Jackie Jensen stats
Last played for the Boston Red Sox, 1961
Bio
- Debut
- 1950
- AL MVP
- 1958
- AL Gold Glove
- 1959
Bio
- Debut
- 1950
- AL MVP
- 1958
- AL Gold Glove
- 1959
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 1,438
- AB
- 5,236
- R
- 810
- H
- 1,463
- HR
- 199
- RBI
- 929
- SB
- 143
- AVG
- .279
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately. | AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | NYY | 45 | 70 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 4 | .171 |
| 1951 | NYY | 56 | 168 | 30 | 50 | 8 | 25 | 8 | .298 |
| 1952 |  NYY/MIN | 151 | 589 | 83 | 165 | 10 | 82 | 18 | .280 |
| 1953 | MIN | 147 | 552 | 87 | 147 | 10 | 84 | 18 | .266 |
| 1954 | BOS | 152 | 580 | 92 | 160 | 25 | 117 | 22 | .276 |
| 1955 | BOS | 152 | 574 | 95 | 158 | 26 | 116 | 16 | .275 |
| 1956 | BOS | 151 | 578 | 80 | 182 | 20 | 97 | 11 | .315 |
| 1957 | BOS | 145 | 544 | 82 | 153 | 23 | 103 | 8 | .281 |
| 1958 | BOS | 154 | 548 | 83 | 157 | 35 | 122 | 9 | .286 |
| 1959 | BOS | 148 | 535 | 101 | 148 | 28 | 112 | 20 | .277 |
| 1961 | BOS | 137 | 498 | 64 | 131 | 13 | 66 | 9 | .263 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 1
- AB
- 0
- R
- 0
- H
- 0
- HR
- 0
- RBI
- 0
- SB
- 0
- AVG
- .000
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 6,079
- TB
- 2,409
- XBH
- 503
- HBP
- 23
- IBB
- 28
- GIDP
- 0
- P/PA
- 0.00
| PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included. | TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run. | XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs. | HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base. | IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose. | GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better. | P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | NYY | 78 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1951 | NYY | 188 | 84 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1952 | NYY/MIN | 664 | 237 | 46 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1953 | MIN | 631 | 225 | 50 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1954 | BOS | 673 | 274 | 57 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1955 | BOS | 681 | 275 | 59 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 1956 | BOS | 673 | 287 | 54 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 1957 | BOS | 627 | 255 | 54 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1958 | BOS | 655 | 293 | 66 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 1959 | BOS | 636 | 263 | 59 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1961 | BOS | 573 | 195 | 36 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- 25.5
- RC
- 953.5
- RC/27
- 6.60
- ISOP
- .181
- SECA
- .341
- BB/K
- 1.37
- AB/HR
- 26.3
- GO/FO
- 0.00
| WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in. | RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced. | RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs. | ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count. | SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat. | BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline. | AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power. | GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | NYY | -0.5 | 6.1 | 2.8 | .129 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 70 | 0 |
| 1951 | NYY | 1.1 | 32.3 | 7.2 | .202 | 0.3 | 1 | 21 | 0 |
| 1952 | NYY/MIN | 2.8 | 91.7 | 5.7 | .122 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 58.9 | 0 |
| 1953 | MIN | 1.4 | 87.2 | 5.7 | .141 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 55.2 | 0 |
| 1954 | BOS | 3.1 | 106.5 | 6.6 | .197 | 0.4 | 1.5 | 23.2 | 0 |
| 1955 | BOS | 3.1 | 109.5 | 6.7 | .204 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 22.1 | 0 |
| 1956 | BOS | 3.6 | 121.5 | 8.1 | .182 | 0.3 | 2.1 | 28.9 | 0 |
| 1957 | BOS | 1.6 | 98.5 | 6.6 | .188 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 23.7 | 0 |
| 1958 | BOS | 4.6 | 120.5 | 8.1 | .248 | 0.4 | 1.5 | 15.7 | 0 |
| 1959 | BOS | 4.2 | 106.6 | 7.1 | .215 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 19.1 | 0 |
| 1961 | BOS | 0.5 | 73.5 | 5.2 | .129 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 38.3 | 0 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
What were Jackie Jensen's career stats?
Jackie Jensen played 11 seasons for the Yankees, the Twins and the Red Sox. He was a career .279 hitter with 1,463 hits, 199 home runs and 929 RBI. His best season was 1956: a .315 batting average, 20 home runs and 97 RBI.
League leaderboards and awards
11 seasons, 1 postseason, 1950 to 1961
Championships ×3
- 1950 World Series with the New York Yankees
- 1951 World Series with the New York Yankees
- 1952 World Series with the New York Yankees