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Ron Jackson
Ronnie Damien Jackson

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 205 lb.

Debut September 12, 1975
  vs. KCR 3 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 1 SB
Final Game September 29, 1984
Born May 9, 1953 in Birmingham, AL

Drafted by the California Angels in the 2nd round of the 1971 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1975 22 CAL AL  13   39    2    9   2  0   0    2   1  1   2  10  .231  .268  .282   62   11   2   0   0   0   0
 1976 23 CAL AL 127  410   44   93  18  3   8   40   5  4  30  58  .227  .289  .344   91  141   4   3   1   7  10
 1977 24 CAL AL 106  292   38   71  15  2   8   28   3  2  24  42  .243  .301  .390   91  114   3   2   2   1   6
 1978 25 CAL AL 105  387   49  115  18  6   6   57   2  3  16  31  .297  .337  .421  116  163   2   4   1   9   9
 1979 26 MIN AL 159  583   85  158  40  5  14   68   3  1  51  59  .271  .337  .429  102  250   6   4   5   9  14
 1980 27 MIN AL 131  396   48  105  29  3   5   42   1  8  28  41  .265  .316  .391   87  155   4   3   5   3  15
 1981 28 TOT AL  85  270   29   73  17  1   5   40   6  3  18  26  .270  .316  .396  100  107   4   2   0   1   3
         MIN AL  54  175   17   46   9  0   4   28   2  2  10  15  .263  .305  .383   92   67   4   1   0   1   3
         DET AL  31   95   12   27   8  1   1   12   4  1   8  11  .284  .337  .421  114   40   0   1   0   0   0
 1982 29 CAL AL  53  142   15   47   6  0   2   19   0  1  10  12  .331  .381  .415  119   59   4   1   0   2   3
 1983 30 CAL AL 102  348   41   80  16  1   8   39   2  2  27  33  .230  .291  .351   77  122   1   0   2   3  10
 1984 31 TOT AL  45  119    5   23   4  1   0    7   0  2   7  17  .193  .236  .244   34   29   1   1   1   0   3
         CAL AL  33   91    5   15   2  1   0    5   0  0   7  13  .165  .222  .209   21   19   1   1   1   0   3
         BAL AL  12   28    0    8   2  0   0    2   0  2   0   4  .286  .286  .357   79   10   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons     926 2986  356  774 165 22  56  342  23 27 213 329  .259  .314  .385   94 1151  31  20  17  35  73
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        522   62  135  29  4  10   60   4  5  37  58  .259  .314  .385   94  201   5   3   3   6  13
 Career High    159  583   85  158  40  6  14   68   6  8  51  59  .297  .337  .429  116  250   6   4   5   9  15
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1975 22 CAL AL   43   33    3   2.4    86| .231  .249| .268  .317| .282  .365| .550  .682|  62  .262  -1.9  -0.2  50%
 1976 23 CAL AL  454  338   40   3.2    80| .227  .248| .289  .311| .344  .350| .633  .660|  91  .401  -4.5  -0.5  55%
 1977 24 CAL AL  322  234   34   3.9    96| .243  .262| .301  .325| .390  .398| .691  .723|  91  .421  -3.8  -0.4  60%
 1978 25 CAL AL  418  290   53   4.9    90| .297  .256| .337  .321| .421  .378| .758  .699| 116  .556   7.5   0.8  40%
 1979 26 MIN AL  653  450   84   5.0   105| .271  .274| .337  .340| .429  .415| .766  .755| 102  .525   1.9   0.2  75%
 1980 27 MIN AL  434  321   43   3.6   105| .265  .278| .316  .342| .391  .413| .707  .755|  87  .391  -7.4  -0.7  11%
