Closing out that perfect game for 26 outs that Milt Wilcox of the Detroit Tigers was pitching back 30 years ago, April 15, 1983 with some information on the guy who messed it all up, Jerry Hairston.
I went into his history and then found that he is a member of a Major League Baseball family, with two of his sons playing with the Cubs and Dodgers this year. And, his father also played one year at the major league level.
Jerry Hairston was born in 1952 and spent 14 years in the majors playing mostly for the Chicago White Sox. From 1978-1980, he played in the Mexican League, where he met his wife. His lifetime batting average was .258 and he hit 30 homers, used primarily as a pinch hitter.
His best year was 1983, when he appeared in 101 games, had 126 at bats, 5 home runs and 37 hits for a .294 batting average.
He was pinch hitter excellent for the White Sox and manager Tony LaRussa made great use of that ability in that year when the Sox went to their first post season since the World Series in 1959.
Quite the Pinch Hitter, But WHY Did He Have to Get THAT HIT!!!?? --RoadDog
TOO PUNNY: What does a clock do when it's hungry? It goes back four seconds. (These are getting bad.)
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