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Darrin Jackson
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Career Notes

1996
Played with Seibu Lions of Japanese Pacific League ... Hit .266 with 19 homeruns and 64 RBI in 126 games.

1995
Signed with Seibu Lions of Japanese Pacific League ... Ranked 7th in league with .289 average ... Collected 20 homeruns and 68 RBI.

1994
Strung together two 8-game hit streaks (May 13-20 and June 18-24).

1993
Was with San Diego for spring training, with Toronto until June 11 and with the New York Mets for the rest of the season ... His solo homer in the eighth inning off Chicago's Alex Fernandez April 25 was the difference in a 1-0 Toronto victory ... Had a tough year at the plate, batting .216 for the Blue Jays and .195 for New York ... Did not commit an error in 23 outfield starts with the Mets, handling 55 chances and making four assists ... Spent July 19-Sept. 1 on the disabled list with hyperthyroidism.

1992
Set career highs in games (155), RBI (70), hits (146) and stolen bases (14) ... Tied his career high with four hits in two games, July 7 against St. Louis and July 19 at Montreal ... Had his fourth career two-homer game April 28 against Philadelphia, the second homer leading off the bottom of the ninth and giving the Padres a 7-6 victory ... Had three game-winning homers on the season ... Tied for second among National League outfielders with a .996 fielding percentage, a San Diego club record ... Led the majors with 18 outfield assists.

1991
Hit a career-high 21 homers in 122 games after entering the season with a career total of 13 ... Ranked fourth in the NL with one homer every 17 at-bats ... Seven of his 11 hits in 19 games June 9-July 12 were homers ... Hit first career grand slam Aug. 25 off Chicago's Bob Scanlan ... Made his only career pitching appearance with two innings at Houston May 26.

1990
Split time between San Diego and Class AAA Las Vegas ... Hit the Padres' first pinch-hit homer of the season April 27 against Pittsburgh ... Had his first career four-hit game Oct. 3 at Los Angeles.

1989
Spent time at Iowa (AAA) and with the Cubs before being traded to San Diego Aug. 31 ... Made 23 starts for the Padres.

1988
Played in 100 games for Chicago but had only 188 at-bats ... Became the third player in Cubs history (joining Dale Long and Carmen Fanzone) to homer in consecutive pinch-hit at-bats, going deep against St. Louis' Ken Dayley Aug. 14 and Cincinnati's Tom Browning Aug. 16 ... Had first two-homer game of his career Sept. 17 against St. Louis.

1987
Recalled from Iowa Sept. 4 but underwent surgery Sept. 21 to remove a small tumor from his groin area and missed the rest of the season ... Batted .800 (4-for-5) with one double for the Cubs.

1986
Spent the season at AA Pittsfield, Mass., and was named to the Eastern League's all-star team.

1985
Made his major-league debut June 17 at New York and collected his first career hit the next day off Ed Lynch of the Mets ... Spent five games with the Cubs before returning to Pittsfield.


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