Sonny Jackson
Roland Thomas Jackson
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9" , Weight: 155 lb.

Born: July 9, 1944 in Washington, DC
High School: Blair (Blair, MD)
Signed by the Houston Colt .45's as an amateur free agent in 1963. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 27, 1963
Final Game: July 9, 1974
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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
1963 18 HOU NL 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /6
1964 19 HOU NL 9 25 23 3 8 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 3 .348 .400 .391 .791 130 9 0 0 0 0 0 /6
1965 20 HOU NL 10 24 23 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 .130 .167 .130 .297 -12 3 0 0 0 0 0 /65
1966 21 HOU NL 150 670 596 80 174 6 5 3 25 49 14 42 53 .292 .341 .334 .674 95 199 9 3 27 2 0 *6 RoY-2
1967 22 HOU NL 129 566 520 67 123 18 3 0 25 22 9 36 45 .237 .285 .283 .568 66 147 14 0 8 2 1 *6
1968 23 ATL NL 105 392 358 37 81 8 2 1 19 16 6 25 35 .226 .282 .268 .550 66 96 10 3 5 1 6 6
1969 24 ATL NL 98 363 318 41 76 3 5 1 27 12 7 35 33 .239 .317 .289 .606 71 92 3 2 6 2 2 6
1970 25 ATL NL 103 380 328 60 85 14 3 0 20 11 4 45 27 .259 .347 .320 .668 76 105 3 1 3 3 1 6
1971 26 ATL NL 149 593 547 58 141 20 5 2 25 7 6 35 45 .258 .302 .324 .626 73 177 8 1 7 3 1 *8
1972 27 ATL NL 60 133 126 20 30 6 3 0 8 1 0 7 9 .238 .278 .333 .612 67 42 4 0 0 0 0 6/859
1973 28 ATL NL 117 234 206 29 43 5 2 0 12 6 3 22 13 .209 .283 .252 .536 45 52 1 1 1 4 0 76/89
1974 29 ATL NL 5 7 7 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .429 .429 .429 .857 137 3 0 0 0 0 0 /9
12 Seasons 936 3390 3055 396 767 81 28 7 162 126 51 250 265 .251 .308 .303 .611 73 925 52 11 57 17 11
162 Game Avg. 162 587 529 69 133 14 5 1 28 22 9 43 46 .251 .308 .303 .611 73 160 9 2 10 3 2
ATL (7 yrs) 637 2102 1890 245 459 56 20 4 111 53 27 169 162 .243 .306 .300 .606 69 567 29 8 22 13 10
HOU (5 yrs) 299 1288 1165 151 308 25 8 3 51 73 24 81 103 .264 .313 .307 .620 80 358 23 3 35 4 1

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
1963 18 HOU NL 3 3 0 0.0 84 .000 .000 .247 .000 .308 .000 .370 .000 .678 -100 .000 -0.8 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1964 19 HOU NL 25 15 4 7.2 89 .400 .348 .257 .400 .314 .391 .382 .791 .697 130 .735 1.0 0.1 .800 .174 .043 .0
1965 20 HOU NL 24 21 0 0.0 87 .136 .130 .249 .167 .311 .130 .376 .297 .687 -12 .000 -3.3 -0.4 .190 .043 .000 .0
1966 21 HOU NL 670 474 74 4.2 90 .315 .292 .256 .341 .314 .334 .386 .674 .700 95 .498 -3.3 -0.3 .627 .171 .042 5.7
1967 22 HOU NL 566 430 42 2.6 87 .258 .237 .253 .285 .315 .283 .372 .568 .687 66 .322 -22.2 -2.4 .467 .140 .046 .0
1968 23 ATL NL 392 299 27 2.4 82 .248 .226 .253 .282 .311 .268 .357 .550 .668 66 .333 -15.3 -1.7 .457 .140 .042 1.9
1969 24 ATL NL 363 260 32 3.3 95 .262 .239 .260 .317 .331 .289 .386 .606 .717 71 .395 -12.5 -1.3 .532 .176 .050 1.8
1970 25 ATL NL 380 256 41 4.3 108 .280 .259 .274 .347 .348 .320 .418 .668 .766 76 .465 -9.9 -1.0 .632 .220 .061 .0
1971 26 ATL NL 593 430 54 3.4 97 .276 .258 .266 .302 .334 .324 .390 .626 .724 73 .416 -20.4 -2.2 .510 .132 .066 3.1
1972 27 ATL NL 133 100 11 3.0 99 .256 .238 .266 .278 .336 .333 .394 .612 .730 67 .361 -6.1 -0.6 .500 .159 .095 .0
1973 28 ATL NL 234 172 17 2.7 103 .218 .209 .272 .283 .342 .252 .404 .536 .746 45 .296 -15.6 -1.6 .467 .165 .044 .0
1974 29 ATL NL 7 5 1 5.4 98 .429 .429 .267 .429 .340 .429 .386 .857 .725 137 .607 0.3 0.0 .400 -0.143 .000
12 Seasons 3390 2465 303 3.3 94 .271 .251 .261 .308 .326 .303 .386 .611 .712 73 .401 -108.1 -11.5 .527 .158 .052 13.3
162 Game Avg. 587 427 52 3.3 94 .271 .251 .261 .308 .326 .303 .386 .611 .712 73 .401 -108.1 -11.5 .527 .158 .052 2
ATL (7 yrs) 2102 1522 183 3.2 97 .262 .243 .265 .306 .333 .300 .390 .606 .722 69 .391 -79.5 -8.4 .518 .160 .057 7.4
HOU (5 yrs) 1288 943 120 3.4 89 .287 .264 .255 .313 .314 .307 .379 .620 .694 80 .418 -28.6 -3.1 .543 .155 .043 5.8

