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Cleon Jones

Cleon Joseph Jones

Position: Leftfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: August 4, 1942 in Plateau, AL
School: Alabama A&M University (Normal, AL)
Signed by the New York Mets as an amateur free agent in 1963. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 14, 1963 (Age 21)
Teams (by GP): Mets/WhiteSox 1963-1976

Final Game: May 1, 1976 (Age 33)
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All-Star

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
1963 20 NYM NL 6 15 15 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .133 .133 .133 .267 -23 2 0 0 0 0 0 /87
1965 22 NYM NL 30 76 74 2 11 1 0 1 9 1 0 2 23 .149 .171 .203 .374 7 15 0 0 0 0 0 8/97
1966 23 NYM NL 139 537 495 74 136 16 4 8 57 16 8 30 62 .275 .318 .372 .689 94 184 13 3 5 4 2 *89/7 RoY-4
1967 24 NYM NL 129 446 411 46 101 10 5 5 30 12 2 19 57 .246 .282 .331 .613 77 136 8 4 7 5 6 *897
1968 25 NYM NL 147 552 509 63 151 29 4 14 55 23 12 31 98 .297 .341 .452 .793 137 230 8 5 4 3 3 *789
1969 26 NYM NL 137 558 483 92 164 25 4 12 75 16 8 64 60 .340 .422 .482 .904 151 233 11 7 1 3 10 *73 AS,MVP-7
1970 27 NYM NL 134 574 506 71 140 25 8 10 63 12 3 57 87 .277 .352 .417 .769 106 211 26 5 0 6 2 *7/8
1971 28 NYM NL 136 568 505 63 161 24 6 14 69 6 5 53 87 .319 .382 .473 .856 144 239 9 2 3 5 6 *7/8
1972 29 NYM NL 106 415 375 39 92 15 1 5 52 1 6 30 83 .245 .305 .331 .636 84 124 10 4 2 4 4 739/8
1973 30 NYM NL 92 379 339 48 88 13 0 11 48 1 1 28 51 .260 .315 .395 .710 98 134 11 3 1 8 6 78/9
1974 31 NYM NL 124 510 461 62 130 23 1 13 60 3 3 38 79 .282 .343 .421 .763 114 194 11 6 2 3 3 *7/89
1975 32 NYM NL 21 53 50 2 12 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 6 .240 .283 .260 .543 55 13 0 0 0 0 0 7
1976 33 CHW AL 12 47 40 2 8 1 0 0 3 0 0 5 5 .200 .304 .225 .529 57 9 1 1 1 0 0 /7D
13 Yrs 1213 4730 4263 565 1196 183 33 93 524 91 48 360 702 .281 .339 .404 .744 110 1724 108 40 26 41 42
162 Game Avg. 162 632 569 75 160 24 4 12 70 12 6 48 94 .281 .339 .404 .744 110 230 14 5 3 5 6
NYM (12 yrs) 1201 4683 4223 563 1188 182 33 93 521 91 48 355 697 .281 .340 .406 .746 111 1715 107 39 25 41 42
CHW (1 yr) 12 47 40 2 8 1 0 0 3 0 0 5 5 .200 .304 .225 .529 57 9 1 1 1 0 0
NL (12 yrs) 1201 4683 4223 563 1188 182 33 93 521 91 48 355 697 .281 .340 .406 .746 111 1715 107 39 25 41 42
AL (1 yr) 12 47 40 2 8 1 0 0 3 0 0 5 5 .200 .304 .225 .529 57 9 1 1 1 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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
1963 20 NYM NL 6 15 -2 0 0 -1 -0 -2 -0.3 1 -2 -0.2 .450 .498 -0.2 -0.1 -1 /87
1965 22 NYM NL 30 76 -8 -1 0 1 -0 -8 -0.9 3 -5 -0.6 .471 .495 -0.7 0.1 -6 8/97
1966 23 NYM NL 139 537 -0 1 0 -8 -2 -9 -0.9 19 10 1.0 .493 .494 1.8 -1.0 18 *89/7 RoY-4
1967 24 NYM NL 129 446 -12 3 0 -6 -3 -18 -2.0 16 -2 -0.3 .484 .487 0.2 -0.9 4 *897
1968 25 NYM NL 147 552 25 1 0 -5 -7 15 2.1 19 34 4.1 .513 .512 4.4 -1.3 39 *789
1969 26 NYM NL 137 558 35 3 3 12 -7 45 5.1 19 64 7.0 .536 .531 5.5 0.7 52 $27,000 *73 AS,MVP-7
