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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1986 KCR AL 23 OF 23 21 188.0 35 29 2 4 0 .886 -5.7 -36.4 -4.7 -0.5 -4.2 -1 1.48 1.35 .983 2.39 2.06
1986 KCR AL 23 RF 23 21 188.0 36 30 2 4 0 .889 -5.7 -36.4 -4.7 -0.5 -4.2 -1 1.53 1.39 .978 2.11 1.79
1986 KCR AL 23 DH 1
1987 KCR AL 24 OF 113 107 939.1 198 180 9 9 1 .955 -7.5 -9.6 -6.5 -1.3 -5.2 -1 1.81 1.67 .980 2.31 2.00
1987 KCR AL 24 LF 95 89 766.1 164 148 8 8 1 .951 -3.2 -5.0 -3.2 1.7 -4.9 0 1.83 1.64 .974 2.11 1.73
1987 KCR AL 24 CF 21 15 147.2 30 30 0 0 0 1.000 -2.6 -21.1 -2.6 -2.4 -0.2 0 1.83 1.43 .987 2.70 2.34
1987 KCR AL 24 RF 3 3 25.1 5 3 1 1 0 .800 -1.7 -80.5 -0.7 -0.6 -0.1 -1 1.42 1.33 .980 2.13 1.73
1987 KCR AL 24 DH 1
1988 KCR AL 25 OF 121 118 1023.1 264 246 11 7 2 .973 0.1 0.1 -1.9 1.4 -3.2 2 2.26 2.12 .979 2.47 2.14
1988 KCR AL 25 LF 103 102 874.1 224 207 12 5 2 .978 3.1 4.3 1.1 1.9 -0.7 2 2.25 2.13 .977 2.26 1.85
1988 KCR AL 25 RF 15 12 110.0 27 25 0 2 0 .926 -3.9 -42.5 -2.9 -0.8 -2.1 -1 2.05 1.67 .974 2.24 1.89
1988 KCR AL 25 CF 5 4 39.0 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 0.9 27.7 -0.1 0.3 -0.4 1 2.77 2.40 .983 2.91 2.52
1988 KCR AL 25 DH 2
1989 KCR AL 26 LF 110 109 954.0 246 227 11 8 2 .967 -3.8 -4.8 -3.8 -8.0 4.2 0 2.25 2.16 .977 2.16 1.83 AS,MVP-10
1989 KCR AL 26 OF 110 109 954.0 243 224 11 8 2 .967 -3.8 -4.8 -3.8 -8.0 4.2 0 2.22 2.14 .980 2.42 2.12 AS,MVP-10
1989 KCR AL 26 DH 24 AS,MVP-10
1989 KCR AL 26 CF 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 2.50 AS,MVP-10
1990 KCR AL 27 OF 97 97 844.2 250 230 8 12 2 .952 -3.0 -4.3 -8.0 -5.4 -2.6 5 2.54 2.45 .982 2.39 2.04
1990 KCR AL 27 CF 61 61 531.2 156 146 4 6 1 .962 -2.8 -6.3 -8.8 -5.6 -3.2 6 2.54 2.46 .985 2.74 2.42
1990 KCR AL 27 LF 36 36 313.0 93 83 4 6 1 .935 -0.2 -0.8 0.8 0.2 0.6 -1 2.50 2.42 .978 2.19 1.74
1990 KCR AL 27 DH 10
1991 CHW AL 28 DH 21
1993 CHW AL 30 OF 47 45 345.0 95 89 5 1 2 .989 6.3 21.9 4.3 0.4 3.9 2 2.45 2.00 .983 2.41 2.09
1993 CHW AL 30 DH 36
1993 CHW AL 30 LF 28 27 201.0 64 62 2 0 0 1.000 6.6 39.4 5.6 1.0 4.6 1 2.87 2.29 .984 2.23 1.84
1993 CHW AL 30 RF 19 18 144.0 33 29 3 1 2 .970 -0.3 -2.5 -1.3 -0.6 -0.7 1 2.00 1.68 .979 2.23 1.85
1994 CAL AL 31 OF 46 44 331.0 83 77 3 3 0 .964 -5.9 -21.4 -5.9 -3.4 -2.5 0 2.18 1.74 .982 2.37 2.09
1994 CAL AL 31 LF 43 41 314.0 79 73 3 3 0 .962 -5.2 -19.9 -5.2 -3.4 -1.8 0 2.18 1.77 .978 2.16 1.80
1994 CAL AL 31 DH 9
1994 CAL AL 31 RF 3 3 17.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -0.7 -49.4 -0.7 0.0 -0.7 0 2.12 1.33 .975 2.22 1.87
7 Seasons OF 557 541 4625.1 1168 1075 49 44 9 .962 -19.5 -5.1 -26.5 -16.8 -9.6 7 2.19 2.02 .981 2.40 2.08
6 Seasons LF 415 404 3422.2 870 800 40 30 6 .966 -2.7 -0.9 -4.7 -6.6 2.0 2 2.21 2.02 .977 2.18 1.80
8 Seasons DH 104
4 Seasons CF 88 80 718.1 198 188 4 6 1 .970 -4.5 -7.5 -11.5 -7.7 -3.8 7 2.41 2.18 .985 2.74 2.41
5 Seasons RF 63 57 484.1 105 91 6 8 2 .924 -12.3 -30.5 -10.3 -2.5 -7.8 -2 1.80 1.54 .977 2.18 1.83
8 Seasons TOT 557 541 4625.1 1168 1075 49 44 9 .962 -19.5 -5.1 -26.5 -16.8 -9.6 7 2.19 2.02 .943 2.40 2.08
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1986 KCR AL 23 25 22 25 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 23 1 2 0
