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Willie Jones
Willie Edward Jones (Puddin' Head)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 192 lb.

Debut September 10, 1947
Final Game May 7, 1961
Born August 16, 1925 in Dillon, SC
Died October 18, 1983 in Cincinnati, OH

Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1947. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1947 21 PHI NL  18   62    5   14   0  1   0   10   2      7   0  .226  .304  .258   53   16   0           0   3
 1948 22 PHI NL  17   60    9   20   2  0   2    9   0      3   5  .333  .365  .467  126   28   2           0   3
 1949 23 PHI NL 149  532   71  130  35  1  19   77   3     65  66  .244  .328  .421  102  224   6           1  20 MVP-27
 1950 24 PHI NL 157  610  100  163  28  6  25   88   5     61  40  .267  .337  .456  108  278   4           3  15 MVP-36,AS
 1951 25 PHI NL 148  564   79  161  28  5  22   81   6  2  60  47  .285  .358  .470  122  265  19           4   9 AS
 1952 26 PHI NL 147  541   60  135  12  3  18   72   5  3  53  36  .250  .323  .383   96  207  11           6  14
 1953 27 PHI NL 149  481   61  108  16  2  19   70   1  1  85  45  .225  .342  .385   90  185   4           1  10
 1954 28 PHI NL 142  535   64  145  28  3  12   56   4  1  61  54  .271  .342  .402   95  215   8   6       0  10
 1955 29 PHI NL 146  516   65  133  20  3  16   81   6  2  77  51  .258  .352  .401  102  207   6   9   5   3  13
 1956 30 PHI NL 149  520   88  144  20  4  17   78   5  4  92  49  .277  .383  .429  121  223   3   5   6   1  15
 1957 31 PHI NL 133  440   58   96  19  2   9   47   1  0  61  41  .218  .310  .332   75  146   5   6   3   0  14
 1958 32 PHI NL 118  398   52  108  15  1  14   60   1  2  49  45  .271  .351  .420  104  167   3   4   4   2   8
 1959 33 TOT    130  411   57  105  22  2  14   56   0  2  48  43  .255  .332  .421   98  173   2   4   3   1  12
         TOT NL 119  393   56  101  21  2  14   55   0  2  47  40  .257  .335  .427  100  168   2   4   3   1  12
         PHI NL  47  160   23   43   9  1   7   24   0  0  19  14  .269  .343  .469  113   75   1   2   2   0   4
         CLE AL  11   18    1    4   1  0   0    1   0  0   1   3  .222  .263  .278   51    5   0   0   0   0   0
         CIN NL  72  233   33   58  12  1   7   31   0  2  28  26  .249  .330  .399   90   93   1   2   1   1   8
 1960 34 CIN NL  79  149   16   40   7  0   3   27   1  0  31  16  .268  .388  .376  109   56   1   3   3   0   2
 1961 35 CIN NL   9    7    1    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   2   3  .000  .222  .000  -34    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 15 Seasons    1691 5826  786 1502 252 33 190  812  40 17 755 541  .258  .343  .410  102 2390  74  37  24  22 148
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        558   75  144  24  3  18   78   4  2  72  52  .258  .343  .410  102  229   7   4   2   2  14
 Career High    157  610  100  163  35  6  25   88   6  4  92  66  .285  .383  .470  122  278  19   9   6   6  20
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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 
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1947 21 PHI NL   69   51    5   2.6   102| .226  .269| .304  .344| .258  .399| .562  .743|  53  .258  -4.1  -0.4     
 1948 22 PHI NL   65   45   10   5.9   100| .333  .266| .365  .341| .467  .394| .832  .735| 126  .626   1.9   0.2     
 1949 23 PHI NL  604  428   73   4.6   101| .244  .267| .328  .340| .421  .399| .749  .739| 102  .498   1.9   0.2     
 1950 24 PHI NL  678  466   93   5.3   106| .267  .267| .337  .344| .456  .414| .793  .758| 108  .554   5.6   0.5     
 1951 25 PHI NL  647  433   94   5.8   102| .285  .266| .358  .340| .470  .403| .828  .743| 122  .615  17.1   1.7  75%
 1952 26 PHI NL  611  434   65   4.0    96| .250  .260| .323  .333| .383  .387| .706  .720|  96  .484  -3.9  -0.4  62%
 1953 27 PHI NL  571  388   63   4.3   109| .225  .273| .342  .344| .385  .425| .727  .769|  90  .447  -5.5  -0.5  50%
 1954 28 PHI NL  610  415   75   4.8   108| .271  .273| .342  .344| .402  .422| .744  .766|  95  .505  -3.2  -0.3  80%
 1955 29 PHI NL  611  413   77   5.0   104| .258  .263| .352  .334| .401  .417| .753  .750| 102  .529   4.2   0.4  75%
 1956 30 PHI NL  621  403   89   5.9   101| .277  .261| .383  .328| .429  .413| .812  .741| 121  .624  19.3   1.9  55%
 1957 31 PHI NL  512  369   47   3.5   100| .218  .265| .310  .328| .332  .410| .642  .738|  75  .369 -13.4  -1.3 100%
 1958 32 PHI NL  456  307   60   5.2   105| .271  .268| .351  .336| .420  .419| .771  .755| 104  .554   3.5   0.3  33%
 1959 33 TOT     466  326   57   4.7   107| .255  .272| .332  .339| .421  .421| .753  .761|  98  .506  -1.0  -0.1   0%
