What years did Jerry Royster play?

Jerry Royster played in Major League Baseball from 1973 to 1988.

Was Jerry Royster a pitcher?

No. Jerry Royster was a position player (Third Baseman).

How many home runs did Jerry Royster hit?

Jerry Royster hit 40 career home runs with 1049 hits.

What was Jerry Royster's career batting average?

Jerry Royster batted .249 over his career, with 1,049 hits in 4,208 at bats.

How many RBI did Jerry Royster have?

Jerry Royster drove in 352 runs in his career.

Is Jerry Royster in the Hall of Fame?

No. Jerry Royster has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Jerry Royster

Third Baseman · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1973-1988)

Jerry Royster was a third baseman who played in Major League Baseball from 1973 to 1988 for 5 teams, including the Los Angeles Dodgers, a span of 16 seasons. In 1,428 career games, he hit .249 with 1,049 hits, 40 home runs, and 352 RBI.

AVG (Batting Average):: Hits divided by at bats. .300 is the traditional mark of an excellent hitter.
HR (Home Runs):: Hits on which the batter circled the bases and scored, almost always by clearing the outfield fence.
RBI (Runs Batted In):: Runs that scored as a direct result of a batter's plate appearance.
OPS (On-Base Plus Slugging):: On-base percentage plus slugging percentage, the quickest single summary of offensive value. .900 or better is star-level.

Data updated October 12, 2026

AVG .249

HR 40

RBI 352

H 1,049

OPS .648

PIV -5,440

Position: Third Baseman
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'0" / 165 lb
Born: 10/18/1952 in Sacramento, CA, USA
MLB Debut: 1973-08-14
Last Game: 1988-09-28

Full name: Jeron Kennis Royster

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Career Batting Statistics

Jerry Royster — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
1,428	4,208	552	1,049	165	33	40	352	189	411	534	.249	.315	.333	.648	-5,440

Career AVG .249 vs. league average .259 across their career seasons — near league average.

Career OBP .315 vs. league average .325 across their career seasons — near league average.

Career SLG .333 vs. league average .386 across their career seasons — 13.7% below league average.

Career OPS .648 vs. league average .710 across their career seasons — 8.8% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Jerry Royster 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
1973	LAN	NL	10	19	1	4	0	0	0	2	1	0	5	.211	—	—	—	—	0.0
1974	LAN	NL	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1975	LAN	NL	13	36	2	9	2	1	0	1	1	1	3	.250	—	—	—	—	0.0
1976	ATL	NL	149	533	65	132	13	1	5	45	24	52	53	.248	.255 (-3%)	.320 (-2%)	.360 (-16%)	.681 (-9%)	-679.0
1977	ATL	NL	140	445	64	96	10	2	6	28	28	38	67	.216	.264 (-18%)	.329 (-15%)	.401 (-28%)	.730 (-22%)	-1565.9
1978	ATL	NL	140	529	67	137	17	8	2	35	27	56	49	.259	.257 (avg)	.323 (+2%)	.378 (-12%)	.702 (-5%)	-369.6
1979	ATL	NL	154	601	103	164	25	6	3	51	35	62	59	.273	.265 (+3%)	.329 (+2%)	.397 (-12%)	.727 (-6%)	-475.1
1980	ATL	NL	123	392	42	95	17	5	1	20	22	37	48	.242	.264 (-8%)	.326 (-5%)	.387 (-18%)	.714 (-12%)	-716.6
1981	ATL	NL	64	93	13	19	4	1	0	9	7	7	14	.204	.255 (-20%)	.320 (-20%)	.368 (-27%)	.688 (-24%)	-348.3
1982	ATL	NL	108	261	43	77	13	2	2	25	14	22	36	.295	.261 (+13%)	.324 (+8%)	.388 (-1%)	.712 (+3%)	170.7
1983	ATL	NL	91	268	32	63	10	3	3	30	11	28	35	.235	.260 (-10%)	.324 (-6%)	.389 (-16%)	.714 (-11%)	-464.4
1984	ATL	NL	81	227	22	47	13	2	1	21	6	15	41	.207	.259 (-20%)	.322 (-20%)	.384 (-23%)	.707 (-22%)	-818.7
1985	SDN	NL	90	249	31	70	13	2	5	31	6	32	31	.281	.257 (+9%)	.323 (+12%)	.390 (+5%)	.714 (+8%)	438.6
1986	SDN	NL	118	257	31	66	12	0	5	26	3	32	45	.257	.257 (avg)	.325 (+3%)	.395 (-8%)	.720 (-3%)	-90.7
1987	CHA	AL	55	154	25	37	11	0	7	23	2	19	28	.240	.262 (-9%)	.331 (-2%)	.415 (+8%)	.746 (+3%)	76.6
1987	NYA	AL	18	42	1	15	2	0	0	4	2	4	4	.357	—	—	—	—	76.6
1988	ATL	NL	68	102	8	18	3	0	0	1	0	6	16	.176	.254 (-31%)	.317 (-30%)	.377 (-45%)	.695 (-38%)	-597.1
Career · 17 seasons			1,428	4,208	552	1,049	165	33	40	352	189	411	534	.249	—	—	—	—	-5,363

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

Jerry Royster — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
3	11	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	.182

Playoff Batting by Year

Jerry Royster — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1982	NLCS	ATL	3	11	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	.182

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

Jerry Royster — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	714	2032	304	548	23	198	.270
Away	714	2176	248	501	17	154	.230

