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: 14-23 / in Starts: 9-8

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 26, Entered with runners on base: 10

1961 Pitching Game Log

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1961 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	243	1	Apr 11	SFG		PIT	L,7-8	GS-6		99	5.0	7	5	5	0	4	0	0	9.00	0.97	22	7	4	1	2	7	37			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	-0.256	2.89	-0.40%	-2.40	1t start tie	6t 123 0 out a3
2	244	6	Apr 16	SFG		PHI	W,5-2	GS-9	W(1-0)	4	8.1	5	2	2	2	9	0	2	4.73	1.52	36	13	5	0	3	5	72			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	2	0	3	.99	0.153	2.75	0.26%	0.83	1t start tie	9t 123 1 out a3
3	245	10	Apr 23(1)	SFG		STL	W,2-1	GS-8	W(2-0)	6	7.1	4	1	1	3	3	0	0	3.48	2.04	27	12	5	1	1	4	66			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	3	0	1	1.37	0.118	3.51	0.18%	1.51	1t start tie	8t -23 1 out a1
4	246	14	Apr 28	SFG	@	MLN	L,0-1	CG(8)	L(2-1)	4	8.0	5	1	0	5	10	0	1	2.51	2.12	36	5	10	0	2	5	75			0	0	0	29	0	0	2	0	0	1	.96	0.223	2.99	0.42%	2.73	1b start tie	8b 3 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
5	247	19	May 4	SFG	@	CHC	W,9-3	CG	W(3-1)	5	9.0	5	3	3	4	8	0	1	2.63	2.20	36	9	9	2	1	5	69			0	0	0	31	1	1	0	1	0	0	.61	-0.019	2.16	-0.04%	1.57	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
6	248	24	May 12	SFG		MLN	L,4-5	GS-4	L(3-2)	7	3.2	5	4	4	4	1	2	0	3.27	3.11	21	6	5	0	4	5	32			0	0	0	17	1	0	1	0	0	1	.93	-0.257	3.75	-0.62%	-2.48	1t start tie	4t 12- 2 out d3
7	249	29	May 17	SFG		CHC	W,4-3	GS-8		4	7.0	12	3	3	4	6	1	0	3.35	3.30	36	3	11	2	4	12	43			1	0	0	31	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.40	-0.161	6.02	-0.42%	-0.21	1t start tie	8t -2- 0 out d1
8	250	34	May 23	SFG	@	STL	L,4-12	GS-3	L(3-3)	5	2.1	7	7	7	2	1	1	0	4.44	3.60	16	1	5	1	1	7	14			0	0	0	14	2	0	1	0	0	0	.97	-0.390	3.66	-0.88%	-6.06	1b start a 1	3b -2- 1 out d6
9	251	36	May 26	SFG	@	CHC	W,3-2	9-13	W(4-3)	2	4.1	3	1	1	1	4	0	0	4.25	3.43	17	2	7	0	3	3		2	0	0	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.42	0.574	9.07	1.29%	1.63	9b 12- 1 out tie	13b -2- 2 out a1
10	252	40	May 30(1)	SFG		CIN	L,6-7	GS-3	L(4-4)	3	2.2	5	3	3	1	2	2	0	4.53	3.82	13	3	2	0	0	5	37			0	0	0	12	1	1	0	1	0	0	.73	-0.199	3.81	-0.62%	-2.03	1t start tie	3t 1-3 2 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
11	253	43	Jun 1	SFG		STL	L,6-7	9-GF		1	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.45	3.73	4	0	1	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.10	0.008	.42	0.02%	0.49	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
12	254	46	Jun 4	SFG	@	LAD	W,4-2	GS-7	W(5-4)	2	6.1	5	2	2	2	8	1	0	4.29	3.67	27	5	11	0	2	1	61			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.16	-0.004	5.29	-0.01%	0.18	1b start a 2	7b 123 1 out a2
13	255	50	Jun 8	SFG		PHI	L,2-5	GS-2	L(5-5)	3	1.0	3	4	3	2	0	0	0	4.64	3.74	8	3	0	0	0	3	31			0	0	1	6	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.09	-0.263	3.81	-0.55%	-2.89	1t start tie	2t 1-- 0 out d3
14	256	55	Jun 13	SFG		LAD	W,4-3	GS-4		4	3.1	7	3	3	2	3	1	1	4.80	3.92	20	4	10	4	0	0	35			0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	-0.225	4.50	-0.60%	-2.22	1t start tie	4t 1-3 1 out d2
15	257	58	Jun 16	SFG		CHC	L,6-12	4-4		2	0.0	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	5.19	3.92	3	0	0	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.38	-0.158	5.75	-0.39%	-1.84	4t --- 0 out d1	4t 123 0 out d1
16	258	63	Jun 22	SFG	@	MLN	L,6-8	8-GF(8)		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.12	3.90	3	1	2	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.002	.12	0.01%	0.47	8b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
17	259	67	Jun 25(2)	SFG	@	STL	L,1-3	2-7		2	5.1	3	1	0	2	0	0	0	4.76	3.88	22	7	10	1	2	3		3	0	0	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	1	.64	0.155	2.22	0.32%	2.58	2b 123 2 out d2	7b 3 out d3
18	260	71	Jun 29(1)	SFG	@	PHI	W,8-7	1-6		3	6.0	6	5	5	2	5	0	1	4.96	3.77	26	8	4	0	1	6		1	1	3	1	0	23	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.09	-0.350	3.45	-0.67%	-2.67	1b 1-- 0 out a2	6b 3 out d1
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	261	74	Jul 1	SFG	@	PIT	W,4-3	5-GF	W(6-5)	1	5.0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	4.67	3.64	16	4	7	0	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.59	0.538	6.25	1.27%	2.51	5b --- 0 out d2	9b end a 1