1970 27 NYM NL 134 574 4 1 -2 7 -7 2 0.4 20 22 2.3 .502 .502 1.5 0.1 16 $55,000 *7/8
1971 28 NYM NL 136 568 30 -2 0 2 -7 24 2.8 19 43 4.8 .520 .517 4.4 -0.4 41 $55,000 *7/8
1972 29 NYM NL 106 415 -9 -3 -0 -1 -5 -18 -2.1 13 -5 -0.8 .479 .487 -0.8 -0.6 -4 $70,000 739/8
1973 30 NYM NL 92 379 -1 -1 -1 -8 -4 -14 -1.6 12 -2 -0.4 .483 .490 0.4 -1.3 6 78/9
1974 31 NYM NL 124 510 9 -1 1 -4 -5 0 0.0 17 17 1.6 .500 .500 2.0 -1.0 21 *7/89
1975 32 NYM NL 21 53 -3 -0 0 -1 -0 -4 -0.5 2 -3 -0.3 .477 .497 -0.2 -0.2 -2 7
1976 33 CHW AL 12 47 -1 0 -0 -1 -1 -2 -0.2 2 -1 -0.1 .479 .498 -0.0 -0.2 0 /7D
13 Seasons 1213 4730 66 2 2 -12 -48 11 1.9 161 172 18.1 .501 .501 18.4 -6.2 184 $207,000
NYM (12 yrs) 1201 4683 67 2 3 -11 -48 13 2.2 160 173 18.2 .501 .501 18.4 -6.1 183 $207,000
CHW (1 yr) 12 47 -1 0 -0 -1 -1 -2 -0.2 2 -1 -0.1 .479 .498 -0.0 -0.2 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
1963 20 NYM NL 15 13 0 0.0 89 .182 .133 .254 .133 .316 .133 .380 .267 .696 -23 .000 -2.4 -0.3 .154 .000 .000
1965 22 NYM NL 76 63 3 1.3 89 .200 .149 .252 .171 .315 .203 .382 .374 .697 7 .106 -9.1 -1.0 .286 .095 .054 1.0
1966 23 NYM NL 537 389 57 4.0 94 .298 .275 .261 .318 .320 .372 .394 .689 .713 94 .469 -4.2 -0.4 .592 .174 .097 10.7
1967 24 NYM NL 446 332 39 3.2 89 .271 .246 .256 .282 .318 .331 .376 .613 .694 77 .398 -13.2 -1.4 .528 .156 .085 7.1
1968 25 NYM NL 552 385 77 5.4 81 .343 .297 .252 .341 .310 .452 .355 .793 .666 137 .681 22.2 2.5 .733 .238 .155 17.4
1969 26 NYM NL 558 342 100 7.8 96 .367 .340 .262 .422 .332 .482 .388 .904 .720 151 .760 36.6 3.7 .923 .292 .143 13.7
1970 27 NYM NL 574 401 71 4.8 103 .313 .277 .267 .352 .340 .417 .408 .769 .748 106 .511 5.0 0.5 .714 .271 .140 10.9
1971 28 NYM NL 568 366 92 6.8 91 .359 .319 .257 .382 .323 .473 .377 .856 .700 144 .717 29.7 3.1 .824 .261 .154 8.4
1972 29 NYM NL 415 305 36 3.2 89 .299 .245 .253 .305 .321 .331 .374 .636 .695 84 .392 -7.6 -0.8 .512 .152 .085 1.7
1973 30 NYM NL 379 272 41 4.1 95 .270 .260 .260 .315 .329 .395 .387 .710 .716 98 .476 -0.7 -0.1 .627 .218 .136 1.8
1974 31 NYM NL 510 350 66 5.1 94 .315 .282 .261 .343 .333 .421 .378 .763 .711 114 .581 8.2 0.8 .690 .221 .139 4.9
1975 32 NYM NL 53 38 4 2.8 92 .273 .240 .260 .283 .330 .260 .375 .543 .704 55 .317 -3.0 -0.3 .421 .080 .020
1976 33 CHW AL 47 34 3 2.4 87 .229 .200 .257 .304 .322 .225 .362 .529 .684 57 .280 -2.0 -0.2 .455 .150 .025
13 Yrs 4730 3290 589 4.8 92 .314 .281 .259 .339 .325 .404 .382 .744 .707 110 .569 59.4 6.1 .672 .218 .124 92.0
162 Game Avg. 632 439 79 4.8 92 .314 .281 .259 .339 .325 .404 .382 .744 .707 110 .569 8 1 .672 .218 .124 12
NYM (12 yrs) 4683 3256 586 4.9 93 .315 .281 .259 .340 .325 .406 .382 .746 .707 111 .572 61.4 6.3 .675 .219 .125 92.0
CHW (1 yr) 47 34 3 2.4 87 .229 .200 .257 .304 .322 .225 .362 .529 .684 57 .281 -2.0 -0.2 .455 .150 .025
NL (12 yrs) 4683 3256 586 4.9 93 .315 .281 .259 .340 .325 .406 .382 .746 .707 111 .572 61.4 6.3 .675 .219 .125 92.0
AL (1 yr) 47 34 3 2.4 87 .229 .200 .257 .304 .322 .225 .362 .529 .684 57 .281 -2.0 -0.2 .455 .150 .025

