Chris Jones

Christopher Carlos Jones

Positions: Outfielder and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: December 16, 1965 in Utica, NY
High School: Liverpool (Liverpool, NY)
Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 3rd round of the 1984 amateur draft.
Signed July 18, 1984. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 21, 1991
Teams (by GP): Mets/Rockies/Padres/Astros/Reds/... 1991-2000

Final Game: July 29, 2000
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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
1984	18	CIN-min	Rk	21	76	73	8	11	2	0	2	13	4	0	2	24	.151	.171	.260	.431		19		0	0	1	0	BIL · PION
1985	19	CIN-min	Rk	63	262	240	43	62	12	5	4	33	13	0	19	72	.258	.314	.400	.714		96		1	1	1	0	BIL · PION
1986	20	CIN-min	A	128	500	473	65	117	13	9	20	78	23	17	20	126	.247	.280	.440	.720		208		3	0	4	1	CDR · MIDW
1987	21	CIN-min	AA	113	415	383	50	88	11	4	10	39	13	10	23	99	.230	.278	.358	.636		137		4	2	3	4	VMT · EL
1988	22	CIN-min	AA	116	448	410	50	111	20	7	4	61	11	9	29	102	.271	.317	.383	.700		157		2	0	7	1	CNG · SOUL
1989	23	CIN-min	AA,AAA	124	455	427	55	103	19	2	12	59	12	2	23	84	.241	.284	.379	.664		162		3	1	1	1	CNG,NVL · SOUL,AA
1990	24	CIN-min	AAA	134	467	436	53	114	23	3	10	52	12	8	23	86	.261	.301	.397	.698		173		2	5	1	3	NVL · AA
1991	25	CIN-min	AAA	73	289	267	29	65	5	4	9	33	10	5	19	65	.243	.298	.393	.691		105	6	2	0	1	1	NVL · AA
1991	25	CIN	NL	52	92	89	14	26	1	2	2	6	2	1	2	31	.292	.304	.416	.720	98	37	2	0	0	1	0	7/98
1992	26	HOU-min	AAA	45	191	170	25	55	9	8	3	28	7	1	18	34	.324	.384	.524	.908		89	7	0	1	2	2	TUC · PCL
1992	26	HOU	NL	54	73	63	7	12	2	1	1	4	3	0	7	21	.190	.271	.302	.573	66	19	1	0	3	0	0	97/8
1993	27	COL-min	AAA	46	193	168	41	47	5	5	12	40	8	2	19	47	.280	.352	.583	.936		98	2	2	0	4	2	CSP · PCL
1993	27	COL	NL	86	225	209	29	57	11	4	6	31	9	4	10	48	.273	.305	.450	.754	87	94	6	0	5	1	1	87/9
1994	28	COL-min	AAA	98	424	386	77	124	22	4	20	75	12	2	35	72	.321	.380	.554	.934		214	9	2	0	1	3	CSP · PCL
1994	28	COL	NL	21	42	40	6	12	2	1	0	2	0	1	2	14	.300	.333	.400	.733	79	16	1	0	0	0	1	8/7
1995	29	NYM-min	AAA	33	129	114	20	38	12	1	3	19	5	2	11	20	.333	.388	.535	.923		61	2	1	0	3	1	NFK · IL
1995	29	NYM	NL	79	201	182	33	51	6	2	8	31	2	1	13	45	.280	.327	.467	.794	111	85	2	1	2	3	1	97/3
1996	30	NYM	NL	89	163	149	22	36	7	0	4	18	1	0	12	42	.242	.307	.369	.676	82	55	3	2	0	0	1	97/83
1997	31	SDP	NL	92	172	152	24	37	9	0	7	25	7	2	16	45	.243	.322	.441	.762	104	67	4	2	1	1	0	978
1998	32	SFG-min	AAA	25	67	60	11	16	1	3	3	8	2	1	6	12	.267	.333	.533	.867		32	0	0	1	0	0	FRE · PCL
1998	32	TOT	NL	63	134	121	17	23	3	1	2	13	2	1	11	37	.190	.254	.281	.535	43	34	2	0	0	2	0	9/7D
1998	32	ARI	NL	20	34	31	3	6	1	0	0	3	0	0	3	9	.194	.265	.226	.491	31	7	2	0	0	0	0	/97
1998	32	SFG	NL	43	100	90	14	17	2	1	2	10	2	1	8	28	.189	.250	.300	.550	47	27	0	0	0	2	0	9/7D

