Roy Lee Jackson
Roy Lee Jackson
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 194 lb.

Born: May 1, 1954 in Opelika, AL
High School: Opelika (Opelika, AL)
School: Tuskegee University
Signed by the New York Mets as an amateur free agent in 1975. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 13, 1977
Final Game: October 1, 1986
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1977 23 NYM NL 0 2 .000 6.00 4 4 0 0 0 0 24.0 25 16 16 2 15 1 13 3 0 2 116 62 1.667 9.4 0.8 5.6 4.9 0.87
1978 24 NYM NL 0 0 9.24 4 2 0 0 0 0 12.2 21 13 13 2 6 0 6 2 0 0 61 38 2.132 14.9 1.4 4.3 4.3 1.00
1979 25 NYM NL 1 0 1.000 2.20 8 0 0 0 0 0 16.1 11 4 4 1 5 0 10 1 0 1 61 165 0.980 6.1 0.6 2.8 5.5 2.00
1980 26 NYM NL 1 7 .125 4.20 24 8 4 1 0 1 70.2 78 37 33 4 20 4 58 0 1 4 299 84 1.387 9.9 0.5 2.5 7.4 2.90
1981 27 TOR AL 1 2 .333 2.61 39 0 21 0 0 7 62.0 65 23 18 5 25 7 27 1 0 5 266 151 1.452 9.4 0.7 3.6 3.9 1.08
1982 28 TOR AL 8 8 .500 3.06 48 2 24 0 0 6 97.0 77 37 33 7 31 4 71 2 0 1 394 147 1.113 7.1 0.6 2.9 6.6 2.29
1983 29 TOR AL 8 3 .727 4.50 49 0 19 0 0 7 92.0 92 48 46 6 41 2 48 3 0 0 402 96 1.446 9.0 0.6 4.0 4.7 1.17
1984 30 TOR AL 7 8 .467 3.56 54 0 29 0 0 10 86.0 73 40 34 12 31 4 58 1 0 4 355 116 1.209 7.6 1.3 3.2 6.1 1.87
1985 31 SDP NL 2 3 .400 2.70 22 2 6 0 0 2 40.0 32 13 12 4 13 1 28 1 1 0 163 132 1.125 7.2 0.9 2.9 6.3 2.15
1986 32 MIN AL 0 1 .000 3.86 28 0 8 0 0 1 58.1 57 29 25 7 16 0 32 3 2 3 249 111 1.251 8.8 1.1 2.5 4.9 2.00
10 Seasons 28 34 .452 3.77 280 18 111 1 0 34 559.0 531 260 234 50 203 23 351 17 4 20 2366 108 1.313 8.5 0.8 3.3 5.7 1.73
162 Game Avg. 6 8 .452 3.77 64 4 25 0 0 8 128 121 59 53 11 46 5 80 4 1 5 540 108 1.313 8.5 0.8 3.3 5.7 1.73
NYM (4 yrs) 2 9 .182 4.80 40 14 4 1 0 1 123.2 135 70 66 9 46 5 87 6 1 7 537 74 1.464 9.8 0.7 3.3 6.3 1.89
TOR (4 yrs) 24 21 .533 3.50 190 2 93 0 0 30 337.0 307 148 131 30 128 17 204 7 0 10 1417 122 1.291 8.2 0.8 3.4 5.4 1.59
MIN (1 yr) 0 1 .000 3.86 28 0 8 0 0 1 58.1 57 29 25 7 16 0 32 3 2 3 249 111 1.251 8.8 1.1 2.5 4.9 2.00
SDP (1 yr) 2 3 .400 2.70 22 2 6 0 0 2 40.0 32 13 12 4 13 1 28 1 1 0 163 132 1.125 7.2 0.9 2.9 6.3 2.15
AL (5 yrs) 24 22 .522 3.55 218 2 101 0 0 31 395.1 364 177 156 37 144 17 236 10 2 13 1666 120 1.285 8.3 0.8 3.3 5.4 1.64
NL (5 yrs) 4 12 .250 4.29 62 16 10 1 0 3 163.2 167 83 78 13 59 6 115 7 2 7 700 83 1.381 9.2 0.7 3.2 6.3 1.95

