Jim Mark Czajkowski (born December 18, 1963) is a former
Major League Baseball
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pitcher
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who played for one season. He pitched for the
Colorado Rockies
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in five games during the
1994 Colorado Rockies season.
In 2012, Czajkowski was the pitching coach for the
Toronto Blue Jays
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'
Northwest League
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affiliate
Vancouver Canadians
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.
On January 13, 2014, Czajkowski was named as the pitching coach for the
Toronto Blue Jays
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Double-A affiliate
New Hampshire Fisher Cats
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.
Czajkowski was announced as the pitching coach for the
Class A-Advanced
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Dunedin Blue Jays
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in 2019. He had previously coached there in 2016.
Czajowski was named the pitching coach for the
Double A New Hampshire Fisher Cats
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for the 2021 season. He would remain the pitching coach for the Fisher Cats until September 2022.
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1963 births
Living people
Major League Baseball pitchers
Colorado Rockies players
North Alabama Lions baseball players
Idaho Falls Braves players
Sumter Braves players
Durham Bulls players
Greenville Braves players
Salem Buccaneers players
Beloit Brewers players
Stockton Ports players
Harrisburg Senators players
El Paso Diablos players
Iowa Cubs players
Orlando Cubs players
Colorado Springs Sky Sox players
Syracuse Chiefs players
Knoxville Smokies players
Syracuse SkyChiefs players
Sportspeople from Parma, Ohio
Baseball players from Cuyahoga County, Ohio
20th-century American sportsmen
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