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Ron
Jackson		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 210
 
Born: May 9, 1953 in Birmingham, AL, USA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1981    1986   
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
1976 23 CAL   127 410 44 93 18 3 8 40 5 4 30 58 .227 .280 .344 .623 39.0  
1977 24 CAL AL 156 519 73 117 26 7 16 64 2 1 45 47 .225 .289 .395 .684 57.4 6.6
1978 25 CAL AL 147 566 66 154 22 5 12 79 4 2 62 32 .272 .342 .392 .734 74.6 11.5
1979 26 CAL AL 160 582 73 140 25 8 4 68 1 3 52 21 .241 .302 .332 .634 53.9 3.7
1980 27 SFG NL 161 614 62 153 34 2 8 59 1 2 64 35 .249 .323 .350 .673 65.5 9.3
1981 28 SFG NL 158 626 88 213 37 8 16 94 3 1 32 22 .340 .370 .502 .872 102.7 23.3
1982 29 SFG NL 152 610 68 170 39 7 11 73 1 0 37 28 .279 .320 .420 .740 75.4 13.6
1983 30 SFG NL 154 476 65 137 36 5 14 64 0 1 22 24 .288 .318 .473 .791 62.3 12.0
1984 31 SFG NL 162 606 62 136 45 4 8 61 1 0 36 39 .224 .267 .351 .618 47.5 7.6
1985 32 SFG NL 156 594 60 163 34 10 14 71 0 1 28 31 .274 .307 .436 .743 71.9 12.4
1986 33 PHI NL 158 617 64 174 45 2 11 94 10 2 35 37 .282 .318 .415 .733 79.6 15.6
1987 34 PHI NL 156 586 65 161 43 3 9 80 4 0 41 23 .275 .319 .404 .724 71.6 13.4
1988 35 PHI NL 157 588 85 155 30 5 21 97 11 6 38 40 .264 .307 .439 .746 77.2 15.6
1989 36 PHI NL 148 541 83 165 37 7 8 86 7 4 38 52 .305 .348 .444 .791 77.1 16.3
1990 37 PHI NL 128 328 54 88 20 0 11 60 4 1 32 40 .268 .332 .430 .761 44.1 6.9
1991 38 PHI NL 30 40 2 8 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 5 .200 .250 .225 .475 2.4 0.0
  TOR AL 16 24 6 6 1 0 1 4 0 0 0 6 .250 .240 .417 .657 2.9 0.5
  TOT   46 64 8 14 2 0 1 6 0 0 3 11 .219 .246 .297 .543 5.3 0.5
15 Years Sim 2199 7917 976 2140 475 73 164 1056 49 24 565 482 .270 .318 .411 .729 966.0 168.3
16 Years Pro 2326 8327 1020 2233 493 76 172 1096 54 28 595 540 .268 .317 .408 .725 1004.9  
162 Game Average 583 71 157 34 5 12 77 3 1 41 35 .270 .318 .411 .729 71.2  
Career Highs 162 626 88 213 45 10 21 97 11 6 64 52 .340 .370 .502 .872 102.7  
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 RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1977 24 CAL AL 1B 31 28 225.0 286 12 4 34 .987 11.92 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    SS 10 0 25.3 2 13 0 3 1.000 5.33 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    3B 5 0 7.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1978 25 CAL AL 3B 146 144 1280.7 111 356 19 37 .961 3.28 0 0 .000 0 4.6
    1B 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1979 26 CAL AL 3B 158 158 1407.7 87 415 23 42 .956 3.21 0 0 .000 0 5.1
    1B 2 0 4.0 3 2 0 0 1.000 11.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1980 27 SFG NL 1B 135 132 1192.0 1387 102 15 135 .990 11.24 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    3B 24 24 213.3 17 54 2 4 .973 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    CF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1981 28 SFG NL 1B 97 89 806.7 974 62 6 82 .994 11.56 0 0 .000 0 1.3
    3B 58 58 519.0 34 118 13 16 .921 2.64 0 0 .000 0 1.8
    SS 1 1 8.0 2 1 0 1 1.000 3.38 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1982 29 SFG NL SS 113 111 1005.7 146 382 25 82 .955 4.73 0 0 .000 0 4.6
    1B 37 37 323.0 386 23 1 37 .998 11.40 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1983 30 SFG NL CF 86 84 745.3 178 4 0 1 1.000 2.20 0 0 .000 0 2.5
    1B 13 12 105.7 129 15 1 10 .993 12.27 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 38 3 97.3 24 37 3 12 .953 5.64 0 0 .000 0 1.1
    3B 5 5 45.7 3 8 0 1 1.000 2.17 0 0 .000 0 0.2
1984 31 SFG NL CF 162 162 1422.7 318 9 1 0 .997 2.07 0 0 .000 0 4.7
1985 32 SFG NL CF 150 144 1282.0 343 7 0 2 1.000 2.46 0 0 .000 0 1.0
    C 2 2 18.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 1 0 .000 4 0.0
    3B 1 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 1 0 3.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 6.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1986 33 PHI NL SS 153 148 1350.0 186 462 30 93 .956 4.32 0 0 .000 0 13.1
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1987 34 PHI NL SS 154 153 1328.7 177 473 28 73 .959 4.40 0 0 .000 0 7.0
1988 35 PHI NL SS 136 132 1192.3 179 415 20 73 .967 4.48 0 0 .000 0 5.9
    1B 17 15 126.0 128 11 2 13 .986 9.93 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    3B 2 0 4.7 2 2 0 0 1.000 7.73 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    CF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1989 36 PHI NL SS 141 141 1221.7 178 388 27 76 .954 4.17 0 0 .000 0 3.7
    3B 3 0 6.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 2 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 1 0 2.0 3 0 0 1 1.000 13.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1990 37 PHI NL SS 66 64 571.0 78 184 10 38 .963 4.13 0 0 .000 0 2.5
    CF 18 3 52.3 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.24 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    3B 19 0 43.0 2 12 0 2 1.000 2.93 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    1B 4 0 10.0 14 0 0 2 1.000 12.60 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    2B 3 0 8.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.38 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1991 38 PHI NL 1B 7 3 32.7 38 1 0 4 1.000 10.73 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 4 2 19.6 3 1 0 0 1.000 1.84 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    SS 2 1 10.1 1 2 1 0 .750 2.67 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 4 0 6.3 1 2 0 0 1.000 4.29 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  TOR AL 1B 3 1 18.9 22 1 0 2 1.000 10.95 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 2 1 11.4 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.58 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 1 1 5.9 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.05 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 2 0 3.7 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.43 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  SS 816 755 6819.0 974 2360 144 451 .959 4.40 0 0 .000 0 38.3
  CF 428 396 3542.3 860 21 1 3 .999 2.24 0 0 .000 0 8.6
  3B 428 389 3541.0 260 970 57 102 .956 3.13 0 0 .000 0 12.6
  1B 348 317 2847.9 3372 229 29 320 .992 11.38 0 0 .000 0 2.3
  C 2 2 18.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 1 0 .000 4 0.0
  2B 3 0 8.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.38 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   2025 1859 16776.2 5476 3582 231 876 .975 4.86 1 0 .000 4 61.8
Career Highs   162 162 1422.7 1405 473 30 139 1.000 10.94 1 0 .000 4  
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
1979 26 CAL AL 14 48 7 14 0 0 2 7 1 1 5 3 .292 .358 .417 .775
1982 29 SFG NL 10 37 3 7 1 0 1 6 0 0 4 1 .189 .286 .297 .583
1983 30 SFG NL 3 10 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .200 .273 .200 .473
1986 33 PHI NL 9 39 7 9 2 1 2 3 0 1 0 3 .231 .231 .487 .718
1987 34 PHI NL 4 15 2 3 3 0 0 4 0 0 1 2 .200 .250 .400 .650
1988 35 PHI NL 9 36 7 14 6 0 2 7 1 0 3 1 .389 .436 .722 1.158
1989 36 PHI NL 5 18 3 5 1 0 2 2 0 1 1 1 .278 .316 .667 .982
1990 37 PHI NL 12 28 2 9 0 0 1 10 1 1 3 2 .321 .387 .429 .816
Career Post-Season Batting 66 231 31 63 13 1 10 39 3 4 18 14 .273 .328 .468 .796
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
1981-3-.340
 Slugging Pct
1981-4-.502
 OPS
1981-4-.872
 XR
1981-5-102.7
 Games
1984-1-162
1986-10-158
CAR-45-2199
 At-Bats
1981-9-626
1982-10-610
1984-6-606
1986-6-617
CAR-47-7917
Hits
1981-2-213
1986-7-174
 Total Bases
1981-2-314
1986-9-256
 Singles
1981-6-152
 Doubles
1981-10-37
1982-7-39
1984-3-45
1986-2-45
1987-6-43
1989-9-37
CAR-40-475
 RBIs
1981-10-94
1986-6-94
1988-5-97
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 18)
   Gray Ink Test: 43    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 104)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 36    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 44)
 
