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Dalton Jones
James Dalton Jones

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 180 lb.

Debut April 17, 1964
  vs. CHW 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game October 4, 1972
Born December 10, 1943 in McComb, MS

Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1961. (All Transactions)

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        Dalton Jones is the Red Sox all-time leader in pinch hits (55). Some of his pinch hits occurred in the 1967 Impossible Dream season.

Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1964 20 BOS AL 118  374   37   86  16  4   6   39   6  3  22  38  .230  .274  .342   67  128   3   1   2   1   2
 1965 21 BOS AL 112  367   41   99  13  5   5   37   8  1  28  45  .270  .325  .373   94  137   3   0   0   2   7
 1966 22 BOS AL 115  252   26   59  11  5   4   23   1  2  22  27  .234  .303  .365   83   92   0   0   4   3   5
 1967 23 BOS AL  89  159   18   46   6  2   3   25   0  1  11  23  .289  .333  .409  111   65   1   1   3   0   2
 1968 24 BOS AL 111  354   38   83  13  0   5   29   1  1  17  53  .234  .271  .314   71  111   2   1   0   1  11
 1969 25 BOS AL 111  336   50   74  18  3   3   33   1  1  39  36  .220  .303  .318   70  107   2   2   3   2   7
 1970 26 DET AL  89  191   29   42   7  0   6   21   1  1  33  33  .220  .333  .351   89   67   1   3   4   1   3
 1971 27 DET AL  83  138   15   35   5  0   5   11   1  3   9  21  .254  .304  .399   94   55   0   0   1   1   3
 1972 28 TOT AL  79  158   14   24   2  0   4   19   1  0  10  33  .152  .199  .241   33   38   2   3   1   0   2
         DET AL   7    7    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
         TEX AL  72  151   14   24   2  0   4   19   1  0  10  31  .159  .207  .252   39   38   2   3   1   0   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 9 Seasons      907 2329  268  548  91 19  41  237  20 13 191 309  .235  .295  .343   78  800  14  11  18  11  42
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        416   48   98  16  3   7   42   4  2  34  55  .235  .295  .343   78  143   3   2   3   2   8
 Career High    118  374   50   99  18  5   6   39   8  3  39  53  .270  .325  .373   94  137   3   3   4   3  11
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1964 20 BOS AL  401  297   36   3.3   100| .230  .261| .274  .330| .342  .406| .616  .736|  67  .382 -18.0  -1.9  66%
 1965 21 BOS AL  400  279   46   4.4    97| .270  .257| .325  .328| .373  .394| .698  .723|  94  .544  -4.0  -0.4  88%
 1966 22 BOS AL  277  200   27   3.6    98| .234  .260| .303  .328| .365  .401| .668  .729|  83  .467  -6.0  -0.6  33%
 1967 23 BOS AL  172  118   21   4.8    91| .289  .253| .333  .323| .409  .379| .742  .702| 111  .613   1.9   0.2   0%
 1968 24 BOS AL  375  286   28   2.6    86| .234  .246| .271  .317| .314  .364| .585  .681|  71  .371 -13.4  -1.5  50%
 1969 25 BOS AL  381  274   34   3.4   100| .220  .262| .303  .340| .318  .395| .621  .735|  70  .396 -13.8  -1.4  50%
