John Michael "Jack" Daugherty (born July 3, 1960) is a former major league

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for parts of seven seasons with the Texas Rangers,

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and

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Career

Amateur career

Daugherty played high school baseball at Kearny High School, in

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. At the collegiate level he played for the

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, and was signed as an undrafted free agent by the

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Minors & Independent League

Daugherty was released by the A's in January after only one season in their farm system. He played the 1984 season for the independent Helena Gold Sox of the

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Jack Daugherty page at The Baseball Cube
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Montreal Expos

Daugherty made his major league debut in as a first baseman with the Montreal Expos. He was 1 for 10 in 11 games with his only hit coming against

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. After spending the entire season in the minors, batting .285 for the

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, he was sent to the Texas Rangers to complete an earlier deal in which the Rangers sent

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to the Expos for a player to be named later.

Texas Rangers

In he was used as a

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, back-up first baseman,

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and occasional

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for the 4th place Rangers. He posted solid hitting numbers, with a .302

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, .364

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, and .406

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, over 58 games. Daugherty's best season was , as he appeared in a career high 125 games, hit six home runs, drove in 47, and batted .300/.347/.435. He was the first Ranger to hit over .300 with 100 or more at-bats in back to back seasons since

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accomplished the feat in -. The best game of Daugherty's career came on Sunday, July 8, 1990, when he was 4 for 5 with two home runs and three RBIs. In fact, Daugherty hit 20% of his career home runs in that game and did so in back to back at-bats against pitchers

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and

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. The home run against Clemens occurred in the 7th inning and the blast off of Reardon came in the bottom of the 9th to tie the game. The Rangers would go on to defeat the first placed Red Sox in 11 innings. Injuries limited Daugherty's season to only 58 games, for which he posted lackluster statistics of .194/.270/.264. Given a reprieve in , Daugherty nearly duplicated his '91 effort by hitting .205/.295/.276 over 59 games. The Rangers subsequently released him following the 1992 season.

Houston Astros and Cincinnati Reds

Daugherty signed with the Houston Astros as a free agent on January 5, . Assigned to the Astros' triple A affiliate the

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, Daugherty responded by tearing up the

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by hitting .390/.488/.525 over 42 games. Despite these numbers, he found little playing time with the parent club, as perennial all-star

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occupied first base and manager

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seemed to prefer using

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, Chris Donnels and Chris James as his primary pinch-hitters. Daugherty was 1 for 3 in just four games with Houston. His lone Astros hit came as a pinch-hitter against

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of the

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in a 6-1 Astros loss at

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on May 4, 1993. The Astros later traded Daugherty to the Cincinnati Reds on July 12, 1993, for Steve Carter. With Cincinnati, he played in 46 games while hitting .220/.338/.356.

Chiba Lotte Marines

In January , Daugherty signed with the

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, but did not make the major league roster that Spring. After two seasons in the

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' and

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' farm systems, Daugherty played in for the

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. He played in 19 games, batting .119, before being released in June.Japanese Stats

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