25 Big-Name Athletes Who Are Now Working 9-to-5 Jobs

Joe Carter

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Joe Carter helped cement the Toronto Blue Jays’ status as an American League juggernaut. In fact, the five-time All-Star and two-time Silver Slugger Award winner was a vital member of the Blue Jays’ back-to-back championship teams of the early 1990s. In the 1993 World Series, Toronto grabbed a three-games-to-one advantage over the Philadelphia Phillies. However, the Phillies fought valiantly and were on the brink of forcing a Game 7.

Then, with the Blue Jays trailing 6-5 in the bottom of the ninth inning, Carter blasted a three-run homer off Phillies closer Mitch Williams to win the riveting series. The 58-year-old Carter, who retired in 1998 as a San Francisco Giant, founded the Joe Carter Classic charity golf tournament in 2010 to benefit the Children’s Aid Foundation. Carter’s charity has raised approximately a quarter-million dollars since its establishment eight years ago.