         TOT NL  447  312   56   4.8   107| .257  .273| .335  .340| .427  .423| .762  .763| 100  .517   0.2   0.0   0%
         PHI NL  182  124   26   5.6   106| .269  .271| .343  .338| .469  .420| .812  .757| 113  .587   3.2   0.3   0%
         CLE AL   19   14    1   1.9    96| .222  .257| .263  .328| .278  .392| .541  .720|  51  .180  -1.2  -0.1   0%
         CIN NL  265  188   30   4.3   108| .249  .275| .330  .341| .399  .425| .729  .766|  90  .463  -3.0  -0.3   0%
 1960 34 CIN NL  184  115   25   5.9   101| .268  .265| .388  .332| .376  .407| .764  .739| 109  .631   4.0   0.4 100%
 1961 35 CIN NL    9    7    0   0.0   107| .000  .272| .222  .339| .000  .424| .222  .763| -34  .000  -1.4  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 15 Seasons     6714 4600  833   4.8   103| .258  .267| .343  .337| .410  .411| .753  .748| 102  .524  24.9   2.5     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1947 21 PHI NL 3B 17 19 41 6 3 .909 .946 3.53 2.80 1948 22 PHI NL 3B 17 30 33 5 1 .926 .940 3.71 2.81 1949 23 PHI NL 3B 145 181 308 27 19 .948 .952 3.37 2.98 1950 24 PHI NL 3B 157 190 323 25 30 .954 .948 3.27 3.01 AS 1951 25 PHI NL 3B 147 190 286 17 33 .966 .953 3.24 3.10 AS 1952 26 PHI NL 3B 147 216 281 16 31 .969 .954 3.38 2.92 1953 27 PHI NL 3B 147 176 253 11 36 .975 .951 2.92 2.72 1954 28 PHI NL 3B 141 184 277 15 23 .968 .952 3.27 2.82 1955 29 PHI NL 3B 146 202 235 18 22 .960 .951 2.99 2.81 1956 30 PHI NL 3B 149 202 264 13 23 .973 .956 3.13 2.64 3.17 3.05 149 1321.7 1957 31 PHI NL 3B 126 140 197 12 18 .966 .952 2.67 2.71 2.77 2.96 121 1095.3 1958 32 PHI NL 3B 110 137 186 11 13 .967 .952 2.94 2.86 3.09 3.18 105 941.7 1B 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 4.00 8.10 4.50 9.56 1 8.0 1959 33 TOT 3B 118 135 191 11 16 .967 .950 2.76 2.66 3.00 2.98 114 979.0 TOT NL 3B 114 132 181 10 14 .969 .950 2.75 2.66 2.95 2.97 110 956.0 PHI NL 3B 46 40 76 3 5 .975 .950 2.52 2.66 2.68 2.97 46 389.7 CLE AL 3B 4 3 10 1 2 .929 .949 3.25 2.73 5.09 3.21 4 23.0 CIN NL 3B 68 92 105 7 9 .966 .950 2.90 2.66 3.13 2.97 64 566.3 1960 34 CIN NL 3B 46 43 59 4 5 .962 .952 2.22 2.61 2.88 2.97 35 318.7 2B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 4.50 9.00 5.40 0 1.0 1961 35 CIN NL 3B 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 2.60 0.00 2.70 0 1.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1958 32 PHI NL 1B 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 4.00 8.10 4.50 9.56 1 8.0 1960 34 CIN NL 2B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 4.50 9.00 5.40 0 1.0 1947 21 PHI NL 3B 17 19 41 6 3 .909 .946 3.53 2.80 1948 22 PHI NL 3B 17 30 33 5 1 .926 .940 3.71 2.81 1949 23 PHI NL 3B 145 181 308 27 19 .948 .952 3.37 2.98 1950 24 PHI NL 3B 157 190 323 25 30 .954 .948 3.27 3.01 1951 25 PHI NL 3B 147 190 286 17 33 .966 .953 3.24 3.10 1952 26 PHI NL 3B 147 216 281 16 31 .969 .954 3.38 2.92 1953 27 PHI NL 3B 147 176 253 11 36 .975 .951 2.92 2.72 1954 28 PHI NL 3B 141 184 277 15 23 .968 .952 3.27 2.82 1955 29 PHI NL 3B 146 202 235 18 22 .960 .951 2.99 2.81 1956 30 PHI NL 3B 149 202 264 13 23 .973 .956 3.13 2.64 3.17 3.05 149 1321.7 1957 31 PHI NL 3B 126 140 197 12 18 .966 .952 2.67 2.71 2.77 2.96 121 1095.3 1958 32 PHI NL 3B 110 137 186 11 13 .967 .952 2.94 2.86 3.09 3.18 105 941.7 1959 33 TOT 3B 118 135 191 11 16 .967 .950 2.76 2.66 3.00 2.98 114 979.0 TOT NL 3B 114 132 181 10 14 .969 .950 2.75 2.66 2.95 2.97 110 956.0 PHI NL 3B 46 40 76 3 5 .975 .950 2.52 2.66 2.68 2.97 46 389.7 CLE AL 3B 4 3 10 1 2 .929 .949 3.25 2.73 5.09 3.21 4 23.0 CIN NL 3B 68 92 105 7 9 .966 .950 2.90 2.66 3.13 2.97 64 566.3 1960 34 CIN NL 3B 46 43 59 4 5 .962 .952 2.22 2.61 2.88 2.97 35 318.7 1961 35 CIN NL 3B 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 2.60 0.00 2.70 0 1.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 3B*1614 2045 2934 192 273 .963 .952 3.08 2.84 524 4657.3 1B* 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 4.00 8.10 1 8.0 2B* 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 4.50 0 1.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 1616 2050 2934 192 273 .963 .952 3.08 2.84
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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1950   WS    PHI NYY     L   4  14   1   4  1  0  0   0   0   3  .286  .286  .357   0  0   1   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1950   PHI NL   *   7   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting 3B 
 1951   PHI NL       2   0   0  0  0  0   0   1   1   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 2/2      1   9   0   1  0  0  0   0   1   1   0  0   0   0   0  .111  .200  .111 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
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
1950 (3B)
1951 *

