Bo
Jackson
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 235
 
Born: November 30, 1962 in Usa, AL, BESSEMER
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1992   
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Ted Williams Batting Title or Rookie Of The Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1987 24 TOR AL 47 118 11 20 3 4 1 3 6 1 2 34 .169 .183 .288 .471 5.0 0.0
1988 25 TOR AL 128 441 40 83 20 1 12 38 15 7 18 172 .188 .219 .320 .538 28.2 0.0
1989 26 TOR AL 45 152 22 29 4 1 6 17 3 1 9 59 .191 .236 .349 .585 11.9 0.0
  CHW AL 101 342 44 81 21 3 19 50 8 3 18 108 .237 .274 .482 .757 44.3 6.6
  TOT   146 494 66 110 25 4 25 67 11 4 27 167 .223 .262 .441 .704 56.2 6.7
1990 27 CHW AL 156 588 74 139 39 3 21 93 11 1 27 226 .236 .269 .420 .689 63.1 9.4
1991 28 CHW AL 152 587 71 130 35 4 26 85 11 2 42 219 .221 .273 .428 .701 68.2 11.2
1992 29 CHC NL 156 585 93 149 38 5 34 107 12 6 51 213 .255 .313 .511 .824 92.6 19.4
1993 30 CHC NL 37 138 14 31 5 2 5 11 4 0 8 49 .225 .265 .399 .664 15.8 1.4
1994 31 CHC NL 150 562 76 135 27 4 22 80 11 6 51 203 .240 .301 .420 .721 70.2 10.0
1995 32 CHC NL 151 555 74 125 17 3 24 85 5 2 58 192 .225 .296 .396 .693 65.8 8.4
1996 33 CHC NL 124 165 21 46 8 1 5 30 3 0 9 44 .279 .314 .430 .745 21.5 3.2
1997 34 CHC NL 74 73 4 9 3 0 1 6 0 0 6 33 .123 .188 .205 .393 2.2 0.0
1998 35 CAR NL 72 164 15 30 3 0 3 16 0 0 25 52 .183 .291 .256 .547 11.9 0.0
12 Years Sim 1393 4470 559 1007 223 31 179 621 89 29 324 1604 .225 .276 .409 .686 500.6 69.6
162 Game Average 519 65 117 25 3 20 72 10 3 37 186 .225 .276 .409 .686 58.2  
Career Highs 156 588 93 149 39 5 34 107 15 7 58 226 .279 .314 .511 .824 92.6  
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1987 24 TOR AL RF 35 35 294.7 44 3 3 1 .940 1.44   0.5
    CF 2 0 10.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.70    
    2B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1988 25 TOR AL RF 94 93 799.7 136 9 20 0 .879 1.63   1.5
1989 26 TOR AL RF 43 43 348.3 58 3 8 1 .884 1.58   0.5
    SS 0 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    LF 0 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  CHW AL RF 95 95 778.3 131 6 18 1 .884 1.58   1.9
    LF 1 0 0.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    SS 1 0 0.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 12.86   0.0
  TOT   RF 138 138 1126.6 189 9 26 2 .884 1.58   2.4
      SS 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
      LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
1990 27 CHW AL RF 154 150 1341.0 266 12 26 4 .914 1.87   5.0
    LF 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
1991 28 CHW AL RF 152 148 1321.3 271 14 24 2 .922 1.94   3.9
1992 29 CHC NL RF 152 147 1323.7 242 7 26 1 .905 1.69   1.9
1993 30 CHC NL RF 36 35 299.7 53 2 10 1 .846 1.65   0.6
1994 31 CHC NL RF 145 144 1284.7 193 5 30 1 .868 1.39   2.6
    2B 1 0 8.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13   0.0
1995 32 CHC NL RF 151 148 1304.3 178 7 22 0 .894 1.28   3.1
1996 33 CHC NL RF 21 17 153.7 17 1 3 0 .857 1.05   0.2
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    CF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1997 34 CHC NL RF 8 4 35.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.54   0.1
    LF 2 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1998 35 CAR NL RF 49 48 388.7 60 3 6 1 .913 1.46   0.2
  RF 1135 1107 9672.9 1655 72 196 13 .898 1.61   22.0
  CF 3 0 12.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
  2B 2 0 10.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.90   0.0
  LF 5 0 9.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
  3B 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  SS 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
Career Totals   1148 1107 9707.9 1664 72 196 13 .899 1.61   22.0
Career Highs   155 150 1343.0 271 14 30 4 1.000 1.94    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1987 24 TOR AL 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000
1988 25 TOR AL 1 3 2 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 .333 .500 1.333 1.833
1989 26 CHW AL 5 18 4 6 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 5 .333 .333 .722 1.056
1990 27 CHW AL 5 18 2 5 3 0 0 3 0 0 2 7 .278 .350 .444 .794
Career Post-Season Batting 11 41 8 12 4 0 3 7 1 0 3 14 .293 .341 .610 .951
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Total Bases
1992-10-299
Homeruns
1991-7-26
1992-4-34
RBIs
1992-6-107
Strikeouts
1988-4-172
1989-5-167
1990-1-226
1991-1-219
1992-1-213
1994-1-203
1995-3-192
   
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 18)
   Gray Ink Test: 12    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 104)
 
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  6. Dave Kingman (890)
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  8. Chet Lemon (885)
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 10th overall pick, by Toronto in 1986
Had first career hit on 5/1/1987, off Dave Beard (MIL)
Hit first career homerun on 5/22/1987, off Greg Mathews (CAL)
Traded from Toronto to Chicago (A) on 6/1/1989 (Going to CHW: RF Bo Jackson. Going to TOR: C Traded Player-Trade)
Won Player of the Week award on 9/9/1989, hitting .600 with 0 HR, 4 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against Toronto on 9/29/1990
Won Player of the Week award on 9/30/1990, hitting .364 with 3 HR, 10 RBI
Injured on 6/28/1991 with a Strained Rib Cage Muscle, out for one week
1/31/1992: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,050,000 through salary arbitration
Traded from Chicago (A) to Chicago (N) on 2/7/1992 (Going to CHC: RF Bo Jackson. Going to CHW: 2B Scott Brosius)
5/16/1992: Signed a contract extension with Chicago (N), $3,410,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Player of the Week award on 5/27/1992, hitting .409 with 3 HR, 8 RBI
Was selected to the 1992 Allstar game
Injured on 5/16/1993 with a Broken Hip, out for full season
Drove in 6 runs against Pittsburgh on 6/20/1994
Injured on 8/20/1994 with a Jammed Finger, out for one week
10/16/1996: Signed a contract extension with Chicago (N), $3,000,000 per year, for 2 years
Traded from Chicago (N) to Carolina on 2/14/1998 (Going to CHC: P Rob Mallicoat, RF Luis Polonia. Going to CAR: RF Bo Jackson)