Bo Jackson
Vincent Edward Jackson
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 225 lb.

Born: November 30, 1962 in Bessemer, AL
High School: McAdory (Bessemer, AL)
School: Auburn University
Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 4th round of the 1986 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 2, 1986
Final Game: August 10, 1994
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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
1986 23 KCR AL 25 91 82 9 17 2 1 2 9 3 1 7 34 .207 .286 .329 .615 66 27 1 2 0 0 0 9/D
1987 24 KCR AL 116 434 396 46 93 17 2 22 53 10 4 30 158 .235 .296 .455 .750 94 180 3 5 1 2 0 *78/9D
1988 25 KCR AL 124 468 439 63 108 16 4 25 68 27 6 25 146 .246 .287 .472 .758 108 207 6 1 1 2 6 *79/8D
1989 26 KCR AL 135 561 515 86 132 15 6 32 105 26 9 39 172 .256 .310 .495 .805 124 255 10 3 0 4 8 *7D/8 AS,MVP-10
1990 27 KCR AL 111 456 405 74 110 16 1 28 78 15 9 44 128 .272 .342 .523 .866 142 212 10 2 0 5 2 87D
1991 28 CHW AL 23 84 71 8 16 4 0 3 14 0 1 12 25 .225 .333 .408 .742 107 29 3 0 0 1 1 D
1993 30 CHW AL 85 308 284 32 66 9 0 16 45 0 2 23 106 .232 .289 .433 .722 94 123 5 0 0 1 1 D79
1994 31 CAL AL 75 224 201 23 56 7 0 13 43 1 0 20 72 .279 .344 .507 .851 116 102 2 1 0 2 2 7/D9
8 Seasons 694 2626 2393 341 598 86 14 141 415 82 32 200 841 .250 .309 .474 .784 112 1135 40 14 2 17 20
162 Game Avg. 162 613 559 80 140 20 3 33 97 19 7 47 196 .250 .309 .474 .784 112 265 9 3 0 4 5
KCR (5 yrs) 511 2010 1837 278 460 66 14 109 313 81 29 145 638 .250 .308 .480 .787 115 881 30 13 2 13 16
CHW (2 yrs) 108 392 355 40 82 13 0 19 59 0 3 35 131 .231 .298 .428 .727 96 152 8 0 0 2 2
CAL (1 yr) 75 224 201 23 56 7 0 13 43 1 0 20 72 .279 .344 .507 .851 116 102 2 1 0 2 2

Advanced Batting

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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
1986 23 KCR AL 91 67 8 3.2 102 .326 .207 .264 .286 .332 .329 .412 .615 .744 66 .332 -4.2 -0.4 .567 .232 .122 2.4
1987 24 KCR AL 434 313 55 4.7 108 .326 .235 .267 .296 .336 .455 .429 .750 .765 94 .473 -5.4 -0.5 .713 .311 .220 13.8
1988 25 KCR AL 468 346 59 4.6 95 .307 .246 .260 .287 .326 .472 .392 .758 .718 108 .515 1.6 0.2 .741 .330 .226 26.0
1989 26 KCR AL 561 406 77 5.1 93 .317 .256 .261 .310 .326 .495 .384 .805 .710 124 .572 12.8 1.3 .781 .348 .239 28.7
1990 27 KCR AL 456 319 70 5.9 93 .323 .272 .257 .342 .325 .523 .384 .866 .709 142 .630 21.2 2.1 .841 .375 .252 19.5
1991 28 CHW AL 84 60 9 4.0 95 .295 .225 .258 .333 .326 .408 .391 .742 .717 107 .446 1.0 0.1 .678 .338 .183 .0
1993 30 CHW AL 308 226 34 4.0 101 .307 .232 .264 .289 .335 .433 .404 .722 .739 94 .418 -4.4 -0.4 .640 .275 .201 .0
1994 31 CAL AL 224 149 36 6.5 112 .364 .279 .274 .344 .346 .507 .436 .851 .782 116 .586 3.9 0.4 .844 .333 .229 1.9
8 Seasons 2626 1886 348 4.9 99 .320 .250 .263 .309 .330 .474 .401 .784 .731 112 .530 26.5 2.7 .749 .329 .224 103.7
162 Game Avg. 613 440 81 4.9 99 .320 .250 .263 .309 .330 .474 .401 .784 .731 112 .530 6 1 .749 .329 .224 24
KCR (5 yrs) 2010 1451 269 5.0 97 .318 .250 .261 .308 .328 .480 .397 .787 .725 115 .542 26.0 2.7 .760 .336 .229 92.9
CHW (2 yrs) 392 286 43 4.0 100 .304 .231 .263 .298 .333 .428 .402 .727 .734 96 .424 -3.4 -0.3 .648 .287 .197 .0
CAL (1 yr) 224 149 36 6.5 112 .364 .279 .274 .344 .346 .507 .436 .851 .782 116 .586 3.9 0.4 .844 .333 .229 1.9

