Jerry Hairston

Positions: Pinch Hitter, Outfielder and First Baseman

Bats: Both • Throws: Right

5-10, 170lb (178cm, 77kg)

Born: February 16, 1952 in Birmingham, AL us

Draft: Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 3rd round of the 1970 MLB June Amateur Draft from Gardendale HS (Gardendale, AL).

High School: Gardendale HS (Gardendale, AL)

Debut: July 26, 1973 (Age 21-160d, 13,391st in major league history)
vs. KCR 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 25, 1989 (Age 37-221d)
vs. MIN 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1973 season

Full Name: Jerry Wayne Hairston

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Relatives: Brother of John Hairston; Father of Jerry Hairston, Scott Hairston; Son of Sam Hairston

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

6.2

1699

438

.258

216

RBI

205

OBP

.362

SLG

.371

OPS

.734

OPS+

102

Hit location and pitches data is shown only for seasons after 1988 (completeness summary of pitch data and hit data).

Summary of 30 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 2 walk-off, 2 tying, 8 go ahead

2 Tms
CHW	28
PIT	2

Platoon
vs RHP	21
vs LHP	9

Home/Road
Away	16
Home	14

Outs
2	13
1	10
0	7

14 Opps
DET	7
MIN	4
CLE	3
BOS	2
OAK	2
TEX	2
SEA	2
MIL	2
KCR	1
NYM	1
PHI	1
NYY	1
BAL	1
TOR	1

26 Pitchers
Dan Petry	3
Neal Heaton	2
Jack Morris	2
Steve McCatty	1
Walt Terrell	1
Steve Farr	1
Bob McClure	1
Rich Gossage	1
Bill Wegman	1
Scott McGregor	1
Juan Berenguer	1
Odell Jones	1
Doug Bird	1
Tug McGraw	1
Dan Spillner	1
Larry Andersen	1
Charlie Hough	1
Allan Anderson	1
Jerry Koosman	1
Don Cooper	1
George Frazier	1
Mark Langston	1
Bob Stanley	1
Rick Langford	1
Gaylord Perry	1
Jimmy Key	1

14 Parks
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	14
Tiger Stad (DET)	4
RingCentral Col (OAK)	1
VeteransStad (PHI)	1
Yankee Stad (NYC)	1
ClevelandStd (CLE)	1
Shea Stad (NYC)	1
Memor. Stad (BAL)	1
County Stad (MIL)	1
Exhibit Stad (TOR)	1
KauffmanStad (KAN)	1
Arlington St (ARL)	1
Kingdome (SEA)	1
Metrodome (MIN)	1

Where Hit
9	14
7	9

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	30

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	15
-2-	8
1-3	2
12-	1
123	1
--3	1
-23	1
1--	1

51 RBI
RISP	14
0 on	15
1 on	10
2 on	4
3 on	1
Any on	15

Inning
1	1
2	4
3	2
5	1
6	5
7	4
8	8
9	5

1-3	7
4-6	6
7-end	17

RelScore
+4..	2
+3	1
+2	3
+1	4
Tied	6
-1	3
-2	3
-3	1
-4..	7

Ahead	10
Tied	6
Behind	14

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
LF	9
PH	8
DH	6
RF	3
1B	2
CF	2

