Ron Jackson

Ronald Harris Jackson

Position: First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 7", Weight: 225 lb.

Born: October 22, 1933 in Kalamazoo, MI
High School: Central HS (Kalamazoo, MI)
School: Western Michigan University (Kalamazoo, MI)
Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent (bonus baby) in 1954. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 15, 1954
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/RedSox 1954-1960

Final Game: May 15, 1960
Died: July 6, 2008 in Kalamazoo, MI
Cremated
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Standard Batting

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
1954	20	CHW	AL	40	107	93	10	26	4	0	4	10	2	1	6	20	.280	.333	.452	.785	111	42	1	2	5	1		3
1955	21	CHW	AL	40	85	74	10	15	1	1	2	7	1	0	8	22	.203	.277	.324	.601	60	24	1	0	2	1	2	3
1956	22	BAL-min	Opn	82	328	303	44	92	15	5	9	49	2		20	59	.304	.346	.475	.821		144	7	1	1	3			VAN · PCL
1956	22	CHW	AL	22	66	56	7	12	3	0	1	4	1	0	10	13	.214	.333	.321	.655	73	18	2	0	0	0	1	3
1957	23	CHW-min	AAA	143	610	536	85	166	27	11	21	102	2		60	110	.310	.382	.519	.901		278		7	0	7	5		INA · AA
1957	23	CHW	AL	13	61	60	4	19	3	0	2	8	0	0	1	12	.317	.328	.467	.795	114	28	1	0	0	0	1	3
1958	24	CHW	AL	61	167	146	19	34	4	0	7	21	2	0	18	46	.233	.323	.404	.727	100	59	4	2	0	1	0	3
1959	25	CHW-min	AAA	130	539	475	72	136	27	1	30	99	0		46	82	.286	.360	.537	.897		255		12	0	6	8		INA · AA
1959	25	CHW	AL	10	16	14	3	3	1	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	.214	.313	.500	.813	121	7	1	1	0	0	0	/3
1960	26	ATL-PHI-min	AAA	117	465	427	50	124	19	5	14	61	3		38	64	.290	.348	.457	.805		195							LOU,INA · AA
1960	26	BOS	AL	10	32	31	1	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.226	.250	.290	.540	44	9	2	0	0	0	0	/3
1961	27	ATL-min	AAA	131	516	468	69	124	18	4	25	63	0		48	71	.265	.333	.481	.814		225							LOU · AA
7 Yrs				196	534	474	54	116	18	1	17	52	6	1	45	119	.245	.315	.395	.710	92	187	12	5	7	3	4
162 Game Avg.				162	441	392	45	96	15	1	14	43	5	1	37	98	.245	.315	.395	.710	92	155	10	4	6	2

CHW (6 yrs)				186	502	443	53	109	16	1	17	52	6	1	44	113	.246	.319	.402	.721	95	178	10	5	7	3	4
BOS (1 yr)				10	32	31	1	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.226	.250	.290	.540	44	9	2	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

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

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1954	20	CHW	AL	40	107	0	-0	-0	2	-1	0	0.0	3	3	0.3	.501	.500	0.1	0.1	1	$	3
1955	21	CHW	AL	40	85	-4	0	-0	0	-1	-5	-0.5	2	-3	-0.3	.487	.497	-0.3	-0.1	-3	$	3
1956	22	CHW	AL	22	66	-1	0	-0	-0	-1	-2	-0.2	2	0	0.0	.492	.499	0.0	-0.1	0	$	3
1957	23	CHW	AL	13	61	0	-0	-0	-1	-1	-2	-0.3	2	-1	-0.1	.481	.498	0.0	-0.2	0	$	3
1958	24	CHW	AL	61	167	1	-0	-0	2	-2	0	0.0	5	5	0.5	.501	.500	0.2	0.1	3	$	3
1959	25	CHW	AL	10	16	0	0	-0	1	-0	2	0.2	0	2	0.2	.516	.501	0.0	0.1	1	$	/3
1960	26	BOS	AL	10	32	-3	0	-0	-1	-0	-4	-0.5	1	-4	-0.4	.452	.497	-0.3	-0.2	-2	$	/3
7 Seasons				196	534	-7	-0	-2	3	-6	-11	-1.3	15	3	0.2	.494	.499	-0.3	-0.3	0	$

CHW (6 yrs)				186	502	-4	-0	-1	4	-6	-7	-0.8	14	7	0.6	.496	.499	-0.0	-0.1	2	$
BOS (1 yr)				10	32	-3	0	-0	-1	-0	-4	-0.5	1	-4	-0.4	.452	.497	-0.3	-0.2	-2	$

