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Jack Eugene (Jackie) Jensen ( March 9 , 1927 – July 14 , 1982 ) was a Right Fielder in Major League Baseball . From 1950 through 1961 , Jensen played for the New York Yankees (1950-52), Washington Senators (1952-53) and Boston Red Sox (1954-59, 1961). He batted and threw right handed. A native of San Francisco, California , he had previously been a collegiate star in both baseball and Football . Jensen is one of only two men to have played in both the Rose Bowl and the World Series (the other being Chuck Essegian ). CAREER An All-America n Halfback as a junior at the University Of California (1948), Jensen scored a Touchdown in the team's 20-14 loss to Northwestern in the 1949 Rose Bowl . He was also an All-American Pitcher , helping California win the inaugural College World Series in 1947 , defeating a Yale team featuring future President George Bush in the final. In 1950 Jensen left college after his junior year to play in the majors with the Yankees as a backup for Joe DiMaggio . He was sent to the Senators during the 1952 season, and was traded to the Red Sox in 1954. Making the American League All-Star squad three times and winning a Gold Glove Award at Right Field , Jensen earned the MVP honors in 1958 , when he Batted .286, with 35 Home Run s and a league-leading 116 RBI . He also led the league in RBI in 1955 (116) and 1959 (112); in Triples in 1956 (11), and in Stolen Base s in 1954 (22). Jensen announced his retirement from baseball in 1960, primarily because of an intense fear of Flying . As teams had increasingly turned to air travel in the 1950s, he had unsuccessfully sought to combat this aversion, aided considerably by Red Sox owner Tom Yawkey , who arranged for therapy treatments. Once baseball expanded to the West Coast in 1958 , and with further league expansion and constant air travel foreseen, these difficulties became virtually insurmountable. Jensen returned to play in 1961, but frustrated by a sub-par season, he retired again for good. In an 11-season career, Jensen was a .279 hitter with 199 home runs and 929 RBI in 1438 Games . He also collected 810 Runs , 1463 Hits ,259 Doubles , 45 triples, 143 stolen bases, and a .369 On Base Percentage . A disciplined hitter, he posted a solid 1.374 Walk-to-strikeout Ratio (750-to-546). Following his retirement, Jensen Coached baseball at California and the University Of Nevada , and also Managed in the Minor Leagues . Jackie Jensen died in Charlottesville, Virginia at age of 55. He was selected to the Boston Red Sox Hall Of Fame in 2000 . HIGHLIGHTS
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