What years did Edwin Jackson play?

Edwin Jackson played in Major League Baseball from 2003 to 2019.

Was Edwin Jackson a pitcher?

Yes. Edwin Jackson pitched in the major leagues, recording 107 wins and 1508 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Edwin Jackson hit?

Edwin Jackson hit 2 career home runs with 49 hits.

Edwin Jackson

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2003-2019)

W–L 107–133

ERA 4.78

WHIP 1.47

SO 1,508

Pitcher PIV -15288.6

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'2" / 215 lb
Born: 9/9/1983 in Neu-Ulm, Bavaria, West Germany
MLB Debut: 2003-09-09
Last Game: 2019-09-28
Awards: All-Star

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Career Pitching Statistics

W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
107	133	412	318	5	3	1	1960.0	2,094	1,040	249	779	1,508	4.78	-15288.6

Career ERA 4.78 vs. league average 4.21 across their career seasons — 13.4% worse than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
2003	LAN	NL	2	1	4	3	0	0	0	22.0	17	6	11	19	2.45	4.40 (+44%)	153.2
2004	LAN	NL	2	1	8	5	0	0	0	24.7	31	20	11	16	7.30	4.46 (-63%)	-1427.2
2005	LAN	NL	2	2	7	6	0	0	0	28.7	31	20	17	13	6.28	4.29 (-46%)	-439.2
2006	TBA	AL	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	36.3	42	22	25	27	5.45	4.53 (-20%)	3.6
2007	TBA	AL	5	15	32	31	1	1	0	161.0	195	103	88	128	5.76	4.47 (-29%)	-1710.2
2008	TBA	AL	14	11	32	31	0	0	0	183.3	199	90	77	108	4.42	4.32 (-2%)	-2537.7
2009	DET	AL	13	9	33	33	1	0	0	214.0	200	86	70	161	3.62	4.32 (+16%)	210.9
2010	ARI	NL	6	10	21	21	1	1	0	134.3	141	77	60	104	5.16	4.08 (-26%)	-539.1
2010	CHA	AL	4	2	11	11	0	0	0	75.0	73	27	18	77	3.24	4.08 (+21%)	1727.7
2011	CHA	AL	7	7	19	19	1	1	0	121.7	134	53	39	97	3.92	3.94 (+1%)	2167.2
2011	SLN	NL	5	2	13	12	0	0	0	78.0	91	31	23	51	3.58	3.94 (+9%)	-136.8
2012	WAS	NL	10	11	31	31	1	0	0	189.7	173	85	58	168	4.03	4.01 (avg)	817.6
2013	CHN	NL	8	18	31	31	0	0	0	175.3	197	97	59	135	4.98	3.87 (-29%)	346.0
2014	CHN	NL	6	15	28	27	0	0	0	140.7	168	99	63	123	6.33	3.74 (-69%)	-2510.5
2015	CHN	NL	2	1	23	0	0	0	0	31.0	30	11	12	23	3.19	3.96 (+19%)	821.8
2015	ATL	NL	2	2	24	0	0	0	1	24.7	14	8	9	17	2.92	3.96 (+26%)	-614.5
2016	MIA	NL	0	1	8	0	0	0	0	10.7	13	7	6	7	5.91	4.19 (-41%)	-471.8
2016	SDN	NL	5	6	13	13	0	0	0	73.3	79	48	35	54	5.89	4.19 (-41%)	-1987.2
2017	BAL	AL	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	5.0	11	4	4	2	7.20	—	0.0
2017	WAS	NL	5	6	13	13	0	0	0	71.0	75	40	25	58	5.07	4.36 (-16%)	-2694.4
2018	OAK	AL	6	3	17	17	0	0	0	92.0	75	34	37	68	3.33	4.15 (+20%)	-1152.1
2019	TOR	AL	1	5	8	5	0	0	0	28.3	49	35	13	19	11.12	4.51 (-147%)	-3160.6
2019	DET	AL	2	5	10	8	0	0	0	39.3	56	37	19	33	8.47	4.51 (-88%)	-2155.6
Career · 23 seasons			107	133	412	318	5	3	1	1,960.0	2,094	1,040	779	1,508	4.78	—	-15,289

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
429	297	24	49	4	0	2	13	1	14	128	.165	.202	.199	.401	-794

Career AVG .165 vs. league average .259 across their career seasons — 36.2% below league average.

Career OBP .202 vs. league average .326 across their career seasons — 38.0% below league average.

Career SLG .199 vs. league average .414 across their career seasons — 52.0% below league average.

