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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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Minors
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- 1963
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- 1970
- 1965
- 1971
- 1966
- 1972
- 1967
- 1973
- 1968
- 1974
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- Career
- 1963
- 1969
- 1964
- 1970
- 1965
- 1971
- 1966
- 1972
- 1967
- 1973
- 1968
- 1974
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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

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

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzrd	Rtzhm	Rof	Rdp	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards
1963	HOU	NL	18	SS	1	1	5.0	6	0	5	1	0	.833	-0.9	-216.0	-0.9	0.0	-0.9		0	9.00	5.00	.967	4.86	4.20
1964	HOU	NL	19	SS	7	5	48.2	23	8	12	3	1	.870	-3.5	-86.3	-2.5	-2.8	0.3		-1	3.70	2.86	.965	5.03	4.31
1965	HOU	NL	20	SS	8	7	59.0	32	16	15	1	3	.969	-0.7	-14.2	-0.7	-1.1	0.5		0	4.73	3.88	.962	4.93	4.20
1965	HOU	NL	20	3B	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0			0.00	0.00		2.70	2.50
1966	HOU	NL	21	SS	150	150	1311.0	756	270	449	37	73	.951	-19.0	-17.4	-16.0	-3.8	-12.2		-3	4.94	4.79	.964	4.96	4.43	RoY-2
1967	HOU	NL	22	SS	128	124	1108.1	618	204	379	35	63	.943	-14.9	-16.1	-14.9	-8.7	-6.3		0	4.73	4.55	.964	4.99	4.31
1968	ATL	NL	23	SS	99	94	855.2	461	132	307	22	35	.952	3.6	5.0	3.6	-3.9	7.5		0	4.62	4.43	.962	4.98	4.50
1969	ATL	NL	24	SS	97	88	781.2	432	161	254	17	48	.961	-0.5	-0.8	1.5	-2.1	3.5		-2	4.78	4.28	.963	4.93	4.21
1970	ATL	NL	25	SS	87	78	722.0	389	123	240	26	40	.933	-6.0	-10.0	-5.0	-3.6	-1.3		-1	4.52	4.17	.966	5.05	4.23
1971	ATL	NL	26	CF	145	136	1252.0	354	339	8	7	0	.980	-16.8	-16.1	-16.8	-5.9	-10.9	0		2.49	2.39	.982	2.64	2.30
1971	ATL	NL	26	OF	145	136	1252.0	351	336	8	7	0	.980	-16.8	-16.1	-16.8	-5.9	-10.9	0		2.47	2.37	.979	2.19	1.92
1972	ATL	NL	27	SS	17	15	123.1	82	28	52	2	9	.976	4.1	39.9	4.1	0.8	3.4		0	5.84	4.71	.967	5.04	4.48
1972	ATL	NL	27	OF	10	4	44.1	6	6	0	0	0	1.000	-2.5	-67.7	-2.5	-2.0	-0.6	0		1.22	0.60	.983	2.17	1.96
1972	ATL	NL	27	CF	9	4	41.2	6	6	0	0	0	1.000	-2.4	-69.1	-2.4	-1.9	-0.6	0		1.30	0.67	.983	2.59	2.36
1972	ATL	NL	27	3B	6	5	43.0	24	13	10	1	0	.958	0.4	11.2	0.4	0.4	0.0		0	4.81	3.83	.946	2.87	2.55
1972	ATL	NL	27	RF	1	0	2.2	0	0	0	0	0		-0.1	-45.0	-0.1	-0.1	0.0			0.00	0.00		2.02	1.70
1973	ATL	NL	28	OF	56	12	211.1	53	51	1	1	0	.981	2.5	14.2	2.5	4.4	-1.7	0		2.21	0.93	.977	2.23	1.96
1973	ATL	NL	28	LF	49	10	169.0	43	41	1	1	0	.977	3.5	24.9	2.5	4.2	-1.7	1		2.24	0.86	.977	2.05	1.67
1973	ATL	NL	28	SS	36	27	239.0	135	42	88	5	10	.963	-0.5	-2.5	0.5	1.1	-0.5		-1	4.90	3.61	.961	4.93	4.31
1973	ATL	NL	28	CF	4	2	27.1	9	9	0	0	0	1.000	-1.5	-65.9	-0.5	-0.4	0.0	-1		2.96	2.25	.978	2.63	2.28
1973	ATL	NL	28	RF	4	0	15.0	4	4	0	0	0	1.000	0.5	40.0	0.5	0.6	0.0	0		2.40	1.00	.975	2.04	1.78
1974	ATL	NL	29	OF	1	1	7.0	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	-0.1	-17.1	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0		2.57	2.00	1.000	2.31	2.00
1974	ATL	NL	29	RF	1	1	7.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	-0.1	-17.1	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0		1.29	1.00	1.000	2.06	1.70
10 Seasons				SS	630	589	5253.2	2934	984	1801	149	282	.949	-38.3	-8.7	-30.3	-24.1	-6.0		-8	4.77	4.42	.964	4.98	4.35
4 Seasons				OF	212	153	1514.2	412	395	9	8	0	.981	-16.9	-13.4	-16.9	-3.6	-13.2	0		2.40	1.91	.979	2.20	1.93
3 Seasons				CF	158	142	1321.0	369	354	8	7	0	.981	-20.7	-18.8	-19.7	-8.2	-11.5	-1		2.47	2.29	.982	2.64	2.30
1 Season				LF	49	10	169.0	43	41	1	1	0	.977	3.5	24.9	2.5	4.2	-1.7	1		2.24	0.86	.977	2.05	1.67
2 Seasons				3B	7	5	44.0	24	13	10	1	0	.958	0.4	10.9	0.4	0.4	0.0		0	4.70	3.29	.946	2.86	2.54
3 Seasons				RF	6	1	24.2	5	5	0	0	0	1.000	0.3	14.6	0.3	0.4	0.0	0		1.82	0.83	.980	2.04	1.75
12 Seasons				TOT	849	747	6812.1	3370	1392	1820	158	282	.953	-54.8	-9.7	-46.8	-27.3	-19.2	0	-8	4.24	3.78	.919	4.35	3.73
				Pos	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzrd	Rtzhm	Rof	Rdp	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

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

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Gray Ink Batting - 6 (1660), Average HOFer ≈ 144

Hall of Fame Monitor Batting - 2 (2101), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Hall of Fame Standards Batting - 1 (3944), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Batters

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Dick Egan (973)
Larry Kopf (971)
Billy Gilbert (957)
Billy Clingman (957)
Denny Doyle (956)
Connie Mack (953) *
Felix Fermin (952)
Dave Chalk (950)
Marty Perez (949)
Dick Howser (949)

* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Most Similar by Ages

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Larry Doyle (974) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Donie Bush (970) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Whitey Witt (969) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jerry Remy (968) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Al Bridwell (968) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Don Kessinger (971) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Omar Vizquel (961) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Sandy Alomar (971) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Frank Taveras (965) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

Before 1963 Season: Signed by the Houston Colt .45's as an amateur free agent.

October 8, 1967: Traded by the Houston Astros with Chuck Harrison to the Atlanta Braves for Denny Lemaster and Denis Menke.

October 23, 1974: Released by the Atlanta Braves.

April 29, 1976: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.

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Uniforms

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Name and misspellings: Roland sammy Sonny Thomas Jackson

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Gray Ink	Batting - 6 (1660), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 2 (2101), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 1 (3944), Average HOFer ≈ 50