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Roy Lee Jackson

Roy Lee Jackson

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 190 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
Teams (by GP): BlueJays/Mets/Twins/Padres 1977-1986

Final Game: October 1, 1986
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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

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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
1975	21	NYM-min	Rk,A	5	5	.500	1.84	13	10		5	2	0	88.0	64	22	18	2	21	0	70	1	0	2			0.966	6.5	0.2	2.1	7.2	3.33	MIO,WAU · APPY,MIDW
1976	22	NYM-min	AA,A	10	9	.526	3.13	27	27		8	4	0	187.0	187	77	65	10	54	2	82	0	0	2			1.289	9.0	0.5	2.6	3.9	1.52	JAC,LBG · TL,CARL
1977	23	NYM-min	AAA	13	7	.650	3.70	28	27		3	2	0	168.0	174	78	69	14	73	7	110	2	1	9			1.470	9.3	0.8	3.9	5.9	1.51	TID · IL
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	63	1.667	9.4	0.8	5.6	4.9	0.87
1978	24	NYM-min	AAA	11	10	.524	3.73	27	26		8	3	1	176.0	176	91	73	15	51	3	132	3	1	8			1.290	9.0	0.8	2.6	6.8	2.59	TID · IL
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	39	2.132	14.9	1.4	4.3	4.3	1.00
1979	25	NYM-min	AAA	12	7	.632	3.74	33	17		3	1	5	137.0	143	63	57	7	33	5	89	0	0	3			1.285	9.4	0.5	2.2	5.8	2.70	TID · IL
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	169	0.980	6.1	0.6	2.8	5.5	2.00
1980	26	NYM-min	AAA	3	5	.375	2.31	22	7		1	0	3	78.0	63	33	20	0	51	8	56	0	0	4			1.462	7.3	0.0	5.9	6.5	1.10	TID · IL
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	85	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	152	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	BAL-SDP-min	AAA	2	1	.667	2.76	18	0	14	0	0	2	32.2	29	13	10	4	8	2	28	2	0	2			1.133	8.0	1.1	2.2	7.7	3.50	ROC,LVG · IL,PCL
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	133	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
1987	33	MIL-min	AAA	0	0		8.64	4	0	1	0	0	0	8.1	19	9	8	0	3	1	5	0	0	1			2.640	20.5	0.0	3.2	5.4	1.67	DEN · AA
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	76	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	133	1.125	7.2	0.9	2.9	6.3	2.15

AL (5 yrs)			AL	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)			NL	4	12	.250	4.29	62	16	10	1	0	3	163.2	167	83	78	13	59	6	115	7	2	7	700	84	1.381	9.2	0.7	3.2	6.3	1.95

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary
1977	23	NYM	NL	24.0	4	16	13	0	1.0	-3	-0.3	$
1978	24	NYM	NL	12.2	2	13	7	0	1.1	-6	-0.7	$
1979	25	NYM	NL	16.1	0	4	10	0	.8	6	0.4	$
1980	26	NYM	NL	70.2	8	37	40	-1	.9	3	0.1	$
1981	27	TOR	AL	62.0	0	23	38	0	1.4	15	1.2	$
1982	28	TOR	AL	97.0	2	37	63	1	1.3	26	2.1	$
1983	29	TOR	AL	92.0	0	48	55	3	1.2	7	0.0	$
1984	30	TOR	AL	86.0	0	40	50	2	1.4	10	0.5	$
1985	31	SDP	NL	40.0	2	13	22	0	1.0	9	0.8	$340,000
1986	32	MIN	AL	58.1	0	29	38	-1	.5	9	0.3	$115,000
10 Seasons				559.0	18	260	336	4	1.1	76	4.4	$455,000

NYM (4 yrs)				123.2	14	70	70	-1	.9	0	-0.5	$
TOR (4 yrs)				337.0	2	148	206	6	1.3	58	3.8	$
MIN (1 yr)				58.1	0	29	38	-1	.5	9	0.3	$115,000
SDP (1 yr)				40.0	2	13	22	0	1.0	9	0.8	$340,000

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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
1975	21	NYM-min	Rk,A	14	33	28	2	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	6	.143	.219	.143	.362		4		0	1	1		MIO,WAU · APPY,MIDW
1976	22	NYM-min	AA,A	20	27	26	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.115	.148	.115	.264		3		0	0	0		JAC,LBG · TL,CARL
1977	23	NYM-min	AAA	30	23	19	3	4	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	4	.211	.250	.316	.566		6		0	3	0		TID · IL
1977	23	NYM	NL	4	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0	/1
1978	24	NYM-min	AAA	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0		TID · IL
1978	24	NYM	NL	4	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	.667	1.333	281	2	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1979	25	NYM-min	AAA	33	9	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.111	.111	.111	.222		1		0	0	0		TID · IL
1979	25	NYM	NL	8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	459	1	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1980	26	NYM-min	AAA	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0		TID · IL
1980	26	NYM	NL	26	16	16	2	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	4	.188	.188	.313	.500	39	5	0	0	0	0	0	1
1981	27	TOR	AL	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1982	28	TOR	AL	48	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1983	29	TOR	AL	49	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1984	30	TOR	AL	54	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1985	31	SDP-BAL-min	AAA	18	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	0	0	0	LVG,ROC · PCL,IL
1985	31	SDP	NL	22	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
1986	32	MIN	AL	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1987	33	MIL-min	AAA	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0	DEN · AA
10 Seasons				282	33	31	2	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	8	.194	.194	.258	.452	26	8	0	0	2	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	19	18	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	5	.194	.194	.258	.452	26	5	0	0	1	0	0

