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Joseph Oden Rudi (born September 7, 1946 in Modesto, California) is a former left fielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Kansas City & Oakland Athletics (1967-76, 1982), California Angels (1977-80) and Boston Red Sox (1981). He batted and threw right handed.

Playing With The A's

His best batting average was he hit .309 in 1970, he had a career best 181 hits in 1972, that year, he led the Athletics to the World Series, and in game 2, made a great game-saving catch that would be the highlight reel for many Major League Baseball Highglight films, with a Cincinnati Reds player on base and Oakland leading 2-0 in the ninth inning, Rudi raced to the left-field fence and made a leaping, backhanded catch of Denis Menke's smash. in 1974 he had a career best 22 home runs and 99 runs batted in, he even hit a home run in the World Series, as his Athletics became the first team since the 1949-1953 New York Yankees to win 3 straight World Championships.

In a 16-year career, Rudi was a .264 hitter with 179 home runs and 810 RBI in 1547 games.

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3-time All-Star (1972, 1974-75)
3-time Gold Glove Award (1974-76)
Led American League in hits (1972)
Led AL in doubles (1974)
Led AL in triples (1972)
Led AL in extra base hits (1974)

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