Willie Jones

Position: Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 188lb (185cm, 85kg)

Born: August 16, 1925 in Dillon, SC us

Died: October 18, 1983 in Cincinnati, OH

Buried: Hillside Memorial Cemetery, Laurinburg, NC

Debut: September 10, 1947 (Age 22-025d, 10,347th in major league history)
vs. STL 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: May 7, 1961 (Age 35-264d)
vs. MLN 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1948 season

Full Name: Willie Edward Jones

Nicknames: Puddin' Head

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2x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

24.7

5826

1502

190

.258

786

RBI

812

OBP

.343

SLG

.410

OPS

.753

OPS+

102

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1959 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1959 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 10	PHI		CIN	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
2	2	Apr 14	PHI	@	MLN	L,3-4	GS	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
3	3	Apr 16	PHI	@	MLN	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
4	4	Apr 17	PHI	@	CIN	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
5	5	Apr 18	PHI	@	CIN	W,14-9	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
6	6	Apr 19	PHI	@	CIN	L,5-12	CG	46	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
7	7	Apr 22	PHI		MLN	L,0-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
8	8	Apr 23	PHI		MLN	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
9	9	Apr 24	PHI		PIT	L,5-8	GS	36	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
10	10	Apr 25	PHI		PIT	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
11	11	Apr 26 (1)	PHI		PIT	L,2-9	CG	44	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
12	12	Apr 26 (2)	PHI		PIT	W,10-5	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
13	13	Apr 29	PHI		LAD	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
14	14	Apr 30	PHI		LAD	L,4-6	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	15	May 1	PHI		CHC	W,4-2	CG	31	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
16	16	May 2	PHI		CHC	L,3-4	GS	34	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
17	17	May 3 (1)	PHI		CHC	L,3-4	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
18	18	May 3 (2)	PHI		CHC	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
19	19	May 5	PHI		STL	W,8-7	CG	42	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
20	20	May 6	PHI		STL	L,7-8	CG	43	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
21	21	May 7	PHI	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
22	22	May 8	PHI	@	PIT	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
23	23	May 9	PHI	@	PIT	L,1-9	CG	39	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
24	24	May 10 (1)	PHI	@	PIT	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
25	25	May 10 susp	PHI	@	PIT	L,6-7	GS	39	7.2	1	2	0	3	0	3B
26	26	May 11	PHI	@	LAD	L,10-11	CG	45	8.1	4	0	0	4	0	3B
27	27	May 12	PHI	@	LAD	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
28	28	May 13	PHI	@	SFG	L,0-6	CG	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
29	29	May 14	PHI	@	SFG	L,0-8	GS	27	5.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
30	30	May 15	PHI	@	STL	L,2-8	GS	29	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
31	32 (1)	May 19	PHI	@	CHC	L,7-8	CG	43	8.1	1	1	1	3	0	3B
32	33	May 20	PHI	@	CHC	L,5-7	CG	41	8.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
33	34	May 21	PHI	@	CHC	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
34	35	May 22	PHI		MLN	L,5-10	CG	45	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
35	36	May 23	PHI		MLN	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	3B
36	37	May 24 (1)	PHI		MLN	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
37	39 (1)	May 25	PHI		MLN	W,7-3	GS	31	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
38	40	May 26	PHI	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
39	41	May 27	PHI	@	CIN	L,4-10	CG	40	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
40	42	May 28	PHI	@	CIN	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
41	43	May 29	PHI	@	MLN	L,5-6	CG	41	8.1	1	3	0	4	0	3B
42	44	May 30	PHI	@	MLN	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
43	45	May 31 (1)	PHI	@	MLN	W,6-0	CG	30	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
44	46	May 31 (2)	PHI	@	MLN	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	47	Jun 3	PHI		CHC	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
46	48	Jun 4	PHI		CHC	L,2-3	CG	36	10.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
				Player went from Philadelphia Phillies to Cleveland Indians
47	47	Jun 6	CLE		NYY	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	3B
48	48	Jun 7 (1)	CLE		NYY	W,7-5	GS	25	6.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
49	51 (2)	Jun 10	CLE	@	BAL	W,11-8	GS	19	4.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
50	52	Jun 11	CLE	@	BAL	W,2-1	GS	15	4.0	0	4	0	4	2	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
				Player went from Cleveland Indians to Cincinnati Reds
51	76	Jul 2 (2)	CIN	@	PHI	W,8-4	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
52	77	Jul 3	CIN	@	PHI	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	3B
53	78	Jul 4	CIN	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
54	79	Jul 5 (1)	CIN	@	PIT	L,5-7	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
