Edwin Jackson
Edwin Jackson
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: September 9, 1983 in Neu-ulm, W.Germany
High School: Columbus (Columbus, GA)
Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 6th round of the 2001 amateur draft.
Signed June 18, 2001. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 9, 2003
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Standard Pitching

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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
2003 19 LAD NL 2 1 .667 2.45 4 3 0 0 0 0 22.0 17 6 6 2 11 1 19 1 0 3 91 164 1.273 7.0 0.8 4.5 7.8 1.73
2004 20 LAD NL 2 1 .667 7.30 8 5 1 0 0 0 24.2 31 20 20 7 11 1 16 0 0 0 113 56 1.703 11.3 2.6 4.0 5.8 1.45
2005 21 LAD NL 2 2 .500 6.28 7 6 0 0 0 0 28.2 31 22 20 2 17 0 13 1 1 2 134 65 1.674 9.7 0.6 5.3 4.1 0.76
2006 22 TBD AL 0 0 5.45 23 1 7 0 0 0 36.1 42 27 22 2 25 0 27 1 1 3 174 85 1.844 10.4 0.5 6.2 6.7 1.08
2007 23 TBD AL 5 15 .250 5.76 32 31 0 1 1 0 161.0 195 116 103 19 88 3 128 4 1 7 755 78 1.758 10.9 1.1 4.9 7.2 1.45
2008 24 TBR AL 14 11 .560 4.42 32 31 0 0 0 0 183.1 199 91 90 23 77 1 108 2 1 7 792 100 1.505 9.8 1.1 3.8 5.3 1.40
2009 25 DET AL 13 9 .591 3.62 33 33 0 1 0 0 214.0 200 93 86 27 70 3 161 5 0 6 890 127 1.262 8.4 1.1 2.9 6.8 2.30 AS
7 Seasons 38 39 .494 4.66 139 110 8 2 1 0 670.0 715 375 347 82 299 9 472 14 4 28 2949 96 1.513 9.6 1.1 4.0 6.3 1.58
162 Game Avg. 10 11 .494 4.66 38 30 2 1 0 0 183 195 102 95 22 82 2 129 4 1 8 805 96 1.513 9.6 1.1 4.0 6.3 1.58
TBR (3 yrs) 19 26 .422 5.08 87 63 7 1 1 0 380.2 436 234 215 44 190 4 263 7 3 17 1721 88 1.644 10.3 1.0 4.5 6.2 1.38
LAD (3 yrs) 6 4 .600 5.50 19 14 1 0 0 0 75.1 79 48 46 11 39 2 48 2 1 5 338 74 1.566 9.4 1.3 4.7 5.7 1.23
DET (1 yr) 13 9 .591 3.62 33 33 0 1 0 0 214.0 200 93 86 27 70 3 161 5 0 6 890 127 1.262 8.4 1.1 2.9 6.8 2.30
AL (4 yrs) 32 35 .478 4.56 120 96 7 2 1 0 594.2 636 327 301 71 260 7 424 12 3 23 2611 99 1.507 9.6 1.1 3.9 6.4 1.63
NL (3 yrs) 6 4 .600 5.50 19 14 1 0 0 0 75.1 79 48 46 11 39 2 48 2 1 5 338 74 1.566 9.4 1.3 4.7 5.7 1.23

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
2008 24 TBR AL ALCS W BOS 0 0 0.00 2 0 2 0 0 0 2.1 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 9 0.857 0.0 0.0 7.7 15.4 2.00
2008 24 TBR AL WS L PHI 0 0 4.50 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 8 1.500 9.0 4.5 4.5 4.5 1.00
1 Season (2 Series) 0 0 2.08 3 0 2 0 0 0 4.1 2 1 1 1 3 1 5 0 0 0 17 1.154 4.2 2.1 6.2 10.4 1.67
1 ALCS 0 0 0.00 2 0 2 0 0 0 2.1 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 9 0.857 0.0 0.0 7.7 15.4 2.00
1 WS 0 0 4.50 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 8 1.500 9.0 4.5 4.5 4.5 1.00

