Cleon Jones

Position: Leftfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Left

6-0, 185lb (183cm, 83kg)

Born: August 4, 1942 in Plateau, AL us

High School: Mobile County Training School (Mobile, AL)

Schools: Grambling State University (Grambling, LA), Alabama A&M University (Normal, AL)

Debut: September 14, 1963 (Age 21-041d, 12,165th in major league history)
vs. HOU 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: May 1, 1976 (Age 33-271d)
vs. DET 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1966 season

Full Name: Cleon Joseph Jones

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

18.0

4263

1196

.281

565

RBI

524

OBP

.339

SLG

.404

OPS

.744

OPS+

110

Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1912 to 1968 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1969 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Summary of 93 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 4 walk-off, 10 tying, 35 go ahead

1 Tm
NYM	93

Platoon
vs RHP	53
vs LHP	40

Home/Road
Home	53
Away	40

Outs
2	35
0	30
1	28

11 Opps
CHC	14
CIN	12
PIT	11
PHI	9
ATL	8
SFG	7
STL	7
LAD	7
SDP	6
MON	6
HOU	6

72 Pitchers
Ray Sadecki	3
Gary Nolan	3
Ken Holtzman	3
Steve Carlton	2
Ron Herbel	2
Barry Lersch	2
Ken Forsch	2
Wayne Twitchell	2
Bill Singer	2
Ken Johnson	2
George Stone	2
Burt Hooton	2
Steve Renko	2
Fergie Jenkins	2
Nelson Briles	2
Jim Brewer	2
Luke Walker	2
Denny Lemaster	2
Vicente Romo	1
Ted Abernathy	1
Lowell Palmer	1
George Culver	1
Tom Hall	1
Dave Tomlin	1
Rich Nye	1
Al Hrabosky	1
Dave Roberts	1
Bob Gibson	1
Steve Rogers	1
Bill Stoneman	1
Jim Merritt	1
Jack Fisher	1
Don Gullett	1
Bob Friend	1
Wade Blasingame	1
Bob Veale	1
Joe Gibbon	1
Ray Washburn	1
Dave LaRoche	1
Tommy John	1
Jim Lonborg	1
Carl Morton	1
Phil Niekro	1
Gerry Arrigo	1
Steve Blass	1
Gaylord Perry	1
Bob Forsch	1
Mike Kekich	1
Jerry Reuss	1
Milt Pappas	1
Jim Nash	1
Ken Frailing	1
Jim Bunning	1
Ted Davidson	1
Joe Hoerner	1
Clay Carroll	1
Claude Osteen	1
John Strohmayer	1
Earl Wilson	1
Larry Jaster	1
John Curtis	1
Dock Ellis	1
Dave Giusti	1
Pat Dobson	1
Bob Buhl	1
Mike McCormick	1
Don Carrithers	1
Bill Hands	1
Larry Dierker	1
Dick Kelley	1
Dick Ellsworth	1
Dick Ruthven	1

14 Parks
Shea Stad (NYC)	53
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	8
Cinergy Fld (CIN)	4
3 Rivers Std (PIT)	4
3Com Park (SFO)	4
Atl-Fulton (ATL)	4
Dodger Stad (LOS)	3
VeteransStad (PHI)	2
Busch Stad (STL)	2
Qualcomm St (SAN)	2
Astrodome (HOU)	2
Crosley Fld (CIN)	2
Parc Jarry (MON)	2
Forbes Fld (PIT)	1

Where Hit
7	20
9	10
8	7
78	4
89	1

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	89
2·HR gms	2

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	58
1--	18
12-	5
-2-	5
--3	3
1-3	3
123	1