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1969 24 ATL NL NLCS NYM L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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
1963 18 HOU NL 3 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 0.0% 3.0 0.00 67%
1964 19 HOU NL 25 0.0% 12.0% 8.0% 4.0% 13% 1.50 7.7 23.0 3.00 80%
1965 20 HOU NL 24 0.0% 4.2% 4.2% 0.0% 0% 1.00 23.0 2.17 92%
1966 21 HOU NL 670 0.5% 7.9% 6.3% 2.1% 8% 1.26 11.2 198.7 23.8 1.90 81%
1967 22 HOU NL 566 0.0% 8.0% 6.4% 3.7% 17% 1.25 11.6 20.8 1.78 84%
1968 23 ATL NL 392 0.3% 8.9% 6.4% 2.8% 14% 1.40 10.2 358.0 18.8 1.62 82%
1969 24 ATL NL 363 0.3% 9.1% 9.6% 2.5% 12% 0.94 9.6 318.0 11.8 1.44 79%
1970 25 ATL NL 380 0.0% 7.1% 11.8% 4.5% 20% 0.60 12.1 16.4 1.18 80%
1971 26 ATL NL 593 0.3% 7.6% 5.9% 4.6% 19% 1.29 12.2 273.5 21.9 1.05 85%
1972 27 ATL NL 133 0.0% 6.8% 5.3% 6.8% 30% 1.29 14.0 15.8 1.74 88%
1973 28 ATL NL 234 0.0% 5.6% 9.4% 3.0% 16% 0.59 15.8 17.2 1.07 84%
1974 29 ATL NL 7 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 0.33 100%
12 Seasons 3390 0.2% 7.8% 7.4% 3.4% 15% 1.06 11.5 436.4 18.9 1.46 83%
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
1963 18 HOU NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 19 HOU NL 0 0 30% 15 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 33% 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1
1965 20 HOU NL 0 0 25% 9 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
1966 21 HOU NL 14 0 36% 274 49 14 78% 47 13 2 1 0 0 8 1 12 16 52% 35 21 13 8 3 5 24 6 17
1967 22 HOU NL 6 0 42% 187 22 9 71% 19 8 2 1 0 0 5 0 2 17 65% 18 8 10 16 6 9 17 3 14
1968 23 ATL NL 5 0 33% 135 16 6 73% 14 5 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 4 58% 13 9 4 3 1 2 15 3 12
1969 24 ATL NL 4 0 36% 135 12 7 63% 12 5 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 11 63% 18 9 9 3 0 3 14 4 10
1970 25 ATL NL 4 0 46% 159 11 4 73% 11 3 0 1 0 0 4 0 5 9 44% 26 19 6 7 3 4 19 6 13
1971 26 ATL NL 8 0 32% 234 7 6 54% 7 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 20 49% 39 20 18 10 5 5 18 8 10
1972 27 ATL NL 0 0 54% 49 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 46% 7 4 3 2 2 0 2 0 2
1973 28 ATL NL 5 0 44% 99 6 3 67% 6 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 5 69% 15 7 8 1 0 1 10 1 9
1974 29 ATL NL 0 0 0% 4 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Seasons 46 0 38% 1300 126 51 71% 119 44 4 5 0 0 27 2 37 87 55% 173 99 71 50 20 29 122 32 88
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
1963 18 HOU NL 3 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 2 0 0% 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1964 19 HOU NL 25 60% 8 1 0 0 0 1.12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 2 1 50% 9 1 11% 0 0 0 0 0
1965 20 HOU NL 24 58% 3 1 0 0 0 0.21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 3 0 0% 8 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1966 21 HOU NL 670 65% 174 0 0 0 0 3 0 13 3 0 3 0 3 37 27 73% 144 9 6% 86 29 34% 368 27 7% 24 11 46% 28 7 25% 0
1967 22 HOU NL 545 68% 123 2 0 0 0 1.02 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 12 8 67% 91 14 15% 49 18 37% 278 25 9% 22 10 45% 29 12 41% 21
1968 23 ATL NL 350 80% 81 1 0 0 0 2.22 1 0 5 1 0 1 0 0 7 5 71% 58 10 17% 28 7 25% 182 13 7% 11 3 27% 17 9 53% 42
1969 24 ATL NL 346 80% 76 1 0 0 0 2.76 1 0 10 0 1 0 1 1 8 6 75% 53 3 6% 28 13 46% 188 29 15% 19 13 68% 20 6 30% 17
1970 25 ATL NL 366 87% 85 7 1 0 0 0.53 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 44 3 7% 16 7 44% 161 20 12% 7 6 86% 19 10 53% 14
1971 26 ATL NL 567 77% 141 2 0 0 0 1.65 2 0 12 2 0 1 1 0 7 7 100% 93 8 9% 40 17 43% 266 28 11% 22 10 45% 14 7 50% 26
1972 27 ATL NL 125 91% 30 23 8 0 1 1.73 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 31 4 13% 15 2 13% 81 8 10% 7 1 14% 8 3 38% 8
1973 28 ATL NL 225 85% 43 27 8 0 4 1.89 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 38 1 3% 17 7 41% 125 14 11% 11 6 55% 3 2 67% 9
1974 29 ATL NL 7 100% 3 4 2 0 0 2.24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 4 0 0% 0 0 1 1 100% 0
12 Seasons 3253 76% 767 69 19 0 5 1.67 7 0 66 6 1 5 2 4 78 57 73% 563 52 9% 286 101 35% 1672 165 10% 124 60 48% 139 57 41% 137
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
1963 18 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 19 10 28 26 3 8 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 4 .308 .357 .346 .703 105 9 0 0 0 0 0
1965 20 20 52 49 4 11 1 0 0 1 2 1 3 5 .224 .269 .245 .514 51 12 0 0 0 0 0
1966 21 170 722 645 84 185 7 5 3 26 51 15 45 58 .287 .335 .327 .662 92 211 9 3 27 2 0
1967 22 299 1288 1165 151 308 25 8 3 51 73 24 81 103 .264 .313 .307 .620 80 358 23 3 35 4 1
1968 23 404 1680 1523 188 389 33 10 4 70 89 30 106 138 .255 .305 .298 .604 77 454 33 6 40 5 7
1969 24 502 2043 1841 229 465 36 15 5 97 101 37 141 171 .253 .307 .297 .604 76 546 36 8 46 7 9
1970 25 605 2423 2169 289 550 50 18 5 117 112 41 186 198 .254 .314 .300 .614 76 651 39 9 49 10 10
1971 26 754 3016 2716 347 691 70 23 7 142 119 47 221 243 .254 .311 .305 .616 75 828 47 10 56 13 11
1972 27 814 3149 2842 367 721 76 26 7 150 120 47 228 252 .254 .310 .306 .616 75 870 51 10 56 13 11
1973 28 931 3383 3048 396 764 81 28 7 162 126 50 250 265 .251 .308 .302 .611 73 922 52 11 57 17 11
1974 29 936 3390 3055 396 767 81 28 7 162 126 51 250 265 .251 .308 .303 .611 73 925 52 11 57 17 11

