Sheldon Jones

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 180lb (183cm, 81kg)

Born: February 2, 1922 in Tecumseh, NE us

Died: April 18, 1991 in Greenville, NC

Buried: Greenwood Cemetery, Greenville, NC

High School: York HS (York, NE)

Debut: September 9, 1946 (Age 24-219d, 10,170th in major league history)
vs. PHI 6.0 IP, 5 H, 6 SO, 5 BB, 4 ER

Last Game: June 28, 1953 (Age 31-146d)
vs. NYG 0.2 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1947 season

Full Name: Sheldon Leslie Jones

Nicknames: Available

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.8

ERA

3.96

260

101

920.0

413

WHIP

1.437

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 88 Home Runs Allowed

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

1 leading off, 0 walk-off, 7 tying, 28 go ahead

3 Tms
NYG	78
BSN	7
CHC	3

Platoon
vs RHB	46
vs LHB	42

Home/Road
Home	56
Away	32

Outs
0	34
1	33
2	21

8 Opps
BRO	17
PHI	15
CIN	13
BSN	11
CHC	11
PIT	9
STL	7
NYG	5

55 Batters
Gene Hermanski	4
Stan Musial	4
Carl Furillo	4
Bob Elliott	4
Ralph Kiner	4
Ted Kluszewski	3
Sid Gordon	3
Hank Sauer	3
Del Ennis	3
Al Dark	2
Andy Seminick	2
Arky Vaughan	2
Duke Snider	2
Bill Howerton	2
Virgil Stallcup	2
Bill Nicholson	2
Hank Edwards	2
Eddie Lukon	2
Granny Hamner	2
Pee Wee Reese	1
Bill Serena	1
Randy Jackson	1
Davey Williams	1
Richie Ashburn	1
Enos Slaughter	1
Eddie Miller	1
Roy Smalley	1
Ed Stevens	1
Hank Thompson	1
Willard Marshall	1
Jackie Robinson	1
Preston Ward	1
Jeff Heath	1
Roy Campanella	1
Clarence Maddern	1
Frank Baumholtz	1
Del Rice	1
Johnny Pramesa	1
Wayne Belardi	1
Gil Hodges	1
Clyde McCullough	1
Ed Sanicki	1
Bert Haas	1
Dusty Rhodes	1
Rube Walker	1
Eddie Waitkus	1
Johnny Hopp	1
Walker Cooper	1
Grady Hatton	1
Bob Chesnes	1
Russ Meyer	1
Phil Cavarretta	1
Daryl Spencer	1
Max West	1
Johnny Wyrostek	1

8 Parks
Polo Grounds (NYC)	48
Braves Fld (BOS)	9
Ebbets Fld (NYC)	8
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	7
ConnieMackSt (PHI)	7
Crosley Fld (CIN)	4
Busch Stad 1 (STL)	3
Forbes Fld (PIT)	2

Where Hit
7	30
9	30
8	5
89	2
78	1

3 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	46
2·HR gms	15
3·HR gms	4

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	48
1--	16
-2-	6
12-	5
--3	5
1-3	5
123	2
-23	1

143 Runs
RISP	24
0 on	48
1 on	27
2 on	11
3 on	2
Any on	40

Inning
1	9
2	7
3	9
4	12
5	14
6	11
7	9
8	10
9	6
Extra	1

1-3	25
4-6	37
7-end	26

RelScore
+4..	8
+2	12
+1	13
Tied	25
-1	6
-2	9
-3	7
-4..	8

Ahead	33
Tied	25
Behind	30

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
LF	25
RF	13
1B	11
SS	10
CF	8
C	8
3B	7
PH	2
P	2
2B	2

