Jeff
Ransom
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 185
 
Born: November 11, 1960 in Fresno, CA, USA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1991   
Gold Glove Award 1992    1993   
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
1991 30 LAD NL 148 294 26 75 6 0 4 31 1 1 46 55 .255 .354 .316 .670 33.4 5.7
1992 31 LAD NL 153 432 55 116 14 1 8 55 1 0 63 70 .269 .360 .361 .721 59.1 12.3
1993 32 LAD NL 156 536 63 144 17 1 9 74 0 0 77 88 .269 .358 .354 .713 69.7 12.3
1994 33 LAD NL 151 523 69 154 18 6 7 69 0 0 85 103 .294 .391 .392 .783 80.9 17.4
1995 34 LAD NL 121 284 42 57 4 0 6 31 0 0 57 75 .201 .331 .278 .610 32.0 4.3
1996 35 LAD NL 128 288 32 54 5 0 4 32 0 0 48 87 .188 .303 .247 .549 22.8 0.5
1997 36 BOS AL 27 65 8 10 2 0 0 5 0 0 15 25 .154 .313 .185 .497 4.7 0.0
7 Years Sim 884 2422 295 610 66 8 38 297 2 1 391 503 .252 .354 .333 .687 302.6 52.4
162 Game Average 443 54 111 12 1 6 54 0 0 71 92 .252 .354 .333 .687 55.5  
Career Highs 156 536 69 154 18 6 9 74 1 1 85 103 .294 .391 .392 .783 80.9  
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
1991 30 LAD NL C 88 58 587.7 512 43 5 3 .991 8.50 73 32 .438 1 4.1
1992 31 LAD NL C 126 112 1031.0 852 56 3 1 .997 7.93 86 31 .360 6 8.3
1993 32 LAD NL C 150 147 1314.3 1105 70 12 2 .990 8.05 121 43 .355 2 9.4
1994 33 LAD NL C 84 81 708.7 682 34 5 1 .993 9.09 50 17 .340 3 3.5
    1B 62 57 523.7 491 21 14 43 .973 8.80 0 0 .000 0 0.4
1995 34 LAD NL C 42 40 356.3 360 7 3 0 .992 9.27 14 2 .143 1 0.9
    1B 37 33 302.3 278 19 3 26 .990 8.84 0 0 .000 0 0.6
1996 35 LAD NL C 64 62 545.0 518 21 3 1 .994 8.90 30 9 .300 0 2.7
    1B 11 9 85.0 86 5 1 6 .989 9.64 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1997 36 BOS AL C 19 17 154.0 140 5 0 0 1.000 8.47 15 5 .333 0 0.8
    1B 7 3 29.0 29 0 0 2 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  C 573 517 4697.0 4169 236 31 8 .993 8.44 389 139 .357 13 29.8
  1B 117 102 940.0 884 45 18 77 .981 8.89 0 0 .000 0 1.1
Career Totals   690 619 5637.0 5053 281 49 85 .991 8.52 389 139 .357 13 30.9
Career Highs   150 147 1314.3 1173 70 19 44 1.000 9.07 121 43 .438 6  
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
1991 30 LAD NL 11 14 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 3 .286 .333 .286 .619
1992 31 LAD NL 3 6 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 .333 .444 .333 .778
1995 34 LAD NL 10 16 2 5 0 0 1 3 0 0 2 4 .313 .389 .500 .889
Career Post-Season Batting 24 36 3 11 0 0 1 6 0 0 5 8 .306 .381 .389 .770
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.
On-Base Pct
1994-2-.391
Walks
1994-9-85
       
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 18)
   Gray Ink Test: 2    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 104)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 29    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 44)
 
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  6. Terry Kennedy (929)
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  8. Ron Hassey (928)
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History
Drafted in 5th round, 118th overall pick, by Los Angeles in 1981
Injured on 6/18/1981 with a Broken Nose, out for one week
Injured on 8/26/1983 with a Concussion, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 5/20/1985 with a Broken Cheekbone, out for 5 weeks
Injured on 4/6/1989 with a Fractured Nose, out for 5 days
Had first career hit on 4/2/1991, off Joe Price (SDP)
Hit first career homerun on 4/24/1991, off Mike Kinnunen (STL)
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Chicago (N) on 8/1/1991
Won World Championship with Los Angeles in 1991
Won Player of the Week award on 9/30/1992, hitting .545 with 2 HR, 5 RBI
Won Gold Glove Award at Catcher in 1992
Had 5 hits with 7 RBI against San Francisco on 9/23/1993
Won Gold Glove Award at Catcher in 1993
1/31/1994: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,435,714 through salary arbitration
Had 21-game hitting streak snapped on 4/8/1994
1/31/1995: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,178,571 through salary arbitration
1/31/1996: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,178,571 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Boston on 2/12/1997 to a 1-year deal worth $325,000 per year