138 RBI
RISP	17
0 on	58
1 on	26
2 on	8
3 on	1
Any on	35

Inning
1	13
2	5
3	5
4	11
5	11
6	15
7	13
8	8
9	11
Extra	1

1-3	23
4-6	37
7-end	33

RelScore
+4..	6
+3	3
+2	7
+1	15
Tied	27
-1	16
-2	9
-3	4
-4..	6

Ahead	31
Tied	27
Behind	35

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
LF	66
CF	14
RF	10
1B	3

OrderPos
4th	30
3rd	30
5th	22
2nd	5
1st	3
7th	2
6th	1

Leverage
High Lev	16
Medium Lev	39
Low Lev	38

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1965	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1965-09-22	NYM	@	PIT	Bob Friend	behind 0-2	t 5	1	---	1	7	9	0.115	32%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1966	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
2	2	1	1	1966-04-15	NYM		ATL	Denny Lemaster	tied 1-1	b 8	2	---	1	1	9	0.334	86%		Home Run
3	3	2	1	1966-05-06	NYM		CHC	Ken Holtzman	tied 1-1	b 9	0	---	1	5	8	0.375	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run
4	4	3	1	1966-06-24	NYM	@	CHC	Ken Holtzman	tied 2-2	t 7	2	---	1	4	9	0.232	67%		Home Run
5	5	4	1	1966-06-29	NYM		PHI	Bob Buhl	behind 0-3	b 5	0	---	1	5	8	0.097	26%		Home Run (Deep CF)
6	6	5	1	1966-07-21	NYM	@	SFG	Ray Sadecki	behind 1-2	t 4	1	---	1	3	8	0.132	47%		Home Run (Deep RF)
7	7	6	1	1966-08-17	NYM		PIT	Bob Veale	behind 0-2	b 1	2	---	1	3	8	0.103	40%		Home Run
8	8	7	1	1966-08-23	NYM	@	CHC	Dick Ellsworth	ahead 2-0	t 7	2	--3	2	2	8	0.116	94%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Grote Scores
9	9	8	1	1966-09-05 (2)	NYM		CIN	Ted Davidson	behind 4-8	b 10	2	---	1	5	8	0.003	0%		Home Run
1967	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
10	10	1	1	1967-05-09	NYM		CIN	Gary Nolan	tied 0-0	b 4	0	---	1	2	8	0.145	70%		Home Run
11	11	2	1	1967-05-21	NYM		STL	Ray Washburn	behind 1-3	b 7	1	---	1	7	9	0.132	28%		Home Run (LF-CF)
12	12	3	1	1967-06-23	NYM	@	ATL	Ken Johnson	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	1	2	9	0.112	59%		Home Run
13	13	4	1	1967-07-26	NYM	@	SFG	Ray Sadecki	ahead 1-0	t 2	0	1--	2	6	8	0.154	80%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Swoboda Scores/unER
14	14	5	1	1967-09-03 (2)	NYM	@	CHC	Ken Holtzman	behind 1-6	t 8	2	1--	2	1	8	0.022	3%		Home Run (Deep LF); G. Goossen Scores
1968	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
15	15	1	1	1968-04-17	NYM		SFG	Mike McCormick	tied 0-0	b 2	1	---	1	5	7	0.132	66%		Home Run (Deep RF)
16	16	2	1	1968-04-21 (2)	NYM		LAD	Mike Kekich	behind 0-1	b 1	2	---	1	3	7	0.126	51%		Home Run
17	17	3	1	1968-05-18	NYM		ATL	Ken Johnson	ahead 2-0	b 6	0	---	1	2	8	0.060	93%		Home Run
18	18	4	1	1968-06-04	NYM	@	CHC	Fergie Jenkins	ahead 2-0	t 5	2	---	1	1	8	0.092	85%		Home Run (Deep LF)
19	19	5	1	1968-06-16 (1)	NYM		SFG	Ray Sadecki	behind 0-4	b 9	1	---	1	3	7	0.007	1%		Home Run (Deep CF)
20	20	6	1	1968-06-19	NYM		HOU	Wade Blasingame	ahead 4-0	b 5	2	---	1	3	9	0.025	97%		Home Run
