Michael Warren Jackson (born March 27, 1946) is a former

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. He pitched from 1970 to 1973 for the

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and

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. During a four-year baseball career, he compiled 2 wins, 33

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s, and a 5.80

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(ERA). Jackson was signed by the Philadelphia Phillies after graduating high school in 1964, and spent the first two seasons in the Phillies minor league system before being signed by the

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. He served in the

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during the

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era, and missed the 1966 and 1967 seasons as a result. Jackson spent 1968 and 1969 with the Red Sox in the minor leagues, and finished the 1969 season with 11 wins, 10 losses, and a 4.76 ERA for the AAA

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. After the season, he was traded back to the Philadelphia Phillies for Gary Wagner. Jackson made his major league debut with the Phillies against the

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on May 10, 1970, in which he pitched the final 1 innings in a 7–0 loss, giving up three hits, walking one and striking out one. The very first batter he faced was future

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. During the

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, the Dodgers pulled off a

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, with

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stealing home. Sutton then

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d to score the Dodgers' final run of the game. He finished the season with a 1.42 ERA in five games, spending most of the season with the AAA

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of the

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. On June 11, 1970, he pitched a

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for the Emeralds against the

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. After pitching in one game for the

in 1971, Jackson spend two seasons with the

, pitching in seven games in 1972 and nine in 1973. After being traded from the Royals to the Indians on June 8, 1973 for Steve Mingori, he pitched in his final game on July 27, 1973, and spent the rest of his career in the minors with the

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and the

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before retiring after the 1974 season.

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