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1969 26 NYM NL NLCS ATL W 3 15 14 4 6 2 0 1 4 2 0 1 2 .429 .467 .786 1.252 11 2 0 0 0 0
1969 26 NYM NL WS BAL W 5 20 19 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .158 .200 .211 .411 4 1 1 0 0 0
1973 30 NYM NL NLCS CIN W 5 22 20 3 6 2 0 0 3 0 0 2 4 .300 .364 .400 .764 8 1 0 0 0 0
1973 30 NYM NL WS OAK L 7 33 28 5 8 2 0 1 1 0 0 4 2 .286 .394 .464 .858 13 0 1 0 0 1
2 Yrs (4 Series) 20 90 81 14 23 7 0 2 8 2 0 7 9 .284 .356 .444 .800 36 4 2 0 0 1
2 NLCS 8 37 34 7 12 4 0 1 7 2 0 3 6 .353 .405 .559 .964 19 3 0 0 0 0
2 WS 12 53 47 7 11 3 0 1 1 0 0 4 3 .234 .321 .362 .682 17 1 2 0 0 1

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1969 NYM NL 26 as LF 4 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 2 0 0 0 0 0

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
1963 20 NYM NL 15 0.0% 26.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 3.8 15.0 3.50 73%
1965 22 NYM NL 76 1.3% 30.3% 2.6% 2.6% 18% 11.50 3.2 74.0 8.2 1.10 66%
1966 23 NYM NL 537 1.5% 11.6% 5.6% 5.2% 21% 2.07 8.0 61.9 8.7 1.62 80%
1967 24 NYM NL 446 1.1% 12.8% 4.3% 4.5% 20% 3.00 7.2 82.2 13.7 1.72 79%
1968 25 NYM NL 552 2.5% 17.8% 5.6% 8.5% 31% 3.16 5.2 36.4 9.3 1.31 72%
1969 26 NYM NL 558 2.2% 10.8% 11.5% 7.4% 25% 0.94 8.1 40.3 6.4 1.90 74%
1970 27 NYM NL 574 1.7% 15.2% 9.9% 7.5% 31% 1.53 5.8 50.6 8.0 1.59 72%
1971 28 NYM NL 568 2.5% 15.3% 9.3% 7.8% 27% 1.64 5.8 36.1 7.3 1.49 72%
1972 29 NYM NL 415 1.2% 20.0% 7.2% 5.1% 23% 2.77 4.5 75.0 7.2 1.56 70%
1973 30 NYM NL 379 2.9% 13.5% 7.4% 6.3% 27% 1.82 6.6 30.8 7.1 1.56 75%
1974 31 NYM NL 510 2.6% 15.5% 7.5% 7.3% 29% 2.08 5.8 35.5 7.7 1.20 73%
1975 32 NYM NL 53 0.0% 11.3% 5.7% 1.9% 8% 2.00 8.3 25.0 1.29 83%
1976 33 CHW AL 47 0.0% 10.6% 10.6% 2.1% 13% 1.00 8.0 13.3 1.08 74%
13 Yrs 4730 2.0% 14.8% 7.6% 6.5% 26% 1.95 6.1 45.8 8.1 1.52 74%
MLB Averages 2.0% 14.6% 8.4% 6.0% 27% 1.74 6.1 45.0 9.1 1.10 73%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1963 20 NYM NL -2.4 -0.3 16 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 .72 -0.2 -0.2 -2.0 -0.2 0.83 -2.0 0.51 2
1965 22 NYM NL -9.1 -1.0 77 -0.9 0.9 -1.8 1.12 -0.9 0.0 -4.5 -0.5 0.98 -7.7 1.24 9
1966 23 NYM NL -4.2 -0.4 569 0.0 10.4 -10.3 1.05 0.9 -0.8 5.5 0.6 0.97 8.2 1.52 11
1967 24 NYM NL -13.2 -1.4 467 -1.1 6.9 -8.0 1.06 -1.1 0.1 -1.5 -0.2 0.95 -7.1 1.02 13
1968 25 NYM NL 22.2 2.5 595 3.8 12.4 -8.6 1.02 3.2 0.5 33.2 3.7 0.90 32.4 1.95 10
