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Ron
Jackson		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 7''
Weight: 230
 
Born: October 22, 1933 in Usa, MI, KALAMAZOO
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1967   
Gold Glove 1966   
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
1954 20 MON NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 6 6 6 4 4 4 5 4 5 4 3 4
1955 21 MON NL     4 4 4 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 4 5 4 3 4
1956 22 MON NL     4 4 4 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4
1957 23 MON NL $ 300,000   4 4 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4
1958 24 MON NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4
1959 25 MON NL $ 300,000   4 4 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4
1960 26 MON NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 5 5 5 4 5
1961 27 MON NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 7 6 6 5 5 5 6 5 5 5 5 5
1962 28 CLN NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 7 7 7 6 5 6 6 5 5 5 5 5
1963 29 NYG NL $ 485,714   6 6 6 7 7 7 6 5 6 6 5 5 5 4 5
1964 30 NYG NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 7 7 7 5 5 5 6 5 5 5 4 4
1965 31 NYG NL $ 1,000,000   6 6 6 7 7 7 5 4 4 6 5 5 4 4 4
1966 32 NYG NL $ 1,000,000   6 6 6 7 7 7 5 4 4 6 5 6 4 4 4
1967 33 NYG NL $ 1,000,000   6 6 6 7 7 7 5 4 4 6 5 6 4 3 4
1968 34 NYG NL $ 1,000,000   6 6 6 7 7 7 5 4 4 6 6 6 4 3 4
1969 35 OAK AL $ 1,900,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6 3 3 3
1970 36 OAK AL $ 1,900,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 6 6 6 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 5 4 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,900,000   6 6 6 7 7 7 6 5 6 6 6 6 5 5 5
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
1954 20 MON NL 3 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .250 .400 .250 .650 1.1 0.1
    AA   2 8 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .125 .300 .125 .425 0.5  
    A   132 506 81 145 17 4 34 93 6 1 100 110 .287 .404 .538 .942 110.5  
1955 21 AAA   137 486 81 130 15 3 38 75 3 0 55 132 .267 .342 .545 .887 90.7  
1956 22 AAA   137 498 71 129 20 1 28 70 0 1 57 113 .259 .335 .472 .807 79.4  
1957 23 MON NL 25 80 6 10 1 0 2 5 1 0 6 23 .125 .186 .213 .399 1.0 0.0
    AAA   105 375 58 107 16 1 23 68 3 0 48 92 .285 .366 .517 .884 70.3  
1958 24 MON NL 4 17 3 5 1 0 2 5 0 0 0 4 .294 .294 .706 1.000 3.5 0.9
    AAA   61 147 26 42 7 1 15 35 0 0 11 36 .286 .335 .653 .989 30.8  
1959 25 MON NL 10 28 5 8 1 1 3 5 0 0 1 7 .286 .310 .714 1.025 6.1 1.1
1960 26 MON NL 2 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.8 0.2
    AAA   134 521 83 142 26 1 30 80 1 0 55 124 .273 .342 .499 .841 88.0  
1961 27 MON NL 47 82 7 20 4 0 3 10 0 0 8 29 .244 .308 .402 .710 10.2 1.6
1962 28 CLN NL 155 555 66 126 22 3 21 74 1 0 49 129 .227 .288 .391 .679 63.4 9.3
1963 29 NYG NL 158 567 77 136 29 1 20 80 6 1 45 150 .240 .299 .400 .699 66.5 10.5
1964 30 NYG NL 110 269 29 63 12 0 8 30 4 0 19 76 .234 .287 .368 .655 25.7 2.3
1965 31 NYG NL 122 330 46 87 11 2 19 51 1 0 20 88 .264 .305 .482 .787 47.5 8.8
1966 32 NYG NL 155 543 60 142 27 3 21 77 3 5 47 155 .262 .324 .438 .762 77.3 15.4
1967 33 NYG NL 102 217 27 49 7 1 5 26 2 0 24 60 .226 .309 .336 .645 22.6 2.5
