Jesse Jefferson

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 3 in · 188 lb

BornMarch 3, 1949 · Midlothian, VA, USA

MLB debutJune 23, 1973

Final gameSeptember 30, 1981

Seasons9 (1973–1981)

Baltimore Orioles 1973–1975; Chicago White Sox 1975–1976; Toronto Blue Jays 1977–1979; Pittsburgh Pirates 1980; Toronto Blue Jays 1980; California Angels 1981

Percentile snapshot

1978 season — qualified pitchers

22.2

32.2

2.2

4.4

47.8

SHO

37.8

214

41.1

103

14.4

43.3

3.3

211.7

45.6

ERA

4.38

6.7

WHIP

1.417

15.6

K/9

4.12

34.4

FIP

4.62

2.2

FIP-

118.6

4.4

ERA+

88.9

16.7

sWAR

0.9

15.6

of 91 qualified 1978 pitchers (min 161 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

ERA+

82.0

0.4

sWAR

-0.3

ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 of them; 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	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1973	18	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.6
1974	20	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-0.1
1975	26	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-0.3
1976	19	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-3.2
1977	33	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.8
1978	31	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.9
1979	34	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-0.4
1980	30	2	1	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-131.1	-100.0	.000	-0.3
1981	26	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.8

Pitching

Season	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	H	ER	BB	SO	HR	IP	ERA	WHIP	K/9	FIP	FIP-	ERA+	sWAR
1973	18	15	6	5	0	3	0	104	46	46	52	15	100.7	4.11	1.490	4.65	4.86	129.8	90.9	0.6
1974	20	2	1	0	0	0	0	55	28	38	31	2	57.3	4.40	1.622	4.87	3.93	113.2	79.0	-0.1
1975	26	21	5	11	0	1	0	105	63	102	71	11	115.3	4.92	1.795	5.54	5.27	137.2	78.1	-0.3
1976	19	9	2	5	0	0	0	86	59	42	30	4	62.3	8.52	2.053	4.33	4.61	129.4	41.8	-3.2
1977	33	33	9	17	0	8	0	224	104	83	114	23	217.0	4.31	1.415	4.73	4.23	101.8	96.4	1.8
1978	31	30	7	16	0	9	2	214	103	86	97	28	211.7	4.38	1.417	4.12	4.62	118.6	88.9	0.9
1979	34	10	2	10	1	2	0	150	71	45	43	19	116.0	5.51	1.681	3.34	5.37	124.4	78.4	-0.4
1980	30	19	5	13	0	2	2	133	75	54	57	12	128.3	5.26	1.457	4.00	4.39	105.3	79.1	-0.3
1981	26	5	2	4	0	0	0	80	31	24	27	4	77.0	3.62	1.351	3.16	3.53	96.8	100.6	0.8

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

237

RBI

.0000

OBP

.0000

SLG

.0000

OPS

.0000

Pitching

G (P)

237

144

SHO

1,086

SO (P)

522

BB allowed

520

ERA

4.808

WHIP

1.5391

K/9

4.33

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
1980-08-28	MIN @ TOR Gameday	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1980-10-03	CHC @ PIT Gameday	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1980-05-16	ATH @ TOR Gameday	11.0	4	0	0	4	10	0
1973-08-03	BOS @ BAL Gameday	9.0	5	2	2	4	9	1
1973-09-18	BAL @ DET Gameday	9.0	8	2	2	3	8	1
1977-05-28	LAA @ TOR Gameday	7.0	6	4	4	2	8	1
1977-08-09	MIN @ TOR Gameday	9.0	4	2	2	5	7	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.