Nippy Jones

Positions: First Baseman and Second Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 185lb (185cm, 83kg)

Born: June 29, 1925 in Los Angeles, CA us

Died: October 3, 1995 in Sacramento, CA

Buried: East Lawn Elk Grove Memorial Park, Elk Grove, CA

High School: Fremont HS (Los Angeles, CA)

Debut: June 9, 1946 (Age 20-345d, 10,155th in major league history)
vs. PHI 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 29, 1957 (Age 32-092d)
vs. CIN 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1948 season

Full Name: Vernal Leroy Jones

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-1.2

1381

369

.267

146

RBI

209

OBP

.305

SLG

.382

OPS

.687

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.
Triple Plays: 2 (Jun 14, Aug 27)

1949 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1949 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 19	STL	@	CIN	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	12	1	1	14	2
2	2	Apr 21	STL	@	CIN	L,0-5	CG	31	8.0	8	0	0	8	1
3	3	Apr 22	STL		CHC	W,9-2	CG	0	9.0	17	3	0	20	0
4	4	Apr 23	STL		CHC	L,7-11	CG	45	9.0	6	3	0	9	1
5	5	Apr 24	STL		CHC	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
6	6	Apr 25	STL		CIN	W,9-3	CG	39	9.0	8	1	0	9	2
7	7	Apr 27	STL		PIT	L,1-7	CG	0	9.0	10	1	1	12	2
8	8	Apr 28	STL		PIT	W,4-2	GS	22	6.0	2	0	0	2	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	13 (4)	May 4	STL	@	PHI	L,5-7	CG	37	8.0	10	0	0	10	2
10	15 (1)	May 6	STL	@	NYG	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	11	0	0	11	0
11	17 (1)	May 8	STL	@	BRO	L,7-8	GS	19	4.0	5	0	0	5	0
12	19 (1)	May 11	STL	@	BSN	L,0-7	CG	44	8.0	6	0	0	6	1
13	25 (5)	May 19	STL		BRO	L,0-2	GF	11	3.0	4	0	0	4	0
14	26	May 20	STL		BRO	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
15	28 (1)	May 22 (1)	STL		NYG	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	3
16	29	May 22 (2)	STL		NYG	L,4-13	CG	45	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
17	30	May 24	STL		BSN	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	1
18	31	May 25	STL		BSN	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	1
19	32	May 26	STL		PIT	W,13-6	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
20	33	May 27	STL		PIT	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	13	0	0	13	2
21	34	May 28	STL		PIT	W,4-2	CG	31	9.0	15	0	0	15	2
22	35	May 29	STL		PIT	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	2
23	36	May 30 (1)	STL		CIN	W,8-6	CG	42	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
24	38 (1)	Jun 1	STL	@	BRO	W,6-3	GS	34	8.0	12	0	1	13	0
25	40 (1)	Jun 3	STL	@	BRO	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	11	0	0	11	1
26	42 (1)	Jun 5	STL	@	BSN	W,8-1	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
27	43	Jun 6	STL	@	BSN	W,7-3	CG	42	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
28	44	Jun 7	STL	@	NYG	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
29	45	Jun 8	STL	@	NYG	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	12	2	0	14	1
30	47 (1)	Jun 10	STL	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	38	8.0	8	1	0	9	1
31	48	Jun 11	STL	@	PHI	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
32	49	Jun 12 (1)	STL	@	PHI	W,7-3	CG	33	9.0	8	1	1	10	1
33	50	Jun 12 (2)	STL	@	PHI	L,3-8	CG	42	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
34	51	Jun 14	STL		BRO	L,2-7	CG	45	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
35	52	Jun 15	STL		BRO	W,9-5	CG	41	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
36	53	Jun 16	STL		BRO	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	7	2	0	9	2
37	54	Jun 17	STL		PHI	L,0-8	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	1
38	55	Jun 18	STL		PHI	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
39	56	Jun 19	STL		PHI	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
40	57	Jun 20	STL		NYG	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	6	0	1	7	0
41	58	Jun 21	STL		NYG	L,5-6	CG	54	12.0	10	0	0	10	0
42	59	Jun 22	STL		NYG	W,11-8	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
43	63 (3)	Jun 26	STL		BSN	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	12	0	0	12	2
44	64	Jun 27	STL		CHC	L,4-6	CG	0	9.0	8	3	1	12	1