20	262	75	Jul 2(1)	SFG	@	PIT	L,6-7	8-8		0	0.0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.78	3.64	1	0	0	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.75	-0.139	11.80	-0.36%	-1.27	8b 12- 1 out a3	8b 1-3 1 out a2
21	263	79	Jul 5	SFG		CIN	L,2-3	8-GF		2	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.67	3.62	9	3	3	1	0	1		0	0	1	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	.45	0.044	1.71	0.10%	0.98	8t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
22	264	81	Jul 7	SFG		STL	L,2-3	9-GF		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.62	3.57	3	1	0	0	0	0		3	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.50	0.035	5.61	0.03%	1.32	9t 123 0 out tie	9t end d 1
23	265	82	Jul 8	SFG		STL	L,7-9	6-6		0	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.60	3.56	2	1	0	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	-0.095	1.34	-0.07%	-0.64	6t --3 2 out d1	6t 3 out d2
24	266	84	Jul 9(2)	SFG		STL	W,6-1	7-GF	S(1)	0	3.0	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	4.45	3.47	12	4	3	0	1	2		1	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	1	1	.59	0.100	.54	0.06%	0.84	7t 1-- 0 out a3	9t end a 5
25	267	88	Jul 16	SFG		PHI	W,7-3	GS-8	W(7-5)	6	7.0	4	3	3	2	9	0	2	4.41	3.34	27	6	4	1	1	4	64			2	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	.83	0.154	.91	0.10%	0.58	1t start tie	8t 123 0 out a6
26	268	91	Jul 20	SFG	@	STL	W,10-6	GS-6		3	5.2	11	5	5	1	4	1	0	4.60	3.38	28	6	6	1	1	11	30			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.20	0.098	1.58	0.08%	-0.14	1b start a 6	6b 12- 2 out a3
27	269	93	Jul 23(1)	SFG	@	CIN	L,5-6	7-GF	L(7-6)	2	2.0	1	1	1	2	2	1	0	4.60	3.50	7	1	1	1	0	1		0	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.89	-0.163	5.69	-0.30%	0.03	7b --- 0 out tie	9b end d 1
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
28	270	105	Aug 5	SFG		MLN	L,3-9	GS-4	L(7-7)	12	4.0	7	4	4	4	5	0	0	4.76	3.49	23	3	4	0	4	7	33			1	0	0	19	0	2	0	0	0	0	.92	-0.226	.46	-0.07%	-2.05	1t start tie	4t 3 out d4
29	271	111	Aug 13	SFG		CIN	L,1-8	7-7		7	0.2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.73	3.49	5	0	1	0	1	2		2	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	.70	-0.054	.86	-0.04%	-0.61	7t -23 1 out d2	7t 3 out d4
30	272	119	Aug 22(2)	SFG	@	CIN	W,5-3	GS-6	W(8-7)	8	5.2	3	3	3	3	5	1	0	4.73	3.55	23	6	6	0	3	3	53			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	.82	0.053	2.49	0.10%	-0.16	1b start tie	6b 1-- 2 out a1
31	273	122	Aug 25	SFG	@	STL	L,3-7	4-7		2	3.1	5	1	1	0	2	0	0	4.67	3.49	14	4	3	1	0	5		1	1	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	.15	0.018	.39	0.03%	0.90	4b --3 0 out d4	7b 1-3 1 out d5
32	274	125	Aug 29	SFG	@	MLN	L,6-7	8-8		3	0.1	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	4.73	3.54	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.66	-0.019	1.07	-0.02%	-0.41	8b --- 0 out d1	8b 12- 1 out d1
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
33	275	132	Sep 5	SFG	@	LAD	L,2-4	GS-3	L(8-8)	6	2.2	6	4	0	1	0	1	0	4.63	3.64	15	5	7	2	0	2	37			0	0	0	14	1	0	0	1	0	1	.91	-0.232	.37	-0.06%	-3.00	1b start tie	3b -23 2 out d4
34	276	138	Sep 12	SFG		PIT	L,0-3	9-GF		6	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.60	3.66	4	1	2	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.11	0.008	.02	0.00%	0.49	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
35	277	145	Sep 19	SFG		MLN	W,11-10	5-6		6	1.1	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	4.55	3.66	8	0	2	0	1	2		1	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.69	-0.003	.05	0.00%	-0.01	5t --3 1 out a1	6t 12- 2 out tie
36	278	148	Sep 23	SFG	@	CIN	L,6-10	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.51	3.65	3	2	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	0.003	.00	0.00%	0.51	8b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
37	279	153	Sep 29	SFG	@	MLN	L,1-4	5-GF(5)		5	0.2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.49	3.66	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.24	0.010	.00	0.00%	0.25	5b --- 0 out d3	5b end d 3
							14-23		W-L:8-8,Sv:1	3.5	128.1	134	72	64	57	106	12	8	4.49	3.66	579	0.91		7%	15%	119	46	17	47%	8	2	1	507	13	4	7	9	2	12	1.03	-0.919	3.04	-1.85%	-10.69

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