Randy Jackson
Ransom Joseph Jackson (Handsom Ransom)
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Weight: 180 lb.

Born: February 10, 1926 in Little Rock, AR
Schools: University of Texas at Austin, Texas Christian University
Signed
by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1947. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 2, 1950
Final Game: September 25, 1959
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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
1950 24 CHC NL 34 120 111 13 25 4 3 3 6 4 7 25 .225 .271 .396 .668 74 44 4 0 2 5
1951 25 CHC NL 145 609 557 78 153 24 6 16 76 14 3 47 44 .275 .332 .425 .758 101 237 21 1 4 *5
1952 26 CHC NL 116 409 379 44 88 8 5 9 34 6 5 27 42 .232 .285 .351 .636 75 133 12 1 2 *5/O
1953 27 CHC NL 139 549 498 61 142 22 8 19 66 8 4 42 61 .285 .341 .476 .817 108 237 20 0 9 *5
1954 28 CHC NL 126 543 484 77 132 17 6 19 67 2 1 44 55 .273 .333 .450 .784 102 218 9 2 9 4 *5 AS
1955 29 CHC NL 138 565 499 73 132 13 7 21 70 0 2 58 58 .265 .340 .445 .785 107 222 11 1 3 4 6 *5 AS
1956 30 BRO NL 101 346 307 37 84 15 7 8 53 2 1 28 38 .274 .333 .446 .780 100 137 13 2 4 5 3 5
1957 31 BRO NL 48 145 131 7 26 1 0 2 16 0 0 9 20 .198 .246 .252 .498 30 33 6 0 3 2 0 5
1958 32 TOT MLB 64 164 156 15 34 6 1 5 17 0 0 8 28 .218 .256 .365 .621 66 57 6 0 0 0 1 5
1958 32 LAD NL 35 70 65 8 12 3 0 1 4 0 0 5 10 .185 .243 .277 .520 35 18 3 0 0 0 1 5
1958 32 CLE AL 29 94 91 7 22 3 1 4 13 0 0 3 18 .242 .266 .429 .695 89 39 3 0 0 0 0 5
1959 33 TOT MLB 44 98 81 7 19 5 1 1 10 0 0 11 11 .235 .326 .358 .684 84 29 6 0 6 0 1 5/7
1959 33 CLE AL 3 7 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .143 .143 .143 .286 -20 1 1 0 0 0 0 /5
1959 33 CHC NL 41 91 74 7 18 5 1 1 10 0 0 11 10 .243 .341 .378 .720 93 28 5 0 6 0 1 5/7
10 Seasons 955 3548 3203 412 835 115 44 103 415 36 16 281 382 .261 .320 .421 .741 94 1347 108 7 42 15 11
162 Game Avg. 162 602 543 70 142 20 7 17 70 6 48 65 .261 .320 .421 .741 94 228 18 1 7
CHC (7 yrs) 739 2886 2602 353 690 93 36 88 329 34 15 236 295 .265 .327 .430 .757 99 1119 82 5 35 8 7
LAD (3 yrs) 184 561 503 52 122 19 7 11 73 2 1 42 68 .243 .300 .374 .673 74 188 22 2 7 7 4
CLE (2 yrs) 32 101 98 7 23 3 1 4 13 0 0 3 19 .235 .257 .408 .666 81 40 4 0 0 0 0
NL (10 yrs) 923 3447 3105 405 812 112 43 99 402 36 16 278 363 .262 .322 .421 .743 95 1307 104 7 42 15 11
AL (2 yrs) 32 101 98 7 23 3 1 4 13 0 0 3 19 .235 .257 .408 .666 81 40 4 0 0 0 0

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
1950 24 CHC NL 120 92 12 3.5 107 .265 .225 .268 .271 .345 .396 .416 .668 .761 74 .363 -5.0 -0.5 .611 .270 .171 3.4
1951 25 CHC NL 609 432 80 5.0 105 .276 .275 .270 .332 .344 .425 .409 .758 .753 101 .544 -1.0 -0.1 .692 .255 .151 14.9
1952 26 CHC NL 409 310 37 3.2 98 .241 .232 .263 .285 .336 .351 .391 .636 .727 75 .382 -14.9 -1.6 .526 .193 .119 7.2
1953 27 CHC NL 549 389 80 5.4 112 .294 .285 .276 .341 .348 .476 .431 .817 .779 108 .554 4.4 0.4 .745 .283 .191 11.3
