Darrin Jackson

{{short description|American baseball player (born 1963)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Darrin Jackson

|image=Darrin Jackson Cubs.jpg

|caption=Jackson with the Cubs in 1987

|position=Outfielder

|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1963|8|22}}

|birth_place=Los Angeles, California, U.S.

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=June 17

|debutyear=1985

|debutteam=Chicago Cubs

|debut2league = NPB

|debut2date=April 1

|debut2year=1995

|debut2team=Seibu Lions

|final2league = MLB

|final2date=October 3

|final2year=1999

|final2team=Chicago White Sox

|finalleague = NPB

|finaldate=October 5

|finalyear=1996

|finalteam=Seibu Lions

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.257

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=80

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=317

|stat2league = NPB

|stat21label=Batting average

|stat21value=.277

|stat22label=Home runs

|stat22value=39

|stat23label=Runs batted in

|stat23value=132

|teams=

• Chicago Cubs ({{mlby|1985}}, {{mlby|1987}}–{{mlby|1989}})
• San Diego Padres ({{mlby|1989}}–{{mlby|1992}})
• Toronto Blue Jays ({{mlby|1993}})
• New York Mets ({{mlby|1993}})
• Chicago White Sox ({{mlby|1994}})
• Seibu Lions ({{npby|1995}}–{{npby|1996}})
• Minnesota Twins ({{mlby|1997}})
• Milwaukee Brewers ({{mlby|1997}}–{{mlby|1998}})
• Chicago White Sox ({{mlby|1999}})

}}

Darrin Jay Jackson (born August 22, 1963) is an American former Major League Baseball center fielder.{{cite news |last1=Nightengale |first1=Bob |title=He's More Than a Spare Part |work=Los Angeles Times |date=18 Aug 1992 |page=C1}} He played 12 years for the Chicago Cubs (1985–1989), San Diego Padres (1989–1992), Toronto Blue Jays (1993), New York Mets (1993), Chicago White Sox (1994, 1999), Minnesota Twins (1997) and Milwaukee Brewers (1997–1998). He also played for the Seibu Lions in Japan (1995–1996). He is the current radio color analyst for the Chicago White Sox.