Bo Jackson

Position: Leftfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 220lb (185cm, 99kg)

Born: November 30, 1962 in Bessemer, AL us

Draft: Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 2nd round of the 1982 MLB June Amateur Draft from McAdory HS (McCalla, AL), the California Angels in the 20th round of the 1985 MLB June Amateur Draft from Auburn University (Auburn, AL) and the Kansas City Royals in the 4th round of the 1986 MLB June Amateur Draft from Auburn University (Auburn, AL).

High School: McAdory HS (McCalla, AL)

School: Auburn University (Auburn, AL)

Debut: September 2, 1986 (Age 23-276d, 15,224th in major league history)
vs. CHW 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 10, 1994 (Age 31-253d)
vs. KCR 4 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 1 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1987 season

Agents: Arn Tellem, Richard Woods

Full Name: Vincent Edward Jackson

Nicknames: Bo Knows

Twitter: @BoJackson

Instagram: @bojackson

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

8.3

2393

598

141

.250

341

RBI

415

OBP

.310

SLG

.474

OPS

.784

OPS+

112

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1987 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1987 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 6	KCR		CHW	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
2	2	Apr 8	KCR		CHW	W,9-3	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
3	3	Apr 9	KCR		CHW	L,0-6	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
4	4	Apr 10	KCR		NYY	W,13-1	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
5	5	Apr 11	KCR		NYY	L,2-15	CG	50	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
6	6	Apr 12	KCR		NYY	W,8-2	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
7	7	Apr 14	KCR		DET	W,10-1	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
8	8	Apr 15	KCR		DET	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
9	9	Apr 18	KCR	@	NYY	L,6-7	CG	43	8.1	2	0	0	2	0	LF
10	10	Apr 19 (1)	KCR	@	NYY	L,0-5	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
11	11	Apr 19 (2)	KCR	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
12	12	Apr 20	KCR	@	BOS	W,10-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
13	13	Apr 21	KCR	@	BOS	L,0-8	CG	41	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	LF
14	14	Apr 22	KCR	@	BOS	L,0-1	CG	33	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	LF
15	15	Apr 24	KCR	@	DET	W,7-3	CG	42	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	LF
16	16	Apr 25	KCR	@	DET	L,2-13	CG	46	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
17	17	Apr 26	KCR	@	DET	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
18	18	Apr 28	KCR		BAL	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	3	1	1	5	1	LF
19	19	Apr 29	KCR		BAL	W,5-4	CG	44	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	20	May 1	KCR		CLE	L,0-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
21	21	May 2	KCR		CLE	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
22	22	May 3	KCR		CLE	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
23	23	May 5	KCR		TOR	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
24	24	May 6	KCR		TOR	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
25	25	May 8	KCR	@	CLE	W,9-6	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
26	26	May 9	KCR	@	CLE	W,4-0	CG	28	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
27	27	May 10	KCR	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
28	28	May 11	KCR	@	TOR	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
29	29	May 12	KCR	@	TOR	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
30	31 (1)	May 14	KCR	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
31	32	May 15	KCR		MIL	W,4-3	GS	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF LF
32	33	May 16	KCR		MIL	W,13-0	GS	29	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF CF
33	34	May 17	KCR		MIL	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
34	35	May 18	KCR		BOS	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
35	36	May 19	KCR		BOS	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
36	37	May 20	KCR		BOS	L,1-7	CG	40	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	LF
37	38	May 22	KCR	@	TEX	W,8-1	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
38	39	May 23	KCR	@	TEX	L,4-6	CG	39	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
39	40	May 24	KCR	@	TEX	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
40	41	May 25	KCR	@	CHW	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	LF
41	42	May 26	KCR	@	CHW	W,5-4	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
42	44 (1)	May 29	KCR		TEX	L,5-16	GS	49	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF CF
43	45	May 30	KCR		TEX	W,12-7	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
44	46	May 31	KCR		TEX	L,2-3	CG	38	10.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	47	Jun 1	KCR	@	MIL	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
46	48	Jun 2	KCR	@	MIL	L,3-14	CG	46	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
47	49	Jun 3	KCR	@	MIL	L,2-4	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
48	51 (1)	Jun 5	KCR	@	SEA	L,2-7	GS	34	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
