Lafayette Leopards outfielder Tim Jordan went 2 for 4 in this August 1994 game, increasing his average to .315, The Lafayette Journal and Courier wrote.
Jordan also had success that year with home runs, 14, and RBIs, 54, The Journal and Courier wrote.
"I'm just concentrating and thinking about what I'm doing and not putting a lot of pressure on myself," Jordan explained to The Journal and Courier then. "That's the key - not trying to do more than I can do."
Jordan had that performance in his sixth season as a pro, his first in independent ball. He saw time in just one more campaign. He topped out at single-A.
Jordan's career began in 1989, taken by the Cardinals in the 45th round of the draft out of Fernandina Beach High School in Florida.
Jordan started with the Cardinals in the rookie Arizona League. He got into 36 games and hit .211.
He moved to rookie Johnson City for 1990. That July, he hit a two-run home run to help his team make up a deficit, The Johnson City Press wrote.
"We had a man on first and I knew I had to put the ball in play and make something happen," Jordan told The Press. "I wasn't thinking home run, but when I hit it I was pretty sure."
Jordan saw 61 games overall for Johnson City that year. He hit .276, with four home runs.
He played 1991 between single-A Savannah and Johnson City, then 1992 at short-season Hamilton. He saw just three games in 1993, at single-A Springfield.
For 1994, he moved to independent ball and Lafayette. In 49 games, he hit .353.He then played 1995 at independent Mohawk Valley. He got into 63 games there and hit .233 to end his career.
- Johnson City Press, July 28, 1990: Red-hot Twins hold off Cards
- Lafayette Journal and Courier, Aug. 25, 1994: Leopards foil Bandits again
Made the Majors:1,423-32.1
Never Made Majors:3,011-67.9%-X
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