The Jackson State Tigers baseball represents

Jackson State University Jackson State University (Jackson State or JSU) is a Public university, public Historically Black colleges and universities, historically black research university in Jackson, Mississippi. It is a member of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund and ...

, which is located in

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. The Tigers are an

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program that competes in the

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. The Jackson State Tigers play all home games on campus at Braddy Field. Under the direction of head coach

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who has served as head coach since 2007. Since the program's inception, 7 Tigers have gone on to play in

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Jackson State in the NCAA Tournament

Head coaches

Notable players

Oil Can Boyd Dennis Ray "Oil Can" Boyd (born October 6, 1959) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. Boyd played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Boston Red Sox (1982–1989), Montreal Expos (1990–1991), and Texas Rangers (1991). In a ...

* Robert Braddy *

Wes Chamberlain Wesley Polk Chamberlain (born April 13, 1966) is an American former professional baseball right fielder/left fielder. He played all or parts of six seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB), from 1990 through 1995, for the Philadelphia Phillies (199 ...

* Dave Clark *

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Howard Farmer Howard Earl Farmer (born November 18, 1966) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He played for the Montreal Expos The Montreal Expos () were a Canadian professional baseball team based in Montreal. The Expos were the first Major League ...

* Mike Farmer *

Curt Ford Curtis Glenn Ford (born October 11, 1960) is an American former professional baseball outfielder, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the St. Louis Cardinals and Philadelphia Phillies, from through . Career Ford attended Murrah High ...

Marvin Freeman Marvin Freeman (born April 10, 1963) is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher who played from to for the Philadelphia Phillies, Atlanta Braves and Colorado Rockies. He worked as both a starting pitcher and a reliever in his career. ...

Kelvin Moore Kelvin David Moore (born 15 August 1950) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Moore was one of the best full-backs of his era and played in three Hawthorn p ...

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Jackson State in the NCAA Tournament

Head coaches

Notable players

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