Right-handed pitcher Edwin Jackson broke into the big leagues on Sept. 9, 2003, when at age 20 he started for the Dodgers and lasted six innings in a 4-1 victory over the Diamondbacks in Phoenix.
Fifteen seasons later, he’s about to do something only one other major-league player has done.
Jackson, 34, who signed a minor-league deal with the Athletics on June 6, is expected to be called up Monday to start against the Tigers in Detroit, Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle reported Saturday. If he does, the A’s would be Jackson’s 13th major-league team, matching Octavio Dotel’s record.
The 6-foot-2, 215-pound Jackson, 98-120 with a 4.67 earned-run average in 377 career appearances (288 starts), played for both Chicago teams.
The White Sox acquired him from the Diamondbacks at the trade deadline in 2010. He went 11-9 with a 3.60 ERA in 30 starts before the Sox dealt him a year later with Mark Teahen to the Blue Jays, who immediately sent him to the Cardinals as part of an eight-player trade that netted the Sox pitchers Jason Frasor and Zach Stewart.
The Cubs signed Jackson to a four-year, $64 million deal in January 2013. They released him on July 27, 2015, after he went 16-34 with a 5.37 ERA in 82 games (58 starts).
A sixth-round draft pick by the Dodgers in 2001, Jackson spent three years in LA. Subsequent stops include — in chronological order — the Rays, Tigers, Diamondbacks, White Sox, Cardinals, Nationals, Cubs, Braves, Marlins, Padres and Orioles.
He was an All-Star for the Tigers in 2009 and pitched a 149-pitch no-hitter with the D’backs in 2010.
He re-signed with the Nationals as a free agent in June 2017 and made 13 starts last season but was left off their roster for the National League Division Series against the Cubs. The Nationals signed him again in January, but he opted out of his minor-league deal in May before joining the A’s organization a month later.
Baseball-reference.com lists Jackson’s career earnings at $77,544,000.
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