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Sonny
Jackson		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9''
Weight: 170
 
Born: July 9, 1944 in Usa, DC, WASHINGTON
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1975   
All-Star Selections 1971    1972    1973   
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
1963 18 CLN NL     5 5 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 8 9 9
1964 19 CLN NL     5 5 5 1 1 1 5 5 5 4 4 4 8 9 9
1965 20 SEM AL     5 5 5 1 1 1 5 5 5 4 4 4 9 9 9
1966 21 SEM AL     5 5 5 1 1 1 5 5 5 4 4 4 9 10 9
1967 22 SEM AL     6 6 6 1 1 1 5 5 5 4 4 4 9 9 9
1968 23 SEM AL     7 7 7 3 3 3 5 5 5 4 5 4 9 9 9
1969 24 SEM AL     8 8 7 3 3 3 5 6 6 4 4 4 9 10 10
1970 25 SEM AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 3 3 3 6 6 6 4 4 4 9 10 9
1971 26 SEM AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 3 3 3 6 6 6 3 4 4 9 9 9
1972 27 SEM AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 4 4 4 6 6 6 4 4 4 9 9 9
1973 28 SEM AL $ 300,000   8 8 7 4 4 4 6 6 6 4 5 4 9 9 9
1974 29 SEM AL $ 2,807,143   7 7 7 4 4 4 5 6 6 4 5 5 8 9 9
1975 30 SEM AL $ 2,807,143   8 8 7 4 4 4 5 6 6 4 5 5 8 9 9
1976 31 SEM AL $ 2,000,000   8 8 7 5 5 5 5 6 6 4 5 4 8 9 9
1977 32 SEM AL $ 2,000,000   8 8 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 4 8 9 9
1978 33 SEM AL $ 2,000,000   8 8 7 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 5 4 8 8 8
1979 34 MIN AL $ 1,500,000   8 8 7 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 5 4 8 8 8
1980 35 MIN AL $ 1,500,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 4 5 5 4 4 4 8 8 8
1981 36 MIL NL $ 1,000,000   7 7 6 3 3 3 4 5 4 3 4 4 7 8 8
1982 37 CLE AL $ 500,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4
1983 38 SDP NL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,807,143   8 8 8 5 5 5 6 6 6 4 5 5 9 10 10
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
1963 18 AA   137 579 66 140 17 6 0 28 34 12 51 38 .242 .303 .292 .595 54.5  
1964 19 AAA   135 481 49 119 15 1 2 40 29 2 42 38 .247 .308 .295 .603 49.3  
    AA   2 8 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .375 .375 .375 .750 1.2  
1965 20 AAA   110 462 56 110 17 6 4 44 23 6 43 34 .238 .303 .327 .630 48.8  
    AA   7 23 2 4 0 0 0 2 4 0 4 4 .174 .296 .174 .470 2.3  
1966 21 AAA   136 575 91 164 22 4 5 41 35 10 54 30 .285 .347 .363 .710 75.7  
1967 22 AAA   94 395 56 113 15 3 3 36 23 6 34 21 .286 .343 .362 .705 50.9  
1968 23 AAA   137 540 75 176 26 7 11 85 36 11 63 32 .326 .396 .461 .857 97.3  
1969 24 AAA   136 516 84 142 20 1 13 63 26 10 57 24 .275 .347 .393 .741 73.1  
1970 25 SEM AL 126 434 55 138 14 5 4 72 45 20 26 16 .318 .353 .401 .754 60.3 12.1
1971 26 SEM AL 142 487 75 160 20 6 8 89 63 21 37 19 .329 .375 .444 .819 83.8 17.3
1972 27 SEM AL 123 415 62 116 23 2 10 81 32 7 19 25 .280 .308 .417 .725 53.2 7.6
    AAA   2 6 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 .333 .429 .667 1.095 1.7  
1973 28 SEM AL 140 456 76 144 24 2 7 90 43 10 43 28 .316 .373 .423 .796 73.1 14.4
1974 29 SEM AL 140 469 68 124 13 1 6 53 43 14 41 32 .264 .322 .335 .656 50.3 5.2
1975 30 SEM AL 122 396 53 104 16 4 9 56 38 14 35 33 .263 .322 .391 .713 49.8 6.9
1976 31 SEM AL 141 441 58 129 15 2 12 58 38 13 21 28 .293 .325 .417 .742 58.3 10.7
