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Sherman Jones
Sherman Jarvis Jones (Roadblock)

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 4", Weight 205 lb.

Debut August 2, 1960
  vs. PHI 0.3 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER
Final Game September 9, 1962
Born February 10, 1935 in Winton, NC
Died February 21, 2007 in Lawrence, KS

Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent in 1953. (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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1960 25 SFG NL   1   1  16   0   0   0   8  1   32.0   37   17   11   3   11   10   1   0   143   1   0  3.09  3.50  113 1.500
 1961 26 CIN NL   1   1  24   2   0   0   9  2   55.0   51   32   27   6   27   32   2   3   239   6   2  4.42  4.07   92 1.418
 1962 27 NYM NL   0   4   8   3   0   0   1  0   23.3   31   22   20   3    8   11   2   3   110   2   1  7.71  4.14   54 1.671
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  3 Yr WL% .250   2   6  48   5   0   0  18  3  110.3  119   71   58  12   46   53   5   6   492   9   3  4.73  3.92   83 1.495
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     2   7  61   6   0   0  23  3  141.3  152   91   74  15   59   68   6   7   631  11   3  4.73  3.92   83 1.495
 Career High      1   4  24   3   0   0   9  2   55.0   51   32   27   6   27   32   2   3   239   6   2  4.42  4.07   92 1.418

* 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1960 25 SFG NL  16    7    1    2   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   2  .286  .286  .286   61    2   0   0   0   0   1
 1961 26 CIN NL  24   11    0    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   3  .182  .250  .182   17    2   0   0   0   0   0
 1962 27 NYM NL   8    7    0    3   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   2  .429  .429  .429  132    3   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 3 Seasons       48   25    1    7   0  0   0    2   0  0   1   7  .280  .308  .280   60    7   0   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         84    3   24   0  0   0    7   0  0   3  24  .280  .308  .280   60   24   0   0   0   0   3
 Career High     24   11    1    3   0  0   0    1   0  0   1   3                           3   0   0   0   0   1
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1960 25 SFG NL    7    6    0   0.0    95| .286  .257| .286  .322| .286  .395| .572  .717|  61  .000  -0.4   0.0   0%
 1961 26 CIN NL   12    9    1   3.0   107| .182  .272| .250  .339| .182  .424| .432  .763|  17  .305  -1.4  -0.1   0%
 1962 27 NYM NL    7    4    1   6.7   103| .429  .270| .429  .337| .429  .410| .858  .747| 132  .669   0.3   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 3 Seasons        26   19    2   2.8   103| .280  .267| .308  .334| .280  .412| .588  .746|  60  .294  -1.5  -0.1   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 ------+
1960 25 SFG NL P 16 0 4 1 0 .800 .952 0.25 0.87 1.12 2.08 0 32.0 1961 26 CIN NL P 24 5 8 0 0 1.000 .956 0.54 0.88 2.13 2.18 2 55.0 1962 27 NYM NL P 8 3 5 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 0.82 3.09 2.09 3 23.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1960 25 SFG NL P 16 0 4 1 0 .800 .952 0.25 0.87 1.12 2.08 0 32.0 1961 26 CIN NL P 24 5 8 0 0 1.000 .956 0.54 0.88 2.13 2.18 2 55.0 1962 27 NYM NL P 8 3 5 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 0.82 3.09 2.09 3 23.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 48 8 17 1 0 .962 .954 0.52 0.87 2.04 2.13 5 110.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 48 8 17 1 0 .962 .954 0.52 0.87 2.05 2.14 5 110
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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1961   WS    CIN NYY     L   1   0   0.00  0  0  0  0   0.2   0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1961   WS    CIN NYY     L   1   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.


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Transactions 

Before 1953 Season: Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent.

May 13, 1961: Sent by the San Francisco Giants to the Cincinnati Reds to complete an earlier deal made on April 27, 1961. The San Francisco Giants sent a player to be named later, Bob Schmidt, and Don Blasingame to the Cincinnati Reds for Ed Bailey. The San Francisco Giants sent Sherman Jones (May 13, 1961) to the Cincinnati Reds to complete the trade.

October 10, 1961: Drafted by the New York Mets from the Cincinnati Reds in the 1961 expansion draft.


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