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: 22-16 / in Starts: 19-15

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 35, Entered with runners on base: 2

1960 Pitching Game Log

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1960 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	204	1	Apr 12	SFG		STL	W,3-1	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	3	1	1	1	3	1	0	1.00	3.64	31	9	15	0	0	3	79			1	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	.77	0.411	1.91	0.61%	3.00	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
2	205	4	Apr 16	SFG		CHC	W,6-1	CG	W(2-0)	3	9.0	1	1	1	3	3	1	0	1.00	3.97	31	8	16	0	1	1	81			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	.59	0.258	1.55	0.40%	3.00	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
3	206	8	Apr 22	SFG	@	CHC	W,10-8	GS-5		5	5.0	6	5	2	4	2	2	0	1.57	5.14	24	7	5	0	0	6	39			0	0	0	19	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.11	-0.334	3.35	-0.61%	-2.69	1b start tie	5b 3 out a1
4	207	12	Apr 26	SFG	@	STL	L,2-4	GS-1	L(2-1)	3	0.2	6	4	4	0	2	0	0	3.04	4.89	8	0	0	0	0	6	26			0	0	0	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	.94	-0.316	3.36	-0.68%	-4.00	1b start tie	1b 1-3 2 out d4
5	208	14	Apr 29	SFG	@	LAD	L,2-10	GS-5	L(2-2)	2	5.0	6	9	1	3	4	1	0	2.83	4.97	26	10	6	2	0	3	36			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	3	1.15	-0.476	4.30	-1.07%	-6.50	1b start tie	5b 3 out d7
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	209	19	May 6	SFG		PIT	W,5-1	CG	W(3-2)	6	9.0	3	1	1	3	5	1	0	2.39	4.70	33	8	14	0	0	3	79			1	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	.59	0.282	2.28	0.66%	3.00	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
7	210	23	May 11	SFG		PHI	W,1-0	SHO	W(4-2)	4	9.0	2	0	0	3	11	0	0	1.93	4.01	32	9	7	0	0	2	91			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.45	0.706	5.92	1.73%	4.00	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
8	211	28	May 16	SFG	@	CIN	L,2-9	GS-3	L(4-3)	4	2.0	6	3	3	0	2	0	0	2.40	3.86	11	2	1	0	0	6	34			0	0	0	11	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	-0.303	5.18	-0.92%	-2.65	1b start tie	3b -2- 0 out d1
9	212	31	May 20	SFG	@	PIT	L,4-5	GS-7		3	7.0	8	3	2	3	6	0	0	2.43	3.64	32	10	5	0	0	8	54			0	1	0	29	0	0	2	0	0	1	1.22	-0.028	7.11	-0.10%	0.34	1b start a 1	7b 3 out d2
10	213	34	May 24	SFG	@	PHI	W,4-0	SHO	W(5-3)	3	9.0	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	2.09	3.39	30	12	11	0	0	4	82			0	0	1	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	.99	0.469	3.91	1.11%	4.21	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a4
11	214	39	May 29	SFG	@	STL	L,1-4	GS-5	L(5-4)	4	4.2	4	4	4	5	2	0	0	2.47	3.49	22	8	3	0	0	4	37			0	0	1	17	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.35	-0.049	6.52	-0.14%	0.11	1b start tie	5b 12- 2 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	215	43	Jun 1	SFG		CHC	W,2-1	CG	W(6-4)	2	9.0	5	1	1	1	7	0	0	2.30	3.24	32	9	11	0	1	4	79			0	0	0	31	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.32	0.511	5.77	1.34%	3.00	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