NYM (4 yrs)				42	27	26	2	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	5	.231	.231	.308	.538	50	8	0	0	1	0	0
TOR (4 yrs)				190	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
MIN (1 yr)				28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
SDP (1 yr)				22	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0

AL (5 yrs)				218	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
NL (5 yrs)				64	33	31	2	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	8	.194	.194	.258	.452	26	8	0	0	2	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1977	23	NYM	NL	7	-2	0	0	0	0	1	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	/1
1978	24	NYM	NL	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$	/1
1979	25	NYM	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	/1
1980	26	NYM	NL	16	-1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0.0	1	0.1	-0.1	$	1

1985	31	SDP	NL	6	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$340,000	1
5 Seasons				33	-3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	-0.1	0	0.0	-0.1	$340,000

NYM (4 yrs)				27	-2	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0.0	1	0.1	-0.1	$
SDP (1 yr)				6	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$340,000

Standard Fielding

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	PO
1977	NYM	NL	23	P	4	4	0	24.0	3	1	1	1	0	.667	0.75	0.50	.950	1.84	1.85	4	3	43%	0
1978	NYM	NL	24	P	4	2	0	12.2	6	1	4	1	1	.833	3.55	1.25	.952	1.92	1.90	2	2	50%	0
1979	NYM	NL	25	P	8	0	0	16.1	3	2	1	0	1	1.000	1.65	0.38	.950	1.82	1.80	1	0	0%	0
1980	NYM	NL	26	P	24	8	1	70.2	8	1	7	0	1	1.000	1.02	0.33	.952	1.91	1.91	12	4	25%	0
1981	TOR	AL	27	P	39	0	0	62.0	16	5	10	1	0	.938	2.18	0.38	.963	1.97	1.98	4	2	33%	0
1982	TOR	AL	28	P	48	2	0	97.0	18	6	12	0	0	1.000	1.67	0.38	.958	1.80	1.80	10	2	17%	1
1983	TOR	AL	29	P	49	0	0	92.0	20	6	14	0	1	1.000	1.96	0.41	.958	1.80	1.78	10	2	17%	0
1984	TOR	AL	30	P	54	0	0	86.0	16	5	11	0	0	1.000	1.67	0.30	.958	1.79	1.78	4	1	20%	0
1985	SDP	NL	31	P	22	2	0	40.0	11	5	5	1	0	.909	2.25	0.45	.953	1.91	1.92	7	3	30%	0
1986	MIN	AL	32	P	28	0	0	58.1	9	3	6	0	0	1.000	1.39	0.32	.957	1.84	1.81	4	2	33%	0
	10 Seasons			P	280	18	1	559.0	110	35	71	4	4	.964	1.71	0.38	.957	1.85	1.84	58	21	27%	1
	10 Seasons			TOT	280	18	1	559.0	110	35	71	4	4	.964	1.71	0.38	.957	1.85	1.84	58	21	27%	1

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y 1982 AL 1.8 (10th)	Fielding % as P s c a p y 1982 AL 1.000 (1st) 1983 AL 1.000 (1st)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1982 AL 1.8 (10th)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1982 AL 1.000 (1st)
1983 AL 1.000 (1st)

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame Standards

Pitching - 7 (1122), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

June 6, 1972: Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 12th round of the 1972 amateur draft, but did not sign.
June 27, 1975: Signed by the New York Mets as an amateur free agent.
December 12, 1980: Traded by the New York Mets to the Toronto Blue Jays for Bob Bailor.
April 1, 1985: Released by the Toronto Blue Jays.
May 1, 1985: Signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles.
June 27, 1985: Traded by the Baltimore Orioles with a player to be named later to the San Diego Padres for Alan Wiggins. The Baltimore Orioles sent Rich Caldwell (minors) (September 16, 1985) to the San Diego Padres to complete the trade.
March 23, 1986: Released by the San Diego Padres.
March 23, 1986: Signed as a Free Agent with the Minnesota Twins.
November 12, 1986: Granted Free Agency.
June 22, 1987: Signed as a Free Agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources	Notes
1982	28	Toronto Blue Jays	$75,000	1984 TSN Guide 25; T. Timmerman database
1983	29	Toronto Blue Jays	$155,000	1984 TSN Guide 25; T. Timmerman database	Player loss; $225,000 request

1985	31	San Diego Padres	$340,000	1985 USA Today survey
1986	32	Minnesota Twins	$115,000	1986 USA Today survey

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$685,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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