What years did Larry Jackson play?

Larry Jackson played in Major League Baseball from 1955 to 1968.

Was Larry Jackson a pitcher?

Yes. Larry Jackson pitched in the major leagues, recording 194 wins and 1709 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Larry Jackson hit?

Larry Jackson hit 2 career home runs with 170 hits.

What was Larry Jackson's career batting average?

Larry Jackson batted .156 over his career, with 170 hits in 1,089 at bats.

How many RBI did Larry Jackson have?

Larry Jackson drove in 48 runs in his career.

What was Larry Jackson's career ERA?

Larry Jackson finished with a 3.40 career ERA, going 194-183 with 1,709 strikeouts.

Larry Jackson

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1955-1968)

Larry Jackson was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1955 to 1968 for the St. Louis Cardinals, the Chicago Cubs, and the Philadelphia Phillies, a span of 14 seasons. Across 558 career appearances, he went 194-183 with a 3.40 ERA, 1,709 strikeouts, and 20 saves. He also batted .156 with 2 home runs. Larry Jackson was a 4-time All-Star. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 30734.8.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated September 8, 2026

W–L 194–183

ERA 3.40

WHIP 1.24

SO 1,709

Pitcher PIV 30734.8

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'1" / 175 lb
Born: 6/2/1931 in Nampa, ID, USA
Died: 8/28/1990 in Boise, ID, USA
MLB Debut: 1955-04-17
Last Game: 1968-09-27
Awards: 4× All-Star

Full name: Lawrence Curtis Jackson

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Career Pitching Statistics

Larry Jackson — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
194	183	558	429	149	37	20	3262.7	3,206	1,233	259	824	1,709	3.40	30734.8

Career ERA 3.40 vs. league average 3.67 across their career seasons — 7.2% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Larry Jackson Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1955	SLN	NL	9	14	37	25	4	1	2	177.3	189	85	72	88	4.31	4.00 (-8%)	-2571.8
1956	SLN	NL	2	2	51	1	0	0	9	85.3	75	39	45	50	4.11	3.96 (-4%)	843.3
1957	SLN	NL	15	9	41	22	6	2	1	210.3	196	81	57	96	3.47	3.83 (+10%)	666.9
1958	SLN	NL	13	13	49	23	11	1	8	198.0	211	81	51	124	3.68	3.86 (+5%)	1727.5
1959	SLN	NL	14	13	40	37	12	3	0	256.0	271	94	64	145	3.30	3.90 (+15%)	7002.9
1960	SLN	NL	18	13	43	38	14	3	0	282.0	277	109	70	171	3.48	3.82 (+9%)	5327.1
1961	SLN	NL	14	11	33	28	12	3	0	211.0	203	88	56	113	3.75	4.03 (+7%)	2411.7
1962	SLN	NL	16	11	36	35	11	2	0	252.3	267	105	64	112	3.75	3.96 (+5%)	700.6
1963	CHN	NL	14	18	37	37	13	4	0	275.0	256	78	54	153	2.55	3.46 (+26%)	6669.1
1964	CHN	NL	24	11	40	38	19	3	0	297.7	265	104	58	148	3.14	3.58 (+12%)	4998.5
1965	CHN	NL	14	21	39	39	12	4	0	257.3	268	110	57	131	3.85	3.50 (-10%)	-884.9
1966	CHN	NL	0	2	3	2	0	0	0	8.0	14	12	4	5	13.50	—	0.0
1966	PHI	NL	15	13	35	33	12	5	0	247.0	243	82	58	107	2.99	3.52 (+15%)	-560.1
1967	PHI	NL	13	15	40	37	11	4	0	261.7	242	90	54	139	3.10	3.30 (+6%)	2029.2
1968	PHI	NL	13	17	34	34	12	2	0	243.7	229	75	60	127	2.77	2.98 (+7%)	2374.7
Career · 15 seasons			194	183	558	429	149	37	20	3,262.2	3,206	1,233	824	1,709	3.40	—	30,735

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

Larry Jackson — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
599	1,089	77	170	22	6	2	48	2	41	310	.156	.190	.193	.382	-7,448

Career AVG .156 vs. league average .252 across their career seasons — 37.9% below league average.

Career OBP .190 vs. league average .318 across their career seasons — 40.3% below league average.

Career SLG .193 vs. league average .380 across their career seasons — 49.3% below league average.

