Jake Jones

Position: First Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 197lb (190cm, 89kg)

Born: November 23, 1920 in Epps, LA us

Died: December 13, 2000 in Delhi, LA

Buried: Epps Cemetery, Epps, LA

Debut: September 20, 1941 (Age 20-301d, 9,131st in major league history)
vs. DET 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 19, 1948 (Age 27-301d)
vs. DET 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1946 season

Full Name: James Murrell Jones

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-1.5

790

181

.229

RBI

117

OBP

.294

SLG

.368

OPS

.663

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.
Triple Plays: 1 (Apr 27)

1947 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1947 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	9 (8)	Apr 27 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	7	1	0	8	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
2	12 (2)	May 3 (1)	CHW		NYY	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	7	1	0	8	1
3	13	May 3 (2)	CHW		NYY	W,10-3	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	1
4	14	May 4 (1)	CHW		PHA	W,8-7	CG	43	9.0	9	0	0	9	2
5	15	May 4 (2)	CHW		PHA	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
6	16	May 6	CHW		PHA	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	13	0	0	13	1
7	17	May 8	CHW		BOS	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	12	2	0	14	2
8	18	May 9	CHW		DET	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	18	0	0	18	0
9	19	May 10	CHW		DET	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	10	2	0	12	1
10	20	May 11 (1)	CHW		DET	L,0-10	CG	48	9.0	5	0	1	6	1
11	21	May 11 (2)	CHW		DET	L,1-6	CG	0	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
12	22	May 13	CHW	@	BOS	L,6-19	CG	53	8.0	7	0	0	7	2
13	23	May 14	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	8	3	0	11	2
14	24	May 15	CHW	@	NYY	W,8-2	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
15	25	May 17 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	40	8.0	9	0	0	9	1
16	26	May 17 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	5	0	1	6	1
17	27	May 18 (1)	CHW	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
18	28	May 18 (2)	CHW	@	WSH	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	14	1	0	15	4
19	29	May 19	CHW	@	WSH	W,4-1	CG	0	12.0	15	1	0	16	1
20	30	May 20	CHW	@	WSH	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	10	0	1	11	1
21	31	May 21	CHW	@	PHA	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	11	0	0	11	1
22	32	May 23	CHW	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
23	33	May 24	CHW	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	45	9.1	6	0	0	6	1
24	34	May 25 (1)	CHW	@	DET	L,1-10	CG	0	8.0	6	0	1	7	0
25	35	May 25 (2)	CHW	@	DET	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
26	36	May 27 (1)	CHW		SLB	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	3
27	37	May 27 (2)	CHW		SLB	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	1
28	38	May 29	CHW		SLB	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	13	1	0	14	1
29	39	May 30 (1)	CHW		CLE	L,4-8	CG	41	9.0	9	2	0	11	2
30	40	May 30 (2)	CHW		CLE	L,1-9	CG	45	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	41	Jun 2 (1)	CHW		BOS	L,2-6	CG	42	9.0	5	1	1	7	1
32	42	Jun 2 (2)	CHW		BOS	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	4
33	43	Jun 3	CHW		PHA	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	1
34	44	Jun 4	CHW		PHA	L,3-10	CG	54	11.0	17	3	0	20	1
35	45	Jun 5	CHW		PHA	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
36	46	Jun 6	CHW		WSH	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
37	47	Jun 7	CHW		WSH	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	15	2	0	17	1
38	48	Jun 8 (1)	CHW		WSH	L,0-1	CG	0	18.0	22	2	1	25	1
39	49	Jun 8 (2)	CHW		WSH	W,8-2	CG	39	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
40	50	Jun 9	CHW		NYY	W,9-8	CG	45	10.0	11	0	0	11	1
41	51	Jun 10	CHW		NYY	L,3-5	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	2
42	52	Jun 11	CHW		NYY	W,3-2	CG	46	11.0	12	0	0	12	1
43	53	Jun 13	CHW	@	BOS	L,3-5	CG	39	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
				Player went from Chicago White Sox to Boston Red Sox
44	49	Jun 15 (1)	BOS		CHW	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
