Sad Sam Jones

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 170lb (183cm, 77kg)

Born: July 26, 1892 in Woodsfield, OH us

Died: July 6, 1966 in Barnesville, OH

Buried: Oaklawn Cemetery, Woodsfield, OH

Debut: June 13, 1914 (Age 21-322d, 4,183rd in major league history)
vs. PHA 3.1 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 2 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: September 28, 1935 (Age 43-064d)
vs. DET 9.0 IP, 10 H, 9 SO, 4 BB, 1 ER, W

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1915 season

Full Name: Samuel Pond Jones

Nicknames: Sad Sam

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

42.7

229

217

ERA

3.84

647

487

3883.0

1223

WHIP

1.411

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	26-18 / in Starts: 22-16
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	9 games
Most Games w/o HR	24 games
Most Games w/o RBI	12 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 1 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	4

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 113 PAs	14
Actual Runners on Base	51 (23-21-7) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 113 PAs	13
Avg. Runners on Base	75 (36-24-14)

Most Driven In
E Scott	5
M Ruel	4
Self	2
R Walters	1
M Menosky	1
C Pittenger	1
O Vitt	0

Most Driven In By
M Menosky	2
E Foster	2
Self	2
O Vitt	1
N Leibold	0
S Collins	0

1921 Batting Game Log

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1921 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	175	1	Apr 13	BOS	@	WSH	W,6-3	CG	4	4	1	3	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.750	.750	1.250	2.000	9	1.10	0.290	2.91	0.46%	2.37	P
2	176	5 (3)	Apr 17	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-4	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.500	.500	.833	1.333	9	.96	-0.051	2.60	-0.08%	-0.39	P
3	177	7 (1)	Apr 21	BOS		WSH	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.444	.444	.667	1.111	9	1.19	0.049	2.77	0.07%	0.49	P
4	178	8	Apr 25	BOS		PHA	W,3-2	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.455	.455	.636	1.091	9	1.61	0.051	3.74	0.07%	0.53	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
5	179	11 (2)	May 2	BOS		NYY	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.357	.357	.500	.857	9	.92	-0.073	2.34	-0.11%	-0.75	P
6	180	15 (3)	May 8	BOS	@	WSH	W,4-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.294	.294	.412	.706	9	1.10	-0.123	2.98	-0.20%	-0.88	P
7	181	18 (2)	May 13	BOS	@	CHW	W,16-8	CG	5	5	2	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.318	.318	.545	.864	9	.28	-0.007	.75	-0.01%	1.84	P
8	182	19	May 14	BOS	@	SLB	L,6-8	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.318	.318	.545	.864	2						PR
9	183	23 (3)	May 18	BOS	@	DET	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.320	.320	.520	.840	9	.56	-0.009	1.93	-0.02%	0.10	P
10	184	27 (3)	May 22	BOS	@	CLE	L,0-5	GS-8	2	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.370	.370	.593	.963	9	.79	0.068	2.39	0.12%	0.64	P
11	185	30 (2)	May 28	BOS	@	WSH	W,4-3	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.345	.367	.552	.918	9	1.01	-0.017	2.02	-0.02%	-0.12	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
12	186	36 (5)	Jun 1 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	W,6-3	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.364	.382	.636	1.019	9	.54	0.202	.92	0.21%	1.76	P
13	187	40 (3)	Jun 4	BOS		CLE	W,6-0	CG	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.343	.378	.600	.978	9	.81	-0.052	1.77	-0.07%	-0.34	P
14	188	43 (2)	Jun 8	BOS		SLB	L,1-2	GS-9	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.351	.400	.595	.995	9	1.01	0.130	2.16	0.17%	1.02	P
15	189	47 (3)	Jun 13	BOS		CHW	L,4-6	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.351	.400	.595	.995	9						P
16	190	48	Jun 14	BOS		CHW	L,6-8	GS-7	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.350	.395	.600	.995	9	1.11	0.039	1.96	0.04%	0.14	P
17	191	52 (3)	Jun 18	BOS		DET	W,11-7	CG	5	3	1	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	0		0		1	0	.372	.438	.605	1.042	9	1.28	0.346	2.36	0.38%	2.85	P