2000	34	MIL-SDP-min	AAA	77	278	259	38	78	19	6	4	31	6	4	14	67	.301	.335	.467	.802		121	3	1	0	4	1	INA,LVG · IL,PCL
2000	34	MIL	NL	12	17	16	3	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	.188	.235	.313	.548	39	5	0	0	0	0	0	/9
2001	35	TOR-MIL-ATL-min	AAA	100	358	315	44	78	8	3	10	40	7	5	32	86	.248	.318	.387	.706		122	4	3	3	5	3	SYR,INA,RMD · IL
2002	36	MIL-min	AAA	117	467	417	52	115	19	7	5	53	8	8	41	83	.276	.340	.391	.731		163	12	3	0	6	3	INA,YUC · IL,MEX
2003	37	-min	AAA	20	80	70	9	21	3	1	1	6	1	0	10	8	.300	.388	.414	.802		29	6	0	0	0	1	CDB · MEX
9 Seasons				548	1119	1021	155	257	43	11	30	131	26	10	74	287	.252	.303	.404	.707	86	412	21	5	11	8	4
162 Game Avg.				162	331	302	46	76	13	3	9	39	8	3	22	85	.252	.303	.404	.707	86	122	6	1	3	2	1

NYM (2 yrs)				168	364	331	55	87	13	2	12	49	3	1	25	87	.263	.318	.423	.741	98	140	5	3	2	3	2
COL (2 yrs)				107	267	249	35	69	13	5	6	33	9	5	12	62	.277	.309	.442	.751	86	110	7	0	5	1	2
ARI (1 yr)				20	34	31	3	6	1	0	0	3	0	0	3	9	.194	.265	.226	.491	31	7	2	0	0	0	0
SFG (1 yr)				43	100	90	14	17	2	1	2	10	2	1	8	28	.189	.250	.300	.550	47	27	0	0	0	2	0
SDP (1 yr)				92	172	152	24	37	9	0	7	25	7	2	16	45	.243	.322	.441	.762	104	67	4	2	1	1	0
CIN (1 yr)				52	92	89	14	26	1	2	2	6	2	1	2	31	.292	.304	.416	.720	98	37	2	0	0	1	0
HOU (1 yr)				54	73	63	7	12	2	1	1	4	3	0	7	21	.190	.271	.302	.573	66	19	1	0	3	0	0
MIL (1 yr)				12	17	16	3	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	.188	.235	.313	.548	39	5	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1991	25	CIN	NL	92	-1	1	0	0	-0	-1	3	2	0.2	2	0.2	0.0	$	7/98
1992	26	HOU	NL	73	-3	1	0	0	-2	-1	2	-4	-0.4	-1	-0.1	-0.3	$	97/8
1993	27	COL	NL	225	-4	1	-1	0	-5	0	6	-2	-0.2	2	0.2	-0.4	$140,000	87/9
1994	28	COL	NL	42	-1	0	0	0	-2	0	1	-3	-0.3	0	0.0	-0.3	$175,000	8/7
1995	29	NYM	NL	201	3	1	-1	1	7	-2	6	15	1.5	8	0.8	0.7	$200,000	97/3
1996	30	NYM	NL	163	-5	1	1	0	1	-2	5	1	0.1	0	0.0	0.1	$337,500	97/83
1997	31	SDP	NL	172	1	0	-1	0	-0	-1	5	3	0.3	4	0.4	-0.1	$380,000	978
1998	32	ARI	NL	34	-3	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0.0	-1	-0.1	0.1	$450,000	/97
1998	32	SFG	NL	100	-7	1	-1	1	1	-1	3	-4	-0.4	-4	-0.4	0.0	$	9/7D

2000	34	MIL	NL	17	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2	-0.1	-2	-0.2	0.1	$	/9
9 Seasons				1119	-22	6	-2	2	-0	-8	32	6	0.7	8	0.8	-0.1	$1,682,500

NYM (2 yrs)				364	-2	2	0	1	8	-4	11	16	1.6	8	0.8	0.8	$537,500
COL (2 yrs)				267	-5	1	-1	0	-7	0	7	-5	-0.5	2	0.2	-0.7	$315,000
ARI (1 yr)				34	-3	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0.0	-1	-0.1	0.1	$450,000
SFG (1 yr)				100	-7	1	-1	1	1	-1	3	-4	-0.4	-4	-0.4	0.0	$
SDP (1 yr)				172	1	0	-1	0	-0	-1	5	3	0.3	4	0.4	-0.1	$380,000
CIN (1 yr)				92	-1	1	0	0	-0	-1	3	2	0.2	2	0.2	0.0	$
HOU (1 yr)				73	-3	1	0	0	-2	-1	2	-4	-0.4	-1	-0.1	-0.3	$
MIL (1 yr)				17	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2	-0.1	-2	-0.2	0.1	$

