Sam Jones

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 192lb (193cm, 87kg)

Born: December 14, 1925 in Stewartsville, OH us

Died: November 5, 1971 in Morgantown, WV

Buried: Woodlawn Cemetery, Fairmont, WV

High School: Dunbar HS (Fairmont, WV)

Debut: 1947 (10,206th in major league history)

AL/NL Debut: September 22, 1951 (Age 25-282d)
vs. DET 0.2 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: October 3, 1964 (Age 38-294d)
vs. DET 1.1 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1952 season (Exceeded AL/NL rookie limits during 1955 season)

Full Name: Samuel Jones

Nicknames: Toothpick Sam

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

17.8

103

104

ERA

3.63

327

225

1669.1

1393

WHIP

1.364

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	22-16 / in Starts: 19-15
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	5 games
Most Games w/o HR	33 games
Most Games w/o RBI	15 games
Grand Slams	0 in 5 bases loaded PA and 3 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 89 PAs	5
Actual Runners on Base	65 (33-17-15)
Avg. MLBer w/ 89 PAs	9
Avg. Runners on Base	55 (28-17-9)

Most Driven In
W Kirkland	3
W McCovey	1
B Schmidt	1
O Cepeda	0

Most Driven In By
W Mays	1
J Amalfitano	1

1960 Batting Game Log

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1960 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	204	1	Apr 12	SFG		STL	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	9	.46	-0.028	1.13	-0.04%	-0.39	P
2	205	4 (2)	Apr 16	SFG		CHC	W,6-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	9	.24	-0.023	.63	-0.04%	-0.69	P
3	206	8 (3)	Apr 22	SFG	@	CHC	W,10-8	GS-6	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.111	.111	.222	9	1.15	-0.075	3.49	-0.14%	-0.70	P
4	207	12 (3)	Apr 26	SFG	@	STL	L,2-4	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.111	.111	.111	.222	9						P
5	208	14 (1)	Apr 29	SFG	@	LAD	L,2-10	GS-6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.100	.100	.100	.200	9	1.27	-0.043	4.72	-0.10%	-0.44	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
6	209	19 (4)	May 6	SFG		PIT	W,5-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.083	.083	.083	.167	9	.25	-0.019	.98	-0.04%	-0.53	P
7	210	23 (3)	May 11	SFG		PHI	W,1-0	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.071	.133	.071	.205	9	1.76	0.053	7.19	0.13%	0.40	P
8	211	28 (4)	May 16	SFG	@	CIN	L,2-9	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.067	.125	.067	.192	9	1.75	-0.044	8.82	-0.13%	-0.43	P
9	212	31 (2)	May 20	SFG	@	PIT	L,4-5	GS-8	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.118	.167	.176	.343	9	.94	-0.050	5.43	-0.17%	-0.37	P
10	213	34 (2)	May 24	SFG	@	PHI	W,4-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.182	.190	.372	9	.66	-0.025	2.60	-0.06%	-1.48	P
11	214	39 (4)	May 29	SFG	@	STL	L,1-4	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.130	.167	.174	.341	9	1.09	-0.056	5.25	-0.16%	-0.48	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	215	43 (3)	Jun 1	SFG		CHC	W,2-1	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.185	.231	.416	9	1.55	0.357	6.76	0.93%	0.49	P
13	216	47 (3)	Jun 5	SFG		STL	L,4-9	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.172	.214	.387	9	1.66	-0.090	7.31	-0.24%	-1.02	P
14	217	49 (1)	Jun 8	SFG		CIN	W,2-1	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.143	.172	.214	.387	9						P
15	218	51 (1)	Jun 10	SFG		MLN	W,5-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.129	.156	.194	.350	9	.62	-0.045	2.90	-0.13%	-0.76	P
16	219	55 (3)	Jun 14	SFG		PIT	L,3-6	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.152	.188	.339	9	1.04	-0.025	5.75	-0.08%	-0.21	P
