Adam Jones

Adam La Marque Jones

Position: Centerfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 225 lb.

Born: August 1, 1985 in San Diego, CA
High School: Morse HS (San Diego, CA)
Drafted
by the Seattle Mariners in the 1st round (37th pick) of the 2003 amateur draft.
Signed July 18, 2003. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 14, 2006
Teams (by GP): Orioles/Mariners 2006-2012
2012 Contract Status: Signed thru 2018, 7 yrs/$91.65M (12-18) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 4.139, Free Agent: 2019 [*], Agents: CAA Sports (Nez Balelo), previously: JR Sports,Cameron Hahn [*]
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Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
2006 20 SEA AL 32 76 74 6 16 4 0 1 8 3 1 2 22 .216 .237 .311 .548 42 23 3 0 0 0 0 8/D
2007 21 SEA AL 41 71 65 16 16 2 1 2 4 2 1 4 21 .246 .300 .400 .700 86 26 0 1 1 0 0 7/89
2008 22 BAL AL 132 514 477 61 129 21 7 9 57 10 3 23 108 .270 .311 .400 .711 87 191 12 7 2 5 0 *8
2009 23 BAL AL 119 519 473 83 131 22 3 19 70 10 4 36 93 .277 .335 .457 .792 105 216 13 7 0 3 3 *8 AS,GG
2010 24 BAL AL 149 621 581 76 165 25 5 19 69 7 7 23 119 .284 .325 .442 .767 108 257 17 13 2 2 1 *8
2011 25 BAL AL 151 618 567 68 159 26 2 25 83 12 4 29 113 .280 .319 .466 .785 113 264 16 9 1 12 2 *8/D
2012 26 BAL AL 51 222 204 38 64 10 2 16 34 8 4 13 37 .314 .365 .618 .983 166 126 8 4 0 1 0 *8
7 Yrs 675 2641 2441 348 680 110 20 91 325 52 24 130 513 .279 .323 .452 .775 107 1103 69 41 6 23 6
162 Game Avg. 162 634 586 84 163 26 5 22 78 12 6 31 123 .279 .323 .452 .775 107 265 17 10 1 6 1
BAL (5 yrs) 602 2494 2302 326 648 104 19 88 313 47 22 124 470 .281 .326 .458 .784 109 1054 66 40 5 23 6
SEA (2 yrs) 73 147 139 22 32 6 1 3 12 5 2 6 43 .230 .267 .353 .620 63 49 3 1 1 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
2006 20 SEA AL 32 76 -5 -1 -0 3 0 -3 -0.2 3 -0 0.0 .492 .498 -0.3 0.3 -3 $ 8/D
2007 21 SEA AL 41 71 1 1 0 5 -1 6 0.6 2 8 0.8 .515 .504 0.4 0.4 3 $ 7/89
2008 22 BAL AL 132 514 -8 0 -0 6 2 -1 0.2 18 17 1.7 .499 .500 1.1 1.0 11 $390,000 *8
2009 23 BAL AL 119 519 2 1 0 2 2 7 0.8 18 24 2.4 .506 .504 2.2 0.5 22 $435,000 *8 AS,GG
2010 24 BAL AL 149 621 7 -0 -1 -8 2 0 0.2 21 21 2.1 .500 .500 3.0 -0.4 29 $465,000 *8
2011 25 BAL AL 151 618 9 2 -1 -4 2 7 0.9 21 28 2.8 .505 .505 3.3 -0.1 32 $3,250,000 *8/D
2012 26 BAL AL 51 222 17 1 -1 0 1 18 1.8 8 25 2.4 .535 .511 2.6 0.1 25 $ *8
7 Seasons 675 2641 21 3 -3 4 8 34 4.3 90 124 12.2 .505 .503 12.3 1.7 120 $4,540,000
BAL (5 yrs) 602 2494 25 3 -3 -4 9 31 3.9 85 116 11.4 .505 .504 12.2 1.0 120 $4,540,000
SEA (2 yrs) 73 147 -4 0 0 8 -1 3 0.4 5 8 0.8 .504 .501 0.1 0.8 0 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
2006 20 SEA AL 76 62 5 2.2 108 .294 .216 .272 .237 .336 .311 .432 .548 .768 42 .165 -6.4 -0.6 .435 .149 .095 1.5
2007 21 SEA AL 71 51 8 4.2 103 .333 .246 .266 .300 .333 .400 .416 .700 .749 86 .415 -1.6 -0.2 .640 .231 .154 2.0
2008 22 BAL AL 514 370 58 4.2 106 .329 .270 .269 .311 .337 .400 .423 .711 .760 87 .423 -10.8 -1.0 .628 .193 .130 9.5
2009 23 BAL AL 519 362 71 5.2 109 .308 .277 .268 .335 .338 .457 .431 .792 .769 105 .515 2.5 0.2 .738 .268 .180 13.1
2010 24 BAL AL 621 444 77 4.6 99 .328 .284 .259 .325 .327 .442 .406 .767 .733 108 .496 4.3 0.4 .666 .198 .158 10.2
2011 25 BAL AL 618 441 82 5.0 99 .304 .280 .258 .319 .323 .466 .409 .785 .732 113 .535 9.1 0.9 .724 .250 .185 16.2
2012 26 BAL AL 222 153 42 7.4 97 .316 .314 .252 .365 .319 .618 .408 .983 .727 166 .703 17.4 1.7 .967 .387 .304 10.7
7 Yrs 2641 1883 343 4.9 102 .317 .279 .263 .323 .330 .452 .416 .775 .746 107 .506 14.5 1.5 .702 .238 .173 66.2
162 Game Avg. 634 452 82 4.9 102 .317 .279 .263 .323 .330 .452 .416 .775 .746 107 .506 3 0 .702 .238 .173 16
BAL (5 yrs) 2494 1770 330 5.0 102 .317 .281 .262 .326 .330 .458 .415 .784 .745 109 .518 22.5 2.2 .714 .241 .176 61.3
SEA (2 yrs) 147 113 13 3.1 106 .312 .230 .269 .267 .335 .353 .425 .620 .759 63 .280 -8.0 -0.8 .527 .187 .122 3.8

