{{short description|American baseball player (born 1947)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2018}} {{Infobox baseball biography |name=Joe Lahoud |position=Outfielder |image=Joe Lahoud 1973.jpg |caption=Lahoud in 1973 |bats=Left |throws=Left |birth_date={{Birth date and age|1947|4|14}} |birth_place=Danbury, Connecticut, U.S. |debutleague = MLB |debutdate=April 10 |debutyear=1968 |debutteam=Boston Red Sox |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=May 24 |finalyear=1978 |finalteam=Kansas City Royals |statleague = MLB |stat1label=Batting average |stat1value=.223 |stat2label=Home runs |stat2value=65 |stat3label=Runs batted in |stat3value=218 |teams= *Boston Red Sox (1968–1971) *Milwaukee Brewers (1972–1973) *California Angels (1974–1976) *Texas Rangers (1976) *Kansas City Royals (1977–1978) }} '''Joseph Michael Lahoud''' (born April 14, 1947) is an American former professional baseball player. He played all or part of eleven seasons in Major League Baseball, primarily as an outfielder and designated hitter, for the Boston Red Sox (1968–71), Milwaukee Brewers (1972–73), California Angels (1974–76), Texas Rangers (1976) and Kansas City Royals (1977–78).<ref name="MLB">{{cite web|title=Joe Lahoud: Career Stats|publisher=Major League Baseball|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/team/player.jsp?player_id=117411&c_id=mlb|access-date=May 10, 2011}}</ref>
==Early life== Lahoud is from Danbury, Connecticut. His parents emigrated to the United States from Lebanon before he was born.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/c00b38fc|title=Joe Lahoud|last=Nowlin|first=Bill|website=SABR.org}}</ref>
==Career== Lahoud attended Henry Abbott Technical High School, then the University of New Haven, where he played college baseball for the New Haven Chargers.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/548777032 |title=New Haven Outslugs Fairfield by 10-8 |newspaper=Hartford Courant |date=April 23, 1965 |access-date=July 6, 2017 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304112653/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/courant/doc/548777032.html?FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&type=historic&date=Apr%2023,%201965&author=&pub=Hartford%20Courant&edition=&startpage=&desc=New%20Haven%20Outslugs%20Fairfield%20by%2010-8 |id={{ProQuest|548777032}} |url-status=live }}</ref>
Lahoud played for the Winston-Salem Red Sox of the Class A Carolina League in 1966 and 1967. Though optioned to the minor leagues during spring training in 1968, the Red Sox recalled Lahoud from the Louisville Colonels of the Class AAA International League at the start of the 1968 season as Tony Conigliaro struggled with his recovery from an eye injury.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=yY8uAAAAIBAJ&pg=1881,352124&dq=joe-lahoud&hl=en|title=Schenectady Gazette - Google News Archive Search|website=news.google.com|access-date=September 22, 2018}}</ref> He was soon sent to Louisville to continue his development.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=VIFjAAAAIBAJ&pg=6023,4143825&dq=joe-lahoud&hl=en|title=The Telegraph - Google News Archive Search|website=news.google.com|access-date=September 22, 2018}}</ref> The Red Sox optioned Lahoud to Louisville at the end of spring training in 1970.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Q-dHAAAAIBAJ&pg=2929,4295456&dq=joe-lahoud&hl=en|title=The Morning Record - Google News Archive Search|website=news.google.com|access-date=September 22, 2018}}</ref>
Lahoud was part of a ten-player blockbuster that sent him, George Scott, Jim Lonborg, Ken Brett, Billy Conigliaro and Don Pavletich from the Red Sox to the Brewers for Tommy Harper, Marty Pattin, Lew Krausse Jr. and minor-league outfielder Pat Skrable on October 10, 1971.<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=da8iAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ALMFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3895,2552887&dq=joe-lahoud&hl=en "Bosox-Brewers In Ten-Man Swap," ''United Press International'' (UPI), Sunday, October 10, 1971.] Retrieved September 22, 2018</ref> He was involved in a nine-player transaction two years later when he was sent along with Ellie Rodríguez, Ollie Brown, Skip Lockwood and Gary Ryerson from the Brewers to the Angels for Steve Barber, Clyde Wright, Ken Berry, Art Kusnyer and cash on October 23, 1973.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1973/10/24/archives/people-in-sports-cubs-jenkins-in-texas-livery-british-soccer-natl.html Fletcher, Walter R. "People in Sports: Cubs' Jenkins in Texas Livery?" ''The New York Times'', Wednesday, October 24, 1973.] Retrieved November 28, 2020</ref> On June 14, 1976, the Texas Rangers acquired Lahoud from the Angels for "slightly more than the waiver price".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=p0hSAAAAIBAJ&pg=5710,4615505&dq=joe-lahoud&hl=en|title=Mid Cities Daily News - Google News Archive Search|website=news.google.com|access-date=September 22, 2018}}</ref>
In his career, Lahoud played in 791 games and had a .223 batting average with 65 home runs, 218 runs batted in, 429 hits, 239 runs scored, and a .372 slugging percentage.<ref name="MLB"/> On June 11, 1969, he hit three home runs in one game for the Red Sox.
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==External links== {{Baseballstats |br=l/lahoujo01 |brm=lahoud001jos}}
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