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Jack Lind

ジャック・リンド　/　じゃっく・りんど

American baseball player

June 8, 1946 (age 80)　・　Denver, Colorado, United States

Colorado
baseball player

My Take

Jack Lind's career fascinates me less for its stat line than for its geography. A shortstop who logged big-league time with the Brewers and then crossed the Pacific to play for the Yomiuri Giants was doing something genuinely uncommon for an American infielder of his era. That willingness to chase the game abroad, long before it was fashionable, reads to me as both adventurous and pragmatic. I imagine the cultural leap was steep. He never became a household name, but careers like his quietly stitched together the early threads of baseball's bridge between America and Japan, and I find that legacy underrated.

Overview

Jackson Hugh Lind (born June 8, 1946) is an American former Major League Baseball shortstop, first baseman, second baseman, and third baseman. He played during two seasons at the major league level for the Milwaukee Brewers, as well as one season in Japan for the Yomiuri Giants. He was drafted by the Houston Astros in the 7th round of the secondary phase of the 1967 Major League Baseball draft.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Jack Lind
Name (Japanese): ジャック・リンド
Reading: じゃっく・りんど
Born: June 8, 1946 (age 80)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Gemini / Dog
Origin: Denver, Colorado, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: 183 cm
Agency: Private
Occupation: baseball player

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Mesa High School
University: Private

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A3%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89

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