Bob Jones

Robert Oliver Jones

Positions: Outfielder, Pinch Hitter and First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: October 11, 1949 in Elkton, MD
High School: Elkton HS (Elkton, MD)
Drafted
by the Washington Senators in the 36th round of the 1967 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: October 1, 1974
Teams (by GP): Rangers/Angels 1974-1986

Final Game: July 5, 1986
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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
1974 24 TEX AL 2 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /7
1975 25 TEX AL 9 14 11 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 .091 .286 .091 .377 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 /7D89
1976 26 CAL AL 78 187 166 22 35 6 0 6 17 3 0 14 30 .211 .273 .355 .629 90 59 5 1 4 2 3 897/D
1977 27 CAL AL 14 22 17 3 3 0 0 1 3 0 0 4 5 .176 .318 .353 .671 87 6 1 0 0 1 0 /D
1981 31 TEX AL 10 35 34 4 9 1 0 3 7 0 1 1 7 .265 .286 .559 .845 146 19 0 0 0 0 0 /97
1983 33 TEX AL 41 81 72 5 16 4 0 1 11 0 2 5 17 .222 .284 .319 .603 69 23 2 2 0 2 1 D/793
1984 34 TEX AL 64 156 143 14 37 4 0 4 22 1 1 10 19 .259 .308 .371 .678 85 53 0 1 0 2 1 379/D
1985 35 TEX AL 83 148 134 14 30 2 0 5 23 1 0 11 30 .224 .284 .351 .635 73 47 1 1 0 2 1 9D/738
1986 36 TEX AL 13 23 21 1 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 5 .095 .174 .095 .269 -24 2 0 0 0 0 0 /793
9 Yrs 314 671 603 65 133 17 0 20 86 5 4 50 117 .221 .282 .348 .630 78 210 9 5 4 9 6
162 Game Avg. 162 346 311 34 69 9 0 10 44 3 2 26 60 .221 .282 .348 .630 78 108 5 3 2 5 3
TEX (7 yrs) 222 462 420 40 95 11 0 13 66 2 4 32 82 .226 .284 .345 .629 73 145 3 4 0 6 3
CAL (2 yrs) 92 209 183 25 38 6 0 7 20 3 0 18 35 .208 .278 .355 .633 89 65 6 1 4 3 3

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
1974 24 TEX AL 2 5 -1 0 0 1 -0 -0 -0.1 0 -0 0.0 .469 .500 -0.1 0.1 -1 $ /7
1975 25 TEX AL 9 14 -1 0 0 0 -0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .484 .499 -0.1 -0.0 -1 $ /7D89
1976 26 CAL AL 78 187 -3 0 -0 -1 -2 -6 -0.6 6 0 -0.1 .491 .496 0.0 -0.2 1 $ 897/D
1977 27 CAL AL 14 22 -0 -0 -0 0 -0 -1 -0.1 1 -1 -0.1 .490 .499 -0.1 -0.0 -1 $ /D
1981 31 TEX AL 10 35 2 -0 0 3 -0 4 0.5 1 6 0.6 .551 .503 0.3 0.3 3 $ /97
1983 33 TEX AL 41 81 -3 -1 0 1 -2 -5 -0.5 2 -2 -0.2 .488 .497 -0.4 0.0 -4 $ D/793
1984 34 TEX AL 64 156 -4 -0 1 -2 -2 -8 -0.8 5 -3 -0.4 .487 .495 -0.1 -0.5 -1 $ 379/D
1985 35 TEX AL 83 148 -5 0 0 1 -3 -6 -0.6 4 -2 -0.1 .493 .496 -0.3 -0.1 -3 $117,500 9D/738
1986 36 TEX AL 13 23 -4 0 0 -0 -0 -5 -0.5 1 -4 -0.4 .463 .497 -0.4 -0.1 -3 $ /793
9 Seasons 314 671 -20 -1 2 3 -11 -28 -2.7 21 -7 -0.8 .491 .498 -1.2 -0.6 -9 $117,500
TEX (7 yrs) 222 462 -16 -1 2 3 -8 -20 -2.0 14 -6 -0.6 .490 .498 -1.1 -0.3 -9 $117,500
CAL (2 yrs) 92 209 -3 -0 -0 -1 -3 -7 -0.8 7 -0 -0.2 .491 .497 -0.1 -0.3 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
1974 24 TEX AL 5 5 0 0.0 87 .000 .000 .255 .000 .319 .000 .366 .000 .685 -100 .000 -1.3 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1975 25 TEX AL 14 10 1 2.7 92 .125 .091 .257 .286 .326 .091 .377 .377 .704 12 .297 -1.2 -0.1 .400 .273 .000
1976 26 CAL AL 187 142 16 3.0 80 .220 .211 .248 .273 .311 .355 .350 .629 .660 90 .378 -2.3 -0.2 .566 .247 .145 4.0
1977 27 CAL AL 22 16 2 3.4 96 .167 .176 .262 .318 .325 .353 .398 .671 .723 87 .355 -0.1 -0.0 .667 .412 .176 .0
1981 31 TEX AL 35 26 5 5.2 84 .250 .265 .249 .286 .313 .559 .362 .845 .675 146 .605 1.5 0.2 .731 .294 .294 .0
1983 33 TEX AL 81 62 6 2.6 95 .268 .222 .262 .284 .324 .319 .395 .603 .719 69 .263 -2.8 -0.3 .467 .139 .097 .0
1984 34 TEX AL 156 109 17 4.2 99 .270 .259 .267 .308 .330 .371 .403 .678 .733 85 .464 -3.1 -0.3 .598 .182 .112 1.6
1985 35 TEX AL 148 107 14 3.5 100 .248 .224 .262 .284 .328 .351 .407 .635 .736 73 .378 -5.4 -0.5 .571 .216 .127 1.7
1986 36 TEX AL 23 19 0 0.0 102 .125 .095 .264 .174 .332 .095 .411 .269 .744 -24 .000 -3.8 -0.4 .211 .095 .000
9 Yrs 671 496 61 3.3 93 .238 .221 .259 .282 .323 .348 .385 .630 .708 78 .376 -18.4 -1.8 .551 .212 .128 8.0
162 Game Avg. 346 256 31 3.3 93 .238 .221 .259 .282 .323 .348 .385 .630 .708 78 .376 -18.4 -1.8 .551 .212 .128 4
TEX (7 yrs) 462 338 43 3.4 97 .248 .226 .263 .284 .327 .345 .399 .629 .726 73 .375 -16.0 -1.6 .539 .190 .119 3.5
CAL (2 yrs) 209 158 18 3.1 82 .215 .208 .249 .278 .312 .355 .354 .633 .666 89 .376 -2.4 -0.2 .576 .262 .148 4.2

