Jerry
Hairston
 
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 200
 
Born: February 16, 1952 in Usa, AL, BIRMINGHAM
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1982   
Gold Glove 1976    1981   
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
1973 21 NYG NL     5 5 5 3 3 3 7 7 7 9 9 9 7 7 7
1974 22 NYG NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 7 7 7 9 9 9 7 7 7
1975 23 NYG NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 7 7 7 9 9 9 7 7 7
1976 24 NYG NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 8 7 7 9 9 9 7 7 7
1977 25 NYG NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 7 7 7 9 9 9 7 7 7
1978 26 NYG NL $ 803,571   5 5 5 4 4 4 7 7 7 9 9 9 8 7 7
1979 27 NYG NL $ 550,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 7 7 7 9 9 9 8 8 8
1980 28 NYG NL $ 550,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 7 7 7 9 9 9 7 7 7
1981 29 CLN NL $ 550,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 7 7 7 9 9 9 7 7 7
1982 30 CLN NL $ 550,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 7 7 7 9 9 9 7 7 7
1983 31 CLN NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 7 7 7 9 9 9 7 7 7
1984 32 CLN NL $ 1,400,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 7 7 7 8 8 8 6 6 6
1985 33 BSN NL $ 1,400,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 7 7 7 8 8 8 6 6 6
1986 34 BSN NL $ 1,400,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 7 7 7 8 8 8 6 6 6
1987 35 KCR AL $ 1,400,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 7 7 7 8 8 8 6 6 6
1988 36 LAD NL $ 1,300,300   5 5 5 3 3 3 7 6 7 8 8 8 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 3 3 3 7 6 7 8 8 8 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,400,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 8 7 7 9 9 9 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
1973 21 AAA   111 400 60 113 25 2 13 65 0 2 63 56 .283 .380 .453 .833 68.5  
    AA   26 103 15 26 8 0 2 13 0 0 8 17 .252 .306 .388 .695 12.0  
1974 22 NYG NL 34 89 14 26 8 1 2 16 0 0 16 9 .292 .400 .472 .872 15.8 3.4
    AAA   106 341 45 93 19 0 7 63 1 2 71 38 .273 .398 .390 .788 57.1  
1975 23 NYG NL 150 515 72 131 34 3 12 71 0 1 78 59 .254 .353 .402 .755 71.9 13.2
1976 24 NYG NL 149 475 64 117 27 1 5 52 1 1 83 59 .246 .356 .339 .695 61.8 8.6
1977 25 NYG NL 81 174 21 43 11 0 3 20 0 0 25 18 .247 .345 .362 .707 21.4 3.7
1978 26 NYG NL 34 77 6 10 2 0 0 2 0 1 12 15 .130 .256 .156 .411 2.7 0.0
1979 27 NYG NL 45 118 21 33 8 1 1 17 1 0 32 10 .280 .430 .390 .820 21.8 5.7
1980 28 NYG NL 151 484 66 119 30 0 6 65 1 0 71 62 .246 .339 .345 .684 61.9 11.8
1981 29 CLN NL 125 401 40 92 19 0 2 49 1 1 60 43 .229 .328 .292 .619 39.3 4.7
1982 30 CLN NL 85 204 28 58 11 0 1 22 0 0 40 31 .284 .398 .353 .751 29.8 5.4
1983 31 CLN NL 150 546 60 139 27 2 8 71 1 0 53 80 .255 .320 .355 .675 60.6 8.8
1984 32 CLN NL 153 533 62 112 28 3 2 60 1 1 54 92 .210 .286 .285 .572 43.2 4.1
1985 33 BSN NL 100 342 28 79 14 1 4 27 0 0 38 61 .231 .307 .313 .620 32.2 3.8
    AAA   53 196 25 55 16 0 4 25 0 1 32 30 .281 .382 .423 .805 31.8  
1986 34 BSN NL 140 430 56 107 24 2 6 35 0 0 79 67 .249 .363 .356 .718 59.8 11.8
1987 35 KCR AL 41 98 14 26 4 0 2 7 0 1 16 13 .265 .368 .367 .736 12.8 1.9
1988 36 BAL AL 78 240 24 53 15 1 1 24 1 0 26 41 .221 .299 .304 .603 19.4 0.8
    AAA   12 37 5 16 4 0 3 10 0 0 12 4 .432 .571 .784 1.355 13.8  
15 Years Sim 1516 4726 576 1145 262 15 55 538 7 6 683 660 .242 .337 .339 .676 554.5 87.9
4 Years AAA 282 974 135 277 64 2 27 163 1 5 178 128 .284 .392 .437 .829 171.2  
1 Years AA 26 103 15 26 8 0 2 13 0 0 8 17 .252 .301 .388 .689 12.0  
