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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Team Record in Appearances: 15-21 / in Starts: 14-20

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 33, Entered with runners on base: 2

1955 Pitching Game Log

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1955 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	22	1	Apr 11	CHC	@	CIN	W,7-5	4-9	W(1-0)	99	5.0	2	1	1	4	5	0	0	1.80	2.77	21	6	4	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	17	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	0.268	2.68	0.42%	2.39	4b 1-3 2 out a2	9b 123 2 out a3
2	23	4	Apr 16	CHC	@	STL	L,11-12	GS-		4	5.2	6	6	6	5	4	0	0	5.91	3.21	27						32						22			0		0
3	24	9	Apr 20	CHC		MLN	L,5-9	GS-2	L(1-1)	3	1.2	2	5	5	6	3	1	1	8.76	5.37	14	1	1	0	0	2	28			0	0	0	7	0	1	1	0	0	0	1.46	-0.334	3.70	-0.51%	-4.22	1t start tie	2t 1-- 2 out d5
4	25	12	Apr 24	CHC		CIN	W,2-1	CG	W(2-1)	3	9.0	2	1	1	7	9	0	0	5.48	4.24	36	9	9	0	3	2	81			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.77	0.631	4.20	0.90%	3.57	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
5	26	15	Apr 30	CHC	@	BRO	L,5-7	GS-5	L(2-2)	5	4.1	3	5	5	5	2	2	2	6.31	5.60	23	2	12	2	0	0	34			0	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	.74	-0.118	2.02	-0.20%	-1.30	1b start tie	5b 12- 1 out d3
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
6	27	20	May 4	CHC	@	NYG	L,3-4	CG(11)	L(2-3)	3	10.1	7	4	4	5	8	2	0	5.50	5.37	43	11	12	1	5	7	66			2	0	0	37	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.51	0.082	4.46	0.15%	1.38	1b start tie	11b --- 1 out d1
7	28	24	May 8(1)	CHC	@	CIN	W,5-3	GS-9	W(3-3)	3	8.1	6	3	3	7	9	1	0	5.08	5.16	37	5	10	2	1	6	61			1	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	0.378	2.34	0.43%	2.86	1b start tie	9b 12- 1 out a4
8	29	28	May 12	CHC		PIT	W,4-0	SHO	W(4-3)	3	9.0	0	0	0	7	6	0	0	4.22	4.86	31	10	8	2	1	0	86			0	1	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	0	.96	0.404	1.51	0.38%	4.57	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
9	30	32	May 18(1)	CHC		PHI	W,3-2	GS-9	W(5-3)	5	8.0	6	2	2	8	10	0	0	3.96	4.60	38	8	6	0	0	6	64			0	1	0	29	1	0	0	0	1	1	1.42	0.138	2.44	0.14%	1.72	1t start tie	9t 1-3 0 out a2
10	31	36	May 22	CHC	@	MLN	L,1-5	GS-	L(5-4)	3	6.0	6	5	3	7	3	0	1	4.01	4.67	30						40						21			0		0
11	32	40	May 27	CHC		MLN	L,5-7	GS-5	L(5-5)	4	4.1	6	5	5	6	3	1	0	4.40	4.88	25	4	7	1	4	5	28			1	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.33	-0.190	4.22	-0.36%	-1.38	1t start tie	5t 12- 1 out d1
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
12	33	45	Jun 1	CHC	@	PHI	L,1-3	GS-7	L(5-6)	4	7.0	2	3	1	5	5	0	0	4.12	4.72	29	10	8	1	1	1	65			1	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	1	.93	-0.063	3.06	-0.13%	0.49	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
13	34	50	Jun 5(2)	CHC	@	NYG	W,3-1	CG	W(6-6)	3	9.0	6	1	1	4	11	1	2	3.80	4.58	38	7	8	0	0	6	78			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.11	0.342	3.08	0.57%	3.62	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
14	35	54	Jun 10	CHC	@	BRO	L,0-7	GS-5	L(6-7)	4	5.0	3	4	3	3	3	2	0	3.88	4.77	22	9	7	1	0	0	47			1	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	1	.83	-0.124	4.03	-0.36%	-1.36	1b start tie	5b 3 out d4
15	36	58	Jun 14	CHC		NYG	L,0-5	GS-3	L(6-8)	3	3.0	4	4	4	2	0	2	0	4.14	5.03	15	1	8	0	3	4	33			0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	1	0	.70	-0.244	1.46	-0.31%	-2.48	1t start tie	3t 3 out d4
16	37	62	Jun 18	CHC		PHI	W,4-0	SHO	W(7-8)	3	9.0	7	0	0	1	6	0	0	3.78	4.72	33	8	11	2	0	7	78			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.03	0.471	1.49	0.41%	4.57	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
17	38	67	Jun 23	CHC		BRO	L,4-7	GS-7	L(7-9)	4	6.1	7	6	4	4	6	0	1	3.89	4.61	31	9	11	7	0	0	41			0	0	0	25	1	1	1	1	0	1	1.48	-0.552	2.43	-0.54%	-3.37	1t start tie	7t 12- 1 out d2
18	39	72	Jun 28	CHC	@	MLN	W,7-3	CG	W(8-9)	4	9.0	7	3	3	3	12	1	0	3.83	4.43	38	8	8	0	0	7	70			0	0	0	35	3	0	0	0	0	1	.62	0.198	.59	0.11%	1.39	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a4
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
