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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

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

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 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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  7. Dan Pasqua (923)
  8. Russell Branyan (922)
  9. Bob Cerv (921)
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  5. Henry Rodriguez (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Ron Kittle (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

June 7, 1982: Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 2nd round of the 1982 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 3, 1985: Drafted by the California Angels in the 20th round of the 1985 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 2, 1986: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 4th round of the 1986 amateur draft.

March 18, 1991: Released by the Kansas City Royals.

April 3, 1991: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.

March 10, 1992: Granted Free Agency.

March 10, 1992: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.

November 5, 1993: Granted Free Agency.

January 31, 1994: Signed as a Free Agent with the California Angels.

October 18, 1994: Granted Free Agency.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1987Kansas City Royals$330,000
1988Kansas City Royals$383,000
1989Kansas City Royals$610,000
1990Kansas City Royals$1,000,000
1991Chicago White Sox$1,010,000
1992Chicago White Sox$109,000
1993Chicago White Sox$2,410,000
1994California Angels$1,000,000
Career (may be incomplete)$6,852,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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