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
1963 18 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1
1964 19 9 27 25 4 10 1 0 0 1 1 2 3 .400 .444 .440 .884 5 9
1965 20 10 25 24 2 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 .167 .200 .167 .367 1 10
1966 21 150 675 622 93 200 7 6 3 29 56 48 53 .322 .372 .367 .738 85 150
1967 22 129 575 533 81 136 20 3 0 30 24 40 45 .255 .306 .304 .610 50 129
1968 23 104 401 368 47 93 9 2 1 24 18 29 35 .253 .312 .296 .608 34 105
1969 24 98 369 326 44 84 3 6 1 29 13 39 33 .258 .339 .313 .652 34 98
1970 25 103 380 330 56 87 14 3 0 19 11 46 27 .264 .353 .324 .677 38 103
1971 26 149 592 552 62 146 21 5 2 27 7 36 45 .264 .309 .332 .641 57 149
1972 27 63 137 130 21 30 6 3 0 8 1 7 9 .231 .270 .323 .593 11 60
1973 28 117 239 210 29 47 5 2 0 12 7 24 13 .224 .301 .267 .568 17 117
1974 29 5 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 5
12 Seasons 938 3430 3130 439 837 86 30 7 179 139 272 265 .267 .327 .321 .647 333 936
162 Game Avg. 162 592 541 76 145 15 5 1 31 24 47 46 .267 .327 .321 .647 58 936

* 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

Hall of Fame
1980 BBWAA ( 0.3%)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1966 NL  49 (2nd)
1967 NL  22 (7th)
1968 NL  16 (10th)

Singles s c a p y
1966 NL  160 (1st)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1966 NL  27 (1st)
1967 NL  8 (10th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1966 NL  14 (5th)
1967 NL  9 (9th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1967 NL  11.6 (9th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1966 NL  474 (9th)

Youngest s c a p y
1963 NL  born 1944-07-09 (4th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 6 (1660), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 2 (2101), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 1 (3944), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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