| Jack Daugherty was not drafted after college and was signed by the Oakland Athletics as an amateur free agent in October of 1982. However, he stood pretty low in the organization's depth chart, and was sent to play the 1983 season with an unaffiliated team, the San Jose Bees of the California League. He hit .261 in 116 games but was released after the season, then in 1984 had to find a job with another unaffiliated team. However, he hit a sparkling .402 with 26 doubles and 15 homers in 66 games for the Helena Gold Sox of the Pioneer League, scoring 77 runs and driving in 82. Even though he was 23 with experience of a big-time college program in a Rookie-level league, that sort of production caught the eye of scouts, and after the season he signed a contract with the Montreal Expos.
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