John Baptiste "Jack" Cressend III is an American former Major League Baseball player. A pitcher, Cressend played for the Minnesota Twins and Cleveland Indians. Cressend attended Mandeville High School and played college baseball for the Green Wave of Tulane University. While at Tulane, he was named to the All-Tournament Team of the 1996 Conference USA Baseball Tournament, which Tulane won. After the tournament, he was signed to a contract by the Boston Red Sox, and began his professional career with the Lowell Spinners. In nine games, Cressend had a win-loss record of 3-2 and a 2.36 earned run average. The following year he played for the Sarasota Red Sox, and had a 8-11 record with a 3.80 ERA. In 1998, he spent the season with the Trenton Thunder, and had a 10-11 record with a 4.34 ERA. After three games the following season with the Thunder, the Red Sox released him. The Minnesota Twins picked up Cressend after the Red Sox released him, and he spent the rest of the year with the New Britain Rock Cats. In 2000, the Twins converted him to a relief pitcher, and he had a 3.44 ERA in 54 games with the Salt Lake Buzz. 

May 13th, 1975 in New Orleans (Age 49)