As we all know, Jordan played baseball for one and a half seasons after retiring from the NBA. So what's his level? First of all, Jordan did not participate in the famous MLB League. MLB is the highest level, counting down from MLB, the next league is 3A, and then the next league is 2A! Jordan joined the 2A League team, that is to say, Jordan joined the third league of American professional baseball. If it is the NBA, the level of this league is not even as good as NBDL.
During the period of playing for Baron, Jordan participated in 127 games, with a hit rate of 5 1% and a success rate of only 20.2%. He stole 30 bases and struck out 1 14 times. Of the 436 hits, only three were home runs and 50 were effective hits, which once hovered around the "Mendoto line", which is the legendary frustration bottom line of baseball, that is, the batting rate was less than 20%. Perhaps for fans who are not familiar with baseball rules, these data are difficult to explain Jordan's level. Then use Jordan's words from Baron coach Fran Connor to describe it: "If you don't play well, go back to the NBA."
In fact, Jordan joined the baseball league because he had nothing in the NBA and because he had something to do with his father. When Jordan's father was alive, he always hoped that he could play baseball in the future. 1993, Jordan's father was killed, and Jordan hoped to fulfill his father's last wish. And the number Jordan wears in the baseball league is number 45, which is Jordan's brother's number.
An incredible fact is that Jordan's monthly salary in the baseball league is only $65,438+0,000, which is probably not enough for him to smoke cigars. As the most successful star in NBA history, Jordan spent millions of dollars on advertising every month at that time.
However, this failed baseball career is nothing to Jordan. Although his skill is not good, Jordan has been working hard, but it is still very poor. So Jordan began to understand the difficulties of ordinary players. He knew that not everyone could reach his height through hard work. So when he returned to the NBA again, his attitude towards some role players changed a lot.