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Austin Jackson (baseball)
Austin Jarriel Jackson (born February 1, 1987) is an American former professional baseball center fielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Detroit Tigers, Seattle Mariners, Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Indians, San Francisco Giants, and New York Mets. Prior to playing professionally, he attended Billy Ryan High School.
The New York Yankees selected Jackson in the 2005 MLB draft and traded him to the Tigers at the end of the 2009 season, where he made his MLB debut in 2010. The next two seasons, he made the postseason on both occasions with the Tigers. During those seasons, he led the American League in hitting triples. He won the Fielding Bible Award for center field in 2011. Detroit traded him to Seattle in 2014, and the Mariners traded him to the Cubs in 2015. He then signed several free agent contracts, ending his MLB career in 2018.
In 1999, Baseball America named Jackson the best 12-year-old baseball player in the nation and the best 15-year-old baseball player three years later.
Jackson attended Billy Ryan High School in Denton, Texas.
In basketball, he was listed as the #10-ranked high school point guard in the country by Athlon Sports after he averaged 22.5 points, five rebounds and three assists per game his junior year in high school. In baseball, he hit .423 with five homers and 34 RBI for his class AAAA Texas State runner-up baseball team and was rated the No. 14 draft prospect among high school players in the nation by Baseball America.
Though Jackson committed to play both baseball and basketball for Georgia Tech, the New York Yankees drafted him in the eighth round (259th overall) in the 2005 Major League Baseball draft. To convince him to sign instead of attending Georgia Tech, the Yankees offered Jackson $800,000, a record signing bonus for an eighth round pick.
From 2005 to 2009 Jackson rose up the Yankees organization and after a slow start, he became a top prospect for the Yankees. In 2009, he was the Yankees top prospect according to Baseball America. After the season, Jackson was added to the 40-man roster to protect him from the Rule 5 draft.
On December 9, 2009, Jackson was traded to the Detroit Tigers as part of a three-team trade that brought Curtis Granderson to the Yankees and Max Scherzer to the Tigers. Jackson entered the 2010 season as the Tigers third-best prospect, according to Baseball America.
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Austin Jackson (baseball)
Austin Jarriel Jackson (born February 1, 1987) is an American former professional baseball center fielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Detroit Tigers, Seattle Mariners, Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Indians, San Francisco Giants, and New York Mets. Prior to playing professionally, he attended Billy Ryan High School.
The New York Yankees selected Jackson in the 2005 MLB draft and traded him to the Tigers at the end of the 2009 season, where he made his MLB debut in 2010. The next two seasons, he made the postseason on both occasions with the Tigers. During those seasons, he led the American League in hitting triples. He won the Fielding Bible Award for center field in 2011. Detroit traded him to Seattle in 2014, and the Mariners traded him to the Cubs in 2015. He then signed several free agent contracts, ending his MLB career in 2018.
In 1999, Baseball America named Jackson the best 12-year-old baseball player in the nation and the best 15-year-old baseball player three years later.
Jackson attended Billy Ryan High School in Denton, Texas.
In basketball, he was listed as the #10-ranked high school point guard in the country by Athlon Sports after he averaged 22.5 points, five rebounds and three assists per game his junior year in high school. In baseball, he hit .423 with five homers and 34 RBI for his class AAAA Texas State runner-up baseball team and was rated the No. 14 draft prospect among high school players in the nation by Baseball America.
Though Jackson committed to play both baseball and basketball for Georgia Tech, the New York Yankees drafted him in the eighth round (259th overall) in the 2005 Major League Baseball draft. To convince him to sign instead of attending Georgia Tech, the Yankees offered Jackson $800,000, a record signing bonus for an eighth round pick.
From 2005 to 2009 Jackson rose up the Yankees organization and after a slow start, he became a top prospect for the Yankees. In 2009, he was the Yankees top prospect according to Baseball America. After the season, Jackson was added to the 40-man roster to protect him from the Rule 5 draft.
On December 9, 2009, Jackson was traded to the Detroit Tigers as part of a three-team trade that brought Curtis Granderson to the Yankees and Max Scherzer to the Tigers. Jackson entered the 2010 season as the Tigers third-best prospect, according to Baseball America.