OrderPos
4th	25
5th	14
2nd	11
3rd	10
6th	10
7th	7
1st	4
9th	4
8th	3

Leverage
High Lev	18
Medium Lev	36
Low Lev	29

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1946	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1946-09-09	Del Ennis	PHI		NYG	tied 0-0	b 1	1	-23	3	4	7
2	2	2	1	1946-09-14	Eddie Lukon	CIN	@	NYG	tied 0-0	t 2	1	---	1	5	9	12%	59%		Home Run
3	3	3	2	1946-09-14	Eddie Lukon	CIN	@	NYG	ahead 1-0	t 7	0	---	1	5	9	12%	84%		Home Run
4	4	4	3	1946-09-14	Max West	CIN	@	NYG	ahead 2-0	t 7	1	---	1	7	7	8%	90%		Home Run
1947	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
5	5	1	1	1947-08-03 (2)	Ralph Kiner	PIT		NYG	behind 3-5	b 6	1	---	1	4	7	13%	36%		Home Run
6	6	2	1	1947-08-22	Ralph Kiner	PIT	@	NYG	behind 2-5	t 7	0	---	1	4	7	8%	19%		Home Run
1948	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
7	7	1	1	1948-04-21	Arky Vaughan	BRO	@	NYG	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	1	2	7	10%	58%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF
8	8	2	2	1948-04-21	Arky Vaughan	BRO	@	NYG	behind 1-4	t 6	1	---	1	2	7	8%	19%		Home Run (Deep RF)
9	9	3	3	1948-04-21	Carl Furillo	BRO	@	NYG	behind 2-6	t 8	1	1--	2	4	8	6%	10%		Home Run (Deep RF); A. Vaughan Scores
10	10	4	1	1948-05-21	Clarence Maddern	CHC	@	NYG	ahead 1-0	t 4	0	---	1	7	7	11%	73%		Home Run (Deep LF)
11	11	5	1	1948-06-04	Hank Sauer	CIN		NYG	behind 3-5	b 8	1	---	1	4	7	12%	24%		Home Run (Deep LF)
12	12	6	1	1948-07-22 (1)	Del Rice	STL		NYG	behind 0-1	b 2	0	1--	2	8	2	17%	65%		Home Run (Deep CF); N. Jones Scores
13	13	7	1	1948-08-04 (1)	Stan Musial	STL	@	NYG	ahead 1-0	t 3	0	1--	2	3	8	15%	80%		Home Run (Deep RF); M. Marion Scores
14	14	8	1	1948-08-14	Eddie Miller	PHI		NYG	tied 0-0	b 2	2	---	1	6	6	12%	63%		Home Run (Deep LF)
15	15	9	1	1948-08-26 (2)	Enos Slaughter	STL		NYG	behind 1-3	b 3	1	1--	2	4	7	20%	53%		Home Run (Deep RF); S. Musial Scores
16	16	10	1	1948-09-08	Bert Haas	PHI	@	NYG	ahead 1-0	t 6	1	---	1	4	3	13%	76%		Home Run (Deep LF)
17	17	11	1	1948-09-12	Duke Snider	BRO	@	NYG	behind 0-4	t 5	2	---	1	9	PH	5%	12%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
18	18	12	2	1948-09-12	Gene Hermanski	BRO	@	NYG	behind 1-5	t 8	0	---	1	3	9	3%	7%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
19	19	13	1	1948-09-17	Ted Kluszewski	CIN	@	NYG	tied 1-1	t 4	0	1--	2	4	3	19%	73%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Adams Scores/unER
20	20	14	2	1948-09-17	Virgil Stallcup	CIN	@	NYG	ahead 3-1	t 4	2	---	1	7	6	9%	79%		Home Run (Deep LF); V. Stallcup Scores/unER
21	21	15	1	1948-09-25	Jeff Heath	BSN		NYG	behind 0-2	b 4	2	---	1	5	7	12%	37%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
1949	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
22	22	1	1	1949-05-05	Ed Stevens	PIT	@	NYG	behind 0-1	t 2	1	---	1	5	3	10%	48%		Home Run
