Al Jackson

Full Name: Alvin Neill Jackson	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 5' 10"/169	First Game: June 1, 1959
Birthdate: December 26, 1935	Final Game: September 26, 1969
Birthplace: Waco, Texas	MLB Experience: 10 years
Bat/Throw: Left/Left

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Born on December 26, 1935 in Waco, Texas, Al Jackson (Alvin Neill Jackson) played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, New York Mets, St. Louis Cardinals and Cincinnati Reds over the course of his 10 year career. Jackson broke into the bigs on June 1, 1959 with the Pittsburgh Pirates, and put up a 4.40 ERA in 231.1 innings pitched in 1962, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Al Jackson's best season was 1966, when he posted a 2.51 ERA, won 13 games and struck out 90 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1959	PIT	N	8	3	0	0	6.50	13	14	13	0	0	0	18	30	1	8	3	2	0
1961	PIT	N	3	2	1	0	3.42	15	10	9	1	0	0	23.2	20	2	4	1	0	0
1962	NY	N	36	33	8	20	4.40	118	132	113	12	4	0	231.1	244	16	78	5	9	5
1963	NY	N	37	34	13	17	3.96	142	128	100	11	0	1	227	237	25	84	2	9	12
1964	NY	N	40	31	11	16	4.26	112	115	101	11	3	1	213.1	229	18	60	3	4	4
1965	NY	N	37	31	8	20	4.34	120	111	99	7	3	1	205.1	217	17	61	4	6	8
1966	STL	N	36	30	13	15	2.51	90	82	65	11	3	0	232.2	222	18	45	10	4	3
1967	STL	N	38	11	9	4	3.95	43	61	47	1	1	1	107	117	7	29	5	2	1
1968	NY	N	25	9	3	7	3.69	59	42	38	0	0	3	92.2	88	5	17	6	0	2
1969	NY	N	9	0	0	0	1.64	10	13	13	0	0	0	11	18	1	4	0	0	1
1969	CIN	N	33	0	1	0	5.27	16	17	16	0	0	3	27.1	27	5	17	3	0	3
1969	TOT	N	42	0	1	0	6.81	26	30	29	0	0	3	38.1	45	6	21	3	0	4
Total			302	184	67	99	3.98	738	725	614	54	14	10	1389.1	1449	115	407	42	36	39

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1959	PIT	N	P	8	3	18	2	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.000
1961	PIT	N	P	3	2	23.2	2	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000
1962	NY	N	P	36	33	231.1	21	59	2	1	7	13	5	0	.976
1963	NY	N	P	37	34	227	15	46	3	5	4	8	7	1	.953
1964	NY	N	P	40	31	213.1	23	36	4	2	6	8	9	0	.937
1965	NY	N	P	37	31	205.1	10	48	3	2	2	19	7	2	.951
1966	STL	N	P	36	30	232.2	16	63	5	4	0	5	7	2	.940
1967	STL	N	P	39	11	107	10	29	1	2	0	2	4	0	.975
1968	NY	N	P	25	9	92.2	7	17	0	1	0	1	1	0	1.000
1969	NY	N	P	9	0	11	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1969	CIN	N	P	33	0	27.1	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	.778
1969	TOT	N	P	42	0	38.1	7	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	.846
Total			P	303	184	1389.1	113	311	20	18	20	56	41	5	.955

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	GDP
1959	PIT	N	8	5	0	1	0	1	.200	.200	.200	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
1961	PIT	N	5	8	1	0	0	0	.000	.111	.000	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0
1962	NY	N	44	73	5	5	0	2	.068	.093	.096	2	0	2	27	0	6	0	3
1963	NY	N	49	79	8	16	0	4	.203	.210	.228	2	0	1	23	0	3	0	1
1964	NY	N	50	72	6	11	1	4	.153	.176	.264	3	1	2	26	0	2	0	1
1965	NY	N	56	60	5	7	0	2	.117	.145	.133	1	0	2	23	0	8	0	1
1966	STL	N	51	74	6	13	0	5	.176	.215	.257	4	1	3	30	1	5	2	0
1967	STL	N	41	31	4	8	0	2	.258	.303	.290	1	0	2	9	0	1	0	1
1968	NY	N	27	28	2	7	0	2	.250	.241	.286	1	0	0	9	0	1	0	1
1969	NY	N	9	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1969	CIN	N	33	4	0	1	0	1	.250	.250	.250	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
1969	TOT	N	42	5	0	1	0	1	.200	.200	.200	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Total			373	435	37	69	1	23	.159	.184	.207	14	2	13	155	1	26	2	8

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Pittsburgh Pirates (1955).
Selected by New York Mets from Pittsburgh Pirates in the expansion draft (October 10, 1961).
Traded by New York Mets with Charley Smith to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Ken Boyer (October 20, 1965).
Traded by St. Louis Cardinals to New York Mets (October 13, 1967) completing trade in which New York Mets traded Jack Lamabe to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for a player to be named later (July 16, 1967).
Sold by New York Mets to Cincinnati Reds (June 13, 1969).
Released by Cincinnati Reds (April 13, 1970).

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