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Sonny Jackson
Roland Thomas Jackson

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 5' 9", Weight 155 lb.

Debut September 27, 1963
  vs. NYM 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game July 9, 1974
Born July 9, 1944 in Washington, DC

Signed by the Houston Colt .45's as an amateur free agent in 1963. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary /
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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1963 18 HOU NL   1    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1964 19 HOU NL   9   23    3    8   1  0   0    1   1  0   2   3  .348  .400  .391  130    9   0   0   0   0   0
 1965 20 HOU NL  10   23    1    3   0  0   0    0   1  1   1   1  .130  .167  .130  -12    3   0   0   0   0   0
 1966 21 HOU NL 150  596   80  174   6  5   3   25  49 14  42  53  .292  .341  .334   95  199  27   2   0   3   9 RoY-2
 1967 22 HOU NL 129  520   67  123  18  3   0   25  22  9  36  45  .237  .285  .283   66  147   8   2   1   0  14
 1968 23 ATL NL 105  358   37   81   8  2   1   19  16  6  25  35  .226  .282  .268   66   96   5   1   6   3  10
 1969 24 ATL NL  98  318   41   76   3  5   1   27  12  7  35  33  .239  .317  .289   71   92   6   2   2   2   3
 1970 25 ATL NL 103  328   60   85  14  3   0   20  11  4  45  27  .259  .347  .320   76  105   3   3   1   1   3
 1971 26 ATL NL 149  547   58  141  20  5   2   25   7  6  35  45  .258  .302  .324   73  177   7   3   1   1   8
 1972 27 ATL NL  60  126   20   30   6  3   0    8   1  0   7   9  .238  .278  .333   67   42   0   0   0   0   4
 1973 28 ATL NL 117  206   29   43   5  2   0   12   6  3  22  13  .209  .283  .252   45   52   1   4   0   1   1
 1974 29 ATL NL   5    7    0    3   0  0   0    0   0  1   0   0  .429  .429  .429  137    3   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons     936 3055  396  767  81 28   7  162 126 51 250 265  .251  .308  .303   73  925  57  17  11  11  52
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        529   69  133  14  5   1   28  22  9  43  46  .251  .308  .303   73  160  10   3   2   2   9
 Career High    150  596   80  174  20  5   3   27  49 14  45  53  .292  .347  .334   95  199  27   4   6   3  14
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1963 18 HOU NL    3    3    0   0.0    84| .000  .247| .000  .308| .000  .370| .000  .678|-100  .000  -0.8  -0.1   0%
 1964 19 HOU NL   25   15    4   7.2    89| .348  .257| .400  .314| .391  .382| .791  .697| 130  .735   1.0   0.1 100%
 1965 20 HOU NL   24   21    0   0.0    87| .130  .249| .167  .311| .130  .376| .297  .687| -12  .000  -3.3  -0.4  50%
 1966 21 HOU NL  670  474   74   4.2    90| .292  .256| .341  .314| .334  .386| .675  .700|  95  .498  -3.3  -0.3  77%
 1967 22 HOU NL  566  430   42   2.6    87| .237  .253| .285  .315| .283  .372| .568  .687|  66  .322 -22.2  -2.4  70%
 1968 23 ATL NL  392  299   27   2.4    82| .226  .253| .282  .311| .268  .357| .550  .668|  66  .333 -15.3  -1.7  72%
 1969 24 ATL NL  363  260   32   3.3    95| .239  .260| .317  .331| .289  .386| .606  .717|  71  .395 -12.5  -1.3  63%
 1970 25 ATL NL  380  256   41   4.3   108| .259  .274| .347  .348| .320  .418| .667  .766|  76  .465  -9.9  -1.0  73%
 1971 26 ATL NL  593  430   54   3.4    97| .258  .266| .302  .334| .324  .390| .626  .724|  73  .416 -20.4  -2.2  53%
 1972 27 ATL NL  133  100   11   3.0    99| .238  .266| .278  .336| .333  .394| .611  .730|  67  .361  -6.1  -0.6 100%
 1973 28 ATL NL  234  172   17   2.7   103| .209  .272| .283  .342| .252  .404| .535  .746|  45  .296 -15.6  -1.6  66%
 1974 29 ATL NL    7    5    1   5.4    98| .429  .267| .429  .340| .429  .386| .858  .725| 137  .607   0.3   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 12 Seasons     3390 2465  303   3.3    94| .251  .261| .308  .326| .303  .386| .611  .712|  73  .401 -108.1 -11.5  71%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / 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 ------+
