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Jeff Lahti, American baseball player
Jeffrey Allen Lahti is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher. He is an alumnus of Portland State University. In 1973, Lahti set the school record for most strikeouts in a season with 70. He attended Hood River Valley High School where he earned first-team All State honors as a pitcher.
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Jeff Lahti was born in 1956. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.
These figures put everyday life in Jeff Lahti's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.
| Measure | 1956 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Gas | $0.30 | $3.45/gal |
| Average home | $11,700 | $435,000 |
| Average income | $6,500 | $67,500 |
| Minimum wage | $1.00 | $7.25/hr (federal) |
| Movie ticket | $0.50 | $11.95 |
| Postage stamp | $0.03 | $0.73 |
| Population | 168.1M | 341 million |
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