Career OPS .382 vs. league average .698 across their career seasons — 45.2% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Larry Jackson Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1955	SLN	NL	37	57	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	17	.053	.258 (-80%)	.332 (-70%)	.393 (-87%)	.726 (-79%)	-720.1
1956	SLN	NL	51	11	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	5	.091	—	—	—	—	0.0
1957	SLN	NL	41	72	5	13	1	0	0	2	0	4	20	.181	.257 (-30%)	.323 (-31%)	.391 (-50%)	.715 (-42%)	-463.8
1958	SLN	NL	50	60	4	9	1	0	0	2	0	1	20	.150	.257 (-42%)	.324 (-50%)	.394 (-58%)	.719 (-54%)	-513.0
1959	SLN	NL	54	80	9	9	1	0	0	2	0	2	25	.113	.256 (-56%)	.323 (-59%)	.392 (-68%)	.715 (-64%)	-804.9
1960	SLN	NL	52	95	10	20	0	1	0	3	0	6	21	.211	.255 (-17%)	.323 (-21%)	.387 (-40%)	.711 (-31%)	-456.9
1961	SLN	NL	34	74	9	13	3	2	0	6	0	2	14	.176	.258 (-32%)	.328 (-37%)	.399 (-32%)	.727 (-34%)	-428.6
1962	SLN	NL	36	89	10	15	3	1	0	4	0	7	20	.169	.257 (-35%)	.326 (-25%)	.393 (-43%)	.719 (-35%)	-485.5
1963	CHN	NL	37	87	5	17	5	0	0	6	0	2	24	.195	.246 (-21%)	.308 (-31%)	.371 (-32%)	.680 (-31%)	-425.1
1964	CHN	NL	40	114	2	20	3	0	0	6	0	1	26	.175	.250 (-30%)	.312 (-42%)	.377 (-47%)	.690 (-44%)	-775.4
1965	CHN	NL	49	86	6	11	0	2	1	5	0	5	29	.128	.245 (-48%)	.310 (-43%)	.371 (-44%)	.682 (-44%)	-582.6
1966	CHN	NL	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1966	PHI	NL	36	89	9	13	2	0	1	6	2	3	32	.146	.248 (-41%)	.309 (-44%)	.376 (-46%)	.685 (-45%)	0.0
1967	PHI	NL	42	87	5	14	2	0	0	2	0	2	28	.161	.242 (-34%)	.306 (-41%)	.357 (-49%)	.663 (-45%)	-582.8
1968	PHI	NL	37	85	2	12	1	0	0	3	0	3	27	.141	.236 (-40%)	.298 (-43%)	.340 (-55%)	.638 (-49%)	-595.7
Career · 15 seasons			599	1,089	77	170	22	6	2	48	2	41	310	.156	—	—	—	—	-6,834

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.

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

Larry Jackson — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	312	516	38	76	1	23	.147
Away	287	573	39	94	1	25	.164

Pitching — Home / Away

Larry Jackson — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	287	1662.0	1636	643	414	924	3.48
Away	271	1600.2	1570	591	409	786	3.32

Last 10 Games — Batting

Larry Jackson — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	H	RBI	BB	SO
1968-09-27	PHI	NYN	W	0	0	0	0	0
1968-09-20	PHI	NYN	L	1	0	0	0	0
1968-09-14	PHI	CHC	W	3	1	0	0	0
1968-09-09	PHI	PIT	W	2	1	0	1	0
1968-09-04	PHI	LAD	L	2	0	0	0	1
1968-08-30	PHI	CIN	W	1	1	0	0	0
1968-08-29	PHI	ATL	L	1	0	0	0	1
1968-08-25	PHI	ATL	W	4	1	0	0	2
1968-08-20	PHI	STL	W	4	1	1	0	1
1968-08-11	PHI	LAD	L	2	0	0	0	1

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Larry Jackson — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1968-09-20	PHI	NYN	—	5.1	6	3	3	0	3	0
1968-09-14	PHI	CHC	W	9.0	4	1	1	2	8	0
1968-09-09	PHI	PIT	—	6.2	5	2	2	5	5	0
1968-09-04	PHI	LAD	L	7.0	6	1	1	1	6	0
1968-08-29	PHI	ATL	L	4.2	6	5	5	1	0	2
1968-08-25	PHI	ATL	W	9.0	6	1	1	1	1	1
1968-08-20	PHI	STL	W	9.0	10	2	2	0	5	0
1968-08-11	PHI	LAD	L	8.0	8	1	1	2	0	0
1968-08-06	PHI	SFG	L	8.0	5	4	3	3	5	0
1968-08-01	PHI	STL	L	7.1	5	2	2	3	2	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Larry Jackson — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	558	429	257	656	38	46

Season-by-Season Fielding

Larry Jackson — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1955	SLN	P	37	25	16	30	7	2
1956	SLN	P	51	1	4	26	3	0
1957	SLN	P	41	22	18	53	0	3
1958	SLN	P	49	23	12	22	3	0
1959	SLN	P	40	37	18	37	2	5
1960	SLN	P	43	38	20	38	4	5
1961	SLN	P	33	28	17	42	1	5
1962	SLN	P	36	35	19	50	3	3
1963	CHN	P	37	37	21	58	4	4
1964	CHN	P	40	38	24	85	0	6
1965	CHN	P	39	39	18	58	0	4
1966	CHN	P	3	2	0	3	0	0
1966	PHI	P	35	33	23	47	6	2
1967	PHI	P	40	37	21	64	5	6
1968	PHI	P	34	34	26	43	0	1

Career Games by Position

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Larry Jackson Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	558

College History

Larry Jackson — College History
School Name	City	State	Years Attended
Boise State University	Boise	ID	1950, 1951

Award Voting History

Larry Jackson — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
1964	Cy Young Award	ML	2nd	2.0	20	2
1964	Most Valuable Player	NL	12th	26.0	280	0
1961	Most Valuable Player	NL	22th	1.0	224	0

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Frequently Asked Questions about Larry Jackson

What years did Larry Jackson play?: Larry Jackson played in Major League Baseball from 1955 to 1968.
Was Larry Jackson a pitcher?: Yes. Larry Jackson pitched in the major leagues, recording 194 wins and 1709 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Larry Jackson hit?: Larry Jackson hit 2 career home runs with 170 hits.
What was Larry Jackson's career batting average?: Larry Jackson batted .156 over his career, with 170 hits in 1,089 at bats.
How many RBI did Larry Jackson have?: Larry Jackson drove in 48 runs in his career.
What was Larry Jackson's career ERA?: Larry Jackson finished with a 3.40 career ERA, going 194-183 with 1,709 strikeouts.