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Jesse Jefferson
Jesse Harrison Jefferson

Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: March 3, 1949 in Midlothian, VA
High School: Carver (Midlothian, VA)
Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 4th round of the 1968 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 23, 1973
Final Game: September 30, 1981
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Standard Pitching

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Minors
Game Logs [+]
- 1973
- 1978
- 1974
- 1979
- 1975
- 1980
- 1976
- 1981
- 1977
Splits [+]
- Career
- 1973
- 1978
- 1974
- 1979
- 1975
- 1980
- 1976
- 1981
- 1977
HR Log
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Finders [+]
- Game
- Streak
- Event

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
1973	24	BAL	AL	6	5	.545	4.11	18	15	2	3	0	0	100.2	104	53	46	15	46	1	52	0	0	8	439	91	1.490	9.3	1.3	4.1	4.6	1.13
1974	25	BAL	AL	1	0	1.000	4.40	20	2	7	0	0	0	57.1	55	30	28	2	38	2	31	0	0	2	253	78	1.622	8.6	0.3	6.0	4.9	0.82
1975	26	TOT	AL	5	11	.313	4.92	26	21	4	1	0	0	115.1	105	72	63	10	102	3	71	2	2	5	538	79	1.795	8.2	0.8	8.0	5.5	0.70
1975	26	BAL	AL	0	2	.000	2.35	4	0	3	0	0	0	7.2	5	3	2	0	8	2	4	0	0	0	33	150	1.696	5.9	0.0	9.4	4.7	0.50
1975	26	CHW	AL	5	9	.357	5.10	22	21	1	1	0	0	107.2	100	69	61	10	94	1	67	2	2	5	505	77	1.802	8.4	0.8	7.9	5.6	0.71
1976	27	CHW	AL	2	5	.286	8.52	19	9	5	0	0	0	62.1	86	62	59	3	42	0	30	2	1	4	307	42	2.053	12.4	0.4	6.1	4.3	0.71
1977	28	TOR	AL	9	17	.346	4.31	33	33	0	8	0	0	217.0	224	123	104	23	83	4	114	1	1	3	938	97	1.415	9.3	1.0	3.4	4.7	1.37
1978	29	TOR	AL	7	16	.304	4.38	31	30	1	9	2	0	211.2	214	109	103	28	86	5	97	3	1	4	907	90	1.417	9.1	1.2	3.7	4.1	1.13
1979	30	TOR	AL	2	10	.167	5.51	34	10	12	2	0	1	116.0	150	75	71	19	45	2	43	2	0	2	513	78	1.681	11.6	1.5	3.5	3.3	0.96
1980	31	TOT	MLB	5	13	.278	5.26	30	19	4	2	2	0	128.1	133	79	75	12	54	2	57	2	2	1	558	82	1.457	9.3	0.8	3.8	4.0	1.06
1980	31	TOR	AL	4	13	.235	5.47	29	18	4	2	2	0	121.2	130	78	74	12	52	2	53	2	2	0	535	79	1.496	9.6	0.9	3.8	3.9	1.02
1980	31	PIT	NL	1	0	1.000	1.35	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.2	3	1	1	0	2	0	4	0	0	1	23	273	0.750	4.1	0.0	2.7	5.4	2.00
1981	32	CAL	AL	2	4	.333	3.62	26	5	5	0	0	0	77.0	80	39	31	4	24	4	27	2	3	4	333	100	1.351	9.4	0.5	2.8	3.2	1.13
9 Seasons				39	81	.325	4.81	237	144	40	25	4	1	1085.2	1151	642	580	116	520	23	522	14	10	33	4786	83	1.539	9.5	1.0	4.3	4.3	1.00
162 Game Avg.				7	14	.325	4.81	42	26	7	4	1	0	194	205	115	104	21	93	4	93	2	2	6	854	83	1.539	9.5	1.0	4.3	4.3	1.00

TOR (4 yrs)				22	56	.282	4.75	127	91	17	21	4	1	666.1	718	385	352	82	266	13	307	8	4	9	2893	87	1.477	9.7	1.1	3.6	4.1	1.15
BAL (3 yrs)				7	7	.500	4.13	42	17	12	3	0	0	165.2	164	86	76	17	92	5	87	0	0	10	725	88	1.545	8.9	0.9	5.0	4.7	0.95
CHW (2 yrs)				7	14	.333	6.35	41	30	6	1	0	0	170.0	186	131	120	13	136	1	97	4	3	9	812	60	1.894	9.8	0.7	7.2	5.1	0.71
PIT (1 yr)				1	0	1.000	1.35	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.2	3	1	1	0	2	0	4	0	0	1	23	273	0.750	4.1	0.0	2.7	5.4	2.00
CAL (1 yr)				2	4	.333	3.62	26	5	5	0	0	0	77.0	80	39	31	4	24	4	27	2	3	4	333	100	1.351	9.4	0.5	2.8	3.2	1.13

