Jackie Jensen
Jackie Jensen
Full name: Jack Eugene Jensen
Born: March 9, 1927, San Francisco, California
Died July 14, 1982, Charlottesville, Virginia
Buried at Amherst Cemetery, Amherst, Virginia
First Game: April 18, 1950; Final Game: October 1, 1961
Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 5' 11" Weight: 190
AL MVP (1958)
TSN AL Player of the Year (1958)
AL Gold Glove as RF (1959)
Jackie Jensen
Top Performances
Pitcher Matchups
Batting Record Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team Team
1950 NY A 45 70 13 12 2 2 1 5 7 8 0 1 3 4 0 .171 .247 .300 -0.7 1950 NY A
1951 NY A 56 168 30 50 8 1 8 25 18 18 1 1 1 8 2 .298 .369 .500 0.9 1951 NY A
1952 NY A 7 19 3 2 1 1 0 2 4 4 0 0 1 1 0 .105 .261 .263 -0.2 1952 NY A
1952 WAS A 144 570 80 163 29 5 10 80 63 40 3 5 15 17 6 .286 .360 .407 1.4 1952 WAS A
1952 TOT A 151 589 83 165 30 6 10 82 67 44 3 5 16 18 6 .280 .357 .402 1.2 1952 TOT A
1953 WAS A 147 552 87 147 32 8 10 84 73 51 5 1 19 18 8 .266 .357 .408 -0.5 1953 WAS A
1954 BOS A 152 580 92 160 25 7 25 117 79 52 2 1 11 32 22 7 .276 .359 .472 -0.3 1954 BOS A
1955 BOS A 152 574 95 158 27 6 26 116 89 8 63 3 3 12 20 16 7 .275 .369 .479 0.6 1955 BOS A
1956 BOS A 151 578 80 182 23 11 20 97 89 5 43 1 1 4 23 11 3 .315 .405 .497 1.1 1956 BOS A
1957 BOS A 145 544 82 153 29 2 23 103 75 3 66 2 1 5 22 8 5 .281 .367 .469 1.3 1957 BOS A
1958 BOS A 154 548 83 157 31 0 35 122 99 7 65 3 1 4 13 9 4 .286 .396 .535 3.0 1958 BOS A
1959 BOS A 148 535 101 148 31 0 28 112 88 3 67 0 1 12 20 20 5 .277 .372 .492 3.1 1959 BOS A
1961 BOS A Daily Splits 137 498 64 131 21 2 13 66 66 2 69 3 2 4 0 4 16 9 8 .263 .350 .392 -0.5 1961 BOS A
Total Splits 1438 5236 810 1463 259 45 199 929 750 28i 546 23 18 52i 0i 4i185 143 55 .279 .369 .460 9.2 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team Team
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World Series Batting Record World Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1950 NY A Daily 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1950 NY A
All-Star Game Batting Record All-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1952 AL Daily 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1952 AL
1955 AL Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1955 AL
1958 AL Daily Splits 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1958 AL
Total Splits 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
Fielding Record Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
1950 NY A OF 23 36 0 2 0 .947 17 0 7
1951 NY A OF 48 106 6 3 1 .974 21 27 1
1952 NY A OF 5 8 0 0 0 1.000 0 5 0
1952 WAS A OF 143 283 17 7 1 .977 0 7 142
1952 TOT A CF -
1952 TOT A OF 148 291 17 7 1 .978 0 12 142
1953 WAS A OF 146 274 9 5 0 .983 0 1 145
1954 BOS A OF 151 331 12 5 0 .986 8 106 44
1955 BOS A OF 150 281 11 7 3 .977 0 0 150
1956 BOS A OF 151 291 13 12 2 .962 0 0 151
1957 BOS A OF 144 251 16 11 4 .960 4 0 143
1958 BOS A OF 153 293 14 6 3 .981 2 0 153
1959 BOS A OF 146 311 12 6 4 .982 0 7 142
1961 BOS A Daily OF 131 131 131 1164.1 274 14 4 2 0 .986 2 0 129
1961 BOS A RF 129 129 129 1147.1 271 12 3 2 0 .990
1961 BOS A LF 2 2 2 17 4 1 1 0 0 .833
Total OF 1391 131i 131i 1164.1i 2739 124 68 20 0i .977 54 153 1207
Total RF 129i 129i 129i 1147.1i 271i 12i 3i 2i 0i .990
Total LF 2i 2i 2i 17 i 4i 1i 1i 0i 0i .833
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
World Series Fielding Record World Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
All-Star Game Fielding Record All-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
1952 AL Daily OF 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 1
1952 AL RF 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -
1958 AL Daily OF 1 1 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 1
1958 AL RF 1 1 1 9 1 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total OF 2 1 1 10 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 2
Total RF 2 1 1 10 1 0 0 0 0 1.000
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
Transactions Transactions
Sold by Oakland (PCL) to New York Yankees with Billy Martin (October 13, 1949 ).
Traded by New York Yankees with Spec Shea , Jerry Snyder and Archie Wilson to
Washington Senators in exchange for Irv Noren and Tom Upton (May 3, 1952 ).
Traded by Washington Senators to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Mickey McDermott and
Tom Umphlett (December 9, 1953 ).
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