5 Years Minors 308 1077 150 303 72 2 29 176 1 5 186 145 .281 .384 .433 .816 183.2  
162 Game Average 505 61 122 27 1 5 57 0 0 72 70 .242 .337 .339 .676 59.2  
Career Highs 153 546 72 139 34 3 12 71 1 1 83 92 .292 .430 .472 .872 71.9  
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   3258 383 755 159 8 34 353 5 5 452 465 .232 .325 .317 .641 361.5
vs LH   1468 193 390 103 7 21 185 2 1 231 195 .266 .366 .388 .754 216.3
Home 742 2298 311 599 126 12 31 285 3 1 336 310 .261 .354 .366 .721 314.2
Away 774 2428 265 546 136 3 24 253 4 5 347 350 .225 .321 .313 .634 263.5
RISP   1191 0 322 76 3 13 462 0 0 201 161 .270 .370 .372 .742 176.5
Pinch Hitting   66 8 23 3 0 0 5 0 0 9 11 .348 .421 .394 .815 11.1
Close/Late   517 55 127 32 2 3 51 0 0 81 66 .246 .348 .333 .680 64.5
Mar/Apr 232 702 86 189 42 2 9 83 1 2 103 100 .269 .362 .373 .735 98.6
May 244 744 96 162 39 2 8 77 2 0 113 109 .218 .322 .308 .630 81.1
June 272 886 107 214 42 4 11 105 2 1 111 120 .242 .327 .335 .662 102.0
July 242 743 99 191 38 2 10 78 1 0 104 102 .257 .346 .354 .700 96.9
August 286 905 112 213 52 2 10 107 0 1 128 127 .235 .329 .330 .659 105.2
Sep/Oct 240 746 76 176 49 3 7 88 1 2 124 102 .236 .343 .338 .681 94.0
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1974 22 NYG NL RF 6 6 51.0 13 1 0 1 1.000 2.47   0.3
    LF 8 3 49.0 12 0 2 0 .857 2.20    
    1B 5 5 40.0 45 0 1 3 .978 10.13   0.0
    CF 7 0 13.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.32    
1975 23 NYG NL CF 147 146 1267.3 390 9 0 1 1.000 2.83   5.3
    LF 2 0 7.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.17    
1976 24 NYG NL CF 148 146 1236.0 364 16 1 3 .997 2.77   6.2
    1B 2 0 6.0 8 0 0 1 1.000 12.00   0.0
1977 25 NYG NL CF 15 14 121.3 27 0 0 0 1.000 2.00   0.6
    RF 26 9 104.0 25 0 0 0 1.000 2.16    
    1B 9 8 66.0 80 2 0 5 1.000 11.18   0.1
    LF 11 6 57.0 9 1 1 0 .909 1.58    
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1978 26 NYG NL CF 10 10 82.0 28 0 0 0 1.000 3.07   0.3
    1B 12 7 58.3 69 5 0 5 1.000 11.42   0.1
    RF 3 0 8.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13    
1979 27 NYG NL CF 15 15 115.0 34 1 0 0 1.000 2.74   0.6
    1B 12 9 81.0 101 8 0 12 1.000 12.11   0.2
    RF 6 4 33.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.18    
    LF 4 3 26.0 7 1 0 0 1.000 2.77    
    SS 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1980 28 NYG NL CF 149 149 1270.0 348 14 1 4 .997 2.57   3.5
    RF 5 0 7.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1981 29 CLN NL CF 125 124 1038.3 330 15 1 2 .997 2.99   5.3
    LF 1 0 1.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1982 30 CLN NL CF 60 48 419.7 147 4 1 2 .993 3.24   2.5
    LF 8 6 55.3 11 1 1 0 .923 1.95    
    RF 9 3 40.0 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.70    
1983 31 CLN NL CF 150 150 1347.0 384 9 0 3 1.000 2.63   7.0
    1B 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1984 32 CLN NL CF 153 152 1317.3 313 13 0 4 1.000 2.23   4.3
    RF 6 0 13.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.69    
    SS 2 0 3.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.0
    1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1985 33 BSN NL CF 89 89 789.3 190 3 1 0 .995 2.20   2.2
    LF 4 1 14.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.23    
    1B 3 1 13.0 18 2 0 2 1.000 13.85   0.0
    RF 1 1 7.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29    
1986 34 BSN NL CF 127 116 1031.0 281 7 0 4 1.000 2.51   3.6
    1B 5 3 33.0 42 2 1 3 .978 12.00   0.0
    RF 5 0 13.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.69    