18	192	56 (3)	Jun 22 (1)	BOS		NYY	L,2-8	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.356	.420	.578	.998	9	.66	-0.036	1.88	-0.06%	-0.61	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
19	193	68 (11)	Jul 4 (1)	BOS		WSH	L,1-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.340	.404	.553	.957	9	.97	-0.054	.64	-0.02%	-0.51	P
20	194	73 (4)	Jul 6 (2)	BOS		WSH	L,0-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.327	.400	.531	.931	9	1.21	-0.046	.20	-0.01%	-0.10	P
21	195	76 (2)	Jul 11 (2)	BOS	@	DET	W,7-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.308	.390	.500	.890	9	1.92	-0.057	.51	-0.01%	-0.72	P
22	196	80 (3)	Jul 14	BOS	@	CLE	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.365	.464	.829	9	.96	-0.109	.13	-0.01%	-0.94	P
23	197	84 (3)	Jul 18 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG(10)	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.288	.373	.458	.831	9	.93	-0.050	.12	0.00%	-0.03	P
24	198	90 (5)	Jul 24	BOS	@	SLB	W,10-2	CG	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.274	.375	.435	.810	9	.43	0.020	.01	0.00%	-0.06	P
25	199	93 (2)	Jul 28	BOS		CLE	L,4-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.273	.368	.424	.793	9	1.55	0.032	.06	0.00%	0.84	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
26	200	96 (2)	Aug 2 (1)	BOS		SLB	L,5-8	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.269	.364	.418	.782	9	.73	-0.019	.01	0.00%	-0.18	P
27	201	104 (7)	Aug 9 (2)	BOS		DET	W,4-1	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0				0	0	.275	.375	.420	.795	9						P
28	202	105	Aug 10	BOS		DET	L,4-8	7-8	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.275	.375	.420	.795	9		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
29	203	107 (1)	Aug 14	BOS	@	WSH	W,2-0	CG	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.282	.378	.423	.801	9	1.16	-0.032	.00	0.00%	-0.65	P
30	204	108	Aug 18 (1)	BOS	@	DET	W,6-5	7-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.282	.378	.423	.801	1	1.60	-0.047	.00	0.00%	-0.26	PR
31	205	109	Aug 18 (2)	BOS	@	DET	W,5-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1				0	0	.270	.365	.405	.770	9						P
32	206	114 (4)	Aug 22	BOS	@	CLE	W,6-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	1	.269	.360	.397	.757	9	.95	-0.109	.00	0.00%	-1.41	P
33	207	118 (3)	Aug 26	BOS	@	CHW	W,5-4	GS-8	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.256	.344	.378	.722	9	.85	-0.114	.00	0.00%	-1.37	P
34	208	119	Aug 27	BOS	@	CHW	W,6-5	7-7	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.256	.344	.378	.722	8		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
35	209	120	Aug 28	BOS	@	CHW	W,6-5	8-GF(11)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.253	.340	.373	.714	9	2.39	-0.063	.00	0.00%	-0.26	P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
36	210	121	Sep 1	BOS		PHA	L,2-4	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.256	.340	.384	.724	9	1.44	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.07	P
37	211	124 (2)	Sep 5 (1)	BOS		NYY	L,0-8	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.247	.330	.371	.701	9	.72	-0.057	.00	0.00%	-0.70	P
38	212	129 (4)	Sep 9	BOS	@	WSH	W,5-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.247	.327	.366	.693	9	1.07	0.055	.00	0.00%	-0.13	P
39	213	133 (3)	Sep 13	BOS		DET	L,2-7	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.247	.327	.366	.693	9						P
40	214	137 (3)	Sep 17	BOS		CHW	W,6-3	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.327	.365	.692	9	.77	-0.022	.00	0.00%	-0.27	P
41	215	140 (2)	Sep 20	BOS		CLE	W,7-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.327	.365	.692	9						P
42	216	141	Sep 21	BOS		CLE	L,1-5	GS-5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0		0	0	.250	.333	.365	.698	9	.99	0.039	.00	0.00%	0.40	P
43	217	146 (4)	Sep 24 (2)	BOS		SLB	L,0-11	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.333	.365	.698	9						P
44	218	150 (3)	Sep 29	BOS		WSH	W,5-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.242	.324	.354	.678	9	.62	-0.049	.00	0.00%	-0.64	P
							26-18		113	99	12	24	3	1	2	14	10	0	24	2	2		1		1	1	.242	.324	.354	.678		.99	0.126	1.04	0.90%	1.71

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