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Sonny Jackson

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Full Name: Roland Thomas Jackson Primary Position: SS,OF,CF
Height/Weight: 5' 9"/150 First Game: September 27, 1963
Birthdate: July 9, 1944 Final Game: July 9, 1974
Birthplace: Washington, D.C. MLB Experience: 12 years
Bat/Throw: Left/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Batting Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Sonny, who has been involved in professional baseball since 1963 as a player, coach, scout and minor league manager, is in his fourth year on the Cubs' coaching staff. Serves as a special assistant to manager Dusty Baker. This will be his 12th year as a major league coach. As a player, he saw action with the Atlanta Braves in the 1969 NL Championship Series. As a coach, he has gone to the postseason in 1982, 1997, 2000, 2002 and 2003. After graduating from Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring, MD, in 1962, he turned down a baseball/basketball scholarship to attend the University of Maryland when he signed a pro baseball contract with Houston. His charitable endeavors include assisting the American Diabetes Association.

Managerial and Coaching Career: Sonny joined the Cubs after spending seven years in the San Francisco Giants organization including the last six on the major league staff. Before joining the Giants, he spent 19 years in Atlanta's organization including two on Joe Torre's big league coaching staff (1982-1983). After the completion of his playing career, he was hired by Atlanta as a minor league coach (at Class-A Kingsport) and scout. Worked in that capacity in 1977-1978 before spending 1979 as a coach with the full-season Savannah (A) club. Had a two-season managerial stint at Anderson (A) during the 1980-1981 campaigns before being promoted to the Braves' major league staff as first base coach.

Rejoined the player development department in 1984, serving as a roving minor league instructor, a coach at Richmond (AAA), a coach at Danville (A) and an instructor/scout with West Palm Beach (Rookie). After working as the hitting coach with San Francisco's San Jose (A) club in 1996, he joined the big league coaching staff the next season as both third base coach and infield coach. Was bench coach in 1998, as he was limited due to off-season left knee surgery. Returned to the coach's box in 1999 beginning a four-year run as Giants third base coach. Also assisted with baserunning and infield defense.

Playing Career: Sonny, a former infielder/outfielder, spent 12 seasons in the majors with Houston Astros(1963-1967) and Atlanta Braves (1968- 1974), hitting .251 in 936 games. His career highlights included stealing a then-NL rookie-record 49 bases for the Astros in 1966, recording a 5-hit game September 16, 1966, and hitting 4 inside-the-park homers at the Astrodome. Was teammates with Dusty Baker during the 1968-1974 seasons in Atlanta. Spent most of his career as a shortstop. However, he did spend much of the 1971 campaign as Atlanta's starting center fielder.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1963 HOU N 1 3 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1964 HOU N 9 23 3 8 0 1 .348 .400 .391 1 0 2 3 0 0 1 0 0
1965 HOU N 10 23 1 3 0 0 .130 .167 .130 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0
1966 HOU N 150 596 80 174 3 25 .292 .341 .334 6 5 42 53 3 27 49 0 9
1967 HOU N 129 520 67 123 0 25 .237 .285 .283 18 3 36 45 0 8 22 1 14
1968 ATL N 105 358 37 81 1 19 .226 .282 .268 8 2 25 35 3 5 16 6 10
1969 ATL N 98 318 41 76 1 27 .239 .317 .289 3 5 35 33 2 6 12 2 3
1970 ATL N 103 328 60 85 0 20 .259 .347 .320 14 3 45 27 1 3 11 1 3
1971 ATL N 149 547 58 141 2 25 .258 .302 .324 20 5 35 45 1 7 7 1 8
1972 ATL N 60 126 20 30 0 8 .238 .278 .333 6 3 7 9 0 0 1 0 4
1973 ATL N 117 206 29 43 0 12 .209 .283 .252 5 2 22 13 1 1 6 0 1
1974 ATL N 5 7 0 3 0 0 .429 .429 .429 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 936 3055 396 767 7 162 .251 .308 .303 81 28 250 265 11 57 126 11 52

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1963 HOU N SS 1 1 5 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .833
1964 HOU N SS 7 5 48.2 8 12 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 .870
1965 HOU N SS 8 7 59 16 15 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 .969
1965 HOU N 3B 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1966 HOU N SS 150 150 1311 270 449 37 73 0 0 0 0 0 .951
1967 HOU N SS 128 124 1108.1 204 379 35 63 0 0 0 0 0 .943
1968 ATL N SS 99 94 855.2 132 307 22 35 0 0 0 0 0 .952
1969 ATL N SS 97 88 781.2 161 254 17 48 0 0 0 0 0 .961
1970 ATL N SS 87 78 722 123 240 26 40 0 0 0 0 0 .933
1971 ATL N CF 145 136 1252 339 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 .980
1971 ATL N OF 145 136 1252 336 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 .980
1972 ATL N CF 9 4 41.2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1972 ATL N SS 18 15 123.1 28 52 2 9 0 0 0 0 0 .976
1972 ATL N 3B 6 5 43 13 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .958
1972 ATL N OF 10 4 44.1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1972 ATL N RF 1 0 2.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1973 ATL N SS 36 27 239 42 88 5 10 0 0 0 0 0 .963
1973 ATL N OF 57 12 211.1 51 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .981
1973 ATL N RF 4 0 15 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1973 ATL N LF 49 10 169 41 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .977
1973 ATL N CF 4 2 27.1 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1974 ATL N OF 1 1 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1974 ATL N RF 1 1 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total CF 158 142 1321 354 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 .981
Total RF 6 1 24.2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total LF 49 10 169 41 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .977
Total SS 631 589 5253.2 984 1801 149 282 0 0 0 0 0 .949
Total 3B 7 5 44 13 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .958
Total OF 213 153 1514.2 395 9 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 .981

[edit] Transactions

  • Signed as an amateur free agent by Houston Colt .45s (1963).
  • Traded by Houston Astros with Chuck Harrison to Atlanta Braves in exchange for Denny Lemaster and Denis Menke (October 8, 1967).
  • Released by Atlanta Braves (October 23, 1974).
  • Signed by Chicago White Sox (April 29, 1976).

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