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Chipper Jones
Larry Wayne Jones
All-Star Player
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: April 24, 1972 in DeLand, FL
High School: The Bolles School (Jacksonville, FL)
Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1990 amateur draft.
Signed June 4, 1990. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 11, 1993
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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
1993 ATL NL 21 SS 3 0 6.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.1 20.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 3.00 0.67 .950 4.65 4.03
1995 ATL NL 23 3B 123 121 1055.0 360 81 254 25 19 .931 -1.1 -1.3 -1.1 3.2 -4.3 0 2.86 2.72 .947 2.77 2.33 MVP-18,RoY-2
1995 ATL NL 23 OF 20 17 159.0 23 22 1 0 0 1.000 1.5 11.3 0.5 0.5 0.0 1 1.30 1.15 .978 2.15 1.82 MVP-18,RoY-2
1995 ATL NL 23 LF 15 13 122.0 20 20 0 0 0 1.000 1.0 9.8 1.0 0.7 0.3 0 1.48 1.33 .970 1.87 1.43 MVP-18,RoY-2
1995 ATL NL 23 RF 5 4 37.0 4 3 1 0 0 1.000 0.5 16.2 -0.5 -0.2 -0.3 1 0.97 0.80 .975 2.09 1.76 MVP-18,RoY-2
1996 ATL NL 24 3B 118 116 1037.0 246 48 185 13 9 .947 -1.6 -1.9 -1.6 -4.7 3.1 0 2.02 1.97 .948 2.71 2.21 AS,MVP-4
1996 ATL NL 24 SS 38 38 331.1 160 53 103 4 27 .975 4.3 15.6 4.3 3.1 1.2 0 4.24 4.11 .967 4.60 3.99 AS,MVP-4
1996 ATL NL 24 OF 1 1 8.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 30.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 2.25 2.00 1.000 2.14 1.80 AS,MVP-4
1996 ATL NL 24 RF 1 1 8.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 30.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 2.25 2.00 .950 2.02 1.70 AS,MVP-4
1997 ATL NL 25 3B 152 151 1300.2 333 77 241 15 17 .955 -6.3 -5.8 -5.3 -2.7 -2.6 -1 2.20 2.09 .945 2.66 2.19 AS,MVP-9
1997 ATL NL 25 OF 5 3 32.2 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 1.65 1.20 .983 2.12 1.76 AS,MVP-9
1997 ATL NL 25 LF 3 1 14.2 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0.6 -49.1 -0.6 -0.6 0.0 0 1.84 1.00 .967 1.96 1.47 AS,MVP-9
1997 ATL NL 25 RF 3 2 18.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.6 40.0 0.6 0.6 0.0 0 1.50 1.00 .967 2.05 1.63 AS,MVP-9
1998 ATL NL 26 3B 158 159 1399.2 407 105 290 12 28 .971 2.7 2.3 1.7 3.0 -1.3 1 2.54 2.50 .957 2.73 2.37 AS,MVP-9
1999 ATL NL 27 3B 156 157 1381.0 343 88 238 17 10 .950 -11.0 -9.6 -9.0 -7.2 -1.8 -2 2.12 2.09 .953 2.68 2.30 MVP-1,SS
1999 ATL NL 27 SS 1 0 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.3 360.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 4.50 3.80 MVP-1,SS
2000 ATL NL 28 3B 152 152 1311.1 410 90 297 23 23 .944 2.4 2.2 2.4 -0.3 2.7 0 2.66 2.55 .950 2.64 2.18 AS,MVP-11,SS