Advanced Batting

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
1954	20	CHW	AL	107	75	13	4.6	102	.314	.280	.270	.333	.346	.452	.395	.785	.741	111	.540	1.0	0.1	.739	.247	.172	2.7
1955	21	CHW	AL	85	63	7	3.0	104	.255	.203	.269	.277	.349	.324	.400	.601	.749	60	.312	-4.6	-0.4	.550	.243	.122	1.3
1956	22	CHW	AL	66	46	6	3.5	107	.262	.214	.268	.333	.351	.321	.410	.655	.761	73	.357	-2.0	-0.2	.630	.304	.107	1.0
1957	23	CHW	AL	61	42	9	5.8	100	.370	.317	.264	.328	.337	.467	.399	.795	.736	114	.624	0.8	0.1	.690	.167	.150	.0
1958	24	CHW	AL	167	117	20	4.6	97	.287	.233	.260	.323	.329	.404	.396	.727	.725	100	.529	0.1	0.0	.698	.308	.171	3.1
1959	25	CHW	AL	16	12	2	4.5	98	.154	.214	.259	.313	.330	.500	.396	.813	.727	121	.508	0.4	0.0	.750	.357	.286	.0
1960	26	BOS	AL	32	26	2	2.1	104	.280	.226	.267	.250	.341	.290	.408	.540	.749	44	.195	-2.5	-0.2	.385	.097	.065
7 Yrs				534	381	59	4.2	101	.290	.245	.265	.315	.340	.395	.399	.710	.739	92	.471	-6.8	-0.7	.652	.255	.150	8.9
162 Game Avg.				441	315	49	4.2	101	.290	.245	.265	.315	.340	.395	.399	.710	.739	92	.471	-6.8	-0.7	.652	.255	.150	7

CHW (6 yrs)				502	355	57	4.3	101	.291	.246	.265	.319	.340	.402	.399	.721	.738	95	.488	-4.3	-0.4	.672	.266	.156	8.9
BOS (1 yr)				32	26	2	2.1	104	.280	.226	.267	.250	.341	.290	.408	.540	.749	44	.195	-2.5	-0.2	.385	.097	.065

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1954	20	CHW	AL	107	3.7%	18.7%	5.6%	7.5%	31%	3.33	4.7	23.3	9.3	0.77	65%
1955	21	CHW	AL	85	2.4%	25.9%	9.4%	4.7%	27%	2.75	3.4	37.0	10.6	0.77	60%
1956	22	CHW	AL	66	1.5%	19.7%	15.2%	6.1%	33%	1.30	4.3	56.0	14.0	1.13	64%
1957	23	CHW	AL	61	3.3%	19.7%	1.6%	8.2%	26%	12.00	5.0	30.0	7.5	0.63	75%
1958	24	CHW	AL	167	4.2%	27.5%	10.8%	6.6%	32%	2.56	3.2	20.9	7.0	0.82	56%
1959	25	CHW	AL	16	6.3%	0.0%	6.3%	12.5%	67%	0.00		14.0	7.0	1.00	81%
1960	26	BOS	AL	32	0.0%	18.8%	3.1%	6.3%	29%	6.00	5.2			1.00	78%
7 Yrs				534	3.2%	22.3%	8.4%	6.7%	31%	2.64	4.0	27.9	9.1	0.83	64%
MLB Averages					2.3%	12.4%	9.0%	6.6%	29%	1.37	7.2	38.5	8.3	0.99	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1954	20	CHW	AL	1.1	0.1	111	-0.3	1.4	-1.7	.85	-0.1	-0.3	-1.2	-0.1	0.95	-1.1	0.68	7
1955	21	CHW	AL	-4.7	-0.5	87	-0.2	1.5	-1.6	1.09	-0.3	0.1	-4.0	-0.4	1.00	-3.8	1.27	8
1956	22	CHW	AL	-2.0	-0.2	67	-0.7	0.7	-1.4	1.00	-0.1	-0.6	-3.7	-0.4	1.01	-1.7	2.14	3
1957	23	CHW	AL	0.8	0.1	61	-0.3	1.2	-1.4	1.15	-0.0	-0.2	-3.8	-0.4	1.10	-0.3		0
1958	24	CHW	AL	0.1	0.0	173	-0.8	2.9	-3.7	1.10	0.1	-0.8	-5.0	-0.5	1.00	1.7	1.33	22
1959	25	CHW	AL	0.4	0.0	17	0.1	0.3	-0.2	.76	0.2	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.83	1.5	0.71	5
1960	26	BOS	AL	-2.5	-0.2	32	-0.5	0.4	-0.9	1.25	-0.3	-0.1	-3.8	-0.4	0.99	-3.2	0.01	1
7 Yrs				-6.8	-0.7	548	-2.8	8.2	-10.9	1.04	-0.5	-2.2	-21.4	-2.1	1.00	-6.8	1.18	46