1968 34 NYG NL 103 283 36 71 11 1 10 44 2 0 25 87 .251 .312 .403 .715 34.0 5.9
1969 35 OAK AL 68 222 30 59 7 1 5 30 3 0 27 65 .266 .343 .374 .717 29.8 5.6
    AAA   27 102 21 31 1 1 7 19 0 1 12 29 .304 .377 .539 .916 19.8  
1970 36 OAK AL 14 44 3 12 0 0 1 5 0 1 0 14 .273 .273 .341 .614 3.7 0.3
    AAA   102 336 35 70 9 0 3 15 2 0 29 87 .208 .271 .262 .533 24.5  
15 Years Sim 1078 3249 395 792 133 13 120 442 23 7 272 891 .244 .304 .404 .707 393.2 64.6
7 Years AAA 703 2465 375 651 94 8 144 362 9 2 267 613 .264 .342 .484 .826 403.5  
1 Years AA 2 8 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .125 .300 .125 .425 0.5  
1 Years A 132 506 81 145 17 4 34 93 6 1 100 110 .287 .406 .538 .944 110.5  
9 Years Minors 837 2979 458 797 111 12 178 455 15 3 369 725 .268 .354 .492 .846 514.4  
162 Game Average 488 59 119 19 1 18 66 3 1 40 133 .244 .304 .404 .707 59.1  
Career Highs 158 567 77 142 29 3 21 80 6 5 49 155 .500 .500 .714 1.025 77.3  
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   1496 187 372 68 9 49 219 9 1 118 405 .249 .305 .404 .710 185.4
vs LH   1753 208 420 65 4 71 223 14 6 154 486 .240 .302 .403 .705 218.2
Home 547 1605 176 379 62 5 60 222 15 4 137 443 .236 .298 .393 .691 192.5
Away 531 1644 219 413 71 8 60 220 8 3 135 448 .251 .309 .414 .723 211.0
RISP   798 0 198 29 4 39 327 0 0 80 219 .248 .312 .441 .753 113.8
Pinch Hitting   212 22 43 8 1 5 26 0 0 15 68 .203 .262 .321 .583 17.4
Close/Late   426 38 111 16 0 17 67 0 0 42 104 .261 .331 .418 .749 59.0
Mar/Apr 199 618 73 157 32 3 21 92 3 2 36 180 .254 .298 .417 .716 74.8
May 184 557 70 128 24 1 21 68 3 2 50 168 .230 .292 .390 .681 65.3
June 157 439 54 112 16 2 12 48 7 1 40 104 .255 .317 .383 .700 55.0
July 162 493 62 124 21 1 23 85 4 1 40 139 .252 .311 .438 .749 67.4
August 188 554 58 118 12 2 16 66 2 1 53 152 .213 .282 .329 .611 54.0
Sep/Oct 188 588 78 153 28 4 27 83 4 0 53 148 .260 .324 .459 .783 87.2
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
1954 20 MON NL 1B 3 2 20.0 19 2 1 1 .955 9.45   0.0
1957 23 MON NL LF 12 12 97.7 22 0 0 0 1.000 2.03   0.3
    1B 12 11 90.0 107 5 3 6 .974 11.20   0.2
1958 24 MON NL 1B 4 4 32.0 42 2 0 2 1.000 12.38   0.1
1959 25 MON NL 1B 9 9 72.0 68 9 1 8 .987 9.63   0.1
1960 26 MON NL 1B 2 1 10.0 10 0 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
1961 27 MON NL 1B 13 10 93.7 102 8 1 11 .991 10.57   0.2
    RF 7 5 45.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.60   0.1
    LF 3 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1962 28 CLN NL RF 102 100 887.3 202 0 1 0 .995 2.05   2.4
    1B 26 24 211.3 237 16 3 28 .988 10.77   0.3
    LF 25 23 197.0 37 2 0 2 1.000 1.78    
    CF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1963 29 NYG NL 1B 151 147 1296.0 1571 131 13 132 .992 11.82   4.1
    LF 2 0 2.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1964 30 NYG NL 1B 62 60 502.7 629 46 4 36 .994 12.09   1.4
    LF 13 0 19.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.42   0.1
    RF 5 1 17.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.65    
1965 31 NYG NL 1B 81 74 644.0 858 59 9 66 .990 12.82   1.7
    RF 6 6 50.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.98   0.2
    LF 7 0 10.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1966 32 NYG NL 1B 150 148 1304.0 1643 143 19 118 .989 12.33   2.3