    LF 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1987 35 KCR AL LF 18 16 140.7 29 1 1 0 .968 1.92   0.4
    CF 11 4 44.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.05    
    RF 7 3 37.7 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.91    
1988 36 BAL AL RF 78 78 626.0 152 7 0 1 1.000 2.29   1.8
    CF 1 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00    
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    1B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  CF 1207 1163 10095.0 2850 91 5 23 .998 2.62   41.4
  RF 152 104 939.7 222 8 0 2 1.000 2.20   2.1
  LF 59 35 357.0 72 4 5 0 .938 1.92   0.4
  1B 51 33 301.3 366 19 2 31 .995 11.50   0.5
  SS 3 0 4.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 6.75   0.0
  3B 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   1474 1335 11699.9 3511 124 12 56 .997 2.80   44.6
Career Highs   162 152 1349.0 391 16 3 12 1.000 6.25    
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
1979 27 NYG NL 7 23 6 6 2 0 1 4 0 0 1 0 .261 .292 .478 .770
1980 28 NYG NL 11 40 3 12 2 0 2 11 0 0 5 2 .300 .378 .500 .878
1982 30 CLN NL 7 17 4 6 2 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 .353 .476 .647 1.123
1983 31 CLN NL 9 21 3 9 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 6 .429 .455 .524 .978
1984 32 CLN NL 13 41 1 7 3 0 0 4 0 0 1 7 .171 .190 .244 .434
1987 35 KCR AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Career Post-Season Batting 48 142 17 40 11 0 4 22 0 0 13 16 .282 .342 .444 .786
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.
Walks
1975-10-78
1986-9-79
         
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 4    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 21    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Ron Roenicke (945)
  2. Gary Holman (928)
  3. Merv Rettenmund (915)
  4. Johnny Grubb (914)
  5. Cal Abrams (909)
  6. Mike McCormick (901)
  7. Dom Dallessandro (901)
  8. Connie Ryan (891)
  9. Albie Pearson (890)
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 35th overall pick, by New York (N) in 1973
Had first career hit (double) on 7/31/1974, off Ken Sanders (MIN)
Hit first career homerun on 9/11/1974, off Jim Bibby (PIT)
Won Gold Glove at Centerfield in 1976
2/2/1978: Gets a new one-year contract worth $803,571 through salary arbitration
10/23/1978: Signed a contract extension with New York (N), $550,000 per year, for 4 years
3/4/1979: Signed a minor league contract extension with New York (N)
Traded from New York (N) to Cleveland (N) on 4/3/1981 (Going to CLN: CF Jerry Hairston, P Jerry Reed. Going to NYG: P Ron Bryant)
Won Gold Glove at Centerfield in 1981
Won World Championship with Cleveland (N) in 1982
Won Player of the Week award on 7/22/1983, hitting .565 with 1 HR, 4 RBI
9/22/1983: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland (N), $1,400,000 per year, for 4 years
Traded from Cleveland (N) to Boston (N) on 2/21/1985 (Going to CLN: P Butch Edge. Going to BSN: P George Lauzerique, C John Ellis, CF Jerry Hairston)
Traded from Boston (N) to Kansas City on 3/4/1987 (Going to BSN: P Rick Rodriguez. Going to KCR: P Luis Aponte, CF Jerry Hairston)
Injured on 9/2/1987 with a Strained Back, out for one week
Signed as a free agent by Baltimore on 2/26/1988 to a 1-year deal worth $1,300,300 per year
Injured on 7/12/1988 with a Inflamed Posterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 4 weeks
Traded from Baltimore to Los Angeles on 7/31/1988 (Going to BAL: CF Vince Coleman, 2B Brad Wellman. Going to LAD: CF Jerry Hairston)