45	50	Jun 15 (2)	BOS		CHW	W,8-4	CG	0	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
46	51	Jun 17	BOS		SLB	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
47	52	Jun 18	BOS		SLB	W,6-5	CG	68	15.0	11	0	0	11	0
48	53	Jun 20	BOS		CLE	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	6	3	0	9	1
49	54	Jun 21	BOS		CLE	W,9-1	CG	32	9.0	9	1	0	10	3
50	55	Jun 22 (1)	BOS		CLE	L,2-8	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	2
51	56	Jun 22 (2)	BOS		CLE	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
52	57	Jun 23	BOS		DET	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
53	58	Jun 25 (1)	BOS		DET	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
54	59	Jun 25 (2)	BOS		DET	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
55	60	Jun 26	BOS	@	WSH	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	12	0	0	12	0
56	61	Jun 27	BOS	@	WSH	L,0-3	CG	37	8.0	8	3	0	11	1
57	62	Jun 28	BOS	@	WSH	W,8-0	CG	32	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
58	63	Jun 29 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	8	1	0	9	0
59	64	Jun 29 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG	39	8.0	12	0	0	12	2
60	65	Jun 30	BOS		NYY	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	10	1	0	11	2
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
61	66	Jul 2	BOS		PHA	L,6-7	CG	0	9.0	7	2	0	9	2
62	67	Jul 3	BOS		PHA	L,4-8	CG	42	9.0	9	1	0	10	2
63	68	Jul 4 (1)	BOS		PHA	L,6-8	CG	0	12.0	9	0	0	9	2
64	69	Jul 4 (2)	BOS		PHA	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
65	70	Jul 5	BOS		WSH	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
66	71	Jul 6 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	9	1	0	10	2
67	72	Jul 6 (2)	BOS		WSH	W,10-1	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	2
68	73	Jul 10	BOS	@	DET	T,2-2	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	1
69	74	Jul 11 (1)	BOS	@	DET	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	15	1	0	16	3
70	75	Jul 11 (2)	BOS	@	DET	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	5	1	0	6	1
71	76	Jul 12	BOS	@	DET	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	15	0	0	15	1
72	77	Jul 13 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,0-8	CG	41	8.0	12	1	0	13	0
73	78	Jul 13 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-6	CG	34	8.0	10	0	0	10	0
74	79	Jul 14	BOS	@	CLE	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	14	0	0	14	0
75	80	Jul 15	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	15	0	0	15	0
76	81	Jul 16	BOS	@	CHW	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
77	82	Jul 17 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	10	1	0	11	2
78	83	Jul 17 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	W,6-3	CG	0	11.0	12	1	0	13	2
79	84	Jul 18	BOS	@	SLB	L,8-9	CG	0	8.0	6	2	0	8	0
80	85	Jul 19	BOS	@	SLB	W,1-0	CG	29	9.0	13	0	0	13	2
81	86	Jul 20 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	6	1	0	7	1
82	87	Jul 20 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	L,6-7	CG	38	8.0	6	2	0	8	1
83	88	Jul 22	BOS		CHW	W,3-2	CG	44	10.0	9	0	0	9	1
84	89	Jul 23	BOS		CHW	W,8-7	CG	58	14.0	2	1	0	3	1
85	90	Jul 24	BOS		CHW	W,8-2	CG	38	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
86	91	Jul 25	BOS		SLB	W,7-6	CG	0	9.0	15	0	0	15	0
87	92	Jul 26	BOS		SLB	W,12-1	CG	31	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
88	93	Jul 27 (1)	BOS		SLB	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
89	94	Jul 27 (2)	BOS		SLB	W,11-2	CG	0	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
90	95	Jul 29	BOS		CLE	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
91	96	Jul 30	BOS		CLE	L,7-13	CG	45	9.0	10	2	1	13	1
92	97	Jul 31	BOS		CLE	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	10	1	0	11	2
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
93	98	Aug 1	BOS		DET	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
94	99	Aug 2	BOS		DET	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
95	100	Aug 3	BOS		DET	L,3-10	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	1
96	101	Aug 5	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-3	CG	37	8.0	6	1	0	7	1
97	102	Aug 6	BOS	@	WSH	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	11	0	0	11	2