1963 18 HOU NL SS 1 0 5 1 0 .833 .962 5.00 4.20 9.00 4.86 1 5.0 1964 19 HOU NL SS 7 8 12 3 1 .870 .962 2.86 4.31 3.70 5.03 5 48.7 1965 20 HOU NL SS 8 16 15 1 3 .969 .963 3.88 4.20 4.73 4.93 7 59.0 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.50 0.00 2.70 0 1.0 1966 21 HOU NL SS 150 270 449 37 73 .951 .964 4.79 4.43 4.94 4.96 150 1311.0 1967 22 HOU NL SS 128 204 379 35 63 .943 .963 4.55 4.31 4.73 4.99 124 1108.3 1968 23 ATL NL SS 99 132 307 22 35 .952 .962 4.43 4.50 4.62 4.98 94 855.7 1969 24 ATL NL SS 97 161 254 17 48 .961 .963 4.28 4.21 4.78 4.93 88 781.7 1970 25 ATL NL SS 87 123 240 26 40 .933 .965 4.17 4.23 4.52 5.05 78 722.0 1971 26 ATL NL CF 145 339 8 7 0 .980 .982 2.39 2.30 2.49 2.64 136 1252.0 1972 27 ATL NL SS 17 28 52 2 9 .976 .967 4.71 4.48 5.84 5.04 15 123.3 OF 10 6 0 0 0 1.000 .984 0.60 1.96 1.22 2.17 4 44.3 CF 9 6 0 0 0 1.000 .984 0.67 2.34 1.29 2.59 4 41.7 3B 6 13 10 1 0 .958 .947 3.83 2.55 4.81 2.87 5 43.0 RF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.70 0.00 2.00 0 2.7 1973 28 ATL NL OF 56 51 1 1 0 .981 .977 0.93 1.96 2.21 2.23 12 211.3 LF 49 41 1 1 0 .977 .977 0.86 1.67 2.24 2.05 10 169.0 SS 36 42 88 5 10 .963 .961 3.61 4.31 4.90 4.93 27 239.0 CF 4 9 0 0 0 1.000 .978 2.25 2.27 2.97 2.64 2 27.3 RF 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.00 1.77 2.40 2.04 0 15.0 1974 29 ATL NL RF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.70 1.29 2.06 1 7.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1965 20 HOU NL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.50 0.00 2.70 0 1.0 1972 27 ATL NL 3B 6 13 10 1 0 .958 .947 3.83 2.55 4.81 2.87 5 43.0 1971 26 ATL NL CF 145 339 8 7 0 .980 .982 2.39 2.30 2.49 2.64 136 1252.0 1972 27 ATL NL CF 9 6 0 0 0 1.000 .984 0.67 2.34 1.29 2.59 4 41.7 1973 28 ATL NL CF 4 9 0 0 0 1.000 .978 2.25 2.27 2.97 2.64 2 27.3 1973 28 ATL NL LF 49 41 1 1 0 .977 .977 0.86 1.67 2.24 2.05 10 169.0 1971 26 ATL NL OF 145 336 8 7 0 .980 .979 2.37 1.92 2.47 2.19 136 1252.0 1972 27 ATL NL OF 10 6 0 0 0 1.000 .984 0.60 1.96 1.22 2.17 4 44.3 1973 28 ATL NL OF 56 51 1 1 0 .981 .977 0.93 1.96 2.21 2.23 12 211.3 1974 29 ATL NL OF 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 2.00 2.57 2.31 1 7.0 1972 27 ATL NL RF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.70 0.00 2.00 0 2.7 1973 28 ATL NL RF 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.00 1.77 2.40 2.04 0 15.0 1974 29 ATL NL RF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.70 1.29 2.06 1 7.0 1963 18 HOU NL SS 1 0 5 1 0 .833 .962 5.00 4.20 9.00 4.86 1 5.0 1964 19 HOU NL SS 7 8 12 3 1 .870 .962 2.86 4.31 3.70 5.03 5 48.7 1965 20 HOU NL SS 8 16 15 1 3 .969 .963 3.88 4.20 4.73 4.93 7 59.0 1966 21 HOU NL SS 150 270 449 37 73 .951 .964 4.79 4.43 4.94 4.96 150 1311.0 1967 22 HOU NL SS 128 204 379 35 63 .943 .963 4.55 4.31 4.73 4.99 124 1108.3 1968 23 ATL NL SS 99 132 307 22 35 .952 .962 4.43 4.50 4.62 4.98 94 855.7 1969 24 ATL NL SS 97 161 254 17 48 .961 .963 4.28 4.21 4.78 4.93 88 781.7 1970 25 ATL NL SS 87 123 240 26 40 .933 .965 4.17 4.23 4.52 5.05 78 722.0 1972 27 ATL NL SS 17 28 52 2 9 .976 .967 4.71 4.48 5.84 5.04 15 123.3 1973 28 ATL NL SS 36 42 88 5 10 .963 .961 3.61 4.31 4.90 4.93 27 239.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total SS* 630 984 1801 149 282 .949 .963 4.42 4.35 4.77 4.98 589 5253.7 OF* 212 395 9 8 0 .981 .979 1.91 1.93 2.40 2.20 153 1514.7 49 158 6# CF* 158 354 8 7 0 .981 .982 2.29 2.30 2.47 2.64 142 1321.0 LF* 49 41 1 1 0 .977 .977 0.86 1.67 2.24 2.05 10 169.0 3B* 7 13 10 1 0 .958 .947 3.29 2.54 4.70 2.86 5 44.0 RF* 6 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 0.83 1.75 1.82 2.04 1 24.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 849 1392 1820 158 282 .953 .965 3.78 3.73 4.24 4.35 747 6812
# 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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1969   NLCS  ATL NYM     L   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     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.

Stolen Bases
1966 NL-49-2
1967 NL-22-7
1968 NL-16-10

Singles
1966 NL-160-1

Sac. Hits
1966 NL-27-1
1967 NL-8-10

Caught Stealing
1966 NL-14-5
1967 NL-9-9

At Bats per Strikeout
1967 NL-11.6-9

Outs
1966 NL-474-9

Youngest Player
1963 NL-18-4

         

Gray Ink: Batting - 6 (1642) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 1.0 (3868) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 2.0 (2049) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

Before 1963 Season: Signed by the Houston Colt .45's as an amateur free agent.

October 8, 1967: Traded by the Houston Astros with Chuck Harrison to the Atlanta Braves for Denny Lemaster and Denis Menke.

October 23, 1974: Released by the Atlanta Braves.

April 29, 1976: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.


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