Sam Jones
Sam Jones
Full name: Samuel Jones Born: December 14, 1925, Stewartsville, Ohio Died November 5, 1971, Morgantown, West Virginia Buried at Woodlawn Cemetery, Fairmont, West Virginia First Game: September 22, 1951; Final Game: October 3, 1964 Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 6' 4" Weight: 192 TSN NL Pitcher of the Year P on TSN All-Star Team
Sam Jones
Top Performances
Pitcher Matchups Batter Matchups
Batting Record Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team Team
1951 CLE A 1951 CLE A 1952 CLE A 1952 CLE A 1955 CHI N 1955 CHI N 1956 CHI N 1956 CHI N 1957 STL N 1957 STL N 1958 STL N 1958 STL N 1959 SF N 1959 SF N 1960 SF N Daily Splits 39 80 3 16 2 0 0 5 1 0 20 0 7 1 0 4 0 0 0 .200 .207 .225 0.0 1960 SF N 1961 SF N Daily Splits 37 36 0 5 2 0 0 0 1 0 7 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 .139 .162 .194 0.0 1961 SF N 1962 DET A Daily Splits 30 21 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .095 .095 .238 0.0 1962 DET A 1963 STL N Daily Splits 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .500 .000 0.0 1963 STL N 1964 BAL A Daily Splits 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1.000 - 0.0 1964 BAL A Splits 322 522 16 78 7 0 1 27 17 0i 167 1 44 4i 0i 4i 9 0 0 .149 .176 .169 0.0 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team Team
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All-Star Game Batting Record All-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1955 NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1955 NL
1959 NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1959 NL
Total 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
Pitching Record Pitching Record
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA PW Year Team
1951 CLE A 1951 CLE A 1952 CLE A 1952 CLE A 1955 CHI N 185 5 198 15 8 5 14 0 14 20 4.10 0.0 1955 CHI N 1956 CHI N 115 6 176 6 3 2 8 0 9 14 3.91 -0.3 1956 CHI N 1957 STL N 1957 STL N 1958 STL N 107 5 225 8 6 7 6 0 14 13 2.88 2.5 1958 STL N 1959 SF N 4 12 4 270.2 232 1148 18 99 85 109 6 209 9 4 5 8 0 21 15 2.83 3.6 1959 SF N 1960 SF N Daily Splits 39 35 13 3 3 0 234 200 978 18 112 83 91 5 190 12 3 8 4 0 27 8 14 15 18 14 3.19 0.3 1960 SF N 1961 SF N Daily Splits 37 17 2 0 10 1 128.1 134 579 12 72 64 57 7 105 5 2 7 8 0 13 4 9 12 8 8 4.49 -1.3 1961 SF N 1962 DET A Daily Splits 30 6 1 0 3 1 81.1 77 351 13 39 33 35 1 73 6 5 3 2 0 7 0 5 3 2 4 3.65 0.1 1962 DET A 1963 STL N Daily Splits 11 0 0 0 5 2 11 15 52 0 12 11 5 1 8 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 1 2 0 9.00 -1.2 1963 STL N 1964 BAL A Daily Splits 7 0 0 0 4 0 10.1 5 38 1 3 3 5 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.61 0.1 1964 BAL A Splits 322 222 76 17 45 9 1643.1 1403 7074 151 752 655 822 37i1376 67 33i 45 60 0 49i 14i 30i 31i102 101 3.59 2.9 Total
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA PW Year Team
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All-Star Game Pitching Record All-Star Game Pitching Record
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA Year Team
1955 NL Daily Splits 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 0 5 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1955 NL
1959 NL Daily Splits 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 10 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.00 1959 NL
Total Splits 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 1 15 0 1 0 4 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.00 Total
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA Year Team
Fielding Record Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
1951 CLE A 1952 CLE A 1955 CHI N 1956 CHI N 4 3 .875
1957 STL N 1958 STL N 1959 SF N 1960 SF N Daily P 39 35 13 234 6 34 5 1 0 2 7 13 2 .889
1961 SF N Daily P 37 17 2 128.1 7 11 1 1 0 2 2 8 0 .947
1962 DET A Daily P 30 6 1 81.1 11 8 1 0 0 3 3 4 0 .950
1963 STL N Daily P 11 0 0 11 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 1.000
1964 BAL A Daily P 7 0 0 10.1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1.000
Total P 322 58i 16i 465 i 84 209 21 12 0i 9i 13i 27i 2i .933
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
All-Star Game Fielding Record All-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
1955 NL Daily P 1 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
1959 NL Daily P 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Total P 2 0 0 2.2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
Transactions Transactions
Signed as an amateur free agent by Cleveland Indians (1950).
Traded by Cleveland Indians with $60000 and a player to be named later to Chicago
Cubs in exchange for a player to be named later (September 30, 1954 ); Cleveland
Indians received Ralph Kiner (November 16, 1954 ) and Chicago Cubs received Gale Wade
(November 30, 1954 ).
Traded by Chicago Cubs with Hobie Landrith , Jim Davis and Eddie Miksis to St. Louis
Cardinals in exchange for Tom Poholsky , Jackie Collum , Ray Katt and Wally Lammers
(December 11, 1956 ).
Traded by St. Louis Cardinals with Don Choate to San Francisco Giants in exchange
for Bill White and Ray Jablonski (March 25, 1959 ).
Selected by Houston Colt .45s from San Francisco Giants in the expansion draft
(October 10, 1961 ).
Traded by Houston Colt .45s to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Bob Bruce and Manny
Montejo (December 1, 1961 ).
Released by Detroit Tigers (October 2, 1962 ).
Signed by St. Louis Cardinals (1963).
Released by St. Louis Cardinals (October 9, 1963 ).
Signed by Baltimore Orioles (1964).
Released by Baltimore Orioles (October 20, 1964 ).
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