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Roy Lee Jackson

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 190lb (188cm, 86kg)

Born: May 1, 1954 in Opelika, AL us

Draft: Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 12th round of the 1972 MLB June Amateur Draft from Opelika HS (Opelika, AL).

High School: Opelika HS (Opelika, AL)

School: Tuskegee University (Tuskegee, AL)

Debut: September 13, 1977 (Age 23-135d, 13,973rd in major league history)
vs. MON 5.2 IP, 6 H, 6 SO, 3 BB, 3 ER

Last Game: October 1, 1986 (Age 32-153d)
vs. CLE 2.0 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1979 season

Full Name: Roy Lee Jackson

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

5.5

ERA

3.77

280

559.0

351

WHIP

1.313

Summary of 50 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 2 walk-off, 6 tying, 13 go ahead

4 Tms
TOR	30
NYM	9
MIN	7
SDP	4

Platoon
vs RHB	32
vs LHB	18

Home/Road
Away	26
Home	24

Outs
0	20
2	18
1	12

20 Opps
OAK	6
BOS	6
TEX	5
CAL	5
STL	3
CHW	3
SEA	2
NYY	2
DET	2
KCR	2
PIT	2
PHI	2
MON	2
MIL	2
CHC	1
BAL	1
NYM	1
ATL	1
CLE	1
HOU	1

44 Batters
Tony Armas	3
Dan Ford	2
Doug DeCinces	2
Dave Kingman	2
Reggie Jackson	2
George Brett	1
Kelvin Moore	1
Ted Simmons	1
Bobby Murcer	1
Larry Parrish	1
Wayne Gross	1
Warren Cromartie	1
Gary Carter	1
Alvin Davis	1
Carney Lansford	1
Jack Clark	1
Doug Loman	1
Dave Winfield	1
Garry Maddox	1
Jim Rice	1
George Wright	1
Buddy Bell	1
Don Baylor	1
Ron Kittle	1
Dale Murphy	1
Scott Bradley	1
Keith Hernandez	1
Jerry Turner	1
Bill Almon	1
Pete Incaviglia	1
Enrique Romo	1
Jeff Newman	1
Bob Molinaro	1
Luis Aguayo	1
Frank White	1
Taylor Duncan	1
Joe Rudi	1
Don Slaught	1
Oddibe McDowell	1
Joe Morgan	1
Dwight Evans	1
Dave Bergman	1
Miguel Diloné	1
Bill Robinson	1

18 Parks
Exhibit Stad (TOR)	11
Shea Stad (NYC)	6
RingCentral Col (OAK)	5
Metrodome (MIN)	5
Angel Stad (ANA)	4
Qualcomm St (SAN)	2
Kingdome (SEA)	2
Arlington St (ARL)	2
Yankee Stad (NYC)	2
Tiger Stad (DET)	2
Stade Olymp. (MON)	2
3 Rivers Std (PIT)	1
County Stad (MIL)	1
KauffmanStad (KAN)	1
Busch Stad (STL)	1
Fenway Pk (BOS)	1
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	1
Atl-Fulton (ATL)	1

Where Hit
9	13
7	11
8	2
89	1
78	1

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	42
2·HR gms	4

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	28
1--	8
12-	5
123	3
-2-	3
--3	1
-23	1
1-3	1

85 Runs
RISP	14
0 on	28
1 on	12
2 on	7
3 on	3
Any on	22

Inning
1	1
2	2
4	6
5	2
6	3
7	12
8	14
9	5
Extra	5

1-3	3
4-6	11
7-end	36

RelScore
+4..	9
+3	2
+2	3
+1	4
Tied	10
-1	5
-2	6
-3	5
-4..	6

Ahead	18
Tied	10
Behind	22

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
3B	8
1B	7
DH	7
RF	6
LF	6
CF	5
C	5
2B	2
SS	2
PH/DH	1
P	1

