Handy veteran picked up
after being released by the Pirates....out of the Red’s pen tied for second in
team saves with Wayne Granger with 11....a rare bright spot on Big Dead Machine
that year...prior was an eleven season veteran for two tours with Pittsburgh
and one in San Francisco...broke in with Bucs 1960 and chipped in some work for
the eventual WS champions...got in an inning in WS game --....shelled badly but
then again so was the whole staff....most productive season of career followed garnering 13 wins....four
more season in Steeltown met with varying degrees of success....traded to Giants
for 1966...kept a job but nothing spectacular....traded back to Pirates mid
1969....move allowed him to take a more significant role in bullpen...with 1970
came the arrival Dave Guisti, Joe lost status and effectiveness....1972 was not kind
however...two poor outings and was released...resurfaced in Houston for short
time with almost equally poor results...was an excellent college basketball
player in his day and was number 2 in NCAA scoring his senior year 1957.
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