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: 17-18 / in Starts: 17-18

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1958 Pitching Game Log

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1958 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	119	3	Apr 18	STL	@	CHC	L,6-11	GS-4	L(0-1)	99	3.1	5	5	4	3	3	0	1	10.80	4.28	18	3	3	0	0	5	32			0	0	0	14	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.28	-0.294	2.77	-0.38%	-2.57	1b start a 1	4b 1-- 1 out d2
2	120	7	Apr 23	STL	@	SFG	L,7-8	GS-8		4	7.2	8	4	3	3	8	1	0	5.73	3.57	34	9	6	0	0	8	54			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	1	.55	0.103	1.21	0.14%	1.09	1b start a 5	8b 123 2 out a4
3	121	11	Apr 27	STL	@	LAD	L,3-10	GS-2	L(0-2)	3	1.1	3	4	4	3	0	1	0	8.03	5.23	10	3	4	1	0	0	29			1	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.86	-0.296	1.47	-0.31%	-3.56	1b start tie	2b 123 1 out d2
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
4	122	14	May 2	STL		CIN	L,3-7	GS-8	L(0-3)	4	7.2	8	4	4	6	3	1	0	6.75	5.43	36	8	11	1	2	8	44			2	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.50	-0.156	2.03	-0.13%	-0.32	1t start tie	8t 12- 2 out d1
5	123	18	May 9	STL		CHC	W,3-2	CG	W(1-3)	6	9.0	7	2	2	3	7	1	0	5.28	4.79	33	9	7	1	1	7	69			1	1	1	30	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.24	0.501	.85	0.21%	2.64	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
6	124	23	May 13	STL	@	CHC	W,5-3	GS-5	W(2-3)	3	5.0	5	3	3	1	5	1	0	5.29	4.62	21	4	6	1	1	5	49			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	2	0	.95	-0.120	1.14	-0.09%	-0.57	1b start tie	5b 3 out d2
7	125	26	May 16	STL		LAD	W,2-0	SHO	W(3-3)	2	9.0	6	0	0	2	9	0	1	4.19	3.96	33	9	12	5	0	0	82			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.16	0.584	1.31	0.40%	4.64	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
8	126	31	May 21	STL	@	PHI	L,0-1	CG(8)	L(3-4)	4	8.0	3	1	1	2	5	0	0	3.71	3.65	29	6	13	2	3	3	75			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	0.202	1.86	0.20%	2.89	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
9	127	36	May 27	STL	@	MLN	L,2-3	CG	L(3-5)	5	8.2	4	3	3	4	7	1	1	3.62	3.72	34	12	6	0	1	4	67			1	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.41	-0.403	1.82	-0.31%	0.97	1b start tie	9b --- 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
10	128	41	Jun 1	STL		SFG	L,2-7	GS-6	L(3-6)	4	6.0	8	5	5	5	7	0	0	3.97	3.62	31	4	7	0	0	8	38			0	0	0	25	1	1	0	0	1	0	1.22	-0.214	2.63	-0.28%	-1.91	1t start tie	6t 3 out d4
11	129	45	Jun 6	STL		PHI	W,3-1	CG	W(4-6)	4	9.0	7	1	1	3	12	0	0	3.62	3.28	36	7	8	3	1	6	78			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.19	0.472	2.29	0.54%	3.64	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
12	130	49	Jun 11	STL		CIN	W,3-2	GS-8		4	8.0	5	2	2	1	6	1	0	3.48	3.25	30	11	7	0	0	5	69			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.04	0.261	2.55	0.38%	2.13	1t start tie	8t 3 out tie
13	131	53	Jun 15	STL		MLN	L,2-4	GS-8		3	7.2	5	1	1	2	6	0	0	3.29	3.12	28	5	10	0	2	5	69			0	1	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.15	0.375	3.22	0.63%	3.34	1t start tie	8t 123 2 out a2
14	132	57	Jun 20	STL	@	MLN	L,3-7	GS-7	L(4-7)	4	7.0	5	3	3	2	3	2	0	3.33	3.34	28	8	10	1	1	5	56			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	.51	-0.094	1.37	-0.15%	0.16	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
15	133	61	Jun 24	STL	@	PIT	W,2-1	GS-6		3	6.0	5	1	0	4	5	0	0	3.14	3.31	27	9	4	1	2	5	61			0	0	0	23	2	1	2	1	0	1	1.07	0.163	3.30	0.30%	1.89	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
16	134	66	Jun 29(1)	STL	@	PHI	L,4-5	GS-8		4	7.1	4	4	2	2	6	1	0	3.09	3.32	29	6	11	0	1	4	62			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	1	1	1.28	-0.365	5.33	-0.91%	-0.78	1b start tie	8b -2- 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
17	135	70	Jul 3(1)	STL	@	LAD	W,4-2	GS-8	W(5-7)	3	7.0	7	2	2	1	6	1	0	3.06	3.30	29	8	14	7	0	0	60			2	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	0.051	5.24	0.14%	0.58	1b start a 1	8b 12- 0 out a2
