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Darrell Jackson

Darrell Preston Jackson

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Both, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 150 lb.

Born: April 3, 1956 in Los Angeles, CA
High School: Locke HS (Los Angeles, CA)
School: Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ)
Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 9th round of the 1977 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 16, 1978
Team: Twins 1978-1982

Final Game: June 1, 1982
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1978	22	MIN-min	AA	4	3	.571	1.80	10	10		3	2	0	75.0	52	19	15	1	32	1	68	0	1	1			1.120	6.2	0.1	3.8	8.2	2.13	ORL · SOUL
1978	22	MIN	AL	4	6	.400	4.48	19	15	1	1	1	0	92.1	89	53	46	9	48	1	54	2	4	3	404	86	1.484	8.7	0.9	4.7	5.3	1.13
1979	23	MIN-min	AAA	6	5	.545	3.64	14	13		4	1	0	89.0	80	41	36	8	40	0	78	2	1	7			1.348	8.1	0.8	4.0	7.9	1.95	TOL · IL
1979	23	MIN	AL	4	4	.500	4.28	24	8	7	1	0	0	69.1	89	36	33	5	26	0	43	1	0	10	311	103	1.659	11.6	0.6	3.4	5.6	1.65
1980	24	MIN	AL	9	9	.500	3.87	32	25	4	1	0	1	172.0	161	81	74	15	69	2	90	2	0	3	724	113	1.337	8.4	0.8	3.6	4.7	1.30
1981	25	MIN-min	AAA	0	0		2.25	2	2	0	0	0	0	8.0	8	2	2	0	1	0	6	1	0	0			1.125	9.0	0.0	1.1	6.8	6.00	TOL · IL
1981	25	MIN	AL	3	3	.500	4.41	14	5	3	0	0	0	32.2	35	16	16	1	19	2	26	1	0	1	145	91	1.653	9.6	0.3	5.2	7.2	1.37
1982	26	MIN-min	AAA	1	3	.250	7.00	4	4	0	0	0	0	18.0	24	18	14	2	12	0	11	1	0	1			2.000	12.0	1.0	6.0	5.5	0.92	TOL · IL
1982	26	MIN	AL	0	5	.000	6.25	13	7	4	0	0	0	44.2	51	33	31	6	24	3	16	1	1	1	202	69	1.679	10.3	1.2	4.8	3.2	0.67
5 Yrs				20	27	.426	4.38	102	60	19	3	1	1	411.0	425	219	200	36	186	8	229	7	5	18	1786	97	1.487	9.3	0.8	4.1	5.0	1.23
162 Game Avg.				8	11	.426	4.38	43	25	8	1	0	0	173	178	92	84	15	78	3	96	3	2	8	750	97	1.487	9.3	0.8	4.1	5.0	1.23

Player Value--Pitchers

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

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1978	22	MIN	AL	92.1	19	15	53	5.17	4.13	0.06	0.08	103.3	4.29	-9	-0.9	.2	-0.0	-0.1	1	.452	.494	$
1979	23	MIN	AL	69.1	24	8	36	4.67	4.72	-0.02	-0.08	102.2	4.76	1	0.1	1.0	-0.1	0.6	9	.503	.500	$
1980	24	MIN	AL	172.0	32	25	81	4.24	4.61	0.22	0.10	108.7	4.89	12	1.2	1.5	-0.1	2.6	30	.539	.508	$
1981	25	MIN	AL	32.2	14	5	16	4.41	4.02	-0.16	0.01	107.3	4.49	0	0.0	1.5	-0.0	0.3	2	.503	.500	$
1982	26	MIN	AL	44.2	13	7	33	6.65	4.69	0.38	0.02	100.4	4.35	-11	-1.1	.7	0.0	-0.7	-7	.417	.493	$
5 Seasons				411.0	102	60	219	4.80	4.48	0.13	0.05	105.4	4.64	-7	-0.7	1.1	-0.2	2.7	35	.494	.499	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE
1978	22	MIN	AL	19	404	347	53	89	13	7	9	13	7	48	54	.256	.347	.412	.759	.278	143	4	2	3	4	1	5
1979	23	MIN	AL	24	311	279	36	89	17	3	5	6	6	26	43	.319	.377	.455	.832	.361	127	8	1	3	2	0	2
1980	24	MIN	AL	32	724	643	81	161	24	3	15	14	9	69	90	.250	.323	.367	.690	.269	236	23	2	6	4	2	9
1981	25	MIN	AL	14	145	124	16	35	6	1	1	1	4	19	26	.282	.382	.371	.753	.351	46	4	1	1	0	2	0
1982	26	MIN	AL	13	202	172	33	51	9	2	6	2	3	24	16	.297	.384	.477	.861	.298	82	5	1	4	1	3	3
5 Yrs				102	1786	1565	219	425	69	16	36	36	29	186	229	.272	.349	.405	.754	.297	634	44	7	17	11	8	19
162 Game Avg.				43	750	657	92	178	29	7	15	15	12	78	96	.272	.349	.405	.754	.297	266	18	3	7	5	3	8
MLB Averages																.261	.325	.385	.710	.283