1954 28 CHC NL 543 375 73 5.2 110 .273 .273 .275 .333 .347 .450 .426 .784 .772 102 .538 -0.5 -0.1 .732 .271 .178 3.6
1955 29 CHC NL 565 387 75 5.2 105 .262 .265 .265 .340 .336 .445 .420 .785 .757 107 .546 4.1 0.4 .734 .293 .180 .0
1956 30 BRO NL 346 246 43 4.7 110 .286 .274 .274 .333 .342 .446 .433 .780 .775 100 .520 -0.1 -0.0 .709 .267 .173 3.2
1957 31 BRO NL 145 116 8 1.9 110 .216 .198 .279 .246 .344 .252 .432 .498 .775 30 .159 -13.7 -1.4 .378 .122 .053 .0
1958 32 TOT MLB 164 128 13 2.7 102 .236 .218 .266 .256 .335 .365 .409 .621 .744 66 .289 -8.4 -0.8 .508 .199 .147 .0
1958 32 LAD NL 70 56 4 1.9 109 .204 .185 .274 .243 .343 .277 .428 .520 .771 35 .165 -6.3 -0.6 .411 .169 .092 .0
1958 32 CLE AL 94 72 9 3.3 97 .261 .242 .260 .266 .329 .429 .396 .695 .725 89 .387 -2.1 -0.2 .583 .220 .187 .0
1959 33 TOT MLB 98 74 9 3.2 103 .261 .235 .268 .326 .334 .358 .414 .684 .748 84 .346 -1.6 -0.2 .588 .259 .123 .0
1959 33 CLE AL 7 7 0 0.0 96 .167 .143 .257 .143 .328 .143 .393 .286 .720 -20 .000 -1.2 -0.1 .143 .000 .000
1959 33 CHC NL 91 67 9 3.6 104 .270 .243 .269 .341 .335 .378 .416 .720 .751 93 .387 -0.5 -0.1 .639 .284 .135 .0
10 Seasons 3548 2549 430 4.5 107 .268 .261 .271 .320 .342 .421 .418 .741 .760 94 .491 -36.7 -3.8 .664 .254 .160 53.4
162 Game Avg. 602 432 73 4.5 107 .268 .261 .271 .320 .342 .421 .418 .741 .760 94 .491 -36.7 -3.8 .664 .254 .160 9
CHC (7 yrs) 2886 2052 366 4.8 106 .270 .265 .270 .327 .342 .430 .416 .757 .759 99 .514 -13.4 -1.4 .686 .263 .165 49.0
LAD (3 yrs) 561 418 55 3.5 110 .258 .243 .275 .300 .343 .374 .432 .673 .775 74 .388 -20.1 -2.0 .577 .217 .131 3.4
CLE (2 yrs) 101 79 9 3.0 97 .253 .235 .260 .257 .329 .408 .395 .666 .724 81 .347 -3.2 -0.3 .544 .204 .173 .0
NL (10 yrs) 3447 2470 421 4.6 107 .268 .262 .271 .322 .342 .421 .419 .743 .761 95 .495 -33.5 -3.4 .668 .255 .159 52.8
AL (2 yrs) 101 79 9 3.0 97 .253 .235 .260 .257 .329 .408 .395 .666 .724 81 .347 -3.2 -0.3 .544 .204 .173 .0

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
1956 30 BRO NL WS NYY L 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 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
1954 CHC NL 28 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 CHC NL 29 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 1 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Appearances) 5 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400 1 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
1950 24 CHC NL 120 2.5% 20.8% 5.8% 8.3% 40% 3.57 4.4 37.0 18.5 69%
1951 25 CHC NL 609 2.6% 7.2% 7.7% 7.6% 30% 0.94 12.7 34.8 7.3 82%
1952 26 CHC NL 409 2.2% 10.3% 6.6% 5.4% 25% 1.56 9.0 42.1 11.1 80%
1953 27 CHC NL 549 3.5% 11.1% 7.7% 8.9% 35% 1.45 8.2 26.2 7.5 76%
1954 28 CHC NL 543 3.5% 10.1% 8.1% 7.7% 32% 1.25 8.8 25.5 7.2 0.90 76%
1955 29 CHC NL 565 3.7% 10.3% 10.3% 7.3% 31% 1.00 8.6 23.8 7.1 0.97 75%
1956 30 BRO NL 346 2.3% 11.0% 8.1% 8.7% 36% 1.36 8.1 38.4 5.8 1.32 77%
