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Sam Jones
Samuel Jones (Toothpick Sam or Sad Sam)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 4", Weight 200 lb.

Debut September 22, 1951
Final Game October 3, 1964
Born December 14, 1925 in Stewartsville, OH
Died November 5, 1971 in Morgantown, WV

Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1950. (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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1951 25 CLE AL   0   1   2   1   0   0   1  0    8.7    4    2    2   0    5    4   0   0    34       0  2.08  3.79  183 1.038
 1952 26 CLE AL   2   3  14   4   0   0   2  1   36.0   38   30   29   6   37   28   4   4   184       0  7.25  3.34   46 2.083
 1955 29 CHC NL  14  20  36  34  12   4   1  0  241.7  175  118  110  22  185  198  14   5  1070   5   0  4.10  4.12  101 1.490 AS
 1956 30 CHC NL   9  14  33  28   8   2   3  0  188.7  155   93   82  21  115  176   8   2   832   6   0  3.91  3.81   97 1.431
 1957 31 STL NL  12   9  28  27  10   2   1  0  182.7  164   77   73  17   71  154   6   3   767   1   0  3.60  3.99  111 1.286
 1958 32 STL NL  14  13  35  35  14   2   0  0  250.0  204   95   80  23  107  225   6   7  1041   5   0  2.88  4.15  144 1.244
 1959 33 SFG NL  21  15  50  35  16   4  12  4  270.7  232   99   85  18  109  209   8   5  1148   6   0  2.83  3.79  134 1.260 MVP-5,CYA-2,AS
 1960 34 SFG NL  18  14  39  35  13   3   3  0  234.0  200  112   83  18   91  190   4   8   978   5   0  3.19  3.50  110 1.244
 1961 35 SFG NL   8   8  37  17   2   0  10  1  128.3  134   72   64  12   57  105   8   7   579   7   0  4.49  3.83   85 1.488
 1962 36 DET AL   2   4  30   6   1   0   3  1   81.3   77   39   33  13   35   73   2   3   351   1   0  3.65  4.05  111 1.377
 1963 37 STL NL   2   0  11   0   0   0   5  2   11.0   15   12   11   0    5    8   0   1    52   1   0  9.00  3.58   40 1.818
 1964 38 BAL AL   0   0   7   0   0   0   4  0   10.3    5    3    3   1    5    6   0   0    38   0   0  2.61  3.59  137 0.968
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 12 Yr WL% .502 102 101 322 222  76  17  45  9 1643.3 1403  752  655 151  822 1376  60  45  7074  37   0  3.59  3.88  108 1.354
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    12  12  40  27   9   2   5  1  205.3  175   94   81  18  102  172   7   5   884   4   0  3.59  3.88  108 1.354
 Career High     21  20  50  35  16   4  12  4  270.7  232  118  110  23  185  225  14   8  1148   7   0  2.83  4.15  144 1.244

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1951 25 CLE AL   2    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0   0
 1952 26 CLE AL  14   10    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   4  .100  .100  .100  -43    1   0           0   0
 1955 29 CHC NL  36   77    2   14   1  0   0    5   0  0   3  27  .182  .213  .195   10   15   5   0   0   0   4 AS
 1956 30 CHC NL  33   57    3   10   0  0   0    1   0  0   4  19  .175  .230  .175   12   10  10   0   0   0   1
 1957 31 STL NL  28   63    2   10   1  0   0    3   0  0   1  25  .159  .182  .175   -4   11   4   1   0   1   0
 1958 32 STL NL  35   90    2    9   0  0   0    4   0  0   2  26  .100  .118  .100  -42    9   2   1   0   0   3
 1959 33 SFG NL  50   85    3   11   1  0   0    8   0  0   3  30  .129  .157  .141  -19   12  11   1   0   0   1 MVP-5,AS
 1960 34 SFG NL  39   80    3   16   2  0   0    5   0  0   1  20  .200  .207  .225   21   18   7   1   0   0   0
 1961 35 SFG NL  37   36    0    5   2  0   0    0   0  0   1   7  .139  .162  .194   -4    7   5   0   0   0   0
 1962 36 DET AL  30   21    1    2   0  0   1    1   0  0   0   9  .095  .095  .238  -15    5   0   0   0   0   0
 1963 37 STL NL  11    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   0  .000  .500  .000   52    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1964 38 BAL AL   7    0    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   0       1.000               0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons     322  522   16   78   7  0   1   27   0  0  17 167  .149  .176  .169   -6   88  44   4   0   1   9
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        263    8   39   4  0   1   14   0  0   9  84  .149  .176  .169   -6   44  22   2   0   1   5
 Career High     50   90    3   16   2  0   1    8   0  0   4  30                          18  11   1   0   1   4
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1951 25 CLE AL    2    2    0   0.0    98| .000  .262| .000  .342| .000  .384| .000  .725|-100  .000  -0.6  -0.1   0%
 1952 26 CLE AL   10    9    0   0.0    91| .100  .253| .100  .332| .100  .369| .200  .701| -43  .000  -1.9  -0.2   0%
 1955 29 CHC NL   85   72    3   1.1   105| .182  .265| .213  .336| .195  .420| .408  .757|  10  .067 -10.2  -1.0   0%
 1956 30 CHC NL   71   58    3   1.4   102| .175  .263| .230  .330| .175  .415| .405  .745|  12  .104  -7.2  -0.7   0%
 1957 31 STL NL   70   58    2   0.9   105| .159  .271| .182  .334| .175  .419| .357  .754|  -4  .051  -9.4  -0.9   0%
 1958 32 STL NL   95   87    1   0.3   109| .100  .274| .118  .343| .100  .428| .218  .771| -42  .007 -19.0  -1.9   0%
 1959 33 SFG NL  100   87    2   0.6   103| .129  .268| .157  .333| .141  .414| .298  .747| -19  .024 -14.4  -1.4   0%
 1960 34 SFG NL   89   72    4   1.5    95| .200  .257| .207  .322| .225  .395| .432  .717|  21  .124  -8.5  -0.9   0%
 1961 35 SFG NL   42   36    1   0.7   103| .139  .266| .162  .332| .194  .415| .356  .747|  -4  .033  -5.3  -0.5   0%
 1962 36 DET AL   21   19    0   0.0   105| .095  .267| .095  .339| .238  .415| .333  .754| -15  .000  -3.6  -0.4   0%
 1963 37 STL NL    2    1    0   0.0    97| .000  .265| .500  .328| .000  .396| .500  .724|  52  .000   0.0   0.0   0%
 1964 38 BAL AL    1    0    0            |           |1.000  .324|           |           |             0.3   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 12 Seasons      588  501   16   0.9   103| .149  .266| .176  .334| .169  .414| .345  .748|  -6  .045 -79.7  -8.0   0%

