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Jackie Jensen
Jack Eugene Jensen
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: March 9, 1927 in San Francisco, CA
High School: Oakland Technical (Oakland, CA)
School: University of California (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1950
Final Game: October 1, 1961
Died: July 14, 1982 in Charlottesville, VA
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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
1950 23 NYY AL 45 78 70 13 12 2 2 1 5 4 0 7 8 .171 .247 .300 .547 41 21 3 0 1 O
1951 24 NYY AL 56 188 168 30 50 8 1 8 25 8 2 18 18 .298 .369 .500 .869 137 84 1 1 1 O
1952 25 TOT AL 151 664 589 83 165 30 6 10 82 18 6 67 44 .280 .357 .402 .759 114 237 16 3 5 *O AS,MVP-17
1952 25 NYY AL 7 23 19 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 0 4 4 .105 .261 .263 .524 50 5 1 0 0 /O
1952 25 WSH AL 144 641 570 80 163 29 5 10 80 17 6 63 40 .286 .360 .407 .767 116 232 15 3 5 *O
1953 26 WSH AL 147 631 552 87 147 32 8 10 84 18 8 73 51 .266 .357 .408 .765 108 225 19 5 1 *O
1954 27 BOS AL 152 673 580 92 160 25 7 25 117 22 7 79 52 .276 .359 .472 .831 116 274 32 2 1 11 *89/7 MVP-14
1955 28 BOS AL 152 681 574 95 158 27 6 26 116 16 7 89 63 .275 .369 .479 .848 119 275 20 3 3 12 8 *9 AS,MVP-10
1956 29 BOS AL 151 673 578 80 182 23 11 20 97 11 3 89 43 .315 .405 .497 .901 126 287 23 1 1 4 5 *9 MVP-20
1957 30 BOS AL 145 627 544 82 153 29 2 23 103 8 5 75 66 .281 .367 .469 .836 122 255 22 2 1 5 3 *9/7
1958 31 BOS AL 154 655 548 83 157 31 0 35 122 9 4 99 65 .286 .396 .535 .931 148 293 13 3 1 4 7 *9/7 AS,MVP-1
1959 32 BOS AL 148 636 535 101 148 31 0 28 112 20 5 88 67 .277 .372 .492 .863 132 263 20 0 1 12 3 *9/8 MVP-10,GG
1961 34 BOS AL 137 573 498 64 131 21 2 13 66 9 8 66 69 .263 .350 .392 .742 97 195 16 3 2 4 2 *9/7
11 Seasons 1438 6079 5236 810 1463 259 45 199 929 143 55 750 546 .279 .369 .460 .829 120 2409 185 23 18 52 28
162 Game Avg. 162 685 590 91 165 29 5 22 105 16 6 84 62 .279 .369 .460 .829 120 271 21 3 2
BOS (7 yrs) 1039 4518 3857 597 1089 187 28 170 733 95 39 585 425 .282 .374 .478 .852 123 1842 146 14 10 52 28
NYY (3 yrs) 108 289 257 46 64 11 4 9 32 13 2 29 30 .249 .328 .428 .756 104 110 5 1 2
WSH (2 yrs) 291 1272 1122 167 310 61 13 20 164 35 14 136 91 .276 .359 .407 .766 112 457 34 8 6

