Jackie Jensen

Right Field

1950—1961

jackie-jensen
Player LeveL
Star
Top 100 Rank
NR
Right Field RANK
#89

Player Detail

Jack Eugene
GIVEN NAME
Jensen
SURNAME
March 9, 1927, in San Francisco, CA
BORN
July 14, 1982, in Charlottesville, VA, USA
DIED
1950—1961
Playing Career
Played from 23-34
PLAYING AGE
New York Yankees
Washington Senators
Boston Red Sox
Teams Played For
Right Field
PRIMARY POSITION
Boston Red Sox
PRIMARY TEAM
NONE
World Series titles
Golden Boy
NICKNAME
4
UNIFORM NUMBER
#5 IN LINEUP
BATTING ORDER
5-11 / 190
HEIGHT / WEIGHT
Right / Right
BATTED / THREW
April 18, 1950
Major League Debut
October 1, 1961
FINAL GAME

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60

HITTING

60

POWER

60

RUNNING

50

FIELDING

70

THROWING
20 = NOT MLB CALIBER
30 = WELL BELOW AVG
40 = Below Average
50 = MLB AVERAGE
60 = ABOVE AVG
70 = EXCELLENT
80 = RARE, ELITE

Career Stats

GAMES HITS HR RBI AVG
1438
1463
199
929
.279
3 ALL-STAR SELECTIONS
1958 AL MVP

VS. HALL OF FAMERS

JAWS JAWS BY HOFER
25.5
58.5

PLAYER JAWS COMPARED TO HOF PLAYER AT HIS POSITION. JAWS = AVERAGE OF CAREER WAR & WAR7.

VS. HIS PEERS

OPS LG OPS COMP
.829
.772
107.8

PLAYER OPS COMPARED TO AVERAGE PLAYER AT HIS POSITION IN HIS LEAGUE AND ERA. OPS = ON-BASE + SLUGGING.

SLASH LINE

AVG OBP SLG
.279
.369
.460

FOR THE TRADITIONALISTS.

Contemporaries

Hank Bauer
Jim Lemon
Jim Rivera
Al Kaline

HOME BATTING

AVG OBP SLG
.288
.384
.480

TEAMMATE TEAM

CATCHER:
First Base:
Second Base:
Shortstop:
Third Base:
Left Field:
Center Field:
Right Field:
Pitcher:
pitcher:
manager:
COMING SOON

Jackie Jensen Per Season

PER 600 PLATE APPEARANCES COMPARED TO Contemporaries AT HIS POSITION

AB H R 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB TB TRB AVG OBP SLG OPS
Jensen
517
144
80
26
4
20
92
74
54
14
238
221
.279
.369
.460
829
AVG RF
528
142
76
24
5
16
62
67
6
224
207
.270
.348
.424
.772

Jackie Jensen Rankings

AT Right Field BY THESE SOURCES

BASEBALL EGG HALL OF STATS BASEBALL SCHOLAR JAWS BILL JAMES
89
94
77
84
94
Updated THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2020

AT Right Field BY VALUE

CAREER LONG PEAK PRIME SHORT PEAK
84
88
80
92
CAREER WAR
WAR7
WAR 5 CONSECUTIVE
WAR3

Jackie Jensen PLAYER VALUE

WAR COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WAR7 WAR5C WAR3 WAR PER SN
27.9
23.2
18.3
13.2
3.14
73.7
43.4
30.3
21.5
5.03
BLUE = Jackie Jensen
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME RF

WIN SHARES COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WIN SHARES 7 WIN SHARES 5C WIN SHARES 3 WS PER SN
187.3
147.1
UNK
70.8
21.1
389.8
205.2
143.3
96.9
26.7
BLUE = Jackie Jensen
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME RF