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Nippy Jones
Vernal Leroy Jones

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 185 lb.

Debut June 8, 1946
Final Game September 29, 1957
Born June 29, 1925 in Los Angeles, CA
Died October 3, 1995 in Sacramento, CA

Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1943. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary /
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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1946 21 STL NL  16   12    3    4   0  0   0    1   0      2   2  .333  .429  .333  114    4   0           0   2
 1947 22 STL NL  23   73    6   18   4  0   1    5   0      2  10  .247  .267  .342   58   25   2           0   2
 1948 23 STL NL 132  481   58  122  21  9  10   81   2     36  45  .254  .307  .397   85  191   5           1  25
 1949 24 STL NL 110  380   51  114  20  2   8   62   1     16  20  .300  .330  .426   97  162   5           1  11
 1950 25 STL NL  13   26    0    6   1  0   0    6   0      3   1  .231  .310  .269   51    7   0           0   3
 1951 26 STL NL  80  300   20   79  12  0   3   41   1  2   9  13  .263  .287  .333   66  100   2           1  13
 1952 27 PHI NL   8   30    3    5   0  0   1    5   0  0   0   4  .167  .167  .267   19    8   0           0   2
 1957 32 MLN NL  30   79    5   21   2  1   2    8   0  0   3   7  .266  .293  .392   88   31   1   0   1   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 8 Seasons      412 1381  146  369  60 12  25  209   4  2  71 102  .267  .304  .382   81  528  15   0   1   3  58
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        543   57  145  24  5  10   82   2  1  28  40  .267  .304  .382   81  208   6   0   0   1  23
 Career High    132  481   58  122  21  9  10   81   2  2  36  45  .300  .330  .426   97  191   5   0   1   1  25
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1946 21 STL NL   14   10    2   5.4    96| .333  .267| .429  .343| .333  .374| .762  .717| 114  .626   0.4   0.0     
 1947 22 STL NL   77   59    7   3.2   109| .247  .279| .267  .355| .342  .413| .609  .768|  58  .331  -4.7  -0.5     
 1948 23 STL NL  523  389   58   4.0   107| .254  .276| .307  .351| .397  .408| .704  .760|  85  .447 -13.0  -1.3     
 1949 24 STL NL  402  282   53   5.0   108| .300  .276| .330  .351| .426  .413| .756  .764|  97  .543  -2.9  -0.3     
 1950 25 STL NL   29   23    2   2.3   112| .231  .275| .310  .353| .269  .427| .579  .780|  51  .214  -1.8  -0.2     
 1951 26 STL NL  312  238   28   3.2   104| .263  .269| .287  .343| .333  .407| .620  .750|  66  .342 -15.3  -1.5  33%
 1952 27 PHI NL   30   27    1   1.0    96| .167  .260| .167  .333| .267  .387| .434  .720|  19  .068  -3.5  -0.4   0%
 1957 32 MLN NL   83   59    9   4.2    97| .266  .260| .293  .322| .392  .403| .685  .725|  88  .449  -1.6  -0.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 8 Seasons      1470 1087  160   3.9   106| .267  .273| .304  .347| .382  .409| .686  .756|  81  .436 -42.5  -4.4     

* 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    LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1946 21 STL NL 2B 3 2 2 1 1 .800 .976 1.33 5.10 1947 22 STL NL 2B 13 32 40 5 5 .935 .976 5.54 5.19 OF 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.20 0 0 2 1948 23 STL NL 1B 128 1148 63 17 98 .986 .990 9.46 7.81 1949 24 STL NL 1B 98 876 40 15 85 .984 .991 9.35 8.98 1950 25 STL NL 1B 8 54 3 1 8 .983 .990 7.12 9.03 1951 26 STL NL 1B 71 698 48 7 78 .991 .989 10.51 9.29 1952 27 PHI NL 1B 8 73 7 2 8 .976 .990 10.00 9.18 1957 32 MLN NL 1B 20 143 12 1 12 .994 .990 7.75 8.82 10.49 9.67 15 133.0 RF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.70 1.03 1.97 1 8.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1948 23 STL NL 1B 128 1148 63 17 98 .986 .990 9.46 7.81 1949 24 STL NL 1B 98 876 40 15 85 .984 .991 9.35 8.98 1950 25 STL NL 1B 8 54 3 1 8 .983 .990 7.12 9.03 1951 26 STL NL 1B 71 698 48 7 78 .991 .989 10.51 9.29 1952 27 PHI NL 1B 8 73 7 2 8 .976 .990 10.00 9.18 1957 32 MLN NL 1B 20 143 12 1 12 .994 .990 7.75 8.82 10.49 9.67 15 133.0 1946 21 STL NL 2B 3 2 2 1 1 .800 .976 1.33 5.10 1947 22 STL NL 2B 13 32 40 5 5 .935 .976 5.54 5.19 1947 22 STL NL OF 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.20 0 0 2 1957 32 MLN NL OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.10 1.03 2.28 1 8.7 1957 32 MLN NL RF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.70 1.03 1.97 1 8.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Position Total 1B* 333 2992 173 43 289 .987 .990 9.50 8.59 15 133.0 2B 16 34 42 6 6 .927 .976 4.75 5.17 RF* 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.70 1 8.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Overall Total 352 3029 215 49 295 .985 .990 9.22 8.38
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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1946   WS    STL BOS     W   1   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
 1957   WS    MLN NYY     W   3   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .333  .000   0  0   0   0   1 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        2-0   4   3   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .250  .000   0  0   0   0   1 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

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.

Triples
1948 NL-9-6

Grounded into Double Plays
1948 NL-25-1

Gray Ink: Batting - 1 (2306) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 4.0 (2750) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 2.5 (1811) (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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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

Before 1943 Season: Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent.

November 19, 1951: Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies from the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1951 rule 5 draft.

Before 1953 Season: Sent from the Philadelphia Phillies to the Sacramento (PCL) in an unknown transaction.

July 6, 1957: Purchased by the Milwaukee Braves from the Sacramento (PCL).


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