Michael Jordan is widely considered to be the best basketball player ever to play. While his achievements on the hardwood are very well-documented, much less is known about his brief baseball career.
A star baller at the University of North Carolina, Jordan was selected third overall by the Chicago Bulls in 1984. Scoring 16 points in his NBA debut for the Bulls in October 2984. The next season, he scored 63 points in a playoff game, shattering the previous single-game playoff points record.For the next number of years, Jordan continued to dominate. He won the MVP Award in 1988 and again in 1991 after averaging 31.5 points per game. 1991 also saw Jordan leading his team to a franchise-record 61 wins, winning the Bulls’ first-ever championship.
After winning his third straight championship with the Bulls in 1993, Michael Jordan decided to switch things up. In 1994, he surprised everyone when he announced he would be signing a minor league deal with the Chicago White Sox. According to Jordan, he was fulfilling a life-long dream of both himself and his father to play in MLB. The switch was faciliated by Jerry Reinsdorf, who owned both the Bulls and the White Sox.
Michael Jordan spent the summer of 1994 playing for the Birmingham Barons, the Double-A affiliate of the White Sox. However, Jordan would not find the same success as he had in the NBA. Recording just a .202 batting average, Jordan struck out more than anyone else on the team.
Although Jordan’s presence on the Double-A club brought significant attention to the team, it was not to be. According to sources close to the star, grappling with “the game of failure” that is baseball was just not for him. Moreover, the 1994 MLB lockout cast further doubt on his future in MLB. At the end of the season, Jordan re-joined the Chicago Bulls, where he would win three more titles.
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