Joseph Anthony McIntosh (born August 4, 1951) is a former

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. Born in

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, McIntosh played for a local American Legion Baseball team as a pitcher and

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. After graduating from

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in 1969, he attended

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, where he pitched for the school's baseball team. McIntosh received a degree from Washington State in 1973, and was drafted by the

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that year. He began his professional career with the

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of the

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, posting an 8–6 win–loss record and a 2.44

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(ERA). In 1974, McIntosh was promoted to the Triple-A

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of the

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, where he was 9–11 with a 5.27 ERA. McIntosh was called up to the Major Leagues later in 1974. He went 0–4 in 10 games for the Padres, including five starts, and had a 3.62 ERA. In , he started 28 games for the Padres, and made nine relief appearances as well. McIntosh was 8–15 with a 3.69 ERA during the 1975 season, and pitched four

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s, including his only major league

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. Following the season, in which he was fourth in the

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in losses, McIntosh was traded along with Larry Hardy to the

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for

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on December 11, 1975, and never pitched in the big leagues again. He finished his career by appearing in four games for the

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in 1979. In 1988, Washington State University inducted McIntosh into its WSU Athletic Hall of Fame.

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