Career OPS .401 vs. league average .740 across their career seasons — 45.9% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
2003	LAN	NL	4	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2004	LAN	NL	8	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	.250	—	—	—	—	0.0
2005	LAN	NL	10	10	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	2	.200	—	—	—	—	0.0
2006	TBA	AL	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2007	TBA	AL	32	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	—	—	—	—	0.0
2008	TBA	AL	32	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2009	DET	AL	33	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2010	ARI	NL	22	38	5	6	0	1	3	0	2	22	.158	—	—	—	—	0.0
2010	CHA	AL	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2011	CHA	AL	19	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2011	SLN	NL	13	26	2	8	0	0	2	0	1	8	.308	—	—	—	—	0.0
2012	WAS	NL	34	57	6	13	0	0	0	0	3	21	.228	.254 (-10%)	.318 (-16%)	.405 (-44%)	.724 (-32%)	-273.1
2013	CHN	NL	31	52	4	4	1	1	4	0	2	17	.077	.253 (-70%)	.317 (-65%)	.396 (-61%)	.714 (-63%)	-520.7
2014	CHN	NL	29	40	2	7	2	0	0	0	0	21	.175	—	—	—	—	0.0
2015	CHN	NL	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2015	ATL	NL	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2016	MIA	NL	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2016	SDN	NL	16	23	2	5	1	0	2	1	3	11	.217	—	—	—	—	0.0
2017	BAL	AL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2017	WAS	NL	19	21	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	15	.095	—	—	—	—	0.0
2018	OAK	AL	17	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2019	TOR	AL	8	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2019	DET	AL	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 23 seasons			429	297	24	49	4	2	13	1	14	128	.165	—	—	—	—	-794

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
10	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.200

Playoff Batting by Year

Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	SO	AVG
2012	NLDS1	WAS	2	1	0	0	0	.000
2011	NLCS	SLN	2	2	1	1	1	.500
2011	NLDS1	SLN	1	2	0	0	1	.000
2011	WS	SLN	2	0	0	0	0	.000
2008	ALCS	TBA	2	0	0	0	0	.000
2008	WS	TBA	1	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1	2	9	5	0	28.0	30	17	15	23	5.46

Playoff Pitching by Year

Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2012	NLDS1	WAS	0	1	2	1	6.0	9	5	3	6	7.50
2011	NLCS	SLN	0	0	2	2	6.3	11	6	1	5	8.53
2011	NLDS1	SLN	1	0	1	1	6.0	5	2	1	4	3.00
2011	WS	SLN	0	1	1	1	5.3	3	3	7	3	5.06
2008	ALCS	TBA	0	0	2	0	2.3	0	0	2	4	0.00
2008	WS	TBA	0	0	1	0	2.0	2	1	1	1	4.50

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	215	142	12	25	1	9	.176
Away	214	155	12	24	1	4	.155

Pitching — Home / Away

Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	208	980.0	1037	520	395	778	4.78
Away	204	980.0	1057	520	384	730	4.78

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2019-09-28	DET	CHW	—	3.0	4	3	3	2	2	2
2019-09-19	DET	CLE	—	0.2	1	0	0	1	1	0
2019-09-15	DET	BAL	L	5.0	7	5	5	2	5	1
2019-09-10	DET	NYY	—	2.0	6	6	6	1	2	2
2019-09-04	DET	KCR	L	5.0	9	4	4	1	3	1
2019-08-30	DET	MIN	L	2.1	7	8	6	3	1	0
2019-08-24	DET	MIN	L	5.0	7	6	6	2	5	2
2019-08-19	DET	HOU	L	5.0	7	5	4	4	6	0
2019-08-14	DET	SEA	W	5.0	4	2	2	1	4	2
2019-08-09	DET	KCR	W	6.1	4	1	1	2	4	1

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	412	318	144	187	31	17

Season-by-Season Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
2003	LAN	P	4	3	0	3	0	0
2004	LAN	P	8	5	2	6	0	1
2005	LAN	P	7	6	0	2	0	0
2006	TBA	P	23	1	3	3	0	1
2007	TBA	P	32	31	11	14	2	0
2008	TBA	P	32	31	19	11	1	5
2009	DET	P	33	33	16	11	4	3
2010	ARI	P	21	21	11	13	3	0
2010	CHA	P	11	11	6	2	2	0
2011	CHA	P	19	19	4	18	2	0
2011	SLN	P	13	12	8	10	1	2
2012	WAS	P	31	31	17	20	3	1
2013	CHN	P	31	31	16	24	4	1
2014	CHN	P	28	27	12	20	1	1
2015	CHN	P	23	0	2	4	1	0
2015	ATL	P	24	0	0	2	0	0
2016	MIA	P	8	0	1	1	0	0
2016	SDN	P	13	13	4	4	2	0
2017	BAL	P	3	0	0	0	1	0
2017	WAS	P	13	13	1	7	1	0
2018	OAK	P	17	17	6	10	2	2
2019	TOR	P	8	5	3	2	0	0
2019	DET	P	10	8	2	0	1	0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

Circle size = games played at each position.

Position	Games
Pitcher	412

Awards & Honors

Year	Award	Notes
2010	Player of the Week	Week of 2010-06-27

Salary History

Year	Team	League	Salary
2016	MIA	NL	$507,500
2015	CHN	NL	$13,000,000
2014	CHN	NL	$11,000,000
2013	CHN	NL	$13,000,000
2012	WAS	NL	$10,957,715
2011	CHA	AL	$8,750,000
2010	ARI	NL	$4,600,000
2009	DET	AL	$2,200,000
2008	TBA	AL	$412,700
2007	TBA	AL	$392,300
Total Career Earnings			$64,820,215

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Frequently Asked Questions about Edwin Jackson

What years did Edwin Jackson play?: Edwin Jackson played in Major League Baseball from 2003 to 2019.
Was Edwin Jackson a pitcher?: Yes. Edwin Jackson pitched in the major leagues, recording 107 wins and 1508 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Edwin Jackson hit?: Edwin Jackson hit 2 career home runs with 49 hits.