Larry Jackson

Lawrence Curtis Jackson (June 2, 1931 – August 28, 1990) was an American right-handed professional baseball pitcher who played in Major League Baseball for the St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs, and Philadelphia Phillies from 1955 to 1968. Born in Nampa, Idaho, Jackson graduated from Boise High School in 1949. He attended Boise Junior College, where he played both football and baseball for the Broncos, and was a junior college All-American halfback on the 1950 team that played in the Junior Rose Bowl that December.

Jackson signed with the Cardinals in 1951 and went 3–11 with Pocatello in the Class C Pioneer League. In 1952, he led the California League. In 1964, pitching for the eighth-place Cubs, he led the National League with 24 wins and finished runner-up in the Cy Young Award voting; he also led the league in innings pitched and shutouts, once each. A model of reliability, he won at least 13 games in each of his last 12 seasons, and his 141 victories during the 1960s ranked sixth most among all pitchers. His 194 career National League victories are the most in the league since 1900 by any right-hander who never played for a first-place team. After his playing career, Jackson served four terms in the Idaho Legislature.