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: 29-21 / in Starts: 20-15

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 43, Entered with runners on base: 6

1959 Pitching Game Log

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1959 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	154	2	Apr 11	SFG	@	STL	W,5-2	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	8	2	1	4	7	0	0	1.00	2.32	40	10	12	0	0	7	68			0	0	0	36	0	0	0	1	0	2	1.05	0.403	2.99	0.69%	2.72	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a3
2	155	6	Apr 16	SFG		CHC	L,3-11	GS-6	L(1-1)	4	6.0	8	4	3	3	3	1	0	2.40	3.48	29	7	8	0	0	8	42			0	1	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.09	-0.194	3.56	-0.38%	-1.12	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
3	156	10	Apr 20	SFG	@	LAD	L,1-2	CG	L(1-2)	3	8.0	6	2	2	5	2	1	1	2.35	4.33	35	15	9	2	0	3	59			0	1	0	28	1	2	0	0	0	0	1.43	0.102	4.85	0.21%	2.23	1b start a 1	9b --- 0 out d1
4	157	12	Apr 22	SFG	@	LAD	W,6-3	9-GF	S(1)	1	0.2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.28	4.11	2	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.24	0.107	6.65	0.19%	0.94	9b 12- 1 out a3	9b end a 3
5	158	14	Apr 25	SFG	@	CHC	L,3-5	GS-5	L(1-3)	2	4.0	5	4	4	3	1	0	0	3.25	4.13	19	6	5	0	0	4	34			0	0	0	14	2	1	0	0	1	0	.88	-0.219	3.00	-0.45%	-2.05	1b start tie	5b 12- 0 out d1
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	159	17	May 1	SFG	@	MLN	W,6-4	GS-8	W(2-3)	5	7.2	7	4	4	0	6	0	1	3.57	3.53	31	7	10	0	0	7	55			0	0	0	29	0	1	0	0	1	0	.67	0.237	2.12	0.45%	1.19	1b start tie	8b 12- 2 out a4
7	160	21	May 5	SFG	@	CIN	L,2-5	GS-6	L(2-4)	3	6.0	5	5	5	3	4	1	0	4.14	3.73	26	1	13	0	0	5	43			0	0	0	23	0	1	0	0	0	0	.74	-0.224	2.90	-0.53%	-1.95	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
8	161	24	May 9	SFG		LAD	L,5-6	GS-3		3	2.1	6	5	5	1	1	2	1	4.95	4.35	15	5	4	3	0	3	25			1	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	.70	-0.342	2.51	-0.74%	-3.94	1t start tie	3t -23 1 out d3
9	162	28	May 13	SFG		PHI	W,6-0	SHO	W(3-4)	3	9.0	2	0	0	5	12	0	0	4.10	3.87	33	2	13	0	2	1	90			0	1	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	.32	0.154	.86	0.25%	4.32	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
10	163	33	May 18	SFG		MLN	L,2-4	GS-6	L(3-5)	4	5.2	10	4	4	3	3	0	0	4.32	3.79	30	6	8	0	0	10	33			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.32	-0.231	5.49	-0.58%	-1.71	1t start tie	6t -23 2 out d3
11	164	35	May 20	SFG		MLN	W,6-3	9-GF	S(2)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.25	3.74	3	2	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.08	0.144	7.27	0.30%	1.46	9t 12- 0 out a3	9t end a 3
12	165	37	May 23	SFG	@	LAD	W,4-2	CG	W(4-5)	2	9.0	9	2	2	3	9	0	0	3.95	3.45	39	12	9	3	0	6	67			1	0	0	36	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.58	0.460	4.74	0.83%	2.76	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
13	166	42	May 28	SFG		STL	W,5-4	GS-4		4	4.0	4	3	2	4	4	0	1	3.98	3.50	21	2	6	0	0	4	44			2	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	-0.138	3.95	-0.30%	-1.08	1t start tie	4t 3 out d3
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
14	167	46	Jun 1	SFG	@	MLN	W,11-2	CG	W(5-5)	3	9.0	8	2	1	3	5	0	0	3.65	3.38	36	9	11	0	0	8	67			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	2	0	0	.37	0.136	1.95	0.42%	2.05	1b start tie	9b 3 out a9
15	168	51	Jun 6	SFG	@	CIN	W,13-3	CG	W(6-5)	4	9.0	8	3	0	4	7	0	0	3.29	3.27	40	6	15	0	0	8	68			2	0	0	36	2	0	0	0	0	1	.57	0.050	2.23	0.12%	1.58	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a10
16	169	56	Jun 10	SFG	@	PIT	W,11-7	GS-7	W(7-5)	3	6.2	9	7	7	5	5	0	0	3.71	3.27	34	7	8	0	0	9	28			0	0	0	29	3	1	0	0	0	0	.42	-0.059	2.02	-0.17%	-3.83	1b start a 1	7b 1-- 2 out a3
17	170	60	Jun 14(1)	SFG	@	PHI	L,5-7	GS-6	L(7-6)	3	6.0	8	6	2	0	5	1	0	3.67	3.26	27	5	9	0	0	8	45			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.01	-0.332	4.65	-0.92%	-3.01	1b start a 2	6b 3 out d1
