Grant Jackson (baseball)

Grant Jackson
Grant Jackson
	Pitcher
	Born: September 28, 1942; Fostoria, Ohio, U.S.
	Died: February 2, 2021 (aged 78); North Strabane Township, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Batted: Switch	Threw: Left
MLB debut
	September 3, 1965, for the Philadelphia Phillies
Last MLB appearance
	September 8, 1982, for the Pittsburgh Pirates
MLB statistics
Win–loss record	86–75
Earned run average	3.46
Strikeouts	889
Saves	79
Teams
	Philadelphia Phillies (1965–1970); Baltimore Orioles (1971–1976); New York Yankees (1976); Pittsburgh Pirates (1977–1981); Montreal Expos (1981); Kansas City Royals (1982); Pittsburgh Pirates (1982);
Career highlights and awards
	All-Star (1969); World Series champion (1979);

Grant Dwight Jackson (September 28, 1942 – February 2, 2021) was an American professional baseball pitcher and coach.

After Jackson’s playing career, he was a coach for the Pirates and Cincinnati Reds.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Jackson died on February 2, 2021 from problems caused by COVID-19 in North Strabane Township, Pennsylvania, aged 78.^[5]

References

↑ "Grant Jackson Stats". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2020. Retrieved January 19, 2020.
↑ "Grant Jackson". retrosheet.org. Retrosheet. 2020. Retrieved January 19, 2020.
↑ Kates, Maxwell (August 1, 2017). "Grant Jackson". SABR.org. Society for American Baseball Research. Retrieved January 19, 2020.
↑ "Grant Jackson Player Card - Jobs in Baseball". thebaseballcube.com. The Baseball Cube. 2020. Retrieved January 19, 2020.
↑ Mackey, Jason (2 February 2021). "Grant Jackson, the Pirates' Game 7 winner in 1979, dies at age 78". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved 2 February 2021.

Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
Grant Jackson at SABR (Baseball BioProject)

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