21	21	7	1	1968-06-20	NYM		HOU	Larry Dierker	ahead 1-0	b 5	2	1-3	3	3	9	0.210	95%		Home Run; T. Seaver Scores; K. Boswell Scores
22	22	8	1	1968-06-23	NYM		LAD	Bill Singer	ahead 2-0	b 5	1	12-	3	3	9	0.109	97%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Harrelson Scores; K. Boswell Scores
23	23	9	1	1968-06-25	NYM	@	CIN	George Culver	tied 0-0	t 6	1	---	1	3	9	0.198	67%		Home Run (Deep CF)
24	24	10	1	1968-07-04 (2)	NYM		PIT	Jim Bunning	tied 0-0	b 1	2	---	1	3	7	0.125	63%		Home Run
25	25	11	1	1968-07-19	NYM	@	STL	Larry Jaster	tied 0-0	t 1	0	-2-	2	2	8	0.155	72%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Harrelson Scores
26	26	12	1	1968-08-04 (1)	NYM	@	LAD	Claude Osteen	tied 0-0	t 1	1	--3	2	3	7	0.158	72%		Home Run (Deep LF); T. Agee Scores
27	27	13	1	1968-08-28 (1)	NYM		CIN	Gerry Arrigo	behind 2-8	b 6	0	---	1	3	7	0.016	3%		Home Run (Deep RF)
28	28	14	1	1968-09-02 (1)	NYM		ATL	George Stone	behind 0-2	b 6	0	---	1	3	7	0.142	35%		Home Run
1969	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
29	29	1	1	1969-04-11	NYM		STL	Joe Hoerner	behind 3-6	b 9	2	1--	2	4	3	0.030	4%		Home Run; K. Boswell Scores
30	30	2	1	1969-04-27 (2)	NYM		CHC	Rich Nye	tied 0-0	b 9	1	12-	3	4	7	0.298	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run; R. Gaspar Scores/unER; K. Boswell Scores
31	31	3	1	1969-05-01	NYM	@	MON	Bill Stoneman	tied 1-1	t 3	2	---	1	4	7	0.128	59%		Home Run (Deep LF-CF)
32	32	4	1	1969-05-06	NYM		CIN	Gary Nolan	ahead 2-1	b 6	1	---	1	4	7	0.115	84%		Home Run
33	33	5	1	1969-05-10	NYM		HOU	Denny Lemaster	ahead 2-0	b 6	0	---	1	4	3	0.064	92%		Home Run
34	34	6	1	1969-05-14	NYM		ATL	George Stone	ahead 4-3	b 8	0	123	4	4	7	0.043	100%		Home Run; T. Agee Scores; E. Charles Scores; K. Boswell Scores
35	35	7	1	1969-05-17	NYM	@	CIN	Jack Fisher	ahead 1-0	t 1	0	12-	3	4	7	0.157	84%		Home Run; W. Garrett Scores; K. Boswell Scores
36	36	8	1	1969-06-10	NYM	@	SFG	Ron Herbel	ahead 5-1	t 7	1	1-3	3	4	3	0.028	99%		Home Run; B. Harrelson Scores/unER; T. Agee Scores
37	37	9	1	1969-06-28	NYM		PIT	Joe Gibbon	behind 2-7	b 9	0	---	1	4	7	0.009	2%		Home Run
38	38	10	1	1969-07-09	NYM		CHC	Ted Abernathy	ahead 3-0	b 7	1	---	1	3	7	0.029	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
39	39	11	1	1969-07-24	NYM		CIN	Jim Merritt	behind 1-2	b 8	0	---	1	3	7	0.314	60%		Home Run
40	40	12	1	1969-08-16 (2)	NYM		SDP	Dick Kelley	behind 0-1	b 4	0	---	1	3	7	0.143	56%		Home Run
1970	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
41	41	1	1	1970-05-19	NYM	@	MON	John Strohmayer	ahead 4-3	t 7	2	---	1	3	7	0.140	79%		Home Run
42	42	2	1	1970-06-17	NYM		CIN	Clay Carroll	ahead 3-2	b 7	1	---	1	3	7	0.107	88%		Home Run
43	43	3	1	1970-07-16	NYM	@	LAD	Bill Singer	behind 0-1	t 7	0	---	1	5	7	0.201	50%		Home Run (Deep CF)
44	44	4	1	1970-07-27	NYM		SFG	Gaylord Perry	behind 2-3	b 4	0	---	1	5	7	0.134	56%		Home Run (Deep RF)
45	45	5	1	1970-07-31	NYM		SDP	Pat Dobson	ahead 1-0	b 4	2	---	1	5	7	0.111	76%		Home Run
