Joseph McCarthy was drafted by a Major League organization but does not have any statistics listed below. He played College Baseball for the Seminole State College of Florida Raiders and for the University of South Carolina Gamecocks. He was drafted and signed in the 1st round (14th overall) of the 1980 Major League Baseball Amateur Draft by the Detroit Tigers in the June Secondary Phase. He was also drafted in the 2nd round of the 1979 Draft by the Texas Rangers in the June Secondary Phase but did not sign. He was also drafted in the 1st round of the 1979 Draft by the Minnesota Twins in the January Regular Phase but did not sign.