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndSH
1954	20	CHW	AL	0	20%	35	2	1	67%	2	1	0	3	1	63%	3	3	0	1	0	1	4	4
1955	21	CHW	AL	2	38%	24	1	0	100%	1	0	1	2	3	50%	5	3	2	2	1	1	1	1
1956	22	CHW	AL	2	29%	26	1	0	100%	1	0	0	1	1	44%	5	4	1	1	1	0	3	3
1957	23	CHW	AL	0	11%	22	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	0%	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
1958	24	CHW	AL	2	26%	54	2	0	100%	2	0	1	3	6	42%	12	9	2	3	1	2	4	4
1959	25	CHW	AL	0	50%	10	0	0		0	0	0	0	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
1960	26	BOS	AL	0	13%	7	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0
7 Yrs				6	25%	178	6	1	86%	6	1	2	10	12	43%	29	22	5	9	5	4	13	13

Situational Hitting*

						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	20	CHW	AL	107	31%	26			7	1	0	0	0.68	4	0	1	3	1	2	2	0	6	5	83%	21	1	5%	14	6	43%	62	6	10%	5	4	80%	8	4	50%	0
1955	21	CHW	AL	85	29%	15			8	4	1	2	1.27	2	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	2	2	100%	18	1	6%	6	3	50%	61	5	8%	2	1	50%	5	3	60%	0
1956	22	CHW	AL	66	38%	12			3	0	0	0	2.14	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0%	14	2	14%	11	2	18%	48	3	6%	0	0		5	0	0%	0
1957	23	CHW	AL	61	51%	19			0	0	0	0		2	0	6	1	1	0	2	0	0	0		8	1	13%	9	2	22%	51	6	12%	6	2	33%	4	1	25%	0
1958	24	CHW	AL	167	40%	34			22	4	1	3	1.33	7	0	6	4	3	4	3	0	0	0		33	4	12%	21	2	10%	112	14	13%	12	6	50%	10	2	20%	0
1959	25	CHW	AL	16	63%	3			5	1	0	0	0.71	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		3	1	33%	2	0	0%	8	1	13%	1	0	0%	1	1	100%	0
1960	26	BOS	AL	32	34%	7			1	0	0	0	0.01	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		8	2	25%	2	0	0%	21	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
7 Yrs				534	38%	116			46	10	2	5	1.18	17	0	15	9	8	10	7	0	9	7	78%	105	12	11%	65	15	23%	363	35	10%	26	13	50%	33	11	33%	0
MLB Averages					49%																			77%			11%			31%			14%			50%			54%

Cumulative Batting

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
1954	20	40	107	93	10	26	4	0	4	10	2	1	6	20	.280	.333	.452	.785	111	42	1	2	5	1
1955	21	80	192	167	20	41	5	1	6	17	3	1	14	42	.246	.308	.395	.703	88	66	2	2	7	2	2
1956	22	102	258	223	27	53	8	1	7	21	4	1	24	55	.238	.315	.377	.691	84	84	4	2	7	2	3
1957	23	115	319	283	31	72	11	1	9	29	4	1	25	67	.254	.317	.396	.713	91	112	5	2	7	2	4
1958	24	176	486	429	50	106	15	1	16	50	6	1	43	113	.247	.319	.399	.718	94	171	9	4	7	3	4
1959	25	186	502	443	53	109	16	1	17	52	6	1	44	113	.246	.319	.402	.721	95	178	10	5	7	3	4
1960	26	196	534	474	54	116	18	1	17	52	6	1	45	119	.245	.315	.395	.710	92	187	12	5	7	3	4

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
1954	20	42	112	98	11	28	4	0	4	11	2	6	21	.286	.336	.449	.785	15	40
1955	21	42	90	78	11	16	1	1	2	8	1	9	23	.205	.284	.321	.605	7	40
1956	22	23	70	59	7	13	3	0	1	4	1	11	14	.220	.343	.322	.665	6	22
1957	23	14	65	64	5	21	3	0	2	9	0	1	13	.328	.338	.469	.807	11	13
1958	24	64	177	154	21	37	4	0	8	23	2	20	48	.240	.333	.422	.755	21	61
1959	25	10	16	14	3	3	1	0	1	2	0	1	0	.214	.313	.500	.813	2	10
1960	26	11	33	32	1	7	2	0	0	0	0	1	6	.219	.242	.281	.524	2	10
7 Yrs		206	563	499	59	125	18	1	18	57	6	49	125	.251	.322	.399	.721	64	196
162 Game Avg.		162	443	392	46	98	14	1	14	45	5	39	98	.251	.322	.399	.721	50	196

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1954 AL born 1933-10-22 (10th)

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