2000 ATL NL 28 SS 6 3 36.2 16 6 8 2 2 .875 -1.2 -39.3 -1.2 -1.2 0.0 0 3.44 2.33 .969 4.52 3.88 AS,MVP-11,SS
2001 ATL NL 29 3B 149 148 1297.0 326 75 233 18 12 .945 -14.3 -13.2 -12.3 -4.8 -7.5 -2 2.14 2.07 .950 2.57 2.17 AS,MVP-8
2001 ATL NL 29 LF 8 8 65.0 16 16 0 0 0 1.000 1.2 22.2 1.2 0.7 0.5 0 2.22 2.00 .981 1.91 1.48 AS,MVP-8
2001 ATL NL 29 OF 8 8 65.0 16 16 0 0 0 1.000 1.2 22.2 1.2 0.7 0.5 0 2.22 2.00 .981 2.20 1.86 AS,MVP-8
2001 ATL NL 29 DH 1 AS,MVP-8
2002 ATL NL 30 LF 152 152 1343.1 283 268 8 7 0 .975 3.2 2.9 5.2 -1.2 6.4 -2 1.85 1.82 .977 1.92 1.51 MVP-11
2002 ATL NL 30 OF 152 152 1343.1 285 270 8 7 0 .975 3.2 2.9 5.2 -1.2 6.4 -2 1.86 1.83 .983 2.19 1.84 MVP-11
2003 ATL NL 31 LF 149 149 1282.1 218 202 9 7 2 .968 -10.2 -9.5 -10.2 -4.2 -6.0 0 1.48 1.42 .979 1.91 1.54 MVP-25
2003 ATL NL 31 OF 149 149 1282.1 218 202 9 7 2 .968 -10.2 -9.5 -10.2 -4.2 -6.0 0 1.48 1.42 .984 2.17 1.85 MVP-25
2003 ATL NL 31 DH 1 MVP-25
2004 ATL NL 32 3B 96 93 802.0 241 58 177 6 13 .975 9.4 14.1 9.4 5.0 4.4 0 2.64 2.45 .955 2.76 2.35
2004 ATL NL 32 OF 30 30 238.0 37 35 2 0 1 1.000 -0.9 -4.5 -1.9 -2.7 0.8 1 1.40 1.23 .981 2.16 1.85
2004 ATL NL 32 LF 29 30 238.0 37 35 2 0 1 1.000 -0.9 -4.5 -1.9 -2.7 0.8 1 1.40 1.28 .978 1.85 1.48
2004 ATL NL 32 DH 7
2005 ATL NL 33 3B 101 100 830.1 254 80 169 5 18 .980 3.3 4.8 3.3 -1.7 5.0 0 2.70 2.47 .957 2.77 2.39
2006 ATL NL 34 3B 105 104 888.1 282 87 177 18 21 .936 -11.6 -15.7 -12.6 -7.0 -5.6 1 2.67 2.51 .955 2.69 2.37 MVP-20
2006 ATL NL 34 DH 2 MVP-20
2007 ATL NL 35 3B 126 126 1080.2 310 75 226 9 17 .971 6.1 6.8 7.1 2.7 4.4 -1 2.51 2.39 .953 2.68 2.25 MVP-6
2007 ATL NL 35 DH 6 MVP-6
2007 ATL NL 35 SS 1 0 7.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -51.4 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 0 2.57 2.00 .950 4.50 4.00 MVP-6
2008 ATL NL 36 3B 115 115 987.1 312 64 235 13 21 .958 4.7 5.7 4.7 -3.1 7.8 0 2.73 2.60 .956 2.60 2.23 AS,MVP-12
2008 ATL NL 36 DH 3 AS,MVP-12
2009 ATL NL 37 3B 133 131 1136.2 315 85 208 22 30 .930 -7.4 -7.8 -8.4 -4.0 -4.4 1 2.32 2.20 .958 2.57 2.18
2009 ATL NL 37 DH 3
13 Seasons 3B 1684 1673 14507.0 4139 1013 2930 196 238 .953 -24.7 -2.0 -21.7 -21.6 -0.1 -3 2.45 2.34 .953 2.67 2.26
7 Seasons OF 365 360 3128.1 587 553 20 14 3 .976 -5.0 -1.9 -5.0 -6.7 1.7 0 1.65 1.57 .983 2.18 1.84
6 Seasons LF 356 353 3065.1 577 544 19 14 3 .976 -6.3 -2.5 -5.3 -7.3 2.0 -1 1.65 1.58 .978 1.91 1.52
5 Seasons SS 49 41 382.0 181 61 114 6 29 .967 3.2 10.1 3.2 2.3 0.9 0 4.12 3.57 .967 4.59 3.98
7 Seasons DH 23
3 Seasons RF 9 7 63.0 9 8 1 0 0 1.000 1.3 24.8 0.3 0.6 -0.3 1 1.29 1.00 .967 2.07 1.71
16 Seasons TOT 2098 2074 18017.1 4906 1626 3064 216 270 .956 -26.5 -1.8 -23.5 -26.0 2.5 0 -3 2.34 2.24 .912 2.58 2.18
