Roland Thomas "Sonny" Jackson (born July 9, 1944) is an American former

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for the Houston Colt .45's / Astros (1963–67) and

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(1968–74). Jackson led the

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in singles (160) and sacrifice hits (27) in 1966. He helped the Braves win the NL Western Division in 1969. In 12 seasons he played in 936 games and had 3,055 at bats, 396 runs, 767 hits, 81 doubles, 28 triples, 7 home runs, 162 RBI, 126 stolen bases, 250 walks, .251 batting average, .308 on-base percentage, .303 slugging percentage, 925 total bases, 57 sacrifice hits, 17 sacrifice flies and 11 intentional walks. Jackson's best year at the plate came in his "rookie" season of 1966. Although he had played at the major league level for parts of three seasons before, Jackson qualified as a rookie in 1966. He had a .292 batting average and three home runs in 596 trips to the plate. The same year he stole 49 bases, which tied the then-MLB rookie single-season record set by

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in 1910. After his playing days, Jackson continued to be active in baseball. He was a coach and manager for several minor league teams in the

and

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organization and a coach with the Giants major league team.

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