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4 unusual facts about Jake Gibbs


1962 New York Yankees season

September 11, 1962: Former Ole Miss football quarterback Jake Gibbs made his Major League Baseball debut with the Yankees.

Elston Howard

Backing up Jake Gibbs, Howard batted only .198 through the start of August.

Jake Gibbs

The team set an SEC record for consecutive conference wins, and went to Omaha for the 1972 College World Series (CWS).

The 7-3 loss cost Ole Miss a chance at the wire service national championships, since those polls were voted upon at the time prior to bowl games and did not take into account Ole Miss' 21-0 humiliation of LSU in the 1960 Sugar Bowl, 62 days after the teams played in Baton Rouge.



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