All-Star Pitching

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Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
2009 DET AL 25 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
2003 19 LAD NL 4 91 77 6 17 2 1 2 1 0 11 19 .221 .322 .351 .673 .263 27 4 1 1 1 1
2004 20 LAD NL 8 113 101 20 31 4 1 7 2 0 11 16 .307 .375 .574 .949 .308 58 3 0 1 0 1
2005 21 LAD NL 7 134 114 22 31 7 1 2 2 1 17 13 .272 .366 .404 .769 .287 46 1 1 0 2 0
2006 22 TBD AL 23 174 144 27 42 10 2 2 3 0 25 27 .292 .395 .431 .826 .342 62 4 1 2 2 0
2007 23 TBD AL 32 755 652 116 195 34 5 19 17 5 88 128 .299 .383 .454 .837 .344 296 12 4 5 6 3
2008 24 TBR AL 32 792 707 91 199 36 5 23 12 6 77 108 .281 .352 .444 .796 .304 314 27 2 3 3 1
2009 25 DET AL 33 890 809 93 200 45 5 27 23 9 70 161 .247 .310 .415 .726 .278 336 17 5 4 2 3
7 Seasons 139 2949 2604 375 715 138 20 82 60 21 299 472 .275 .350 .437 .788 .306 1139 68 14 16 16 9
162 Game Avg. 38 805 711 102 195 38 5 22 16 6 82 129 .275 .350 .437 .788 .306 311 19 4 4 4 2
MLB Averages .262 .333 .418 .751 .299

Starting Pitching*

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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 Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
2003 19 LAD NL 4 3 2 1 0 0 1 2 1 .667 0 0 0 0 3 100% 64 67 61 0 0 0 2 3.0 2.0 6.3 93 0 2 1 0 106
2004 20 LAD NL 8 5 2 0 3 2 0 5 0 1.000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 41 57 21 5 3 1 3 7.4 7.5 3.9 72 3 2 0 0 99
2005 21 LAD NL 7 6 2 2 2 2 0 3 3 .500 0 1 0 0 0 0% 41 56 23 5 2 0 4 5.3 5.5 4.4 88 2 2 2 0 108
2006 22 TBD AL 23 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 52 52 52 10 2 0 1 5.0 2.6 7.0 108 0 0 1 0 108
2007 23 TBD AL 32 31 5 15 11 1 3 8 23 .258 3 4 1 1 14 45% 43 86 15 26 12 0 15 4.3 4.0 5.2 95 4 8 19 0 116
2008 24 TBR AL 32 31 13 11 7 6 2 17 14 .548 3 2 0 0 15 48% 48 80 17 20 4 0 17 5.0 5.5 5.8 97 3 12 16 0 114
2009 25 DET AL 33 33 13 9 11 1 3 17 16 .515 3 8 1 0 21 64% 54 84 23 12 7 0 16 4.1 3.5 6.5 105 0 12 18 3 132
7 Seasons 139 110 37 38 35 12 9 52 58 .473 9 17 2 1 53 48% 48 86 15 78 30 1 58 4.6 4.4 5.7 97 12 38 57 3 132
MLB Averages .500 48% 49 98 -8 4.7 4.7 5.8 95

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
2003 19 LAD NL 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.977 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 9.0 63
2004 20 LAD NL 8 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.841 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 3 2 0 2 0 5.0 27
2005 21 LAD NL 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.982 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0 33
2006 22 TBD AL 23 22 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 4 50% 8 0.439 3 1 16 4 2 16 6 16 11 4 12 2 4.0 26
2007 23 TBD AL 32 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 7 1.084 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1.0 11
2008 24 TBR AL 32 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 0 0 9 0.997 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0 43
6 Seasons 106 29 8 1 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 10 4 40% 0.971 4 1 22 5 2 22 7 22 16 5 17 2 4.3 28

