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American baseball player (born 1946)
Baseball player
Michael Warren Jackson
(born March 27, 1946) is a former
Major League Baseball
relief pitcher
. He pitched from 1970 to 1973 for the
Philadelphia Phillies
,
St. Louis Cardinals
,
Kansas City Royals
and
Cleveland Indians
. During a four-year baseball career, he compiled 2
wins
, 33
strikeouts
, and a 5.80
earned run average
(ERA).
Jackson was signed by the Philadelphia Phillies after graduating high school in 1964, and spent the first two seasons in the Phillies minor league system before being signed by the
Boston Red Sox
.
[1]
He served in the
Army
during the
Vietnam War
era, and missed the 1966 and 1967 seasons as a result.
[2]
Jackson spent 1968 and 1969 with the Red Sox in the minor leagues, and finished the 1969 season with 11 wins, 10 losses, and a 4.76 ERA for the AAA
Louisville Colonels
. After the season, he was traded back to the Philadelphia Phillies for
Gary Wagner
.
[1]
Jackson made his major league debut with the Phillies against the
Los Angeles Dodgers
on May 10, 1970, in which he pitched the final 1
1
⁄
3
innings in a 7?0 loss, giving up three hits, walking one and striking out one. The very first batter he faced was future
Baseball Hall of Fame
pitcher
Don Sutton
. During the
at bat
, the Dodgers pulled off a
double steal
, with
Willie Crawford
stealing home. Sutton then
doubled
to score the Dodgers' final run of the game.
[3]
He finished the season with a 1.42 ERA in five games, spending most of the season with the AAA
Eugene Emeralds
of the
Pacific Coast League
. On June 11, 1970, he pitched a
no-hitter
for the Emeralds against the
Tucson Toros
.
[4]
After pitching in one game for the
St. Louis Cardinals
in 1971, Jackson spend two seasons with the
Kansas City Royals
, pitching in seven games in 1972 and nine in 1973. After being traded from the Royals to the Indians on June 8, 1973, for
Steve Mingori
, he pitched in his final game on July 27, 1973, and spent the rest of his career in the minors with the
Oklahoma City 89ers
and the
Thetford Mines Pirates
before retiring after the 1974 season.
[5]
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