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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
1950 23 NYY AL WS PHI W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 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 RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1950 NYY AL 23 OF 23 38 36 0 2 0 .947 1.57 .979 2.34 17-0-7
1951 NYY AL 24 OF 48 115 106 6 3 1 .974 2.33 .977 2.23 21-27-1
1952 TOT AL 25 OF 148 315 291 17 7 1 .978 2.08 .980 2.18 0-12-142 AS,MVP-17
1952 NYY AL 25 OF 5 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.60 .975 2.18 0-5-0
1952 WSH AL 25 OF 143 307 283 17 7 1 .977 2.10 .980 2.18 0-7-142
1953 WSH AL 26 OF 146 288 274 9 5 0 .983 1.94 .981 2.18 0-1-145
1954 BOS AL 27 OF 151 149 1335.1 348 331 12 5 0 .986 6.1 5.5 -0.9 -3.5 2.5 7 2.31 2.27 .979 2.39 2.17 MVP-14
1954 BOS AL 27 CF 107 99 905.2 260 246 10 4 0 .985 4.3 5.7 0.3 -3.2 3.4 4 2.54 2.39 .983 2.85 2.64 MVP-14
1954 BOS AL 27 RF 44 42 354.1 62 60 1 1 0 .984 0.3 1.0 -1.7 -0.8 -0.9 2 1.55 1.39 .974 2.05 1.82 MVP-14
1954 BOS AL 27 LF 8 8 75.1 26 25 1 0 0 1.000 1.5 23.9 0.5 0.5 0.0 1 3.11 3.25 .977 2.26 1.92 MVP-14
1955 BOS AL 28 OF 150 149 1339.1 299 281 11 7 3 .977 6.3 5.6 7.3 4.7 2.6 -1 1.96 1.95 .982 2.40 2.08 AS,MVP-10
1955 BOS AL 28 RF 150 149 1339.1 293 276 11 6 3 .980 6.3 5.6 7.3 4.7 2.6 -1 1.93 1.91 .981 2.05 1.73 AS,MVP-10
1956 BOS AL 29 OF 151 150 1351.0 316 291 13 12 2 .962 4.1 3.6 6.1 1.5 4.5 -2 2.03 2.01 .979 2.34 2.04 MVP-20
1956 BOS AL 29 RF 151 150 1351.0 313 288 13 12 2 .962 4.1 3.6 6.1 1.5 4.5 -2 2.01 1.99 .973 2.09 1.80 MVP-20
1957 BOS AL 30 OF 144 143 1276.2 278 251 16 11 4 .960 -4.3 -4.0 -0.3 0.2 -0.6 -4 1.88 1.85 .981 2.24 1.97
1957 BOS AL 30 RF 142 142 1242.2 272 247 15 10 4 .963 -3.7 -3.6 0.3 0.3 -0.1 -4 1.90 1.85 .976 1.93 1.68
1957 BOS AL 30 LF 7 1 34.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -0.6 -21.2 -0.6 -0.1 -0.5 0 1.32 0.71 .980 2.09 1.70
1958 BOS AL 31 OF 153 153 1354.1 313 293 14 6 3 .981 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.0 0 2.04 2.01 .982 2.27 1.94 AS,MVP-1
1958 BOS AL 31 RF 153 153 1352.1 301 281 14 6 3 .980 -0.2 -0.2 -0.2 0.5 -0.6 0 1.96 1.93 .980 1.99 1.69 AS,MVP-1
1958 BOS AL 31 LF 2 0 2.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.6 360.0 0.6 0.0 0.6 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 2.25 1.60 AS,MVP-1
1959 BOS AL 32 OF 146 146 1288.2 329 311 12 6 4 .982 10.0 9.3 11.0 6.1 4.9 -1 2.26 2.21 .980 2.22 1.96 MVP-10,GG
1959 BOS AL 32 RF 142 139 1232.1 306 288 12 6 4 .980 12.0 11.7 13.0 6.3 6.7 -1 2.19 2.11 .976 1.89 1.64 MVP-10,GG
1959 BOS AL 32 CF 7 7 56.1 14 14 0 0 0 1.000 -2.0 -42.6 -2.0 -0.2 -1.8 0 2.24 2.00 .986 2.72 2.44 MVP-10,GG
1961 BOS AL 34 OF 131 131 1164.1 292 274 14 4 2 .986 5.9 6.1 8.9 -1.6 10.5 -3 2.23 2.20 .977 2.25 1.98
1961 BOS AL 34 RF 129 129 1147.1 286 271 12 3 2 .990 7.3 7.6 9.3 -1.3 10.7 -2 2.22 2.19 .976 2.06 1.75
1961 BOS AL 34 LF 2 2 17.0 6 4 1 1 0 .833 -1.4 -98.8 -0.4 -0.3 -0.2 -1 2.65 2.50 .967 2.01 1.60
11 Seasons OF 1391 1021 9109.2 2931 2739 124 68 20 .977 28.5 3.8 32.5 7.9 24.4 -4 2.83 2.06 .980 2.30 2.07 57-154-1206
7 Seasons (incomplete) RF 911 904 8019.1 1833 1711 78 44 18 .976 26.1 3.9 34.1 11.2 22.9 -8 2.01 1.96 .977 2.00 1.72
2 Seasons (incomplete) CF 114 106 962.0 274 260 10 4 0 .985 2.3 2.9 -1.7 -3.4 1.6 4 2.53 2.37 .983 2.84 2.63
4 Seasons (incomplete) LF 19 11 128.1 39 36 2 1 0 .974 0.1 0.9 0.1 0.1 -0.1 0 2.66 2.00 .977 2.18 1.77
11 Seasons TOT 1391 1021 9109.2 2931 2739 124 68 20 .977 28.5 3.8 32.5 7.9 24.4 -4 2.83 2.06 .957 2.30 2.07 57-154-1206
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame
1967 BBWAA ( 1.0%)
1968 BBWAA ( 1.1%)
1969 BBWAA ( 0.3%)
1970 BBWAA ( 0.3%)
1971 BBWAA ( 0.6%)
1972 BBWAA ( 0.3%)

