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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1915 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1915 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 16	CLE	@	DET	W,9-6	GF	0	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
2	13 (9)	Apr 26	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-12		8	2.0	0	3	0	3	0
3	14	Apr 27	CLE	@	CHW	L,4-7		5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	21 (6)	May 8	CLE		CHW	L,5-10		14	3.1	0	2	0	2	0
5	30 (8)	May 23	CLE		WSH	L,1-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
6	31	May 24	CLE		PHA	L,4-5	GF	30	7.2	0	3	0	3	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	37 (5)	Jun 1	CLE		SLB	L,1-2	GS	0	7.0	1	2	0	3	1
8	40 (2)	Jun 5	CLE	@	WSH	W,5-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
9	41	Jun 7	CLE	@	WSH	L,3-6		3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
10	42	Jun 8	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-3	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
11	44 (1)	Jun 10	CLE	@	PHA	L,1-11	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
12	46 (1)	Jun 12	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-5	GF	0	3.0	0	2	0	2	0
13	49 (2)	Jun 17	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-7	GS	23	5.0	0	3	0	3	0
14	50	Jun 19 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-5	GF	4	0.1	0	0	1	1	0
15	52 (1)	Jun 20 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,1-7		19	4.2	0	2	0	2	0
16	54 (1)	Jun 22	CLE		CHW	L,6-9	GF	26	6.2	1	0	0	1	0
17	59 (4)	Jun 27	CLE	@	DET	L,2-12		0	5.0	0	3	0	3	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	65 (5)	Jul 4	CLE	@	SLB	L,0-2	GF	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
19	68 (2)	Jul 6	CLE		DET	L,6-7	GF	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
20	69	Jul 9	CLE		NYY	W,4-3	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
21	70	Jul 10	CLE		NYY	L,0-4	GF	6	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
22	74 (3)	Jul 13 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,6-5		0	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
23	76 (1)	Jul 14 (2)	CLE		BOS	L,1-7		0	2.2	0	0	0	0	0
24	78 (1)	Jul 17 (1)	CLE		WSH	L,2-3	GF	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
25	79	Jul 17 (2)	CLE		WSH	L,4-10		0	5.0	0	3	1	4	1
26	82 (2)	Jul 19	CLE		WSH	L,4-11		0	6.2	0	3	0	3	0
27	86 (3)	Jul 24 (2)	CLE		PHA	W,12-4	GF	0	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
28	90 (3)	Jul 28	CLE	@	WSH	W,10-1	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	94 (3)	Aug 2	CLE	@	PHA	W,4-3	GF	9	3.0	0	2	0	2	0
30	95	Aug 7 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-2	GF	6	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
31	98 (2)	Aug 10 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-2	GS	0	7.0	1	1	1	3	0
32	102 (3)	Aug 14 (1)	CLE		SLB	L,3-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
33	103	Aug 14 (2)	CLE		SLB	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
34	107 (3)	Aug 17 (1)	CLE		DET	L,3-10	GF	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
35	108	Aug 17 (2)	CLE		DET	L,3-7	GS	0	3.0	0	2	0	2	0
36	110 (1)	Aug 19	CLE		WSH	L,6-11	GS	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
37	113 (2)	Aug 22	CLE		PHA	L,1-6		0	4.1	0	2	0	2	0
38	115 (1)	Aug 25	CLE		NYY	L,2-3	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
39	117 (1)	Aug 27	CLE		BOS	W,4-3	GF	0	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	123 (5)	Sep 2	CLE	@	SLB	L,2-4	GS	0	0.2	0	1	0	1	0
41	124	Sep 3	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-8	GF	7	1.0	1	1	0	2	0
42	129 (4)	Sep 6 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-8		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
43	135 (5)	Sep 13	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-3		0	4.0	0	1	0	1	0
44	140 (4)	Sep 18 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	L,5-7		13	3.2	0	0	0	0	0
45	144 (3)	Sep 22 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-3	GS	30	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
46	149 (4)	Sep 25 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	W,6-5		0	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
47	152 (2)	Sep 29	CLE		CHW	L,6-13	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
48	154 (1)	Oct 3	CLE	@	DET	L,5-6	GF	0	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
							48gm		146.0	6	46	4	56	2