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Jake Jones
James Murrell Jones

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 3", Weight 197 lb.

Debut September 20, 1941
Final Game September 19, 1948
Born November 23, 1920 in Epps, LA
Died December 13, 2000 in Epps, LA

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1941 20 CHW AL   3   11    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   4  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0   0
 1942 21 CHW AL   7   20    2    3   1  0   0    0   1  0   2   2  .150  .227  .200   22    4   0           0   0
 1946 25 CHW AL  24   79   10   21   5  1   3   13   0  0   2  13  .266  .284  .468  111   37   1           0   3
 1947 26 TOT AL 154  575   65  136  21  4  19   96   6  4  54  85  .237  .306  .386   89  222   3           4  11
         CHW AL  45  171   15   41   7  1   3   20   1  0  13  25  .240  .297  .345   81   59   0           1   4
         BOS AL 109  404   50   95  14  3  16   76   5  4  41  60  .235  .310  .403   92  163   3           3   7
 1948 27 BOS AL  36  105    3   21   4  0   1    8   1  0  11  26  .200  .276  .267   42   28   0           0   4
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons      224  790   80  181  31  5  23  117   8  4  69 130  .229  .294  .368   80  291   4   0   0   4  18
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        571   58  131  22  4  17   85   6  3  50  94  .229  .294  .368   80  210   3   0   0   3  13
 Career High    154  575   65  136  21  4  19   96   6  4  54  85  .237  .306  .386   89  222   3   0   0   4  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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1941 20 CHW AL   11   11    0   0.0   106| .000  .274| .000  .351| .000  .404| .000  .755|-100  .000  -3.2  -0.3   0%
 1942 21 CHW AL   22   17    1   1.6    93| .150  .263| .227  .337| .200  .368| .427  .706|  22  .148  -2.1  -0.2 100%
 1946 25 CHW AL   82   62   11   4.7    92| .266  .259| .284  .332| .468  .372| .752  .705| 111  .559   0.5   0.0   0%
 1947 26 TOT AL  636  457   66   3.8   100| .237  .267| .306  .347| .386  .383| .692  .731|  89  .464 -11.4  -1.2  60%
         CHW AL  185  134   17   3.4    93| .240  .258| .297  .337| .345  .371| .642  .708|  81  .405  -4.7  -0.5 100%
         BOS AL  451  323   49   4.0   102| .235  .270| .310  .352| .403  .389| .713  .741|  92  .486  -6.6  -0.7  55%
 1948 27 BOS AL  116   88    8   2.4   110| .200  .279| .276  .365| .267  .403| .543  .768|  42  .235  -9.2  -0.9 100%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons       867  635   86   3.6   100| .229  .268| .294  .348| .368  .385| .662  .733|  80  .428 -25.4  -2.6  66%

* 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
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1941 20 CHW AL 1B 3 25 0 0 0 1.000 .988 8.33 9.63 1942 21 CHW AL 1B 5 47 2 2 2 .961 .990 9.80 9.84 1946 25 CHW AL 1B 20 201 5 3 18 .986 .989 10.30 9.24 1947 26 TOT AL 1B 152 1462 104 16 159 .990 .990 10.30 9.22 CHW AL 1B 43 444 31 6 49 .988 .990 11.05 9.34 BOS AL 1B 109 1018 73 10 110 .991 .990 10.01 9.17 1948 27 BOS AL 1B 31 275 22 2 30 .993 .991 9.58 9.17
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1941 20 CHW AL 1B 3 25 0 0 0 1.000 .988 8.33 9.63 1942 21 CHW AL 1B 5 47 2 2 2 .961 .990 9.80 9.84 1946 25 CHW AL 1B 20 201 5 3 18 .986 .989 10.30 9.24 1947 26 TOT AL 1B 152 1462 104 16 159 .990 .990 10.30 9.22 CHW AL 1B 43 444 31 6 49 .988 .990 11.05 9.34 BOS AL 1B 109 1018 73 10 110 .991 .990 10.01 9.17 1948 27 BOS AL 1B 31 275 22 2 30 .993 .991 9.58 9.17
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Position Total 1B 211 2010 133 23 209 .989 .990 10.16 9.24 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Overall Total 211 2010 133 23 209 .989 .990 10.16 9.24
An Important note about our fielding stats

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.

Games
1947 AL-154-5

At Bats
1947 AL-575-6

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1947 AL-636-9

Home Runs
1947 AL-19-7

RBI
1947 AL-96-4

Strikeouts
1947 AL-85-4

Hit By Pitch
1947 AL-4-5

Power/Speed Number
1947 AL-9.1-4

At Bats per Home Run
1947 AL-30.3-8

Outs
1947 AL-457-6

Youngest Player
1941 AL-20-7

 

Gray Ink: Batting - 10 (1369) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 4.0 (2752) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

June 14, 1947: Traded by the Chicago White Sox to the Boston Red Sox for Rudy York.


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