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2009 BAL AL 23 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 1 0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
2006 20 SEA AL 76 1.3% 29.0% 2.6% 6.6% 31% 11.00 3.4 74.0 9.3 1.00 1.18 67% 21% 4.3% 12%
2007 21 SEA AL 71 2.8% 29.6% 5.6% 7.0% 31% 5.25 3.1 32.5 16.3 0.57 0.86 59% 24% 9.1% 21%
2008 22 BAL AL 514 1.8% 21.0% 4.5% 7.2% 29% 4.70 4.4 53.0 8.4 0.87 1.04 71% 16% 5.3% 14%
2009 23 BAL AL 519 3.7% 17.9% 6.9% 8.5% 34% 2.58 5.1 24.9 6.8 1.24 1.92 70% 19% 12.0% 7%
2010 24 BAL AL 621 3.1% 19.2% 3.7% 7.9% 30% 5.17 4.9 30.6 8.4 0.85 1.13 72% 17% 9.1% 15%
2011 25 BAL AL 618 4.1% 18.3% 4.7% 8.6% 33% 3.90 5.0 22.7 6.8 0.99 1.31 71% 16% 12.4% 12%
2012 26 BAL AL 222 7.2% 16.7% 5.9% 12.6% 44% 2.85 5.5 12.8 6.0 0.95 1.28 68% 17% 23.2% 20%
7 Yrs 2641 3.5% 19.4% 4.9% 8.4% 33% 3.95 4.8 26.8 7.5 0.96 1.28 70% 17% 10.7% 13%
MLB Averages 2.6% 17.8% 8.5% 7.8% 34% 2.09 5.0 34.0 7.8 0.80 1.07 69% 19% 7.6% 13%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2006 20 SEA AL -6.4 -0.6 81 -0.5 1.0 -1.6 .94 -0.4 -0.1 -7.0 -0.7 0.93 -5.5 5.05 1
2007 21 SEA AL -1.6 -0.2 76 0.1 1.3 -1.2 1.00 -0.0 0.1 -2.4 -0.2 0.95 -0.6 0.93 3
2008 22 BAL AL -10.8 -1.0 539 -0.6 9.2 -9.8 1.03 -0.7 0.2 -13.7 -1.3 0.95 -13.8 1.40 2
2009 23 BAL AL 2.5 0.2 539 0.9 10.3 -9.4 1.02 0.1 0.8 5.5 0.5 0.94 4.2 2.61 1
2010 24 BAL AL 4.3 0.4 648 -1.1 11.5 -12.6 1.10 0.3 -1.3 -2.9 -0.3 0.96 -0.8 0
2011 25 BAL AL 9.9 1.0 639 0.9 12.3 -11.3 1.04 1.7 -0.8 9.9 1.0 0.98 15.7 0
2012 26 BAL AL 17.4 1.7 237 1.8 6.1 -4.3 1.06 1.8 -0.1 12.1 1.2 0.94 17.4 0
7 Yrs 15.2 1.5 2759 1.4 51.7 -50.2 1.04 2.6 -1.2 1.5 0.2 0.96 16.7 1.89 7

