Jesse
Jefferson
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 205
 
Born: March 3, 1949 in Usa, VA, MIDLOTHIAN
 
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  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1973 24 MIN AL   8 4 4 4 3 4 4 5 7 6
1974 25 MIN AL   8 4 5 4 1 3 2 4 5 5
1975 26 MIN AL   8 4 5 5 1 2 1 4 5 5
1976 27 MIN AL   8 5 5 5 1 2 1 7 8 7
1977 28 MIN AL $ 300,000 8 7 8 8 1 2 1 7 8 7
1978 29 MIN AL $ 300,000 7 7 8 8 1 2 1 7 8 7
1979 30 MIN AL $ 300,000 7 7 8 8 1 2 1 7 8 7
1980 31 MIN AL $ 300,000 7 7 8 7 1 1 1 7 8 7
1981 32 MIN AL $ 350,000 6 6 7 7 1 1 1 7 8 7
1982 33 MIN AL $ 350,000 6 6 7 7 1 1 1 7 8 8
1983 34 MIN AL $ 350,000 5 6 6 6 1 1 1 5 6 6
1984 35 MIN AL $ 350,000 4 4 4 4 1 1 1 3 4 4
1985 36 MIN AL $ 350,000 3 3 4 4 1 2 1 3 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings   3 3 4 4 1 1 1 3 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000 8 7 8 8 3 4 4 7 8 8
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  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1973 24 MIN AL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1974 25 MIN AL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1975 26 MIN AL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1976 27 MIN AL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1977 28 MIN AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1978 29 MIN AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1979 30 MIN AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1980 31 MIN AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1981 32 MIN AL $ 350,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1982 33 MIN AL $ 350,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1983 34 MIN AL $ 350,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1984 35 MIN AL $ 350,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1985 36 MIN AL $ 350,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1973 24 AA   8 11 .421 26 26 2 1 0 173.0 166 68 8 71 110 3.54 .250 .323 .341 .664  
1974 25 AA   5 2 .714 9 9 1 0 0 46.0 45 20 6 29 36 3.91 .263 .370 .404 .774  
1975 26 AA   12 8 .600 28 28 6 2 0 198.0 161 69 17 84 164 3.14 .222 .303 .347 .650  
1976 27 AA   6 9 .400 27 14 2 1 0 127.0 103 56 11 59 106 3.97 .224 .313 .344 .657  
1977 28 MIN AL 6 11 .353 29 17 2 0 1 138.0 129 94 9 116 71 6.13 .253 .389 .373 .762 1.8
1978 29 MIN AL 2 1 .667 8 0 0 0 0 25.7 17 7 3 18 17 2.46 .185 .315 .293 .609 2.6
    AAA   6 3 .667 63 0 0 0 11 50.3 39 14 2 38 55 2.50 .214 .350 .291 .641  
1979 30 MIN AL 4 1 .800 38 0 0 0 2 50.7 50 28 2 39 25 4.97 .265 .390 .354 .745 2.4
1980 31 MIN AL 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 0 2.0 4 8 2 6 2 36.00 .400 .625 1.300 1.925 0.0
    AAA   0 1 .000 20 0 0 0 4 18.0 18 4 3 11 17 2.00 .261 .363 .420 .783  
1981 32 AAA   8 6 .571 69 0 0 0 7 68.3 54 26 5 46 82 3.42 .220 .344 .331 .674  
1982 33 AAA   2 2 .500 78 0 0 0 8 71.0 54 14 2 31 61 1.77 .222 .310 .313 .623  
1983 34 MIN AL 6 5 .545 37 0 0 0 0 57.3 62 35 4 28 26 5.49 .282 .357 .405 .762 1.2
1984 35 MIN AL 5 3 .625 42 0 0 0 1 88.7 76 33 12 54 38 3.35 .241 .350 .402 .752 7.4
1985 36 MIN AL 3 2 .600 49 0 0 0 3 52.3 47 21 2 28 23 3.61 .247 .338 .326 .664 5.2
7 Years Sim 26 23 .531 206 17 2 0 7 414.6 385 226 34 289 202 4.91 .252 .368 .377 .745 20.5
4 Years AAA 16 12 .571 230 0 0 0 30 207.7 165 58 12 126 215 2.51 .223 .336 .323 .660  
4 Years AA 31 30 .508 90 77 11 4 0 544.0 475 213 42 243 416 3.52 .235 .318 .349 .667  
