Virgil Jester
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Virgil Milton Jester
- Bats Right, Throws Right
- Height 5' 11", Weight 188 lb.
- School University of Northern Colorado
- Debut June 18, 1952
- Final Game April 23, 1953
- Born July 23, 1927 in Denver, CO USA
[edit] Biographical Information
In 1951, Virgil Jester helped lead the Milwaukee Brewers to the American Association pennant, then won three games over the International League champion Montreal Royals in the Junior World Series. Up with the Boston Braves, he went 3-5 in 1952, including one shutout in 19 games. On September 27, 1952, he was the winning pitcher in the last victory in Boston Braves franchise history, 11-3, over the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Virgil then pitched in two more games in relief for the 1953 Braves before his career was cut short by arm problems in 1954. He went to work for a meat packing company in his hometown of Denver, CO. He was out of baseball for four seasons (1955-58), later making a brief comback attempt with the American Association Denver Bears team located there in 1959. He came up with a 3-2 record with a 4.22 ERA in 14 appearances and this ended his nine-year baseball career with an overall minor league record of 70-60 with a 4.21 ERA.
After baseball, Jester was a milk route salesman, a vending machine company salesman, in the solar heating business and in the plant and flower business. As of last notice, Jester was residing in Westminster, CO.
