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Randy
Jackson		  
Nickname: American Idol
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 190
 
Born: February 10, 1926 in Usa, AR, LITTLE ROCK
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1953   
All-Star Selections 1955    1956    1957    1958    1959    1960    1961   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  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
1950 24 BRK NL     4 4 5 6 5 5 6 5 6 5 4 4 8 7 7
1951 25 BRK NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 6 5 6 5 4 4 8 7 8
1952 26 BRK NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 7 6 6 6 5 6 5 4 5 8 7 7
1953 27 BRK NL $ 300,000   6 6 7 8 7 7 6 5 6 5 5 5 8 7 7
1954 28 BRK NL $ 300,000   7 7 8 9 9 9 6 6 6 6 5 5 7 7 7
1955 29 BRK NL $ 3,192,857   7 7 8 9 9 9 7 6 6 6 5 5 7 7 7
1956 30 BRK NL $ 4,400,000   7 7 8 9 9 9 7 6 6 6 5 5 7 6 7
1957 31 NYA AL $ 4,514,286   7 7 8 10 10 10 7 6 6 6 5 6 7 7 7
1958 32 NYA AL $ 5,990,000   7 7 7 10 9 9 6 6 6 6 5 5 7 7 7
1959 33 NYA AL $ 5,990,000   7 7 7 9 8 9 7 6 6 6 5 5 7 6 7
1960 34 NYA AL $ 5,990,000   6 6 7 8 7 7 6 5 6 5 4 4 7 6 7
1961 35 NYA AL $ 6,500,000   5 5 6 6 6 6 4 3 3 4 4 4 7 6 6
1962 36 TOR AL $ 6,500,000   5 5 6 6 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 6 5 5
1963 37 TOR AL $ 6,500,000   5 5 5 5 4 5 4 3 3 3 3 3 5 5 5
1964 38 TOR AL $ 6,500,000   4 4 4 4 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 5 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 5 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 6,500,000   7 7 8 10 10 10 7 6 6 6 5 6 8 7 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 24 AAA   133 511 86 130 16 8 29 85 14 9 69 63 .254 .343 .487 .830 86.6  
1951 25 BRK NL 88 279 49 76 20 3 10 46 18 5 27 39 .272 .332 .473 .805 45.3 6.6
    AAA   54 233 47 73 16 2 16 50 8 8 22 32 .313 .373 .605 .978 47.1  
1952 26 BRK NL 129 486 69 138 18 6 14 77 24 7 35 65 .284 .331 .432 .764 65.5 11.1
    AAA   26 106 18 29 5 1 5 12 3 1 14 5 .274 .358 .481 .839 18.4  
1953 27 BRK NL 150 525 76 147 17 2 26 88 12 7 54 75 .280 .345 .469 .814 81.8 14.0
1954 28 BRK NL 157 580 91 161 25 3 30 109 14 7 61 78 .278 .346 .486 .832 96.1 15.6
1955 29 BRK NL 158 602 101 183 23 4 40 122 6 9 57 77 .304 .363 .555 .917 108.3 21.7
1956 30 BRK NL 156 589 97 175 23 3 34 106 14 3 60 94 .297 .361 .520 .881 105.2 23.1
1957 31 NYA AL 157 595 106 168 28 5 46 120 4 3 62 110 .282 .349 .578 .928 111.2 20.7
1958 32 NYA AL 126 497 95 154 25 5 32 93 5 3 46 79 .310 .366 .573 .940 96.2 20.1
1959 33 NYA AL 158 593 108 192 32 4 49 142 5 1 46 99 .324 .368 .639 1.008 123.8 29.4
1960 34 NYA AL 157 600 109 164 34 9 31 103 7 0 47 119 .273 .323 .515 .838 95.0 19.4
1961 35 NYA AL 149 541 74 160 23 7 19 81 6 1 54 109 .296 .358 .470 .827 83.6 16.9
1962 36 TOR AL 157 554 60 132 13 4 10 55 3 3 37 109 .238 .285 .330 .616 49.2 6.2
1963 37 TOR AL 112 272 18 67 5 0 6 23 7 0 15 68 .246 .288 .331 .619 25.6 3.6
1964 38 TOR AL 106 300 29 65 5 0 4 13 7 1 15 83 .217 .253 .273 .526 17.2 0.0
14 Years Sim 1960 7013 1082 1982 291 55 351 1178 132 50 616 1204 .283 .339 .490 .829 1104.0 208.5
3 Years AAA 213 850 151 232 37 11 50 147 25 18 105 100 .273 .351 .519 .869 152.2  
162 Game Average 579 89 163 24 4 29 97 10 4 50 99 .283 .339 .490 .829 91.2  
Career Highs 158 602 109 192 34 9 49 142 24 9 62 119 .324 .368 .639 1.008 123.8  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   4235 636 1149 165 34 194 703 82 25 323 744 .271 .322 .464 .785 631.8
vs LH   2778 446 833 126 21 157 475 50 25 293 460 .300 .365 .530 .895 517.0
Home 982 3455 528 956 132 28 158 561 72 26 320 606 .277 .337 .468 .805 544.2
Away 978 3558 554 1026 159 27 193 617 60 24 296 598 .288 .341 .511 .852 604.7
RISP   1710 0 510 76 14 88 783 0 0 201 290 .298 .364 .513 .877 315.1
Pinch Hitting   168 29 52 6 4 10 35 3 2 12 31 .310 .359 .571 .931 31.7
Close/Late   818 120 255 34 6 41 151 0 0 102 123 .312 .386 .518 .904 157.4