1957 31 BRO NL 145 1.4% 13.8% 6.2% 2.1% 12% 2.22 6.6 65.5 8.2 1.39 77%
1958 32 TOT MLB 164 3.1% 17.1% 4.9% 7.3% 35% 3.50 5.6 31.2 9.2 1.07 75%
1958 32 LAD NL 70 1.4% 14.3% 7.1% 5.7% 33% 2.00 6.5 65.0 16.3 1.56 77%
1958 32 CLE AL 94 4.3% 19.2% 3.2% 8.5% 36% 6.00 5.1 22.8 7.0 0.75 73%
1959 33 TOT MLB 98 1.0% 11.2% 11.2% 7.1% 37% 1.00 7.4 81.0 8.1 1.85 70%
1959 33 CLE AL 7 0.0% 14.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 7.0 2.50 86%
1959 33 CHC NL 91 1.1% 11.0% 12.1% 7.7% 39% 0.91 7.4 74.0 7.4 1.78 69%
10 Seasons 3548 2.9% 10.8% 7.9% 7.4% 31% 1.36 8.4 31.1 7.7 1.12 77%
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
1954 28 CHC NL 12 0 37% 159 2 1 67% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 9 37% 21 19 2 7 4 3 13 3 10
1955 29 CHC NL 6 0 31% 130 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 4 38% 24 15 8 7 6 1 6 1 5
1956 30 BRO NL 5 0 27% 123 2 1 67% 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 8 28% 16 15 1 5 3 2 11 4 6
1957 31 BRO NL 4 0 15% 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 42% 6 4 2 1 0 0 5 2 3
1958 32 TOT MLB 1 0 27% 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 43% 3 2 1 1 1 0 3 1 2
1958 32 LAD NL 1 0 44% 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 25% 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1
1958 32 CLE AL 0 0 14% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 67% 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1
1959 33 TOT MLB 2 0 21% 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 71% 3 1 2 1 0 1 3 1 2
1959 33 CLE AL 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
1959 33 CHC NL 2 0 21% 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 71% 3 1 2 1 0 1 3 1 2
10 Seasons 30 0 30% 512 36 16 75% 3 2 0 1 0 0 2 1 12 28 38% 73 56 16 22 14 7 41 12 28
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
1954 28 CHC NL 389 23% 132 2 0 0 0 1.56 19 0 11 12 2 8 6 0 8 9 113% 76 9 12% 34 12 35% 236 37 16% 17 10 59% 19 3 16% 154
1955 29 CHC NL 375 16% 132 1 0 0 1 1.35 21 0 3 12 2 7 7 0 3 3 100% 50 11 22% 24 6 25% 205 31 15% 15 7 47% 27 7 26% 190
1956 30 BRO NL 346 14% 84 21 5 0 3 1.54 8 0 10 7 1 4 4 1 4 4 100% 72 13 18% 26 10 38% 235 48 20% 20 15 75% 23 9 39% 0
1957 31 BRO NL 144 10% 26 12 2 0 2 1.80 2 0 3 2 0 1 1 0 4 3 75% 42 6 14% 20 7 35% 120 14 12% 16 8 50% 9 3 33% 1
1958 32 TOT MLB 156 17% 34 21 4 1 2 1.63 5 0 5 4 0 1 3 0 0 0 28 6 21% 9 1 11% 93 10 11% 8 4 50% 6 1 17% 8
1958 32 LAD NL 70 17% 12 17 2 0 0 1.40 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 14 3 21% 7 1 14% 42 3 7% 4 1 25% 5 1 20% 0
1958 32 CLE AL 86 16% 22 4 2 1 2 2.60 4 0 3 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 14 3 21% 2 0 0% 51 7 14% 4 3 75% 1 0 0% 8
1959 33 TOT MLB 91 37% 19 16 1 0 1 1.79 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 6 6 100% 29 6 21% 10 5 50% 73 12 16% 5 3 60% 5 3 60% 7
