Jeff Calhoun (baseball)

{{short description|American baseball player (born 1958)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox baseball biography |name=Jeff Calhoun |position=Pitcher |image=1985 Mother's Cookies - Jeff Calhoun (cropped).jpg |caption=Calhoun with the Houston Astros {{circa}} 1985 |width=175 |bats=Left |throws=Left |birth_date={{Birth date and age|1958|4|11}} |birth_place=LaGrange, Georgia, U.S. |debutleague = MLB |debutdate=September 2 |debutyear=1984 |debutteam=Houston Astros |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=April 14 |finalyear=1988 |finalteam=Philadelphia Phillies |statleague = MLB |stat1label=Win–loss record |stat2label=Earned run average |stat3label=Strikeouts |stat1value=6–7 |stat2value=2.51 |stat3value=104 |teams= * Houston Astros ({{mlby|1984}}–{{mlby|1986}}) * Philadelphia Phillies ({{mlby|1987}}–{{mlby|1988}}) }}

'''Jeffrey Wilton Calhoun''' (born April 11, 1958) is an American former professional baseball middle relief pitcher who played from 1984 through 1988 in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Houston Astros and Philadelphia Phillies. Listed at 6' 2", 190 lb., he batted and threw left-handed.<ref name="BR">[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/calhoje01.shtml Baseball Reference].</ref>

Born in LaGrange, Georgia, Calhoun attended University of Mississippi in Oxford, MS, where he pitched for the Ole Miss Rebels. He was selected by the Astros in the third round of the 1980 MLB draft.<ref name="BR"/>

In Game 6 of the 1986 NLCS, against the New York Mets, Calhoun unleashed two wild pitches, a walk and an RBI-single, as the Astros lost 7–6 in 16 innings, in what was the longest postseason baseball game ever played at the time.<ref>[http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1986/B10150HOU1986.htm Retroseet box score].</ref>

In 1987, Calhoun was sent by Houston to the Phillies in exchange for catcher Ronn Reynolds.<ref name="BR"/>

==After baseball== Calhoun is now on the ministry staff of the Second Baptist Church in Houston, Texas, and also is a pitching coach for the school's high school baseball team.

Calhoun's daughter, Amber, plays volleyball for Texas State University.<ref>[https://www.linkedin.com/in/calhoun-jeff-74592bab Linked In profile]</ref> His son, Jay, is currently a pilot for Delta Connection carrier Endeavor Air.

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==External links== {{baseballstats |mlb=111877 |espn=1521 |br=c/calhoje01 |fangraphs=1001835 |brm=calhou001jef |retro=C/Pcalhj001}}

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