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Calvin Jones

Calvin Douglas Jones

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: September 26, 1963 in Compton, CA
School: University of California, Riverside (Riverside, CA)
Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1984 amateur draft (January). Player signed May 27, 1984. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 14, 1991
Team: Mariners 1991-1992

Final Game: October 1, 1992
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1984	20	SEA-min	A-	5	0	1.000	2.41	10	9	0	0	0	59.2	29	23	16	0	36	0	59	7	1	8			1.089	4.4	0.0	5.4	8.9	1.64	BLH · NORW
1985	21	SEA-min	A	4	11	.267	3.91	20	19	0	1	0	106.0	96	59	46	10	65	1	71	5	2	9			1.519	8.2	0.8	5.5	6.0	1.09	WAU · MIDW
1986	22	SEA-min	A	11	8	.579	3.60	26	25	0	2	0	157.1	141	76	63	9	90	2	137	4	2	15			1.468	8.1	0.5	5.1	7.8	1.52	SLS · CALL
1987	23	SEA-min	AA	2	9	.182	4.98	26	10	12	0	2	81.1	90	58	45	5	38	0	77	2	0	4			1.574	10.0	0.6	4.2	8.5	2.03	CNG · SOUL
1988	24	SEA-min	AA	7	5	.583	2.65	24	4	6	0	0	74.2	52	26	22	1	47	2	58	0	3	4			1.326	6.3	0.1	5.7	7.0	1.23	VMT · EL
1989	25	SEA-min	A,AA	2	0	1.000	4.74	10	0	7	0	1	19.0	21	10	10	1	11	0	20	0	2	1			1.684	9.9	0.5	5.2	9.5	1.82	SBR,WPT · CALL,EL
1990	26	SEA-min	A+	5	3	.625	2.96	53	0	27	0	8	67.0	43	32	22	4	54	2	94	4	0	6			1.448	5.8	0.5	7.3	12.6	1.74	SBR · CALL
1991	27	SEA-min	AAA	1	1	.500	3.91	20	0	15	0	7	23.0	19	12	10	1	19	1	25	2	2	6	109		1.652	7.4	0.4	7.4	9.8	1.32	CGY · PCL
1991	27	SEA	AL	2	2	.500	2.53	27	0	6	0	2	46.1	33	14	13	0	29	5	42	1	0	6	194	164	1.338	6.4	0.0	5.6	8.2	1.45
1992	28	SEA-min	AAA	2	0	1.000	3.86	21	1	13	0	3	32.2	23	15	14	3	22	0	32	0	0	4	145		1.378	6.3	0.8	6.1	8.8	1.45	CGY · PCL
1992	28	SEA	AL	3	5	.375	5.69	38	1	14	0	0	61.2	50	39	39	8	47	1	49	2	0	10	275	70	1.573	7.3	1.2	6.9	7.2	1.04
1993	29	CLE-min	AA	5	5	.500	3.30	43	0	36	0	22	62.2	40	25	23	1	26	2	73	1	1	12	253		1.053	5.7	0.1	3.7	10.5	2.81	CAK · EL
1994	30	CLE-min	AAA	3	3	.500	3.88	55	0	35	0	14	62.2	64	30	27	7	27	2	47	1	0	10	275		1.452	9.2	1.0	3.9	6.8	1.74	CHR · IL
1995	31	BOS-CHW-min	AAA	5	2	.714	4.43	38	0	27	0	8	44.2	50	31	22	8	18	2	41	0	0	6	203		1.522	10.1	1.6	3.6	8.3	2.28	PAW,NVL · IL,AA
1996	32	LAD-min	AAA	0	0		4.50	10	0	5	0	0	12.0	11	6	6	0	12	1	15	1	0	1	58		1.917	8.2	0.0	9.0	11.2	1.25	ABQ · PCL
2000	36	TAB	AAA	2	1	.667	1.23	17	0	17	0	11	22.0	11	3	3	1	7	1	18	0	0	0	82		0.818	4.5	0.4	2.9	7.4	2.57	TAB · MEX
2 Yrs				5	7	.417	4.33	65	1	20	0	2	108.0	83	53	52	8	76	6	91	3	0	16	469	93	1.472	6.9	0.7	6.3	7.6	1.20
162 Game Avg.				5	7	.417	4.33	67	1	21	0	2	111	86	55	54	8	78	6	94	3	0	16	483	93	1.472	6.9	0.7	6.3	7.6	1.20

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1991	27	SEA	AL	46.1	27	0	14	2.72	4.57	-0.15	-0.35	101.3	4.43	9	0.9	1.2	-0.0	1.3	14	.535	.506	$
1992	28	SEA	AL	61.2	38	1	39	5.69	4.22	-0.25	-0.29	101.0	4.23	-10	-1.0	.9	-0.1	-0.5	-3	.473	.494	$132,500
2 Seasons				108.0	65	1	53	4.42	4.37	-0.21	-0.31	101.1	4.31	-1	-0.1	1.0	-0.1	0.8	11	.498	.500	$132,500

