Ron Jackson
Ronald Harris Jackson
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 7" , Weight: 225 lb.

Born: October 22, 1933 in Kalamazoo, MI
High School: Central (Kalamazoo, PA)
School: Western Michigan University
Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent (bonus baby) in 1954. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 15, 1954
Final Game: May 15, 1960
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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
1954 20 CHW AL 40 107 93 10 26 4 0 4 10 2 1 6 20 .280 .333 .452 .785 112 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 CHW AL 22 66 56 7 12 3 0 1 4 1 0 10 13 .214 .333 .321 .655 74 18 2 0 0 0 1 3
1957 23 CHW AL 13 61 60 4 19 3 0 2 8 0 0 1 12 .317 .328 .467 .795 114 28 2 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 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 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
7 Seasons 196 534 474 54 116 18 1 17 52 6 1 45 119 .245 .315 .395 .710 92 187 13 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 11 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 11 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

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
1954 20 CHW AL 107 75 13 4.6 101 .314 .280 .269 .333 .345 .452 .393 .785 .738 112 .540 1.1 0.1 .739 .247 .172 2.7
1955 21 CHW AL 85 63 7 3.0 105 .255 .203 .270 .277 .350 .324 .402 .601 .752 60 .312 -4.7 -0.5 .550 .243 .122 1.3
1956 22 CHW AL 66 46 6 3.5 107 .262 .214 .268 .333 .351 .321 .410 .655 .760 74 .357 -2.0 -0.2 .630 .304 .107 1.0
1957 23 CHW AL 61 43 8 5.0 100 .370 .317 .264 .328 .337 .467 .399 .795 .735 114 .562 0.8 0.1 .674 .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 .726 121 .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 Seasons 534 382 58 4.1 101 .290 .245 .265 .315 .340 .395 .399 .710 .739 92 .462 -6.7 -0.7 .651 .255 .150 8.9
162 Game Avg. 441 316 48 4.1 101 .290 .245 .265 .315 .340 .395 .399 .710 .739 92 .462 -6.7 -0.7 .651 .255 .150 7
CHW (6 yrs) 502 356 56 4.2 101 .291 .246 .265 .319 .340 .402 .398 .721 .738 95 .479 -4.2 -0.4 .671 .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*

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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
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 Seasons 534 3.2% 22.3% 8.4% 6.7% 31% 2.64 4.0 27.9 9.1 0.83 64%
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 20 CHW AL 0 0 20% 35 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 63% 3 3 0 1 0 1 4 0 4
1955 21 CHW AL 2 0 38% 24 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 50% 5 3 2 2 1 1 1 0 1
1956 22 CHW AL 2 0 29% 26 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 44% 5 4 1 1 1 0 3 0 3
1957 23 CHW AL 0 0 11% 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 24 CHW AL 2 0 26% 54 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 6 42% 12 9 2 3 1 2 4 0 4
1959 25 CHW AL 0 0 50% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1960 26 BOS AL 0 0 13% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 6 0 25% 178 6 1 86% 6 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 10 12 43% 29 22 5 9 5 4 13 0 13
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 20 CHW AL 107 31% 26 7 1 0 0 0.75 4 0 1 3 1 2 2 0 6 5 83% 21 1 5% 14 6 43% 62 6 10% 5 4 80% 8 1 13% 0
1955 21 CHW AL 85 29% 15 8 4 1 2 1.29 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 2 2 100% 18 1 6% 6 3 50% 61 5 8% 2 1 50% 3 2 67% 0
1956 22 CHW AL 66 38% 12 3 0 0 0 2.18 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0% 14 2 14% 11 2 18% 48 3 6% 0 0 3 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 2 25% 9 2 22% 51 6 12% 6 2 33% 7 2 29% 0
1958 24 CHW AL 167 40% 34 22 4 1 3 1.37 7 0 6 4 3 4 3 0 0 0 33 4 12% 21 2 10% 112 14 13% 12 6 50% 11 1 9% 0
1959 25 CHW AL 16 63% 3 5 1 0 0 0.75 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 2 0 0% 8 1 13% 1 0 0% 2 1 50% 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 Seasons 534 38% 116 46 10 2 5 1.22 17 0 15 9 8 10 7 0 9 7 78% 105 13 12% 65 15 23% 363 35 10% 26 13 50% 34 7 21% 0
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
1954 20 40 107 93 10 26 4 0 4 10 2 1 6 20 .280 .333 .452 .785 112 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 85 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 6 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 10 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 11 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 13 5 7 3 4

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1954 20 42 107 98 11 28 4 0 4 11 2 6 21 .286 .336 .449 .785 15 40
1955 21 42 88 78 10 16 1 1 2 7 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 64 63 5 20 3 0 2 9 0 1 13 .317 .328 .460 .788 9 13
1958 24 64 178 155 21 38 4 0 8 23 2 20 48 .245 .337 .426 .763 22 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 Seasons 206 556 499 58 125 18 1 18 56 6 49 125 .251 .322 .399 .721 63 196
162 Game Avg. 162 437 392 46 98 14 1 14 44 5 39 98 .251 .322 .399 .721 50 196

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Youngest s c a p y
1954 AL  born 1933-10-22 (10th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 5 (2537), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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