All-Star Games
1952 *
1955 *
1958 (RF)

Awards (yr lg award)
1958 AL MVP

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1952 AL (17, 4%)
1954 AL (14, 5%)
1955 AL (10, 12%)
1956 AL (20, 4%)
1958 AL (1, 69%)
1959 AL (10, 12%)
1 MVP
1.06 Career Shares (223rd)

Gold Gloves
1959 AL (RF)

Batting Average s c a p y
1956 AL  .315 (7th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1955 AL  .369 (10th)
1956 AL  .405 (8th)
1958 AL  .396 (5th)
1959 AL  .372 (9th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1954 AL  .472 (10th)
1955 AL  .479 (7th)
1958 AL  .535 (6th)
1959 AL  .492 (7th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1955 AL  .848 (7th)
1957 AL  .836 (9th)
1958 AL  .931 (5th)
1959 AL  .863 (6th)
Career  .829 (241st)

Games Played s c a p y
1952 AL  151 (9th)
1954 AL  152 (8th)
1955 AL  152 (5th)
1956 AL  151 (7th)
1957 AL  145 (10th)
1958 AL  154 (3rd)
1959 AL  148 (9th)

At Bats s c a p y
1952 AL  589 (5th)
1954 AL  580 (7th)
1955 AL  574 (8th)
1956 AL  578 (5th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1952 AL  664 (9th)
1954 AL  673 (8th)
1955 AL  681 (5th)
1956 AL  673 (5th)
1958 AL  655 (5th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1953 AL  87 (10th)
1954 AL  92 (10th)
1955 AL  95 (9th)
1957 AL  82 (10th)
1959 AL  101 (4th)

Hits s c a p y
1952 AL  165 (7th)
1954 AL  160 (9th)
1955 AL  158 (9th)
1956 AL  182 (5th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1954 AL  274 (6th)
1955 AL  275 (5th)
1956 AL  287 (3rd)
1957 AL  255 (8th)
1958 AL  293 (5th)
1959 AL  263 (10th)

Doubles s c a p y
1952 AL  30 (8th)
1953 AL  32 (6th)
1954 AL  25 (10th)
1955 AL  27 (7th)
1957 AL  29 (5th)
1958 AL  31 (5th)
1959 AL  31 (7th)

Triples s c a p y
1953 AL  8 (5th)
1954 AL  7 (10th)
1956 AL  11 (1st)

