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Bo
Jackson		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 230
 
Born: November 30, 1962 in Usa, AL, BESSEMER
 
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
1986 23 PIT NL     4 4 4 8 8 8 4 4 4 5 4 5 3 3 3
1987 24 PIT NL     4 4 5 8 8 8 5 4 4 5 5 5 3 3 3
1988 25 PIT NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 8 8 8 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3
1989 26 PHN NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 8 8 8 5 4 4 6 5 5 3 3 3
1990 27 PHN NL $ 300,000   5 5 6 9 8 8 5 5 5 6 5 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 8 8 8 4 4 4 5 4 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   5 5 6 9 8 8 5 5 5 6 5 5 3 3 3
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
1986 23 AAA   57 208 38 57 6 2 18 32 1 1 18 52 .274 .332 .582 .914 39.3  
    AA   80 302 44 82 7 0 24 55 1 0 36 84 .272 .349 .533 .882 56.4  
1987 24 AAA   135 510 75 141 14 3 34 92 8 3 58 125 .276 .350 .516 .866 91.9  
1988 25 PIT NL 106 240 32 58 7 1 11 31 6 1 17 67 .242 .297 .417 .714 27.7 3.7
1989 26 PIT NL 59 189 17 38 10 1 3 17 1 1 10 67 .201 .241 .312 .554 14.1 0.0
  PHN NL 41 109 13 24 4 1 5 17 0 0 11 26 .220 .289 .413 .702 13.7 1.9
  TOT   100 298 30 62 14 2 8 34 1 1 21 93 .208 .259 .349 .608 27.7 1.9
1990 27 PHN NL 124 420 65 108 25 0 21 71 4 8 52 126 .257 .342 .467 .809 64.8 14.2
3 Years Sim 330 958 127 228 46 3 40 136 11 10 90 286 .238 .306 .418 .723 120.2 19.8
2 Years AAA 192 718 113 198 20 5 52 124 9 4 76 177 .276 .345 .535 .879 131.2  
1 Years AA 80 302 44 82 7 0 24 55 1 0 36 84 .272 .347 .533 .880 56.4  
3 Years Minors 272 1020 157 280 27 5 76 179 10 4 112 261 .275 .345 .534 .880 187.6  
162 Game Average 470 62 111 22 1 19 66 5 4 44 140 .238 .306 .418 .723 59.0  
Career Highs 124 420 65 108 25 2 21 71 6 8 52 126 .257 .342 .467 .809 64.8  
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   535 79 123 28 0 23 76 3 7 52 164 .230 .301 .411 .712 65.7
vs LH   423 48 105 18 3 17 60 8 3 38 122 .248 .313 .426 .738 56.9
Home 160 458 67 107 20 1 25 65 2 5 39 135 .234 .294 .445 .740 60.3
Away 170 500 60 121 26 2 15 71 9 5 51 151 .242 .317 .392 .709 62.4
RISP   275 0 65 13 0 7 87 0 0 25 86 .236 .297 .360 .657 30.3
Pinch Hitting   66 10 11 1 0 3 9 0 0 7 20 .167 .257 .318 .575 5.6
Close/Late   137 17 27 6 0 4 17 0 0 17 45 .197 .290 .328 .619 13.8
Mar/Apr 49 126 13 23 11 0 3 14 0 1 9 53 .183 .241 .341 .582 9.6
May 60 200 18 43 5 1 6 19 3 1 15 58 .215 .270 .340 .610 19.0
June 43 122 20 36 6 1 4 19 1 3 11 32 .295 .353 .459 .812 18.3
July 45 124 23 30 3 0 9 17 2 2 16 29 .242 .338 .484 .822 20.3
August 66 194 21 44 9 0 7 27 2 0 18 67 .227 .293 .381 .674 22.6
Sep/Oct 67 192 32 52 12 1 11 40 3 3 21 47 .271 .346 .516 .861 32.8
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
1988 25 PIT NL LF 61 48 421.3 70 4 1 0 .987 1.58   1.4
    CF 31 1 74.3 22 1 1 0 .958 2.78    
    RF 4 2 22.7 2 0 1 0 .667 0.79    
1989 26 PIT NL LF 42 41 368.6 60 4 2 1 .970 1.56   0.8
    RF 6 3 35.7 8 1 1 0 .900 2.27   0.0
    CF 3 3 28.8 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.56   0.0
  PHN NL LF 30 29 220.4 36 2 1 1 .974 1.55   0.6
    RF 5 2 21.3 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.69   0.0
    CF 2 2 17.2 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.57   0.0
  TOT   LF 72 70 589.0 96 6 3 2 .971 1.56   1.3
      RF 11 5 57.0 12 1 1 0 .929 2.05   0.0
      CF 5 5 46.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.57   0.0
1990 27 PHN NL LF 30 25 233.3 55 2 1 0 .983 2.20   1.1
    RF 29 25 211.7 39 2 2 1 .953 1.74    
    CF 4 4 34.0 11 0 1 0 .917 2.91    
  LF 163 143 1243.7 221 12 5 2 .979 1.69   3.8
  RF 44 32 291.3 53 3 4 1 .933 1.73   0.0
  CF 40 10 154.3 41 1 2 0 .955 2.45   0.0
Career Totals   247 185 1689.3 315 16 11 3 .968 1.76   3.8
Career Highs   96 80 692.0 116 7 4 2 .971 2.05    
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Ruben Sierra (983)
  2. Dave Clark (981)
  3. Randy Johnson (975)
  4. George Crowe (969)
  5. Mike Chartak (969)
  6. Bob Jones (965)
  7. Bobby Mitchell (963)
  8. Johnny Weekly (962)
  9. Juan Gonzalez (962)
  10. Devon White (957)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 34th overall pick, by Pittsburgh in 1986
Had first career hit (double) on 4/18/1988, off Jamie Moyer (NYG)
Hit first career homerun on 5/2/1988, off Joe Price (COL)
Injured on 6/9/1989 with a Broken Hand, out for 7 weeks
Traded from Pittsburgh to Philadelphia on 7/31/1989 (Going to PHN: CF Kirk Gibson, LF Bo Jackson, RF John Christensen. Going to PIT: 1B Carmen Castillo, 2B Bill Lyons, LF Jim Tracy)
7/1/1990: Signed a contract extension with Philadelphia, $1,750,000 per year, for 3 years
 
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