17	220	59 (3)	Jun 18	SFG		PHI	W,7-4	GS-9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.135	.167	.302	9	.24	-0.011	.71	-0.02%	-0.81	P
18	221	62 (2)	Jun 21 (2)	SFG	@	MLN	L,1-2	12-GF(12)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.111	.135	.167	.302	9						P
19	222	64 (1)	Jun 23	SFG	@	MLN	L,4-8	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.105	.128	.158	.286	9	.63	-0.030	1.56	-0.05%	-0.28	P
20	223	68 (3)	Jun 28	SFG	@	PIT	T,7-7	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.103	.125	.154	.279	9	.82	-0.020	2.68	-0.04%	-0.23	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
21	224	72 (3)	Jul 3	SFG	@	PHI	W,11-5	GS-6	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.119	.140	.167	.306	9	.29	-0.004	.67	-0.01%	-0.07	P
22	225	77 (4)	Jul 7	SFG		STL	L,3-7	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.119	.140	.167	.306	9						P
23	226	80 (2)	Jul 10	SFG		CHC	W,5-3	7-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.140	.159	.186	.345	9	.78	0.020	1.03	0.02%	0.12	P
24	227	81	Jul 15	SFG		LAD	L,3-5	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.140	.159	.186	.345	9						P
25	228	83 (1)	Jul 17	SFG		LAD	W,5-4	7-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.140	.159	.186	.345	9						P
26	229	85 (1)	Jul 20	SFG		PHI	W,3-1	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.152	.170	.196	.366	9	.34	-0.017	.39	-0.01%	-0.61	P
27	230	90 (4)	Jul 26	SFG		MLN	L,1-3	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.146	.163	.188	.351	9	2.11	-0.142	2.44	-0.10%	-1.01	P
28	231	95 (4)	Jul 31	SFG		CIN	W,6-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.154	.170	.192	.362	9	.98	0.013	1.11	0.01%	0.25	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
29	232	100 (4)	Aug 5	SFG	@	PIT	L,0-1	GS-9	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.182	.204	.386	9	1.32	-0.036	2.12	-0.04%	-0.23	P
30	233	105 (4)	Aug 10	SFG	@	CIN	L,3-5	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.175	.190	.211	.400	9	.95	-0.017	.10	0.00%	-0.20	P
31	234	109 (3)	Aug 14	SFG	@	MLN	L,0-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.169	.183	.203	.387	9	.61	-0.031	.04	0.00%	-0.34	P
32	235	114 (4)	Aug 20	SFG	@	CHC	L,5-9	GS-4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	.167	.180	.200	.380	9	.78	-0.002	.05	0.00%	0.16	P
33	236	120 (5)	Aug 25	SFG		CIN	W,8-5	GS-9	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.190	.203	.222	.425	9	.96	0.094	.00	0.00%	1.04	P
34	237	125 (4)	Aug 30	SFG		PHI	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.212	.224	.242	.466	9	.81	0.120	.00	0.00%	0.97	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
35	238	130 (4)	Sep 4	SFG		LAD	W,8-3	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.217	.229	.246	.475	9	.53	-0.020	.00	0.00%	-0.18	P
36	239	136 (5)	Sep 9 (1)	SFG	@	CIN	W,4-2	GS-8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.225	.236	.254	.490	9	.90	0.041	.00	0.00%	0.28	P
37	240	143 (6)	Sep 15	SFG	@	PHI	W,8-6	GS-6	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.216	.227	.243	.470	9	.36	-0.029	.00	0.00%	-1.05	P
38	241	149 (5)	Sep 20	SFG	@	CHC	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.205	.215	.231	.446	9	.49	-0.051	.00	0.00%	-0.99	P
39	242	154 (4)	Sep 30	SFG		STL	W,2-1	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	.200	.207	.225	.432	9	1.47	-0.020	.00	0.00%	-0.31	P
							22-16		89	80	2	16	2	0	0	5	1	0	20	0	7	1	3	0	0	0	.200	.207	.225	.432		.87	-0.255	1.98	-0.50%	-10.07

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