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
2003 19 LAD NL 91 47% 2.2% 20.9% 12.1% 5.5% 29% 0.84 1.35 63% 22% 7.7% 19% 16 4 25%
2004 20 LAD NL 113 53% 6.2% 14.2% 9.7% 10.6% 39% 0.79 1.11 69% 19% 17.9% 17% 20 3 15%
2005 21 LAD NL 134 37% 1.5% 9.7% 12.7% 7.5% 32% 0.48 0.47 75% 17% 3.3% 12% 27 1 4%
2006 22 TBD AL 174 44% 1.2% 15.5% 14.4% 8.1% 33% 1.05 1.48 67% 17% 3.7% 7% 34 4 12%
2007 23 TBD AL 755 53% 2.5% 17.0% 11.7% 7.7% 30% 0.82 1.08 68% 24% 7.5% 12% 166 12 7%
2008 24 TBR AL 792 50% 2.9% 13.6% 9.7% 8.1% 32% 0.64 0.82 73% 22% 7.4% 15% 164 27 16%
2009 25 DET AL 890 56% 3.0% 18.1% 7.9% 8.7% 39% 0.66 0.82 70% 20% 8.3% 16% 152 17 11%
7 Seasons 2949 52% 2.8% 16.0% 10.1% 8.1% 34% 0.71 0.90 70% 21% 7.7% 14% 579 68 12%
MLB Averages 55% 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
2003 19 LAD NL 91 342 3.76 201 59% 33% 16% 21% 30% 67% 3% 39% 76% 62% 4% 4 3 25% 23 7 1 26% 5 0 0 0 0
2004 20 LAD NL 113 439 3.88 260 59% 21% 15% 31% 33% 79% 1% 47% 81% 52% 9% 10 7 18% 20 8 0 13% 2 3 0 0 0
2005 21 LAD NL 134 559 4.17 327 58% 26% 11% 32% 31% 74% 0% 43% 85% 52% 6% 8 5 22% 29 10 1 31% 1 3 0 0 0
2006 22 TBD AL 174 689 3.96 417 61% 24% 16% 32% 29% 76% 0% 46% 80% 52% 9% 15 6 29% 50 30 3 15% 5 9 0 0 0
2007 23 TBD AL 755 2959 3.92 1780 60% 27% 16% 28% 30% 73% 1% 44% 79% 54% 7% 51 29 21% 161 66 7 20% 21 19 0 0 0
2008 24 TBR AL 792 3053 3.85 1872 61% 24% 14% 31% 32% 76% 0% 47% 82% 55% 5% 40 23 22% 173 77 4 16% 15 16 0 0 0
2009 25 DET AL 890 3452 3.88 2160 63% 23% 17% 30% 30% 77% 1% 48% 78% 54% 6% 53 42 22% 192 83 3 11% 26 8 0 0 0
7 Seasons 2949 11493 3.90 7017 61% 24% 15% 30% 31% 76% 1% 46% 80% 54% 6% 181 115 22% 648 281 19 16% 75 58 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 58% 5% 22% 25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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
2003 19 LAD NL 91 17 2 0 2 0 3 0 2 2 0 6 2 2 33% 0 3 0 29 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
2004 20 LAD NL 113 31 3 0 7 0 1 4 3 5 2 2 2 0 100% 1 0 0 42 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
2005 21 LAD NL 134 31 2 1 2 0 5 2 0 1 1 7 5 0 71% 1 2 0 55 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
2006 22 TBD AL 174 42 1 0 2 0 13 2 0 0 2 16 10 2 63% 1 3 1 65 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
2007 23 TBD AL 755 195 24 3 19 1 24 10 9 9 10 50 32 5 64% 7 7 1 306 17 5 77% 15 4 2 1 0 0 3 2 18 0
2008 24 TBR AL 792 199 25 1 23 1 11 15 8 11 12 39 17 3 44% 5 7 2 308 12 6 67% 12 5 0 0 0 1 3 0 16 0
2009 25 DET AL 890 200 23 3 27 0 20 18 9 14 13 40 16 8 40% 6 6 2 289 23 9 72% 19 9 4 0 0 0 4 0 11 0
7 Seasons 2949 715 80 8 82 2 77 51 31 42 40 160 84 20 53% 21 28 6 1094 60 21 74% 54 19 6 1 0 1 11 2 66 0
MLB Averages 52% 72%