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2006 20 SEA AL 2 0 29% 32 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 43% 4 3 1 0 0 0 3 1 2
2007 21 SEA AL 3 0 74% 34 2 1 67% 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 75% 2 2 0 2 0 2 4 0 4
2008 22 BAL AL 6 0 35% 184 10 3 77% 10 3 0 0 0 0 4 0 6 13 47% 20 14 5 9 2 6 14 4 9
2009 23 BAL AL 4 0 41% 191 10 4 71% 10 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 12 44% 25 19 6 13 4 8 19 8 11
2010 24 BAL AL 7 0 31% 214 7 7 50% 7 6 0 1 0 0 5 2 2 14 45% 30 24 6 8 2 6 13 2 11
2011 25 BAL AL 8 0 25% 196 12 4 75% 12 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 57% 31 17 14 8 2 6 14 4 10
2012 26 BAL AL 1 0 34% 75 8 4 67% 6 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 6 64% 10 4 6 3 1 2 1 0 1
7 Yrs 31 0 34% 926 52 24 68% 49 20 3 4 0 0 14 2 17 51 50% 122 83 38 43 11 30 68 19 48

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
2006 20 SEA AL 76 24% 16 0 0 1 1 0 1 5.05 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 16 3 19% 8 2 25% 48 7 15% 4 1 25% 5 3 60% 0
2007 21 SEA AL 71 44% 16 1 0 3 1 1 1 0.93 2 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 1 100% 13 0 0% 10 2 20% 41 2 5% 4 2 50% 4 1 25% 0
2008 22 BAL AL 514 26% 129 19 2 2 0 0 0 1.40 9 1 17 9 0 4 5 0 3 2 67% 94 12 13% 55 17 31% 320 51 16% 28 15 54% 19 11 58% 0
2009 23 BAL AL 519 36% 131 22 2 1 0 0 0 2.61 19 0 14 15 4 11 8 0 0 0 101 13 13% 44 14 32% 302 52 17% 36 20 56% 23 14 61% 0
2010 24 BAL AL 621 26% 165 30 7 0 0 0 0 19 0 17 15 4 9 10 1 4 2 50% 116 17 15% 49 14 29% 375 55 15% 30 12 40% 18 11 61% 0
2011 25 BAL AL 618 27% 159 27 5 0 0 0 0 25 0 8 21 4 19 6 0 3 1 33% 126 16 13% 75 27 36% 372 60 16% 29 19 66% 30 18 60% 0
2012 26 BAL AL 222 24% 64 13 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 6 11 5 5 11 0 0 0 45 8 18% 20 4 20% 131 22 17% 11 5 45% 9 6 67% 0
7 Yrs 2641 28% 680 112 16 7 2 1 2 1.89 91 1 66 72 19 49 42 1 11 6 55% 511 69 14% 261 80 31% 1589 249 16% 142 74 52% 108 64 59% 0
MLB Averages 54% 68% 11% 32% 15% 51% 56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
2006 20 SEA AL 76 291 3.83 198 68% 26% 19% 29% 26% 74% 0% 51% 75% 30% 5% 4 0 17% 13 8 11% 8 6 14% 0 0 0
2007 21 SEA AL 71 276 3.89 181 66% 16% 28% 31% 25% 84% 0% 55% 66% 37% 8% 6 0 17% 12 5 8% 6 5 10% 0 0 0
2008 22 BAL AL 514 1917 3.73 1311 68% 23% 19% 30% 29% 77% 0% 53% 76% 32% 3% 17 0 13% 66 35 6% 33 20 17% 0 0 0
2009 23 BAL AL 521 1938 3.72 1285 66% 20% 21% 29% 30% 80% 2% 53% 74% 31% 4% 20 0 13% 67 35 7% 35 25 13% -2 0 0
2010 24 BAL AL 621 2267 3.65 1569 69% 22% 21% 27% 30% 78% 1% 54% 73% 34% 2% 14 0 9% 58 30 6% 38 29 9% 0 0 0
2011 25 BAL AL 618 2226 3.60 1537 69% 19% 20% 31% 30% 81% 1% 56% 75% 34% 3% 18 1 10% 59 32 4% 26 15 12% 0 0 0
2012 26 BAL AL 222 849 3.82 568 67% 20% 20% 30% 30% 80% 0% 53% 75% 36% 5% 10 0 10% 23 11 10% 22 15 16% 0 0 0
7 Yrs 2643 9764 3.69 6649 68% 21% 20% 29% 29% 79% 1% 54% 74% 33% 3% 89 1 11% 298 156 6% 168 115 13% -2 0 0
MLB Averages 3.80 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 27% 5% 15% 9% 25%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2006 20 32 76 74 6 16 4 0 1 8 3 1 2 22 .216 .237 .311 .548 42 23 3 0 0 0 0
2007 21 73 147 139 22 32 6 1 3 12 5 2 6 43 .230 .267 .353 .620 63 49 3 1 1 0 0
2008 22 205 661 616 83 161 27 8 12 69 15 5 29 151 .261 .301 .390 .691 81 240 15 8 3 5 0
2009 23 324 1180 1089 166 292 49 11 31 139 25 9 65 244 .268 .316 .419 .735 92 456 28 15 3 8 3
2010 24 473 1801 1670 242 457 74 16 50 208 32 16 88 363 .274 .319 .427 .746 97 713 45 28 5 10 4
2011 25 624 2419 2237 310 616 100 18 75 291 44 20 117 476 .275 .319 .437 .756 101 977 61 37 6 22 6
2012 26 675 2641 2441 348 680 110 20 91 325 52 24 130 513 .279 .323 .452 .775 107 1103 69 41 6 23 6

