[1] On August 14, the day of his Yankee Stadium debut, Jean was stuck in traffic on the New Jersey side of the George Washington Bridge, so he paid his fare using all the cash he had on hand, left the cab, ran to the New York side, and sought a ride from a stranger living nearby.

[2] He earned his lone major league win on August 20 over the Kansas City Royals, pitching 7 innings and giving up just two runs.

Jean was the last active New York Yankee player to wear number 42 before Mariano Rivera donned it in 1995.

[3] After the season, Jean was traded to the Houston Astros along with Andy Stankiewicz for pitcher Xavier Hernandez.

In 2000, he returned to the Yankees' organization, where he spent the next three seasons between the Double-A Norwich Navigators and Triple-A Columbus Clippers.