Bo Jackson Stats

Bo Jackson was born on Friday, November 30, 1962, in Bessemer, Alabama. Jackson was 23 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 2, 1986, with the Kansas City Royals. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Bo Jackson baseball stats page.

"Baseball and football are very different games. In a way, both of them are easy. Football is easy if you're crazy as hell. Baseball is easy if you've got patience. They'd both be easier for me if I were a little more crazy and a little more patient." - Bo Jackson

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Bo Jackson

Bo Jackson Autograph on a 1987 Leaf (#35)

Bo Jackson Autograph on a 1987 Leaf (#35)
 

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Birth Name:   Vincent Edward Jackson
Nickname:   Bo
Born On:   11-30-1962  (Sagittarius)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Bessemer, Alabama
Year of Death Data Died On:   Still Living (100 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Still Living
Cemetery:   n/a
High School:   McAdory High School (Bessemer, AL)
College:   Auburn University
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-01   Player Weight Chart Weight:   225
First Game:   09-02-1986 (Age 23)
Last Game:   08-10-1994
Draft:   1986 : 4th Round (105th) / Signing Bonus
Bo Jackson

Bo Jackson Pitching Stats

G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
- - Did Not Pitch - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
Bo Jackson

Bo Jackson Hitting Stats

G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1986 24 Royals 25 82 9 17 2 1 2 0 9 7 0 34 0 0 2 1 .207 .286 .329
1987 25 Royals 116 396 46 93 17 2 22 1 53 30 0 158 1 2 5 3 .235 .296 .455
1988 26 Royals 124 439 63 108 16 4 25 0 68 25 6 146 1 2 1 6 .246 .287 .472
1989 27 Royals 135 515 86 132 15 6 32 1 105 39 8 172 0 4 3 10 .256 .310 .495
1990 28 Royals 111 405 74 110 16 1 28 0 78 44 2 128 0 5 2 10 .272 .342 .523
1991 29 White Sox 23 71 8 16 4 0 3 0 14 12 1 25 0 1 0 3 .225 .333 .408
1993 31 White Sox 85 284 32 66 9 0 16 0 45 23 1 106 0 1 0 5 .232 .289 .433
1994 32 Angels 75 201 23 56 7 0 13 0 43 20 2 72 0 2 1 2 .279 .344 .507
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
8 Years 694 2,393 341 598 86 14 141 2 415 200 20 841 2 17 14 40 .250 .309 .474
Bo Jackson

Bo Jackson Fielding Stats

POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
1986 Royals RF 23 21 564 36 1.6 32 30 2 4 0 n/a n/a n/a .889 1.53
1987 Royals CF 21 15 441 30 1.4 30 30 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.84
1987 Royals LF 95 89 2,298 164 1.7 156 148 8 8 1 n/a n/a n/a .951 1.83
1987 Royals RF 3 3 75 5 1.7 4 3 1 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .800 1.44
1988 Royals CF 5 4 117 12 2.4 12 12 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.77
1988 Royals LF 103 102 2,622 224 2.2 219 207 12 5 2 n/a n/a n/a .978 2.26
1988 Royals RF 15 12 330 27 1.8 25 25 0 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .926 2.05
1989 Royals CF 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1989 Royals LF 110 109 2,862 246 2.2 238 227 11 8 2 n/a n/a n/a .967 2.25
1990 Royals CF 61 61 1,593 156 2.6 150 146 4 6 1 n/a n/a n/a .962 2.54
1990 Royals LF 36 36 939 93 2.6 87 83 4 6 1 n/a n/a n/a .935 2.50
1993 White Sox LF 28 27 603 64 2.3 64 62 2 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.87
1993 White Sox RF 19 18 432 33 1.7 32 29 3 1 2 n/a n/a n/a .970 2.00
1994 Angels LF 43 41 942 79 1.8 76 73 3 3 0 n/a n/a n/a .962 2.18
1994 Angels RF 3 3 51 4 1.3 4 4 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.12
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
LF Totals 415 404 10,266 870 2.1 840 800 40 30 6 n/a n/a n/a .966 2.21
CF Totals 88 80 2,151 198 2.3 192 188 4 6 1 n/a n/a n/a .970 2.41
RF Totals 63 57 1,452 105 1.7 97 91 6 8 2 n/a n/a n/a .924 1.80
8 Years 670 541 13,869 1,900 2.8 1,829 1,079 50 44 9 n/a n/a n/a .962 2.20
Bo Jackson

Bo Jackson Miscellaneous Stats

SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1986 Royals 3 1 .750 2 0 1 41.0 2.4 9.1 - - -
1987 Royals 10 4 .714 3 4 1 18.0 2.5 7.5 - - -
1988 Royals 27 6 .818 1 0 2 17.6 3.0 6.5 - - -
1989 Royals 26 9 .743 2 0 24 16.1 3.0 4.9 - - -
1990 Royals 15 9 .625 4 0 10 14.5 3.2 5.2 - - -
1991 White Sox 0 1 .000 2 0 21 23.7 2.8 5.1 - - -
1993 White Sox 0 2 .000 8 0 36 17.8 2.7 6.3 - - -
1994 Angels 1 0 1.000 22 0 9 15.5 2.8 4.7 - - -
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
8 Years 82 32 .719 44 4 104 17.0 2.8 5.8 - - -
Bo Jackson

Bo Jackson Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1986 Kansas City Royals 16 $60,000.00 - -
1987 Kansas City Royals 16 $330,000.00 - -
1988 Kansas City Royals 16 $383,000.00 - -
1989 Kansas City Royals 16 $610,000.00 Stats -
1990 Kansas City Royals 16 $1,000,000.00 - -
1991 Chicago White Sox 8 $1,010,000.00 - -
1993 Chicago White Sox 8 $2,410,000.00 - -
1994 California Angels 22 $1,000,000.00 - n/a


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