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CAREER FIELDING
148
2013 TIGERS
G TC PO A E DP PCT
Second Base 630 2993 1119 1819 55 403 .982
Third Base 107 190 33 146 11 11 .942
Shortstop 225 1024 334 649 41 147 .960
Outfield
CAREER HIGHS
101 132 129 1 2 0 .985
Hits: 4 (11 times) - last, August 5, 2012 vs. Cleveland
Home Runs: 2 (seven times) - last, April 9, 2012 at Philadelphia
RBI: 5 - September 9, 2011 at Pittsburgh
Stolen Bases: 2 (five times) - last, October 3, 2012 at Kansas City
Hitting Streak: 14 - August 11-25, 2010
TWO HOME RUN GAMES (7)
July 22, 2004 vs. Kansas City September 17, 2004 at Chicago White Sox May 24, 2006 at Kansas City
August 22, 2010 at Chicago Cubs August 2, 2011 at New York Mets September 9, 2011 at Pittsburgh
April 9, 2012 at Philadelphia
AUSTIN
JACKSON
Born: February 1, 1987 Opening Day Age: 26
Birthplace: Denton, TX Residence: Garland, TX
Bats/Throws: R/R Height/Weight: 6-1/185
Major League Service: 3.000 Signed Through: 2013
How Obtained: Acquired by the Tigers along with Phil Coke and Ian
Kennedy from the New York Yankees, in exchange for Curtis Granderson on
December 9, 2009
OUTFIELDER - 14
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
The 2013 season will mark Jackson’s fourth season with the Tigers.
• Selected American League Player of the Week once during his career.
• Named the American League Rookie of the Month with the Tigers in April of 2010.
SEASON HIGHLIGHTS
Completed his third season with the Tigers in 2012, establishing career highs with a .300 batting average, 16 home runs
and 66 RBI.
• Topped the American League with 10 triples, while he tied for fifth with 103 runs scored and tied for eighth with a .377
on-base percentage.
• Finished the season with 29 doubles, 10 triples, 16 home runs and 12 stolen bases -- marked the 19th time a Tigers
player has posted double-digit totals during a single season in those four categories...he is the fifth player in franchise
history to accomplish the feat in multiple seasons, joining Bobby Veach (1920, 1921), Ty Cobb (1921, 1925), Charlie
Gehringer (1929, 1930) and Curtis Granderson (2007, 2008).
• Tabbed the third-best defensive outfielder in the American League by Baseball America.
• Collected a hit on both the first pitch and last pitch the Tigers saw on April 5 versus Boston -- according to STATS LLC,
he is the first Tigers player to do so in a game since Gary Pettis accomplished the feat on July 29, 1989 versus
Minnesota.
• Finished with a season-high four hits on April 8 versus Boston -- matched the high with four hits on April 27 at New
York’s Yankee Stadium, May 1 versus Kansas City, June 28 at Tampa Bay and August 5 versus Cleveland.
• Led off the game on April 16 at Kansas City with a home run off Danny Duffy, his fifth career lead-off home run --
connected for a lead-off home run five more times during the season, doing so on May 6 versus the Chicago White Sox
(Dylan Axelrod), July 15 at Baltimore (Miguel Gonzalez), July 30 at Boston (Clay Buchholz), August 11 at Texas (Derek
Holland) and September 22 versus Minnesota (Samuel Deduno).
• Sidelined May 17-June 9 with an abdominal strain.
• Hit .400 (22x55) with four doubles, a triple, two home runs and 10 RBI in 15 games during May.
• Assigned to Triple A Toledo for an injury rehabilitation assignment on June 7 -- batted .125 (1x8) in two games with
Toledo.
• Established a career high with a 16-game hitting streak June 24-July 13 -- batted .391 (27x69) with two doubles, three
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