Ken
Jackson
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9''
Weight: 175
 
Born: August 21, 1963 in Usa, LA, SHREVEPORT
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1998   
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
1988 24 MIL AL 22 66 6 18 4 0 0 9 0 0 3 18 .273 .304 .333 .638 6.1 0.9
1989 25 MIL AL 126 481 48 132 23 0 2 41 0 0 20 73 .274 .301 .335 .636 40.8 3.2
1990 26 MIL AL 108 373 28 92 20 0 0 41 0 0 11 60 .247 .265 .300 .565 25.1 0.3
1991 27 NOR AL 82 282 25 74 10 0 2 22 0 0 11 36 .262 .290 .319 .609 25.3 2.8
1992 28 NOR AL 140 515 46 142 28 0 4 60 0 0 13 69 .276 .289 .353 .643 48.1 5.0
1993 29 NOR AL 145 487 51 134 29 0 6 55 0 0 36 70 .275 .324 .372 .695 54.8 8.9
1994 30 NOR AL 155 591 65 188 37 0 4 61 0 0 25 69 .318 .344 .401 .745 73.5 12.4
1995 31 NOR AL 152 499 58 142 25 0 2 49 0 0 17 56 .285 .306 .347 .653 46.9 4.2
1996 32 NOR AL 62 235 23 68 13 0 2 30 0 1 11 31 .289 .317 .370 .687 26.6 3.3
1997 33 NOR AL 19 57 4 18 3 0 0 5 0 0 1 12 .316 .328 .368 .696 6.0 0.9
1998 34 OAK AL 162 541 70 152 36 0 6 64 0 0 37 80 .281 .324 .381 .705 62.6 5.9
1999 35 OAK AL 155 527 67 157 27 0 5 50 0 1 25 99 .298 .329 .378 .706 62.3 5.7
2000 36 OAK AL 49 163 13 30 0 0 1 11 0 0 9 52 .184 .225 .202 .428 6.9 0.0
13 Years Sim 1377 4817 504 1347 255 0 34 498 0 2 219 725 .280 .309 .354 .662 484.9 53.5
162 Game Average 566 59 158 30 0 4 58 0 0 25 85 .280 .309 .354 .662 57.0  
Career Highs 162 591 70 188 37 0 6 64 0 1 37 99 .318 .344 .401 .745 73.5  
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
1988 24 MIL AL SS 22 15 141.0 25 59 0 13 1.000 5.36   1.1
1989 25 MIL AL SS 121 119 1076.0 158 407 21 78 .964 4.73   4.8
1990 26 MIL AL SS 103 95 862.7 150 342 24 66 .953 5.13   4.2
    RF 3 3 26.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.34   0.0
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1991 27 NOR AL SS 40 34 287.3 38 113 8 19 .950 4.73   1.5
    RF 5 5 46.0 14 0 2 0 .875 2.74   0.2
1992 28 NOR AL SS 133 130 1150.7 145 445 25 83 .959 4.61   5.5
1993 29 NOR AL SS 142 136 1170.0 175 519 26 96 .964 5.34   6.6
1994 30 NOR AL SS 153 148 1294.0 179 504 44 90 .939 4.75   2.8
    3B 1 1 9.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00   0.0
1995 31 NOR AL SS 150 144 1209.0 182 416 23 85 .963 4.45   3.8
1996 32 NOR AL SS 47 44 398.0 61 149 7 29 .968 4.75   0.9
    RF 3 2 26.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.01   0.0
    LF 1 0 3.0 1 0 1 0 .500 3.00    
1997 33 NOR AL SS 8 7 58.0 16 37 0 7 1.000 8.22   0.7
    1B 1 0 7.0 9 1 0 0 1.000 12.86   0.0
1998 34 OAK AL SS 162 162 1356.3 183 587 36 118 .955 5.11   8.4
1999 35 OAK AL SS 153 152 1286.7 183 509 36 91 .951 4.84   6.0
2000 36 OAK AL SS 49 49 427.7 55 171 7 37 .970 4.76   2.6
  SS 1283 1235 10717.3 1550 4258 257 812 .958 4.88   48.8
  RF 11 10 99.3 18 0 2 0 .900 1.63   0.2
  3B 2 1 11.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.82   0.0
  1B 1 0 7.0 9 1 0 0 1.000 12.86   0.0
  LF 1 0 3.0 1 0 1 0 .500 3.00    
Career Totals   1298 1246 10837.6 1578 4260 260 812 .957 4.85   49.0
Career Highs   162 162 1356.3 183 587 44 118 1.000 8.72    
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
1998 34 OAK AL 13 42 5 13 6 0 0 7 0 0 3 6 .310 .356 .452 .808
Career Post-Season Batting 13 42 5 13 6 0 0 7 0 0 3 6 .310 .356 .452 .808
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.
Batting Average
1994-5-.318
Games
1998-1-162
Hits
1994-7-188
Singles
1994-4-147
   
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 18)
   Gray Ink Test: 8    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 104)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 22    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 44)
 
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History
Drafted in 5th round, 116th overall pick, by Milwaukee in 1987
Had first career hit (double) on 9/2/1988, off Brad Arnsberg (TEX)
Hit first career homerun on 6/4/1989, off Neil Allen (CLE)
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Oakland on 6/23/1989
1/31/1992: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
1/31/1993: Gets a new one-year contract worth $585,714 through salary arbitration
1/31/1994: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,107,143 through salary arbitration
10/1/1994: Signed a contract extension with New Orleans, $2,500,000 per year, for 3 years
Injured on 5/30/1995 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for one week
Injured on 4/18/1997 with a Pulled Bicep Muscle, out for 5-6 weeks
Signed as a free agent by Oakland on 2/10/1998 to a 4-year deal worth $1,150,250 per year
Won World Championship with Oakland in 1998