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1977 23 NYM NL 4 116 95 16 25 5 0 2 4 3 15 13 .263 .377 .379 .756 .284 36 1 3 2 1 1
1978 24 NYM NL 4 61 49 13 21 1 1 2 2 2 6 6 .429 .500 .612 1.112 .452 30 2 2 3 1 0
1979 25 NYM NL 8 61 55 4 11 1 0 1 1 0 5 10 .200 .279 .273 .551 .227 15 5 1 0 0 0
1980 26 NYM NL 24 298 271 37 78 8 1 4 12 4 20 58 .288 .332 .369 .701 .347 100 6 0 3 4 4
1981 27 TOR AL 39 266 236 23 65 7 1 5 4 2 25 27 .275 .346 .377 .723 .293 89 9 1 3 1 7
1982 28 TOR AL 48 394 354 37 77 13 4 7 10 2 31 71 .218 .281 .336 .617 .250 119 5 2 3 4 4
1983 29 TOR AL 49 402 344 48 92 13 2 6 10 2 41 48 .267 .344 .369 .713 .290 127 11 3 7 7 2
1984 30 TOR AL 54 355 317 40 73 8 4 12 4 1 31 58 .230 .299 .394 .693 .245 125 10 1 4 2 4
1985 31 SDP NL 22 163 143 13 32 5 2 4 7 3 13 28 .224 .289 .371 .660 .248 53 1 1 4 2 1
1986 32 MIN AL 28 249 223 29 57 13 2 7 4 2 16 32 .256 .308 .426 .734 .265 95 2 3 2 5 0
10 Seasons 280 2365 2087 260 531 74 17 50 58 21 203 351 .254 .322 .378 .700 .281 789 52 17 31 27 23
162 Game Avg. 64 540 476 59 121 17 4 11 13 5 46 80 .254 .322 .378 .700 .281 180 12 4 7 6 5
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1977 23 NYM NL 4 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 4 .000 1 1 0 0 1 25% 43 51 22 5 2 1 3 4.0 2.6 6.0
1978 24 NYM NL 4 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 39 42 35 0 0 0 2 3.5 5.0 4.5
1980 26 NYM NL 24 8 1 4 3 0 1 3 5 .375 0 2 1 0 2 25% 49 78 39 6 1 3 3 4.4 4.6 5.3
1982 28 TOR AL 48 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0% 34 37 31 15 8 2 0 5.5 5.4 4.3
1985 31 SDP NL 22 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0% 50 65 34 7 1 1 0 2.5 3.0 4.7
5 Seasons 102 18 2 8 8 1 1 5 13 .278 1 4 1 0 3 17% 45 78 22 33 12 7 8 4.1 4.1 5.2
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1978 24 NYM NL 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 2 1.138 0 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 2 0 5.5
1979 25 NYM NL 8 8 0 1 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 7 2 29% 7 0.840 2 3 3 1 0 7 3 5 7 1 7 0 6.1
1980 26 NYM NL 24 16 4 0 3 1 1 0 100% 1 0 10 5 50% 6 0.934 2 8 6 2 4 10 5 11 9 4 9 1 5.3
1981 27 TOR AL 39 39 21 1 2 8 7 1 88% 12 4 50 15 30% 8 1.427 17 8 13 15 6 18 27 12 20 7 22 7 4.8
1982 28 TOR AL 48 46 24 8 7 11 6 5 55% 14 3 42 17 40% 7 1.306 19 14 13 20 8 18 24 22 25 10 27 3 5.8
1983 29 TOR AL 49 49 19 8 3 13 7 6 54% 24 9 47 18 38% 7 1.249 22 13 14 32 4 13 27 22 33 9 35 5 5.6
1984 30 TOR AL 54 54 29 7 8 17 10 7 59% 24 6 50 11 22% 8 1.402 27 13 14 31 13 10 30 24 31 12 33 7 4.8
1985 31 SDP NL 22 20 6 1 2 2 2 0 100% 4 2 14 3 21% 5 1.017 8 5 7 5 5 10 7 13 11 6 11 2 4.6
1986 32 MIN AL 28 28 8 0 1 1 1 0 100% 4 3 32 11 34% 7 0.582 7 5 16 5 3 20 20 8 21 5 22 2 6.3
9 Seasons 276 262 111 26 26 54 34 20 63% 84 27 256 82 32% 1.158 104 71 86 111 43 108 145 117 159 54 168 27 5.3

