Ron Jackson
California Angels 1975–1978; Minnesota Twins 1979–1980; Detroit Tigers 1981; Minnesota Twins 1981; California Angels 1982–1983; Baltimore Orioles 1984; California Angels 1984
Percentile snapshot
1979 season — qualified batters
of 140 qualified 1979 batters (min 502 PA)
Career, era-adjusted
wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 13 | 43 | 39 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .231 | .268 | .282 | .550 | 59.4 | 60.7 | .261 | -0.1 |
| 1976 | 127 | 454 | 410 | 44 | 93 | 18 | 3 | 8 | 40 | 30 | 58 | 5 | 4 | .227 | .289 | .344 | .633 | 89.7 | 90.3 | .299 | 1.2 |
| 1977 | 106 | 322 | 292 | 38 | 71 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 28 | 24 | 42 | 3 | 2 | .243 | .301 | .390 | .691 | 89.2 | 90.9 | .309 | 0.1 |
| 1978 | 105 | 418 | 387 | 49 | 115 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 57 | 16 | 31 | 2 | 3 | .297 | .337 | .421 | .758 | 116.2 | 116.5 | .344 | 1.7 |
| 1979 | 159 | 653 | 583 | 85 | 158 | 40 | 5 | 14 | 68 | 51 | 59 | 3 | 1 | .271 | .337 | .429 | .766 | 102.7 | 102.9 | .343 | 1.2 |
| 1980 | 131 | 434 | 396 | 48 | 105 | 29 | 3 | 5 | 42 | 28 | 41 | 1 | 8 | .265 | .316 | .391 | .708 | 85.0 | 88.0 | .318 | -0.4 |
| 1981 | 85 | 295 | 270 | 29 | 73 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 40 | 18 | 26 | 6 | 3 | .270 | .316 | .396 | .712 | 102.3 | 101.8 | .329 | 0.4 |
| 1982 | 53 | 159 | 142 | 15 | 47 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 1 | .331 | .381 | .415 | .796 | 124.2 | 120.1 | .362 | 0.7 |
| 1983 | 102 | 379 | 348 | 41 | 80 | 16 | 1 | 8 | 39 | 27 | 33 | 2 | 2 | .230 | .291 | .351 | .642 | 76.7 | 77.3 | .292 | -0.2 |
| 1984 | 45 | 128 | 119 | 5 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 2 | .193 | .236 | .244 | .480 | 27.9 | 34.0 | .220 | -0.8 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976-06-13 | LAA @ DET Gameday | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 1979-05-11 | CLE @ MIN Gameday | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 1981-04-14 | MIN @ SEA Gameday | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| 1980-07-10 | MIN @ SEA Gameday | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 1976-07-04 | LAA @ MIN Gameday | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
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.