1959 33 CLE AL 7 14% 1 1 0 0 0 1.23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25% 1 0 0% 6 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1959 33 CHC NL 84 39% 18 15 1 0 1 1.82 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 6 6 100% 25 5 20% 9 5 56% 67 12 18% 5 3 60% 5 3 60% 7
10 Seasons 1501 18% 835 73 12 1 9 1.66 103 0 36 38 5 21 22 1 25 42 168% 297 108 36% 123 41 33% 962 152 16% 81 47 58% 89 26 29% 360
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
1950 24 34 120 111 13 25 4 3 3 6 4 7 25 .225 .271 .396 .668 74 44 4 0 2
1951 25 179 729 668 91 178 28 9 19 82 18 3 54 69 .266 .322 .421 .743 96 281 25 1 6
1952 26 295 1138 1047 135 266 36 14 28 116 24 8 81 111 .254 .309 .395 .704 89 414 37 2 8
1953 27 434 1687 1545 196 408 58 22 47 182 32 12 123 172 .264 .319 .421 .741 95 651 57 2 17
1954 28 560 2230 2029 273 540 75 28 66 249 34 13 167 227 .266 .323 .428 .751 97 869 66 4 26 4
1955 29 698 2795 2528 346 672 88 35 87 319 34 15 225 285 .266 .326 .432 .758 99 1091 77 5 29 8 6
1956 30 799 3141 2835 383 756 103 42 95 372 36 16 253 323 .267 .327 .433 .760 99 1228 90 7 33 13 9
1957 31 847 3286 2966 390 782 104 42 97 388 36 16 262 343 .264 .323 .425 .749 96 1261 96 7 36 15 9
1958 32 911 3450 3122 405 816 110 43 102 405 36 16 270 371 .261 .320 .422 .742 94 1318 102 7 36 15 10
1959 33 955 3548 3203 412 835 115 44 103 415 36 16 281 382 .261 .320 .421 .741 94 1347 108 7 42 15 11

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
1950 24 36 122 115 13 25 4 3 3 6 4 7 26 .217 .262 .383 .645 11 34
1951 25 151 626 577 78 157 25 6 16 76 14 48 46 .272 .329 .419 .748 80 145
1952 26 121 428 398 49 94 9 5 10 38 6 29 44 .236 .290 .359 .649 41 116
1953 27 144 550 509 57 139 22 8 19 62 8 41 63 .273 .327 .460 .787 76 139
1954 28 133 557 506 78 136 18 6 20 68 2 45 58 .269 .329 .447 .775 74 126
1955 29 145 588 523 75 137 13 7 22 72 0 60 61 .262 .337 .440 .777 78 138
1956 30 106 349 315 37 82 15 7 8 52 2 27 40 .260 .318 .429 .747 43 101
1957 31 50 146 135 7 25 1 0 2 15 0 9 21 .185 .233 .237 .470 7 48
1958 32 67 169 161 16 33 6 1 5 18 0 8 29 .205 .243 .348 .590 14 64
1959 33 46 95 84 7 19 5 1 1 11 0 11 11 .226 .316 .345 .661 9 44
10 Seasons 999 3630 3323 417 847 118 44 106 418 36 285 399 .255 .314 .413 .726 433 955
162 Game Avg. 162 589 539 68 137 19 7 17 68 6 46 65 .255 .314 .413 .726 70 955

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1954 *
1955 *

Triples s c a p y
1953 NL  8 (8th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1951 NL  14 (6th)
1953 NL  8 (10th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1953 NL  9 (8th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1951 NL  21 (4th)
1953 NL  20 (2nd)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1951 NL  14.9 (6th)
1953 NL  11.3 (5th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 5 (1737), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 6 (1367), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 7 (2117), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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