1969 26 NYM NL 36.6 3.7 591 3.4 12.5 -9.0 1.10 3.2 -0.1 42.6 4.3 0.95 39.5 3.61 4
1970 27 NYM NL 5.0 0.5 596 0.5 12.1 -11.6 1.08 0.8 -0.3 6.5 0.6 0.97 8.3 1.86 5
1971 28 NYM NL 29.7 3.1 586 2.6 12.7 -10.1 1.05 3.3 -0.8 25.7 2.7 0.95 34.1 1.46 5
1972 29 NYM NL -7.6 -0.8 424 -0.2 8.2 -8.4 1.13 -0.2 0.0 -6.4 -0.7 1.01 -4.0 2.27 3
1973 30 NYM NL -0.7 -0.1 386 0.3 7.4 -7.1 1.12 0.2 0.1 2.4 0.2 0.98 3.2 2.58 4
1974 31 NYM NL 8.2 0.8 520 0.3 9.5 -9.2 1.09 0.8 -0.6 7.4 0.8 1.00 11.5 2.58 6
1975 32 NYM NL -3.0 -0.3 53 -0.4 0.8 -1.2 1.29 -0.3 -0.0 -3.8 -0.4 0.96 -2.9 1.92 9
1976 33 CHW AL -2.0 -0.2 47 0.2 0.7 -0.6 .81 -0.2 0.4 -0.6 -0.1 1.01 -1.7 2.13 0
13 Yrs 59.4 6.1 4927 8.3 94.5 -86.2 1.07 9.6 -1.9 104.5 10.8 0.96 111.7 1.76 81

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB OOB1 OOB2 OOB3 OOBHm BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1963 20 NYM NL 0 0 50% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
1965 22 NYM NL 1 0 8% 19 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 33% 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 2 0
1966 23 NYM NL 11 0 41% 204 16 8 67% 14 7 1 0 1 1 4 1 8 1 0 2 4 10 61% 30 14 14 9 4 5 22 3 18
1967 24 NYM NL 6 0 35% 152 12 2 86% 11 2 1 0 0 0 5 1 6 0 1 0 2 13 58% 27 10 17 1 0 0 10 5 5
1968 25 NYM NL 12 0 28% 204 23 12 66% 17 12 6 0 0 0 3 2 9 0 2 1 3 18 58% 32 16 16 3 1 2 17 4 12
1969 26 NYM NL 9 0 36% 281 16 8 67% 14 5 2 3 0 0 1 0 6 0 0 1 3 18 62% 43 19 23 7 4 3 26 3 21
1970 27 NYM NL 6 0 32% 221 12 3 80% 12 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 8 0 1 2 2 16 60% 27 15 12 7 4 3 21 3 18
1971 28 NYM NL 10 0 24% 266 6 5 55% 6 4 0 1 0 0 3 1 8 0 0 1 4 12 47% 53 34 19 5 3 2 23 4 17
1972 29 NYM NL 3 0 28% 138 1 6 14% 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 1 1 10 29% 22 15 6 5 5 0 8 4 4
1973 30 NYM NL 6 0 34% 158 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 0 0 3 2 4 37% 24 16 6 9 5 3 10 3 7
1974 31 NYM NL 7 0 30% 199 3 3 50% 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 6 0 1 1 2 11 54% 33 19 14 12 5 7 9 1 8
1975 32 NYM NL 0 0 13% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1976 33 CHW AL 2 0 14% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 50% 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Yrs 73 0 31% 1869 91 48 65% 79 42 11 5 1 1 22 8 62 1 6 12 23 114 53% 296 161 129 59 31 26 150 32 112