AL (9 yrs)				38	81	.319	4.83	236	143	40	25	4	1	1079.0	1148	641	579	116	518	23	518	14	10	32	4763	82	1.544	9.6	1.0	4.3	4.3	1.00
NL (1 yr)				1	0	1.000	1.35	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.2	3	1	1	0	2	0	4	0	0	1	23	273	0.750	4.1	0.0	2.7	5.4	2.00

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Minors
Game Logs [+]
- 1973
- 1978
- 1974
- 1979
- 1975
- 1980
- 1976
- 1981
- 1977
Splits [+]
- Career
- 1973
- 1978
- 1974
- 1979
- 1975
- 1980
- 1976
- 1981
- 1977
HR Log
vs. Pitcher
Finders [+]
- Game
- Streak
- Event

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
1980	31	TOT	MLB	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
1980	31	TOR	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1980	31	PIT	NL	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0	/1
10 Seasons				2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	162	81	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	81	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	81	0	0

PIT (1 yr)				1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0
TOR (4 yrs)				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%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG
1973	BAL	AL	24	P	18	15	100.2	25	5	20	0	0	1.000	2.24	1.39	.948	1.86	0.86
1974	BAL	AL	25	P	20	2	57.1	13	3	9	1	1	.923	1.88	0.60	.946	1.81	0.83
1975	TOT	AL	26	P	26	21	115.4	30	5	21	4	2	.867	2.03	1.00	.943	1.87	0.85
1975	BAL	AL	26	P	4	0	7.2	3	0	3	0	1	1.000	3.52	0.75	.933	1.88	0.85
1975	CHW	AL	26	P	22	21	107.2	27	5	18	4	1	.852	1.92	1.05	.944	1.87	0.85
1976	CHW	AL	27	P	19	9	62.1	17	3	14	0	2	1.000	2.45	0.89	.947	1.86	0.85
1977	TOR	AL	28	P	33	33	217.0	58	12	38	8	2	.862	2.07	1.52	.953	1.95	0.84
1978	TOR	AL	29	P	31	30	211.2	49	15	31	3	3	.939	1.96	1.48	.955	1.90	0.85
1979	TOR	AL	30	P	34	10	116.0	36	10	22	4	1	.889	2.48	0.94	.953	1.92	0.81
1980	TOT	MLB	31	P	30	19	128.4	33	6	25	2	1	.939	2.17	1.03	.958	1.85	0.77
1980	TOR	AL	31	P	29	18	121.2	31	5	24	2	1	.935	2.15	1.00	.958	1.85	0.77
1980	PIT	NL	31	P	1	1	6.2	2	1	1	0	0	1.000	2.70	2.00	.950	1.89	0.70
1981	CAL	AL	32	P	26	5	77.0	20	11	6	3	2	.850	1.99	0.65	.965	1.98	0.81
9 Seasons				P	237	144	1085.2	281	70	186	25	14	.911	2.12	1.08	.953	1.90	0.83
9 Seasons				TOT	237	144	1085.2	281	70	186	25	14	.911	2.12	1.08	.864	1.90	0.83

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Shutouts s c a p y 1980 AL 2 (10th)	Home Runs s c a p y 1978 AL 28 (2nd)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1975 AL 102 (6th) 1977 AL 83 (10th) 1978 AL 86 (10th)	Losses s c a p y 1977 AL 17 (7th) 1978 AL 16 (3rd)
Earned Runs s c a p y 1977 AL 104 (10th) 1978 AL 103 (7th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink Pitching - 1 (2515), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Hall of Fame Standards Pitching - 1 (1927), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Similar Pitchers

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Jose DeJesus (992) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Brad Hennessey (989) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jerry Casale (981) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Steve Dunning (971) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Joe Coleman (974) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Joe Coleman (956) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bob Weiland (953) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Hugh Mulcahy (947) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

June 7, 1968: Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 4th round of the 1968 amateur draft.

June 15, 1975: Traded by the Baltimore Orioles to the Chicago White Sox for Tony Muser.

November 5, 1976: Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays from the Chicago White Sox as the 47th pick in the 1976 expansion draft.

September 11, 1980: Selected off waivers by the Pittsburgh Pirates from the Toronto Blue Jays.

October 22, 1980: Granted Free Agency.

January 26, 1981: Signed as a Free Agent with the California Angels.

November 13, 1981: Granted Free Agency.

February 19, 1982: Signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles.

April 1, 1982: Released by the Baltimore Orioles.

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Uniforms

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Gray Ink	Pitching - 1 (2515), Average HOFer ≈ 185
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