23	23	2	1	1949-05-14	Bill Nicholson	PHI	@	NYG	tied 0-0	t 2	1	---	1	6	9	11%	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
24	24	3	1	1949-05-24	Rube Walker	CHC		NYG	tied 0-0	b 4	0	12-	3	6	2	20%	87%		Home Run (Deep RF); H. Edwards Scores; A. Pafko Scores
25	25	4	1	1949-06-02	Hank Edwards	CHC	@	NYG	ahead 1-0	t 6	2	1--	2	4	9	21%	85%		Home Run (Deep RF); P. Cavarretta Scores
26	26	5	1	1949-06-06	Johnny Wyrostek	CIN	@	NYG	tied 0-0	t 3	0	1-3	3	3	8	16%	80%		Home Run (Deep RF); G. Hatton Scores; F. Baumholtz Scores
27	27	6	1	1949-06-22	Stan Musial	STL		NYG	behind 0-3	b 1	2	---	1	3	8
28	28	7	1	1949-06-30 (2)	Al Dark	BSN	@	NYG	ahead 2-0	t 5	0	1--	2	3	6			IPHR
29	29	8	2	1949-06-30 (2)	Bob Elliott	BSN	@	NYG	ahead 4-0	t 5	0	---	1	4	5			IPHR
30	30	9	1	1949-07-16 (1)	Bob Chesnes	PIT	@	NYG	ahead 6-0	t 9	0	---	1	9	1	0%	100%		Home Run
31	31	10	2	1949-07-16 (1)	Ralph Kiner	PIT	@	NYG	ahead 7-0	t 9	2	1--	2	4	7	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Hopp Scores
32	32	11	1	1949-08-12	Granny Hamner	PHI	@	NYG	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	1	2	6	10%	58%		Home Run (Deep LF)
33	33	12	1	1949-08-24	Phil Cavarretta	CHC	@	NYG	behind 0-3	t 6	2	---	1	2	9	7%	17%		Home Run (Deep RF)
34	34	13	2	1949-08-24	Frank Baumholtz	CHC	@	NYG	behind 1-4	t 8	1	-2-	2	9	PH	12%	20%		Home Run (Deep RF); H. Reich Scores
35	35	14	1	1949-08-31	Johnny Hopp	PIT	@	NYG	behind 1-3	t 3	1	1--	2	2	3	19%	47%		Home Run (Deep RF); S. Rojek Scores
36	36	15	2	1949-08-31	Ralph Kiner	PIT	@	NYG	behind 3-12	t 8	1	---	1	4	7	0%	0%		Home Run (Deep LF)
37	37	16	3	1949-08-31	Clyde McCullough	PIT	@	NYG	behind 4-12	t 9	0	---	1	8	2	0%	0%		Home Run (Deep LF)
38	38	17	1	1949-09-06 (2)	Bill Nicholson	PHI	@	NYG	behind 0-1	t 5	0	---	1	6	9	14%	50%		Home Run (Deep RF)
39	39	18	1	1949-09-28	Del Ennis	PHI		NYG	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	1	4	7	11%	66%		Home Run (Deep LF)
40	40	19	2	1949-09-28	Ed Sanicki	PHI		NYG	ahead 1-0	b 7	1	---	1	6	9	11%	88%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1950	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
41	41	1	1	1950-04-19	Sid Gordon	BSN	@	NYG	tied 0-0	t 5	0	---	1	5	7	14%	64%		Home Run (Deep LF)
42	42	2	2	1950-04-19	Sid Gordon	BSN	@	NYG	ahead 1-0	t 6	1	123	4	5	7	19%	95%		Home Run (Deep LF); S. Jethroe Scores; W. Marshall Scores; B. Elliott Scores
43	43	3	1	1950-05-14 (2)	Del Ennis	PHI		NYG	behind 5-6	b 6	1	1-3	3	4	9	32%	83%		Home Run (Deep CF); R. Ashburn Scores; E. Waitkus Scores
44	44	4	1	1950-05-27	Andy Seminick	PHI	@	NYG	ahead 3-1	t 3	2	123	4	8	2	20%	93%		Home Run (Deep LF); W. Jones Scores/unER; D. Sisler Scores/unER; D. Whitman Scores/unER; A. Seminick Scores/unER
45	45	5	1	1950-06-07	Hank Sauer	CHC		NYG	behind 3-9	b 7	2	---	1	4	7	1%	2%		Home Run
