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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1954 CHW AL 20 1B 35 24 227.0 256 244 9 3 15 .988 1.8 9.5 1.8 0.6 1.1 0 10.03 7.23 .990 9.60 8.00
1955 CHW AL 21 1B 29 21 164.0 173 162 9 2 14 .988 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 9.38 5.90 .991 9.63 8.17
1956 CHW AL 22 1B 19 15 137.0 149 138 11 0 16 1.000 -0.1 -0.9 -0.1 1.0 -1.1 0 9.79 7.84 .990 9.43 7.99
1957 CHW AL 23 1B 13 13 114.0 131 125 5 1 10 .992 -1.1 -11.6 -1.1 -1.1 0.1 0 10.26 10.00 .992 9.67 8.36
1958 CHW AL 24 1B 38 35 288.0 306 289 16 1 29 .997 2.4 10.0 2.4 -0.9 3.4 0 9.53 8.03 .991 9.60 8.47
1959 CHW AL 25 1B 5 3 26.0 31 30 1 0 3 1.000 1.4 64.6 1.4 0.9 0.5 0 10.73 6.20 .990 9.83 8.26
1960 BOS AL 26 1B 9 8 65.0 73 66 5 2 10 .973 -1.2 -22.2 -1.2 -1.1 -0.1 0 9.83 7.89 .992 9.58 8.04
7 Seasons 1B 148 119 1021.0 1119 1054 56 9 97 .992 3.2 3.8 3.2 -0.6 3.9 0 9.78 7.50 .991 9.59 8.20
7 Seasons TOT 148 119 1021.0 1119 1054 56 9 97 .992 3.2 3.8 3.2 -0.6 3.9 0 9.78 7.50 .983 9.59 8.20

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1954 CHW AL 20 40 24 40 40 0 0 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2
1955 CHW AL 21 40 21 40 40 0 0 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 5
1956 CHW AL 22 22 15 22 22 0 0 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
1957 CHW AL 23 13 13 13 13 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 CHW AL 24 61 35 61 61 0 0 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 0
1959 CHW AL 25 10 3 10 10 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1960 BOS AL 26 10 8 10 10 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
7 Seasons 196 119 196 196 0 0 148 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 49 10
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1954 CHW AL 20 933 66% 80% 26% 48 88% 0 245 12 229 4 22 9 7 1 0 0 3 0 3 0 1 15 0 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 5 80%
1955 CHW AL 21 674 65% 77% 26% 38 95% 0 164 8 153 5 23 9 5 1 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 14 0 0 0 11 0 1 0 1 1 100%
1956 CHW AL 22 621 68% 80% 25% 32 100% 0 139 8 131 0 15 11 8 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 0 13 0 2 0 2 4 100%
1957 CHW AL 23 500 62% 78% 29% 20 95% 0 126 9 118 0 5 5 5 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 9 0 1 0 1 0
1958 CHW AL 24 1208 64% 79% 27% 62 97% 1 288 19 267 3 28 15 10 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 29 0 0 0 26 0 3 1 2 1 100%
1959 CHW AL 25 114 61% 84% 27% 8 100% 0 30 1 29 0 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1960 BOS AL 26 293 61% 75% 29% 12 83% 0 67 0 67 0 7 5 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 10 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 4 75%
7 Seasons 4343 64% 79% 27% 220 94% 1 1059 57 994 12 106 55 39 4 1 4 9 4 4 1 3 97 0 0 0 87 0 7 1 6 16 88%
MLB Averages 62% 79% 26% 94% 87%

* 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.

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