49	52	Jun 6	KCR	@	SEA	W,5-2	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR LF
50	53	Jun 7	KCR	@	SEA	W,9-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
51	54	Jun 8	KCR	@	MIN	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
52	55	Jun 9	KCR	@	MIN	L,2-5	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
53	56	Jun 10	KCR	@	MIN	L,3-4	CG	41	9.1	3	0	0	3	0	LF
54	57	Jun 12	KCR		CAL	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
55	58	Jun 13	KCR		CAL	L,0-4	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
56	59	Jun 14	KCR		CAL	L,0-12	CG	49	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
57	60	Jun 15	KCR		OAK	L,6-7	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
58	61	Jun 16	KCR		OAK	L,1-11	CG	46	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
59	62	Jun 17	KCR		OAK	W,10-5	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
60	63	Jun 18	KCR	@	CAL	W,10-4	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
61	64	Jun 19	KCR	@	CAL	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
62	65	Jun 20	KCR	@	CAL	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
63	66	Jun 21	KCR	@	CAL	L,0-8	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
64	67	Jun 22	KCR	@	OAK	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
65	71 (3)	Jun 27	KCR		SEA	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
66	72	Jun 28	KCR		SEA	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
67	73	Jun 29	KCR		MIN	W,3-2	CG	22	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
68	74	Jun 30	KCR		MIN	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
69	75	Jul 1	KCR		MIN	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	LF
70	76	Jul 2	KCR		MIN	W,10-3	GS	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF CF
71	77	Jul 3 (1)	KCR		TOR	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
72	78	Jul 3 (2)	KCR		TOR	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
73	79	Jul 4	KCR		TOR	W,9-1	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
74	80	Jul 5	KCR		TOR	W,4-3	CG	43	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
75	81	Jul 6	KCR	@	CLE	L,7-9	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
76	82	Jul 7	KCR	@	CLE	L,4-6	GS	40	8.1	1	0	0	1	0	LF CF
77	83	Jul 8	KCR	@	CLE	L,8-9	CG	41	8.1	0	0	0	0	0	CF
78	84	Jul 9	KCR	@	TOR	L,1-7	CG	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF
79	85	Jul 10	KCR	@	TOR	L,0-7	GS	27	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
80	86	Jul 11	KCR	@	TOR	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
81	87	Jul 12	KCR	@	TOR	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
82	88	Jul 16	KCR		BAL	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
83	89	Jul 17	KCR		BAL	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
84	90	Jul 18	KCR		BAL	L,7-11	CG	49	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
85	93 (2)	Jul 21	KCR		CLE	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
86	94	Jul 22	KCR		CLE	W,5-1	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
87	95	Jul 23	KCR	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
88	96	Jul 24	KCR	@	BAL	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
89	97	Jul 25	KCR	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
90	98	Jul 26	KCR	@	BAL	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
91	99	Jul 28	KCR	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
92	100	Jul 29	KCR	@	NYY	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
93	101	Jul 30	KCR	@	NYY	L,3-6	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
94	102	Jul 31	KCR		BOS	L,0-4	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
95	103	Aug 1	KCR		BOS	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
96	104	Aug 2	KCR		BOS	W,13-5	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
97	105	Aug 3	KCR	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	42	10.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
98	106	Aug 4	KCR	@	DET	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
99	108 (1)	Aug 7	KCR	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	38	8.2	2	0	0	2	0	LF
100	118 (9)	Aug 17	KCR	@	TEX	W,7-6	GS	37	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	RF
101	119	Aug 18	KCR	@	TEX	L,1-3	CG	33	8.1	0	0	0	0	0	RF
102	122 (2)	Aug 22	KCR	@	MIL	W,8-7	GF	7	2.0	0	0	1	1	0	PR LF
103	126 (3)	Aug 26	KCR		TEX	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
104	127	Aug 27	KCR		TEX	W,3-2	CG	43	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
105	128	Aug 28	KCR	@	CHW	W,9-3	GS	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF CF
106	129	Aug 29	KCR	@	CHW	L,2-7	CG	40	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
107	137 (7)	Sep 6	KCR		CHW	L,4-5	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR CF
108	151 (13)	Sep 21	KCR	@	SEA	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
109	153 (1)	Sep 23	KCR	@	SEA	W,9-0	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
110	158 (4)	Sep 29	KCR		SEA	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
111	159	Sep 30	KCR		SEA	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	RF
112	160	Oct 2	KCR		MIN	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
113	162 (1)	Oct 4	KCR		MIN	W,10-1	GF	19	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
							119gm		939.1	181	9	9	199	1