ALCS Golden Sombrero: Austin Jackson

Bottom 1: Austin Jackson called out on strikes against C.J. Wilson Bottom 3: struck out swinging against Wilson Bottom 5: struck out swinging against Wilson Bottom 7: struck out swinging against Koji Uehara Final Line: 0-for-4, 4 K Notes: Jackson’s golden sombrero during Game 5 of the ALCS was his second of the 2011 season, and the first by any player this postseason. He has been an interesting case this postseason, as Jim Leyland continues to use him as the leadoff hitter despite his propensity to strikeout. Thus far, he has recorded a multi-strikeout game in six of the Tigers’ 10 postseason games, and has fanned in 18 of his 46 plate appearances – a 39.1% rate. But despite his lack of overall contact, Jackson has still posted a .311 OBP this October thanks to a walk rate of 15.2%, which is well above his career rate of 7.7%. After playing in 304 regular season games for Tigers over his first two seasons, Jackson has fanned at least twice in 102 games, or 33.6% of the games he...