Sanford Jackson
Birmingham Black Barons 1923; Memphis Red Sox 1923–1925; Chicago American Giants 1926–1929; Homestead Grays 1929; Chicago American Giants 1930; Chicago Columbia Giants 1931; Indianapolis ABCs 1932; Chicago American Giants 1936
Percentile snapshot
1930 season — qualified batters
of 135 qualified 1930 batters (min 275 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1923 | 25 | 105 | 91 | 15 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 0 | .286 | .375 | .363 | .738 | 141.6 | 145.1 | .361 | 1.0 |
| 1924 | 51 | 220 | 184 | 40 | 49 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 18 | 0 | 9 | 0 | .266 | .341 | .321 | .662 | 86.8 | 82.1 | .322 | 0.6 |
| 1925 | 58 | 259 | 216 | 45 | 61 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 32 | 0 | 14 | 0 | .282 | .375 | .329 | .704 | 97.2 | 90.7 | .337 | 0.8 |
| 1926 | 81 | 327 | 293 | 41 | 58 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 30 | 15 | 1 | 10 | 0 | .198 | .239 | .266 | .506 | 34.1 | 30.1 | .237 | -1.5 |
| 1927 | 78 | 329 | 294 | 39 | 78 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 1 | .265 | .308 | .293 | .600 | 64.3 | 62.4 | .285 | -0.1 |
| 1928 | 54 | 245 | 219 | 32 | 60 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .274 | .323 | .329 | .652 | 80.8 | 78.3 | .307 | 0.3 |
| 1929 | 65 | 251 | 220 | 36 | 60 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .273 | .333 | .341 | .674 | 73.1 | 68.8 | .318 | 0.0 |
| 1930 | 78 | 329 | 298 | 47 | 78 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 20 | 20 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .262 | .317 | .326 | .642 | 75.4 | 71.3 | .301 | 0.2 |
| 1931 | 16 | 75 | 68 | 13 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .265 | .306 | .279 | .585 | 67.0 | 63.4 | .286 | 0.0 |
| 1932 | 25 | 103 | 97 | 16 | 33 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .340 | .366 | .474 | .841 | 146.8 | 155.6 | .395 | 1.1 |
| 1936 | 6 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .091 | .167 | .091 | .258 | 4.4 | -27.3 | .141 | -0.1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1932-06-04 | CAG @ IND Gameday | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 1930-05-21 | CAG @ DTS Gameday | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 1930-09-01 | MEM @ CAG Gameday | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 1930-06-23 | KCM @ CAG Gameday | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 1932-07-03 | CUP @ IND Gameday | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930-04-26 | DTS @ CAG Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1930-04-27 | DTS @ CAG Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1930-04-27 | DTS @ CAG Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1930-04-29 | DTS @ CAG Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1930-04-29 | DTS @ CAG 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.