OrderPos
4th	5
2nd	5
7th	4
5th	4
8th	4
6th	4
3rd	2
1st	1
9th	1

Leverage
High Lev	6
Medium Lev	11
Low Lev	13

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1977	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1977-07-03	PIT	@	PHI	Tug McGraw	behind 5-11	t 9	2	-2-		2	5	PH	0.001	0%		Home Run (Deep LF); A. Oliver Scores
2	2	2	1	1977-07-17 (2)	PIT	@	NYM	Jerry Koosman	behind 2-3	t 7	0	---		1	6	7	0.206	50%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1981	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
3	3	1	1	1981-10-04	CHW		MIN	Don Cooper	behind 5-12	b 8	2	123		4	3	9	0.029	3%		Home Run (Deep RF); M. Squires Scores/unER; J. Loviglio Scores/unER; L. Sutherland Scores/unER; J. Hairston Scores/unER
1982	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
4	4	1	1	1982-04-24	CHW	@	BAL	Scott McGregor	ahead 1-0	t 2	1	---		1	7	7	0.099	68%		Home Run (Deep LF)
5	5	2	1	1982-06-07	CHW		OAK	Rick Langford	behind 2-5	b 7	2	---	3,(1-1) .FBX	1	8	PH	0.071	15%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
6	6	3	1	1982-06-26	CHW	@	SEA	Larry Andersen	ahead 11-3	t 8	2	-2-		2	3	7	0.002	100%		Home Run; T. Bernazard Scores
7	7	4	1	1982-07-08	CHW		DET	Dan Petry	behind 1-2	b 9	2	1--		2	9	PH	0.902	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep RF); L. Gray Scores
8	8	5	1	1982-08-03 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	Rich Gossage	ahead 13-2	t 9	2	---		1	5	7	0.000	100%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1983	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
9	9	1	1	1983-05-08	CHW		CLE	Dan Spillner	behind 4-13	b 9	2	--3		2	7	9	0.000	0%		Home Run; R. Kittle Scores
10	10	2	1	1983-05-24	CHW		BOS	Doug Bird	ahead 5-2	b 1	2	12-		3	1	8	0.128	93%		Home Run; L. Gray Scores; J. Dybzinski Scores
11	11	3	1	1983-06-11	CHW	@	OAK	Steve McCatty	ahead 1-0	t 3	1	-2-		2	2	7	0.157	80%		Home Run; R. Law Scores
12	12	4	1	1983-08-03	CHW		DET	Jack Morris	behind 1-6	b 8	0	---		1	8	PH	0.023	5%		Home Run (Deep LF)
13	13	5	1	1983-08-24	CHW	@	KCR	Gaylord Perry	tied 2-2	t 6	1	---		1	5	7	0.171	64%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1984	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
14	14	1	1	1984-05-09	CHW		MIL	Bob McClure	ahead 2-0	b 6	1	---		1	2	9	0.072	90%		Home Run (Deep LF)
15	15	2	1	1984-05-10	CHW		TEX	Odell Jones	tied 6-6	b 9	2	-2-		2	7	PH	0.391	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep RF); T. Paciorek Scores
16	16	3	1	1984-07-08	CHW		CLE	Steve Farr	behind 5-6	b 8	0	---		1	7	PH	0.298	61%		Home Run
17	17	4	1	1984-07-17	CHW	@	DET	Dan Petry	behind 1-3	t 6	0	---		1	2	8	0.121	34%		Home Run
18	18	5	1	1984-07-18	CHW	@	DET	Juan Berenguer	ahead 7-6	t 8	1	-2-		2	2	7	0.154	93%		Home Run; J. Cruz Scores
1985	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
19	19	1	1	1985-05-08	CHW	@	CLE	Neal Heaton	ahead 1-0	t 2	1	---		1	6	DH	0.099	68%		Home Run (Deep LF)
20	20	2	1	1985-06-04	CHW	@	TEX	Charlie Hough	behind 2-7	t 8	1	---		1	2	7	0.012	2%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1986	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
21	21	1	1	1986-04-23	CHW	@	MIL	Bill Wegman	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---		1	4	DH	0.101	60%		Home Run (Deep RF)
22	22	2	1	1986-04-25	CHW	@	DET	Dan Petry	behind 2-7	t 7	1	1-3		3	4	DH	0.094	15%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Cangelosi Scores; H. Baines Scores
23	23	3	1	1986-08-01	CHW		DET	Walt Terrell	behind 3-5	b 6	2	---		1	5	DH	0.127	33%		Home Run (Deep RF)
24	24	4	1	1986-09-27 (1)	CHW		MIN	Neal Heaton	ahead 2-0	b 3	2	-2-		2	6	DH	0.127	88%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Hassey Scores
25	25	5	1	1986-09-27 (2)	CHW		MIN	Allan Anderson	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---		1	4	3	0.102	65%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1987	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
26	26	1	1	1987-05-29	CHW		BOS	Bob Stanley	tied 4-4	b 7	1	1-3		3	8	PH	0.227	93%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Karkovice Scores; O. Guillén Scores
27	27	2	1	1987-06-19	CHW	@	MIN	George Frazier	behind 2-4	t 6	1	-23		3	8	PH	0.271	62%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Hill Scores; D. Boston Scores
28	28	3	1	1987-06-24	CHW		SEA	Mark Langston	behind 5-10	b 8	0	-2-		2	4	3	0.050	10%		Home Run (Deep LF); G. Redus Scores
29	29	4	1	1987-07-29	CHW	@	DET	Jack Morris	ahead 2-0	t 8	2	-2-		2	6	DH	0.105	96%		Home Run (Deep RF); G. Walker Scores
30	30	5	1	1987-08-16	CHW	@	TOR	Jimmy Key	tied 3-3	t 5	2	---		1	4	7	0.140	59%		Home Run (Deep RF)