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Al
Jackson		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 189
 
Born: December 25, 1935 in Usa, TX, WACO
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1965   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1959 23 SDP NL $ 300,000 8 4 3 4 7 6 6 8 7 7
1960 24 SDP NL $ 300,000 8 4 3 3 7 6 6 8 7 7
1961 25 SDP NL $ 300,000 8 4 3 4 7 6 6 8 7 7
1962 26 SDP NL $ 300,000 8 5 4 4 7 6 6 7 7 7
1963 27 SDP NL $ 350,000 7 5 5 5 8 7 7 7 7 7
1964 28 SDP NL $ 1,135,714 8 5 5 5 8 7 7 7 7 7
1965 29 SDP NL $ 2,714,286 6 5 5 5 8 7 7 9 8 8
1966 30 SDP NL $ 2,714,286 6 5 5 5 7 6 6 9 8 8
1967 31 DET AL $ 11,500,000 6 5 5 5 7 6 6 9 8 8
1968 32 SDP NL $ 11,500,000 6 5 5 5 7 6 6 9 8 8
1969 33 SDP NL $ 11,500,000 6 5 5 5 7 6 6 8 8 8
1970 34 SDP NL $ 11,500,000 6 5 4 4 7 6 6 8 8 8
1971 35 NYG NL $ 2,000,000 4 5 4 4 7 6 6 8 7 7
1972 36 BOS AL $ 2,000,000 4 5 4 4 7 6 6 8 7 7
1973 37 BOS AL $ 2,000,000 4 4 4 4 6 5 6 7 6 6
1974 38 KCR AL $ 2,000,000 4 2 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 4 2 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 11,500,000 8 5 5 5 8 7 7 9 8 8
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1959 23 SDP NL $ 300,000   3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1960 24 SDP NL $ 300,000   3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1961 25 SDP NL $ 300,000   3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1962 26 SDP NL $ 300,000   3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1963 27 SDP NL $ 350,000   3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1964 28 SDP NL $ 1,135,714   3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1965 29 SDP NL $ 2,714,286   3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1966 30 SDP NL $ 2,714,286   3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1967 31 DET AL $ 11,500,000   3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1968 32 SDP NL $ 11,500,000   3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1969 33 SDP NL $ 11,500,000   3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1970 34 SDP NL $ 11,500,000   3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1971 35 NYG NL $ 2,000,000   3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1972 36 BOS AL $ 2,000,000   3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1973 37 BOS AL $ 2,000,000   3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1974 38 KCR AL $ 2,000,000   3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 11,500,000   3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
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
1959 23 SDP NL 7 15 .318 25 25 8 0 0 193.0 200 103 24 77 87 4.80 .268 .335 .414 .749 5.4
    AAA   2 5 .286 9 9 0 0 0 63.3 64 22 5 29 48 3.13 .262 .341 .373 .714  
1960 24 SDP NL 8 21 .276 36 36 8 1 0 264.7 299 148 27 105 131 5.03 .286 .352 .429 .781 6.9
1961 25 SDP NL 8 14 .364 31 27 8 1 1 210.0 221 105 19 76 100 4.50 .273 .337 .402 .739 8.3
1962 26 SDP NL 8 5 .615 52 12 1 1 4 144.0 166 80 16 61 62 5.00 .293 .357 .459 .817 1.8
1963 27 SDP NL 1 4 .200 11 11 1 0 0 80.7 85 34 4 21 39 3.79 .276 .320 .370 .691 2.8
    AAA   5 9 .357 24 24 1 0 0 172.7 176 65 15 53 135 3.39 .268 .323 .403 .726  
1964 28 SDP NL 19 14 .576 40 40 18 4 0 314.7 274 118 32 69 167 3.38 .236 .282 .358 .640 20.7