46	46	6	1	1970-08-01	NYM		SDP	Earl Wilson	behind 0-1	b 3	2	1-3	3	5	7	0.305	74%		Home Run; B. Harrelson Scores; A. Shamsky Scores
47	47	7	1	1970-08-11	NYM	@	CIN	Gary Nolan	behind 0-8	t 9	0	---	1	5	7	0.001	0%		Home Run (Deep CF)
48	48	8	1	1970-08-16	NYM	@	ATL	Jim Nash	tied 1-1	t 6	0	---	1	5	7	0.157	66%		Home Run (Deep LF)
49	49	9	1	1970-09-07 (1)	NYM		MON	Carl Morton	behind 2-4	b 8	1	1--	2	3	7	0.388	56%		Home Run; W. Garrett Scores
50	50	10	1	1970-09-09 (1)	NYM		PHI	Barry Lersch	behind 0-2	b 6	0	1--	2	3	7	0.260	58%		Home Run; W. Garrett Scores
1971	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
51	51	1	1	1971-04-08	NYM		MON	Steve Renko	behind 1-3	b 4	0	---	1	3	7	0.127	41%		Home Run
52	52	2	1	1971-04-18 (1)	NYM		PIT	Luke Walker	behind 1-2	b 6	0	1--	2	3	7	0.324	76%		Home Run; B. Harrelson Scores
53	53	3	1	1971-05-14	NYM	@	PIT	Nelson Briles	ahead 3-0	t 3	0	---	1	4	7	0.063	88%		Home Run
54	54	4	1	1971-05-15	NYM	@	PIT	Steve Blass	tied 2-2	t 4	0	---	1	4	7	0.136	64%		Home Run
55	55	5	1	1971-06-23	NYM	@	PIT	Luke Walker	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	1	3	7	0.110	57%		Home Run
56	56	6	1	1971-06-29	NYM	@	PHI	Barry Lersch	ahead 1-0	t 8	0	---	1	3	7	0.115	88%		Home Run (Deep RF)
57	57	7	1	1971-07-05 (2)	NYM		MON	Steve Renko	ahead 5-0	b 4	2	12-	3	4	7	0.034	99%		Home Run; T. Martínez Scores; K. Boswell Scores
58	58	8	1	1971-07-15	NYM	@	HOU	Ken Forsch	behind 3-4	t 7	2	1--	2	4	7	0.445	68%		Home Run; T. Agee Scores
59	59	9	1	1971-07-21	NYM	@	CHC	Bill Hands	tied 0-0	t 1	2	--3	2	4	7	0.174	66%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Harrelson Scores
60	60	10	1	1971-07-25	NYM		HOU	Ken Forsch	behind 0-1	b 4	0	---	1	4	7	0.151	56%		Home Run
61	61	11	1	1971-08-06	NYM	@	ATL	Ron Herbel	ahead 7-1	t 7	1	---	1	4	7	0.007	99%		Home Run
62	62	12	1	1971-08-21	NYM		SDP	Dave Roberts	tied 1-1	b 9	2	---	1	3	7	0.470	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run
63	63	13	1	1971-08-28 (2)	NYM		LAD	Jim Brewer	tied 1-1	b 9	2	---	1	3	8	0.470	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep CF)
64	64	14	1	1971-09-04 (1)	NYM	@	PHI	Wayne Twitchell	behind 1-2	t 3	2	-2-	2	3	7	0.233	59%		Home Run (Deep LF); W. Garrett Scores/unER; C. Jones Scores/unER
1972	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
65	65	1	1	1972-04-23 (1)	NYM		CHC	Milt Pappas	behind 1-2	b 6	1	1--	2	5	7	0.370	74%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Staub Scores
66	66	2	1	1972-05-02	NYM	@	SFG	Don Carrithers	ahead 2-1	t 6	1	---	1	5	7	0.132	79%		Home Run (Deep LF)
67	67	3	1	1972-08-01 (1)	NYM		PHI	Wayne Twitchell	tied 1-1	b 8	2	---	1	5	7	0.340	86%		Home Run
68	68	4	1	1972-08-06	NYM		CHC	Burt Hooton	tied 0-0	b 1	2	1--	2	4	7	0.208	73%		Home Run (Deep LF); W. Garrett Scores
69	69	5	1	1972-09-03	NYM	@	HOU	Jerry Reuss	behind 0-1	t 6	2	---	1	4	9	0.187	45%		Home Run