* 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 ------+

 1951 25 CLE AL   P    2      1    1    0    0 1.000  .952  1.00  1.00  2.07  2.07    1    8.7
 1952 26 CLE AL   P   14      0    4    0    0 1.000  .976  0.29  1.03  1.00  2.10    4   36.0
 1955 29 CHC NL   P   36     14   36    5    0  .909  .951  1.39  0.83  1.86  2.04   34  241.7 AS
 1956 30 CHC NL   P   33      7   21    4    3  .875  .966  0.85  0.83  1.34  2.05   28  188.7
 1957 31 STL NL   P   28     13   27    1    1  .976  .962  1.43  0.82  1.97  2.06   27  182.7
 1958 32 STL NL   P   35     14   31    1    3  .978  .955  1.29  0.77  1.62  1.97   35  250.0
 1959 33 SFG NL   P   50     10   34    3    2  .936  .954  0.88  0.82  1.46  1.99   35  270.7 AS
 1960 34 SFG NL   P   39      6   34    5    1  .889  .962  1.03  0.87  1.54  2.09   35  234.0
 1961 35 SFG NL   P   37      7   11    1    1  .947  .957  0.49  0.88  1.26  2.18   17  128.3
 1962 36 DET AL   P   30     11    8    1    0  .950  .960  0.63  0.79  2.10  2.08    6   81.3
 1963 37 STL NL   P   11      1    1    0    0 1.000  .952  0.18  0.84  1.64  2.05    0   11.0
 1964 38 BAL AL   P    7      0    1    0    1 1.000 1.000  0.14  0.71  0.87  1.92    0   10.3

+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+

 1951 25 CLE AL   P    2      1    1    0    0 1.000  .952  1.00  1.00  2.07  2.07    1    8.7
 1952 26 CLE AL   P   14      0    4    0    0 1.000  .976  0.29  1.03  1.00  2.10    4   36.0
 1955 29 CHC NL   P   36     14   36    5    0  .909  .951  1.39  0.83  1.86  2.04   34  241.7
 1956 30 CHC NL   P   33      7   21    4    3  .875  .966  0.85  0.83  1.34  2.05   28  188.7
 1957 31 STL NL   P   28     13   27    1    1  .976  .962  1.43  0.82  1.97  2.06   27  182.7
 1958 32 STL NL   P   35     14   31    1    3  .978  .955  1.29  0.77  1.62  1.97   35  250.0
 1959 33 SFG NL   P   50     10   34    3    2  .936  .954  0.88  0.82  1.46  1.99   35  270.7
 1960 34 SFG NL   P   39      6   34    5    1  .889  .962  1.03  0.87  1.54  2.09   35  234.0
 1961 35 SFG NL   P   37      7   11    1    1  .947  .957  0.49  0.88  1.26  2.18   17  128.3
 1962 36 DET AL   P   30     11    8    1    0  .950  .960  0.63  0.79  2.10  2.08    6   81.3
 1963 37 STL NL   P   11      1    1    0    0 1.000  .952  0.18  0.84  1.64  2.05    0   11.0
 1964 38 BAL AL   P    7      0    1    0    1 1.000 1.000  0.14  0.71  0.87  1.92    0   10.3

