Jack Lind

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.

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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)

Origin

Denver, Colorado, United States

Height

183 cm

Occupation

baseball player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Dog

High school

Mesa High School

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack%20Lind
• 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
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6113689

Tags

• Colorado
• baseball player

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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