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards
1991	CIN	NL	25	OF	26	15	8	145.0	28	27	1	0	0	1.000	-0	-4	1.74	1.08	.983	2.28	2.27
1991	CIN	NL	25	LF	18	12	6	106.0	21	21	0	0	0	1.000	-0	-2	1.78	1.17	.983	2.18	2.17
1991	CIN	NL	25	RF	9	3	2	35.1	7	6	1	0	0	1.000	-0	-7	1.78	0.78	.980	2.06	2.04
1991	CIN	NL	25	CF	3	0	0	3.2	0	0	0	0	0		-0	-33	0.00	0.00		2.70	2.57
1992	HOU	NL	26	OF	43	10	6	147.1	29	27	0	2	0	.931	-2	-17	1.65	0.63	.983	2.34	2.34
1992	HOU	NL	26	RF	25	2	2	56.0	11	11	0	0	0	1.000	-1	-13	1.77	0.44	.979	2.07	2.08
1992	HOU	NL	26	LF	17	7	4	72.0	14	12	0	2	0	.857	-1	-12	1.50	0.71	.979	2.16	2.16
1992	HOU	NL	26	CF	5	1	0	19.1	4	4	0	0	0	1.000	-1	-50	1.86	0.80	.990	2.79	2.80
1993	COL	NL	27	OF	70	45	38	433.0	118	114	2	2	0	.983	-5	-13	2.41	1.66	.979	2.34	2.33
1993	COL	NL	27	CF	52	38	32	350.0	100	96	2	2	0	.980	-3	-10	2.52	1.88	.985	2.75	2.73
1993	COL	NL	27	LF	16	6	5	67.0	12	12	0	0	0	1.000	-2	-43	1.61	0.75	.975	2.11	2.10
1993	COL	NL	27	RF	4	1	1	16.0	7	7	0	0	0	1.000	1	52	3.94	1.75	.976	2.19	2.15
1994	COL	NL	28	OF	14	10	3	83.0	17	16	0	1	0	.941	-2	-33	1.73	1.14	.980	2.24	2.23
1994	COL	NL	28	CF	13	10	3	76.0	17	16	0	1	0	.941	-2	-39	1.89	1.23	.982	2.63	2.61
1994	COL	NL	28	LF	4	0	0	7.0	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	0	34	2.57	0.50	.980	1.93	1.90
1995	NYM	NL	29	OF	52	35	31	327.1	84	79	3	2	1	.976	6	22	2.25	1.58	.979	2.15	2.14
1995	NYM	NL	29	RF	28	18	16	176.0	55	50	3	2	1	.964	1	7	2.71	1.89	.978	2.08	2.07
1995	NYM	NL	29	LF	25	17	15	151.1	28	28	0	0	0	1.000	5	39	1.67	1.12	.972	1.87	1.86
1995	NYM	NL	29	1B	5	5	2	34.0	46	43	3	0	3	1.000	1	32	12.18	9.20	.993	9.69	9.66
1996	NYM	NL	30	OF	66	21	14	290.1	70	67	0	3	0	.957	2	7	2.08	1.02	.978	2.13	2.12
1996	NYM	NL	30	RF	44	14	11	187.1	42	41	0	1	0	.976	2	16	1.97	0.93	.974	2.06	2.05
1996	NYM	NL	30	LF	17	6	2	76.0	16	14	0	2	0	.875	-2	-24	1.66	0.82	.975	1.85	1.83
1996	NYM	NL	30	CF	8	1	1	27.0	10	10	0	0	0	1.000	1	27	3.33	1.25	.984	2.50	2.48
1996	NYM	NL	30	1B	5	1	1	17.2	17	16	1	0	1	1.000	-1	-54	8.66	3.40	.992	9.63	9.56
1997	SDP	NL	31	OF	61	28	19	317.1	81	73	4	4	1	.951	-0	-2	2.18	1.26	.980	2.13	2.12
1997	SDP	NL	31	RF	25	4	3	84.0	28	28	0	0	0	1.000	4	59	3.00	1.12	.977	2.04	2.03
1997	SDP	NL	31	LF	24	11	8	114.2	20	15	3	2	1	.900	-3	-28	1.41	0.75	.980	1.95	1.93
1997	SDP	NL	31	CF	19	13	8	118.2	34	31	1	2	0	.941	-2	-18	2.43	1.68	.983	2.41	2.39
1998	TOT	NL	32	OF	37	23	11	210.2	45	42	1	2	0	.956	2	9	1.84	1.16	.980	2.17	2.16
1998	TOT	NL	32	RF	31	21	11	187.4	42	40	1	1	0	.976	3	21	1.97	1.32	.976	2.08	2.07
1998	TOT	NL	32	LF	6	2	0	23.1	3	2	0	1	0	.667	-2	-93	0.77	0.33	.973	1.89	1.88
1998	ARI	NL	32	OF	8	5	4	44.2	11	11	0	0	0	1.000	1	24	2.22	1.38	.980	2.18	2.16
1998	ARI	NL	32	RF	7	5	4	43.2	11	11	0	0	0	1.000	1	25	2.27	1.57	.976	2.08	2.07
1998	ARI	NL	32	LF	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0.00	0.00		1.80	1.90
1998	SFG	NL	32	OF	29	18	7	166.0	34	31	1	2	0	.941	1	4	1.73	1.10	.980	2.17	2.16
1998	SFG	NL	32	RF	24	16	7	143.2	31	29	1	1	0	.968	2	20	1.88	1.25	.976	2.08	2.07
1998	SFG	NL	32	LF	5	2	0	22.1	3	2	0	1	0	.667	-2	-97	0.81	0.40	.973	1.89	1.88
1998	SFG	NL	32	DH	2	2
2000	MIL	NL	34	OF	2	2	1	16.0	6	6	0	0	0	1.000	0	30	3.38	3.00	.982	2.25	2.20
2000	MIL	NL	34	RF	2	2	1	16.0	6	6	0	0	0	1.000	0	30	3.38	3.00	.978	2.19	2.15
	9 Seasons			OF	371	189	131	1970.0	478	451	11	16	2	.967	-0	-0	2.11	1.25	.980	2.22	2.21
	8 Seasons			RF	168	65	47	758.0	198	189	5	4	1	.980	11	18	2.30	1.15	.977	2.07	2.06
	8 Seasons			LF	127	61	40	617.1	116	106	3	7	1	.940	-4	-8	1.59	0.86	.977	2.00	1.99
	6 Seasons			CF	100	63	44	594.2	165	157	3	5	0	.970	-8	-15	2.42	1.60	.984	2.66	2.63
	2 Seasons			1B	10	6	3	51.2	63	59	4	0	4	1.000	0	2	10.97	6.30	.993	9.67	9.61
	9 Seasons			TOT	381	195	134	2021.2	541	510	15	16	6	.970	-0	-0	2.34	1.38	.981	2.41	2.40
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame Standards

