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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: Ryan (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 vs. KCR 5 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB
Team: Tigers 2010-2011
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$440k (11) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 2.000, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2016 [*],
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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Willie Mays… #3. Ted Williams… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Willie Mays… #3. Ted Williams… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

Standard Batting

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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	*	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
2 Seasons				304	1343	1209	193	328	56	21	14	86	49	11	103	351	.271	.331	.387	.718	95	468	16	8	17	6	7
162 Game Avg.				162	716	644	103	175	30	11	7	46	26	6	55	187	.271	.331	.387	.718	95	249	9	4	9	3	4

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
2010	23	DET	AL	675	2	6	2	1	-8	2	23	27	2.8	35	3.5	-0.7	$400,000	*	RoY-2
2011	24	DET	AL	668	-10	1	2	-0	7	2	23	24	2.4	17	1.7	0.7	$440,000	*8/D
2 Seasons				1343	-9	7	4	0	-1	4	45	51	5.2	52	5.2	0.0	$840,000

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 Season (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

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rdrs	Rtot/yr	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards
2010	DET	AL	23	OF	149				398	383	9	6	2	.985	-8	21				2.63	.986		2.28	RoY-2
2010	DET	AL	23	CF	149	140	138	1256.1	398	383	9	6	2	.985	-8	21	-8	20	2.81	2.63	.990	2.73	2.71	RoY-2
2011	DET	AL	24	CF	152	142	138	1264.0	390	379	8	3	3	.992	7	22	7	21	2.76	2.55	.990	2.61	2.59
2011	DET	AL	24	OF	152	142	138	1264.0	390	379	8	3	3	.992	7	22	7	20	2.76	2.55	.986	2.28	2.26
2011	DET	AL	24	DH	1	0
	2 Seasons			OF	301	142	138	1264.0	788	762	17	9	5	.989	-1	43	-1	20	2.76	2.59	.986	2.28	2.27
	2 Seasons			CF	301	282	276	2520.1	788	762	17	9	5	.989	-1	43	-0	20	2.78	2.59	.990	2.67	2.65
	2 Seasons			TOT	301	142	138	1264.0	788	762	17	9	5	.989	-1	86	-1	81	2.76	2.59	.986	2.28	2.27

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

View Complete Notes on Fielding Data

Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

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)
Strikeouts s c a p y 2010 AL 170 (1st) 2011 AL 181 (2nd)	Singles s c a p y 2010 AL 133 (5th)	Sacrifice Hits s c a p y 2011 AL 14 (4th)	Outs Made s c a p y 2011 AL 477 (8th)
Putouts as OF s c a p y 2011 AL 379 (3rd)	Errors Committed as OF s c a p y 2010 AL 6 (4th)	Range Factor/9Inn as CF (s.1954)† s c a p y 2010 AL 2.81 (4th) 2011 AL 2.76 (4th)	Range Factor/Game as CF (s.1954) s c a p y 2010 AL 2.63 (5th)
Fielding % as CF (s.1954) s c a p y 2011 AL .992 (5th)	Range Factor/9Inn as OF† s c a p y 2010 AL 2.81 (4th) 2011 AL 2.76 (4th)	Range Factor/Game as OF s c a p y 2010 AL 2.63 (5th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black Ink	Batting - 1 (733), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray Ink	Batting - 9 (1457), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 5 (1535), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 6 (2058), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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Transactions

June 7, 2005: Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 8th round of the 2005 amateur draft. Player signed June 22, 2005.
December 8, 2009: Traded as part of a 3-team trade by the New York Yankees with Phil Coke to the Detroit Tigers. The Detroit Tigers sent Curtis Granderson to the New York Yankees. The Detroit Tigers sent Edwin Jackson to the Arizona Diamondbacks. The New York Yankees sent Ian Kennedy to the Arizona Diamondbacks. The Arizona Diamondbacks sent Max Scherzer and Daniel Schlereth to the Detroit Tigers.

The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. We attempt to update transactions throughout the season.

Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary
2010	23	Detroit Tigers	$400,000
2011	24	Detroit Tigers	$440,000
2012 Status		not updated,
Career to date (may be incomplete)			$840,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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