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  3. Rafael Ramirez (857)
  4. Wally Backman (856)
  5. U L Washington (850)
  6. Butch Wynegar (848)
  7. Mariano Duncan (838)
  8. Ron Oester (833)
  9. Kelly Gruber (831)
  10. Terry Steinbach (830)
History
Hit for the cycle against Texas on 4/1/1978
Injured on 5/29/1978 with a Strained Bicep Muscle, out for 2 weeks
Traded from California to San Francisco on 4/1/1980 (Going to CAL: LF J. Clark. Going to SFG: 3B R. Jackson)
Won Player of the Week award on 6/24/1981, hitting .550 with 1 HR, 5 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1981, hitting .413 with 4 HR, 19 RBI
Was selected to the 1981 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Montreal on 7/19/1981
Won Player of the Week award on 7/22/1981, hitting .548 with 1 HR, 6 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 10/7/1983, hitting .462 with 1 HR, 4 RBI
Traded from San Francisco to Philadelphia on 3/2/1986 (Going to SFG: LF B. Boisclair, C B. Brenly, P U. Lugo. Going to PHI: SS R. Jackson)
Was selected to the 1986 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 4/29/1988, hitting .500 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
Had 2000th career hit on 4/24/1989, off Jeff Robinson (CIN)
Injured on 5/1/1989 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks
Traded from Philadelphia to Toronto on 6/1/1991 (Going to PHI: C Dale Murphy. Going to TOR: SS Ron Jackson, 3B Luis Gonzalez)
Released by Toronto on 7/1/1991
 
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