45	65	Jun 28	STL		CHC	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	1
46	66	Jun 29	STL		CHC	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	13	1	0	14	1
47	67	Jun 30	STL		CHC	L,5-12	CG	0	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
48	68	Jul 1	STL		CIN	L,2-10	CG	50	9.0	10	0	1	11	2
49	69	Jul 2	STL		CIN	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
50	70	Jul 3	STL		CIN	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
51	71	Jul 4 (1)	STL	@	CHC	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
52	72	Jul 4 (2)	STL	@	CHC	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	11	0	0	11	2
53	74 (1)	Jul 6	STL	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	38	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
54	75	Jul 7	STL	@	PIT	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	9	3	0	12	1
55	78 (2)	Jul 10 (1)	STL	@	CIN	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	1
56	80 (1)	Jul 14	STL	@	PHI	L,0-1	GS	23	6.0	6	0	0	6	1
57	83 (2)	Jul 17	STL	@	NYG	W,10-1	GS	17	4.0	4	0	0	4	1
58	84	Jul 18	STL	@	NYG	L,4-7	CG	42	8.0	14	0	0	14	2
59	85	Jul 19	STL	@	BSN	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	10	0	1	11	0
60	86	Jul 20	STL	@	BSN	W,6-4	GS	32	7.0	6	0	0	6	0
61	87	Jul 21	STL	@	BSN	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
62	88	Jul 22	STL	@	BRO	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	6	0	0	6	1
63	89	Jul 23	STL	@	BRO	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
64	94 (4)	Jul 28	STL		PHI	W,10-2	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	2
65	95	Jul 29	STL		BRO	T,3-3	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	2
66	96	Jul 30	STL		BRO	W,7-6	GS	13	3.0	2	1	0	3	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
67	98 (1)	Aug 1	STL		BSN	L,1-8	CG	43	9.0	7	2	0	9	0
68	99	Aug 2	STL		BSN	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	10	1	0	11	2
69	100	Aug 3	STL		BSN	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	6	0	1	7	0
70	102 (1)	Aug 5	STL		NYG	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	14	0	0	14	1
71	103	Aug 6	STL		NYG	L,1-3	CG	40	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
72	105 (1)	Aug 8	STL		CIN	W,9-3	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
73	106	Aug 9	STL		CIN	W,4-1	GS	28	7.0	9	0	1	10	1
74	110 (3)	Aug 14	STL		PIT	L,0-4	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
75	111	Aug 15	STL	@	CHC	W,5-2	GS	35	8.0	10	0	0	10	1
76	113 (1)	Aug 17	STL	@	CIN	W,4-3	CG	46	13.0	19	0	0	19	1
77	114	Aug 19	STL	@	PIT	L,2-8	CG	0	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
78	116 (1)	Aug 21 (1)	STL	@	PIT	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	13	1	0	14	0
79	118 (1)	Aug 23 (1)	STL	@	BRO	W,5-3	GS	19	5.0	5	1	0	6	2
80	119	Aug 23 (2)	STL	@	BRO	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	9	1	0	10	1
81	121 (1)	Aug 25	STL	@	NYG	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
82	123 (1)	Aug 27 (1)	STL	@	NYG	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	12	2	0	14	0
83	125 (1)	Aug 28 (1)	STL	@	BSN	W,9-7	CG	38	9.0	11	0	0	11	3
84	126	Aug 28 (2)	STL	@	BSN	W,7-1	CG	31	9.0	7	0	0	7	2
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
85	129 (2)	Sep 1	STL	@	PHI	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
86	130	Sep 3	STL		CIN	T,9-9	GS	38	7.0	7	0	0	7	1
87	131	Sep 4 (1)	STL		CIN	W,6-4	GS	25	6.0	5	0	0	5	1
88	132	Sep 4 (2)	STL		CIN	W,11-2	CG	37	9.0	10	2	2	14	3
89	134 (1)	Sep 5 (2)	STL		PIT	L,4-5	CG	46	10.0	15	1	0	16	0
90	137 (2)	Sep 9	STL	@	CIN	L,1-6	CG	41	8.0	7	0	0	7	1
91	139 (1)	Sep 11 (1)	STL	@	CIN	W,7-5	GS	34	8.0	10	0	1	11	2
92	140	Sep 11 (2)	STL	@	CIN	W,7-4	CG	34	8.0	6	0	0	6	1
93	141	Sep 13	STL		NYG	W,1-0	CG	28	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
94	142	Sep 14	STL		NYG	W,9-3	CG	39	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
95	146 (3)	Sep 19	STL		PHI	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	6	0	1	7	0
96	147	Sep 20	STL		PHI	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	12	0	0	12	3
97	149 (1)	Sep 21 (2)	STL		BRO	L,0-5	CG	35	9.0	14	0	0	14	0
98	150	Sep 22	STL		BRO	L,6-19	GS	18	3.0	3	0	1	4	0
							98gm		823.0	876	40	15	931	85