1977 32 SEM AL 133 413 50 117 11 3 7 71 51 15 30 30 .283 .330 .375 .706 52.4 8.0
1978 33 SEM AL 133 449 45 119 12 3 5 63 29 10 20 26 .265 .296 .339 .634 47.4 5.4
1979 34 MIN AL 125 312 42 87 13 2 4 33 23 6 24 20 .279 .330 .372 .702 40.2 7.2
1980 35 MIN AL 126 466 59 119 12 2 3 36 30 6 30 43 .255 .300 .309 .609 43.8 4.7
1981 36 MIL NL 135 399 34 106 10 2 4 34 32 9 26 25 .266 .312 .331 .643 42.0 8.2
1982 37 CLE AL 66 175 23 46 9 1 1 19 8 4 11 19 .263 .305 .343 .648 17.6 2.4
1983 38 SDP NL 59 35 12 8 0 2 1 3 1 0 1 9 .229 .250 .429 .679 3.7 0.6
14 Years Sim 1711 5347 712 1517 192 37 81 758 476 149 364 353 .284 .328 .379 .707 675.6 110.8
7 Years AAA 750 2975 413 826 115 23 38 309 173 45 294 179 .278 .342 .370 .712 396.8  
3 Years AA 146 610 70 147 17 6 0 30 39 12 55 42 .241 .306 .289 .594 57.9  
10 Years Minors 896 3585 483 973 132 29 38 339 212 57 349 221 .271 .336 .356 .692 454.7  
162 Game Average 506 67 143 18 3 7 71 45 14 34 33 .284 .328 .379 .707 64.0  
Career Highs 142 487 76 160 24 6 12 90 63 21 43 43 .329 .375 .444 .819 83.8  
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   4641 603 1322 162 35 71 660 420 125 317 299 .285 .330 .381 .710 607.0
vs LH   706 109 195 30 2 10 98 56 24 47 54 .276 .319 .367 .686 83.9
Home 843 2577 341 749 85 14 38 383 241 78 175 154 .291 .335 .379 .714 338.9
Away 868 2770 371 768 107 23 43 375 235 71 189 199 .277 .322 .379 .701 352.0
RISP   1542 0 469 64 10 25 652 0 0 111 96 .304 .343 .407 .751 212.2
Pinch Hitting   116 25 43 5 0 4 39 9 0 9 7 .371 .416 .517 .933 24.0
Close/Late   661 111 207 19 4 11 108 0 0 52 38 .313 .361 .404 .765 94.3
Mar/Apr 261 764 88 217 21 7 12 114 74 18 57 46 .284 .335 .377 .712 102.6
May 321 1005 149 303 45 7 13 157 98 25 54 76 .301 .335 .399 .734 138.0
June 278 885 121 260 28 3 17 137 72 27 65 56 .294 .341 .390 .730 120.2
July 263 803 96 198 20 3 7 92 76 27 54 50 .247 .292 .305 .598 76.9
August 306 1018 134 274 42 5 17 129 78 24 64 68 .269 .312 .370 .682 121.6
Sep/Oct 265 872 121 265 36 12 15 129 78 28 70 57 .304 .354 .424 .778 131.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1970 25 SEM AL 3B 107 106 939.3 70 212 5 19 .983 2.70   3.7
    SS 16 1 33.3 6 12 2 3 .900 4.86   0.1
    2B 8 0 12.0 0 6 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.1
    CF 1 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    LF 1 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1971 26 SEM AL 3B 109 106 953.3 55 221 8 21 .972 2.61   3.8
    SS 18 0 38.3 6 13 1 2 .950 4.46   0.2
    CF 4 3 31.0 14 0 0 0 1.000 4.06   0.3
    LF 4 1 13.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 4.85    
    2B 4 0 7.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    RF 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1972 27 SEM AL 3B 95 82 759.0 53 185 4 9 .983 2.82   3.2
    SS 14 5 62.0 7 34 2 4 .953 5.95   0.4
    CF 4 4 33.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.45   0.1
    LF 3 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1973 28 SEM AL SS 115 103 941.3 153 385 27 71 .952 5.14   4.6
    2B 9 4 47.0 11 17 0 5 1.000 5.36   0.2
    3B 9 3 35.7 1 16 0 1 1.000 4.29   0.3
    LF 6 0 21.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.29   0.0
