Lou Jackson
| Lou Jackson | |||
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| Outfielder | |||
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Born: July 26, 1935 Riverton, Louisiana |
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Died: May 28, 1969 (aged 33) Tokyo, Japan |
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| MLB debut | |||
| July 23, 1958, for the Chicago Cubs | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| May 11, 1964, for the Baltimore Orioles | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .213 | ||
| Home runs | 1 | ||
| Runs batted in | 7 | ||
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Louis Clarence Jackson (July 26, 1935 – May 27, 1969) was an American professional baseball player. Jackson, an outfielder, played Major League Baseball and Nippon Professional Baseball between 1958 and 1968, appearing in 34 games over parts of three seasons in the Majors for the Chicago Cubs and Baltimore Orioles, and in 329 games over three seasons in Japan for the Sankei Atoms. He attended Grambling State University, threw right-handed, batted left-handed, and was listed at 5 feet 10 inches (1.78 m) tall and 168 pounds (76 kg).
Jackson was originally signed by the Cubs in 1957 as an amateur free agent. That season, he played for the class-C Magic Valley Cowboys, batting .310 with 15 home runs. The following season, he was moved up to the class-A Pueblo Dodgers, and made his major league debut in July. He played 24 games for the Cubs, with just 6 hits in 35 at-bats, including his first and only major league home run off Ray Semproch of the Philadelphia Phillies on August 3, 1958.
In 1959, Jackson spent most of the season back in the minors, most of it with the class-A Lancaster Red Roses. He did play in 6 games for the Cubs that September, but had just four at-bats. During the offseason, he was traded with two other players to the Cincinnati Redlegs for Frank Thomas.
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