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G)
How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2006 20 32 75 73 6 15 4 0 1 7 3 2 22 .205 .227 .301 .528 5 32
2007 21 41 72 66 17 17 2 1 2 4 2 4 21 .258 .310 .409 .719 8 41
2008 22 132 513 476 60 128 21 7 9 56 10 23 108 .269 .309 .399 .708 57 132
2009 23 119 516 471 81 129 22 3 19 68 10 35 93 .274 .331 .454 .786 69 119
2010 24 149 630 588 82 172 26 5 20 74 7 24 119 .293 .334 .456 .790 86 149
2011 25 151 624 572 72 164 27 2 26 88 12 30 113 .287 .326 .477 .803 88 151
2012 26 51 224 206 40 66 10 2 16 36 8 13 37 .320 .371 .621 .992 47 51
7 Yrs 675 2654 2452 358 691 112 20 93 333 52 131 513 .282 .326 .458 .784 360 675
162 Game Avg. 162 637 588 86 166 27 5 22 80 12 31 123 .282 .326 .458 .784 86 675

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Gold Gloves
2009 AL (OF)

Wins Above Replacements c a p y
2012 AL  2.4 (5th)

WAR Position Playerss c a p y
2012 AL  2.4 (3rd)

Offensive WARs c a p y
2012 AL  2.6 (2nd)

Batting Average s c a p y
2012 AL  .314 (10th)

Slugging % s c a p y
2012 AL  .618 (4th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
2012 AL  .983 (5th)

Games Played s c a p y
2012 AL  51 (2nd)

At Bats s c a p y
2012 AL  204 (7th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
2012 AL  38 (3rd)

Hits s c a p y
2012 AL  64 (4th)

Total Bases s c a p y
2012 AL  126 (2nd)

Triples s c a p y
2008 AL  7 (6th)
2010 AL  5 (9th)
2012 AL  2 (10th)

Home Runs s c a p y
2012 AL  16 (3rd)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
2012 AL  34 (8th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
2012 AL  8 (8th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
2012 AL  166 (6th)

Runs Created s c a p y
2012 AL  42 (4th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
2012 AL  17 (5th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
2012 AL  1.7 (5th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
2012 AL  28 (3rd)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
2012 AL  .703 (10th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2010 AL  13 (3rd)
2012 AL  4 (10th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
2011 AL  12 (1st)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
2012 AL  8 (4th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
2012 AL  4 (1st)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
2012 AL  10.7 (1st)

AB per HR s c a p y
2012 AL  12.8 (5th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)s c a p y
2012 AL  1.8 (4th)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)s c a p y
2012 AL  1.8 (5th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)s c a p y
2012 AL  1.2 (10th)

Youngest s c a p y
2006 AL  born 1985-08-01 (4th)

                                         

Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 28 (838), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 4 (1669), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 9 (1690), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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