 1981 28 TOT AL  295  209   35   4.5    94| .270  .263| .316  .328| .396  .382| .712  .710| 100  .543  -0.3   0.0  66%
         MIN AL  191  139   20   3.9    94| .263  .264| .305  .330| .383  .384| .688  .713|  92  .474  -2.2  -0.2  50%
         DET AL  104   70   15   5.8    92| .284  .261| .337  .326| .421  .379| .758  .705| 114  .651   1.9   0.2  80%
 1982 29 CAL AL  159  104   22   5.7    98| .331  .264| .381  .328| .415  .402| .796  .730| 119  .596   4.1   0.4   0%
 1983 30 CAL AL  379  281   34   3.2    97| .230  .264| .291  .326| .351  .399| .642  .725|  77  .349 -11.4  -1.1  50%
 1984 31 TOT AL  128  103    6   1.6    96| .193  .263| .236  .326| .244  .397| .480  .723|  34  .125 -10.8  -1.1   0%
         CAL AL  100   81    4   1.3    97| .165  .264| .222  .326| .209  .398| .431  .724|  21  .095 -10.0  -1.0   0%
         BAL AL   28   22    2   2.4    95| .286  .261| .286  .324| .357  .394| .643  .718|  79  .244  -0.8  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 10 Seasons     3285 2363  354   4.0    96| .259  .264| .314  .328| .385  .393| .699  .721|  94  .454 -26.7  -2.6  46%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1975 22 CAL AL LF 9 15 1 1 0 .941 .976 1.78 1.80 1.84 2.18 9 78.3 3B 3 2 3 1 0 .833 .962 1.67 2.80 3.75 3.15 1 12.0 DH 1 1976 23 CAL AL 3B 114 85 222 16 19 .950 .953 2.69 2.64 2.93 2.94 103 943.0 2B 7 5 3 0 1 1.000 .976 1.14 4.64 4.50 5.40 1 16.0 DH 6 OF 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.25 2.20 0.82 2.45 1 11.0 LF 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.33 1.90 1.50 2.25 0 6.0 RF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 0.00 2.16 1 5.0 1977 24 CAL AL 1B 43 278 27 3 27 .990 .990 7.09 8.79 9.62 10.02 33 285.3 3B 30 33 48 3 6 .964 .957 2.70 2.72 3.09 2.97 25 236.0 DH 20 LF 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.00 1.73 1.42 2.13 2 19.0 SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.10 0.00 4.95 0 2.0 1978 25 CAL AL 1B 75 580 56 4 50 .994 .992 8.48 8.75 9.29 10.05 71 616.3 3B 31 25 32 3 6 .950 .955 1.84 2.59 2.13 3.00 26 240.7 RF 1 1 0 1 0 .500 1.000 1.00 1.80 1.00 2.20 1 9.0 DH 1 1979 26 MIN AL 1B 157 1447 137 9 175 .994 .992 10.09 6.37 10.59 6.68 152 1346.3 3B 1 1 3 0 0 1.000 .952 4.00 2.70 5.14 3.09 1 7.0 LF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.10 0.00 5.40 0 1.0 1980 27 MIN AL 1B 119 983 74 10 105 .991 .992 8.88 8.40 11.46 10.02 91 830.0 OF 15 17 0 0 0 1.000 .977 1.13 2.15 2.02 2.47 6 75.7 LF 14 16 0 0 0 1.000 .982 1.14 1.92 1.91 2.35 6 75.3 3B 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.60 0.00 3.06 0 5.0 CF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.60 0.00 3.00 0 0.3 DH 1 1981 28 TOT AL 1B 65 527 41 4 46 .993 .993 8.74 8.57 10.19 10.06 53 501.7 MIN AL 1B 36 309 26 4 26 .988 .993 9.31 8.57 10.16 10.06 32 296.7 OF 7 18 1 0 0 1.000 .984 2.71 2.16 2.80 2.48 7 61.0 LF 6 17 0 0 0 1.000 .977 2.83 1.98 2.89 2.38 6 53.0 DH 6 3B 3 2 3 1 0 .833 .943 1.67 2.53 1.88 2.96 3 24.0 RF 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 1.80 2.25 2.14 1 8.0 DET AL 1B 29 218 15 0 20 1.000 .993 8.03 8.57 10.23 10.06 21 205.0 1982 29 CAL AL 1B 37 315 19 2 37 .994 .992 9.03 8.51 10.74 9.85 31 280.0 3B 9 2 12 0 0 1.000 .952 