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May 12, 2020 · Actually, Michael Jordan’s .202 Batting Average Is More Impressive Than It Seems. ‘The Last Dance’ delved into MJ’s short-lived baseball career on Sunday, and though his Double-A numbers...
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Michael Jordan Minor Leagues Statistics including batting, fielding, prospect rankings and more on Baseball-Reference.com.
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Jordan officially signed with the White Sox — Bulls owner Jerry Reinsdorf owned the Sox, too — on Feb. 7, 1994, 10 days before his 31st birthday. He’d been regularly taking batting practice at Comiskey Park, and he’d talked pretty openly about his desire to try his hand at baseball, now that he’d hung up his very famous sneakers. Jordan loved playi...
Jordan played 127 regular-season games for the Birmingham Barons, the White Sox’s Double-A affiliate, in 1994. Here are the basics: 1. 127 games, 497 plate appearances, 436 at-bats 2. .202/.289/.266 (average/on-base/slugging), .556 OPS 3. 88 hits: 17 doubles, 1 triple, 3 homers 4. 51 RBIs, 46 runs scored 5. 30 stolen bases/18 caught stealing 6. 51 ...
Terry Francona, who went on to a fair bit (OK, a TON) of success as a MLB manager, was his manager in Birmingham and in the AFL. He said, as quoted in TSN, “He just needs to play. He hasn’t played that much. It’s a good building block for next year.” Even though the MLB strike continued into the 1995 season, minor league players were not affected, ...
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May 10, 2020 · Nowadays, fans look upon Michael Jordan's foray into another sport 26 years ago as a whim and conclude that his baseball career was a bust. They could not be more wrong.
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- Steve Wulf, ESPN Senior Writer
Feb 7, 2024 · Michael Jordan had hit his first home run. In 1994, Air Jordan did his time on the ground, in a stint with the White Sox as a light-hitting rookie in Double-A ball. Jordan’s decision to leave the NBA at the utmost peak of his powers in order to pursue a short-lived career in professional baseball is still a source of curiosity.
May 11, 2020 · Chicago Bulls. Michael Jordan Baseball Career Stats and Highlights in NBA Star's Two Years Away From the Chicago Bulls. Published May 11, 2020 at 12:12 PM EDT. By Dan Cancian. Reporter....
May 11, 2020 · He had 88 hits (17 doubles, one triple and three home runs), 51 RBI, 30 stolen bases, 51 walks and 114 strikeouts in 436 at-bats. The numbers aren’t impressive, but consider it had been 15 years...