1965 29 SDP NL 6 9 .400 48 13 1 0 16 113.3 117 46 9 35 55 3.65 .270 .326 .358 .684 9.0
    AAA   3 1 .750 6 6 1 1 0 44.7 39 16 4 14 31 3.22 .235 .294 .373 .668  
1966 30 SDP NL 16 8 .667 37 27 3 2 5 205.3 191 64 12 52 120 2.81 .246 .294 .331 .626 20.1
1967 31 DET AL 15 11 .577 36 36 1 0 0 244.3 209 94 18 79 145 3.46 .230 .294 .346 .640 16.6
1968 32 SDP NL 16 7 .696 82 14 1 1 4 221.3 219 94 13 90 118 3.82 .259 .332 .344 .677 11.7
1969 33 SDP NL 15 8 .652 33 33 3 0 0 225.7 251 107 21 61 119 4.27 .282 .327 .401 .727 12.5
1970 34 SDP NL 10 10 .500 38 22 1 0 1 185.3 185 82 17 79 88 3.98 .259 .333 .368 .701 10.0
1971 35 DET AL 4 1 .800 25 0 0 0 4 46.3 51 19 2 17 31 3.69 .280 .343 .385 .728 4.8
  NYG NL 3 1 .750 8 0 0 0 0 23.7 24 6 1 10 16 2.28 .258 .327 .355 .682 2.7
  TOT   7 2 .778 33 0 0 0 4 70.0 75 25 3 27 47 3.21 .273 .338 .375 .712 7.5
1972 36 NYG NL 1 0 1.000 12 0 0 0 0 24.7 25 8 2 11 9 2.92 .266 .340 .362 .701 2.6
  BOS AL 4 2 .667 35 0 0 0 4 54.3 54 29 4 18 25 4.80 .255 .313 .344 .658 3.9
  TOT   5 2 .714 47 0 0 0 4 79.0 79 37 6 29 34 4.22 .258 .322 .350 .671 6.6
1973 37 BOS AL 3 8 .273 45 0 0 0 4 96.0 94 38 14 37 37 3.56 .260 .327 .431 .758 8.1
    AAA   1 0 1.000 9 0 0 0 0 17.7 20 6 1 9 11 3.06 .294 .377 .382 .759  
1974 38 BOS AL 0 0 .000 12 0 0 0 1 13.7 23 15 2 5 6 9.88 .383 .431 .583 1.014 0.0
    AAA   1 0 1.000 9 0 0 0 2 8.3 8 1 0 1 6 1.08 .242 .265 .333 .598  
    AA   1 0 1.000 4 0 0 0 0 3.7 2 0 0 1 5 0.00 .167 .231 .167 .397  
16 Years Sim 144 138 .511 606 296 54 10 44 2660.9 2688 1190 237 903 1355 4.02 .263 .324 .383 .707 148.0
5 Years AAA 12 15 .444 57 39 2 1 2 306.6 307 110 25 106 231 3.23 .263 .324 .390 .714  
1 Years AA 1 0 1.000 4 0 0 0 0 3.7 2 0 0 1 5 0.00 .167 .231 .167 .397  
6 Years Minors 13 15 .464 61 39 2 1 2 310.3 309 110 25 107 236 3.19 .262 .323 .387 .711  
Season Average 9 8 .529 37 18 3 0 2 166.3 168 74 14 56 84 4.02 .263 .324 .383 .707  
Career Highs 19 21 .778 82 40 18 4 16 314.7 299 148 32 105 167 9.88 .383 .431 .583 1.014  
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   1993 872 184 678 896   .274 .336 .399 .734
vs LH   695 318 53 225 459   .238 .292 .344 .636
Home 72 73 .497 321 153 20 5 25 1408.6 1403 618 124 482 721 3.95 .261 .321 .378 .700
Away 72 65 .526 285 143 34 5 20 1252.3 1285 572 113 421 634 4.11 .267 .326 .389 .714
Mar/Apr 23 22 .511 105 47 5 0 6 446.3 420 189 34 152 253 3.81 .250 .313 .370 .682
May 25 29 .463 110 53 8 0 5 472.3 480 205 39 156 234 3.91 .264 .323 .379 .701
June 27 20 .574 128 51 5 2 14 483.3 499 223 49 178 257 4.15 .266 .329 .398 .727
July 25 23 .521 105 48 12 1 8 439.3 441 209 43 164 218 4.28 .263 .328 .388 .716
August 25 20 .556 79 49 13 4 4 408.0 421 182 31 135 190 4.02 .269 .327 .375 .702
Sep/Oct 19 24 .442 79 48 13 4 8 411.6 427 182 41 118 203 3.98 .269 .319 .388 .708
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
1959 23 SDP NL 25 65 2 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 31 .123 .123 .123 .246 -1.1 0.0
    AAA   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0  
1960 24 SDP NL 36 84 2 13 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 40 .155 .165 .167 .331 0.3 0.0
1961 25 SDP NL 31 68 5 8 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 30 .118 .118 .162 .279 -1.0 0.0
1962 26 SDP NL 52 31 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 .097 .097 .161 .258 -0.5 0.0
