2007-08-31 05:08:04 · 10 answers · asked by johnjay7777 1 in Sports ➔ Baseball
No. During his first retirement from basketball, Jordan signed with the Chicago White Sox (coincidentally owned by the same man who owned the Bulls) and was assigned to AA Birmingham. Jordan's play at that level rather firmly established that he was not a major league-caliber talent.
One of the few good outcomes of the 1994-95 baseball strike is that, without September, there were no callups, which probably prevented us from seeing Jordan ramble about the Comiskey diamond for a few inept games.
Jordan abandoned his baseball "career" and went back to the courts.
Minor league stats: http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/J/Michael-Jordan.shtml
2007-08-31 05:17:52 · answer #1 · answered by Chipmaker Authentic 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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No, Jordan had no shot to make the big leagues. He hit .202 for a AA team. If his name wasn't Michael Jordan and Jerry Reinsdorf wasn't trying to keep him happy, Jordan wouldn't have even been playing at AA. If Jordan had not come back to the NBA, he would not be the GOAT. He'd be one of those tantalizing "What if" questions that fans love to debate. I'm also not sure that the '94 strike had that much of an effect on Jordans career. The major league players went on strike, but minor league teams continued to play and practice. The only way the strike would have affected MJ would have been if he was in AAA and waiting to be called up to the majors.
2016-04-05 23:15:35 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, he only played one season in the White Sox minor league farm system, and performed miserably - an embarrassment actually.
2007-08-31 16:18:11 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
He never made it to the bigs. He played minor league ball wit the White Sox organization.
2007-08-31 05:16:32 · answer #4 · answered by samans442 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
hey all these other ppl are wrong. he played in the minors and then they being the chicago white sox decieded to bring him up during the middle of the season as a publicity stunt. he did rather well his first couple games hitting 3-4 his first game with a 270 batting average of his career
2007-08-31 09:01:56 · answer #5 · answered by Jak 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
he played minors for the barrons and under the whitesox. I do have a baseball card with him in the sox jersey so I think he did play mlb
2007-09-04 04:43:45 · answer #6 · answered by braves fan 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
he did play baseball, but not major league baseball, as i recall. not as well as he played basketball though.
2007-08-31 05:16:12 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I remember him playing in the minors but i don't recall him playing in the majors.
2007-08-31 05:15:08 · answer #8 · answered by Scooter_loves_his_dad 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes he played for the White Sox
2007-09-03 12:30:15 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
And he wore #45, in honor of his Dad. When he returned to basketball, he ditched his #23 and kept #45, but eventually returned to his senses when he was struggling on the court, too.
2007-08-31 09:47:06 · answer #10 · answered by pricehillsaint 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