Happy birthday, Jerry Don Gleaton
by Adam J. Morris on Sep 14, 2009 2:30 PM CDT
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Jerry Don Gleaton, a Brownwood native with one of the great baseball names ever, was the Rangers' first round draft choice in 1979 out of the University of Texas, and made his major league debut that July. A hard-throwing lefty, he lasted in the Ranger organization for only a year and a half before being sent to Seattle in one of those ridiciulous many-player trades that the M's and Rangers seemed to specialize in back then.
He then bounced around from team to team, mostly pitching in relief, with his last major league appearance being with the Pirates in 1992. He stuck around long enough to appear in over 300 games in the majors.
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Here is his rookie card.
John Butcher is a pretty good baseball name for a pitcher.
According to AJM’s nickname guide, the other guy’s nickname would be “Cocky”.
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by hurlerhurley on Sep 17, 2009 12:32 AM CDT up reply actions
The OG JD.
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