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1977 23 NYM NL 116 59% 1.7% 11.2% 12.9% 6.0% 28% 0.87 70% 25 1 4%
1978 24 NYM NL 61 46% 3.3% 9.8% 9.8% 6.6% 19% 1.23 69% 14 2 14%
1979 25 NYM NL 61 52% 1.6% 16.4% 8.2% 3.3% 18% 1.64 72% 11 5 45%
1980 26 NYM NL 299 44% 1.3% 19.5% 6.7% 4.4% 17% 1.43 71% 54 6 11%
1981 27 TOR AL 266 40% 1.9% 10.2% 9.4% 4.9% 20% 1.01 77% 58 9 16%
1982 28 TOR AL 394 44% 1.8% 18.0% 7.9% 6.1% 31% 0.91 71% 69 5 7%
1983 29 TOR AL 402 47% 1.5% 11.9% 10.2% 5.2% 23% 0.80 74% 95 11 12%
1984 30 TOR AL 355 46% 3.4% 16.3% 8.7% 6.8% 33% 0.81 70% 59 10 17%
1985 31 SDP NL 163 51% 2.5% 17.2% 8.0% 6.8% 34% 1.02 69% 21 1 5%
1986 32 MIN AL 249 44% 2.8% 12.9% 6.4% 8.8% 39% 0.57 76% 48 2 4%
10 Seasons 2366 46% 2.1% 14.8% 8.6% 6.0% 27% 0.91 72% 454 52 11%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1977 23 NYM NL 116 25 2 0 3 1 1 1 1 9 4 2 44% 5 2 0 46 4 3 57% 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1978 24 NYM NL 61 21 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 7 4 0 57% 0 0 2 29 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
1979 25 NYM NL 61 11 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 4 2 0 50% 2 1 0 22 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1980 26 NYM NL 299 78 4 1 6 3 1 3 1 25 17 4 68% 2 4 0 103 12 4 75% 10 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 12 0
1981 27 TOR AL 266 65 5 1 15 4 1 2 3 26 6 3 23% 1 5 1 111 4 2 67% 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
1982 28 TOR AL 394 77 7 0 13 5 2 2 5 26 14 2 54% 2 1 1 143 10 2 83% 8 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
1983 29 TOR AL 402 92 6 0 16 3 3 2 4 27 17 2 63% 5 0 0 173 10 2 83% 10 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 9 0
1984 30 TOR AL 355 73 12 1 18 6 6 5 7 17 6 1 35% 7 4 1 136 4 1 80% 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1985 31 SDP NL 163 32 4 0 5 4 0 2 2 12 5 3 42% 2 0 0 51 7 3 70% 5 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1986 32 MIN AL 249 57 7 0 13 5 2 5 2 19 13 3 68% 2 3 2 96 4 2 67% 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
10 Seasons 2366 531 50 3 91 32 18 24 26 172 88 20 51% 28 20 7 910 58 21 73% 51 19 7 1 0 1 2 0 70 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1977 23 0 2 .000 6.00 4 4 0 0 0 0 24.0 25 16 16 2 15 1 13 3 0 2 116 62 1.667 9.4 0.8 5.6 4.9 0.87 62
1978 24 0 2 .000 7.12 8 6 0 0 0 0 36.2 46 29 29 4 21 1 19 5 0 2 177 51 1.827 11.3 1.0 5.2 4.7 0.90 51
1979 25 1 2 .333 5.60 16 6 0 0 0 0 53.0 57 33 33 5 26 1 29 6 0 3 238 65 1.566 9.7 0.8 4.4 4.9 1.12 65
1980 26 2 9 .182 4.80 40 14 4 1 0 1 123.2 135 70 66 9 46 5 87 6 1 7 537 74 1.464 9.8 0.7 3.3 6.3 1.89 74
1981 27 3 11 .214 4.07 79 14 25 1 0 8 185.2 200 93 84 14 71 12 114 7 1 12 803 91 1.460 9.7 0.7 3.4 5.5 1.61 91
1982 28 11 19 .367 3.73 127 16 49 1 0 14 282.2 277 130 117 21 102 16 185 9 1 13 1197 107 1.341 8.8 0.7 3.2 5.9 1.81 107
1983 29 19 22 .463 3.92 176 16 68 1 0 21 374.2 369 178 163 27 143 18 233 12 1 13 1599 104 1.367 8.9 0.6 3.4 5.6 1.63 104
1984 30 26 30 .464 3.85 230 16 97 1 0 31 460.2 442 218 197 39 174 22 291 13 1 17 1954 106 1.337 8.6 0.8 3.4 5.7 1.67 106
1985 31 28 33 .459 3.76 252 18 103 1 0 33 500.2 474 231 209 43 187 23 319 14 2 17 2117 107 1.320 8.5 0.8 3.4 5.7 1.71 107
1986 32 28 34 .452 3.77 280 18 111 1 0 34 559.0 531 260 234 50 203 23 351 17 4 20 2366 108 1.313 8.5 0.8 3.3 5.7 1.73 108

Neutralized Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1977 23 1 1 .500 6.38 24.0 26 19 17 2 16 13 3 1.750 9.8 6.0 4.9 0.81 0.8 4
1978 24 0 1 .000 11.45 11.0 21 16 14 2 6 5 2 2.455 17.2 4.9 4.1 0.83 1.6 4
1979 25 1 0 1.000 2.40 15.0 11 4 4 1 5 9 1 1.067 6.6 3.0 5.4 1.80 0.6 8
1980 26 3 4 .429 5.12 65.0 82 41 37 4 21 53 0 1.585 11.4 2.9 7.3 2.52 0.6 24
1981 27 6 3 .667 3.10 87.0 102 33 30 8 39 38 2 1.621 10.6 4.0 3.9 0.97 0.8 39
1982 28 6 4 .600 3.03 95.0 76 36 32 7 31 70 2 1.126 7.2 2.9 6.6 2.26 0.7 48
1983 29 4 5 .444 4.55 89.0 91 50 45 6 41 46 3 1.483 9.2 4.1 4.7 1.12 0.6 49
1984 30 5 4 .556 3.84 82.0 75 39 35 12 32 55 1 1.305 8.2 3.5 6.0 1.72 1.3 54
1985 31 3 1 .750 3.00 39.0 33 14 13 4 13 27 1 1.179 7.6 3.0 6.2 2.08 0.9 22
1986 32 3 3 .500 3.88 58.0 57 28 25 7 16 32 3 1.259 8.8 2.5 5.0 2.00 1.1 28
10 Seasons 32 26 .552 4.01 565.0 574 280 252 53 220 348 18 1.405 9.1 5.5 1.58 0.8 280

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Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 7 (1091), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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