Batting - 5 (2192), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Rob Ducey (981) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

June 4, 1984: Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 3rd round of the 1984 amateur draft. Player signed July 18, 1984.
December 13, 1991: Released by the Cincinnati Reds.
December 19, 1991: Signed as a Free Agent with the Houston Astros.
October 16, 1992: Granted Free Agency.
October 26, 1992: Signed as a Free Agent with the Colorado Rockies.
December 20, 1993: Granted Free Agency.
December 22, 1993: Signed as a Free Agent with the Colorado Rockies.
October 15, 1994: Granted Free Agency.
December 7, 1994: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets.
October 15, 1996: Granted Free Agency.
November 4, 1996: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Diego Padres.
October 6, 1997: Granted Free Agency.
November 19, 1997: Signed as a Free Agent with the Arizona Diamondbacks.
April 27, 1998: Traded by the Arizona Diamondbacks to the San Francisco Giants for Ricky Pickett.
October 2, 1998: Released by the San Francisco Giants.
February 1, 1999: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Diego Padres.
March 29, 1999: Released by the San Diego Padres.
April 5, 1999: Signed as a Free Agent with the Toronto Blue Jays.
October 15, 1999: Granted Free Agency.
February 27, 2000: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Diego Padres.
April 29, 2000: Released by the San Diego Padres.
May 23, 2000: Signed as a Free Agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.
October 3, 2000: Granted Free Agency.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
1993	27	Colorado Rockies	$140,000	1996 Joint Exhibit 1
1994	28	Colorado Rockies	$175,000	1996 Joint Exhibit 1
1995	29	New York Mets	$200,000	1996 Joint Exhibit 1
1996	30	New York Mets	$337,500	1997 Joint Exhibit 1
1997	31	San Diego Padres	$380,000	1997 AP survey
1998	32	Arizona Diamondbacks	$450,000	4/3/98 USA Today

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$1,682,500

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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Name and misspellings: Christopher Carlos Chris christopher Jones

Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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