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1993 30 CHW AL ALCS TOR L 3 13 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 .000 .231 .000 .231 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALCS 3 13 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 .000 .231 .000 .231 0 0 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

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Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1989 KCR AL 26 as LF 4 4 1 2 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 .500 .500 1.250 1.750 5 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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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
1986 23 KCR AL 91 2.2% 37.4% 7.7% 5.5% 29% 4.86 2.4 41.0 9.1 2.20 51%
1987 24 KCR AL 434 5.1% 36.4% 6.9% 9.5% 44% 5.27 2.5 18.0 7.5 1.36 50%
1988 25 KCR AL 468 5.3% 31.2% 5.3% 9.6% 42% 5.84 3.0 17.6 6.5 1.08 1.58 58% 17% 25.8% 30%
1989 26 KCR AL 561 5.7% 30.7% 7.0% 9.5% 40% 4.41 3.0 16.1 4.9 0.72 0.99 56% 23% 17.8% 8%
1990 27 KCR AL 456 6.1% 28.1% 9.7% 9.9% 41% 2.91 3.2 14.5 5.2 1.08 1.63 56% 18% 22.8% 9%
1991 28 CHW AL 84 3.6% 29.8% 14.3% 8.3% 44% 2.08 2.8 23.7 5.1 1.94 5.40 52% 15% 18.8% 0%
1993 30 CHW AL 308 5.2% 34.4% 7.5% 8.1% 38% 4.61 2.7 17.8 6.3 1.13 1.76 53% 22% 20.8% 8%
1994 31 CAL AL 224 5.8% 32.1% 8.9% 8.9% 36% 3.60 2.8 15.5 4.7 1.55 2.13 53% 21% 29.5% 14%
8 Seasons 2626 5.4% 32.0% 7.6% 9.2% 40% 4.21 2.8 17.0 5.8 1.04 1.50 54% 20% 21.8% 13%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1986 23 KCR AL 0 0 29% 25 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 33% 5 4 1 0 0 0 4 1 2
1987 24 KCR AL 3 0 23% 143 10 4 71% 9 4 1 0 0 0 3 1 5 8 42% 18 13 5 3 0 3 3 1 2
1988 25 KCR AL 4 0 35% 113 27 6 82% 24 4 3 2 0 0 4 2 2 13 53% 17 12 5 5 0 5 10 2 7
1989 26 KCR AL 6 0 38% 137 26 9 74% 23 7 2 2 1 0 3 1 3 15 49% 26 18 7 5 0 5 16 5 11
1990 27 KCR AL 8 0 36% 123 15 9 63% 14 6 1 3 0 0 5 2 7 19 60% 23 11 12 5 2 3 14 4 10
1991 28 CHW AL 2 0 20% 19 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 20% 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 30 CHW AL 3 0 22% 89 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 3 27% 15 13 1 6 2 4 5 2 2
1994 31 CAL AL 4 0 16% 52 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 25% 7 6 1 1 1 0 4 1 2
8 Seasons 30 0 30% 701 82 32 72% 74 25 7 7 1 0 18 7 25 67 45% 116 81 33 25 5 20 56 16 36
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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
1986 23 KCR AL 91 25% 17 0 0 0 0 1.62 2 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 18 1 6% 6 0 0% 53 7 13% 2 1 50% 6 1 17% 0
1987 24 KCR AL 434 29% 93 2 0 0 0 0.78 22 1 9 15 7 14 8 0 1 1 100% 88 3 3% 51 6 12% 278 31 11% 21 7 33% 23 3 13% 0
1988 25 KCR AL 468 28% 108 18 1 1 0 0 0 2.80 25 0 12 17 8 10 15 0 1 1 100% 87 6 7% 39 8 21% 282 43 15% 21 8 38% 23 4 17% 0
1989 26 KCR AL 561 26% 132 14 4 1 0 0 0 2.71 32 1 17 25 7 11 21 0 0 0 115 10 9% 43 16 37% 400 75 19% 40 21 53% 38 8 21% 0
1990 27 KCR AL 456 35% 110 11 0 4 1 1 1 1.40 28 0 14 18 10 12 16 1 0 0 91 10 11% 44 12 27% 319 55 17% 30 15 50% 38 8 21% 0
1991 28 CHW AL 84 37% 16 4 0 2 1 1 1 0.94 3 0 4 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 16 3 19% 7 1 14% 59 12 20% 6 3 50% 3 0 0% 0
1993 30 CHW AL 308 47% 66 9 0 4 2 1 1 1.85 16 0 10 7 9 9 7 0 0 0 64 5 8% 26 8 31% 207 33 16% 19 7 37% 10 5 50% 0
1994 31 CAL AL 224 48% 56 8 0 15 4 1 4 2.50 13 0 7 7 6 10 3 0 0 0 46 2 4% 21 7 33% 171 31 18% 16 7 44% 7 3 43% 0
8 Seasons 2626 33% 598 64 5 29 8 4 7 2.05 141 2 74 92 49 70 71 1 2 2 100% 525 40 8% 237 58 24% 1769 287 16% 155 69 45% 148 32 22% 0
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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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
1988 25 KCR AL 468 1783 3.81 1165 65% 19% 30% 25% 25% 81% 4% 53% 63% 42% 5% 22 4 10% 48 17 6% 30 19 24% 0 0 0
1989 26 KCR AL 556 2081 3.74 1350 65% 14% 33% 28% 26% 86% 4% 56% 62% 47% 6% 34 4 12% 67 29 7% 39 25 9% 5 0 3
1990 27 KCR AL 456 1724 3.78 1075 62% 15% 32% 26% 26% 84% 1% 52% 62% 48% 4% 17 2 14% 62 39 9% 40 26 22% 0 0 7
1991 28 CHW AL 84 380 4.52 217 57% 20% 28% 30% 22% 80% 2% 46% 65% 36% 6% 5 2 21% 18 10 11% 9 4 32% 0 0 0
1993 30 CHW AL 301 1203 4.00 767 64% 18% 31% 28% 23% 82% 1% 52% 62% 41% 3% 10 3 14% 43 27 6% 19 15 21% 7 0 0
1994 31 CAL AL 220 881 4.00 541 61% 19% 31% 26% 23% 81% 2% 50% 62% 41% 5% 10 4 13% 29 14 10% 21 12 18% 4 0 0
6 Seasons 2085 8052 3.86 5115 64% 17% 31% 27% 25% 83% 3% 53% 62% 44% 5% 98 19 13% 267 136 8% 158 101 19% 16 0 10
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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
1986 23 25 91 82 9 17 2 1 2 9 3 1 7 34 .207 .286 .329 .615 66 27 1 2 0 0 0
1987 24 141 525 478 55 110 19 3 24 62 13 5 37 192 .230 .294 .433 .727 89 207 4 7 1 2 0
1988 25 265 993 917 118 218 35 7 49 130 40 11 62 338 .238 .291 .451 .742 98 414 10 8 2 4 6
1989 26 400 1554 1432 204 350 50 13 81 235 66 20 101 510 .244 .298 .467 .765 107 669 20 11 2 8 14
1990 27 511 2010 1837 278 460 66 14 109 313 81 29 145 638 .250 .308 .480 .787 115 881 30 13 2 13 16
1991 28 534 2094 1908 286 476 70 14 112 327 81 30 157 663 .249 .309 .477 .786 114 910 33 13 2 14 17
1992 29 534 2094 1908 286 476 70 14 112 327 81 30 157 663 .249 .309 .477 .786 114 910 33 13 2 14 17
1993 30 619 2402 2192 318 542 79 14 128 372 81 32 180 769 .247 .306 .471 .778 112 1033 38 13 2 15 18
1994 31 694 2626 2393 341 598 86 14 141 415 82 32 200 841 .250 .309 .474 .784 112 1135 40 14 2 17 20

