Saturday, June 6, 2009

1994 Fleer #592 Danny Jackson

1993 Phillies - Starting Rotation

Uniform Number: 27
1993 Stats: D.J. started 32 games, going 12-11 with a 3.77 ERA.
1993 Notable: He was the winning pitcher in NLCS Game 4, pitching into the 8th inning and surrendering only a run. Danny lost Game 3 of the World Series, giving up 4 runs in his 5 innings of work.
How Acquired: Acquired from the Florida Marlins for Joel Adamson and Matt Whisenant, November 17, 1992. (Hours earlier, the Marlins had selected him from the Pittsburgh Pirates in the expansion draft).
Phillies Career: 1993-1994
How Departed: Granted free agency, October 17, 1994 (Signed with the St. Louis Cardinals)

I honestly don't remember much about Danny Jackson pitching for the Phils in '93. What I do remember is him ripping his shirt off during the NL East and NLCS clinching celebrations and doing his best "pump you up" imitation. If I'm not mistaken, he recreated this routine during the team's 10-year reunion in 2003.

2 comments:

night owl said...

I saw Danny Jackson pitch for the Philies at the old Vet in 1993. Jackson won and Pete Incaviglia hit a home run.

capewood said...

Jackson had two good years with the Phillies, going 12-11 in 1993 and 14-6 in 1994. This got him a 3-year, $10 million contract with the Cardinals. He was 2-12 with the Cardinals in 1995, then he got hurt. In 1996 he was 1-1 for the Cardinals. 1997 was his last year. He started with the Cardinals going 1-2. He was traded during the season with two other players to the Padres for Fernando Valenzuela and 2 players. He was 1-7 with the Padres.