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Austin Jackson

Austin Jarriel Jackson

Position: Centerfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: February 1, 1987 in Denton, TX
High School: Billy Ryan HS (Denton, TX)
Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 8th round of the 2005 amateur draft.
Signed June 22, 2005. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 5, 2010
Team: Tigers 2010-2012
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$500k (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 2.000, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2016 [*],
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
2005	18	NYY-min	Rk	40	171	148	32	45	11	2	0	14	11	2	18	26	.304	.374	.405	.780		60	4	1	0	4	0		YNK · GULF
2006	19	NYY-min	A	134	611	535	90	139	24	5	4	47	37	12	61	151	.260	.340	.346	.686		185	7	6	5	4	0		CHS · SALL
2007	20	NYY-min	A+,A,AAA	128	555	496	88	151	32	7	13	59	33	11	48	109	.304	.370	.476	.846		236	10	6	1	4	0		TAM,CHS,SWB · FLOR,SALL,IL
2008	21	NYY-min	AA	131	584	520	75	148	33	5	9	69	19	6	56	113	.285	.354	.419	.773		218	9	2	2	4	3		TRE · EL
2009	22	NYY-min	AAA	132	557	504	67	151	23	9	4	65	24	4	40	123	.300	.354	.405	.759		204	10	6	1	6	1		SWB · IL
2010	23	DET	AL	151	675	618	103	181	34	10	4	41	27	6	47	170	.293	.345	.400	.745	102	247	5	4	3	3	4	*8	RoY-2
2011	24	DET	AL	153	668	591	90	147	22	11	10	45	22	5	56	181	.249	.317	.374	.690	89	221	11	4	14	3	3	*8/D
2012	25	DET	AL	36	159	136	29	45	10	2	5	17	6	0	20	29	.331	.414	.544	.958	161	74	1	0	2	1	0	*8
3 Yrs				340	1502	1345	222	373	66	23	19	103	55	11	123	380	.277	.340	.403	.743	102	542	17	8	19	7	7
162 Game Avg.				162	716	641	106	178	31	11	9	49	26	5	59	181	.277	.340	.403	.743	102	258	8	4	9	3	3

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
2010	23	DET	AL	151	675	2	6	0	13	2	24	2.7	23	47	4.8	.516	.515	3.4	1.8	34	$400,000	*8	RoY-2
2011	24	DET	AL	153	668	-9	2	-0	29	2	24	2.7	23	46	4.8	.517	.516	1.7	3.4	18	$440,000	*8/D
2012	25	DET	AL	36	159	11	3	0	4	1	19	1.9	5	24	2.4	.554	.512	2.1	0.5	20	$	*8
3 Seasons				340	1502	4	10	1	46	5	66	7.4	51	117	12.0	.520	.514	7.2	5.7	71	$840,000

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
2010	23	DET	AL	675	454	90	5.3	102	.396	.293	.263	.345	.331	.400	.411	.745	.742	102	.557	0.8	0.1	.712	.217	.107	7.0
2011	24	DET	AL	668	477	73	4.1	99	.340	.249	.259	.317	.324	.374	.410	.690	.735	89	.447	-10.5	-1.0	.648	.249	.125	13.8
2012	25	DET	AL	159	95	34	9.6	99	.388	.331	.254	.414	.321	.544	.412	.958	.733	161	.794	12.2	1.2	1.087	.404	.213	5.5
3 Yrs				1502	1026	197	5.2	100	.371	.277	.260	.340	.327	.403	.411	.743	.738	102	.547	2.5	0.2	.717	.250	.126	28.2
162 Game Avg.				716	489	94	5.2	100	.371	.277	.260	.340	.327	.403	.411	.743	.738	102	.547	1	0	.717	.250	.126	13

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	HBP	SH
2011	24	DET	AL	ALDS	NYY	W	5	21	16	3	2	1	0	0	1	0	4	8	.125	.300	.188	.488	3	0	1
2011	24	DET	AL	ALCS	TEX	L	6	29	25	3	6	1	1	4	0	1	3	11	.240	.345	.400	.745	10	1	0
1 Yr (2 Series)							11	50	41	6	8	2	1	4	1	1	7	19	.195	.327	.317	.644	13	1	1
1 ALDS							5	21	16	3	2	1	0	0	1	0	4	8	.125	.300	.188	.488	3	0	1
1 ALCS							6	29	25	3	6	1	1	4	0	1	3	11	.240	.345	.400	.745	10	1	0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
2010	23	DET	AL	675	0.6%	25.2%	7.0%	7.1%	27%	3.62	3.6	154.5	15.1	0.96	1.22	66%	26%	1.9%	5%
2011	24	DET	AL	668	1.5%	27.1%	8.4%	6.4%	29%	3.23	3.3	59.1	13.1	0.90	1.18	60%	16%	5.1%	7%
2012	25	DET	AL	159	3.1%	18.2%	12.6%	10.7%	38%	1.45	4.7	27.2	8.0	0.71	0.69	65%	16%	8.2%	3%
3 Yrs				1502	1.3%	25.3%	8.2%	7.2%	29%	3.09	3.5	70.8	13.1	0.90	1.13	63%	21%	4.0%	6%
MLB Averages					2.5%	18.7%	8.3%	7.5%	33%	2.25	4.8	35.9	8.3	0.81	1.09	69%	18%	7.4%	13%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
2010	23	DET	AL	0.8	0.1	723	0.8	11.7	-10.9	.97	0.5	0.3	6.2	0.6	0.93	4.5	1.98	4
2011	24	DET	AL	-10.5	-1.0	704	-0.3	10.2	-10.5	.92	-0.7	0.4	-7.5	-0.7	1.01	-8.2	1.07	2
2012	25	DET	AL	12.2	1.2	169	0.8	3.5	-2.6	1.10	1.0	-0.2	9.5	0.9	0.97	10.9	0.87	1
3 Yrs				2.5	0.2	1596	1.4	25.4	-24.0	.96	0.8	0.6	8.3	0.8	0.97	7.2	1.56	7