1973	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
70	70	1	1	1973-04-06	NYM		PHI	Steve Carlton	tied 0-0	b 4	2	-2-	2	5	7	0.235	78%		Home Run; F. Millán Scores
71	71	2	2	1973-04-06	NYM		PHI	Steve Carlton	ahead 2-0	b 7	0	---	1	5	7	0.051	95%		Home Run
72	72	3	1	1973-07-13 (2)	NYM	@	CIN	Dave Tomlin	ahead 4-1	t 2	2	---	1	3	8	0.070	85%		Home Run (CF-RF)
73	73	4	1	1973-07-16	NYM	@	ATL	Phil Niekro	behind 2-3	t 5	2	-2-	2	4	7	0.265	60%		Home Run; F. Millán Scores
74	74	5	1	1973-08-15	NYM	@	SDP	Vicente Romo	ahead 6-0	t 5	2	---	1	5	7	0.013	98%		Home Run
75	75	6	1	1973-09-19	NYM		PIT	Nelson Briles	behind 0-1	b 2	0	1--	2	5	7	0.191	66%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Milner Scores
76	76	7	2	1973-09-19	NYM		PIT	Dave Giusti	ahead 4-3	b 8	1	12-	3	5	7	0.095	99%		Home Run; R. Staub Scores; J. Milner Scores
77	77	8	1	1973-09-23	NYM		STL	Al Hrabosky	ahead 4-2	b 7	1	---	1	5	7	0.056	94%		Home Run
78	78	9	1	1973-09-25	NYM		MON	Steve Rogers	tied 1-1	b 6	1	---	1	5	7	0.192	73%		Home Run
79	79	10	1	1973-09-30 (2)	NYM	@	CHC	Fergie Jenkins	ahead 3-2	t 6	1	1--	2	5	7	0.192	86%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Milner Scores
80	80	11	1	1973-10-01	NYM	@	CHC	Burt Hooton	tied 0-0	t 2	1	---	1	5	7	0.109	59%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1974	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
81	81	1	1	1974-05-11	NYM	@	CHC	Ken Frailing	tied 0-0	t 4	1	---	1	4	7	0.135	61%		Home Run (Deep CF)
82	82	2	1	1974-05-13	NYM	@	STL	Bob Gibson	ahead 1-0	t 3	2	1--	2	3	7	0.193	79%		Home Run (Deep LF); K. Boswell Scores
83	83	3	1	1974-05-25	NYM	@	PIT	Dock Ellis	tied 0-0	t 1	1	1--	2	3	7	0.185	69%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Harrelson Scores
84	84	4	1	1974-05-29	NYM	@	CIN	Don Gullett	behind 0-2	t 7	1	---	1	4	7	0.114	25%		Home Run (LF-CF)
85	85	5	1	1974-06-14	NYM		LAD	Tommy John	behind 0-3	b 9	2	1--	2	4	7	0.029	4%		Home Run; T. Martínez Scores
86	86	6	1	1974-06-29	NYM		STL	John Curtis	tied 0-0	b 1	2	-2-	2	4	7	0.187	72%		Home Run (Deep LF); W. Garrett Scores
87	87	7	1	1974-07-02	NYM		PHI	Dick Ruthven	behind 0-1	b 1	2	1--	2	4	7	0.209	62%		Home Run; R. Staub Scores
88	88	8	1	1974-07-03	NYM		PHI	Jim Lonborg	ahead 4-0	b 5	1	---	1	4	7	0.029	96%		Home Run
89	89	9	1	1974-07-14	NYM	@	LAD	Jim Brewer	ahead 2-1	t 9	0	1--	2	4	7	0.099	97%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Staub Scores
90	90	10	1	1974-07-20	NYM	@	SDP	Lowell Palmer	ahead 3-2	t 5	1	---	1	4	7	0.126	76%		Home Run (Deep RF)
91	91	11	1	1974-08-01 (2)	NYM		CHC	Dave LaRoche	behind 0-2	b 6	2	---	1	4	7	0.129	31%		Home Run (Deep LF)
92	92	12	1	1974-08-18	NYM	@	CIN	Tom Hall	behind 3-6	t 9	0	1--	2	4	7	0.088	15%		Home Run (LF-CF); R. Staub Scores
93	93	13	1	1974-09-11	NYM		STL	Bob Forsch	tied 1-1	b 5	0	1--	2	3	7	0.214	83%		Home Run (Deep LF); F. Millán Scores

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