shibe Park.
- Facing ace right-hander Bucky Walters as a pinch hitter, he grounded out, Walters to first baseman Frank McCormick.
- Five days later, he started his only MLB game at catcher and collected his first hit, a single off the Chicago Cubs' Charlie Gassaway.
- Then, the following day, he relieved starting catcher Johnny Peacock and singled in his only at bat off Hank Wyse, one of only four Phillies' hits in a 15–0 loss.In four games he was 2-for-6 (.333) with a walk and one run scored.
- In his three appearances as a catcher he handled 10 chances without making an error and participated in one double play. From 1946–51, Antolick was a player-manager in the low minors.
- He died at the age of 86 in Catasauqua, Pennsylvania.
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