Jelly Jackson
1934–1945 · bats R / throws R · CV8, ECG, Homestead Grays, NNS
382G
.202AVG
.264OBP
.257SLG
More career statistics
240H
3HR
116RBI
12SB
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Games | 382 | 325 |
| Batting · At bats | 1,187 | 1,020 |
| Batting · Doubles | 30 | 20 |
| Batting · Hits | 240 | 209 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 7 | 3 |
| Batting · Home runs | 3 | 4 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,337 | 1,117 |
| Batting · Runs | 175 | 149 |
| Batting · RBI | 116 | 51 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 12 | 6 |
| Batting · Triples | 13 | 10 |
| Batting · Walks | 93 | 77 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 382 | 1,337 | 1,187 | 175 | 240 | 30 | 13 | 3 | 116 | 93 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 305 | .202 | .264 | .257 | .521 |
Streaks
9longest hitting streak · 1934-06-24 to 1935-05-11
12longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | 3 extra-base hits | 1945-07-08 | 1 in 462 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 14 | 3 walks | 1940-07-14 | 1 in 192 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 10 | 3 runs scored | 1935-05-18 | 1 in 98 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 154 | 523 | 97 | 1 | 24 | 39 | 2 | .206 | .260 | .256 |
| Away | 171 | 594 | 112 | 3 | 27 | 38 | 4 | .204 | .253 | .255 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 5 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .350 | .333 | .400 |
| May | 73 | 268 | 59 | 1 | 15 | 14 | 0 | .235 | .272 | .279 |
| June | 71 | 245 | 44 | 1 | 14 | 20 | 3 | .201 | .261 | .274 |
| July | 93 | 287 | 51 | 2 | 13 | 24 | 1 | .196 | .261 | .262 |
| August | 65 | 238 | 35 | 0 | 7 | 18 | 1 | .164 | .223 | .178 |
| September | 17 | 54 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .226 | .241 | .302 |
| October | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| philadelphia-stars | 87 | 310 | 60 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 5 | .210 | .252 | .311 |
| newark-eagles | 51 | 168 | 33 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 0 | .210 | .256 | .274 |
| baltimore-elite-giants | 43 | 130 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 1 | .132 | .231 | .132 |
| pittsburgh-crawfords | 38 | 128 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 0 | .205 | .266 | .248 |
| new-york-cubans | 34 | 116 | 24 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 0 | .229 | .293 | .229 |
| new-york-black-yankees | 21 | 77 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | .232 | .273 | .290 |
| BRN | 12 | 42 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .184 | .190 | .211 |
| WEG | 11 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .097 | .147 | .097 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1934 | CV8 | 12 | 45 | 11 | – | – | 1 | .244 | – | – |
| 1935 |  Homestead Grays | 50 | 162 | 26 | 1 | 3 | – | .160 | – | – |
| 1936 | Homestead Grays | 36 | 97 | 19 | – | 1 | 1 | .196 | – | – |
| 1937 | Homestead Grays | 47 | 163 | 41 | 1 | 10 | 1 | .252 | – | – |
| 1938 | Homestead Grays | 41 | 142 | 34 | – | 5 | – | .239 | – | – |
| 1939 | Homestead Grays | 29 | 101 | 18 | 2 | 7 | – | .178 | – | – |
| 1940 | Homestead Grays | 38 | 114 | 22 | – | 9 | 1 | .193 | – | – |
| 1944 | Homestead Grays | 36 | 93 | 18 | – | 5 | – | .194 | – | – |
| 1945 | Homestead Grays | 36 | 103 | 20 | – | 11 | 2 | .194 | – | – |