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Davy Jones
David Jefferson Jones (Kangaroo)

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 5' 10", Weight 165 lb.
School Northern Illinois University

Debut September 15, 1901
Final Game September 2, 1918
Born June 30, 1880 in Cambria, WI
Died March 30, 1972 in Mankato, MN

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1901 21 MLA AL  14   52   12    9   0  0   3    5   4     11      .173  .328  .346   91   18   0           1    
 1902 22 TOT     79  292   45   85  13  4   0   17  17     44      .291  .384  .363  128  106  15           0    
         SLB AL  15   49    4   11   1  1   0    3   5      6      .224  .309  .286   66   14   1           0    
         CHC NL  64  243   41   74  12  3   0   14  12     38      .305  .399  .379  142   92  14           0    
 1903 23 CHC NL 130  497   64  140  18  3   1   62  15     53      .282  .352  .336   99  167   8           1    
 1904 24 CHC NL  98  336   44   82  11  5   3   39  14     41      .244  .330  .333  105  112   4           2    
 1906 26 DET AL  84  323   41   84  12  2   0   24  21     41      .260  .347  .310  103  100   2           2    
 1907 27 DET AL 126  491  101  134  10  6   0   27  30     60      .273  .357  .318  113  156  11           4    
 1908 28 DET AL  56  121   17   25   2  1   0   10  11     13      .207  .284  .240   67   29   4           0    
 1909 29 DET AL  69  204   44   57   2  2   0   10  12     28      .279  .369  .309  111   63   6           1    
 1910 30 DET AL 113  377   77  100   6  6   0   24  25     51      .265  .362  .313  105  118   9           6    
 1911 31 DET AL  98  341   78   93  10  0   0   19  25     41      .273  .354  .302   80  103   7           2    
 1912 32 DET AL  99  316   54   93   5  2   0   24  16     38      .294  .370  .323  101  102  12           0    
 1913 33 CHW AL  12   21    2    6   0  0   0    0   1      9   0  .286  .500  .286  132    6   1           0    
 1914 34 PBS FL  97  352   58   96   9  8   2   24  15     42  16  .273  .355  .361  105  127  15           3    
 1915 35 PBS FL  14   49    6   16   0  1   0    4   1      6   0  .327  .400  .367  127   18   0           0    
 1918 38 DET AL   1    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 15 Seasons    1090 3774  643 1020  98 40   9  289 207  0 478  16  .270  .356  .325  103 1225  94   0   0  22   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        561   96  152  15  6   1   43  31  0  71   2  .270  .356  .325  103  182  14   0   0   3   0
 Career High    130  497  101  140  18  8   3   62  30  0  60  16  .294  .384  .363  128  167  15   0   0   6   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1901 21 MLA AL   64   43    6   3.6    93| .173  .278| .328  .334| .346  .373| .674  .707|  91  .424  -0.3   0.0     
 1902 22 TOT     351  222   41   4.9    79| .291  .266| .384  .321| .363  .333| .747  .654| 128  .641  12.5   1.4     
         SLB AL   56   39    4   2.7    97| .224  .283| .309  .340| .286  .381| .595  .721|  66  .305  -2.2  -0.2     
         CHC NL  295  183   37   5.4    76| .305  .263| .399  .318| .379  .324| .778  .641| 142  .693  14.6   1.6     
 1903 23 CHC NL  559  365   59   4.3    90| .282  .274| .352  .337| .336  .357| .688  .693|  99  .534   1.0   0.1     
 1904 24 CHC NL  383  258   37   3.8    78| .244  .258| .330  .316| .333  .333| .663  .649| 105  .563   2.9   0.3     
 1906 26 DET AL  368  241   34   3.8    77| .260  .259| .347  .315| .310  .332| .657  .647| 103  .569   3.5   0.4     
 1907 27 DET AL  566  368   55   4.0    74| .273  .257| .357  .313| .318  .322| .675  .635| 113  .612   9.8   1.2     
 1908 28 DET AL  138  100    8   2.2    71| .207  .250| .284  .308| .240  .318| .524  .626|  67  .361  -4.1  -0.5     
 1909 29 DET AL  239  153   23   4.0    76| .279  .257| .369  .318| .309  .326| .678  .644| 111  .621   3.9   0.5     
 1910 30 DET AL  443  286   42   4.0    80| .265  .258| .362  .325| .313  .333| .675  .658| 105  .596   4.8   0.6     
 1911 31 DET AL  391  255   36   3.8   100| .273  .287| .354  .354| .302  .377| .656  .732|  80  .458  -7.6  -0.8     
 1912 32 DET AL  366  235   38   4.3    89| .294  .269| .370  .337| .323  .354| .693  .691| 101  .541   2.0   0.2     
