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Jackie
Jensen		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 195
 
Born: March 9, 1927 in Usa, CA, SAN FRANCISCO
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Silver Slugger 1956   
Gold Glove 1956   
All-Star Selections 1955    1956    1957    1958    1959   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1950 23 CLE AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 7 6 6 8 7 7 8 8 8
1951 24 CLE AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 7 6 7 8 8 8 7 7 7
1952 25 CLE AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 7 8
1953 26 CLE AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8
1954 27 CLE AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 8 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8
1955 28 TAM AL $ 2,385,714   7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 7 8 8 8 8
1956 29 TAM AL $ 4,620,000   8 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 7 8 8 8 8
1957 30 TAM AL $ 4,620,000   8 8 8 7 7 7 8 7 7 8 7 8 8 8 8
1958 31 TAM AL $ 4,620,000   7 7 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 7 7 8 7 8
1959 32 OAK AL $ 4,620,000   7 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 8 7 7 7 6 6
1960 33 OAK AL $ 5,500,000   6 6 6 7 7 7 7 6 6 8 7 7 6 6 6
1961 34 OAK AL $ 5,500,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 7 6 6 6 5 5
1962 35 OAK AL $ 5,500,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6
1963 36 OAK AL $ 5,500,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 5 5 5 5 5
1964 37 BOS AL $ 430,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,500,000   8 8 8 7 7 7 8 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8
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
1950 23 CLE AL 7 22 6 7 1 0 1 2 0 0 6 4 .318 .464 .500 .964 5.3 1.2
    AAA   137 497 96 129 24 3 47 106 6 4 75 58 .260 .357 .604 .960 105.6  
1951 24 CLE AL 130 450 76 137 29 2 19 91 0 0 61 66 .304 .386 .504 .891 80.7 14.1
    AAA   25 94 15 34 5 1 4 19 0 2 14 13 .362 .444 .564 1.008 20.8  
1952 25 CLE AL 152 544 76 161 24 6 15 91 0 0 75 66 .296 .381 .445 .826 89.4 14.1
1953 26 CLE AL 158 552 73 138 32 2 13 86 0 0 82 61 .250 .347 .386 .733 72.0 10.3
1954 27 CLE AL 155 553 74 137 39 5 9 68 0 0 74 78 .248 .337 .385 .722 67.9 8.8
1955 28 CLE AL 25 89 17 27 2 1 3 15 0 0 15 8 .303 .400 .449 .849 15.1 2.4
  TAM AL 128 470 82 138 24 1 20 64 0 0 63 54 .294 .377 .477 .854 76.5 15.3
  TOT   153 559 99 165 26 2 23 79 0 0 78 62 .295 .381 .472 .853 91.6 17.7
1956 29 TAM AL 153 595 114 194 34 4 36 114 0 1 84 70 .326 .406 .578 .984 127.5 26.3
1957 30 TAM AL 152 629 102 166 25 3 38 109 0 0 69 80 .264 .336 .494 .831 97.7 17.5
1958 31 TAM AL 153 603 100 174 36 5 24 130 0 0 73 73 .289 .362 .484 .846 98.4 19.2
1959 32 OAK AL 155 566 98 169 36 1 27 95 5 3 61 107 .299 .366 .509 .875 97.6 20.4
1960 33 OAK AL 150 528 70 124 20 1 22 76 4 0 60 113 .235 .314 .402 .716 68.2 11.9
1961 34 OAK AL 152 508 66 123 23 4 23 90 2 0 58 128 .242 .319 .439 .758 70.8 14.1
1962 35 OAK AL 154 540 71 155 21 4 14 72 1 3 60 115 .287 .353 .419 .772 78.2 15.6
1963 36 OAK AL 153 513 51 119 17 3 10 46 3 2 52 123 .232 .300 .335 .635 52.4 7.5
1964 37 BOS AL 58 112 13 26 4 1 1 4 0 0 10 26 .232 .304 .313 .617 11.5 1.5
1965 38 AA   54 206 15 54 4 0 1 12 0 0 21 47 .262 .330 .296 .627 21.4  
15 Years Sim 2035 7274 1089 1995 367 43 275 1153 15 9 903 1172 .274 .353 .450 .803 1109.2 200.2
2 Years AAA 162 591 111 163 29 4 51 125 6 6 89 71 .276 .370 .597 .967 126.3  
1 Years AA 54 206 15 54 4 0 1 12 0 0 21 47 .262 .329 .296 .625 21.4  
3 Years Minors 216 797 126 217 33 4 52 137 6 6 110 118 .272 .360 .519 .879 147.7  
162 Game Average 579 86 158 29 3 21 91 1 0 71 93 .274 .353 .450 .803 88.3  
Career Highs 158 629 114 194 39 6 38 130 5 3 84 128 .326 .464 .578 .984 127.5  