98	103	Aug 7	BOS	@	WSH	W,12-2	CG	33	9.0	8	2	0	10	0
99	104	Aug 8	BOS		NYY	W,9-6	CG	42	9.0	8	0	0	8	2
100	105	Aug 9	BOS		NYY	W,6-4	CG	43	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
101	106	Aug 10	BOS		NYY	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
102	107	Aug 11	BOS		WSH	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	15	0	0	15	3
103	108	Aug 12	BOS		WSH	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
104	109	Aug 13	BOS		WSH	W,10-3	CG	36	9.0	6	0	1	7	1
105	110	Aug 15	BOS	@	NYY	L,6-10	CG	39	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
106	111	Aug 16	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	34	8.0	6	0	0	6	2
107	112	Aug 17	BOS	@	NYY	W,3-0	CG	40	11.0	18	0	0	18	1
108	113	Aug 19	BOS	@	SLB	W,9-5	CG	39	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
109	114	Aug 21	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	11	1	0	12	1
110	115	Aug 22 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-7	CG	43	8.0	8	0	1	9	0
111	116	Aug 22 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	9	2	0	11	2
112	117	Aug 24 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	W,11-2	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
113	118	Aug 24 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
114	119	Aug 25	BOS	@	CLE	L,8-10	CG	46	8.0	8	1	0	9	2
115	120	Aug 26 (1)	BOS	@	DET	L,1-12	CG	45	8.0	8	1	1	10	0
116	121	Aug 26 (2)	BOS	@	DET	W,9-1	CG	0	9.0	13	0	0	13	2
117	122	Aug 27 (1)	BOS	@	DET	L,2-7	CG	35	8.0	10	0	0	10	1
118	123	Aug 27 (2)	BOS	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	2
119	124	Aug 28	BOS	@	DET	W,13-3	CG	0	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
120	125	Aug 29	BOS		PHA	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
121	126	Aug 30	BOS		PHA	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
122	127	Aug 31	BOS		PHA	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
123	128	Sep 1 (1)	BOS		NYY	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	14	0	0	14	2
124	129	Sep 1 (2)	BOS		NYY	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
125	130	Sep 3 (1)	BOS		NYY	L,2-11	CG	48	9.0	11	1	0	12	1
126	131	Sep 3 (2)	BOS		NYY	L,6-9	CG	48	9.0	6	0	1	7	0
127	132	Sep 5	BOS	@	PHA	L,7-9	CG	43	8.0	11	0	0	11	2
128	133	Sep 6	BOS	@	PHA	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
129	134	Sep 7 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	L,4-7	GS	25	4.0	4	0	2	6	0
130	135	Sep 7 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	10	1	1	12	4
131	136	Sep 9	BOS		DET	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
132	137	Sep 10	BOS		DET	L,0-5	CG	40	9.0	11	1	0	12	1
133	138	Sep 11 (1)	BOS		CLE	L,8-10	CG	49	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
134	139	Sep 11 (2)	BOS		CLE	W,8-3	CG	27	6.0	4	0	0	4	0
135	140	Sep 12	BOS		CLE	L,6-11	CG	47	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
136	141	Sep 13	BOS		CLE	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
137	142	Sep 14	BOS		CHW	T,1-1	CG	0	7.0	6	0	0	6	1
138	143	Sep 15 (1)	BOS		CHW	L,3-6	CG	43	9.0	11	0	0	11	2
139	144	Sep 15 (2)	BOS		CHW	W,7-5	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	4
140	145	Sep 16 (1)	BOS		CHW	W,5-0	CG	29	9.0	7	1	0	8	2
141	146	Sep 16 (2)	BOS		CHW	L,3-8	CG	0	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
142	147	Sep 17 (1)	BOS		SLB	L,4-9	CG	43	9.0	9	0	0	9	2
143	148	Sep 17 (2)	BOS		SLB	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	13	1	0	14	1
144	149	Sep 18	BOS		SLB	W,10-6	CG	43	9.0	12	2	0	14	2
145	150	Sep 20 (1)	BOS		WSH	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
146	151	Sep 20 (2)	BOS		WSH	W,7-2	CG	39	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
147	152	Sep 21	BOS		WSH	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
148	153	Sep 23 (1)	BOS		PHA	L,3-9	CG	44	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
149	154	Sep 23 (2)	BOS		PHA	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
150	155	Sep 26	BOS	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	8	0	1	9	1
151	156	Sep 27	BOS	@	WSH	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	12	2	0	14	1
152	157	Sep 28	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	11	0	0	11	2
							152gm		1360.0	1462	104	16	1582	159