55	80	Jul 5 (2)	CIN	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	42	10.2	4	0	0	4	0	3B
56	81	Jul 9	CIN		SFG	L,2-3	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
57	82	Jul 10	CIN		SFG	L,6-8	GF	17	4.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
58	84 (1)	Jul 12	CIN		LAD	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
59	85	Jul 13	CIN		LAD	W,13-5	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
60	86	Jul 14	CIN	@	STL	L,5-6	CG	47	10.1	3	3	0	6	0	3B
61	87	Jul 15	CIN	@	STL	W,11-5	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
62	88	Jul 16	CIN	@	STL	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
63	89	Jul 17	CIN	@	CHC	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
64	90	Jul 18	CIN	@	CHC	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
65	91	Jul 21	CIN	@	MLN	W,12-2	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
66	92	Jul 22	CIN	@	MLN	L,4-5	CG	37	8.1	1	2	0	3	0	3B
67	93	Jul 23	CIN	@	MLN	W,6-2	CG	30	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
68	94	Jul 24	CIN		PHI	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
69	95	Jul 25	CIN		PHI	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
70	96	Jul 26 (1)	CIN		PHI	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
71	98 (1)	Jul 27	CIN		STL	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
72	99	Jul 28	CIN		STL	W,6-4	GS	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
73	100	Jul 29	CIN		STL	W,9-2	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
74	101	Jul 30	CIN		STL	L,0-1	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
75	102	Jul 31	CIN		CHC	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
76	105 (2)	Aug 4	CIN	@	LAD	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	3B
77	106	Aug 5	CIN	@	LAD	L,3-6	CG	33	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
78	107	Aug 7	CIN	@	SFG	L,2-3	GS	34	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
79	108	Aug 8	CIN	@	SFG	W,9-6	CG	45	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	3B
80	109	Aug 9	CIN	@	SFG	L,3-4	CG	40	9.1	2	1	0	3	1	3B
81	110	Aug 11 (1)	CIN		MLN	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
82	111	Aug 11 (2)	CIN		MLN	L,3-7	GF	36	7.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
83	112	Aug 12	CIN		MLN	L,4-6	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
84	113	Aug 13	CIN		MLN	W,9-8	CG	47	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
85	114	Aug 14 (1)	CIN	@	PHI	W,15-13	CG	50	9.0	3	4	1	8	1	3B
86	115	Aug 14 (2)	CIN	@	PHI	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
87	116	Aug 15	CIN	@	PHI	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
88	117	Aug 16 (1)	CIN	@	PHI	L,5-8	CG	39	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
89	118	Aug 16 (2)	CIN	@	PHI	L,0-6	GS	30	7.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
90	119	Aug 17	CIN		SFG	L,3-6	CG	45	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
91	121 (1)	Aug 19	CIN		LAD	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	3B
92	122	Aug 20	CIN		LAD	L,5-8	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
93	123	Aug 21	CIN		STL	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
94	125 (1)	Aug 23	CIN		STL	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
95	126	Aug 25	CIN		CHC	L,6-8	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
96	127	Aug 26	CIN		CHC	L,5-9	CG	46	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
97	128	Aug 27	CIN		CHC	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
98	129	Aug 28	CIN	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	38	8.2	1	2	1	4	0	3B
99	130	Aug 29	CIN	@	STL	L,3-7	CG	40	8.0	2	1	1	4	0	3B
100	131	Aug 30	CIN	@	STL	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	4	5	0	9	1	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
101	132	Sep 2 (1)	CIN		PIT	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
102	133	Sep 2 (2)	CIN		PIT	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	3B
103	134	Sep 4	CIN		MLN	L,1-4	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
104	135	Sep 5	CIN		MLN	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
105	136	Sep 6	CIN		MLN	L,2-6	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
106	137	Sep 7	CIN		PHI	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
107	138	Sep 9 (1)	CIN	@	CHC	W,4-2	CG	41	10.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
108	142 (3)	Sep 11	CIN	@	MLN	L,2-10	CG	42	8.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
109	143	Sep 12	CIN	@	MLN	L,3-4	GS	22	6.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
110	144	Sep 13	CIN	@	MLN	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	3B
111	145	Sep 14	CIN	@	SFG	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	3B
112	146	Sep 15	CIN	@	SFG	L,6-13	GS	20	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
113	147	Sep 16	CIN	@	LAD	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
114	148	Sep 17	CIN	@	LAD	L,3-4	CG	31	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
115	149	Sep 19	CIN	@	PIT	L,3-4	GS	28	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
116	150	Sep 20	CIN	@	PIT	L,1-10	GS	40	7.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
117	151	Sep 22 (1)	CIN	@	PHI	L,1-3	CG	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
118	152	Sep 22 (2)	CIN	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
							118gm		979.0	135	191	11	337	16