1987 KCR AL 24 116 108 116 113 0 0 0 0 0 0 95 21 3 113 1 3 4
1988 KCR AL 25 124 120 124 121 0 0 0 0 0 0 103 5 15 121 2 1 0
1989 KCR AL 26 135 133 135 110 0 0 0 0 0 0 110 1 0 110 24 2 0
1990 KCR AL 27 111 107 111 97 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 61 0 97 10 4 0
1991 CHW AL 28 23 21 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 2 0
1993 CHW AL 30 85 77 85 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 0 19 47 32 8 0
1994 CAL AL 31 75 52 75 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 43 0 3 46 8 22 0
8 Seasons 694 640 694 557 0 0 0 0 0 0 415 88 63 557 99 44 4
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1987 KCR AL 24 8 0 8 0 4 8 0 2 4 2 39 28 1 26 6 0 15 12 0 5 2 0 9 7 0 94 55 58.5% 37 1 1.1% 7 3415 61% 77% 29% 338 45%
1988 KCR AL 25 5 0 5 0 0 12 0 4 2 4 49 45 0 44 10 2 19 10 2 10 6 0 22 21 0 144 92 63.9% 48 4 2.8% 8 3878 59% 78% 39% 479 45%
1989 KCR AL 26 8 0 6 2 3 11 0 4 0 4 42 32 0 33 13 0 20 9 2 13 4 1 15 15 0 123 73 59.3% 46 3 2.4% 8 4083 55% 77% 39% 492 48%
1990 KCR AL 27 6 0 6 0 0 4 0 0 1 1 23 18 0 16 5 1 5 2 0 4 1 0 5 5 0 53 31 58.5% 21 1 1.9% 3 1456 51% 75% 37% 185 46%
1993 CHW AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 8 7 0 8 1 2 5 3 0 1 1 0 5 5 0 27 17 63.0% 8 2 7.4% 0 904 52% 78% 41% 111 58%
1994 CAL AL 31 3 0 3 0 1 3 0 0 1 1 15 13 0 20 5 0 13 8 1 6 2 0 6 5 0 60 33 55.0% 26 1 1.7% 2 1449 65% 76% 41% 180 42%
6 Seasons 30 0 28 2 8 40 0 10 8 14 176 143 1 147 40 5 77 44 5 39 16 1 62 58 0 501 301 60.1% 186 12 2.4% 28 15185 58% 77% 37% 1785 47%
MLB Averages 59.7% 2.5% 56% 77% 37% 51%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1987 KCR AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 7 2 28.6% 5 0 0.0% 0 633 64% 76% 26% 50 60%
1988 KCR AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 4 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 157 43% 75% 41% 18 67%
1989 KCR AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100% 100% 0% 0
1990 KCR AL 27 6 0 6 0 2 4 0 1 2 1 22 17 0 18 6 0 11 4 0 6 2 0 18 16 1 75 45 60.0% 29 1 1.3% 3 2345 56% 74% 38% 285 52%
4 Seasons 6 0 6 0 2 4 0 1 2 1 25 20 0 23 7 0 11 4 0 8 3 0 19 17 1 86 51 59.3% 34 1 1.2% 3 3136 57% 74% 36% 353 54%
MLB Averages 41.4% 1.7% 56% 77% 37% 59%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1986 KCR AL 23 4 0 4 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 15 7 1 8 0 0 2 2 0 4 1 0 3 3 0 32 13 40.6% 18 1 3.1% 1 830 60% 78% 31% 83 39%
1987 KCR AL 24 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 16.7% 5 0 0.0% 1 114 64% 74% 32% 11 27%
1988 KCR AL 25 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 1 0 18 7 38.9% 11 0 0.0% 0 511 62% 77% 43% 60 42%
1993 CHW AL 30 1 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 1 8 5 0 6 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 3 1 22 11 50.0% 9 2 9.1% 1 669 58% 76% 38% 66 45%
1994 CAL AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 76 72% 82% 49% 7 57%
5 Seasons 8 0 7 1 3 6 0 1 3 1 33 17 1 23 3 1 4 3 0 8 3 0 11 7 1 79 33 41.8% 43 3 3.8% 3 2200 60% 77% 37% 227 41%
MLB Averages 44.1% 2.6% 56% 77% 37% 54%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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