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
1993 ATL NL 21 8 0 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 4
1995 ATL NL 23 140 138 140 139 0 0 0 0 123 0 15 0 5 20 0 1 0
1996 ATL NL 24 157 155 157 155 0 0 0 0 118 38 0 0 1 1 0 2 0
1997 ATL NL 25 157 154 157 155 0 0 0 0 152 0 3 0 3 5 0 3 0
1998 ATL NL 26 160 159 160 159 0 0 0 0 159 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1999 ATL NL 27 157 157 157 157 0 0 0 0 157 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 ATL NL 28 156 155 156 155 0 0 0 0 152 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2001 ATL NL 29 159 157 159 156 0 0 0 0 149 0 8 0 0 8 1 2 0
2002 ATL NL 30 158 152 158 152 0 0 0 0 0 0 152 0 0 152 0 6 0
2003 ATL NL 31 153 150 153 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 149 0 0 149 1 3 0
2004 ATL NL 32 137 130 137 126 0 0 0 0 96 0 30 0 0 30 7 7 0
2005 ATL NL 33 109 100 109 101 0 0 0 0 101 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
2006 ATL NL 34 110 106 110 105 0 0 0 0 105 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0
2007 ATL NL 35 134 132 134 126 0 0 0 0 126 1 0 0 0 0 6 2 0
2008 ATL NL 36 128 118 128 115 0 0 0 0 115 0 0 0 0 0 3 10 0
2009 ATL NL 37 143 134 143 133 0 0 0 0 133 0 0 0 0 0 3 9 0
16 Seasons 2166 2097 2166 2086 0 0 0 0 1686 49 357 0 9 365 23 62 5
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 -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1995 ATL NL 23 4576 67% 73% 33% 360 88% 11 77 60 3 14 258 217 27 3 6 25 0 12 13 21 20 16 0 16 2 1 1 16 75%
1996 ATL NL 24 4421 64% 73% 33% 261 85% 0 49 39 4 6 183 164 17 0 3 13 0 9 4 12 9 8 1 9 0 0 0 6 17%
1997 ATL NL 25 5575 59% 74% 31% 337 87% 2 76 54 5 17 241 202 34 2 10 15 0 9 6 10 17 12 1 16 1 0 1 17 76%
1998 ATL NL 26 5977 60% 72% 32% 415 84% 0 104 67 8 29 290 243 37 1 10 12 0 11 1 11 28 19 3 24 3 2 1 16 88%
1999 ATL NL 27 6040 63% 73% 31% 364 84% 2 88 63 8 17 238 208 26 2 4 17 0 16 1 15 10 5 0 6 1 1 0 19 79%
2000 ATL NL 28 5759 63% 75% 31% 393 94% 4 90 73 7 10 294 247 39 3 6 23 0 15 8 17 23 15 3 19 3 2 1 22 77%
2001 ATL NL 29 5658 61% 74% 30% 310 93% 4 75 63 2 10 233 190 32 5 6 18 1 10 7 16 12 6 2 9 3 1 1 14 86%
2004 ATL NL 32 3457 55% 76% 32% 245 93% 2 58 49 4 5 177 145 28 2 3 6 0 4 2 5 13 11 0 13 0 0 0 14 71%
2005 ATL NL 33 3649 51% 76% 33% 243 92% 1 80 57 10 13 169 141 20 2 11 5 0 5 0 5 18 9 2 14 3 2 1 16 75%
2006 ATL NL 34 4072 56% 74% 32% 281 88% 2 87 72 6 9 177 147 27 2 4 18 0 9 9 15 22 15 3 20 1 1 0 14 86%
2007 ATL NL 35 4786 57% 73% 31% 304 91% 1 75 58 4 13 226 191 27 1 4 9 0 6 3 7 17 10 1 13 2 2 0 19 84%
2008 ATL NL 36 4398 57% 73% 33% 306 90% 3 64 48 5 11 235 198 27 1 3 13 0 7 6 9 21 14 1 20 1 1 0 13 85%