1.56 2.62 2.47 3.07 5 51.0 1983 30 CAL AL 3B 38 41 92 6 9 .957 .955 3.50 2.57 3.72 3.07 36 322.0 1B 35 334 21 3 34 .992 .992 10.14 8.24 11.55 9.90 31 276.7 DH 16 OF 15 27 1 4 0 .875 .982 1.87 2.16 2.18 2.50 10 115.7 LF 14 25 1 3 0 .897 .977 1.86 1.90 2.09 2.32 10 111.7 RF 1 1 0 1 0 .500 1.000 1.00 1.80 2.25 2.25 0 4.0 1984 31 TOT AL 3B 19 21 22 2 5 .956 .949 2.26 2.19 3.37 2.75 14 115.0 CAL AL 1B 21 186 13 2 17 .990 .991 9.48 8.25 10.60 9.75 18 169.0 3B 9 9 10 1 1 .950 .950 2.11 2.19 2.95 2.75 7 58.0 LF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.80 9.00 2.70 0 1.0 BAL AL 3B 10 12 12 1 4 .960 .949 2.40 2.19 3.79 2.75 7 57.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1977 24 CAL AL 1B 43 278 27 3 27 .990 .990 7.09 8.79 9.62 10.02 33 285.3 1978 25 CAL AL 1B 75 580 56 4 50 .994 .992 8.48 8.75 9.29 10.05 71 616.3 1979 26 MIN AL 1B 157 1447 137 9 175 .994 .992 10.09 6.37 10.59 6.68 152 1346.3 1980 27 MIN AL 1B 119 983 74 10 105 .991 .992 8.88 8.40 11.46 10.02 91 830.0 1981 28 TOT AL 1B 65 527 41 4 46 .993 .993 8.74 8.57 10.19 10.06 53 501.7 MIN AL 1B 36 309 26 4 26 .988 .993 9.31 8.57 10.16 10.06 32 296.7 DET AL 1B 29 218 15 0 20 1.000 .993 8.03 8.57 10.23 10.06 21 205.0 1982 29 CAL AL 1B 37 315 19 2 37 .994 .992 9.03 8.51 10.74 9.85 31 280.0 1983 30 CAL AL 1B 35 334 21 3 34 .992 .992 10.14 8.24 11.55 9.90 31 276.7 1984 31 CAL AL 1B 21 186 13 2 17 .990 .991 9.48 8.25 10.60 9.75 18 169.0 1976 23 CAL AL 2B 7 5 3 0 1 1.000 .976 1.14 4.64 4.50 5.40 1 16.0 1975 22 CAL AL 3B 3 2 3 1 0 .833 .962 1.67 2.80 3.75 3.15 1 12.0 1976 23 CAL AL 3B 114 85 222 16 19 .950 .953 2.69 2.64 2.93 2.94 103 943.0 1977 24 CAL AL 3B 30 33 48 3 6 .964 .957 2.70 2.72 3.09 2.97 25 236.0 1978 25 CAL AL 3B 31 25 32 3 6 .950 .955 1.84 2.59 2.13 3.00 26 240.7 1979 26 MIN AL 3B 1 1 3 0 0 1.000 .952 4.00 2.70 5.14 3.09 1 7.0 1980 27 MIN AL 3B 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.60 0.00 3.06 0 5.0 1981 28 MIN AL 3B 3 2 3 1 0 .833 .943 1.67 2.53 1.88 2.96 3 24.0 1982 29 CAL AL 3B 9 2 12 0 0 1.000 .952 1.56 2.62 2.47 3.07 5 51.0 1983 30 CAL AL 3B 38 41 92 6 9 .957 .955 3.50 2.57 3.72 3.07 36 322.0 1984 31 TOT AL 3B 19 21 22 2 5 .956 .949 2.26 2.19 3.37 2.75 14 115.0 CAL AL 3B 9 9 10 1 1 .950 .950 2.11 2.19 2.95 2.75 7 58.0 BAL AL 3B 10 12 12 1 4 .960 .949 2.40 2.19 3.79 2.75 7 57.0 1980 27 MIN AL CF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.60 0.00 3.00 0 0.3 1975 22 CAL AL DH 1 1976 23 CAL AL DH 6 1977 24 CAL AL DH 20 1978 25 CAL AL DH 1 1980 27 MIN AL DH 1 1981 28 MIN AL DH 6 1983 30 CAL AL DH 16 1975 22 CAL AL LF 9 15 1 1 0 .941 .976 1.78 1.80 1.84 2.18 9 78.3 1976 23 CAL AL LF 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.33 1.90 1.50 2.25 0 6.0 1977 24 CAL AL LF 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.00 1.73 1.42 2.13 2 19.0 1979 26 MIN AL LF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 1980 27 MIN AL LF 14 16 0 0 0 1.000 .982 1.14 1.92 1.91 2.35 6 75.3 1981 28 MIN AL LF 6 17 0 0 0 1.000 .977 2.83 1.98 2.89 2.38 6 53.0 1983 30 CAL AL LF 14 25 1 3 0 .897 .977 1.86 1.90 2.09 2.32 10 111.7 1984 31 CAL AL LF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.80 9.00 2.70 0 1.0 1975 22 CAL AL OF 9 17 1 1 0 .947 .978 