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Mike Jones
Michael Carl Jones

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 6", Weight 215 lb.

Debut September 6, 1980
  vs. CLE 3.0 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 2 BB, 0 ER
Final Game October 6, 1985
Born July 30, 1959 in Penfield, NY

Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 1st round (21st pick) of the 1977 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1980 20 KCR AL   0   1   3   1   0   0   1  0    4.7    6    7    6   0    5    2   0   0    24   1   0 11.57  4.04   35 2.357
 1981 21 KCR AL   6   3  12  11   0   0   0  0   75.7   74   30   27   7   28   29   2   1   323   0   0  3.21  3.59  112 1.348 RoY-4
 1984 24 KCR AL   2   3  23  12   0   0   8  0   81.0   86   48   44  10   36   43   1   2   359   1   0  4.89  4.04   83 1.506
 1985 25 KCR AL   3   3  33   1   0   0  16  0   64.0   62   40   34   6   39   32   0   1   290   4   0  4.78  4.15   87 1.578
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  4 Yr WL% .524  11  10  71  25   0   0  25  0  225.3  228  125  111  23  108  106   3   4   996   6   0  4.43  3.92   88 1.491
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     7   7  50  17   0   0  17  0  159.3  161   88   78  16   76   75   2   2   705   4   0  4.43  3.92   88 1.491
 Career High      6   3  33  12   0   0  16  0   81.0   86   48   44  10   39   43   2   2   359   4   0  3.21  4.15  112 1.348

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1980 20 KCR AL P 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.77 0.00 1.91 1 4.7 1981 21 KCR AL P 12 3 14 0 0 1.000 .960 1.42 0.81 2.02 1.99 11 75.7 1984 24 KCR AL P 23 2 7 0 0 1.000 .957 0.39 0.70 1.00 1.79 12 81.0 1985 25 KCR AL P 33 6 8 0 0 1.000 .952 0.42 0.70 1.97 1.86 1 64.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1980 20 KCR AL P 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.77 0.00 1.91 1 4.7 1981 21 KCR AL P 12 3 14 0 0 1.000 .960 1.42 0.81 2.02 1.99 11 75.7 1984 24 KCR AL P 23 2 7 0 0 1.000 .957 0.39 0.70 1.00 1.79 12 81.0 1985 25 KCR AL P 33 6 8 0 0 1.000 .952 0.42 0.70 1.97 1.86 1 64.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 71 11 29 0 0 1.000 .957 0.56 0.72 1.60 1.88 25 225.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 71 11 29 0 0 1.000 .957 0.56 0.72 1.60 1.88 25 225
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1981   ALDS  KCR OAK     L   1   1   2.45  0  1  0  0   7.1   9   2   0   2 
 1984   ALCS  KCR DET     L   1   0   6.75  0  0  0  0   1.1   1   1   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  2 Postseason Ser      0-2   2   1   3.12  0  1  0  0   8.2  10   3   0   2 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1981   ALDS  KCR OAK     L   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
 1984   ALCS  KCR DET     L   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Postseason Series   0-2   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   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.

Won-Loss %
1981 AL-.667-9

Youngest Player
1980 AL-20-9

Gray Ink: Pitching - 3 (2076) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
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 

June 7, 1977: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 1st round (21st pick) of the 1977 amateur draft.

March 28, 1986: Released by the Kansas City Royals.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1985Kansas City Royals$100,000
Career (may be incomplete)$100,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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