OrderPos
4th	13
3rd	10
7th	8
5th	7
6th	7
8th	2
1st	1
9th	1
2nd	1

Leverage
High Lev	11
Medium Lev	17
Low Lev	22

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1977	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1977-09-13	Warren Cromartie	MON		NYM	behind 0-4	b 4	0	1--	2	7	7	13%	29%		Home Run; G. Carter Scores
2	2	2	1	1977-09-23	Taylor Duncan	STL	@	NYM	tied 2-2	t 4	0	---	1	6	5	13%	63%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1978	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
3	3	1	1	1978-09-04 (1)	Bill Robinson	PIT		NYM	behind 2-4	b 7	0	--3	2	6	5	24%	59%		Home Run (Deep LF); E. Ott Scores
4	4	2	1	1978-09-11	Bobby Murcer	CHC	@	NYM	ahead 6-4	t 6	2	12-	3	4	8	16%	96%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Scott Scores; B. Buckner Scores
1979	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
5	5	1	1	1979-09-22 (1)	Keith Hernandez	STL	@	NYM	ahead 4-1	t 4	2	-2-	2	3	3	10%	93%		Home Run (Deep RF); L. Brock Scores
1980	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
6	6	1	1	1980-08-02	Joe Morgan	HOU	@	NYM	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	1	3	4	11%	58%		Home Run
7	7	2	1	1980-08-06	Larry Parrish	MON		NYM	tied 1-1	b 2	0	1--	2	7	5	17%	76%		Home Run; G. Carter Scores
8	8	3	1	1980-08-17 (2)	Garry Maddox	PHI	@	NYM	behind 0-1	t 4	1	1--	2	6	8	25%	62%		Home Run; M. Trillo Scores
9	9	4	1	1980-10-01	Enrique Romo	PIT	@	NYM	ahead 6-3	t 8	0	123	4	3	1	2%	100%		Home Run; S. Nicosia Scores; O. Moreno Scores; T. Foli Scores
1981	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
10	10	1	1	1981-05-10	Joe Rudi	BOS	@	TOR	ahead 6-5	t 10	2	12-	3	6	3	15%	98%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Rice Scores; T. Pérez Scores
11	11	2	1	1981-05-24 (1)	Tony Armas	OAK		TOR	behind 4-5	b 11	1	---	1	4	9	47%	57%		Home Run
12	12	3	1	1981-05-26	Dan Ford	CAL		TOR	behind 3-6	b 5	0	---	1	3	9	10%	26%		Home Run (Deep LF)
13	13	4	1	1981-06-07	Buddy Bell	TEX		TOR	ahead 4-0	b 8	2	123	4	4	5	1%	100%		Home Run; M. Mendoza Scores/unER; B. Wills Scores/unER; A. Oliver Scores/unER; B. Bell Scores/unER
14	14	5	1	1981-08-23	Bob Molinaro	CHW	@	TOR	ahead 11-2	t 9	2	1--	2	4	PH/DH	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Essian Scores
1982	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
15	15	1	1	1982-05-05	Bill Almon	CHW		TOR	ahead 3-1	b 7	1	---	1	9	6	6%	94%		Home Run (Deep LF)
16	16	2	1	1982-06-06 (2)	Miguel Diloné	CLE	@	TOR	behind 2-4	t 7	0	---	1	1	7	12%	32%		Home Run (Deep RF)
17	17	3	1	1982-06-13	Tony Armas	OAK	@	TOR	tied 4-4	t 7	2	1--	2	4	9	33%	78%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Murphy Scores
18	18	4	1	1982-06-16	Doug DeCinces	CAL		TOR	ahead 6-1	b 8	0	---	1	7	5	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep CF)
19	19	5	1	1982-07-28	Carney Lansford	BOS		TOR	behind 5-7	b 5	1	1-3	3	5	5	30%	68%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Rice Scores; C. Yastrzemski Scores
20	20	6	1	1982-08-05 (2)	Jerry Turner	DET		TOR	behind 1-2	b 4	0	1--	2	4	DH	21%	69%		Home Run (Deep RF); L. Herndon Scores
21	21	7	1	1982-09-08	Kelvin Moore	OAK		TOR	behind 3-5	b 4	0	---	1	7	3	12%	42%		Home Run (Deep CF)
1983	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