46	46	6	1	1950-06-20	Bill Howerton	STL	@	NYG	behind 0-2	t 5	0	---	1	6	7	11%	36%		Home Run (Deep RF)
47	47	7	2	1950-06-20	Stan Musial	STL	@	NYG	behind 1-2	t 8	1	---	1	3	3	25%	45%		Home Run (Deep RF)
48	48	8	1	1950-06-28	Carl Furillo	BRO		NYG	tied 1-1	b 4	0	1--	2	5	9	18%	78%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); J. Robinson Scores
49	49	9	2	1950-06-28	Gene Hermanski	BRO		NYG	tied 3-3	b 7	2	-2-	2	2	7	30%	86%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF); B. Cox Scores
50	50	10	1	1950-07-02 (2)	Bob Elliott	BSN	@	NYG	behind 0-2	t 5	0	---	1	4	5	11%	36%		Home Run (Deep LF)
51	51	11	2	1950-07-02 (2)	Sid Gordon	BSN	@	NYG	ahead 3-2	t 9	1	1-3	3	5	7	10%	98%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); S. Jethroe Scores; E. Torgeson Scores
52	52	12	1	1950-07-06	Andy Seminick	PHI		NYG	tied 1-1	b 5	0	---	1	7	2	14%	71%		Home Run
53	53	13	2	1950-07-06	Granny Hamner	PHI		NYG	ahead 3-1	b 5	1	--3	2	2	6	8%	93%		Home Run; R. Ashburn Scores
54	54	14	1	1950-07-16 (1)	Ted Kluszewski	CIN		NYG	ahead 5-3	b 4	1	12-	3	4	3	13%	94%		Home Run; G. Hatton Scores; D. Litwhiler Scores
55	55	15	2	1950-07-16 (1)	Johnny Pramesa	CIN		NYG	ahead 8-3	b 5	0	---	1	7	2	2%	98%		Home Run (Deep LF)
56	56	16	3	1950-07-16 (1)	Grady Hatton	CIN		NYG	ahead 9-3	b 5	2	1--	2	2	5	2%	99%		Home Run (Deep RF); K. Raffensberger Scores
57	57	17	1	1950-08-08	Bob Elliott	BSN		NYG	tied 0-0	b 4	1	---	1	4	5	14%	67%		Home Run (CF-RF)
58	58	18	1	1950-08-17 (1)	Gene Hermanski	BRO	@	NYG	tied 0-0	t 3	0	--3	2	2	7	11%	71%		Home Run (Deep RF); P. Reese Scores
59	59	19	2	1950-08-17 (1)	Gil Hodges	BRO	@	NYG	ahead 3-1	t 5	2	--3	2	6	3	14%	88%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); D. Snider Scores
60	60	20	1	1950-08-23	Bill Serena	CHC		NYG	behind 1-5	b 8	0	12-	3	6	5	18%	31%		Home Run; H. Sauer Scores; A. Pafko Scores
61	61	21	1	1950-09-05	Gene Hermanski	BRO		NYG	behind 2-5	b 8	0	---	1	3	7	8%	17%		Home Run (Deep CF)
62	62	22	2	1950-09-05	Carl Furillo	BRO		NYG	behind 3-5	b 8	0	1--	2	5	9	36%	61%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Robinson Scores
63	63	23	1	1950-09-16	Hank Sauer	CHC	@	NYG	ahead 2-0	t 3	2	---	1	4	7	9%	77%		Home Run
64	64	24	2	1950-09-16	Preston Ward	CHC	@	NYG	tied 3-3	t 6	0	---	1	3	3	16%	66%		Home Run
65	65	25	1	1950-09-25 (1)	Pee Wee Reese	BRO		NYG	ahead 1-0	b 4	2	1--	2	1	6	18%	84%		Home Run (Deep LF); P. Roe Scores
66	66	26	1	1950-09-28 (2)	Eddie Waitkus	PHI	@	NYG	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	1	1	3	9%	59%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep RF)
1951	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
67	67	1	1	1951-04-27	Willard Marshall	BSN	@	NYG	tied 3-3	t 6	1	1-3	3	7	9	25%	86%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Elliott Scores; W. Cooper Scores