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
1986 23 25 92 83 9 18 2 1 2 9 3 7 34 .217 .293 .337 .631 8 25
1987 24 116 433 396 44 93 17 2 22 50 10 30 158 .235 .296 .455 .750 52 116
1988 25 124 473 444 68 113 17 4 26 73 28 26 146 .255 .296 .486 .782 64 124
1989 26 135 569 521 95 138 16 6 33 116 27 41 172 .265 .320 .509 .828 85 135
1990 27 111 464 411 83 116 17 1 30 88 16 46 128 .282 .353 .547 .901 79 111
1991 28 23 84 71 9 16 4 0 3 15 0 12 25 .225 .333 .408 .742 10 23
1993 30 85 307 283 33 65 9 0 16 46 0 23 106 .230 .287 .431 .718 35 85
1994 31 107 312 281 29 75 9 0 17 54 1 27 102 .267 .330 .480 .811 45 75
8 Seasons 726 2734 2490 370 634 91 14 149 451 85 212 871 .255 .315 .482 .796 378 694
162 Game Avg. 162 610 556 83 141 20 3 33 101 19 47 194 .255 .315 .482 .796 84 694

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1989 (LF)

Awards (yr lg award)
1989 ML AS MVP

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1989 AL (10, 12%)
0.12 Career Shares (845th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1989 AL  .495 (6th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1989 AL  86 (10th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1988 AL  25 (10th)
1989 AL  32 (4th)
1990 AL  28 (6th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1989 AL  105 (4th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1987 AL  158 (4th)
1988 AL  146 (4th)
1989 AL  172 (1st)
1990 AL  128 (10th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1988 AL  26.0 (3rd)
1989 AL  28.7 (1st)
1990 AL  19.5 (5th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1988 AL  17.6 (8th)**
1989 AL  16.1 (3rd)
1990 AL  14.5 (5th)**

                           
A ** by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances for the BA, OBP, SLG or OPS title that year. In order to rank the player, the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to the player's season total. The value printed here is their actual value and not the value used to rank them, therefore some numbers may appear out of order. Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 22 (935), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 8 (1234), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 9 (1809), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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