Mar/Apr 293 1065 156 295 47 8 55 179 10 10 96 192 .277 .336 .491 .827 171.2
May 332 1211 178 343 40 11 63 202 30 5 95 219 .283 .335 .491 .826 198.2
June 361 1209 176 319 49 11 54 210 29 4 124 209 .264 .331 .457 .788 187.6
July 338 1227 194 363 53 11 52 194 18 9 99 200 .296 .347 .484 .831 199.1
August 322 1207 189 345 58 9 60 184 31 13 96 215 .286 .335 .498 .833 197.8
Sep/Oct 314 1094 189 317 44 5 67 209 14 9 106 169 .290 .351 .523 .874 194.9
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
1951 25 BRK NL 3B 80 71 623.7 49 139 9 11 .954 2.71 0 0 .000 0 0.9
1952 26 BRK NL 1B 125 118 1040.3 1357 104 7 135 .995 12.64 0 0 .000 0 2.0
    3B 2 0 5.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1953 27 BRK NL 1B 137 134 1181.0 1598 139 10 145 .994 13.24 0 0 .000 0 2.2
    3B 13 0 19.7 3 2 1 2 .833 2.29 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1954 28 BRK NL 3B 103 96 863.0 64 207 22 18 .925 2.83 0 0 .000 0 1.6
    1B 53 51 448.3 565 55 4 64 .994 12.45 0 0 .000 0 0.7
1955 29 BRK NL 3B 154 143 1286.3 86 336 21 30 .953 2.95 0 0 .000 0 2.9
    1B 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1956 30 BRK NL 3B 148 141 1275.0 74 309 23 22 .943 2.70 0 0 .000 0 4.6
    1B 5 0 11.0 15 1 0 2 1.000 13.09 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1957 31 NYA AL 3B 153 148 1323.0 76 297 25 19 .937 2.54 0 0 .000 0 3.4
    1B 3 0 6.0 12 2 0 1 1.000 21.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1958 32 NYA AL 3B 121 120 1090.3 63 220 14 18 .953 2.34 0 0 .000 0 2.6
    1B 4 0 7.0 12 1 0 0 1.000 16.71 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1959 33 NYA AL 3B 147 144 1281.0 69 264 25 26 .930 2.34 0 0 .000 0 3.8
    1B 6 1 19.7 17 3 0 1 1.000 9.16 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1960 34 NYA AL 3B 148 146 1296.3 77 284 24 23 .938 2.51 0 0 .000 0 3.0
    1B 5 0 10.3 13 0 0 0 1.000 11.33 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1961 35 NYA AL 3B 138 137 1203.0 78 270 21 23 .943 2.60 0 0 .000 0 4.1
    1B 4 0 7.0 4 1 0 0 1.000 6.43 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1962 36 TOR AL 3B 151 140 1255.0 66 339 20 37 .953 2.90 0 0 .000 0 2.5
    1B 1 0 5.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 14.40 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1963 37 TOR AL 3B 75 63 538.7 29 151 6 12 .968 3.01 0 0 .000 0 2.5
    1B 5 4 34.0 42 2 0 3 1.000 11.65 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    C 2 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1964 38 TOR AL 3B 65 57 478.7 18 104 5 9 .961 2.29 0 0 .000 0 1.1
    1B 31 27 218.0 286 13 2 26 .993 12.34 0 0 .000 0 0.4
  3B 1498 1406 12538.6 752 2923 216 250 .944 2.64 0 0 .000 0 32.9
  1B 380 335 2989.7 3930 321 23 377 .995 12.80 0 0 .000 0 5.6
  C 2 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1881 1741 15531.3 4684 3244 239 627 .971 4.59 0 0 .000 0 38.5
Career Highs   156 148 1329.0 1601 339 26 147 .995 13.06 0 0 .000 0  
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
1955-10-.304
1956-10-.297
1958-4-.310
1959-3-.324
1961-10-.296
 On-Base Pct
1958-9-.366
1959-10-.368
 Slugging Pct
1955-8-.555
1957-4-.578
1958-3-.573
1959-2-.639
1960-6-.515
1961-10-.470
 OPS
1955-10-.917
1957-6-.928
1958-3-.940
1959-2-1.008
1960-8-.838
 XR
1955-9-108.3
1956-10-105.2
1957-6-111.2
1958-10-96.2
1959-2-123.8
1960-5-95.0
 Games
1954-5-157
1955-1-158
1956-9-156
1957-5-157
1959-1-158
1960-2-157
1962-3-157
At-Bats
1955-4-602
1956-7-589
1957-5-595
1959-3-593
1960-8-600
 Runs
1957-3-106
1958-10-95
1959-2-108
1960-3-109
 Hits
1955-4-183
1956-6-175
1957-6-168
1959-2-192
 Total Bases
1954-9-282
1955-5-334
1956-8-306
1957-4-344
1959-1-379
1960-4-309
 Singles
1955-5-116
1956-7-115
 Doubles
1959-10-32
1960-9-34
Triples
1952-4-6
1957-9-5
1960-2-9
1961-4-7
 Homeruns
1954-8-30
1955-4-40
1956-7-34
1957-4-46
1958-8-32
1959-2-49
1960-5-31
 RBIs
1954-8-109
1955-4-122
