Jack Lazorko
| Jack Lazorko | ||
|---|---|---|
Win–loss record 5–8 | | |
| Earned run average | 4.22 | |
| Strikeouts | 108 | |
| Teams | ||
Jack Thomas Lazorko (born March 30, 1956) is an American former professional baseball
California Angels of Major League Baseball
(MLB).
Career
Born in Hoboken, Lazorko grew up in
Daytona Beach Astros in 1978, and his last with the New York Mets' Triple-A Norfolk Tides
in 1993. He played 20 seasons in national and international baseball, including the 1991 Scudetto in Parma, Italy, two years in Milan, Italy, and in the Florida Senior League until 1995.
Lazorko, a former amateur hockey goalie, is probably best known for a highlight reel of his fielding which was featured on Gold Glove winner in the National League, called Lazorko "the best fielding pitcher" he had ever seen. (Darling played against Lazorko in the Texas League in 1981.)
References
- ^ Berkow, Ira. "BASEBALL'S KING OF THE ROAD; Jack Lazorko Doesn't Pitch Here Anymore", The New York Times, July 11, 1993. Accessed February 6, 2013. "Few baseball careers have been anything like Jack Lazorko's, who was born in Hoboken, N.J., and grew up in River Edge to the north, and who has called so many places home since then that, he says, he has single-handedly kept map makers in business."
- ^ "Major League Baseball Players From the Cape Cod League" (PDF). capecodbaseball.org. Retrieved January 9, 2020.
Sources
- "Jack Lazorko Statistics". The Baseball Cube. 24 January 2008.
- "Jack Lazorko Statistics". Baseball-Reference. 24 January 2008.