# Jeff Tackett

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{{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](/source/Charlotte_Knights) {{circa}} 1988
|position=[Catcher](/source/Catcher)
|bats=Right
|throws=Right
|birth_date={{birth date and age|1965|12|1}}
|birth_place=[Fresno, California](/source/Fresno%2C_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](/source/Batting_average_(baseball))
|stat1value=.217
|stat2label=[Home runs](/source/Home_runs)
|stat2value=7
|stat3label=[Runs Batted In](/source/Runs_Batted_In)
|stat3value=42
|teams=
* [Baltimore Orioles](/source/Baltimore_Orioles) ({{mlby|1991}}–{{mlby|1994}})
}} 
'''Jeffrey Wilson Tackett''' (born December 1, 1965) is an American former professional [baseball](/source/baseball) [catcher](/source/catcher). He played in [Major League Baseball](/source/Major_League_Baseball) for the [Baltimore Orioles](/source/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](/source/Bob_Roberts)'' and ''[Dave](/source/Dave_(film))'', the latter he caught the [ceremonial first pitch](/source/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](/source/Adolfo_Camarillo_High_School) in [Camarillo, California](/source/Camarillo%2C_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](/source/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}}

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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

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