![]() In between, he suited up for eight NL clubs and six AL clubs, at least one team in every division, three teams in the AL East, three teams in the NL East, and three teams in the NL West. Nineteen years and one day later, Jackson officially announced his retirement. In Arizona, Jackson faced off with a future Hall of Famer…and won: six innings, four hits, one earned run, and no walks. And the opposing pitcher happened to be Randy Johnson - nearly twice his age. But it also happened to be Jackson’s 20th birthday. His debut with the Los Angeles Dodgers on Septemwas worth celebrating on its own. While Jackson left the majors with his own distinction, he entered with notoriety too. Three months later, both received World Series rings. Jackson went from the Chicago White Sox to the Cardinals while Dotel flocked to St. The only difference is the deal brought them together. Jackson and Dotel overlapped for 11 seasons and like Todd Zeile and Mike Morgan, were connected in a trade. After all, it can’t be cheap to house all the jerseys he has worn in his extraordinary career.The two shared much more than a busy Baseball-Reference page. Jackson just might have to keep pitching for a while, anyway. To me, there’s plenty of time for Jackson to continue his grand tour and add a few more notches to his team belt. There are 32 active pitchers older than Jackson, who has 306 major league starts under his belt. What’s next?ĭespite being around for seemingly forever, Jackson is still just 35 years old. Keep in mind there are 30 major league teams. Oracle Park is one of 35 different ballparks Jackson has pitched in. Wednesday was his sixth start at the ballpark, for five different teams. So it’s no surprise that Jackson has pitched in San Francisco before. Jackson began his career in 2003, and Oracle Park has been open since 2000 (now on its fourth name). Facing a pitcher almost literally twice his age, Jackson allowed just one run in six innings, outdueling the Big Unit for his first major league win. He was ranked fourth overall in the sport heading into the 2004 season.īut on September 9 in Arizona, Jackson on his 20th birthday took the mound against Hall of Famer Randy Johnson, who was one day shy of his 40th birthday. Not many have had more memorable major league debuts than Edwin Jackson, who was the Dodgers’ top prospect in September 2003, and one of the top prospects in baseball. In each of the five years since, Jackson has played for two different organizations. The last time Jackson pitched for one team the entire season was in 2014 with the Cubs. His latest trade, on Saturday between Oakland and Toronto, was for cash considerations. Jackson has been traded six times in his career, involving 23 different players besides Jackson. Since the start of 2016, Jackson has pitched 138 innings in the minors for five different organizations. This is not a new phenomenon for Jackson, who has bounced back and forth between the minors and majors at times in recent years, living the true nomadic existence. Jackson began 2019 on a minor league deal with the A’s, making a pair of starts with Triple-A Las Vegas before getting traded to Toronto. He pitched the most innings with the Rays (380⅔), from 2006-2008. Jackson’s five innings with the Blue Jays match the Orioles for his fewest with any team. ![]() He knocked off that check box with his 17 starts for Oakland in 2018. The AL West is the only division in which Jackson hasn’t played for at least two teams. The Blue Jays are the third AL East team Jackson has played for, one of three divisions for which he has pitched for three teams (also the NL East and NL West). He has pitched for eight different NL teams, and Toronto is his sixth AL squad. Jackson has been spread all over baseball, pitching 1,004 innings in the National League and 893⅓ innings in the American League. Jackson has pitched for 14 different major league teams, and like Grover Cleveland had two non-consecutive stints in Washington, pitching for the Nationals in both 20. There were three teams involved, and 11 different players on July 27, 2011, with Jackson going from the White Sox and Dotel from the Blue Jays, ending up on a Cardinals team that won the World Series. Andrew McCutchen has seen Jackson on eight different teams! Don’t ask, Dotelīaseball’s two ultimate journeyman, Jackson and Dotel, were actually teammates once, and even involved in the same trade to make it happen. Ryan Braun has also faced Jackson on five different teams. ![]() What’s incredible about their history is Jackson has faced Sandoval while pitching for five different teams. Sandoval is 11-for-26 (.423) with two home runs and three doubles against Jackson, and has reached base in all but one of their 11 meetings. Pablo Sandoval was 1-for-3 with a double against Jackson on Wednesday, which continues a career-long trend in their matchups.
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