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Aker was the [[Cleveland Indians]] [[pitching coach]] from late in the 1985 season to July 1987.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ocker |first=Sheldon |date=September 28, 1985 |title=Tribe able to stave off 100th loss |work=The Akron Beacon Journal |pages=B1, B3}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=1986 Cleveland Indians Statistics |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CLE/1986.shtml |access-date=2025-07-16 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=1987 Cleveland Indians Statistics |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CLE/1987.shtml |access-date=2025-07-16 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Donnelly |first=Joe |date=April 17, 1986 |title=Indians prescribe change of pace for Heaton |work=The Miami Herald (Newsday Service) |pages=2B}}</ref><ref name=":3" /> He served as the Indians' [[Florida Instructional League]] pitching coach in the Fall of 1985.<ref>{{Cite news |date=September 1, 1985 |title=Season-Opener Sept. 17 |work=The Plain Dealer (Cleveland, Ohio) |pages=47}}</ref> He was fired in July 1987, at age 47. The [[Minnesota Twins]] offered him a pitching coach position in their minor league system, but upon reflection he decided he would only return to the minor leagues as a manager.<ref name=":3">{{Cite news |last=Ingraham |first=Jim |date=December 20, 1987 |title=Ex-Tribe coach Jack Aker trying to land baseball job |work=News Journal (Mansfield, Ohio) |pages=8–C}}</ref> |
Aker was the [[Cleveland Indians]] [[pitching coach]] from late in the 1985 season to July 1987.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ocker |first=Sheldon |date=September 28, 1985 |title=Tribe able to stave off 100th loss |work=The Akron Beacon Journal |pages=B1, B3}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=1986 Cleveland Indians Statistics |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CLE/1986.shtml |access-date=2025-07-16 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=1987 Cleveland Indians Statistics |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CLE/1987.shtml |access-date=2025-07-16 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Donnelly |first=Joe |date=April 17, 1986 |title=Indians prescribe change of pace for Heaton |work=The Miami Herald (Newsday Service) |pages=2B}}</ref><ref name=":3" /> He served as the Indians' [[Florida Instructional League]] pitching coach in the Fall of 1985.<ref>{{Cite news |date=September 1, 1985 |title=Season-Opener Sept. 17 |work=The Plain Dealer (Cleveland, Ohio) |pages=47}}</ref> He was fired in July 1987, at age 47. The [[Minnesota Twins]] offered him a pitching coach position in their minor league system, but upon reflection he decided he would only return to the minor leagues as a manager.<ref name=":3">{{Cite news |last=Ingraham |first=Jim |date=December 20, 1987 |title=Ex-Tribe coach Jack Aker trying to land baseball job |work=News Journal (Mansfield, Ohio) |pages=8–C}}</ref> |
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== Personal life == |
== Personal life == |
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Aker believed he lacked the connections to obtain a desirable position in major league baseball, and realized he had to find work elsewhere.<ref name=":3" /> After his final time in Cleveland, and unfulfilled efforts to obtain a position in the major leagues after the 1987 season, he left pro baseball to teach children, and for 20 years offered camps, clinics, and baseball instruction through his "Jack Aker Baseball" academy, which he founded in 1988. By 2004, he was teaching nearly 3,000 students a year, ranging from young children to adults over 35.<ref name="reader">{{Cite web |last=Reader |first=Bill |date=July 9, 2006 |title=Seattle Pilots ... Where are they now? |url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/20060709/pilotsbios09/seattle-pilots--where-are-they-now |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120707022232/http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=pilotsbios09&date=20060709 |archive-date=July 7, 2012 |access-date=January 28, 2007 |website=[[The Seattle Times]]}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite web |last=Retherford |first=Bill |date=July 19, 2004 |title=Baseball Savvy: Where Are They Now - Jack Aker |url=https://www.baseballsavvy.com/archive/w_aker.html |access-date=2025-07-16 |website=www.baseballsavvy.com}}</ref> In 1997, he was honored by President [[Bill Clinton]] with a "Giant Steps Award" for his work teaching at-risk [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Native American]] children on [[Hopi]], [[Navajo]] and [[Zuni people|Zuni]] [[Indian reservation|reservations]] in [[Arizona]] and [[New Mexico]].<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title=Sophomore Summer Series: Adam Charnin-Aker |url=https://dartmouthsports.com/news/2014/7/10/209574831 |access-date=2025-07-16 |website=Dartmouth College Athletics |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":5" /> |
Aker believed he lacked the connections to obtain a desirable position in major league baseball, and realized he had to find work elsewhere. After his final time in Cleveland, and unfulfilled efforts to obtain a position in the major leagues after the 1987 season, he left pro baseball and moved to his wife Jane Charnin-Aker's home state of New Jersey. to teach children, and for 20 years offered camps, clinics, and baseball instruction through his "Jack Aker Baseball" academy, which he founded in 1988. By 2004, he was teaching nearly 3,000 students a year, ranging from young children to adults over 35.<ref name=":3" /><ref name="reader">{{Cite web |last=Reader |first=Bill |date=July 9, 2006 |title=Seattle Pilots ... Where are they now? |url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/20060709/pilotsbios09/seattle-pilots--where-are-they-now |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120707022232/http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=pilotsbios09&date=20060709 |archive-date=July 7, 2012 |access-date=January 28, 2007 |website=[[The Seattle Times]]}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite web |last=Retherford |first=Bill |date=July 19, 2004 |title=Baseball Savvy: Where Are They Now - Jack Aker |url=https://www.baseballsavvy.com/archive/w_aker.html |access-date=2025-07-16 |website=www.baseballsavvy.com}}</ref><ref name=":6">{{Cite web |title=Seattle Pilots ... Where are they now? {{!}} The Seattle Times |url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/20060709/pilotsbios09/seattle-pilots--where-are-they-now |access-date=2025-07-16 |website=archive.seattletimes.com}}</ref> |
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His son Adam Charnin-Aker pitched at [[Dartmouth College]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-04-27 |title=Adam Charnin-Aker - Baseball |url=https://dartmouthsports.com/sports/baseball/roster/adam-charnin-aker/12002 |access-date=2025-07-16 |website=Dartmouth College Athletics |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":4" /> |
In 1997, he was honored by President [[Bill Clinton]] with a "Giant Steps Award" for his work teaching at-risk [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Native American]] children on [[Hopi]], [[Navajo]] and [[Zuni people|Zuni]] [[Indian reservation|reservations]] in [[Arizona]] and [[New Mexico]].<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title=Sophomore Summer Series: Adam Charnin-Aker |url=https://dartmouthsports.com/news/2014/7/10/209574831 |access-date=2025-07-16 |website=Dartmouth College Athletics |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":5" /> |
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His son Adam Charnin-Aker pitched on the baseball team at [[Dartmouth College]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-04-27 |title=Adam Charnin-Aker - Baseball |url=https://dartmouthsports.com/sports/baseball/roster/adam-charnin-aker/12002 |access-date=2025-07-16 |website=Dartmouth College Athletics |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":4" /> In 2001, Jane Charnin-Aker won $250,000 on the television program ''Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?''<ref name=":6" /> |
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==See also== |
==See also== |