Bob Jones
Robert Oliver Jones
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: October 11, 1949 in Elkton, MD
High School: Elkton (Elkton, MD)
Drafted by the Washington Senators in the 36th round of the 1967 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: October 1, 1974
Final Game: July 5, 1986
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1974 TEX AL 24 LF 2 1 15.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.8 64.0 0.8 0.8 0.0 0 3.00 2.50 .980 2.10 1.75
1974 TEX AL 24 OF 2 1 15.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.8 64.0 0.8 0.8 0.0 0 3.00 2.50 .980 2.40 2.10
1975 TEX AL 25 OF 5 1 19.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.4 0.4 0 2.84 1.20 .983 2.37 2.10
1975 TEX AL 25 LF 3 1 14.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.4 34.3 0.4 0.0 0.4 0 3.21 1.67 .980 2.19 1.80
1975 TEX AL 25 CF 1 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -120.0 -0.4 -0.4 0.0 0 2.25 1.00 1.000 2.92 2.50
1975 TEX AL 25 DH 1
1975 TEX AL 25 RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.80
1976 CAL AL 26 OF 62 42 408.1 105 98 6 1 0 .990 -0.6 -1.8 -0.6 0.2 -0.8 0 2.29 1.68 .981 2.47 2.21
1976 CAL AL 26 CF 25 20 187.2 50 47 3 0 0 1.000 -1.4 -9.0 -1.4 -0.2 -1.2 0 2.40 2.00 .984 2.98 2.60
1976 CAL AL 26 RF 21 16 152.2 42 39 2 1 0 .976 3.0 23.6 2.0 1.7 0.3 1 2.42 1.95 .981 2.21 1.92
1976 CAL AL 26 LF 17 6 68.0 15 14 1 0 0 1.000 -2.2 -38.8 -1.2 -1.3 0.1 -1 1.99 0.88 .980 2.22 1.91
1976 CAL AL 26 DH 2
1977 CAL AL 27 DH 6
1981 TEX AL 31 OF 10 9 79.0 24 20 4 0 0 1.000 2.8 42.5 1.8 0.9 0.9 1 2.73 2.40 .983 2.48 2.16
1981 TEX AL 31 RF 9 9 75.0 22 19 3 0 0 1.000 2.7 43.2 1.7 0.9 0.8 1 2.64 2.44 .982 2.16 1.76
1981 TEX AL 31 LF 1 0 4.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.1 30.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 4.50 2.00 1.000 2.48 2.00
1983 TEX AL 33 DH 11
1983 TEX AL 33 OF 11 9 78.0 24 24 0 0 0 1.000 1.4 21.5 1.4 1.7 -0.2 0 2.77 2.18 .979 2.50 2.16
1983 TEX AL 33 LF 6 6 52.0 19 19 0 0 0 1.000 1.6 36.9 1.6 1.6 0.0 0 3.29 3.17 .979 2.32 1.90
1983 TEX AL 33 RF 5 3 26.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -9.2 -0.2 0.1 -0.2 0 1.38 0.80 .975 2.25 1.84
1983 TEX AL 33 1B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 9.90 8.20
1984 TEX AL 34 OF 22 20 170.0 44 42 2 0 1 1.000 -2.1 -14.8 -1.1 -1.5 0.4 -1 2.33 2.00 .982 2.51 2.17
1984 TEX AL 34 1B 15 10 102.0 103 97 5 1 7 .990 -0.4 -4.7 -0.4 -0.5 0.2 0 9.00 6.80 .991 9.75 8.25
1984 TEX AL 34 LF 11 10 85.0 27 26 1 0 0 1.000 0.9 12.7 0.9 -1.1 2.0 0 2.86 2.45 .981 2.27 1.80
1984 TEX AL 34 RF 11 10 85.0 18 17 1 0 1 1.000 -3.0 -42.4 -2.0 -0.4 -1.6 -1 1.91 1.64 .978 2.23 1.88
1984 TEX AL 34 DH 4
1985 TEX AL 35 OF 30 14 161.0 30 30 0 0 0 1.000 0.8 6.0 0.8 2.0 -1.2 0 1.68 1.00 .983 2.44 2.10
1985 TEX AL 35 RF 22 11 114.0 20 20 0 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -3.2 -0.3 1.5 -1.8 0 1.58 0.91 .980 2.17 1.82
1985 TEX AL 35 DH 10
1985 TEX AL 35 LF 8 3 44.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 0.8 21.8 0.8 0.5 0.3 0 1.84 1.13 .978 2.25 1.78
1985 TEX AL 35 1B 4 1 14.0 14 14 0 0 1 1.000 0.4 34.3 0.4 0.0 0.4 0 9.00 3.50 .993 9.77 8.68
1985 TEX AL 35 CF 1 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 120.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0 3.00 1.00 1.000 3.00 2.60
1986 TEX AL 36 OF 9 3 43.0 11 10 0 1 0 .909 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.2 0.2 0 2.09 1.11 .982 2.39 2.06
1986 TEX AL 36 LF 5 3 33.0 8 7 0 1 0 .875 -0.3 -10.9 -0.3 -0.5 0.2 0 1.91 1.40 .975 2.24 1.76
1986 TEX AL 36 RF 4 0 10.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 36.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 2.70 0.75 .967 2.07 1.80
1986 TEX AL 36 1B 2 2 16.0 20 19 1 0 2 1.000 -0.4 -30.0 -0.4 0.0 -0.4 0 11.25 10.00 .990 9.39 8.60
8 Seasons OF 151 99 973.1 249 235 12 2 1 .992 3.1 3.8 3.1 3.5 -0.3 0 2.28 1.64 .982 2.47 2.16
7 Seasons RF 73 49 463.2 109 102 6 1 1 .991 2.5 6.5 1.5 4.1 -2.5 1 2.10 1.48 .980 2.20 1.85
8 Seasons LF 53 30 315.0 90 86 3 1 0 .989 2.1 8.0 3.1 0.0 3.1 -1 2.54 1.68 .980 2.25 1.84
6 Seasons DH 34
3 Seasons CF 27 20 194.2 52 49 3 0 0 1.000 -1.5 -9.2 -1.5 -0.6 -0.9 0 2.40 1.93 .985 2.98 2.60
4 Seasons 1B 22 13 134.0 137 130 6 1 10 .993 -0.4 -3.6 -0.4 -0.5 0.2 0 9.13 6.18 .991 9.71 8.36
9 Seasons TOT 173 112 1107.1 386 365 18 3 11 .992 2.7 2.9 2.7 3.0 -0.1 0 0 3.11 2.21 .977 3.35 2.95