Home Runs s c a p y
1954 AL  25 (4th)
1955 AL  26 (7th)
1957 AL  23 (9th)
1958 AL  35 (5th)
1959 AL  28 (8th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1952 AL  82 (9th)
1954 AL  117 (3rd)
1955 AL  116 (1st)
1956 AL  97 (7th)
1957 AL  103 (3rd)
1958 AL  122 (1st)
1959 AL  112 (1st)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1953 AL  73 (9th)
1954 AL  79 (9th)
1955 AL  89 (8th)
1956 AL  89 (8th)
1957 AL  75 (8th)
1958 AL  99 (2nd)
1959 AL  88 (6th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1952 AL  18 (3rd)
1953 AL  18 (3rd)
1954 AL  22 (1st)
1955 AL  16 (3rd)
1956 AL  11 (5th)
1958 AL  9 (9th)
1959 AL  20 (3rd)

Singles s c a p y
1952 AL  119 (9th)
1956 AL  128 (4th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1958 AL  148 (5th)
1959 AL  132 (9th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1954 AL  101 (8th)
1955 AL  102 (6th)
1956 AL  116 (6th)
1957 AL  91 (10th)
1958 AL  120 (3rd)
1959 AL  100 (8th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1955 AL  16 (10th)
1956 AL  23 (10th)
1957 AL  18 (10th)
1958 AL  40 (4th)
1959 AL  27 (10th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1955 AL  1.6 (10th)
1956 AL  2.2 (10th)
1957 AL  1.8 (10th)
1958 AL  4.0 (4th)
1959 AL  2.7 (10th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1954 AL  57 (3rd)
1955 AL  59 (3rd)
1956 AL  54 (8th)
1957 AL  54 (5th)
1958 AL  66 (2nd)
1959 AL  59 (3rd)

Times On Base s c a p y
1952 AL  235 (9th)
1953 AL  225 (10th)
1954 AL  241 (9th)
1955 AL  250 (6th)
1956 AL  272 (4th)
1957 AL  230 (6th)
1958 AL  259 (3rd)
1959 AL  236 (8th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1955 AL  .618 (10th)
1956 AL  .681 (10th)
1958 AL  .747 (4th)
1959 AL  .660 (8th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1953 AL  5 (10th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1954 AL  11 (1st)
1955 AL  12 (1st)
1959 AL  12 (1st)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1955 AL  8 (5th)
1958 AL  7 (5th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1952 AL  16 (9th)
1953 AL  19 (4th)
1954 AL  32 (1st)
1955 AL  20 (3rd)
1956 AL  23 (1st)
1957 AL  22 (1st)
1959 AL  20 (3rd)
Career  185 (120th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1953 AL  8 (4th)
1954 AL  7 (9th)
1955 AL  7 (8th)
1959 AL  5 (9th)
1961 AL  8 (7th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1952 AL  12.9 (2nd)
1953 AL  12.9 (4th)
1954 AL  23.4 (1st)
1955 AL  19.8 (1st)
1956 AL  14.2 (4th)
1957 AL  11.9 (6th)
1958 AL  14.3 (4th)
1959 AL  23.3 (2nd)
Career  166.4 (128th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1956 AL  13.4 (6th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1954 AL  23.2 (6th)
1955 AL  22.1 (8th)
1957 AL  23.7 (10th)
1958 AL  15.7 (5th)
1959 AL  19.1 (9th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1952 AL  451 (8th)
1954 AL  471 (3rd)
1955 AL  458 (3rd)
1956 AL  427 (8th)
1957 AL  424 (10th)
1959 AL  425 (9th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 15 (150), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 147 (91), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 56 (346), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 25 (480), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

October 13, 1949: Purchased by the New York Yankees from Oakland (PCL).

May 3, 1952: Traded by the New York Yankees with Spec Shea, Jerry Snyder and Archie Wilson to the Washington Senators for Irv Noren and Tom Upton.

December 9, 1953: Traded by the Washington Senators to the Boston Red Sox for Mickey McDermott and Tom Umphlett.

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