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Ransom Jackson
- Class:
- Redshirt
Sport: Baseball (1946-47)
Position: Third Base
Inducted: 1989
Hometown: Corpus Christi, Texas • All-SWC and league[apos]s top hitter in 1946 (.438) and 1947 (.400)
• Member of two SWC championship teams
• Hit safely in every SWC game in 1946
• Played 10 years in major leagues from 1950-59 with Chicago Cubs, Cleveland Indians, and Brooklyn Dodgers
• Two-time All-Star who had career .281 batting average
• Member of Brooklyn[apos]s 1956 World Series team
Position: Third Base
Inducted: 1989
Hometown: Corpus Christi, Texas • All-SWC and league[apos]s top hitter in 1946 (.438) and 1947 (.400)
• Member of two SWC championship teams
• Hit safely in every SWC game in 1946
• Played 10 years in major leagues from 1950-59 with Chicago Cubs, Cleveland Indians, and Brooklyn Dodgers
• Two-time All-Star who had career .281 batting average
• Member of Brooklyn[apos]s 1956 World Series team