1956-9-106
1957-3-120
1959-1-142
1960-5-103
 Stolen Bases
1951-9-18
1952-7-24
1954-4-14
1956-3-14
 Caught Stealing
1951-9-5
1952-8-7
1953-8-7
1954-4-7
1955-2-9
1956-6-3
1957-9-3
1958-10-3
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 6    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 142    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 33    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Lee Thomas (885)
  2. Dwight Evans (881)
  3. Norm Cash (879)
  4. Eddie Lukon (873)
  5. Jimmie Hall (870)
  6. Curt Blefary (869)
  7. Willie Stargell (865)
  8. Leon Wagner (861)
  9. Fred Lynn (861)
  10. Reggie Jackson (859)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 29th overall pick, by Brooklyn in 1950
Had first career hit on 6/3/1951, off Lew Burdette (SEM)
Hit first career homerun on 6/9/1951, off Bob Kuzava (MON)
Won Gold Glove at First Base in 1953
2/1/1955: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,192,857 through salary arbitration
Drove in 6 runs against Boston (A) on 4/8/1955
Was selected to the 1955 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 7/14/1955, hitting .500 with 6 HR, 12 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against Montreal on 9/27/1955
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1955, hitting .378 with 8 HR, 30 RBI
2/1/1956: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,400,000 through salary arbitration
Drove in 7 runs against Montreal on 4/24/1956
Won Player of the Week award on 4/28/1956, hitting .435 with 3 HR, 9 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against New York (A) on 5/14/1956
Was selected to the 1956 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against New York (A) on 7/4/1956
2/1/1957: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,514,286 through salary arbitration
Traded from Brooklyn to New York (A) on 4/2/1957 (Going to BRK: C Earl Battey, SS Tony Kubek. Going to NYA: 3B Randy Jackson)
6/1/1957: Signed a contract extension with New York (A), $5,990,000 per year, for 3 years
Was selected to the 1957 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 7/28/1957, hitting .444 with 3 HR, 5 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1957, hitting .366 with 11 HR, 23 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 4/14/1958, hitting .444 with 3 HR, 8 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 5/19/1958, hitting .440 with 4 HR, 8 RBI
Was selected to the 1958 Allstar game
Had 6 hits with 1 RBI against Minnesota on 7/9/1958
Won Player of the Week award on 7/14/1958, hitting .424 with 1 HR, 5 RBI
Injured on 7/29/1958 with a Fractured Knee, out for 5-6 weeks
Was selected to the 1959 Allstar game
Hit for the cycle against Minnesota on 8/6/1959
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Minnesota on 8/6/1959
Won Player of the Week award on 8/11/1959, hitting .538 with 4 HR, 7 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 8/18/1959, hitting .435 with 3 HR, 8 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1959, hitting .376 with 8 HR, 21 RBI
Won Silver Slugger in 1959, hitting .324 with 49 HR, 142 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 4/7/1960, hitting .579 with 4 HR, 6 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 5/19/1960, hitting .458 with 3 HR, 8 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1960, hitting .314 with 9 HR, 24 RBI
Was selected to the 1960 Allstar game
10/1/1960: Signed a contract extension with New York (A), $6,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Was selected to the 1961 Allstar game
Injured on 9/7/1961 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Traded from New York (A) to Toronto on 2/21/1962 (Going to TOR: C Jack Shepard, 3B Randy Jackson, P Tom Sturdivant, P Bill Fischer. Going to NYA: SS Danny O'connell)
 
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