8 Years Minors 47 42 .528 320 77 11 4 30 751.7 640 271 54 369 631 3.24 .232 .323 .342 .665  
Season Average 3 3 .500 29 2 0 0 1 59.2 55 32 4 41 28 4.91 .252 .368 .377 .745  
Career Highs 6 11 .800 49 17 2 0 3 138.0 129 94 12 116 71 36.00 .400 .625 1.300 1.925  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   186 117 18 140 124   .237 .352 .366 .718
vs LH   199 109 16 149 78   .269 .391 .388 .779
Home 14 12 .538 108 8 2 0 3 218.6 227 130 19 150 102 5.35 .273 .384 .411 .794
Away 12 11 .522 98 9 0 0 5 196.0 158 96 15 139 100 4.41 .228 .357 .336 .693
Mar/Apr 1 2 .333 24 4 1 0 0 56.3 45 26 7 45 18 4.16 .222 .363 .394 .757
May 10 4 .714 40 4 0 0 0 70.0 73 50 6 58 40 6.43 .279 .409 .443 .852
June 1 6 .143 34 5 0 0 2 78.0 89 56 5 64 44 6.46 .296 .419 .402 .821
July 5 3 .625 32 4 1 0 0 74.7 63 30 3 39 35 3.62 .230 .326 .310 .636
August 5 4 .556 40 0 0 0 2 72.6 65 33 7 50 38 4.09 .243 .363 .363 .726
Sep/Oct 4 4 .500 36 0 0 0 4 63.0 50 31 6 33 27 4.43 .228 .329 .347 .676
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1978 29 AAA   6 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1  
1981 32 AAA   11 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000 0.7  
1982 33 AAA   6 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4  
1985 36 MIN AL 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1 Years Sim 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
3 Years AAA 23 6 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .167 .167 .333 .500 0.2  
162 Game Average 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 54 .000 .000 .000 .000 -5.3  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
Home 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
Close/Late   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
July 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1977 28 MIN AL P 29 17 138.0 6 24 0 2 1.000 1.96    
1978 29 MIN AL P 8 0 25.7 4 5 0 0 1.000 3.16    
1979 30 MIN AL P 38 0 50.7 5 7 0 2 1.000 2.13    
1980 31 MIN AL P 3 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1983 34 MIN AL P 37 0 57.3 5 16 0 2 1.000 3.30    
1984 35 MIN AL P 42 0 88.7 3 19 0 3 1.000 2.23    
1985 36 MIN AL P 49 0 52.3 3 9 1 2 .923 2.06    
Career Totals   206 17 414.6 26 80 1 11 .991 2.30    
Career Highs   49 17 138.0 6 24 1 3 1.000 3.30    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1978 29 MIN AL 1 0 1.000 3 0 0 0 1 13.0 9 2 0 7 15 1.38 .205 .314 .273 .586
Career Post-Season Pitching 1 0 1.000 3 0 0 0 1 13.0 9 2 0 7 15 1.38 .205 .314 .273 .586
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Walks Allowed
1977-7-116
         
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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History
Drafted in 4th round, 67th overall pick, by Minnesota in 1973
Injured on 4/23/1973 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for 3-4 weeks
Injured on 5/6/1974 with a Blurred Vision Eye, out for 2-3 weeks
Injured on 5/29/1974 with a Torn Tricep Muscle, out for full season
Injured on 8/3/1976 with a Inflamed Back Muscle, out for one week
Earned first career win on 4/7/1977
2/2/1981: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/2/1982: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/2/1983: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/2/1984: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/2/1985: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration