The Atlanta Braves selected Chipper Jones as the first overall pick in the 1990 amateur baseball draft as a shortstop.
But the future Hall of Fame slugger also had some prowess from the pitching mound as a high schooler in Florida.
From Chipper's Florida High School Hall of Fame profile:
Jones began his high school baseball career at Taylor High School, where he pitched a one-hitter as a freshman. He went to The Bolles School as a sophomore, where he was a two-way player. He chalked up a 6-3 record with 87 strikeouts and a 1.89 ERA as a pitcher while hitting a .391 batting average with seven home runs, earning First Team All-State honors. In 1989, he played football and baseball, winning First Team All-State honors in both sports and winning a state championship in baseball. He also notched the Tournament MVP honors and held an 11-1 pitching record with a 0.81 ERA in 84 innings pitched, and 107 strikeouts. In his senior year, the Bulldogs were the state-runner up while Jones compiled a 7-3 record with a 1.00 ERA and 100 strikeouts in 79 innings on the mound, while hitting .488 with 14 stolen bases.
Why bring this up now? The Florida High School Athletics Association gave a shoutout to Chipper on Wednesday, while touting this year's playoffs.
In the clip from 1990 (see video above), Chipper, on the mound for Bolles High School, strikes out Westminster's Christian Warriors on a high fastball in the championship game. Bolles, however, lost the game.
Chipper, who played third and left field in the majors, retired in 2012 - after nearly two decades with the Braves - as one of baseball's most accomplished switch hitters. He had a .304 career batting average, with 468 home runs, 1,512 walks, and 1,623 RBI in 8,984 at bats.
