Lawrence Curtis Jackson was an American right-handed professional baseball pitcher, who played in Major League Baseball for the St Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs, and Philadelphia Phillies from 1955 to 1968.
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13 Facts About Larry Jackson
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In 1964, Larry Jackson led the National League with 24 wins, and was runner-up in the Cy Young Award voting; he led the NL in innings pitched and shutouts, once each.
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Larry Jackson attended Boise Junior College and played both football and baseball for the Broncos; he was a junior college All-American halfback on the 1950 team that played in the Junior Rose Bowl.
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Larry Jackson signed with the Cardinals in 1951 and was with Pocatello in the Class C Pioneer League.
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Larry Jackson broke into the majors with St Louis in 1955, posting a record, and gradually worked his way into the starting rotation by 1958.
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Larry Jackson was named to the NL All-Star team in 1957,1958, and 1960 while with the Cardinals, and allowed only two hits and no runs in.
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Larry Jackson enjoyed his best season the following year; despite the Cubs' record, Jackson was with 148 strikeouts and a 3.
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Larry Jackson set a major league record for pitchers with 109 total chances without an error, breaking the mark of 108 shared by Three Finger Brown and Eppa Rixey ; Randy Jones broke his record with 112 for the San Diego Padres in 1976.
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Larry Jackson tied a record held by Claude Passeau by four times having the most total chances among pitchers with a perfect 1.
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Larry Jackson returned to Boise and was an insurance agent and a lobbyist for Boise Cascade.
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Larry Jackson served four terms as a Republican from Ada County in the Idaho House of Representatives, became executive director of the Republican State Committee.
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Larry Jackson ran for governor in 1978, but was fourth in the six-man GOP primary in August, won by who lost the general election to incumbent John Evans.
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Larry Jackson later served on the state industrial commission and the centennial commission; he died of cancer in Boise at the age of 59.
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