Mike Jackson | |
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Pitcher | |
Born: Paterson, New Jersey | March 27, 1946|
Batted: Left Threw: Left | |
MLB debut | |
May 10, 1970, for the Philadelphia Phillies | |
Last MLB appearance | |
July 27, 1973, for the Cleveland Indians | |
MLB statistics | |
Win–loss record | 2–3 |
Earned run average | 5.80 |
Strikeouts | 33 |
Teams | |
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]
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