 Czajkowski,
a native of Houston, Texas, pitched for the
Lions baseball teams in 1985 and 1986. He
helped lead UNA to a 46-11-1 record in 1985
and a 34-16-1 mark in 1986. He was selected
GSC Pitcher of the Week for April 15, 1986
and led the Lions in earned run average as a
senior at 1.98. He had a school-record
streak of 24 consecutive scoreless innings
in 1986 as well. In 1985 he was 6-1 with one
save, pitching 55.0 innings with a 3.93 ERA.
He was used primarily as a reliever ss a
senior, he was 3-1 with four saves. He
allowed just eight earned runs in 36.12
innings. He had a 9-2 career record with a
3.13 ERA with just 27 walks and 71
strikeouts.
He became UNA’s second
major league baseball player. He was
originally drafted in the 29th round of the
1986 amateur draft by the Atlanta Braves and
spent seven years in the minor leagues as
part of the Braves, Pirates, Brewers, Cubs
and Rockies organizations before he made his
major league debut on July 29, 1994 for the
Rockies against the San Francisco Giants. In
1994 he pitched in five games with the
Rockies with a 4.15 ERA in 8.7 innings. He
spent three more years in the minor leagues
before retiring as a player in 1998. In 2000
he became a minor league pitching coach in
the Atlanta Braves organization and had
coached in the Braves organization for seven
years at the time of his induction.
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