2009 ATL NL 37 4983 50% 72% 30% 308 84% 1 85 54 10 21 208 166 38 0 5 22 1 14 7 17 30 22 5 28 1 0 1 21 62%
13 Seasons 63351 59% 74% 32% 4127 88% 33 1008 757 76 175 2929 2459 379 24 75 196 2 127 67 160 240 162 22 207 21 13 7 207 76%
MLB Averages 56% 74% 31% 88% 63%

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%
1995 ATL NL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 3 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 9 6 66.7% 3 0 0.0% 0 547 56% 71% 33% 44 45%
1997 ATL NL 25 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 71 63% 72% 30% 8 38%
2001 ATL NL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 5 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 12 9 75.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 285 53% 72% 36% 31 52%
2002 ATL NL 30 7 0 7 0 0 8 0 4 1 3 48 36 2 29 7 1 21 15 1 11 4 0 16 16 0 125 78 62.4% 43 4 3.2% 4 5783 62% 74% 36% 553 50%
2003 ATL NL 31 7 0 6 1 2 9 1 1 0 7 57 48 0 49 12 4 25 14 2 11 2 1 23 23 0 165 99 60.0% 59 7 4.2% 2 5661 61% 75% 36% 548 38%
2004 ATL NL 32 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 7 4 0 5 3 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 18 13 72.2% 4 1 5.6% 1 1033 59% 75% 35% 84 43%
6 Seasons 14 0 13 1 2 19 2 5 1 11 121 95 2 87 23 6 51 34 3 23 6 1 47 47 0 329 205 62.3% 112 12 3.6% 7 13380 61% 75% 36% 1268 44%
MLB Averages 61.5% 2.4% 56% 74% 38% 47%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1993 ATL NL 21 24 54% 58% 17% 2 100% 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 ATL NL 24 1464 64% 74% 32% 129 88% 1 54 23 26 5 103 79 19 1 0 4 0 2 2 3 27 8 1 9 3 1 24 10 13 2 2 0
1999 ATL NL 27 6 17% 67% 33% 1 100% 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
2000 ATL NL 28 155 66% 72% 34% 12 83% 0 6 2 3 1 8 6 2 0 1 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0
2007 ATL NL 35 33 70% 67% 36% 2 100% 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons 1682 64% 73% 32% 146 88% 1 62 27 29 6 114 87 22 1 1 6 0 4 2 5 29 8 2 9 3 1 26 11 13 2 2 0
MLB Averages 56% 74% 31% 90%

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%
1995 ATL NL 23 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 60.0% 2 0 0.0% 1 171 70% 70% 28% 12 33%
1996 ATL NL 24 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 37 76% 70% 30% 2 100%
1997 ATL NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 76 57% 74% 26% 7 43%
3 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 4 57.1% 3 0 0.0% 1 284 67% 71% 28% 21 43%
MLB Averages 47.0% 2.3% 56% 74% 38% 50%

* 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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