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2010	23	DET	AL	9	43%	285	27	6	82%	26	5	1	1	3	1	3	21	48%	37	25	12	11	6	5	35	12	23
2011	24	DET	AL	8	41%	278	22	5	81%	22	4	0	1	1	0	9	21	36%	32	28	4	11	8	3	27	8	18
2012	25	DET	AL	0	40%	83	6	0	*100*%	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	64%	13	6	7	1	1	0	11	2	9
3 Yrs				17	42%	646	55	11	83%	54	9	1	2	4	1	13	49	46%	82	59	23	23	15	8	73	22	50

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
2010	23	DET	AL	675	27%	181	32	4	4	2	0	1	1.98	4	0	7	2	2	0	4	0	5	3	60%	93	5	5%	45	14	31%	322	40	12%	31	13	42%	15	5	33%	0
2011	24	DET	AL	668	31%	147	32	8	2	1	0	0	1.07	10	0	13	7	3	5	5	0	18	14	78%	107	11	10%	53	20	38%	335	36	11%	25	13	52%	16	7	44%	0
2012	25	DET	AL	159	33%	45	4	0	1	0	0	0	0.87	5	0	4	1	4	3	2	0	2	2	100%	24	1	4%	15	5	33%	80	13	16%	10	7	70%	4	3	75%	0
3 Yrs				1502	29%	373	68	12	7	3	0	1	1.56	19	0	24	10	9	8	11	0	25	19	76%	224	17	8%	113	39	35%	737	89	12%	66	33	50%	35	15	43%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			69%			11%			32%			14%			51%			54%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
2010	23	DET	AL	678	2704	3.99	1747	65%	28%	16%	30%	26%	72%	2%	47%	78%	22%	4%	27	1	12%	81	39	7%	46	36	31%	-3	0	0
2011	24	DET	AL	670	2646	3.95	1690	64%	30%	18%	27%	25%	70%	1%	45%	75%	24%	4%	24	0	12%	81	34	8%	53	36	27%	-2	0	0
2012	25	DET	AL	159	662	4.16	398	60%	29%	15%	28%	28%	71%	0%	42%	79%	23%	8%	13	0	18%	28	11	13%	21	13	28%	0	0	0
3 Yrs				1507	6012	3.99	3835	64%	29%	17%	29%	26%	71%	1%	45%	77%	23%	4%	64	1	13%	190	84	8%	120	85	29%	-5	0	0
MLB Averages						3.82		63%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	45%	79%	26%	5%			14%			9%			24%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
2010	23	151	675	618	103	181	34	10	4	41	27	6	47	170	.293	.345	.400	.745	102	247	5	4	3	3	4
2011	24	304	1343	1209	193	328	56	21	14	86	49	11	103	351	.271	.331	.387	.718	95	468	16	8	17	6	7
2012	25	340	1502	1345	222	373	66	23	19	103	55	11	123	380	.277	.340	.403	.743	102	542	17	8	19	7	7

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
2010	23	151	680	622	107	185	35	10	4	43	28	48	170	.297	.350	.405	.755	88	151
2011	24	153	675	596	95	152	23	11	10	47	23	58	181	.255	.324	.381	.705	73	153
2012	25	36	160	137	30	46	10	2	5	18	6	20	29	.336	.418	.547	.965	32	36
3 Yrs		340	1515	1355	232	383	68	23	19	108	57	126	380	.283	.346	.409	.754	193	340
162 Game Avg.		162	722	646	111	182	32	11	9	51	27	60	181	.283	.346	.409	.754	92	340

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y 2012 AL 2.4 (5th)	WAR Position Players† s c a p y 2012 AL 2.4 (3rd)	Offensive WAR† s c a p y 2012 AL 2.1 (4th)	Defensive WAR† s c a p y 2010 AL 1.8 (10th) 2011 AL 3.4 (1st) Active 5.7 (50th)
Batting Average s c a p y 2012 AL .331 (5th)	On-Base% s c a p y 2012 AL .414 (3rd)	On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y 2012 AL .958 (7th)	At Bats s c a p y 2010 AL 618 (9th)
Runs Scored s c a p y 2010 AL 103 (6th)	Hits s c a p y 2010 AL 181 (9th)	Triples s c a p y 2010 AL 10 (2nd) 2011 AL 11 (1st) 2012 AL 2 (10th)	Strikeouts s c a p y 2010 AL 170 (1st) 2011 AL 181 (2nd)
Singles s c a p y 2010 AL 133 (5th)	Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y 2012 AL 161 (8th)	Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y 2012 AL 12 (9th)	Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y 2012 AL 1.2 (9th)
Offensive Win % s c a p y 2012 AL .794 (4th)	Sacrifice Hits s c a p y 2011 AL 14 (4th)	SB % s c a p y 2011 AL 81.48 (7th) 2012 AL 100.00 (1st)	Outs Made s c a p y 2011 AL 477 (8th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black Ink	Batting - 1 (743), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray Ink	Batting - 14 (1221), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 5 (1541), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 9 (1690), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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