Jesse James Hudson (born July 22, 1948) is an American former professional baseball

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who appeared in a single

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(MLB) game in 1969. Listed at and , he threw and batted left-handed.

High school

Hudson was born in Mansfield, Louisiana and played football quarterback and pitcher at Mansfield High School with Vida Blue. They both graduated and were drafted in the June Baseball draft of 1967.

Career

Hudson was drafted in the 11th round (203rd overall) of the

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by the

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. He went on to play four season in the Mets'

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, 1967 through 1970. On September 19, 1969, Hudson made his one and only major league appearance, pitching the final two innings of a Mets home loss to the

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at Shea Stadium. It was the second game of a

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. He faced 10 batters, allowing one run on two hits while striking out three batters and walking two. One of the batters he struck out was future

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inductee Willie Stargell. He finished with a 4.50 ERA. During Hudson's final professional season of 1970, he pitched for the Mets' Triple-A team, the

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, registering a 2.86

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in 26 games (13 starts) with a 6–7 record, while striking out 79 in 107 innings pitched.

Post-career

Hudson currently lives in

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. In 2019, during the Mets' 50th Anniversary celebration of their 1969 World Championship team, Hudson was accidentally listed in the "in memoriam" segment with deceased members of the team.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hudson, Jesse 1948 births Living people Major League Baseball pitchers New York Mets players Mankato Mets players Visalia Mets players Marion Mets players Tidewater Tides players Pompano Beach Mets players Memphis Blues players Baseball players from Louisiana People from Mansfield, Louisiana