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   4712 687 1295 236 30 168 744 8 7 527 752 .275 .346 .445 .791 723.9
vs LH   2562 402 700 131 13 107 409 7 2 376 420 .273 .366 .460 .826 436.1
Home 1029 3589 538 987 164 20 131 562 9 3 428 572 .275 .351 .441 .792 559.9
Away 1006 3685 551 1008 203 23 144 591 6 6 475 600 .274 .355 .458 .814 600.1
RISP   1786 0 496 102 8 78 820 0 0 272 308 .278 .363 .475 .838 316.7
Pinch Hitting   128 14 32 5 2 4 19 0 0 18 22 .250 .345 .414 .759 18.8
Close/Late   890 119 255 50 2 34 144 0 0 111 128 .287 .367 .462 .828 148.3
Mar/Apr 319 1136 177 313 66 4 47 213 3 1 157 182 .276 .363 .465 .828 192.0
May 364 1311 198 350 69 10 54 212 3 1 170 206 .267 .348 .458 .806 212.1
June 338 1202 183 343 60 6 43 201 1 3 152 201 .285 .365 .453 .817 196.8
July 329 1192 169 319 55 10 40 150 3 1 121 187 .268 .334 .431 .766 172.2
August 346 1250 186 338 59 10 45 181 4 2 148 202 .270 .345 .442 .787 192.5
Sep/Oct 339 1183 176 332 58 3 46 196 1 1 155 194 .281 .365 .451 .816 194.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1950 23 CLE AL RF 7 7 60.0 8 1 0 1 1.000 1.35 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1951 24 CLE AL CF 118 116 994.3 302 13 11 3 .966 2.85 0 0 .000 0 4.9
    RF 9 7 68.0 10 1 0 0 1.000 1.46 0 0 .000 0  
1952 25 CLE AL RF 142 141 1239.0 288 8 7 4 .977 2.15 0 0 .000 0 4.1
    CF 5 0 6.0 1 0 1 0 .500 1.50 0 0 .000 0  
1953 26 CLE AL RF 144 137 1229.0 261 12 4 3 .986 2.00 0 0 .000 0 3.8
    CF 6 5 47.3 9 1 1 0 .909 1.90 0 0 .000 0  
1954 27 CLE AL CF 99 98 859.7 242 9 13 1 .951 2.63 0 0 .000 0 4.3
    RF 56 45 418.0 105 2 2 0 .982 2.30 0 0 .000 0  
1955 28 CLE AL RF 21 20 173.7 33 1 1 0 .971 1.76 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    CF 4 4 35.4 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.54 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TAM AL RF 106 102 893.3 168 5 8 1 .956 1.74 0 0 .000 0 2.3
    CF 21 20 182.2 52 2 3 0 .947 2.67 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   RF 127 122 1067.0 201 6 9 1 .958 1.75   2.7
      CF 25 24 217.6 62 2 3 0 .955 2.65   0.0
1956 29 TAM AL RF 152 148 1316.3 293 8 7 0 .977 2.06 0 0 .000 0 4.3
1957 30 TAM AL RF 150 149 1330.7 276 8 4 2 .986 1.92 0 0 .000 0 3.6
    CF 1 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1958 31 TAM AL RF 151 150 1332.3 277 11 5 3 .983 1.95 0 0 .000 0 3.2
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1959 32 OAK AL RF 153 146 1294.7 239 6 8 1 .968 1.70 0 0 .000 0 3.2
    CF 1 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1960 33 OAK AL RF 144 142 1224.3 211 6 8 1 .964 1.60 0 0 .000 0 3.6
    CF 2 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0  
1961 34 OAK AL RF 129 125 1107.7 194 5 1 1 .995 1.62 0 0 .000 0 4.2
    LF 5 5 41.0 7 0 2 0 .778 1.54 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 9 0 24.7 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.19 0 0 .000 0  
1962 35 OAK AL RF 153 147 1292.0 211 7 2 2 .991 1.52 0 0 .000 0 3.4
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1963 36 OAK AL C 116 115 1033.0 744 56 14 1 .983 6.97 82 25 .305 91 2.3
    RF 27 24 208.0 39 0 3 0 .929 1.69 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    CF 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1964 37 BOS AL LF 21 21 166.0 32 0 4 0 .889 1.73 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    CF 2 1 10.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 2 1 7.3 2 0 1 0 .667 2.46 0 0 .000 0  
  RF 1546 1491 13194.3 2615 81 61 19 .978 1.84 0 0 .000 0 36.4
  CF 271 244 2172.2 623 25 29 4 .957 2.68 0 0 .000 0 9.2
  C 116 115 1033.0 744 56 14 1 .983 6.97 82 25 .305 91 2.3
  LF 26 26 207.0 39 0 6 0 .867 1.70 0 0 .000 0 0.2
  SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1960 1876 16607.5 4021 162 110 24 .974 2.27 82 25 .305 91 48.1
