Edwin Jackson
Born: 9/9/1983 in Neu-Ulm, Bavaria, West Germany
MLB Debut: 2003-09-09 | Final Game: 2019-09-28
Bats: R | Throws: R | Height: 6'2" | Weight: 215 lbs
Biography
Edwin Jackson was a talented pitcher whose career spanned from 2003 to 2019, making a significant impact in Major League Baseball. Born in 1983, Jackson made his debut with the Los Angeles Dodgers and immediately showcased his potential on the mound. Over his 16-year career, he compiled a record of 107 wins and 133 losses, with an earned run average (ERA) of 4.78. Jackson demonstrated his ability to miss bats, amassing a total of 1,508 strikeouts and recording one save, highlighting his versatility as a pitcher.
In addition to his impressive statistics, Jackson was selected as an All-Star during his career, a testament to his skill and competitiveness. He played during an era characterized by an emphasis on offensive power, and his ability to navigate through lineups made him a valuable asset to the teams he played for. Jackson's journey through baseball included stints with multiple franchises, showcasing his adaptability and resilience in a sport often defined by high pressure and performance expectations. His legacy is marked by his durability and the diverse experiences he brought to the game, making him a noteworthy figure in baseball history.
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 | 2094 | 1040 | 249 | 779 | 1508 | 4.78 | 0 |
Season-by-Season Pitching
| Year | Team | Lg | W | L | G | GS | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | ER | BB | SO | ERA | Pitcher PIV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | LAD | NL | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 2.45 | - |
| 2004 | LAD | NL | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.7 | 31 | 20 | 11 | 16 | 7.30 | - |
| 2005 | LAD | NL | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28.7 | 31 | 20 | 17 | 13 | 6.28 | - |
| 2006 | TBR | AL | 0 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36.3 | 42 | 22 | 25 | 27 | 5.45 | - |
| 2007 | TBR | AL | 5 | 15 | 32 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 161.0 | 195 | 103 | 88 | 128 | 5.76 | - |
| 2008 | TBR | AL | 14 | 11 | 32 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 183.3 | 199 | 90 | 77 | 108 | 4.42 | - |
| 2009 | DET | AL | 13 | 9 | 33 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 214.0 | 200 | 86 | 70 | 161 | 3.62 | 210.9 |
| 2010 | AZ | NL | 6 | 10 | 21 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 134.3 | 141 | 77 | 60 | 104 | 5.16 | - |
| 2010 | CHW | AL | 4 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75.0 | 73 | 27 | 18 | 77 | 3.24 | - |
| 2011 | CHW | AL | 7 | 7 | 19 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 121.7 | 134 | 53 | 39 | 97 | 3.92 | - |
| 2011 | STL | NL | 5 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78.0 | 91 | 31 | 23 | 51 | 3.58 | - |
| 2012 | WAS | NL | 10 | 11 | 31 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 189.7 | 173 | 85 | 58 | 168 | 4.03 | 817.6 |
| 2013 | CHC | NL | 8 | 18 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 175.3 | 197 | 97 | 59 | 135 | 4.98 | - |
| 2014 | CHC | NL | 6 | 15 | 28 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 140.7 | 168 | 99 | 63 | 123 | 6.33 | - |
| 2015 | ATL | NL | 2 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24.7 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 2.92 | -617.6 |
| 2015 | CHC | NL | 2 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31.0 | 30 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 3.19 | - |
| 2016 | MIA | NL | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.7 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5.91 | -472.8 |
| 2016 | SDP | NL | 5 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 73.3 | 79 | 48 | 35 | 54 | 5.89 | - |
| 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 | -2733.7 |
| 2018 | OAK | AL | 6 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 92.0 | 75 | 34 | 37 | 68 | 3.33 | -1173.9 |
| 2019 | DET | AL | 2 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.3 | 56 | 37 | 19 | 33 | 8.47 | -2173.0 |
| 2019 | TOR | AL | 1 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28.3 | 49 | 35 | 13 | 19 | 11.12 | -3179.0 |
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 | 0.165 | 0.202 | 0.199 | 0.401 | -840.9 |
Season-by-Season Batting
| Year | Team | Lg | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | PIV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | LAD | NL | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.000 | 0.0 |
| 2004 | LAD | NL | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.250 | 0.0 |
| 2005 | LAD | NL | 10 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.200 | 0.0 |
| 2006 | TBR | AL | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0.0 |
| 2007 | TBR | AL | 32 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.500 | 0.0 |
| 2008 | TBR | AL | 32 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.000 | 0.0 |
| 2009 | DET | AL | 33 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.000 | 0.0 |
| 2010 | AZ | NL | 22 | 38 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 0.158 | 0.0 |
| 2010 | CHW | AL | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0.0 |
| 2011 | CHW | AL | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 0.0 |
| 2011 | STL | NL | 13 | 26 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0.308 | 0.0 |
| 2012 | WAS | NL | 34 | 57 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 0.228 | -290.4 |
| 2013 | CHC | NL | 31 | 52 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 0.077 | -550.6 |
| 2014 | CHC | NL | 29 | 40 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0.175 | 0.0 |
| 2015 | ATL | NL | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.0 |
| 2015 | CHC | NL | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0.0 |
| 2016 | MIA | NL | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0.0 |
| 2016 | SDP | NL | 16 | 23 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 0.217 | 0.0 |
| 2017 | BAL | AL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0.0 |
| 2017 | WAS | NL | 19 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0.095 | 0.0 |
| 2018 | OAK | AL | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.0 |
| 2019 | DET | AL | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0.0 |
| 2019 | TOR | AL | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.000 | 0.0 |
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 | 0.200 |
Playoff Batting by Year
| Year | Round | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | NLDS1 | WAS | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 |
| 2011 | WS | SLN | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 2011 | NLDS1 | SLN | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 |
| 2011 | NLCS | SLN | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.500 |
| 2008 | ALCS | TBA | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 2008 | WS | TBA | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | SV | IP | H | ER | BB | SO | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | NLDS1 | WAS | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6.0 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 7.50 |
| 2011 | NLCS | SLN | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6.3 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 8.53 |
| 2011 | NLDS1 | SLN | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6.0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3.00 |
| 2011 | WS | SLN | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5.3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 5.06 |
| 2008 | ALCS | TBA | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0.00 |
| 2008 | WS | TBA | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4.50 |
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 | ATL | P | 24 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | CHN | P | 23 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 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 | DET | P | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | TOR | P | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Career Games by 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 | ||