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
1974 24 TEX AL 5 0.0% 20.0% 0.0% 0.0% 5.0 1.00 80%
1975 25 TEX AL 14 0.0% 21.4% 21.4% 0.0% 0% 1.00 3.7 0.40 57%
1976 26 CAL AL 187 3.2% 16.0% 7.5% 6.4% 34% 2.14 5.5 27.7 9.8 0.95 71%
1977 27 CAL AL 22 4.6% 22.7% 18.2% 4.6% 33% 1.25 3.4 17.0 5.7 0.57 55%
1981 31 TEX AL 35 8.6% 20.0% 2.9% 11.4% 44% 7.00 4.9 11.3 4.9 1.43 69%
1983 33 TEX AL 81 1.2% 21.0% 6.2% 6.2% 31% 3.40 4.2 72.0 6.5 1.15 69%
1984 34 TEX AL 156 2.6% 12.2% 6.4% 5.1% 22% 1.90 7.5 35.8 6.5 0.85 78%
1985 35 TEX AL 148 3.4% 20.3% 7.4% 4.7% 23% 2.73 4.5 26.8 5.8 0.97 68%
1986 36 TEX AL 23 0.0% 21.7% 8.7% 0.0% 0% 2.50 4.2 7.0 0.75 70%
9 Yrs 671 3.0% 17.4% 7.5% 5.5% 28% 2.34 5.2 30.2 7.0 0.93 71%
MLB Averages 2.0% 13.3% 8.5% 6.5% 28% 1.56 6.7 44.7 8.5 1.09 75%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1974 24 TEX AL -1.3 -0.1 5 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .92 -0.1 -0.0 -1.6 -0.2 1.00 -1.5 0
1975 25 TEX AL -1.2 -0.1 14 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 .61 -0.1 -0.2 -2.9 -0.3 0.99 -2.3 3.45 1
1976 26 CAL AL -2.3 -0.2 193 -0.4 3.4 -3.8 1.19 -0.3 -0.1 -3.3 -0.4 0.96 -2.7 1.98 17
1977 27 CAL AL -0.1 -0.0 22 -0.2 0.3 -0.5 1.50 0.0 -0.2 -1.5 -0.2 1.15 -0.9 2.20 6
1981 31 TEX AL 1.5 0.2 36 -0.1 0.4 -0.6 .98 0.2 -0.4 4.1 0.4 1.00 3.9 0
1983 33 TEX AL -2.8 -0.3 83 -0.1 2.1 -2.3 1.50 -0.4 0.3 -2.8 -0.3 0.98 -3.4 2.55 23
1984 34 TEX AL -3.1 -0.3 159 -0.3 2.7 -3.0 1.15 -0.1 -0.2 2.5 0.2 0.96 1.6 2.15 24
1985 35 TEX AL -5.4 -0.5 151 -0.1 2.8 -2.9 1.12 -0.4 0.3 -1.6 -0.2 0.97 -3.4 1.83 42
1986 36 TEX AL -3.8 -0.4 23 0.5 0.8 -0.3 1.09 -0.3 0.8 -1.0 -0.1 0.89 -3.1 6.07 2
9 Yrs -18.4 -1.8 686 -1.0 12.6 -13.6 1.18 -1.4 0.6 -8.0 -0.8 0.97 -11.8 2.17 115

