MLB / Players

Reggie Jefferson

HandednessBats Switch · Throws Left

Listed at6 ft 4 in · 210 lb

BornSeptember 25, 1968 · Tallahassee, FL, USA

MLB debutMay 18, 1991

Final gameOctober 3, 1999

Seasons9 (1991–1999)

Cincinnati Reds 1991; Cleveland Indians 1991–1993; Seattle Mariners 1994; Boston Red Sox 1995–1999

Percentile snapshot

1997 season — qualified batters

136

14.7

524

11.2

489

17.5

28.7

156

53.1

69.9

11.9

32.2

RBI

32.9

4.9

47.6

81.8

.319

90.9

OBP

.358

53.1

SLG

.470

OPS

.828

59.4

wRC+

112.3

54.5

OPS+

113.2

55.9

wOBA

.362

55.9

sWAR

1.1

19.6

of 144 qualified 1997 batters (min 502 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR

4.5

78.2

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
1991	31	113	108	11	21	3	0	3	13	4	24	0	0	.194	.221	.306	.527	37.5	44.6	.238	-0.7
1992	24	91	89	8	30	6	2	1	6	1	17	0	0	.337	.352	.483	.835	135.7	134.3	.378	0.5
1993	113	403	366	35	91	11	2	10	34	28	78	1	3	.249	.310	.372	.682	79.3	83.0	.306	-0.8
1994	63	181	162	24	53	11	0	8	32	17	32	0	0	.327	.392	.543	.935	133.7	137.9	.400	0.9
1995	46	132	121	21	35	8	0	5	26	9	24	0	0	.289	.333	.479	.813	103.1	106.5	.353	0.1
1996	122	418	386	67	134	30	4	19	74	25	89	0	0	.347	.388	.593	.981	140.0	142.1	.417	2.6
1997	136	524	489	74	156	33	1	13	67	24	93	1	2	.319	.358	.470	.828	112.3	113.2	.362	1.1
1998	62	219	196	24	60	16	1	8	31	21	40	0	0	.306	.374	.520	.895	129.5	129.7	.387	0.9
1999	83	225	206	21	57	13	1	5	17	17	54	0	0	.277	.338	.422	.760	93.9	92.6	.339	-0.1

Career totals

680

2,306

2,123

285

637

131

RBI

300

146

451

.3000

OBP

.3488

SLG

.4739

OPS

.8227

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	HR	RBI	BB	TB
1997-05-07	MIN @ BOS Gameday	5	3	4	0	2	4	0	10
1996-06-30	DET @ BOS Gameday	4	3	3	0	2	3	0	9
1993-06-05	MIN @ CLE Gameday	4	1	4	1	1	3	0	8
1996-08-02	MIN @ BOS Gameday	5	3	4	1	1	2	0	8
1996-08-19	LAA @ BOS Gameday	4	2	3	2	1	2	1	8

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.