Sunday, June 12, 2022

Jack Perconte

Career: Played in the big leagues for parts of seven seasons with four different teams, including the Dodgers at the beginning of his career in 1980 and 1981.

Did you know? Was traded along with Rick Sutcliffe to Cleveland for Jorge Orta, Jack Fimple and Larry White prior to the 1982 season.

Post-game: Owner of and instructor at Jack Perconte's Sports Academy in Naperville, Illinois for nearly 19 years, authored four coaching books, and has served as a featured writer for Baseball the Magazine since 2008 ... was inducted into the Murray State Athletics HOF, the Joliet Area Sports HOF, the Albuquerque Sports HOF, and the Joliet Catholic Hall of Champions.

Sources: Baseball Reference; jackperconte.com, accessed 6/12/2022.

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