 1970 26 DET AL  229  157   24   4.1    98| .220  .259| .333  .333| .351  .395| .684  .729|  89  .479  -1.9  -0.2  50%
 1971 27 DET AL  148  109   15   3.7    96| .254  .260| .304  .333| .399  .387| .703  .720|  94  .461  -1.7  -0.2  25%
 1972 28 TOT AL  173  141    8   1.5    80| .152  .242| .199  .310| .241  .350| .440  .660|  33  .171 -13.4  -1.5 100%
         DET AL    7    7    0   0.0    85| .000  .250| .000  .319| .000  .361| .000  .680|-100  .000  -1.8  -0.2   0%
         TEX AL  166  134    8   1.6    80| .159  .242| .207  .310| .252  .349| .459  .659|  39  .183 -11.6  -1.3 100%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 9 Seasons      2556 1861  239   3.5    95| .235  .256| .295  .328| .343  .388| .638  .716|  78  .436 -70.4  -7.5  60%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1964 20 BOS AL 2B 85 181 193 16 41 .959 .980 4.40 4.54 4.91 5.17 78 685.0 SS 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 4.60 6.00 4.80 0 3.0 3B 1 0 2 1 0 .667 .952 2.00 2.80 3.60 3.06 0 5.0 1965 21 BOS AL 3B 81 63 163 17 14 .930 .960 2.79 2.87 3.07 3.13 76 662.7 2B 8 17 14 0 4 1.000 .978 3.88 4.38 4.29 5.07 7 65.0 1966 22 BOS AL 2B 70 129 121 10 26 .962 .975 3.57 4.38 4.89 5.09 49 459.7 3B 3 4 5 2 0 .818 .957 3.00 2.80 3.24 3.02 3 25.0 1967 23 BOS AL 3B 30 15 47 6 4 .912 .955 2.07 2.72 2.90 3.13 23 192.3 2B 19 8 13 0 2 1.000 .977 1.11 4.19 3.26 4.95 1 58.0 1B 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 8.30 4.50 9.45 0 2.0 1968 24 BOS AL 1B 56 449 27 2 47 .996 .989 8.50 8.32 9.61 9.59 54 446.0 2B 26 32 38 1 8 .986 .978 2.69 4.34 3.76 5.11 16 167.7 3B 8 10 15 4 0 .862 .951 3.12 2.67 3.21 3.05 8 70.0 1969 25 BOS AL 1B 81 692 54 6 61 .992 .992 9.21 8.33 10.15 9.63 74 661.3 3B 9 10 9 0 0 1.000 .955 2.11 2.74 2.86 3.17 5 59.7 2B 1 0 1 1 0 .500 1.000 1.00 4.60 1.00 5.20 1 9.0 1970 26 DET AL 2B 35 59 70 2 18 .985 .979 3.69 4.64 4.60 5.35 25 252.3 3B 18 9 25 2 4 .944 .950 1.89 2.67 2.68 3.07 15 114.0 1B 10 43 4 0 4 1.000 .992 4.70 8.14 8.63 9.59 4 49.0 1971 27 DET AL OF 16 17 0 0 0 1.000 .983 1.06 1.96 1.37 2.24 13 111.7 3B 13 4 16 2 2 .909 .957 1.54 2.74 2.22 3.04 10 81.0 LF 10 14 0 0 0 1.000 .979 1.40 1.60 1.97 1.93 8 64.0 RF 8 6 0 0 0 1.000 .984 0.75 1.70 1.13 2.06 5 47.7 1B 3 4 0 0 1 1.000 1.000 1.33 8.10 12.00 9.60 0 3.0 2B 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 4.80 2.25 5.40 0 4.0 1972 28 TEX AL 3B 23 15 31 1 3 .979 .954 2.00 2.70 2.37 2.98 20 174.7 2B 17 26 32 2 8 .967 .976 3.41 4.42 5.31 5.17 12 98.3 1B 7 17 0 0 0 1.000 .988 2.43 8.04 10.93 9.77 0 14.0 LF 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.55 0.00 1.87 0 7.