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
1974 24 TEX AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 25 TEX AL 0 0 50% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1
1976 26 CAL AL 2 0 36% 91 3 0 100% 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 46% 19 12 6 0 0 0 5 0 5
1977 27 CAL AL 0 0 33% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 3 3 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
1981 31 TEX AL 1 0 14% 14 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1983 33 TEX AL 1 0 18% 26 0 2 0% 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 20% 1 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 1
1984 34 TEX AL 1 0 23% 58 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 35% 10 8 2 1 0 1 6 2 3
1985 35 TEX AL 2 0 24% 36 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 60% 5 3 2 4 1 3 1 0 1
1986 36 TEX AL 0 0 25% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
9 Yrs 7 0 27% 251 5 4 56% 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 6 7 38% 41 29 11 8 4 4 19 6 11

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
1974 24 TEX AL 5 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 3 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
1975 25 TEX AL 14 100% 1 1 0 0 0 3.45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 1 0 0% 13 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1976 26 CAL AL 187 94% 35 17 2 0 1 1.98 6 0 5 6 0 2 4 0 5 4 80% 34 5 15% 23 6 26% 103 11 11% 9 2 22% 10 4 40% 0
1977 27 CAL AL 22 100% 3 6 1 0 1 2.20 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 1 11% 6 1 17% 20 2 10% 5 1 20% 1 0 0% 0
1981 31 TEX AL 35 97% 9 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 10 0 0% 5 2 40% 21 4 19% 2 2 100% 1 1 100% 0
1983 33 TEX AL 81 100% 16 23 4 1 3 2.55 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 19 2 11% 8 4 50% 50 10 20% 6 3 50% 4 4 100% 0
1984 34 TEX AL 156 96% 37 24 5 1 5 2.15 4 0 5 4 0 1 3 0 0 0 28 0 0% 12 4 33% 110 20 18% 10 4 40% 7 5 71% 0
1985 35 TEX AL 148 95% 30 42 10 2 6 1.83 5 0 4 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 27 1 4% 13 6 46% 108 19 18% 14 10 71% 3 2 67% 0
1986 36 TEX AL 23 100% 2 2 1 0 1 6.07 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 0 0 13 3 23% 0 0 0 0 0
9 Yrs 671 96% 133 115 23 4 17 2.17 20 0 18 20 0 10 10 0 5 4 80% 131 9 7% 69 23 33% 441 69 16% 48 22 46% 27 16 59% 0
MLB Averages 57% 80% 11% 35% 15% 51% 54%

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
1974 24 2 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 25 11 19 16 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 .063 .211 .063 .273 -18 1 0 0 0 0 0
1976 26 89 206 182 24 36 6 0 6 17 3 0 17 34 .198 .267 .330 .597 79 60 5 1 4 2 3
1977 27 103 228 199 27 39 6 0 7 20 3 0 21 39 .196 .272 .332 .604 80 66 6 1 4 3 3
1978 28 103 228 199 27 39 6 0 7 20 3 0 21 39 .196 .272 .332 .604 80 66 6 1 4 3 3
1979 29 103 228 199 27 39 6 0 7 20 3 0 21 39 .196 .272 .332 .604 80 66 6 1 4 3 3
1980 30 103 228 199 27 39 6 0 7 20 3 0 21 39 .196 .272 .332 .604 80 66 6 1 4 3 3
1981 31 113 263 233 31 48 7 0 10 27 3 1 22 46 .206 .274 .365 .639 90 85 6 1 4 3 3
1982 32 113 263 233 31 48 7 0 10 27 3 1 22 46 .206 .274 .365 .639 90 85 6 1 4 3 3
1983 33 154 344 305 36 64 11 0 11 38 3 3 27 63 .210 .276 .354 .631 84 108 8 3 4 5 4
1984 34 218 500 448 50 101 15 0 15 60 4 4 37 82 .225 .286 .359 .646 85 161 8 4 4 7 5
1985 35 301 648 582 64 131 17 0 20 83 5 4 48 112 .225 .286 .357 .643 82 208 9 5 4 9 6
1986 36 314 671 603 65 133 17 0 20 86 5 4 50 117 .221 .282 .348 .630 78 210 9 5 4 9 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
1974 24 2 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2
1975 25 9 14 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 .000 .214 .000 .214 0 9
1976 26 78 195 172 28 40 7 0 7 21 3 16 30 .233 .298 .395 .694 20 78
1977 27 14 22 17 3 3 0 0 1 3 0 4 5 .176 .318 .353 .671 2 14
1981 31 15 56 54 8 16 2 0 5 14 0 2 11 .296 .321 .611 .933 11 10
1983 33 41 82 73 6 17 4 0 1 12 0 5 17 .233 .293 .329 .621 7 41
1984 34 64 157 144 15 38 4 0 4 23 1 10 19 .264 .312 .375 .687 17 64
1985 35 83 149 135 15 31 2 0 5 24 1 11 30 .230 .289 .356 .644 14 83
1986 36 13 23 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 .000 .087 .000 .087 0 13
9 Yrs 319 703 632 75 145 19 0 23 97 5 53 121 .229 .290 .369 .659 71 314
162 Game Avg. 162 357 321 38 74 10 0 12 49 3 27 61 .229 .290 .369 .659 36 314

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