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE
1991	27	SEA	AL	27	194	158	14	33	4	1	0	5	1	29	42	.209	.335	.247	.582	.284	39	6	1	6	0	5	1
1992	28	SEA	AL	38	275	221	39	50	9	1	8	6	3	47	49	.226	.361	.385	.746	.250	85	5	2	1	4	1	1
2 Yrs				65	469	379	53	83	13	2	8	11	4	76	91	.219	.351	.327	.678	.264	124	11	3	7	4	6	2
162 Game Avg.				67	483	390	55	86	13	2	8	11	4	78	94	.219	.351	.327	.678	.264	128	11	3	7	4	6	2
MLB Averages																.256	.323	.381	.704	.285

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1991	27	SEA	AL	8.4	0.9	207	0.6	4.1	-3.4	1.30	0.9	-0.4	6.2	0.6	1.30	9.1	10	3	14
1992	28	SEA	AL	-10.0	-1.0	296	-0.8	3.3	-4.1	.80	-0.6	-0.4	-3.0	-0.3	0.80	-6.7	9	7	19
2 Yrs				-1.6	-0.2	503	-0.1	7.4	-7.5	1.01	0.4	-0.5	3.2	0.3	1.01	2.4	19	10	33

Starting Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Wgs	Lgs	ND	Wchp	Ltuf	Wtm	Ltm	tmW-L%	Wlst	Lsv	CG	SHO	QS	QS%	GmScA	Best	Wrst	BQR	BQS	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS	Pit/GS	<80	80-99	100-119	≥120	Max
1992	28	SEA	AL	38	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	51.0	51	51	20	11	0	0	4.0	1.8	5.0	92	0	1	0	0	92
1 Yr				38	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	51	51	51	20	11	0	0	4.0	1.8	5.0	92	0	1	0	0	92
MLB Averages													.500						53%	51	101	-14					4.2	4.2	6.1	95

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
1991	27	SEA	AL	27	27	6	2	2	3	2	1	67%	4	1	16	5	31%	7	1.305	10	3	14	5	6	16	10	17	17	6	19	5	5.1	27
1992	28	SEA	AL	38	37	14	3	4	2	0	2	0%	6	3	25	4	16%	8	.799	9	7	19	10	7	20	17	20	18	8	21	5	4.6	27
2 Yrs				65	64	20	5	6	5	2	3	40%	10	4	41	9	22%		1.008	19	10	33	15	13	36	27	37	35	14	40	10	4.8	27

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1991	27	SEA	AL	194	56%	0.0%	21.7%	15.0%	2.6%	15%	0.71	0.96	60%	19%	0.0%	17%	40	6	15%
1992	28	SEA	AL	275	59%	2.9%	17.8%	17.1%	6.6%	36%	0.57	0.77	61%	21%	8.2%	12%	57	5	9%
2 Yrs				469	58%	1.7%	19.4%	16.2%	4.9%	28%	0.62	0.85	61%	20%	5.2%	14%	97	11	11%
MLB Averages					41%	2.0%	14.9%	8.6%	6.6%	29%	0.79	1.06	73%	21%	5.8%	16%			10%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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	1st%	30%	30c	30s	02%	02c	02s	02h	L/SO	3pK	4pW	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1991	27	SEA	AL	195	725	3.72	409	56%	30%	20%	21%	30%	70%	5%	40%	72%	58%	6%	12	4	18%	36	15	1	21%	7	3	-1	0	0
1992	28	SEA	AL	278	1073	3.86	614	57%	28%	20%	24%	29%	72%	1%	41%	72%	50%	9%	26	15	15%	42	22	5	16%	8	10	-3	0	0
2 Yrs				473	1798	3.80	1023	57%	28%	20%	23%	29%	72%	3%	41%	72%	54%	8%	38	19	16%	78	37	6	19%	15	13	-4	0	0
MLB Averages						3.66		62%	25%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	46%	81%	56%	6%			18%				27%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
1991	27	SEA	AL	194	33	11	3	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	13	6	3	46%	1	6	1	73	5	1	83%	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
1992	28	SEA	AL	275	50	17	1	8	0	4	6	2	4	4	11	7	1	64%	1	10	0	118	6	3	67%	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	0
2 Yrs				469	83	28	4	8	0	8	6	2	4	4	24	13	4	54%	2	16	1	191	11	4	73%	10	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	26	0
MLB Averages																		54%							67%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1991	27	2	2	.500	2.53	27	0	6	0	0	2	46.1	33	14	13	0	29	5	42	1	0	6	194	164	1.338	6.4	0.0	5.6	8.2	1.45	164
1992	28	5	7	.417	4.33	65	1	20	0	0	2	108.0	83	53	52	8	76	6	91	3	0	16	469	93	1.472	6.9	0.7	6.3	7.6	1.20	93

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1991	27	3	1	.750	2.93	43.0	34	16	14	0	30	39	1	1.488	7.1	6.3	8.2	1.30	0.0	27
1992	28	2	4	.333	6.63	57.0	52	47	42	8	49	46	2	1.772	8.2	7.7	7.3	0.94	1.3	38
2 Yrs		5	5	.500	5.04	100.0	86	63	56	8	79	85	3	1.650	7.7		7.7	1.08	0.7	65

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Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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