Jelly Jackson
Cleveland Red Sox 1934; Homestead Grays 1935–1940; Homestead Grays 1944–1945
Percentile snapshot
1945 season — qualified batters
of 112 qualified 1945 batters (min 142 PA)
Career, era-adjusted
sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1934 | 12 | 47 | 42 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .286 | .318 | .333 | .652 | 83.3 | 82.7 | .310 | 0.1 |
| 1935 | 45 | 162 | 141 | 24 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .142 | .219 | .191 | .411 | 17.6 | 4.6 | .203 | -1.0 |
| 1936 | 30 | 96 | 86 | 7 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .186 | .239 | .198 | .437 | 22.7 | 12.7 | .215 | -0.5 |
| 1937 | 47 | 183 | 162 | 23 | 40 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .247 | .287 | .265 | .552 | 50.9 | 43.2 | .260 | -0.4 |
| 1938 | 47 | 180 | 163 | 21 | 33 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .202 | .261 | .270 | .531 | 48.9 | 40.5 | .253 | -0.4 |
| 1939 | 35 | 140 | 118 | 26 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .178 | .281 | .288 | .570 | 61.1 | 51.3 | .277 | -0.1 |
| 1940 | 54 | 178 | 166 | 21 | 32 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .193 | .234 | .235 | .469 | 30.7 | 22.4 | .226 | -0.9 |
| 1944 | 38 | 109 | 94 | 19 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .170 | .264 | .213 | .477 | 41.3 | 28.8 | .244 | -0.4 |
| 1945 | 48 | 166 | 146 | 18 | 31 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .212 | .272 | .260 | .532 | 54.8 | 49.5 | .262 | -0.3 |
Career totals
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1945-07-08 | PHS @ HOM Gameday | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 1939-06-24 | HOM @ PHS Gameday | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 1939-05-28 | PHS @ HOM Gameday | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 1935-05-18 | HOM @ NE Gameday | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 1938-05-31 | WBS @ HOM Gameday | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1934-05-27 | CRS @ BEG Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1934-05-27 | CRS @ BEG Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1934-05-29 | CRS @ BEG Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1934-05-30 | CRS @ BEG Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1934-05-30 | CRS @ BEG Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.