Last 10 Games — Batting

Jerry Royster — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	R	SO
1988-09-28	ATL	HOU	W	0	0	0
1988-09-20	ATL	SFG	L	1	0	0
1988-09-19	ATL	SFG	W	1	0	1
1988-09-17	ATL	SDP	W	0	0	0
1988-09-12	ATL	LAD	L	1	0	0
1988-09-11	ATL	SDP	L	1	0	0
1988-09-09	ATL	SDP	W	1	0	0
1988-09-07	ATL	SFG	W	0	0	0
1988-09-05	ATL	LAD	L	0	0	0
1988-09-02	ATL	PIT	W	0	1	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Jerry Royster — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
2B	416	341	848	1066	58	225
3B	634	417	465	950	73	83
OF	153	120	228	7	8	3
SS	187	142	237	480	37	80

Season-by-Season Fielding

Jerry Royster — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1973	LAN	2B	1	0	1	0	0	0
1973	LAN	3B	6	5	2	14	3	1
1974	LAN	2B	1	0	0	2	0	0
1974	LAN	3B	1	0	0	0	0	0
1974	LAN	OF	1	0	0	1	0	0
1975	LAN	2B	4	2	5	11	0	3
1975	LAN	3B	3	2	1	4	2	1
1975	LAN	OF	7	5	6	0	0	0
1975	LAN	SS	1	0	0	0	0	0
1976	ATL	3B	148	143	156	306	18	35
1976	ATL	SS	2	1	2	4	1	0
1977	ATL	2B	38	30	76	85	7	14
1977	ATL	3B	56	38	46	76	6	6
1977	ATL	OF	1	0	0	0	0	0
1977	ATL	SS	51	37	60	106	15	20
1978	ATL	2B	75	73	186	193	10	39
1978	ATL	3B	1	0	0	0	0	0
1978	ATL	SS	60	60	98	183	13	27
1979	ATL	2B	77	70	170	224	7	50
1979	ATL	3B	80	76	91	181	15	12
1980	ATL	2B	49	46	108	129	13	30
1980	ATL	3B	48	7	15	37	0	1
1980	ATL	OF	41	41	72	0	5	1
1981	ATL	2B	13	8	20	28	2	7
1981	ATL	3B	24	8	15	23	2	2
1982	ATL	2B	16	9	21	34	3	8
1982	ATL	3B	62	23	31	51	5	3
1982	ATL	OF	25	24	39	2	2	1
1982	ATL	SS	10	5	14	25	1	8
1983	ATL	2B	26	15	42	51	1	17
1983	ATL	3B	47	27	26	68	6	5
1983	ATL	OF	18	16	25	0	1	0
1983	ATL	SS	13	10	19	37	2	7
1984	ATL	2B	29	21	51	95	4	15
1984	ATL	3B	17	10	14	19	2	0
1984	ATL	OF	11	9	14	1	0	1
1984	ATL	SS	16	12	20	47	3	7
1985	SDN	2B	58	50	112	165	7	33
1985	SDN	3B	29	8	13	24	1	1
1985	SDN	OF	2	0	1	0	0	0
1985	SDN	SS	7	4	4	25	0	3
1986	SDN	2B	21	13	39	37	4	7
1986	SDN	3B	59	35	25	83	8	9
1986	SDN	OF	7	0	4	0	0	0
1986	SDN	SS	24	12	19	46	2	7
1987	CHA	2B	5	3	12	5	0	1
1987	CHA	3B	30	24	22	41	2	4
1987	CHA	OF	13	9	22	1	0	0
1987	NYA	2B	1	1	5	6	0	1
1987	NYA	3B	13	9	4	16	2	2
1987	NYA	OF	1	1	0	0	0	0
1987	NYA	SS	1	1	1	6	0	1
1988	ATL	2B	2	0	0	1	0	0
1988	ATL	3B	10	2	4	7	1	1
1988	ATL	OF	26	15	45	2	0	0
1988	ATL	SS	2	0	0	1	0	0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Jerry Royster Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Second Base	417
Third Base	636
Shortstop	189
Left Field	124
Center Field	21
Right Field	9
Designated Hitter	4

Salary History

Jerry Royster — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
1988	NYA	AL	$275,000
1987	CHA	AL	$260,000
1986	SDN	NL	$362,500
1985	SDN	NL	$325,000
Total Career Earnings			$1,222,500

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Career Spans

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Jerry Royster: the record in brief

Jerry Royster played a first major league game on August 14, 1973 and a last one on September 28, 1988. Royster played for the Los Angeles Dodgers (1973 to 1975), the Atlanta Braves (1976 through 1988), the San Diego Padres (1985 to 1986), the Chicago White Sox (1987), and the New York Yankees (1987). Royster played primarily as a third baseman and batted and threw right-handed. The bio adds a birth date on October 18, 1952, in Sacramento, CA, USA and a listed size of 6-foot-0 and 165 pounds. Royster's full given name, per the bio, is Jeron Kennis Royster.

Royster collected 1,049 hits in 4,208 at bats across 1,428 games, good for a .249 batting average, adding 40 homers, 352 RBI, and 189 stolen bases. Royster's career OPS of .648 combines a .315 on-base mark with .333 slugging. Royster hit .249 while the league hit .259 over the same span, a figure close to average. The OPS comparison is .648 to a league .710, 8.8% below average. Royster collected a career-high 164 hits in 1979. 1979 brought the most runs batted in, 51.

Frequently Asked Questions about Jerry Royster

What years did Jerry Royster play?: Jerry Royster played in Major League Baseball from 1973 to 1988.
Was Jerry Royster a pitcher?: No. Jerry Royster was a position player (Third Baseman).
How many home runs did Jerry Royster hit?: Jerry Royster hit 40 career home runs with 1049 hits.
What was Jerry Royster's career batting average?: Jerry Royster batted .249 over his career, with 1,049 hits in 4,208 at bats.
How many RBI did Jerry Royster have?: Jerry Royster drove in 352 runs in his career.
Is Jerry Royster in the Hall of Fame?: No. Jerry Royster has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.