Biography

BIOGRAPHY

Drew Jackson was born July 28, 1993, in Berkeley, California. He is an infielder in the MLB.

The Seattle Mariners selected Jackson in the fifth round of the 2015 Major League Baseball (MLB) draft. He signed and played for the Everett AquaSox of the Class A-Short Season Northwest League. He was named the league's Most Valuable Player after he slashed .358/.432/.447 with two home runs, 26 RBIs, and 47 stolen bases in 59 games. Jackson spent the 2016 season with the Bakersfield Blaze of the Class A-Advanced California League, where he batted .258 with six home runs, 47 RBIs, and 16 stolen bases.

On March 1, 2017, the Mariners traded Jackson and Aneurys Zabala to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Chase De Jong. The Dodgers assigned him to the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes of the California League, where he played in 66 games, posting a .254 batting average with eight home runs and 30 RBIs before his promotion to the Tulsa Drillers of the Class AA Texas League, where he finished the season, hitting .234 with one home runs and ten RBIs in 29 games. In 2018, he was named to represent the Drillers at the mid-season Texas League All-Star Game.