68	68	2	1	1951-04-30	Duke Snider	BRO		NYG	behind 4-8	b 8	0	---	1	3	8	4%	9%		Home Run (Deep CF)
69	69	3	1	1951-05-06 (1)	Virgil Stallcup	CIN	@	NYG	tied 3-3	t 10	1	---	1	5	6	38%	82%		Home Run
70	70	4	1	1951-05-28	Bob Elliott	BSN	@	NYG	ahead 1-0	t 1	1	--3	2	4	5	11%	75%		Home Run (Deep LF); W. Marshall Scores
71	71	5	1	1951-06-17 (1)	Bill Howerton	PIT		NYG	ahead 10-1	b 7	0	---	1	5	8
72	72	6	1	1951-07-03	Richie Ashburn	PHI	@	NYG	tied 0-0	t 3	1	12-	3	2	8	24%	78%		Home Run (Deep RF); K. Johnson Scores/unER; E. Waitkus Scores
73	73	7	1	1951-07-17	Roy Smalley	CHC	@	NYG	ahead 1-0	t 2	0	---	1	7	6	10%	70%		Home Run (Deep LF)
74	74	8	1	1951-08-02	Randy Jackson	CHC		NYG	behind 0-1	b 1	2	-2-	2	4	5	18%	61%		Home Run; H. Jeffcoat Scores
75	75	9	1	1951-08-08 (1)	Carl Furillo	BRO		NYG	ahead 4-2	b 7	1	---	1	1	9	6%	94%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
76	76	10	1	1951-08-09	Roy Campanella	BRO		NYG	tied 5-5	b 7	0	---	1	6	2	20%	79%		Home Run (Deep LF)
77	77	11	1	1951-09-05 (1)	Walker Cooper	BSN		NYG	behind 0-2	b 4	1	--3	2	6	2	18%	53%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Elliott Scores
78	78	12	1	1951-10-02	Jackie Robinson	BRO	@	NYG	tied 0-0	t 1	2	1--	2	4	4	19%	66%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); P. Reese Scores
1952	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
79	79	1	1	1952-06-18 (1)	Ted Kluszewski	CIN	@	BSN	ahead 3-2	t 3	0	---	1	4	3	11%	73%		Home Run
80	80	2	1	1952-06-19	Hank Edwards	CIN	@	BSN	tied 4-4	t 9	1	12-	3	5	7	39%	97%		Home Run (Deep RF); G. Hatton Scores; E. Pellagrini Scores
81	81	3	1	1952-07-01	Hank Thompson	NYG	@	BSN	tied 0-0	t 1	2	1--	2	4	8	20%	67%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Thomson Scores
82	82	4	2	1952-07-01	Davey Williams	NYG	@	BSN	ahead 2-0	t 5	0	---	1	1	4	9%	85%		Home Run (Deep LF)
83	83	5	1	1952-08-07 (2)	Russ Meyer	PHI	@	BSN	ahead 8-2	t 6	1	-2-	2	9	1	1%	99%		Home Run; S. Lopata Scores
84	84	6	1	1952-08-11 (1)	Dusty Rhodes	NYG	@	BSN	behind 3-6	t 5	2	-2-	2	5	7	17%	30%		Home Run; H. Thompson Scores
85	85	7	1	1952-09-24 (1)	Al Dark	NYG		BSN	ahead 6-5	b 4	0	---	1	2	6	10%	80%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1953	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
86	86	1	1	1953-05-25	Stan Musial	STL	@	CHC	ahead 6-2	t 6	2	1--	2	3	7	6%	97%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Schoendienst Scores
87	87	2	1	1953-06-19 (2)	Wayne Belardi	BRO	@	CHC	ahead 3-1	t 4	2	1-3	3	4	3	18%	90%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); P. Reese Scores; D. Snider Scores
88	88	3	1	1953-06-26	Daryl Spencer	NYG	@	CHC	ahead 7-5	t 9	1	-2-	2	5	6	6%	98%		Home Run (Deep LF); H. Thompson Scores

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