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1978	22	MIN	AL	-6.8	-0.7	434	-1.5	7.1	-8.6	1.05	-1.1	-0.3	-10.2	-1.0	1.05	-10.0	0	0	4
1979	23	MIN	AL	1.4	0.1	333	-0.3	5.4	-5.7	.94	-0.5	0.2	-5.8	-0.6	0.94	-8.2	4	5	7
1980	24	MIN	AL	9.6	1.0	752	0.3	13.3	-13.0	1.00	0.6	-0.3	8.4	0.8	1.00	6.7	2	1	4
1981	25	MIN	AL	-0.6	-0.1	151	-0.1	2.5	-2.6	1.03	0.1	-0.2	-1.0	-0.1	1.03	0.8	3	1	4
1982	26	MIN	AL	-8.9	-0.9	210	-1.2	2.8	-4.0	.86	-0.7	-0.6	-12.4	-1.2	0.86	-8.3	1	1	4
5 Yrs				-5.2	-0.5	1880	-2.8	31.1	-33.8	.99	-1.6	-1.2	-21.1	-2.0	0.99	-19.1	10	8	23

Starting Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Wgs	Lgs	ND	Wchp	Ltuf	Wtm	Ltm	tmW-L%	Wlst	Lsv	CG	SHO	QS	QS%	GmScA	Best	Wrst	BQR	BQS	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS
1978	22	MIN	AL	19	15	4	6	5	0	2	6	9	.400	0	4	1	1	7	47%	47.1	87	13	11	2	4	7	3.8	4.2	5.6
1979	23	MIN	AL	24	8	2	4	2	0	0	4	4	.500	0	1	1	0	2	25%	43.5	71	25	14	2	2	2	5.3	4.6	4.9
1980	24	MIN	AL	32	25	9	9	7	0	1	12	13	.480	2	4	1	0	14	56%	50.4	83	14	28	7	8	9	3.8	3.9	6.2
1981	25	MIN	AL	14	5	2	2	1	1	0	3	2	.600	1	0	0	0	2	40%	50.0	71	16	13	5	2	2	2.3	2.6	4.7
1982	26	MIN	AL	13	7	0	4	3	0	0	0	7	.000	1	3	0	0	1	14%	40.6	68	22	11	2	1	5	1.7	1.1	4.7
5 Yrs				102	60	17	25	18	1	3	25	35	.417	4	12	3	1	26	43%	47	87	13	77	18	17	25	3.6	3.7	5.6
MLB Averages													.500						52%	51	99	-12					4.3	4.2	6.3

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1978	22	MIN	AL	19	4	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0%	5	1.051	0	0	4	0	0	4	1	3	2	2	2	1	6.3
1979	23	MIN	AL	24	16	7	2	0	1	0	1	0%	1	0	11	6	55%	6	.939	4	5	7	4	2	10	10	6	10	6	11	2	5.6
1980	24	MIN	AL	32	7	4	0	0	1	1	0	100%	2	0	6	0	0%	8	.996	2	1	4	2	0	5	4	3	4	3	4	2	7.0
1981	25	MIN	AL	14	9	3	1	1	0	0	0		4	1	8	3	38%	6	1.032	3	1	4	4	0	5	6	3	3	5	3	1	3.0
1982	26	MIN	AL	13	6	4	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0%	9	.859	1	1	4	0	1	5	1	5	3	1	3	2	6.0
5 Yrs				102	42	19	3	2	2	1	1	50%	7	1	27	9	33%		.986	10	8	23	10	3	29	22	20	22	17	23	8	5.4

