Joe Price (pitcher)

{{short description|American baseball player (born 1956)}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

| name = Joe Price

| image = 1979 Nashville Joe Price.jpg

| caption = Price with the Nashville Sounds in 1979

| position = Pitcher

| bats = Right

| throws = Left

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1956|11|29}}

| birth_place = Inglewood, California, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

| debutdate = June 14

| debutyear = 1980

| debutteam = Cincinnati Reds

|finalleague = MLB

| finaldate = September 16

| finalyear = 1990

| finalteam = Baltimore Orioles

|statleague = MLB

| stat1label = Win–loss record

| stat1value = 45–49

| stat2label = Earned run average

| stat2value = 3.65

| stat3label = Strikeouts

| stat3value = 657

| teams =

• Cincinnati Reds ({{mlby|1980}}–{{mlby|1986}})
• San Francisco Giants ({{mlby|1987}}–{{mlby|1989}})
• Boston Red Sox ({{mlby|1989}})
• Baltimore Orioles ({{mlby|1990}})

}}

Joseph Walter Price (born November 29, 1956), is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who played in the Major Leagues from 1980 to 1990. He played college baseball for Oklahoma State University from 1975 to 1976,{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/schools/okstate.shtml|title=Players who Played for Oklahoma State University|publisher=Baseball-Reference.com|accessdate=2008-06-19}} and played for the University of Oklahoma in 1977.{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/schools/oklahoma.shtml|title=Players who Played for University of Oklahoma|publisher=Baseball-Reference.com|accessdate=2008-06-19}} On June 7, 1977, Price was drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 4th round with the 102nd pick of the 1977 amateur draft.{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/p/pricejo02.shtml|title=Joe Price Statistics|publisher=Baseball-Reference.com|accessdate=2008-06-19}}