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1967 23 BOS AL 1B 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 8.30 4.50 9.45 0 2.0 1968 24 BOS AL 1B 56 449 27 2 47 .996 .989 8.50 8.32 9.61 9.59 54 446.0 1969 25 BOS AL 1B 81 692 54 6 61 .992 .992 9.21 8.33 10.15 9.63 74 661.3 1970 26 DET AL 1B 10 43 4 0 4 1.000 .992 4.70 8.14 8.63 9.59 4 49.0 1971 27 DET AL 1B 3 4 0 0 1 1.000 1.000 1.33 8.10 12.00 9.60 0 3.0 1972 28 TEX AL 1B 7 17 0 0 0 1.000 .988 2.43 8.04 10.93 9.77 0 14.0 1964 20 BOS AL 2B 85 181 193 16 41 .959 .980 4.40 4.54 4.91 5.17 78 685.0 1965 21 BOS AL 2B 8 17 14 0 4 1.000 .978 3.88 4.38 4.29 5.07 7 65.0 1966 22 BOS AL 2B 70 129 121 10 26 .962 .975 3.57 4.38 4.89 5.09 49 459.7 1967 23 BOS AL 2B 19 8 13 0 2 1.000 .977 1.11 4.19 3.26 4.95 1 58.0 1968 24 BOS AL 2B 26 32 38 1 8 .986 .978 2.69 4.34 3.76 5.11 16 167.7 1969 25 BOS AL 2B 1 0 1 1 0 .500 1.000 1.00 4.60 1.00 5.20 1 9.0 1970 26 DET AL 2B 35 59 70 2 18 .985 .979 3.69 4.64 4.60 5.35 25 252.3 1971 27 DET AL 2B 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 4.80 2.25 5.40 0 4.0 1972 28 TEX AL 2B 17 26 32 2 8 .967 .976 3.41 4.42 5.31 5.17 12 98.3 1964 20 BOS AL 3B 1 0 2 1 0 .667 .952 2.00 2.80 3.60 3.06 0 5.0 1965 21 BOS AL 3B 81 63 163 17 14 .930 .960 2.79 2.87 3.07 3.13 76 662.7 1966 22 BOS AL 3B 3 4 5 2 0 .818 .957 3.00 2.80 3.24 3.02 3 25.0 1967 23 BOS AL 3B 30 15 47 6 4 .912 .955 2.07 2.72 2.90 3.13 23 192.3 1968 24 BOS AL 3B 8 10 15 4 0 .862 .951 3.12 2.67 3.21 3.05 8 70.0 1969 25 BOS AL 3B 9 10 9 0 0 1.000 .955 2.11 2.74 2.86 3.17 5 59.7 1970 26 DET AL 3B 18 9 25 2 4 .944 .950 1.89 2.67 2.68 3.07 15 114.0 1971 27 DET AL 3B 13 4 16 2 2 .909 .957 1.54 2.74 2.22 3.04 10 81.0 1972 28 TEX AL 3B 23 15 31 1 3 .979 .954 2.00 2.70 2.37 2.98 20 174.7 1971 27 DET AL LF 10 14 0 0 0 1.000 .979 1.40 1.60 1.97 1.93 8 64.0 1972 28 TEX AL LF 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.55 0.00 1.87 0 7.7 1971 27 DET AL OF 16 17 0 0 0 1.000 .983 1.06 1.96 1.37 2.24 13 111.7 1972 28 TEX AL OF 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 0.00 2.22 0 7.7 1971 27 DET AL RF 8 6 0 0 0 1.000 .984 0.75 1.70 1.13 2.06 5 47.7 1964 20 BOS AL SS 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 4.60 6.00 4.80 0 3.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 2B* 262 452 483 32 107 .967 .978 3.57 4.45 4.68 5.16 189 1799.0 3B* 186 130 313 35 27 .927 .957 2.38 2.78 2.88 3.10 160 1384.3 1B* 158 1205 86 8 113 .994 .991 8.17 8.30 9.89 9.61 132 1175.3 OF* 18 17 0 0 0 1.000 .983 0.94 1.96 1.28 2.24 13 119.3 12 0 8# LF* 12 14 0 0 0 1.000 .979 1.17 1.59 1.76 1.92 8 71.7 RF* 8 6 0 0 0 1.000 .984 0.75 1.70 1.13 2.06 5 47.7 SS* 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 4.60 6.00 4.80 0 3.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 625 1805 883 75 247 .973 .981 4.30 4.86 5.40 5.61 494 4481
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1967   WS    BOS STL     L   6  18   2   7  0  0  0   1   1   3  .389  .421  .389   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.


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Transactions 

June 4, 1961: Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent.

December 13, 1969: Traded by the Boston Red Sox to the Detroit Tigers for Tom Matchick.

May 30, 1972: Traded by the Detroit Tigers to the Texas Rangers for Norm McRae.

January 25, 1973: Released by the Texas Rangers.


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