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1974 TEX AL 24 2 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0
1975 TEX AL 25 9 2 9 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 5 1 1 3
1976 CAL AL 26 78 42 78 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 25 21 62 0 19 8
1977 CAL AL 27 14 3 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 9 2
1981 TEX AL 31 10 9 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 10 0 0 0
1983 TEX AL 33 41 14 41 11 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 0 5 11 5 25 1
1984 TEX AL 34 64 32 64 37 0 0 15 0 0 0 11 0 11 22 2 29 1
1985 TEX AL 35 83 22 83 34 0 0 4 0 0 0 8 1 22 30 7 47 1
1986 TEX AL 36 13 5 13 11 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 0 4 9 0 2 1
9 Seasons 314 130 314 172 0 0 22 0 0 0 53 27 73 151 18 132 17
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1975 TEX AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 5 20% 80% 20% 1 0%
1976 CAL AL 26 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 5 3 0 5 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 14 7 50.0% 7 0 0.0% 2 653 54% 76% 26% 77 53%
1981 TEX AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 2 2 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 7 3 42.9% 3 1 14.3% 2 319 53% 75% 24% 34 65%
1983 TEX AL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 110 73% 76% 21% 5 80%
1984 TEX AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 4 1 25.0% 3 0 0.0% 1 392 59% 76% 27% 18 94%
1985 TEX AL 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 484 49% 73% 23% 20 100%
1986 TEX AL 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 45 49% 67% 29% 6 50%
7 Seasons 1 0 1 0 0 6 0 1 1 3 9 5 0 8 1 0 6 4 1 1 0 0 8 4 0 32 14 43.8% 17 1 3.1% 5 2008 54% 75% 25% 161 66%
MLB Averages 43.1% 3.0% 58% 79% 26% 56%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1974 TEX AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 5 3 60.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 68 74% 76% 28% 10 50%
1975 TEX AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 62 48% 73% 26% 11 45%
1976 CAL AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 5 4 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 12 6 50.0% 6 0 0.0% 1 320 50% 81% 25% 38 39%
1981 TEX AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15 47% 73% 27% 3 67%
1983 TEX AL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 3 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 10 7 70.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 234 62% 77% 24% 35 54%
1984 TEX AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 4 4 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 1 395 55% 78% 22% 26 100%
1985 TEX AL 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 195 63% 72% 18% 9 100%
1986 TEX AL 36 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 6 3 50.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 155 70% 78% 31% 14 50%
8 Seasons 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 2 0 1 11 10 0 13 3 0 4 3 0 3 0 0 10 10 0 41 26 63.4% 15 0 0.0% 3 1444 58% 77% 24% 146 60%
MLB Averages 58.1% 2.8% 58% 79% 26% 52%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1975 TEX AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 66.7% 1 0 0.0% 0 18 56% 89% 17% 4 25%
1976 CAL AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 0 6 4 0 7 2 0 4 0 0 3 0 0 6 3 0 26 9 34.6% 17 0 0.0% 3 813 53% 75% 21% 97 52%
1985 TEX AL 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 20% 70% 30% 1 100%
3 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 0 8 5 0 7 2 0 4 0 0 4 1 0 6 3 0 29 11 37.9% 18 0 0.0% 3 841 52% 75% 21% 102 51%
MLB Averages 43.2% 2.3% 58% 79% 26% 61%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1983 TEX AL 33 9 56% 67% 11% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 TEX AL 34 452 65% 77% 24% 17 100% 0 98 3 96 0 13 5 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 6 0 2 1 0 0
1985 TEX AL 35 66 56% 80% 24% 4 100% 0 14 0 14 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1986 TEX AL 36 72 46% 79% 29% 2 100% 0 19 0 17 2 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 599 61% 77% 24% 23 100% 0 131 3 127 2 19 6 1 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 9 0 2 1 0 0
MLB Averages 58% 79% 27% 94% 90%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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