    RF 3 1 12.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.13   0.1
    LF 1 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00    
1967 33 NYG NL LF 40 24 224.7 56 2 1 2 .983 2.32   0.8
    1B 23 17 159.0 207 16 0 14 1.000 12.62   0.5
    RF 7 4 37.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.70    
1968 34 NYG NL 1B 76 72 597.0 755 46 3 77 .996 12.08   1.4
    LF 6 0 8.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38   0.0
1969 35 OAK AL RF 10 9 77.0 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.40   0.1
    1B 2 0 2.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50   0.0
1970 36 OAK AL RF 10 9 79.0 13 0 0 0 1.000 1.48   0.2
    1B 3 3 24.0 25 2 0 0 1.000 10.13   0.0
  1B 617 582 5057.7 6276 485 57 500 .992 12.03   12.4
  RF 151 135 1206.0 261 0 1 0 .996 1.95   3.0
  LF 109 59 565.7 125 4 1 4 .992 2.05   1.3
  CF 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
Career Totals   879 776 6832.3 6663 489 59 504 .992 9.42   16.7
Career Highs   154 149 1319.7 1648 143 19 132 1.000 12.38    
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
1958 24 MON NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
1961 27 MON NL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1965 31 NYG NL 10 33 4 9 3 0 0 6 0 0 4 7 .273 .368 .364 .732
1967 33 NYG NL 10 22 1 7 1 0 1 4 0 0 0 6 .318 .348 .500 .848
1968 34 NYG NL 10 26 2 5 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 8 .192 .300 .308 .608
Career Post-Season Batting 32 82 7 21 4 0 2 11 1 0 7 21 .256 .344 .378 .722
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.
Games
1963-3-158
 At-Bats
1963-10-567
 Doubles
1963-7-29
 Strikeouts
1962-6-129
1963-1-150
1966-2-155
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 4    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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  1. Fred Whitfield (961)
  2. Willie Aikens (956)
  3. Eddie Robinson (949)
  4. Len Matuszek (949)
  5. Dick Sisler (940)
  6. Glenn Davis (937)
  7. Gary Gray (935)
  8. Max West (933)
  9. Sixto Lezcano (932)
  10. Harry Simpson (930)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 21st overall pick, by Montreal in 1954
Had first career hit on 9/25/1954, off Kent Peterson (NYG)
Hit first career homerun on 8/21/1957, off Dick Rozek (STL)
2/1/1963: Gets a new one-year contract worth $485,714 through salary arbitration
Traded from Cleveland (N) to New York (N) on 2/1/1963 (Going to NYG: RF Ron Jackson, P Hersh Freeman, P John Boozer. Going to CLN: RF Joe Durham)
4/2/1963: Signed a minor league contract extension with New York (N)
Drove in 6 runs against Toronto on 9/10/1963
Won Player of the Week award on 9/15/1963, hitting .565 with 2 HR, 11 RBI
10/29/1964: Signed a contract extension with New York (N), $1,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Drove in 6 runs against Colorado on 7/28/1966
Won Gold Glove at First Base in 1966
Injured on 3/20/1967 with a Pulled Hamstring Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Won World Championship with New York (N) in 1967
Signed as a free agent by Oakland on 2/3/1969 to a 2-year deal worth $1,900,000 per year
Injured on 6/17/1970 with a Inflamed Rib Cage Muscle, out for one week
 
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