18	136	75	Jul 11	STL		PHI	W,6-2	CG	W(6-7)	7	9.0	8	2	1	1	10	1	0	2.91	3.21	35	10	6	0	3	8	74			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	0.323	4.29	0.77%	2.64	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
19	137	80	Jul 16	STL		MLN	L,5-6	GS-3		4	3.0	5	4	4	2	4	2	0	3.12	3.38	16	2	3	0	0	5	35			0	0	0	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	.59	-0.247	2.31	-0.58%	-2.45	1t start tie	3t 3 out d4
20	138	85	Jul 20	STL	@	CIN	W,3-1	CG	W(7-7)	3	9.0	7	1	1	1	12	0	0	2.99	3.17	34	4	11	0	0	6	80			0	1	0	33	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	0.540	1.90	0.51%	3.69	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
21	139	89	Jul 24	STL	@	MLN	W,4-0	SHO	W(8-7)	3	9.0	4	0	0	4	6	0	0	2.80	3.13	32	9	9	0	0	4	81			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	3	0	0	.86	0.343	1.79	0.43%	4.07	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a4
22	140	95	Jul 29	STL	@	PHI	L,2-3	GS-10		4	10.0	7	2	0	3	7	0	0	2.63	3.05	41	11	15	1	3	5	78			0	0	0	37	1	0	1	0	0	1	2.17	0.281	2.93	0.23%	2.87	1b start tie	10b 3 out tie
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
23	141	99	Aug 2	STL	@	PIT	L,0-1	CG(8)	L(8-8)	3	8.0	7	1	1	3	2	0	0	2.55	3.05	31	15	4	0	0	7	63			1	1	0	27	0	0	1	2	0	0	.94	0.233	.56	0.08%	2.85	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
24	142	105	Aug 7	STL		SFG	W,12-1	CG	W(9-8)	4	9.0	4	1	1	4	7	0	0	2.47	3.01	33	7	11	0	0	4	78			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	.27	0.155	.11	0.04%	3.64	1t start tie	9t 3 out a11
25	143	110	Aug 12	STL	@	SFG	W,7-3	CG	W(10-8)	4	9.0	6	3	3	8	7	0	0	2.50	3.04	38	9	9	1	0	5	62			0	0	0	29	1	0	1	1	1	0	1.60	0.049	1.17	0.02%	1.33	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
26	144	116	Aug 17(2)	STL	@	LAD	L,3-9	GS-7	L(10-9)	4	6.1	9	8	8	4	11	3	0	2.79	3.18	31	5	10	4	0	1	30			1	1	0	27	0	1	0	0	0	0	.82	-0.448	.11	-0.04%	-5.62	1b start tie	7b 1-3 1 out d5
27	145	120	Aug 22	STL		PHI	W,9-1	CG	W(11-9)	4	9.0	3	1	1	3	14	1	0	2.71	3.11	34	5	9	2	0	3	88			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	1	.49	0.298	.03	0.01%	3.64	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
28	146	125	Aug 26	STL		PIT	L,3-5	GS-3	L(11-10)	3	3.0	6	4	3	0	2	1	1	2.81	3.16	17	6	2	0	0	6	35			0	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.03	-0.254	.04	-0.01%	-2.45	1t start tie	3t 3 out d3
29	147	128	Aug 30	STL		CHC	L,1-3	CG(10)	L(11-11)	3	10.0	9	3	3	1	13	1	0	2.80	3.08	39	8	10	2	1	7	74			0	0	0	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	-0.053	.00	0.00%	2.16	1t start tie	10t 3 out d2
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
30	148	134	Sep 4	STL	@	CHC	W,4-2	CG	W(12-11)	4	9.0	5	2	1	3	8	0	1	2.73	3.04	37	12	8	0	0	5	76			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.59	0.353	.00	0.00%	2.38	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
31	149	138	Sep 9	STL		CHC	W,8-7	GS-6		4	5.1	8	6	2	2	5	2	0	2.74	3.12	25	7	3	0	0	8	39			0	1	0	23	2	1	0	1	0	1	.99	-0.291	.00	0.00%	-3.44	1t start tie	6t 1-- 1 out a1
32	150	142	Sep 14	STL	@	PHI	W,6-3	GS-9	W(13-11)	4	8.0	8	3	3	7	6	0	0	2.77	3.14	38	11	7	1	1	7	53			1	1	0	29	1	1	0	0	1	0	1.27	0.027	.00	0.00%	0.06	1b start a 1	9b 123 0 out a4
33	151	146	Sep 18	STL		MLN	L,3-9	GS-4	L(13-12)	3	3.2	5	4	4	2	4	0	0	2.87	3.12	18	3	4	0	0	5	37			0	0	0	15	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.08	-0.302	.00	0.00%	-2.38	1t start tie	4t 12- 2 out d2
34	152	150	Sep 23	STL	@	LAD	W,5-1	GS-9	W(14-12)	4	8.0	3	1	1	7	4	0	0	2.82	3.15	33	8	13	2	0	1	69			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.29	0.389	.00	0.00%	2.09	1b start a 2	9b 12- 0 out a4
35	153	154	Sep 28	STL	@	SFG	L,2-7	GS-4	L(14-13)	4	4.0	5	4	3	5	5	1	1	2.88	3.23	23	3	4	0	0	5	38			2	0	0	17	2	0	0	0	0	0	.90	-0.225	.00	0.00%	-2.08	1b start tie	4b 3 out d3
							17-18		W-L:14-13	3.8	250.0	204	95	80	107	225	23	6	2.88	3.23	1041	0.92		7%	4%	170	60		---%	12	7	1	914	32	8	5	15	6	10	1.11	1.941	1.58	1.86%	27.26

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