13	216	47	Jun 5	SFG		STL	L,4-9	GS-6		3	5.2	10	4	1	0	8	0	0	2.25	3.00	28	5	6	0	1	9	47			1	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.42	-0.333	6.23	-0.88%	-1.74	1t start tie	6t 12- 2 out d2
14	217	49	Jun 8	SFG		CIN	W,2-1	9-GF	W(7-4)	2	0.2	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.23	2.99	3	0	0	0	0	0		2	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.08	-0.128	14.10	-0.35%	0.13	9t 1-3 1 out tie	9t end d 1
15	218	51	Jun 10	SFG		MLN	W,5-0	SHO	W(8-4)	1	9.0	5	0	0	4	8	0	0	2.02	2.90	36	8	11	0	0	5	81			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	.86	0.346	4.07	0.98%	4.00	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
16	219	55	Jun 14	SFG		PIT	L,3-6	GS-5	L(8-5)	3	5.0	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	2.01	2.91	23	8	9	1	2	5	44			0	0	0	20	2	0	0	0	1	2	1.13	-0.353	6.25	-1.17%	-2.78	1t start tie	5t 3 out d3
17	220	59	Jun 18	SFG		PHI	W,7-4	GS-9	W(9-5)	3	8.1	9	4	4	1	4	0	1	2.19	2.86	33	8	10	0	0	9	52			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	2	0	0	.48	0.195	1.43	0.35%	0.15	1t start tie	9t 12- 1 out a4
18	221	62	Jun 21(2)	SFG	@	MLN	L,1-2	12-GF(12)	L(9-6)	2	0.1	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	2.26	2.89	4	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.85	-0.376	10.02	-0.79%	-1.41	12b --- 0 out tie	12b end d 1
19	222	64	Jun 23	SFG	@	MLN	L,4-8	GS-6	L(9-7)	1	5.2	8	8	2	4	4	2	0	2.31	3.14	30	7	8	0	0	7	33			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	2	1.27	-0.503	3.14	-0.75%	-5.48	1b start a 2	6b --- 2 out d5
20	223	68	Jun 28	SFG	@	PIT	T,7-7	GS-3		4	2.1	5	5	5	2	2	1	0	2.65	3.26	14	3	2	0	0	5	27			0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	-0.438	3.96	-0.86%	-4.46	1b start a 4	3b 12- 1 out tie
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
21	224	72	Jul 3	SFG	@	PHI	W,11-5	GS-6	W(10-7)	4	5.0	8	5	5	2	4	2	0	2.92	3.42	23	6	3	0	0	8	33			0	0	0	21	0	1	0	2	0	0	1.07	-0.079	2.44	-0.11%	-2.66	1b start a 1	6b --- 0 out a4
22	225	77	Jul 7	SFG		STL	L,3-7	GS-3	L(10-8)	3	2.1	3	5	4	3	1	0	0	3.15	3.46	13	3	3	0	0	3	31			2	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.09	-0.307	2.46	-0.41%	-3.80	1t start tie	3t 1-3 1 out d4
23	226	80	Jul 10	SFG		CHC	W,5-3	7-GF	W(11-8)	2	3.0	2	0	0	2	2	0	1	3.08	3.48	14	2	5	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.30	0.148	1.72	0.12%	1.33	7t --- 0 out d3	9t end a 2
24	227	81	Jul 15	SFG		LAD	L,3-5	GS-2	L(11-9)	4	2.0	6	3	3	2	1	0	0	3.24	3.50	13	4	5	3	0	1	31			0	0	0	11	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.02	-0.226	1.65	-0.22%	-2.11	1t start tie	2t 3 out d3
25	228	83	Jul 17	SFG		LAD	W,5-4	7-7		1	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.24	3.50	1	0	0	0	0	1		3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.72	-0.124	4.50	-0.07%	-1.00	7t 123 2 out a2	7t 123 2 out a1
26	229	85	Jul 20	SFG		PHI	W,3-1	GS-9	W(12-9)	2	8.2	4	1	0	3	8	0	0	3.04	3.39	34	10	9	0	0	4	79			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	1	.84	0.300	.96	0.21%	2.59	1t start tie	9t 12- 2 out a2