19	40	78	Jul 3(2)	CHC		STL	W,10-5	CG	W(9-9)	4	9.0	5	5	4	9	5	0	0	3.84	4.41	40	12	9	0	0	5	55			0	0	0	28	1	1	0	2	2	1	1.00	0.084	1.00	0.05%	-0.43	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
20	41	82	Jul 7	CHC		MLN	L,2-3	CG	L(9-10)	3	9.0	6	3	3	7	4	1	0	3.78	4.47	38	13	8	0	3	6	60			0	0	0	30	0	1	2	2	0	0	1.46	-0.013	1.19	-0.01%	1.57	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
21	42	87	Jul 15	CHC	@	NYG	L,3-5	GS-6	L(9-11)	7	6.0	10	5	5	2	1	0	0	3.94	4.41	27	12	6	3	0	6	31			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	1	1	0	.79	-0.264	.38	-0.08%	-1.92	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d2
22	43	89	Jul 17(1)	CHC	@	PHI	L,11-12	9-GF(10)	BL(9-12)	1	1.1	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	3.96	4.40	7	3	2	0	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	3.11	-0.451	.61	-0.05%	-0.79	9b --3 1 out a1	10b end d 1
23	44	92	Jul 20(1)	CHC	@	BRO	L,1-10	GS-4	L(9-13)	2	3.2	5	6	6	5	5	2	1	4.23	4.58	22	2	9	3	0	0	27			1	0	0	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	.55	-0.366	.07	-0.03%	-4.68	1b start tie	4b 123 2 out d5
24	45	98	Jul 24(2)	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-3	GS-	L(9-14)	3	9.0	6	3	3	7	7	0	0	4.16	4.49	39						63						29			0		0
25	46	103	Jul 29	CHC		PHI	L,4-6	GS-9	L(9-15)	4	8.0	5	5	5	8	5	1	1	4.23	4.57	37	8	10	4	0	5	49			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.35	0.011	.00	0.00%	0.22	1t start tie	9t 123 0 out a2
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
26	47	110	Aug 3(2)	CHC		PIT	W,5-4	GS-7		4	6.2	6	4	4	4	4	0	1	4.27	4.53	31	9	7	0	1	6	46			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.11	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out a1
27	48	114	Aug 8	CHC		BRO	W,1-0	SHO	W(10-15)	4	9.0	4	0	0	6	7	0	1	4.06	4.46	36	12	10	4	0	0	80			0	2	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.55	0.717	.00	0.00%	4.57	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
28	49	120	Aug 13	CHC		MLN	L,3-4	GS-4	L(10-16)	4	4.0	7	4	4	1	4	1	0	4.17	4.46	20	6	3	0	1	6	35			2	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	.76	-0.230	.00	0.00%	-1.97	1t start tie	4t 3 out d3
29	50	126	Aug 20	CHC	@	MLN	L,1-6	GS-6	L(10-17)	6	5.2	6	6	6	7	5	1	2	4.33	4.55	31	6	5	0	1	6	31			0	1	0	20	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.09	-0.238	.00	0.00%	-3.43	1b start tie	6b --3 2 out d5
30	51	131	Aug 26	CHC	@	PIT	W,6-3	CG	W(11-17)	5	9.0	3	3	3	8	5	0	0	4.27	4.52	37	10	11	1	0	3	66			0	1	0	28	0	1	0	0	1	0	.86	0.309	.00	0.00%	1.48	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
31	52	135	Aug 30	CHC	@	PHI	W,3-1	GS-8	W(12-17)	3	7.1	3	1	1	8	9	0	0	4.16	4.48	31	5	6	1	1	3	69			2	1	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.37	0.253	.00	0.00%	2.41	1b start tie	8b 123 1 out a3
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
32	53	140	Sep 5(1)	CHC		MLN	W,2-0	SHO	W(13-17)	5	9.0	5	0	0	3	9	0	0	3.99	4.35	32	3	12	1	0	5	83			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.12	0.583	.00	0.00%	4.57	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
33	54	144	Sep 9(2)	CHC		BRO	L,9-16	GS-6	L(13-18)	3	5.2	2	6	6	7	6	1	0	4.13	4.40	25	3	9	1	0	0	40			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.34	-0.064	.00	0.00%	-0.73	1t start tie	6t 123 2 out a1
34	55	147	Sep 13	CHC		PHI	L,0-10	GS-5	L(13-19)	3	4.1	7	4	4	5	3	1	0	4.21	4.45	21	4	2	0	0	7	31			0	1	0	16	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.18	-0.146	.00	0.00%	-1.41	1t start tie	5t --3 1 out d3
35	56	151	Sep 20	CHC	@	STL	L,0-2	GS-6	L(13-20)	6	6.0	5	2	2	3	3	1	1	4.18	4.48	26	7	7	1	3	5	54			0	1	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	.62	0.013	.00	0.00%	1.01	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
36	57	153	Sep 24	CHC	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	W(14-20)	3	9.0	5	2	2	5	10	0	0	4.10	4.38	39	8	12	2	4	4	74			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.94	0.420	.00	0.00%	2.80	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
							15-21		W-L:14-20,BSv:1	3.7	241.2	174	118	110	185	198	22	14	4.10	4.38	1070	0.90		8%	7%	122	54	3	33%	11	9	0	848	24	6	5	16	8	7	1.18	1.905	1.43	0.99%	15.83

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