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1974 29 SEM AL 3B 111 110 955.3 49 230 9 19 .969 2.63   4.0
    2B 10 3 38.7 5 19 0 5 1.000 5.59   0.3
    SS 10 3 38.3 7 19 1 2 .963 6.10   0.3
    RF 3 3 27.0 3 1 0 0 1.000 1.33   0.2
    CF 3 3 25.3 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.42    
    LF 5 1 21.0 6 0 1 0 .857 2.57    
    1B 2 2 16.0 26 2 0 2 1.000 15.75   0.1
1975 30 SEM AL 3B 107 102 889.7 60 223 4 29 .986 2.86   4.8
    SS 18 0 33.7 5 11 0 4 1.000 4.28   0.2
    2B 4 0 11.0 1 4 0 1 1.000 4.09   0.1
1976 31 SEM AL 3B 115 104 957.7 56 235 13 16 .957 2.73   2.7
    SS 16 0 36.7 6 18 0 1 1.000 5.89   0.2
    2B 6 0 11.0 3 2 0 0 1.000 4.09   0.0
    CF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1977 32 SEM AL 3B 110 104 939.0 60 269 11 25 .968 3.15   5.2
    SS 14 0 27.3 3 12 1 3 .938 4.94   0.2
    2B 7 0 16.0 2 5 0 0 1.000 3.94   0.1
    CF 1 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1978 33 SEM AL 3B 122 115 1036.0 76 228 4 17 .987 2.64   4.6
    SS 7 0 13.0 1 6 0 1 1.000 4.85   0.1
    2B 3 0 9.0 1 4 0 2 1.000 5.00   0.0
1979 34 MIN AL 3B 89 62 607.0 34 198 4 22 .983 3.44   3.6
    1B 8 8 67.3 82 7 2 5 .978 11.90   0.1
    RF 5 0 17.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.12   0.0
    2B 8 0 15.0 7 7 0 2 1.000 8.40   0.1
    SS 4 0 5.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 5.40   0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1980 35 MIN AL 2B 122 120 1023.7 256 432 11 91 .984 6.05   4.1
    SS 6 0 12.3 0 4 0 1 1.000 2.92   0.0
    3B 3 0 3.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
    RF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1981 36 MIL NL 3B 122 117 998.3 75 244 6 13 .982 2.88   2.9
    RF 2 2 16.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 5.06   0.1
    2B 4 1 14.3 3 5 0 1 1.000 5.02   0.1
    SS 5 0 9.3 1 2 0 0 1.000 2.89   0.0
    CF 1 1 8.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1982 37 CLE AL SS 41 40 341.0 45 137 8 21 .958 4.80   1.3
    2B 8 4 41.7 13 18 0 2 1.000 6.70   0.3
    3B 7 4 38.0 2 14 0 0 1.000 3.79   0.3
    RF 2 2 15.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.40   0.0
    LF 4 0 10.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.90    
    CF 2 0 7.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1983 38 SDP NL SS 13 2 30.0 4 17 1 3 .955 6.30   0.1
    RF 11 2 28.3 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.91   0.2
    CF 8 1 24.3 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.96    
    LF 6 2 18.3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.47    
    2B 4 0 6.3 1 4 0 0 1.000 7.11   0.0
    3B 4 0 4.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 6.75   0.0
  3B 1110 1015 9115.3 594 2278 68 191 .977 2.84   39.4
  SS 297 154 1621.6 245 672 43 116 .955 5.09   7.8
  2B 197 132 1252.6 303 523 11 109 .987 5.93   5.4
  CF 26 12 138.7 38 0 0 0 1.000 2.47   0.4
  RF 29 9 113.3 27 1 0 0 1.000 2.22   0.5
  LF 30 4 92.3 21 0 1 0 .955 2.05   0.0
  1B 10 10 83.3 108 9 2 7 .983 12.64   0.2
Career Totals   1699 1336 12417.2 1336 3483 125 423 .975 3.49   53.8
Career Highs   144 125 1121.7 259 437 27 92 .988 6.02    
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