2.00 2.10 2.07 2.37 9 78.3 1976 23 CAL AL OF 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.25 2.20 0.82 2.45 1 11.0 1977 24 CAL AL OF 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.00 2.03 1.42 2.32 2 19.0 1978 25 CAL AL OF 1 1 0 1 0 .500 1.000 1.00 2.10 1.00 2.50 1 9.0 1979 26 MIN AL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.10 0.00 2.70 0 1.0 1980 27 MIN AL OF 15 17 0 0 0 1.000 .977 1.13 2.15 2.02 2.47 6 75.7 1981 28 MIN AL OF 7 18 1 0 0 1.000 .984 2.71 2.16 2.80 2.48 7 61.0 1983 30 CAL AL OF 15 27 1 4 0 .875 .982 1.87 2.16 2.18 2.50 10 115.7 1984 31 CAL AL OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.20 9.00 2.70 0 1.0 1976 23 CAL AL RF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 0.00 2.16 1 5.0 1978 25 CAL AL RF 1 1 0 1 0 .500 1.000 1.00 1.80 1.00 2.20 1 9.0 1981 28 MIN AL RF 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 1.80 2.25 2.14 1 8.0 1983 30 CAL AL RF 1 1 0 1 0 .500 1.000 1.00 1.80 2.25 2.25 0 4.0 1977 24 CAL AL SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.10 0.00 4.95 0 2.0 1979 26 MIN AL SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.10 0.00 5.40 0 1.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 1B* 552 4650 388 37 491 .993 .992 9.13 7.91 10.53 8.96 480 4305.3 3B* 250 212 437 32 45 .953 .954 2.60 2.60 2.99 2.97 214 1955.7 OF* 56 85 3 6 0 .936 .981 1.57 2.14 2.13 2.45 36 371.7 51 1 4# LF* 51 78 2 4 0 .952 .978 1.57 1.88 2.09 2.29 33 345.3 DH 51 Games not counted in Overall Total below 2B* 7 5 3 0 1 1.000 .976 1.14 4.64 4.50 5.40 1 16.0 RF* 4 3 1 2 0 .667 1.000 1.00 1.82 1.38 2.18 3 26.0 SS* 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.10 0.00 5.10 0 3.0 CF* 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.60 0.00 3.00 0 0.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 867 4952 831 75 537 .987 .987 6.67 5.97 7.82 6.82 731 6652
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1982   ALCS  CAL MIL     L   1   1   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   0 1.000 1.000 1.000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Games
1979 AL-159-7

Doubles
1979 AL-40-6

Hit By Pitch
1976 AL-7-7
1978 AL-9-2
1979 AL-9-4

Gray Ink: Batting - 3 (1992) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 3.0 (3082) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 1.0 (2117) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

June 8, 1971: Drafted by the California Angels in the 2nd round of the 1971 amateur draft.

December 4, 1978: Traded by the California Angels with Danny Goodwin to the Minnesota Twins for Dan Ford.

August 23, 1981: Traded by the Minnesota Twins to the Detroit Tigers for a player to be named later. The Detroit Tigers sent Tim Corcoran (September 4, 1981) to the Minnesota Twins to complete the trade.

November 13, 1981: Granted Free Agency.

April 11, 1982: Signed as a Free Agent with the California Angels.

August 2, 1984: Released by the California Angels.

August 14, 1984: Signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles.

December 17, 1984: Released by the Baltimore Orioles.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Uniforms 
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