1994
Jordan signed a minor league Baseball contract with the Chicago White Sox. He reported to spring training and was assigned to the team's minor league system on March 31, 1994. Jordan has stated this decision was made to pursue the dream of his late father, who had always envisioned his son as a Major League Baseball player. The White Sox were another team owned by Bulls owner Jerry Reinsdorf, who continued to honor Jordan's Basketball contract during the years he played baseball. He had an unspectacular professional baseball career for the Birmingham Barons, a Chicago White Sox farm team, batting .202 with 3 HR, 51 RBI, 30 SB, and 11 errors. He also appeared for the Scottsdale Scorpions in the 1994 Arizona Fall League.
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April 8, 1994 - Michael Jordan starts his first professional baseball game, playing right field for the Barons. For the season, Jordan bats .202 with 51 RBIs, 30 stolen bases and 114 strikeouts in 127 games.
1997 thru 2000
hes wrong micheal sighned with the white sox to a one year deal in 1994 ,he was good , but decided to join basketball again full time when the nba season started
Michael Jordan retired from basketball to play baseball in 1993. He played for two years and returned to basketball in 1995.