22	22	1	1	1983-04-29	Ron Kittle	CHW	@	TOR	ahead 6-1	t 7	1	12-	3	5	7	2%	99%		Home Run (LF-CF); H. Baines Scores; G. Luzinski Scores
23	23	2	1	1983-05-18	Ted Simmons	MIL		TOR	behind 3-6	b 7	2	-2-	2	4	2	17%	27%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Yount Scores
24	24	3	1	1983-05-20	Dan Ford	BAL	@	TOR	behind 1-5	t 6	1	---	1	2	9	5%	12%		Home Run (CF-RF)
25	25	4	1	1983-06-09	Wayne Gross	OAK		TOR	ahead 2-1	b 8	0	---	1	5	3	7%	94%		Home Run (Deep RF)
26	26	5	1	1983-07-12	George Brett	KCR		TOR	behind 3-6	b 7	2	-23	3	3	5	38%	52%		Home Run (Deep RF); O. Concepción Scores; W. Wilson Scores
27	27	6	1	1983-08-08 (2)	Dave Winfield	NYY		TOR	ahead 7-1	b 6	2	---	1	3	7	1%	99%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1984	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
28	28	1	1	1984-04-08	Reggie Jackson	CAL		TOR	behind 1-3	b 8	2	1--	2	3	DH	41%	53%		Home Run; R. Carew Scores
29	29	2	2	1984-04-08	Doug DeCinces	CAL		TOR	tied 3-3	b 8	2	---	1	4	5	32%	85%		Home Run
30	30	3	1	1984-06-04	Dave Bergman	DET		TOR	tied 3-3	b 10	2	12-	3	8	3	39%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run; L. Parrish Scores; C. Lemon Scores
31	31	4	1	1984-06-17	Tony Armas	BOS	@	TOR	behind 1-5	t 7	1	---	1	4	8	4%	8%		Home Run
32	32	5	2	1984-06-17	Jeff Newman	BOS	@	TOR	behind 2-5	t 8	0	---	1	7	2	7%	14%		Home Run
33	33	6	1	1984-07-04	Reggie Jackson	CAL	@	TOR	behind 2-6	t 9	1	---	1	5	DH	1%	1%		Home Run
34	34	7	1	1984-07-12	Dave Kingman	OAK		TOR	ahead 5-4	b 7	2	-2-	2	4	DH	15%	94%		Home Run; D. Murphy Scores
35	35	8	1	1984-07-20	Alvin Davis	SEA		TOR	behind 3-12	b 9	2	123	4	3	3	0%	0%		Home Run; B. Kearney Scores; P. Bradley Scores; S. Owen Scores
36	36	9	1	1984-07-31	Frank White	KCR	@	TOR	behind 3-5	t 8	2	---	1	7	4	9%	16%		Home Run
37	37	10	1	1984-08-06	George Wright	TEX		TOR	behind 3-4	b 8	2	---	1	6	DH	33%	53%		Home Run (Deep RF)
38	38	11	1	1984-09-05	Don Baylor	NYY		TOR	tied 3-3	b 10	2	---	1	5	DH	47%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run
39	39	12	1	1984-09-23	Doug Loman	MIL	@	TOR	behind 4-5	t 8	0	---	1	4	7	24%	50%		Home Run
1985	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
40	40	1	1	1985-07-11	Jack Clark	STL		SDP	ahead 5-0	b 7	0	---	1	4	3	1%	99%		Home Run
41	41	2	1	1985-07-31	Dale Murphy	ATL		SDP	tied 3-3	b 8	0	---	1	3	8	27%	87%		Home Run
42	42	3	1	1985-09-04	Gary Carter	NYM	@	SDP	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	1	4	2	11%	61%		Home Run
43	43	4	1	1985-09-08	Luis Aguayo	PHI	@	SDP	ahead 7-6	t 8	0	---	1	8	6	12%	88%		Home Run
1986	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
44	44	1	1	1986-06-11	Oddibe McDowell	TEX	@	MIN	tied 2-2	t 16	0	12-	3	6	8	27%	97%		Home Run (Deep RF); G. Ward Scores; R. Sierra Scores
45	45	2	1	1986-08-08	Dave Kingman	OAK		MIN	ahead 4-2	b 8	1	---	1	5	DH	3%	97%		Home Run (Deep LF)
46	46	3	1	1986-08-17	Scott Bradley	SEA		MIN	ahead 6-1	b 8	0	1--	2	7	2	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Presley Scores
47	47	4	1	1986-08-20	Jim Rice	BOS	@	MIN	ahead 6-1	t 7	0	---	1	3	7	2%	98%		Home Run (Deep LF)
48	48	5	2	1986-08-20	Dwight Evans	BOS	@	MIN	ahead 7-1	t 7	1	---	1	5	9	1%	99%		Home Run (Deep LF)
49	49	6	1	1986-09-12	Pete Incaviglia	TEX	@	MIN	behind 0-4	t 9	1	---	1	6	9	1%	1%		Home Run (Deep LF)
50	50	7	2	1986-09-12	Don Slaught	TEX	@	MIN	behind 1-4	t 9	1	---	1	7	2	2%	4%		Home Run (Deep RF)