 1913 33 CHW AL   31   16    3   5.0    86| .286  .263| .500  .335| .286  .346| .786  .681| 132  .643   2.0   0.2     
 1914 34 PBS FL  412  271   44   4.3    92| .273  .270| .355  .336| .361  .365| .716  .701| 105  .548   5.2   0.5     
 1915 35 PBS FL   55   33    7   5.7    85| .327  .261| .400  .328| .367  .350| .767  .678| 127  .695   2.1   0.2     
 1918 38 DET AL    2    2    0   0.0    79| .000  .256| .000  .326| .000  .326| .000  .652|-100  .000  -0.5  -0.1     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 15 Seasons     4368 2848  433   4.0    83| .270  .265| .356  .327| .325  .343| .681  .670| 103  .561  37.2   4.2     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1901 21 MLA AL OF 14 41 0 4 0 .911 .932 2.93 2.00 14 0 0 1902 22 TOT OF 79 177 8 8 4 .959 .945 2.34 1.95 0 47 32 SLB AL OF 15 31 5 1 3 .973 .945 2.40 2.04 0 0 15 CHC NL OF 64 146 3 7 1 .955 .945 2.33 1.93 0 47 17 1903 23 CHC NL OF 130 249 14 8 3 .970 .942 2.02 1.91 0 97 33 1904 24 CHC NL OF 97 128 8 10 0 .932 .947 1.40 1.86 0 1 97 1906 26 DET AL OF 83 193 10 4 3 .981 .963 2.45 1.87 0 82 1 1907 27 DET AL OF 125 282 15 9 2 .971 .959 2.38 1.83 121 4 0 1908 28 DET AL OF 32 67 5 3 2 .960 .954 2.25 1.80 4 26 2 1909 29 DET AL OF 57 103 4 2 1 .982 .951 1.88 1.80 42 13 2 1910 30 DET AL OF 101 181 13 9 2 .956 .954 1.92 1.77 95 6 0 1911 31 DET AL OF 92 156 15 9 3 .950 .950 1.86 1.93 92 0 0 1912 32 DET AL OF 81 141 13 6 4 .963 .951 1.90 1.98 72 5 4 1913 33 CHW AL OF 9 11 2 2 0 .867 .956 1.44 1.96 9 0 0 1914 34 PBS FL OF 93 216 11 7 1 .970 .951 2.44 1.87 93 0 0 1915 35 PBS FL OF 13 24 1 2 0 .926 .962 1.92 1.99 13 0 0 1918 38 DET AL OF 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 2.20 0 1 0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1901 21 MLA AL OF 14 41 0 4 0 .911 .932 2.93 2.00 14 0 0 1902 22 TOT OF 79 177 8 8 4 .959 .945 2.34 1.95 0 47 32 SLB AL OF 15 31 5 1 3 .973 .945 2.40 2.04 0 0 15 CHC NL OF 64 146 3 7 1 .955 .945 2.33 1.93 0 47 17 1903 23 CHC NL OF 130 249 14 8 3 .970 .942 2.02 1.91 0 97 33 1904 24 CHC NL OF 97 128 8 10 0 .932 .947 1.40 1.86 0 1 97 1906 26 DET AL OF 83 193 10 4 3 .981 .963 2.45 1.87 0 82 1 1907 27 DET AL OF 125 282 15 9 2 .971 .959 2.38 1.83 121 4 0 1908 28 DET AL OF 32 67 5 3 2 .960 .954 2.25 1.80 4 26 2 1909 29 DET AL OF 57 103 4 2 1 .982 .951 1.88 1.80 42 13 2 1910 30 DET AL OF 101 181 13 9 2 .956 .954 1.92 1.77 95 6 0 1911 31 DET AL OF 92 156 15 9 3 .950 .950 1.86 1.93 92 0 0 1912 32 DET AL OF 81 141 13 6 4 .963 .951 1.90 1.98 72 5 4 1913 33 CHW AL OF 9 11 2 2 0 .867 .956 1.44 1.96 9 0 0 1914 34 PBS FL OF 93 216 11 7 1 .970 .951 2.44 1.87 93 0 0 1915 35 PBS FL OF 13 24 1 2 0 .926 .962 1.92 1.99 13 0 0 1918 38 DET AL OF 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 2.20 0 1 0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 1007 1971 119 83 25 .962 .951 2.08 1.88 555 282 171 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 1007 1971 119 83 25 .962 .951 2.08 1.88
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1907   WS    DET CHC     L   5  17   1   6  0  0  0   0   4   0  .353  .476  .353   3  0   1   0   0 
 1908   WS    DET CHC     L   3   2   1   0  0  0  0   0   1   1  .000  .333  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
 1909   WS    DET PIT     L   7  30   6   7  0  0  1   1   2   1  .233  .281  .333   1  2   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  3 World Series        0-3  15  49   8  13  0  0  1   1   7   2  .265  .357  .327   4  2   1   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

On-base %
1907 AL-.357-7
1910 AL-.362-10

Runs
1907 AL-101-2

Bases on Balls
1907 AL-60-5

Stolen Bases
1907 AL-30-8

At Bats per Strikeout
1914 FL-22.0-3

Oldest Player
1918 AL-38-7

Youngest Player
1901 AL-21-7

         

Gray Ink: Batting - 7 (1566) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 12.0 (1325) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 4.0 (1578) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

May 13, 1902: Jumped from the St. Louis Browns to the Chicago Orphans.

January 16, 1913: Purchased by the Chicago White Sox from the Detroit Tigers for $2,500.

Before 1914 Season: Jumped from the Chicago White Sox to the Pittsburgh Rebels.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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