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b. September 28, 1942 · Philadelphia Phillies 1965–1970, Baltimore Orioles 1971–1976, New York Yankees 1976, Pittsburgh Pirates 1977–1982, Montreal Expos 1981, Kansas City Royals 1982

Grant Jackson came out of the Pittsburgh bullpen in the fifth inning of Game 7 of the 1979 World Series and retired eight Baltimore hitters without allowing a run. The Pirates rallied, and he was the winning pitcher in a championship game against the club he had spent six seasons with.

He had started out as a starter — his one All-Star selection came in 1969 with Philadelphia, the year he won fourteen games — before Baltimore converted him to relief in 1971. It extended his career by a decade.

Born in Fostoria, Ohio in 1942, Jackson pitched eighteen seasons and 692 games, finishing 86-75 with 79 saves. He lived until February 2, 2021.

Honors

Award	Times	Years
All-Star selection	1	1969

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1965	PHI	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000
1966	PHI	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
1967	PHI	43	15	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	10	.133
1968	PHI	37	10	1	3	0	0	0	2	1	6	.300
1969	PHI	40	86	4	12	1	0	1	5	2	30	.140
1970	PHI	52	44	9	4	0	0	0	1	1	15	.091
1971	BAL	29	22	5	2	0	0	1	2	2	7	.091
1972	BAL	32	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000
1973	BAL	45	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
1974	BAL	49	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
1975	BAL	41	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
1976	BAL/NYY	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
1977	PIT	49	18	1	6	1	0	0	3	0	4	.333
1978	PIT	60	12	0	3	0	1	0	3	0	3	.250
1979	PIT	72	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	.000
1980	PIT	61	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.000
1981	MON/PIT	45	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000
1982	KCR/PIT	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
Career	—	718	236	20	32	2	1	2	17	7	90	.136

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1965	PHI	1	1	6	2	0	13.2	17	11	5	15	7.24
1966	PHI	0	0	2	0	0	1.2	2	1	3	0	5.40
1967	PHI	2	3	43	4	1	84.1	86	36	43	83	3.84
1968	PHI	1	6	33	6	1	61.0	59	20	20	49	2.95
1969	PHI	14	18	38	35	1	253.0	237	94	92	180	3.34
1970	PHI	5	15	32	23	0	149.2	170	88	61	104	5.29
1971	BAL	4	3	29	9	0	77.2	72	27	20	51	3.13
1972	BAL	1	1	32	0	8	41.0	33	12	9	34	2.63
1973	BAL	8	0	45	0	9	80.1	54	17	24	47	1.90
1974	BAL	6	4	49	0	12	66.2	48	19	22	56	2.56
1975	BAL	4	3	41	0	7	48.1	42	18	21	39	3.35
1976	BAL/NYY	7	1	34	2	4	78.0	57	22	25	39	2.54
1977	PIT	5	3	49	2	4	91.0	81	39	39	41	3.86
1978	PIT	7	5	60	0	5	77.1	89	28	32	45	3.26
1979	PIT	8	5	72	0	14	82.0	67	27	35	39	2.96
1980	PIT	8	4	61	0	9	71.0	71	23	20	31	2.92
1981	MON/PIT	2	2	45	0	4	43.0	44	18	19	21	3.77
1982	KCR/PIT	3	1	21	0	0	39.0	43	23	21	15	5.31
Career	—	86	75	692	83	79	1358.2	1272	523	511	889	3.46

On this day & linked events

1942

Born September 28, 1942

Fostoria, OH, USA

2021

Died February 2, 2021

1965

Major-league debut: Grant Jackson

Grant Jackson made a major-league debut on September 3, 1965.

1982

Final major-league game: Grant Jackson

Grant Jackson played a final major-league game on September 8, 1982.

Image: Baltimore Orioles, public domain