The New York Mets Hall of Records: Al Jackson

Al Jackson

Alvin Neal Jackson
Batted: Left
Threw: Left
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 165 lbs.
Born: December 25, 1935 in Waco, TX
Signed: 1955 by the Pittsburgh Pirates
Acquired: via the Expansion Draft from the Pirates, October 1961
Departed: traded to the St. Louis Cardinals with Charley Smith for Ken Boyer, October 1965
Acquired: sent from the Cardinals to complete an earlier deal, October 1967; the Cardinals sent a player to be named later (Jackson) for Jack Lamabe
Departed: purchased by the Cincinnati Reds, June 1969
Died: August 18, 2019 in Port St. Lucie, FL

Al was the Mets' pitching ace during the darkest of the dark early days. With any other club, he most certainly would have been a consistent winner. As it was, though, he built a long and enduring relationship with the Mets that continued from 1962 all the way up to the end of the 2000 season, when he retired as the Mets' bullpen coach. Shown here is his card from 1962 Topps; there are more cards pictured below.

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PITCHING RECORD (team-leading totals in red)

YEAR CLUB     G GS CG     IP W L   PCT    H   R ER SO BB ShO SV   ERA
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1959 Pit NL   8   3 0   18.0 0 0 ----   30 14 13 13   8   0 0 6.50
1961 Pit NL   3   2 1   23.2 1 0 1.000   20 10   9 15   4   0 0 3.42
1962 *METS* 36 33 12 231.1 8 20 .286 244 132 113 118 78   4 0 4.40
1963 *METS* 37 34 11 227.0 13 17 .433 237 128 100 142 84   0 1 3.96
1964 *METS* 40 31 11 213.1 11 16 .407 229 115 101 112 60   3 1 4.26
1965 *METS* 37 31 7 205.1 8 20 .286 217 111 99 120 61   3 1 4.34
1966 StL NL 36 30 11 232.2 13 15 .464 222 82 65 90 45   3 0 2.51
1967 StL NL 38 11 1 107.0 9 4 .692 117 61 47 43 29   1 1 3.95
1968 *METS* 25   9 0   92.2 3 7 .300   88 42 38 59 17   0 3 3.69
1969 2teams 42   0 0   38.1 1 0 1.000   45 30 29 26 21   0 3 6.81
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METS TOTALS 184 138 41 980.2 43 80 .350 1033 541 464 561 304 10 6 4.26
OTHER CLUBS 118 46 13 408.2 24 19 .558 416 184 150 177 103   4 4 3.30
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CAREER TOTS 302 184 54 1389.1 67 99 .404 1449 725 614 738 407 14 10 3.98

season highlighted in blue denotes he was selected Rounding Third's Mets Pitcher of the Year

SPLIT SEASONS

YEAR CLUB     G GS CG     IP W L   PCT    H   R ER SO BB ShO SV   ERA
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1969 *METS*   9   0 0   11.0 0 0 ----   18 13 13 10   4   0 0 10.64
1969 Cin NL 33   0 0   27.1 1 0 1.000   27 17 16 16 17   0 3 5.27

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This is a list of the Al Jackson cards that I already have in my collection. If you have any cards that are not listed here, and you are willing to donate or trade them, contact me at Rounding Third. Items that are struck through are no longer a part of the Rounding Third collection, having been sold for charity.