Darrin Jackson
| Darrin Jackson | |||
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| Outfielder | |||
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Born: August 22, 1999 Los Angeles |
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| MLB debut | |||
| June 17, 1985, for the Chicago Cubs | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| October 3, 1999, for the Chicago White Sox | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .257 | ||
| Home runs | 80 | ||
| Runs batted in | 317 | ||
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Darrin "D.J." Jay Jackson (born August 22, 1963) is a former center fielder in Major League Baseball who played 12 years for the Chicago Cubs (1985–1988), San Diego Padres (1988–1992), Toronto Blue Jays (1993), New York Mets (1993), Chicago White Sox (1994, 1999), Minnesota Twins (1997) and Milwaukee Brewers (1997–1998). He also played for the Seibu Lions in Japan (1995–1996).
1981 Selected by the Chicago Cubs in second round of 1981 free agent draft, but would never appear in a game for the team during this stint.
1985 Jackson was 22 years old when he broke into the big leagues. Jackson made his major league debut on June 16, 1985. Darrin said of his first week with the Cubs "I remember facing Ron Darling of the Mets in my first big-league game. My second game was against Dwight Gooden, and my third was against Ed Lynch. I ended up getting my first big-league hit off the former general manager of the Cubs – a line drive over the second baseman. Every time I see Ed, he says 'Yeah, yeah, I know.' That was my claim to fame in 1985." ... Spent five games with the Cubs before returning to Pittsfield.
1986 Spent the season with the Chicago Cubs AA affiliate Pittsfield, Massachusetts, and was named to the Eastern League's all-star team.
1987 Recalled from Iowa, the Chicago Cubs AAA affiliate, September 4 but underwent surgery September 21 to remove a small tumor from his groin area and missed the rest of the season ... Batted .800 (4-for-5) with one double for the Cubs.
1988 Played in 100 games for Chicago but had only 188 at-bats ... Became the third player in Cubs history (joining Dale Long and Carmen Fanzone) to homer in consecutive pinch-hit at-bats, going deep against St. Louis' Ken Dayley Aug. 14 and Cincinnati's Tom Browning Aug. 16 ... Had first two-homer game of his career September 17 against St. Louis.
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