18	171	62	Jun 16	SFG		CIN	L,1-2	8-8		1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.65	3.26	2	1	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.38	0.070	6.83	0.21%	0.66	8t -2- 1 out d1	8t 3 out d1
19	172	63	Jun 17	SFG		CIN	W,7-5	8-GF	S(3)	0	2.0	2	1	1	0	3	1	0	3.66	3.31	8	1	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	.60	0.072	2.60	0.19%	-0.04	8t --- 0 out a3	9t end a 2
20	173	65	Jun 19	SFG		MLN	W,4-3	CG(10)	W(8-6)	1	10.0	8	3	3	2	9	1	1	3.58	3.28	40	8	13	0	0	7	71			0	0	0	36	1	0	1	0	1	0	1.33	0.111	8.38	0.42%	1.80	1t start tie	10t 3 out d1
21	174	69	Jun 23	SFG		PIT	L,1-5	GS-7	L(8-7)	3	7.0	10	3	3	3	7	0	0	3.60	3.20	35	6	9	0	0	10	49			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	-0.043	5.82	-0.14%	0.36	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
22	175	73	Jun 27	SFG		PHI	L,4-7	7-7	L(8-8)	3	1.0	2	2	2	1	1	2	0	3.71	3.41	5	0	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.78	-0.292	3.29	-0.74%	-1.52	7t --- 0 out tie	7t 3 out d2
23	176	76	Jun 30	SFG	@	LAD	W,2-0	SHO	W(9-8)	2	9.0	1	0	0	2	10	0	0	3.46	3.24	32	11	8	0	0	1	93			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	2	1.17	0.643	6.93	2.29%	4.76	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
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
24	177	81	Jul 5(2)	SFG	@	STL	W,4-2	GS-7	W(10-8)	4	7.0	6	1	1	6	7	0	0	3.35	3.24	33	7	8	0	0	5	62			0	0	0	27	3	0	1	1	0	1	1.57	0.335	8.70	1.11%	2.67	1b start a 2	7b 3 out a3
25	178	82	Jul 9	SFG	@	CIN	W,3-2	8-GF	BW(11-8)	3	1.1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.32	3.24	6	2	1	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.32	-0.010	23.68	-0.03%	-0.05	8b 12- 2 out a1	9b end a 1
26	179	83	Jul 10	SFG	@	CIN	W,8-6	8-10	W(12-8)	0	3.0	1	0	0	3	3	0	0	3.25	3.24	9	0	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	2	0	6	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.39	0.386	13.54	1.31%	1.53	8b --- 0 out tie	10b 3 out tie
27	180	86	Jul 13	SFG	@	MLN	L,0-3	GS-7	L(12-9)	2	7.0	3	2	2	3	4	1	0	3.22	3.30	27	8	9	0	0	3	64			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	.59	0.005	4.68	0.02%	1.15	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
28	181	89	Jul 17	SFG	@	PIT	W,4-1	CG	W(13-9)	3	9.0	7	1	1	1	7	0	0	3.09	3.19	34	6	13	0	0	7	75			1	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.06	0.434	7.95	1.95%	3.36	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a3
29	182	93	Jul 21	SFG		LAD	L,0-1	CG	L(13-10)	3	9.0	3	1	1	3	6	0	0	2.98	3.14	33	12	10	4	0	2	80			0	1	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	2	1.55	0.233	14.02	1.27%	3.32	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
30	183	96	Jul 24	SFG		CHC	W,6-5	9-GF(10)	W(14-10)	2	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.95	3.14	8	3	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.29	0.266	16.79	1.17%	0.96	9t --- 0 out tie	10t end tie
31	184	99	Jul 28	SFG		PHI	L,2-3	GS-5		3	5.0	3	2	2	6	6	0	0	2.97	3.16	23	5	3	0	0	3	53			1	0	0	17	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.23	-0.008	7.91	-0.03%	0.40	1t start tie	5t 3 out d2
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
32	185	103	Aug 1	SFG		PIT	W,9-5	GS-7		3	6.2	5	5	5	6	4	1	1	3.10	3.28	33	9	8	0	0	5	42			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	2	1.71	-0.351	11.54	-1.43%	-2.13	1t start tie	7t 1-3 2 out d1
33	186	107	Aug 6	SFG		MLN	W,7-1	CG	W(15-10)	4	9.0	8	1	1	2	6	0	0	3.01	3.21	36	12	8	0	0	8	71			0	0	0	34	4	0	0	0	0	0	.66	0.238	6.75	1.45%	3.32	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
34	187	111	Aug 10	SFG	@	STL	W,3-2	GS-6		3	6.0	4	2	1	1	6	0	0	2.96	3.15	24	7	6	0	0	4	63			0	0	0	23	0	1	0	0	0	1	.81	0.045	5.90	0.20%	1.15	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