27	230	90	Jul 26	SFG		MLN	L,1-3	CG	L(12-10)	5	9.0	7	3	3	5	11	0	0	3.03	3.28	38	5	10	0	0	7	67			2	1	0	31	0	0	2	0	0	0	.99	0.019	1.14	0.01%	1.00	1t start tie	9t 3 out d3
28	231	95	Jul 31	SFG		CIN	W,6-2	CG	W(13-10)	4	9.0	2	2	2	1	10	1	0	2.97	3.21	30	9	8	0	0	2	84			1	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	.59	0.162	.67	0.11%	2.00	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
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
29	232	100	Aug 5	SFG	@	PIT	L,0-1	CG(8)	L(13-11)	4	8.0	6	1	1	3	8	0	0	2.88	3.14	33	9	7	0	0	6	71			1	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.30	0.194	2.09	0.19%	2.81	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
30	233	105	Aug 10	SFG	@	CIN	L,3-5	GS-8	L(13-12)	4	7.2	7	4	4	5	6	1	0	2.96	3.20	32	4	10	0	0	7	50			1	1	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.59	0.261	.17	0.02%	1.43	1b start tie	8b 12- 2 out a1
31	234	109	Aug 14	SFG	@	MLN	L,0-3	GS-7	L(13-13)	3	7.0	3	3	3	2	5	1	0	3.00	3.23	25	6	9	0	0	3	62			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	1	0	0	.42	-0.155	.03	-0.01%	0.04	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
32	235	114	Aug 20	SFG	@	CHC	L,5-9	GS-4	L(13-14)	5	3.1	5	6	6	4	2	0	0	3.24	3.26	19	6	3	0	0	4	24			0	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.41	-0.265	.07	-0.01%	-2.68	1b start a 1	4b 123 1 out a1
33	236	120	Aug 25	SFG		CIN	W,8-5	GS-9	W(14-14)	4	8.0	12	5	5	3	11	2	0	3.35	3.30	38	6	6	0	0	12	46			0	0	0	35	4	2	0	2	0	1	.70	-0.006	.00	0.00%	-1.45	1t start tie	9t --- 0 out a3
34	237	125	Aug 30	SFG		PHI	W,2-1	CG	W(15-14)	4	9.0	7	1	1	0	14	0	1	3.24	3.14	32	7	3	0	0	7	83			1	2	0	31	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.58	0.556	.01	0.00%	3.00	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
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
35	238	130	Sep 4	SFG		LAD	W,8-3	GS-7	W(16-14)	4	6.1	6	3	3	2	5	0	1	3.27	3.11	28	9	9	3	0	2	52			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.21	-0.072	.00	0.00%	-0.74	1t start tie	7t 12- 1 out a1
36	239	136	Sep 9(1)	SFG	@	CIN	W,4-2	GS-7		4	7.0	6	2	2	3	4	1	0	3.25	3.16	28	8	7	0	0	6	58			0	1	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	.98	0.033	.00	0.00%	1.38	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
37	240	143	Sep 15	SFG	@	PHI	W,8-6	GS-6		5	5.1	8	6	5	5	6	1	0	3.38	3.22	29	6	4	0	0	8	31			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	2	0	2	.97	-0.401	.00	0.00%	-3.44	1b start a 5	6b --- 1 out tie
38	241	149	Sep 20	SFG	@	CHC	W,5-2	CG	W(17-14)	4	9.0	5	2	1	3	6	0	0	3.28	3.18	34	8	12	0	0	5	74			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	1	.74	0.222	.00	0.00%	2.17	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a3
39	242	154	Sep 30	SFG		STL	W,2-1	CG	W(18-14)	9	9.0	3	1	1	3	8	0	0	3.19	3.12	31	8	9	0	0	3	82			1	1	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.17	0.584	.00	0.00%	3.00	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
							22-16		W-L:18-14	3.5	234.0	199	112	83	91	190	18	4	3.19	3.12	978	0.95		2%	1%	182	56	5	40%	13	7	2	868	27	8	5	14	3	15	1.06	0.385	2.44	-1.31%	-3.94

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