Cumulative Pitching

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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+
2003 19 2 1 .667 2.45 4 3 0 0 0 0 22.0 17 6 6 2 11 1 19 1 0 3 91 164 1.273 7.0 0.8 4.5 7.8 1.73 164
2004 20 4 2 .667 5.01 12 8 1 0 0 0 46.2 48 26 26 9 22 2 35 1 0 3 204 81 1.500 9.3 1.7 4.2 6.8 1.59 81
2005 21 6 4 .600 5.50 19 14 1 0 0 0 75.1 79 48 46 11 39 2 48 2 1 5 338 74 1.566 9.4 1.3 4.7 5.7 1.23 74
2006 22 6 4 .600 5.48 42 15 8 0 0 0 111.2 121 75 68 13 64 2 75 3 2 8 512 78 1.657 9.8 1.0 5.2 6.0 1.17 78
2007 23 11 19 .367 5.64 74 46 8 1 1 0 272.2 316 191 171 32 152 5 203 7 3 15 1267 78 1.716 10.4 1.1 5.0 6.7 1.34 78
2008 24 25 30 .455 5.15 106 77 8 1 1 0 456.0 515 282 261 55 229 6 311 9 4 22 2059 85 1.632 10.2 1.1 4.5 6.1 1.36 85
2009 25 38 39 .494 4.66 139 110 8 2 1 0 670.0 715 375 347 82 299 9 472 14 4 28 2949 96 1.513 9.6 1.1 4.0 6.3 1.58 96

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
2003 19 1 1 .500 2.57 21.0 17 7 6 2 11 18 1 1.333 7.3 4.7 7.7 1.64 0.9 4
2004 20 0 2 .000 7.83 23.0 32 22 20 7 11 15 0 1.870 12.5 4.3 5.9 1.36 2.7 8
2005 21 1 2 .333 6.43 28.0 32 22 20 2 18 13 1 1.786 10.3 5.8 4.2 0.72 0.6 7
2006 22 1 3 .250 5.25 36.0 41 23 21 2 24 27 1 1.806 10.3 6.0 6.8 1.13 0.5 23
2007 23 6 11 .353 5.68 157.0 193 110 99 19 87 125 4 1.783 11.1 5.0 7.2 1.44 1.1 32
2008 24 8 11 .421 4.58 173.0 196 98 88 23 76 102 2 1.572 10.2 4.0 5.3 1.34 1.2 32
2009 25 12 10 .545 3.57 207.0 196 91 82 26 69 156 5 1.280 8.5 3.0 6.8 2.26 1.1 33
7 Seasons 29 40 .420 4.69 645.0 707 373 336 81 296 456 14 1.555 9.9 6.4 1.54 1.1 139

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
2009 *

Earned Run Average s c a p y
2009 AL  3.617 (7th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
2009 AL  214.0 (7th)

Games Started s c a p y
2009 AL  33 (4th)

Shutouts s c a p y
2007 AL  1 (5th)

Home Runs s c a p y
2009 AL  27 (6th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
2007 AL  88 (4th)
2008 AL  77 (8th)

Hits s c a p y
2009 AL  200 (9th)

Losses s c a p y
2007 AL  15 (3rd)

Earned Runs s c a p y
2007 AL  103 (3rd)

Batters Faced s c a p y
2009 AL  890 (8th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
2009 AL  127 (7th)

Youngest s c a p y
2003 NL  born 1983-09-09 (1st)
2004 NL  born 1983-09-09 (1st)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 9 (1502), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 4 (1351), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 1 (1927), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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