Michael Jordan as a baseball player. Michael Jordan is a name that is synonymous with basketball excellence, but many fans may not be aware of his brief foray into professional baseball.

Jordan struggled as a baseball player as he struck out 114 times in 497 plate appearances for the Barons. That’s a 22.9% rate, compared to the Southern League average of 16.4% that year.

Michael Jordan famously stepped away from the Chicago Bulls in 1993 at the height of his powers to try his hand at baseball, but was arguably the greatest basketball player of all time actually ...

Legendary MLB coach Terry Francona recalls managing Michael Jordan during his one year on the Birmingham Barons minor league ...

IT IS GON-ZO JORDAN! He’s done it!” Unforgettable commentary was made when Jordan played for the Barons. Jordan eventually ended up returning to basketball in 1995, after the fear that he might become ...

A walk down memory lane of Bulls legend Michael Jordan’s decision to retire from the NBA and fulfill his late father, James Jordan’s dream of playing baseball. 6th October 1993, a date etched in the ...

Michael Jordan wanted to retire from the NBA in 1992 and play baseball. However, the Chicago Bulls legend didn’t because he wanted to do something Larry Bird and Magic Johnson never did: win ...

Jordan played three seasons with the Bulls before Pippen was drafted to Chicago. In the 1986/87 season, Jordan averaged 37.1 points, 5.2 rebounds, 4.6 assists, 2.9 steals and 1.5 blocks per game.