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1949-NL-27-0.01
1950-NL-36-0.00
Car-1440-0.01 shares

On-base %
1956 NL-.384-6

OPS
1951 NL-.828-10

Games
1950 NL-157-1

At Bats
1950 NL-610-6

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1950 NL-678-7

Runs
1950 NL-100-7

Total Bases
1950 NL-278-9

Doubles
1949 NL-35-5

Home Runs
1950 NL-25-10

Bases on Balls
1953 NL-85-6
1955 NL-77-10
1956 NL-92-3

Strikeouts
1949 NL-66-6

Extra-Base Hits
1949 NL-55-8
1950 NL-59-10

Hit By Pitch
1952 NL-6-6

Sac. Hits
1951 NL-19-1
1952 NL-11-5

Sac. Flies
1955 NL-9-2
1957 NL-6-8

Grounded into Double Plays
1949 NL-20-3
1950 NL-15-9
1957 NL-14-9

Outs
1950 NL-466-4

Oldest Player
1961 NL-35-10

       

Black Ink: Batting - 1 (723) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 17 (1079) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 18.0 (724) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 11.0 (1059) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

Before 1947 Season: Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent.

June 6, 1959: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies to the Cleveland Indians for Jim Bolger and cash.

July 1, 1959: Purchased by the Cincinnati Redlegs from the Cleveland Indians.

May 16, 1961: Released by the Cincinnati Reds.


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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