Born:(1936-10-03)October 3, 1936 Farmingdale, New York, U.S.
Died: December 21, 2007(2007-12-21) (aged 71) Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S.
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
April 17, 1962, for the Pittsburgh Pirates
Last MLB appearance
September 22, 1968, for the Chicago Cubs
MLB statistics
Win–loss record
33–41
Earned run average
4.24
Strikeouts
434
Teams
Pittsburgh Pirates (1962)
Boston Red Sox (1963–1965)
Houston Astros (1965)
Chicago White Sox (1966–1967)
New York Mets (1967)
St. Louis Cardinals (1967)
Chicago Cubs (1968)
Career highlights and awards
World Series champion (1967)
John Alexander Lamabe (October 3, 1936 – December 21, 2007) was an American professional baseball right-handed pitcher. He was a member of the 1967 World Series champion St. Louis Cardinals. Following his playing career, Lamabe became a minor league coach with the Montreal Expos before becoming a very successful college baseball coach with Jacksonville University and Louisiana State University.
John Alexander Lamabe (October 3, 1936 – December 21, 2007) was an American professional baseball right-handed pitcher. He was a member of the 1967 World...
championship and was LSU's first NCAA tournament team. From 1979 to 1983, JackLamabe was head coach at LSU for five seasons and had a record of 134–115 (...
walk, a Reggie Smith double, and an intentional walk to Petrocelli. JackLamabe relieved Willis after a 1–0 count on Elston Howard who promptly popped...
Olympic silver medalist, raced for UVM before joining the U.S. Ski Team. JackLamabe, Major League pitcher for several different teams over seven seasons...
Raymond Didier (1957–1963) Jim Waldrop (1964–1965) Jim Smith (1966–1978) JackLamabe (1979–1983) Skip Bertman (1984–2001) Smoke Laval (2002–2006) Paul Mainieri...
Raymond Didier (1957–1963) Jim Waldrop (1964–1965) Jim Smith (1966–1978) JackLamabe (1979–1983) Skip Bertman (1984–2001) Smoke Laval (2002–2006) Paul Mainieri...
were traded to the Pirates for first baseman Dick Stuart and pitcher JackLamabe. He went 6–12 in 1963, and later switched to a reliever, recording a...
the first baseball player from UVM to reach the major leagues since JackLamabe in 1962. He debuted in 1985, and his break-out season was 1986 with the...
Raymond Didier (1957–1963) Jim Waldrop (1964–1965) Jim Smith (1966–1978) JackLamabe (1979–1983) Skip Bertman (1984–2001) Smoke Laval (2002–2006) Paul Mainieri...
After the 1967 season, Jackson was traded back to the Mets for pitcher JackLamabe and continued pitching out of the bullpen. He was with the "Miracle"...
and Manny Mota. The Expos then flipped Popovich back to the Cubs for JackLamabe and Adolfo Phillips. He earned the nickname "Supersub" for his utility...
rookie prospect Donn Clendenon. After the season, Stuart and pitcher JackLamabe were traded to the Boston Red Sox for Jim Pagliaroni and Don Schwall...
traded Nicholson and catcher Bill Heath to the Houston Astros for pitcher JackLamabe and cash. The Astros traded Nicholson and Bob Bruce to the Atlanta Braves...
time in February." Nowlin, Bill. JackLamabe, Society for American Baseball Research. Accessed December 23, 2020. "Lamabe, who earned the nickname “Tomatoes”...
Farmingdale High School in 1955. He was a high school teammate of pitcher JackLamabe, with whom he was teammates on the Chicago White Sox in 1966 and 1967...