Career Highs   155 150 1334.3 783 56 17 4 1.000 6.07 82 25 .305 91  
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
1956 29 TAM AL 13 51 9 18 2 1 2 8 0 0 5 5 .353 .411 .549 .960
1957 30 TAM AL 10 40 6 12 3 0 4 10 0 0 7 3 .300 .404 .675 1.079
1958 31 TAM AL 7 29 5 7 1 0 4 6 0 0 2 4 .241 .290 .690 .980
1959 32 OAK AL 6 22 4 5 2 0 0 3 0 0 3 4 .227 .320 .318 .638
1961 34 OAK AL 12 47 6 8 1 0 3 7 0 0 1 15 .170 .188 .383 .570
1962 35 OAK AL 5 17 3 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 .353 .450 .412 .862
Career Post-Season Batting 53 206 33 56 10 1 13 34 0 0 21 35 .272 .339 .519 .859
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
1956-1-.326
1959-8-.299
 On-Base Pct
1955-8-.381
1956-3-.406
 Slugging Pct
1956-2-.578
1957-10-.494
1959-8-.509
 OPS
1956-2-.984
1959-7-.875
 XR
1956-1-127.5
1957-9-97.7
1958-9-98.4
1959-8-97.6
 Games
1953-4-158
At-Bats
1956-4-595
1957-1-629
1958-6-603
 Runs
1955-9-99
1956-2-114
1957-6-102
1958-6-100
1959-5-98
 Hits
1955-10-165
1956-1-194
1957-7-166
1958-8-174
1959-6-169
 Total Bases
1956-1-344
1957-5-311
1958-8-292
1959-7-288
 Singles
1956-6-120
 Doubles
1954-5-39
1958-6-36
1959-4-36
Triples
1952-8-6
1954-8-5
 Homeruns
1956-5-36
1957-5-38
1961-9-23
 RBIs
1956-2-114
1957-9-109
1958-2-130
1961-7-90
 Walks
1955-10-78
 Strikeouts
1961-8-128
1962-10-115
1963-6-123
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 8    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 89    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 37    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 2nd overall pick, by Cleveland in 1950
Had first career hit on 9/22/1950, off Ben Wade (NYA)
Hit first career homerun on 9/30/1950, off Billy Pierce (TAM)
Drove in 7 runs against Boston (A) on 4/24/1952
Hit for the cycle against Pittsburgh on 5/27/1952
2/1/1955: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,385,714 through salary arbitration
Traded from Cleveland to Tampa Bay on 5/1/1955 (Going to TAM: P Bill Henry, CF Jackie Jensen, LF Whitey Lockman. Going to CLE: P Red Embree, RF Bob Skinner, C Harry Chiti, P Bob Turley)
6/1/1955: Signed a contract extension with Tampa Bay, $4,620,000 per year, for 4 years
Was selected to the 1955 Allstar game
Was selected to the 1956 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Brooklyn on 7/22/1956
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1956, hitting .371 with 7 HR, 22 RBI
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against New York (A) on 8/15/1956
Won Silver Slugger in 1956, hitting .326 with 36 HR, 114 RBI
Won Gold Glove at Rightfield in 1956
Drove in 7 runs against Detroit on 6/25/1957
Was selected to the 1957 Allstar game
Won World Series with Tampa Bay in 1957
Won Player of the Week award on 4/21/1958, hitting .455 with 2 HR, 8 RBI
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Boston (A) on 4/23/1958
Won Player of the Week award on 6/30/1958, hitting .400 with 2 HR, 10 RBI
Was selected to the 1958 Allstar game
Traded from Tampa Bay to Oakland on 2/3/1959 (Going to OAK: CF Whitey Lockman, RF Jackie Jensen. Going to TAM: P Humberto Robinson, CF Bill Bruton)
6/1/1959: Signed a contract extension with Oakland, $5,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Player of the Week award on 6/30/1959, hitting .440 with 4 HR, 9 RBI
Was selected to the 1959 Allstar game
Injured on 8/31/1960 with a Pulled Rib Cage Muscle, out for one week
Won World Series with Oakland in 1961
Signed as a free agent by Boston (A) on 2/9/1964 to a 1-year deal worth $430,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Cleveland (N) on 2/4/1965 to a 2-year deal worth $329,831 per year
Released by Cleveland (N) on 6/1/1965
 
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