1963 27 SDP NL 11 27 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 10 .074 .107 .111 .218 -0.7 0.0
1964 28 SDP NL 40 112 3 12 1 2 0 2 0 0 3 53 .107 .129 .152 .281 -0.7 0.0
1965 29 SDP NL 48 27 4 8 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 10 .296 .296 .296 .593 2.3 0.1
1966 30 SDP NL 37 67 4 13 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 17 .194 .194 .209 .403 1.6 0.0
1967 31 DET AL 36 84 4 6 1 0 0 4 0 0 3 31 .071 .114 .083 .197 -2.8 0.0
1968 32 SDP NL 82 49 2 9 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 17 .184 .180 .184 .364 1.3 0.0
10 Years Sim 398 614 28 82 8 3 0 21 1 1 8 248 .134 .146 .156 .302 -1.3 0.1
1 Years AAA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0  
162 Game Average 249 11 33 3 1 0 8 0 0 3 100 .134 .146 .156 .302 -0.5  
Career Highs 82 112 5 13 3 2 0 4 1 1 3 53 .296 .296 .296 .593 2.3  
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   386 19 57 8 2 0 13 1 0 5 147 .148 .160 .179 .339 1.6
vs LH   228 9 25 0 1 0 8 0 1 3 101 .110 .121 .118 .239 -5.7
Home 200 302 15 34 4 0 0 9 1 1 3 120 .113 .124 .126 .250 -7.0
Away 198 312 13 48 4 3 0 12 0 0 5 128 .154 .167 .186 .353 2.9
RISP   159 0 16 3 0 0 20 0 0 2 63 .101 .110 .119 .230 -4.4
Close/Late   50 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 .060 .060 .060 .120 -3.0
Mar/Apr 50 90 4 16 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 33 .178 .178 .189 .367 1.1
May 63 106 7 14 0 1 0 4 0 0 2 38 .132 .147 .151 .298 -0.6
June 58 101 5 17 2 1 0 5 1 0 2 43 .168 .184 .208 .392 2.3
July 67 104 4 11 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 46 .106 .106 .115 .221 -3.5
August 44 112 4 15 3 0 0 6 0 0 1 50 .134 .140 .161 .301 -0.8
Sep/Oct 46 101 4 9 1 1 0 1 0 0 3 38 .089 .124 .119 .243 -2.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1959 23 SDP NL P 25 25 193.0 12 38 1 5 .980 2.33    
1960 24 SDP NL P 36 36 264.7 16 53 0 4 1.000 2.35    
1961 25 SDP NL P 31 27 210.0 9 36 1 4 .978 1.93    
1962 26 SDP NL P 52 12 144.0 6 24 1 2 .968 1.88    
1963 27 SDP NL P 11 11 80.7 1 8 1 0 .900 1.00    
1964 28 SDP NL P 40 40 314.7 18 46 3 1 .955 1.83    
1965 29 SDP NL P 48 13 113.3 7 15 2 1 .917 1.75    
1966 30 SDP NL P 37 27 205.3 8 23 2 1 .939 1.36    
1967 31 DET AL P 36 36 244.3 18 34 1 1 .981 1.92    
1968 32 SDP NL P 82 14 221.3 17 34 2 2 .962 2.07    
1969 33 SDP NL P 33 33 225.7 10 37 0 4 1.000 1.87    
1970 34 SDP NL P 38 22 185.3 15 27 1 2 .977 2.04    
1971 35 DET AL P 25 0 46.3 3 3 1 1 .857 1.17    
  NYG NL P 8 0 23.7 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.14    
  TOT   P 33 0 70.0 4 5 1 1 .900 1.16    
1972 36 NYG NL P 12 0 24.7 2 4 0 0 1.000 2.19    
  BOS AL P 35 0 54.3 5 8 0 0 1.000 2.15    
  TOT   P 47 0 79.0 7 12 0 0 1.000 2.16    
1973 37 BOS AL P 45 0 96.0 14 13 0 0 1.000 2.53    
1974 38 BOS AL P 12 0 13.7 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.32    
Career Totals   606 296 2660.9 163 406 16 28 .973 1.92    
Career Highs   82 40 314.7 18 53 3 5 1.000 2.53    
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
1963 27 SDP NL 0 2 .000 3 3 1 0 0 22.0 22 7 2 4 7 2.86 .265 .299 .373 .672
1964 28 SDP NL 0 1 .000 4 0 0 0 1 7.0 7 3 0 4 2 3.86 .292 .393 .375 .768
1965 29 SDP NL 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 0 3.0 4 2 1 0 1 6.00 .286 .286 .643 .929
1966 30 SDP NL 1 1 .500 7 2 1 1 0 24.7 23 6 2 4 14 2.19 .247 .278 .344 .622
