Randy Jackson

Ransom Joseph Jackson (Handsom Ransom)

Position: Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: February 10, 1926 in Little Rock, AR
Schools: Texas Christian University (Fort Worth, TX), University of Texas at Austin (Austin, TX)
Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1947. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 2, 1950
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Dodgers/Indians 1950-1959

Final Game: September 25, 1959
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All-Star

Standard Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards
1950	CHC	NL	24	3B	27	26	25	225.1	90	26	56	8	3	.911			3.28	3.04	.948	3.31	3.27
1951	CHC	NL	25	3B	143	143	142	1277.2	545	198	323	24	32	.956			3.67	3.64	.953	3.37	3.36
1952	CHC	NL	26	3B	104	98	97	876.2	307	91	203	13	13	.958			3.02	2.83	.954	3.15	3.12
1952	CHC	NL	26	LF	1	1	1	8.0	2	2	0	0	0	1.000			2.25	2.00	.980	2.02	2.00
1952	CHC	NL	26	OF	1	1	1	8.0	2	2	0	0	0	1.000			2.25	2.00	.980	2.36	2.30
1953	CHC	NL	27	3B	133	128	127	1142.2	428	141	265	22	24	.949	0	0	3.20	3.05	.951	3.04	2.98
1954	CHC	NL	28	3B	124	124	123	1114.2	402	118	266	18	21	.955	2	2	3.10	3.10	.952	3.17	3.15	AS
1955	CHC	NL	29	3B	134	134	133	1202.2	392	125	247	20	26	.949	-3	-3	2.78	2.78	.951	3.13	3.10	AS
1956	BRO	NL	30	3B	80	74	69	682.1	270	84	184	2	19	.993	18	31	3.53	3.35	.956	3.05	3.02
1957	BRO	NL	31	3B	34	32	21	274.1	82	27	53	2	7	.976	-0	-2	2.62	2.35	.952	2.96	2.98
1958	TOT	MLB	32	3B	41	36	32	324.2	147	38	98	11	10	.925	4	17	3.77	3.32	.951	3.14	3.11
1958	LAD	NL	32	3B	17	14	12	122.0	56	13	41	2	6	.964	3	27	3.98	3.18	.952	3.18	3.16
1958	CLE	AL	32	3B	24	22	20	202.2	91	25	57	9	4	.901	2	11	3.64	3.42	.951	3.11	3.08
1959	TOT	MLB	33	3B	24	20	14	178.2	53	20	30	3	2	.943	-1	-6	2.52	2.08	.950	2.99	2.96
1959	CLE	AL	33	3B	2	2	0	12.0	2	0	2	0	0	1.000	0	20	1.50	1.00	.950	3.22	3.20
1959	CHC	NL	33	3B	22	18	14	166.2	51	20	28	3	2	.941	-1	-8	2.59	2.18	.950	2.97	2.94
1959	CHC	NL	33	LF	1	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		-0	-120	0.00	0.00		1.80	2.00
1959	CHC	NL	33	OF	1	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		-0	-120	0.00	0.00		1.80	2.20
	10 Seasons			3B	844	815	783	7299.2	2716	868	1725	123	157	.955	19	3	3.20	3.07	.952	3.15	3.12
	2 Seasons			OF	2	2	1	9.0	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	-0	-13	2.00	1.00	.980	2.30	2.25
	2 Seasons			LF	2	2	1	9.0	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	-0	-13	2.00	1.00	.980	2.00	2.00
	10 Seasons			TOT	846	817	784	7308.2	2718	870	1725	123	157	.955	19	3	3.20	3.07	.952	3.15	3.12
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzhm	Rtzrd	Rdp
1950	CHC	NL	24	3B
1951	CHC	NL	25	3B
1952	CHC	NL	26	3B
1952	CHC	NL	26	LF
1953	CHC	NL	27	3B	0	0	0	-1	1	0
1954	CHC	NL	28	3B	2	2	3	5	-3	-1
1955	CHC	NL	29	3B	-3	-3	-2	1	-3	-1
1956	BRO	NL	30	3B	18	31	17	11	6	1
1957	BRO	NL	31	3B	-0	-2	-0	-2	1	0
1958	LAD	NL	32	3B	3	27	2	1	1	1
1958	CLE	AL	32	3B	2	11	2	1	1	0
1959	CLE	AL	33	3B	0	20	0	0	0	0
1959	CHC	NL	33	3B	-1	-8	-1	-1	-0	0
1959	CHC	NL	33	LF	-0	-120	-0	0	-0
	10 Seasons			3B	19	3	19	15	5	0
	2 Seasons			LF	-0	-13	-0	0	-0
	10 Seasons			TOT	19	3	19	15	5	0

Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	3B	LF	OF	PH	PR
1950	CHC	NL	24	34	26	34	27	27	0	0	7	0
1951	CHC	NL	25	145	143	145	143	143	0	0	2	0
1952	CHC	NL	26	116	99	116	105	104	1	1	10	1
1953	CHC	NL	27	139	128	139	133	133	0	0	7	0
1954	CHC	NL	28	126	124	126	124	124	0	0	2	0
1955	CHC	NL	29	138	134	138	134	134	0	0	4	0
1956	BRO	NL	30	101	74	101	80	80	0	0	22	0
1957	BRO	NL	31	48	32	48	34	34	0	0	15	0
1958	LAD	NL	32	35	14	35	17	17	0	0	19	0
1958	CLE	AL	32	29	22	29	24	24	0	0	5	0
1959	CHC	NL	33	41	19	41	23	22	1	1	19	0
1959	CLE	AL	33	3	2	3	2	2	0	0	1	0
	10 Seasons			955	817	955	846	844	2	2	113	1

Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

											Putouts				Assists					Errors					Double Plays
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	PA	RHB%	BIP%	GBIP%	Fld	F2O%	FC	Tot	Cgt	Frc	Tag	Tot	1B	2B	Hm	Rly	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	543	53	GB	LD	LDs	LDf	bFld	bF2O%
1950	CHC	NL	24	664	67%	81%	30%	52	85%	0	11	7	2	2	38	32	5	0	0	7	0	6	1	4	3	2	0	3	0	0	0	1	100%
1951	CHC	NL	25	4434	65%	84%	28%	414	91%	9	159	115	12	32	264	204	45	5	16	20	1	14	5	17	28	16	2	21	7	2	5	16	56%
1952	CHC	NL	26	2772	63%	82%	27%	224	91%	6	68	54	5	9	151	117	21	5	8	9	0	6	3	8	13	9	0	11	2	1	1	12	58%
1953	CHC	NL	27	4412	61%	83%	26%	373	90%	4	121	101	7	14	240	191	36	7	7	19	1	14	4	13	21	13	1	17	3	2	1	10	90%
1954	CHC	NL	28	3956	63%	82%	28%	294	91%	3	90	64	10	16	203	162	32	1	7	15	0	11	4	13	16	10	1	11	4	2	2	5	100%
1955	CHC	NL	29	4175	64%	80%	25%	289	89%	0	100	77	8	15	189	147	30	3	9	15	0	11	4	12	21	13	0	13	5	3	2	12	67%
1956	BRO	NL	30	2827	60%	80%	30%	283	92%	1	84	74	4	6	184	156	26	0	2	2	0	2	0	2	16	14	0	15	1	1	0	14	43%
1957	BRO	NL	31	1138	62%	79%	30%	79	89%	1	28	19	1	8	54	40	10	0	4	2	0	2	0	1	7	3	1	6	1	0	0	7	43%
1958	CLE	AL	32	773	68%	81%	26%	95	82%	1	27	24	2	1	51	45	6	0	0	8	0	6	2	8	3	3	0	3	0	0	0	3	0%
1958	LAD	NL	32	530	65%	80%	33%	50	94%	0	13	8	3	2	42	29	10	0	2	2	0	2	0	2	7	5	1	6	1	0	0	1	100%
1959	CHC	NL	33	674	57%	78%	28%	49	90%	0	18	17	0	1	27	22	5	0	0	3	0	2	1	3	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	2	100%
1959	CLE	AL	33	49	67%	65%	31%	3	67%	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	10 Seasons			26404	63%	81%	28%	2205	90%	25	719	560	54	106	1445	1146	227	21	55	102	2	76	24	83	137	90	6	108	24	11	11	83	61%
	MLB Averages				63%	81%	27%		89%																								65%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

				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%
1959	CHC	NL	33	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	5	40%	80%	40%	0
	1 Season			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	5	40%	80%	40%	0
	MLB Averages																														57.9%			2.6%			63%	81%	30%		50%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games 1954 * 1955 *	Errors Committed† s c a p y 1951 NL 24 (5th)	Total Zone Runs† s c a p y 1956 NL 18 (4th)	Def. Games as 3B s c a p y 1951 NL 143 (2nd) 1952 NL 104 (4th) 1953 NL 133 (5th) 1954 NL 124 (5th) 1955 NL 134 (4th)
Putouts as 3B s c a p y 1951 NL 198 (1st) 1952 NL 91 (5th) 1953 NL 141 (4th) 1954 NL 118 (5th) 1955 NL 125 (3rd)	Assists as 3B s c a p y 1951 NL 323 (1st) 1952 NL 203 (4th) 1953 NL 265 (4th) 1954 NL 266 (4th) 1955 NL 247 (4th) 1956 NL 184 (5th)	Errors Committed as 3B s c a p y 1951 NL 24 (1st) 1952 NL 13 (5th) 1953 NL 22 (4th) 1954 NL 18 (3rd) 1955 NL 20 (3rd)	Total Zone Runs as 3B s c a p y 1956 NL 18 (1st) 1958 NL 3 (4th) Career 20 (60th)
Range Factor/9Inn as 3B† s c a p y 1951 NL 3.67 (2nd) 1952 NL 3.02 (3rd) 1953 NL 3.20 (4th) 1954 NL 3.10 (4th) 1956 NL 3.53 (1st)	Range Factor/Game as 3B s c a p y 1951 NL 3.64 (1st) 1952 NL 2.83 (5th) 1953 NL 3.05 (3rd) 1954 NL 3.10 (3rd) 1956 NL 3.35 (1st) Career 3.07 (72nd)	Fielding % as 3B s c a p y 1952 NL .958 (4th) 1954 NL .955 (3rd) 1956 NL .993 (1st)

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