MLB / Players

Larry Jackson

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 1 in · 175 lb

BornJune 2, 1931 · Nampa, ID, USA

MLB debutApril 17, 1955

Final gameSeptember 27, 1968

Seasons14 (1955–1968)

St. Louis Cardinals 1955–1962; Chicago Cubs 1963–1966; Philadelphia Phillies 1966–1968

Percentile snapshot

1968 season — qualified pitchers

26.7

62.7

46.7

2.7

69.3

SHO

25.3

229

38.7

127

85.3

243.7

66.7

ERA

2.77

WHIP

1.186

K/9

4.69

FIP

2.77

54.7

FIP-

92.2

54.7

ERA+

108.5

58.7

sWAR

3.1

62.7

of 76 qualified 1968 pitchers (min 162 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

ERA+

111.6

75.8

sWAR

47.6

98.7

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	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1955	37	61	57	1	3	0	0	0	0	2	17	0	0	.053	.100	.053	.153	-70.4	-58.0	.082	0.7
1956	51	12	11	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	5	0	0	.091	.167	.091	.258	-34.4	-28.0	.137	0.5
1957	41	79	72	5	13	1	0	0	2	4	20	0	0	.181	.224	.194	.418	6.7	13.2	.199	3.2
1958	50	63	60	4	9	1	0	0	2	1	20	0	1	.150	.164	.167	.331	-30.5	-13.3	.152	2.7
1959	54	89	80	9	9	1	0	0	2	2	25	0	0	.113	.134	.125	.259	-49.1	-31.9	.123	4.8
1960	52	106	95	10	20	0	1	0	3	6	21	0	0	.211	.257	.232	.489	26.8	31.2	.233	4.8
1961	34	83	74	9	13	3	2	0	6	2	14	0	0	.176	.208	.270	.478	13.6	21.6	.216	3.5
1962	36	103	89	10	15	3	1	0	4	7	20	0	0	.169	.245	.225	.470	20.6	23.0	.228	4.2
1963	37	98	87	5	17	5	0	0	6	2	24	0	0	.195	.213	.253	.466	20.5	30.8	.214	6.2
1964	40	120	114	2	20	3	0	0	6	1	26	0	1	.175	.183	.202	.384	-5.6	6.4	.176	5.0
1965	49	95	86	6	11	0	2	1	5	5	29	0	0	.128	.176	.209	.385	-1.9	6.4	.182	2.1
1966	39	100	92	9	13	2	0	1	6	3	34	2	0	.141	.168	.196	.364	-8.1	1.5	.168	3.3
1967	42	93	87	5	14	2	0	0	2	2	28	0	0	.161	.180	.184	.364	-6.3	4.2	.172	3.6
1968	37	90	85	2	12	1	0	0	3	3	27	0	1	.141	.170	.153	.323	-16.8	-2.3	.159	3.1

Pitching

Season	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	H	ER	BB	SO	HR	IP	ERA	WHIP	K/9	FIP	FIP-	ERA+	sWAR
1955	37	25	9	14	2	4	1	189	85	72	88	25	177.3	4.31	1.472	4.47	4.52	110.6	94.7	0.7
1956	51	1	2	2	9	0	0	75	39	45	50	5	85.3	4.11	1.406	5.27	3.44	90.8	92.1	0.5
1957	41	22	15	9	1	6	2	196	81	57	96	21	210.3	3.47	1.203	4.11	3.77	95.6	113.7	3.2
1958	49	23	13	13	8	11	1	211	81	51	124	21	198.0	3.68	1.323	5.64	3.56	87.1	110.9	2.7
1959	40	37	14	13	0	12	3	271	94	64	145	13	256.0	3.30	1.309	5.10	2.95	71.0	125.7	4.8
1960	43	38	18	13	0	14	3	277	109	70	171	22	282.0	3.48	1.230	5.46	3.23	80.4	115.5	4.8
1961	33	28	14	11	0	12	3	203	88	56	113	20	211.0	3.75	1.227	4.82	3.68	85.1	115.3	3.5
1962	36	35	16	11	0	11	2	267	105	64	112	25	252.3	3.75	1.312	3.99	3.95	93.3	113.1	4.2
1963	37	37	14	18	0	13	4	256	78	54	153	11	275.0	2.55	1.127	5.01	2.56	74.0	135.6	6.2
1964	40	38	24	11	0	19	3	265	104	58	148	17	297.7	3.14	1.085	4.47	3.09	84.2	116.8	5.0
1965	39	39	14	21	0	12	4	268	110	57	131	28	257.3	3.85	1.263	4.58	3.75	102.4	95.3	2.1
1966	38	35	15	15	0	12	5	257	94	62	112	25	255.0	3.32	1.251	3.95	3.86	107.3	108.2	3.3
1967	40	37	13	15	0	11	4	242	90	54	139	17	261.7	3.10	1.131	4.78	3.13	91.9	109.9	3.6
1968	34	34	13	17	0	12	2	229	75	60	127	9	243.7	2.77	1.186	4.69	2.77	92.2	108.5	3.1

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

599

1,192

1,089

170

RBI

310

.1561

OBP

.1896

SLG

.1928

OPS

.3824

Pitching

G (P)

558

317th-most career G (P)

429

103rd-most career GS

194

135th-most career W

183

65th-most career L

149

230th-most career CG

SHO

57th-most career SHO

3,263

100th-most career IP

SO (P)

1,709

157th-most career SO (P)

BB allowed

824

232nd-most career BB allowed

ERA

3.401

372nd-lowest career ERA

WHIP

1.2352

274th-lowest career WHIP

K/9

4.71

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	TB
1965-05-06	PIT @ CHC Gameday	3	1	3	0	0	1	3	6
1960-05-15	STL @ CHC Gameday	4	1	2	0	1	0	2	4
1966-07-09	PHI @ CHC Gameday	2	1	1	0	0	1	2	4
1964-06-21	CHC @ PIT Gameday	4	0	3	0	0	0	2	3
1961-09-06	CIN @ STL Gameday	4	2	2	1	0	0	2	3

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1958-08-04	LAD @ STL Gameday	9.0	5	2	1	1	12	0
1964-05-06	CHC @ SF Gameday	9.0	5	2	2	1	11	1
1963-04-23	CHC @ PIT Gameday	9.0	8	2	1	2	10	0
1963-05-30	CHC @ NYM Gameday	9.0	6	0	0	2	10	0
1958-08-15	STL @ LAD Gameday	10.1	12	4	4	2	9	2

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.

Honors

4× All-Star

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.