Jason Royce Dickson (born March 30, 1973) is a Canadian former professional baseball pitcher. Dickson is a graduate of Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College. He played for the Somerset Patriots and was drafted by the

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in the 6th round of the 1994 MLB Amateur Draft. He was part of Team Canada in the

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which finished in fourth place. Called up to the Angels squad on August 21, 1996, the first batter he faced was

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, who homered off Dickson's third Major League pitch. Dickson was named to the

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as a 24-year-old representing the Anaheim Angels. He finished his first full season with 13 wins and a 4.29 ERA but struggled the next year, going 10–10 with a 6.05 ERA. Over four seasons in the majors, Dickson had a 26–25 record and 4.99 career ERA. However, injuries all but nullified his once promising career. In 1996, he won the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame's Tip O'Neill Award. Raised in Miramichi, New Brunswick, Dickson has been a supporter of the New Brunswick Liberals and campaigned for them in the

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. It was reported in the March 7, 2006 ''

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'' that he was considering running for the Liberals in the next provincial election. He ran for and lost the right to run for the Liberals in the riding of Miramichi-Bay du Vin at a May 28, 2006 nominating convention. He placed third in a field of four candidates with 91 of 531 votes. He is now a pitcher for the Chatham Ironmen of the New-Brunswick Senior Baseball League. On June 22, 2016 he was acclaimed as Baseball Canada President at the organization’s Annual General Meeting in Toronto.

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* http://www.baseball.ca/baseball-canada-elects-new-executive-jason-dickson-acclaimed-as-baseball-canada-president

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