Joe Crede

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**Joe Crede**

Chicago White Sox — No. 24
Third baseman
Born: April 26, 1978 (1978-04-26) (age 30) Jefferson City, Missouri
Bats: Right	Throws: Right
Major League Baseball debut
September 12, 2000 for the Chicago White Sox
Selected MLB statistics (through April 28, 2008)
Batting average	.259
Home runs	114
Runs batted in	388
Teams
Chicago White Sox (2000-present)
Highlights and awards
Silver Slugger Award winner (2006)

Joseph "Joe" Crede (born April 26, 1978 in Jefferson City, Missouri) is an American Major League Baseball player who is currently the starting third baseman for the Chicago White Sox.

Crede attended high school at Fatima High School in Westphalia, Missouri where he led them to 3 district championships ('93, '95, '96) and two final four berths ('95, '96) as a pitcher. Crede was drafted by the White Sox in the 5th round of the 1996 amateur draft and made his debut with the team in 2000. Joe Crede recently signed a one-year contract with the Sox for $5.15 million, successfully avoiding arbitration.

Crede was a member of the White Sox when they won the World Series in 2005, their first championship in 88 years. The highlight of his postseason came in game two of the American League Championship Series when he hit a game-winning RBI double in the bottom of the ninth inning.

On the 3/6/07 show of ECW, Crede was seen along with other members of the White Sox in the audience. He was asked who he wanted to see get their head shaved, Donald Trump or Vince McMahon, and he enthusiastically said McMahon. Crede missed the rest of the 2007 season due to season ending lower back surgery.

1 Career Statistics
2 Trivia
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Career Statistics

Crede has established himself as one of the best fielding third basemen in Major League Baseball. Though he has not won a Gold Glove award, he is generally considered an excellent fielder, and he has a .964 fielding percentage, high for a third baseman.

Offensively, Crede has been less consistent. Though his home run totals have increased every year since he joined the majors, his career batting average is only .262. He completed the 2006 season batting .283 and had career highs with 30 HR and 94 RBI. He also won the 2006 Silver Slugger Award for third base.

[edit] Trivia

On October 22, 2005, the due date of his second daughter, Lucy, Joe Crede hit his first World Series home run and saved several runs with his glove. Luckily, Lucy had been born three weeks earlier, making Joe's appearance in Game 1 possible.

On November 6, 2005, Crede was honored by his hometown of Westphalia, Missouri, with "Joe Crede Day," where he was presented the key to the city.

In February 2006, Crede's high school, Fatima High School in Westphalia, Missouri, retired his jersey.

Joe's older brother Brad won a high school baseball state championship with Fatima High School in '92, and an NCAA Division II National Championship with CMSU in '94. He was drafted by the Orioles after high school but chose to play in college first. He was drafted again after college by the Phillies on the same day Joe was drafted.

On April 18th, 2007, Crede recorded an assist on the final out of Pitcher Mark Buehrle's no-hitter.

[edit] See also

Chicago White Sox all-time roster

[edit] External links

Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube
[1] - salary information
[2] - high school bio