1970 25 SEM AL 4 15 1 3 0 0 1 4 0 2 2 2 .200 .294 .400 .694
1971 26 SEM AL 11 36 2 13 2 0 0 5 2 3 0 1 .361 .378 .417 .795
1972 27 SEM AL 17 60 5 9 2 0 2 9 2 0 4 5 .150 .203 .283 .486
1973 28 SEM AL 5 9 2 3 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 .333 .400 .333 .733
1974 29 SEM AL 9 28 5 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 2 .143 .273 .143 .416
1975 30 SEM AL 14 48 4 11 2 1 0 6 2 1 3 3 .229 .269 .313 .582
1976 31 SEM AL 9 29 2 7 1 0 1 2 3 1 2 2 .241 .290 .379 .670
1977 32 SEM AL 13 48 9 13 1 0 1 8 8 3 5 2 .271 .340 .354 .694
1978 33 SEM AL 17 58 4 16 3 1 0 8 3 1 5 3 .276 .333 .362 .695
Career Post-Season Batting 99 331 34 79 11 2 5 45 21 12 26 20 .239 .297 .329 .627
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
1970-8-.295*
1971-1-.329
1973-7-.316
 On-Base Pct
1971-9-.375
 Singles
1971-6-126
 Triples
1971-10-6
 Stolen Bases
1970-4-45
1971-3-63
1972-8-32
1973-5-43
1974-7-43
1975-8-38
1976-5-38
1977-3-51
1978-9-29
1981-9-32
CAR-20-476
 Caught Stealing
1970-2-20
1971-3-21
1974-9-14
1975-10-14
1976-9-13
CAR-34-149
 
   Black Ink Test: 4    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 33    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 32    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  8. Marty Martinez (883)
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 48th overall pick, by Cleveland (N) in 1963
Injured on 4/20/1964 with a Blister On Finger, out for 6 days
Traded from Cleveland (N) to Seattle on 2/13/1965 (Going to CLN: 1B Costen Shockley. Going to SEM: CF Sonny Jackson)
Injured on 3/4/1965 with a Fractured Hand, out for 7 weeks
Injured on 7/17/1966 with a Sore Shoulder, out for 4 days
Injured on 8/31/1966 with a Sore Shoulder, out for one week
Injured on 7/5/1967 with a Torn Abdominal Muscle, out for 7 weeks
Had first career hit on 4/2/1970, off Juan Marichal (MON)
Hit first career homerun on 5/30/1970, off Steve Renko (KCR)
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Kansas City on 5/30/1970
Injured on 9/25/1970 with a Strained Thigh Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Won Bronze Rookie in 1970, hitting .318 with 4 HR, 72 RBI
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against New York (N) on 6/25/1971
Was selected to the 1971 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 5/26/1972, hitting .481 with 0 HR, 14 RBI
Hit for the cycle against Detroit on 6/14/1972
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Detroit on 6/14/1972
Was selected to the 1972 Allstar game
Was selected to the 1973 Allstar game
2/1/1974: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,807,143 through salary arbitration
Injured on 6/28/1974 with a Sore Shoulder, out for one week
2/1/1975: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,807,143 through salary arbitration
9/1/1975: Signed a contract extension with Seattle, $2,000,000 per year, for 3 years
Won World Championship with Seattle in 1975
Signed as a free agent by Minnesota on 2/10/1979 to a 2-year deal worth $1,500,000 per year
Injured on 3/26/1980 with a Ruptured Tricep Tendon, out for 4-5 weeks
Signed as a free agent by Milwaukee on 2/8/1981 to a 1-year deal worth $1,000,000 per year
 
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