+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total   P* 322     84  209   21   12  .933  .958  0.91  0.84  1.60  2.05  222 1643.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total       322     84  209   21   12  .933  .958  0.91  0.84  1.60  2.05  222   1643
An Important note about our fielding stats

All-Star Game Pitching 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  W  L  S   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR HBP WP  SB CS 2B 3B BK
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 1955   CHC NL      0  0  0   0.2   0   0   0   2   1  0   1  0   0  0  0  0  0 
 1959-2 SFG NL      0  0  0   2     1   1   0   2   3  0   0  0   0  0  0  0  0 
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 Played 2/2      0  0  0  0   2.2   1   1   0   4   4  0   1  0   0  0  0  0  0   0.00 
+-------------+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+------+
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1955   CHC NL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1959-2 SFG NL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 2/2      0   0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0                   
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
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.

All-Star
1955 *
1959-2 *

Awards
1959-NL-TSN Pitcher of the Year

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1959-NL-5-0.39
Car-497-0.39 shares

CYA (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1959-ML-2-0.12
Car-159-0.12 shares

Sac. Hits
1959 NL-11-3

ERA
1958 NL-2.88-2
1959 NL-2.83-1
1960 NL-3.19-10

Wins
1955 NL-14-5
1958 NL-14-7
1959 NL-21-1
1960 NL-18-5

Won-Loss %
1959 NL-.583-10

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1958 NL-1.244-6

Hits Allowed/9IP
1955 NL-6.52-1
1956 NL-7.39-3
1957 NL-8.08-9
1958 NL-7.34-1
1959 NL-7.71-2
1960 NL-7.69-6
Car-7.68-48

Strikeouts/9IP
1955 NL-7.37-1
1956 NL-8.40-1
1957 NL-7.59-1
1958 NL-8.10-1
1959 NL-6.95-2
1960 NL-7.31-5
Car-7.54-45

Games
1959 NL-50-8

Innings
1955 NL-241.7-4
1958 NL-250.0-5
1959 NL-270.7-4

Strikeouts
1955 NL-198-1
1956 NL-176-1
1957 NL-154-4
1958 NL-225-1
1959 NL-209-2
1960 NL-190-3

Games Started
1955 NL-34-2
1958 NL-35-4
1959 NL-35-7
1960 NL-35-5

Comp. Games
1955 NL-12-8
1958 NL-14-6
1959 NL-16-7
1960 NL-13-9

Shutouts
1955 NL-4-2
1956 NL-2-10
1957 NL-2-10
1958 NL-2-6
1959 NL-4-1
1960 NL-3-8

Bases On Balls Allow.
1955 NL-185-1
1956 NL-115-1
1957 NL-71-8
1958 NL-107-1
1959 NL-109-1
1960 NL-91-6

SO to Walk
1957 NL-2.17-6
1958 NL-2.10-7

Losses
1955 NL-20-1
1956 NL-14-6
1958 NL-13-7
1959 NL-15-5
1960 NL-14-6

Earned Runs Allow.
1955 NL-110-2

Wild Pitches
1955 NL-5-8
1958 NL-7-6
1960 NL-8-7

Hit Batsmen
1955 NL-14-1
1956 NL-8-3
1957 NL-6-10
1958 NL-6-7
1959 NL-8-4
1961 NL-8-3

Batters Faced
1955 NL-1070-2
1958 NL-1041-5
1959 NL-1148-4

Adjusted ERA+
1958 NL-144-2
1959 NL-134-2

Oldest Player
1963 NL-37-10
1964 AL-38-6

        

Black Ink: Pitching - 25 (66) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 95 (220) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 10.0 (801) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 29.0 (444) (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 1950 Season: Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent.

September 30, 1954: Traded by the Cleveland Indians with players to be named later to the Chicago Cubs for a player to be named later. The Chicago Cubs sent Ralph Kiner (November 16, 1954) to the Cleveland Indians to complete the trade. The Cleveland Indians sent $60,000 (November 16, 1954) and Gale Wade (November 30, 1954) to the Chicago Cubs to complete the trade.

December 11, 1956: Traded by the Chicago Cubs with Jim Davis, Hobie Landrith, and Eddie Miksis to the St. Louis Cardinals for Tom Poholsky, Jackie Collum, Ray Katt, and Wally Lammers (minors).

March 25, 1959: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Don Choate to the San Francisco Giants for Bill White and Ray Jablonski.

October 10, 1961: Drafted by the Houston Colt .45's from the San Francisco Giants in the 1961 expansion draft.

December 1, 1961: Traded by the Houston Colt .45's to the Detroit Tigers for Bob Bruce and Manny Montejo.

October 2, 1962: Released by the Detroit Tigers.

Before 1963 Season: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.

October 9, 1963: Released by the St. Louis Cardinals.

Before 1964 Season: Signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles.

October 20, 1964: Released by the Baltimore Orioles.

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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