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Stan Jefferson
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Main page Stanley Jefferson (born December 4, 1962) is a former center and left fielder in Major League Baseball who played for the New York Mets , San Stan Jefferson
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Tools Jefferson, who grew up in Co-Op City in the Bronx and played many years in the Co-Op City Little League , graduated from Harry S. Truman High
What links here School in 1980, and attended Bethune-Cookman College in Daytona Beach, Florida from 1981 to 1983. He later obtained his bachelor's degree at
Related changes Mercy College in Dobbs Ferry, New York . [2]
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Baseball career [ edit ]
Jefferson in 1986
Cite this page Jefferson displayed impressive speed and agility and was selected by the New York Mets organization in the first round (20th pick overall) of the free Outfielder
Wikidata item agent draft on June 6, 1983. [3] Born: December 4, 1962 (age 59)
New York, New York
Print/export After playing in the minors for three years, Jefferson played in 14 games for the Mets during the last month of the 1986 season before he was sent to Batted: Switch Threw: Right
Download as PDF the San Diego Padres in the nine-player Kevin McReynolds - Kevin Mitchell deal at the end of the year. Though he became a regular in the Padres MLB debut
Printable version outfield in 1987, he clashed with manager Larry Bowa in May and spent much of the first half on the disabled list . Jefferson stole 33 bases and batted September 7, 1986, for the New York Mets
.230 that year. Last MLB appearance
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In 1988, Jefferson performed poorly, batting .144 over 111 at bats . At the end of the season he was traded with Jimmy Jones and Lance McCullers to October 1, 1991, for the Cincinnati Reds
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the New York Yankees for Jack Clark and Pat Clements . He logged 12 at-bats with the Yankees before being traded to the Orioles in July 1989. For MLB statistics
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Edit links the next year and a half, he played intermittently for the Orioles, Indians, and Reds. Jefferson’s career ended in 1991 after suffering a career ending Batting average .216
injury to his Achilles’ tendon. Home runs 16
Runs batted in 67
Jefferson later became a coach for the Pioneer League Butte Copper Kings . When the player's strike threatened the 1995 season, Jefferson became Teams
a much-maligned replacement player for his original team, sharing the outfield with fellow ex-Met Herm Winningham . [1]
New York Mets ( 1986 )
San Diego Padres ( 1987 – 1988 )
NYPD career [ edit ] New York Yankees ( 1989 )
Baltimore Orioles ( 1989 – 1990 )
In 1997, with his baseball career over, Jefferson joined the New York City Police Department . He was on duty during the September 11, 2001 terrorist
Cleveland Indians ( 1990 – 1991 )
attacks , and worked at Ground Zero after the collapse of the World Trade Center . He suffered health problems as a result of his time at Ground Zero, Cincinnati Reds ( 1991 )
and retired from the NYPD in 2004. [2]

Personal life [ edit ]

Jefferson lives in Florida. He has two grown daughters who live in Virginia . During the peak of his career Jefferson shied away from the spotlight and preferred a private, low key profile. In 2016, in
an interview on SNY , he reflected on his baseball career and his career as an NYPD officer, addressing his experience during the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. In 2018, Jefferson was
recognized for his athletic and heroic contributions by Bethune-Cookman University and was inducted into their Hall of Fame alongside other accomplished alumni. [2]

References [ edit ]

a b
^ Stan Jefferson - BaseballLibrary.com Archived 2007-06-09 at the Wayback Machine
a b c Coffey, Wayne. Former Met Stanley Jefferson struggles to cope with horror of life as 9/11 cop"
^ , New York Daily News , March 9, 2007. Accessed June 18, 2007.
^ Stan Jefferson - Ultimate Met Database

External links [ edit ]

Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference , or Fangraphs , or Baseball Reference (Minors)
Baseball Almanac

v t e 1983 Major League Baseball draft first round selections show

v t e New York Mets first-round draft picks show

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