Grant Jackson (baseball)

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Grant Jackson
Pitcher
Born: (1942-09-28) September 28, 1942 Fostoria, Ohio
Batted: Switch	Threw: Left
MLB debut
September 3, 1965 for the Philadelphia Phillies
Last MLB appearance
September 8, 1982 for the Pittsburgh Pirates
Career statistics
Win–Loss record	86–75
Earned Run Average	3.46
Strikeouts	889
Saves	79
Teams
Philadelphia Phillies (1965–1970) Baltimore Orioles (1971–1976) New York Yankees (1976) Pittsburgh Pirates (1977–1981) Montreal Expos (1981) Kansas City Royals (1982) Pittsburgh Pirates (1982)
Career highlights and awards
All-Star selection (1969) World Series champion (1979)

Grant Dwight Jackson (born September 28, 1942 in Fostoria, Ohio), is a former major league baseball pitcher who played for the Philadelphia Phillies, Baltimore Orioles, New York Yankees, Pittsburgh Pirates, Montreal Expos, and Kansas City Royals from 1965 to 1982.

Playing career

Jackson attended Bowling Green State University, where he played for the Bowling Green Falcons baseball team.

In 1961, he signed with the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent. He made his MLB debut with the Phillies in 1965. Jackson was named to the 1969 National League All-Star team, but did not appear in the game.

After the 1970 season, the Phillies traded Jackson, Jim Hutto and Sam Parrilla to the Baltimore Orioles for Roger Freed. In September 29 to October 1, 1974 he won 3 consecutive games in relief,a record he tied.

On June 15, 1976, the Orioles traded Jackson with Doyle Alexander, Jimmy Freeman, Elrod Hendricks and Ken Holtzman to the New York Yankees for Rick Dempsey, Tippy Martinez, Rudy May, Scott McGregor and Dave Pagan. After the season, he was drafted by the Seattle Mariners from the York Yankees as the 11th pick in the 1976 Major League Baseball expansion draft. A few weeks later, he was traded by the Mariners to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Craig Reynolds and Jimmy Sexton.^[1]

On September 1, 1981, Jackson was purchased by the Montreal Expos from the Pirates for $50,000. After the season, the Expos traded Jackson to the Kansas City Royals for Ken Phelps. During the 1982 season, the Royals released Jackson, and he signed with Pittsburgh, who released him after the season.

In his career, Jackson pitched in the World Series three times; in 1971 for the Orioles, 1976 for the Yankees, and 1979 for the Pirates, and was the winning pitcher for the Pirates in Game 7 of the 1979 World Series.

He also played for the Gold Coast Suns of the Senior Professional Baseball Association in 1989.

Coaching career

Following his playing career, Jackson was Pirates coach in 1983, 1984 and 1985 and a member of the Cincinnati Reds staff in 1994 and 1995.

References

↑ http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=PItJAAAAIBAJ&sjid=koQMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1265,3446846

External links

Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference

v t e Pittsburgh Pirates 1979 World Series Champions

3 Phil Garner 5 Bill Madlock 6 Rennie Stennett 8 Willie Stargell (World Series MVP) 10 Tim Foli 14 Ed Ott 15 Enrique Romo 16 Steve Nicosia 17 Lee Lacy 18 Omar Moreno 19 Jim Rooker 22 Bert Blyleven 23 Grant Jackson 24 Mike Easler 25 Bruce Kison 26 Jim Bibby 27 Kent Tekulve 28 Bill Robinson 34 John Milner 35 Manny Sanguillén 36 Matt Alexander 39 Dave Parker 43 Don Robinson 45 John Candelaria Manager 7 Chuck Tanner Coaches 32 Joe Lonnett 42 Alex Monchak 48 Bob Skinner 57 Harvey Haddix

Regular season National League Championship Series

Persondata
Name	Jackson, Grant
Alternative names
Short description	American baseball player
Date of birth	September 28, 1942
Place of birth	Fostoria, Ohio
Date of death
Place of death

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