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1978	22	MIN	AL	404	30%	2.2%	13.4%	11.9%	7.2%	33%	0.68	71%	83	4	5%
1979	23	MIN	AL	311	34%	1.6%	13.8%	8.4%	8.0%	28%	0.98	75%	55	8	15%
1980	24	MIN	AL	724	25%	2.1%	12.4%	9.5%	5.8%	26%	1.27	75%	139	23	17%
1981	25	MIN	AL	145	27%	0.7%	17.9%	13.1%	5.5%	23%	1.13	67%	35	4	11%
1982	26	MIN	AL	202	26%	3.0%	7.9%	11.9%	8.4%	33%	0.75	75%	50	5	10%
5 Yrs				1786	28%	2.0%	12.8%	10.4%	6.8%	29%	0.99	73%	362	44	12%
MLB Averages					44%	2.0%	12.7%	8.4%	6.5%	28%	1.10	75%			11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
1978	22	MIN	AL	404	89			9	0	11	6	3	2	7	25	15	5	60%	5	3	1	143	13	7	65%	11	6	2	0	0	1	5	3	16	0
1979	23	MIN	AL	311	89			5	0	3	4	1	2	3	18	10	5	56%	2	10	1	130	6	6	50%	6	5	0	1	0	0	2	2	18	0
1980	24	MIN	AL	724	161			15	0	7	13	2	7	8	32	22	2	69%	9	3	2	262	14	9	61%	13	7	1	1	0	1	0	0	10	0
1981	25	MIN	AL	145	35			1	0	4	1	0	0	1	13	7	0	54%	0	1	0	58	1	4	20%	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0
1982	26	MIN	AL	202	51			6	0	4	6	0	2	4	12	7	2	58%	3	1	1	77	2	3	40%	1	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	4	0
5 Yrs				1786	425			36	0	29	30	6	13	23	100	61	14	61%	19	18	5	670	36	29	55%	32	23	4	3	0	3	8	5	50	0
MLB Averages																		53%							66%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1978	22	4	6	.400	4.48	19	15	1	1	1	0	92.1	89	53	46	9	48	1	54	2	4	3	404	86	1.484	8.7	0.9	4.7	5.3	1.13	86
1979	23	8	10	.444	4.40	43	23	8	2	1	0	161.2	178	89	79	14	74	1	97	3	4	13	715	93	1.559	9.9	0.8	4.1	5.4	1.31	93
1980	24	17	19	.472	4.13	75	48	12	3	1	1	333.2	339	170	153	29	143	3	187	5	4	16	1439	103	1.445	9.1	0.8	3.9	5.0	1.31	103
1981	25	20	22	.476	4.15	89	53	15	3	1	1	366.1	374	186	169	30	162	5	213	6	4	17	1584	102	1.463	9.2	0.7	4.0	5.2	1.31	102
1982	26	20	27	.426	4.38	102	60	19	3	1	1	411.0	425	219	200	36	186	8	229	7	5	18	1786	97	1.487	9.3	0.8	4.1	5.0	1.23	97

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1978	22	3	6	.333	5.34	86.0	94	57	51	10	51	50	2	1.686	9.8	5.3	5.2	0.98	1.0	19
1979	23	3	4	.429	4.36	66.0	88	36	32	5	26	41	1	1.727	12.0	3.5	5.6	1.58	0.7	24
1980	24	9	9	.500	3.87	165.0	158	79	71	15	68	87	2	1.370	8.6	3.7	4.7	1.28	0.8	32
1981	25	1	3	.250	5.32	44.0	55	29	26	2	30	35	2	1.932	11.3	6.1	7.2	1.17	0.4	14
1982	26	1	3	.250	6.86	42.0	52	36	32	6	24	15	1	1.810	11.1	5.1	3.2	0.63	1.3	13
5 Yrs		17	25	.405	4.73	403.0	447	237	212	38	199	228	8	1.603	10.0		5.1	1.15	0.8	102

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