Joe Cannon (baseball)

Joe Cannon
Joe Cannon
	Outfielder
	Born: July 13, 1953; Camp Lejeune, North Carolina
	Batted: Left Threw: Right
MLB debut
	September 22, 1977, for the Houston Astros
Last appearance
	October 5, 1980, for the Toronto Blue Jays
MLB statistics
Batting average	.176
Home runs	1
Runs batted in	11
Teams
	Houston Astros (1977–1978); Toronto Blue Jays (1979–1980);

Joseph Jerome Cannon (born July 13, 1953) is a former outfielder in Major League Baseball. Born in Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, he grew up in Anne Arundel County in Maryland. Cannon was a first round draft pick by the Houston Astros in 1974 out of Pensacola State College. Cannon spent parts of four seasons in the majors with the Astros and the Toronto Blue Jays.[1]

Upon his retirement as a player, Cannon became a minor league coach and manager. He managed for 11 seasons in the Toronto, Atlanta, and Houston organizations, taking the Lexington Legends to their first championship in their inaugural season in 2001.[2] His most recent baseball job, 2007-2009, was as the field coach for the Frederick Keys, the Carolina League affiliate of the Baltimore Orioles. In 2015 he was working at the Kentucky Methodist Group Home in Versailles, Kentucky, mentoring teenage boys.[2] Cannon usually appears on baseball cards as "J.J. Cannon."

References

"Joe Cannon Stats, Fantasy & News". MLB.com. Retrieved November 17, 2022.
Maloney, Mark (February 17, 2015). "Manager of Legends' only champions makes comeback for caravan". Lexington Herald Leader. Retrieved May 20, 2017.

External links

Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet
Pura Pelota (Venezuelan Winter League)
"Biography from the Frederick Keys". FrederickKeys.com. Archived from the original on July 24, 2008.

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[mlb-1] "Joe Cannon Stats, Fantasy & News". MLB.com. Retrieved November 17, 2022.

[Maloney-2] Maloney, Mark (February 17, 2015). "Manager of Legends' only champions makes comeback for caravan". Lexington Herald Leader. Retrieved May 20, 2017.