1968 32 SDP NL 0 2 .000 3 3 0 0 0 17.7 29 16 1 5 5 8.15 .363 .400 .450 .850
Career Post-Season Pitching 1 6 .143 20 8 2 1 1 74.3 85 34 6 17 29 4.12 .289 .328 .398 .726
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
1963 27 SDP NL 3 6 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000
1966 30 SDP NL 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000
1968 32 SDP NL 3 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .167 .286 .167 .452
Career Post-Season Batting 13 18 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .222 .263 .222 .485
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1966-10-2.81
 Wins
1969-9-15
 Losses
1960-2-21
 Winning Pct
1966-10-.667
1968-7-.696
1969-5-.652
 Saves
1965-1-16
 Games Pitched
1968-8-82
Complete Games
1964-6-18
 Shutouts
1960-10-1
1961-10-1
1964-5-4
1966-10-2
 Innings Pitched
1964-9-314.7
 Hits Allowed
1960-8-299
 Homeruns Allowed
1964-10-32
 Walks Allowed
1960-4-105
WHiP
1964-10-1.09
 OSLG
1966-10-.331
1967-10-.346
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 3    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 30    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 22    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 95)
 
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  1. John Morris (955)
  2. Dave Wickersham (946)
  3. Harvey Haddix (942)
  4. Ed Halicki (939)
  5. Dave Koslo (938)
  6. Bobby Shantz (932)
  7. Vida Blue (923)
  8. Howie Nunn (922)
  9. Johnny Broaca (922)
  10. Danny Darwin (920)
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Bucky Jacobs (995)
  2. Jim Constable (995)
  3. Virgil Trucks (994)
  4. Ken Lehman (993)
  5. Howie Nunn (991)
  6. Ralph Lumenti (990)
  7. Denny Galehouse (990)
  8. Red Swanson (987)
  9. Gaylord Perry (987)
  10. Roy Sherid (986)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 10th overall pick, by San Diego in 1959
Had first career hit on 6/3/1959, off Bob Anderson (SEM)
Earned first career win on 6/16/1959
2/1/1963: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1964: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,135,714 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 9/1/1964, winning 2 games with a 1.00 ERA
2/1/1965: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,714,286 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1965 Allstar game
2/1/1966: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,714,286 through salary arbitration
Injured on 8/23/1966 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for one week
Signed as a free agent by Detroit on 2/4/1967 to a 4-year deal worth $11,500,000 per year
Injured on 7/30/1967 with a Spasms Back, out for 4 weeks
Traded from Detroit to San Diego on 2/3/1968 (Going to SDP: P Al Jackson. Going to DET: P Frank Baumann)
Signed as a free agent by Detroit on 2/11/1971 to a 4-year deal worth $2,000,000 per year
Traded from Detroit to New York (N) on 7/1/1971 (Going to NYG: P Al Jackson. Going to DET: 3B Billy Williams, SS Tony Kubek)
Traded from New York (N) to Boston (A) on 6/1/1972 (Going to NYG: 3B Ken Reitz. Going to BOS: 3B Danny Cater, CF Larry Elliot, P Howie Koplitz, P Al Jackson, P Phil Regan)
Traded from Boston (A) to Kansas City on 7/31/1974 (Going to BOS: P Mike Nagy. Going to KCR: P Al Jackson)
 
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