Player: Jack Gifford

Position: 1B

High School: Banning High School

College: UCLA (1963)

Jack received a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering in 1963 from UCLA.  He attended college on a baseball scholarship.  In 1964 he started his career in the semiconductor industry with Fairchild Semiconductor, where he later became the company's first director of Analog Products.  In 1968, Gifford co-founded Advanced Micro Devices and remained Vice-President of Marketing and Planning.  He left AMD to become Senior Vice-President, then President/CEO of Intersil, Inc.  Gifford is considered to be one of the "founding fathers" of the analog industry.  In 1988 Jack was nominated for the National Entrepreneur of the Year award by Arthur Young.

In 1990, he was elected to the UCLA Baseball Hall of Fame.  Other inductees include Jackie Robinson, Dr. Bobby Brown, Kenny Washington, Mike Gallego, Tim Leary, Todd Zeile and Don Slaught.  He considers this honor a highlight of his career.  In 1992, Jack was named the 1991 Alumnus of the Year of the UCLA College of Engineering.  He was the Commencement Speaker at the 1992 UCLA College of Engineering Graduation Ceremonies.  In 2001, Jack was named CEO of the Year by Electronic Business Magazine.  In 2004 was the oldest player ever to participate in the NBC World Series (August 2004 was the 70th anniversary of the series).  In 2005, Jack was named America's Best Semiconductor Industry CEO by Institutional Investor Magazine.

Jack was born on January 11, 1941 in Torrance, California.  He and his wife Rhodine have been married for 47 years.  The couple have three daughters and seven grandchildren

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Current leader in the following categories: Official At-Bats (943), Sacrifice Fly's (12)

Ranks 2nd all-time in Sacrifice Hits (12)

Ranks 3rd all-time in Hits (256), Triples (7), Walks (92), Runs (158)

Ranks 4th all-time in Stolen Bases (18)

Ranks 5th all-time in RBI (136)

2004 Season Stats                 

2005 Season Stats

Career Stats