35	188	114	Aug 14	SFG	@	CHC	L,5-7	GS-7	L(15-11)	3	6.0	7	6	6	2	0	2	2	3.14	3.31	28	10	7	0	0	7	32			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.20	-0.549	8.94	-2.45%	-2.47	1b start tie	7b 1-- 0 out d1
36	189	116	Aug 16	SFG	@	CHC	L,4-5	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.12	3.31	3	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.40	0.030	2.94	0.13%	0.48	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
37	190	117	Aug 17	SFG	@	CIN	W,6-3	8-GF	S(4)	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.09	3.28	6	1	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.86	0.132	6.57	0.61%	1.02	8b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 3
38	191	120	Aug 20	SFG	@	MLN	W,5-3	CG	W(16-11)	2	9.0	11	3	2	1	5	0	0	3.05	3.22	39	12	11	0	0	10	59			1	0	0	37	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.45	0.326	15.63	2.11%	1.05	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
39	192	124	Aug 24	SFG	@	PIT	L,0-6	GS-3	L(16-12)	3	3.0	8	3	3	0	2	1	0	3.13	3.25	16	4	2	0	0	8	33			1	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	-0.169	6.68	-0.66%	-1.55	1b start tie	3b 3 out d3
40	193	129	Aug 28	SFG	@	LAD	W,5-0	SHO	W(17-12)	3	9.0	8	0	0	0	11	0	0	3.00	3.13	35	9	12	6	0	3	82			0	0	0	35	2	0	0	1	0	1	.59	0.247	7.92	2.01%	4.76	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a5
41	194	130	Aug 30	SFG	@	LAD	L,6-7	9-GF		1	0.1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3.00	3.15	4	2	0	0	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	5.17	-0.170	62.81	-1.24%	-0.83	9b --3 1 out tie	9b end d 1
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
42	195	132	Sep 2	SFG		CHC	W,4-3	9-GF	BW(18-12)	2	0.2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.99	3.13	4	0	0	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.14	-0.208	39.84	-1.20%	-1.11	9t 12- 1 out a2	9t end tie
43	196	134	Sep 4	SFG		CHC	L,1-2	8-GF		1	2.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2.97	3.10	6	0	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.57	0.085	4.36	0.39%	0.96	8t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
44	197	137	Sep 7	SFG		STL	W,4-2	CG	W(19-12)	2	9.0	7	2	1	4	9	1	0	2.89	3.11	35	10	5	0	0	7	72			0	1	1	31	2	0	0	1	0	0	.98	0.301	7.75	1.43%	2.32	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
45	198	141	Sep 12	SFG		PHI	W,9-1	CG	W(20-12)	4	9.0	4	1	1	3	6	0	0	2.82	3.08	33	8	12	0	0	4	78			0	1	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	.80	0.252	9.67	1.84%	3.32	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
46	199	145	Sep 16	SFG		MLN	L,0-2	GS-8	L(20-13)	3	8.0	7	2	2	2	4	0	0	2.81	3.05	33	11	9	0	0	7	62			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.02	0.138	17.25	1.40%	1.84	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
47	200	146	Sep 17	SFG		MLN	W,13-6	8-GF	S(5)	0	2.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	2.82	3.06	7	2	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	2	1	0	.07	0.006	1.76	0.08%	-0.04	8t --- 0 out a6	9t end a 7
48	201	149	Sep 20	SFG		LAD	L,2-8	GS-4	L(20-14)	2	3.1	5	2	2	5	1	1	0	2.85	3.15	20	3	11	4	0	0	38			0	0	0	15	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.11	-0.152	34.99	-2.88%	-1.63	1t start tie	4t 123 1 out d2
49	202	150	Sep 22	SFG	@	CHC	L,4-5	8-GF	BL(20-15)	1	1.2	3	2	2	0	1	1	0	2.90	3.19	8	1	3	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.46	-0.667	50.06	-5.78%	-1.13	8b --- 0 out a1	9b end d 1
50	203	152	Sep 26	SFG	@	STL	W,4-0	SHO(7)	W(21-15)	3	7.0	0	0	0	2	5	0	0	2.83	3.16	23	9	7	0	0	0	80			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	.95	0.408	2.43	0.63%	3.67	1b start a 1	7b 3 out a4
							29-21		W-L:21-15,Sv:5,BSv:3	2.4	270.2	232	99	85	109	209	18	8	2.83	3.16	1148	0.86		4%	0%	206	58	10	40%	10	9	1	1018	35	8	5	16	4	18	1.08	2.198	7.68	5.04%	32.92

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