Al Jackson (baseball)

Information about Al Jackson (baseball)

Alvin Neill Jackson (born December 25, 1935) is a former left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from 1959 to 1969. His 43 wins with the New York Mets were the franchise record until Tom Seaver eased past the mark in 1969.

Jackson was born in Waco, Texas and attended Wiley College. He was signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1955 but his first regular major league experience came as a member of the inaugural 1962 New York Mets. As a starting pitcher, he posted an 8-20 record that year.

After three more seasons of sixteen or more losses with the Mets, including a second 8-20 campaign, Jackson was traded to the St. Louis Cardinals for Ken Boyer. In 1966, his first year in St. Louis, Jackson had his best season in the majors. He was sixth in the National League in earned run average and ninth in complete games. Unfortunately for Jackson, he also lost fifteen games and, the next year, was used more as a relief pitcher. Those 15 losses gave him a five year streak of at least 15 losses-the record since 1900 is six. Despite going 9-4 in 1967, he did not see action in the 1967 World Series.

After the 1967 season, Jackson was traded back to the Mets for pitcher Jack Lamabe and continued pitching out of the bullpen. He was with the "Miracle" Mets of 1969 but was sold to the Cincinnati Reds in June after compiling an ERA over ten, and never did play in a postseason.

Jackson pitched 33 games for the Reds in relief to finish 1969. Before he played a game in 1970, the Reds released him and his career was over.

Personal life

His daughter-in-law is named Valerie.

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pitcher is the player who throws the baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter who attempts to either make contact with it or draw a walk.
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Sport Baseball
Founded 1876
No. of teams 30
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Most recent champion(s) St. Louis Cardinals

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New York Mets Established 1962

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George Thomas Seaver (born November 17, 1944) is a former right-handed Major League Baseball pitcher who broke into the major leagues in 1967 and retired in 1987. He played for four different teams in his career, but was primarily associated with his first: the New York Mets.
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Wiley College is one of the first and oldest historically black colleges west of the Mississippi River and is located on the west side of Marshall, Texas. The college was founded in 1873 by the Methodist Episcopal Church's Bishop Isaac Wiley and was certified in 1882 by the
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Pittsburgh Pirates Established 1882

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New York Mets Established 1962

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starting pitcher, often abbreviated as starter, is the pitcher who pitches the first pitch to the first batter of a game. A pitcher who enters the game after the first pitch of the game is a relief pitcher.
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St. Louis Cardinals Established 1882

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The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, or simply the National League, is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball in the United States and Canada and the world's oldest extant professional team sports league.
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In baseball statistics, earned run average (ERA) is the mean of earned runs given up by a pitcher per nine innings pitched. It bears similar meaning to a hitter's batting average.
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In baseball, a complete game (denoted by CG) is the act of a pitcher pitching an entire game himself, without the benefit of a relief pitcher. A complete game can be either a win or a loss.
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John Alexander Lamabe (October 3, 1936 in Farmingdale, New York) is a former professional baseball player. He was a pitcher over parts of 7 seasons (1962-1968) with the Pittsburgh Pirates, Boston Red Sox, Houston Astros, Chicago White Sox, New York Mets, St.
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In baseball, the bullpen (sometimes referred to as just "the pen") is the area where relief pitchers warm-up before entering a game.
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Cincinnati Reds Established 1869

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