Jeff Tackett

{{short description|American baseball player (born 1965)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox baseball biography |name=Jeff Tackett |image=1988 Charlotte Knights - Jeff Tackett (cropped).jpg |width=175 |caption=Tackett with the Charlotte Knights {{circa}} 1988 |position=Catcher |bats=Right |throws=Right |birth_date={{birth date and age|1965|12|1}} |birth_place=Fresno, California, U.S. |debutleague = MLB |debutdate=September 11 |debutyear=1991 |debutteam=Baltimore Orioles |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=August 2 |finalyear=1994 |finalteam=Baltimore Orioles |statleague = MLB |stat1label=Batting average |stat1value=.217 |stat2label=Home runs |stat2value=7 |stat3label=Runs Batted In |stat3value=42 |teams= * Baltimore Orioles ({{mlby|1991}}–{{mlby|1994}}) }} '''Jeffrey Wilson Tackett''' (born December 1, 1965) is an American former professional baseball catcher. He played in Major League Baseball for the Baltimore Orioles from 1991 to 1994. A career .217 hitter, Tackett was more renowned for his defensive skills behind the plate than for his hitting.{{Citation needed|date=August 2015}} He also made cameos as himself in the films ''Bob Roberts'' and ''Dave'', the latter he caught the ceremonial first pitch thrown by the president.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0846221/ Internet Movie Database - Jeff Tackett]</ref>

He went to Dos Caminos grade school and Los Altos Middle School, and was a 1984 graduate of Adolfo Camarillo High School in Camarillo, California, the school at which his father Terry became the principal.

Tackett is one of a number of baseball players on the list of Major League Baseball players with a home run in their final major league at bat.

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== {{baseball stats|br=t/tackeje01}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tackett, Jeff}} Category:1965 births Category:Baltimore Orioles players Category:Hagerstown Suns players Category:Living people Category:Major League Baseball catchers Category:Baseball players from Fresno, California Category:Sportspeople from Camarillo, California Category:Daytona Beach Admirals players Category:Baseball players from Ventura County, California Category:Bluefield Orioles players Category:Charlotte Knights players Category:Charlotte O's players Category:Newark Orioles players Category:Oklahoma City 89ers players Category:Rochester Red Wings players Category:Toledo Mud Hens players Category:Adolfo Camarillo High School alumni Category:20th-century American sportsmen