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 % DPopp DPs DP% Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1963 20 NYM NL 15 27% 2 2 0 0 0 0.51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 2 1 50% 6 1 17% 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 0
1965 22 NYM NL 76 47% 11 9 2 0 0 1.24 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0% 12 0 0% 11 1 9% 55 9 16% 4 1 25% 4 1 25% 0
1966 23 NYM NL 537 36% 136 11 0 0 0 1.52 8 0 11 1 7 5 3 0 6 5 83% 104 13 13% 48 19 40% 341 52 15% 26 17 65% 19 8 42% 0
1967 24 NYM NL 446 46% 101 13 2 0 1 1.02 5 0 10 3 2 2 3 0 7 7 100% 82 8 10% 36 17 47% 238 28 12% 20 10 50% 11 7 64% 0
1968 25 NYM NL 552 33% 151 10 1 0 1 1.95 14 0 8 6 8 10 4 0 4 4 100% 91 8 9% 37 16 43% 265 47 18% 22 11 50% 22 17 77% 0
1969 26 NYM NL 558 28% 164 4 2 0 4 3.61 12 1 9 5 7 9 3 0 1 1 100% 105 11 10% 35 14 40% 335 64 19% 32 22 69% 14 11 79% 0
1970 27 NYM NL 574 25% 140 5 0 0 0 1.86 10 0 16 10 0 6 4 0 0 0 143 26 18% 64 21 33% 394 60 15% 48 19 40% 27 16 59% 0
1971 28 NYM NL 568 26% 161 5 1 0 0 1.46 14 0 8 10 4 6 8 0 3 3 100% 93 9 10% 38 13 34% 348 55 16% 34 15 44% 20 12 60% 0
1972 29 NYM NL 415 33% 92 3 0 0 0 2.27 5 0 11 4 1 3 2 0 3 2 67% 90 10 11% 44 18 41% 290 48 17% 33 19 58% 16 9 56% 0
1973 30 NYM NL 379 32% 88 4 3 0 0 2.58 11 0 13 7 4 6 5 0 1 1 100% 74 11 15% 38 18 47% 248 42 17% 21 16 76% 17 9 53% 0
1974 31 NYM NL 510 33% 130 6 1 0 0 2.58 13 0 10 6 7 6 7 0 3 2 67% 117 11 9% 35 16 46% 358 48 13% 30 20 67% 17 8 47% 0
1975 32 NYM NL 53 68% 12 9 3 0 0 1.92 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0% 6 2 33% 36 2 6% 5 1 20% 2 2 100% 0
1976 33 CHW AL 47 30% 8 0 0 0 0 2.13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 8 1 13% 4 1 25% 33 4 12% 1 0 0% 3 1 33% 0
13 Yrs 4730 33% 1196 81 15 0 6 1.76 93 1 98 53 40 53 40 0 31 26 84% 931 108 12% 398 157 39% 2947 460 16% 277 152 55% 173 101 58% 0
MLB Averages 54% 77% 11% 31% 14% 47% 52%

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
1963 20 6 15 15 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .133 .133 .133 .267 -23 2 0 0 0 0 0
1964 21 6 15 15 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .133 .133 .133 .267 -23 2 0 0 0 0 0
1965 22 36 91 89 3 13 1 0 1 10 1 0 2 27 .146 .165 .191 .356 2 17 0 0 0 0 0
1966 23 175 628 584 77 149 17 4 9 67 17 8 32 89 .255 .295 .344 .640 80 201 13 3 5 4 2
1967 24 304 1074 995 123 250 27 9 14 97 29 10 51 146 .251 .290 .339 .629 79 337 21 7 12 9 8
1968 25 451 1626 1504 186 401 56 13 28 152 52 22 82 244 .267 .307 .377 .684 98 567 29 12 16 12 11
1969 26 588 2184 1987 278 565 81 17 40 227 68 30 146 304 .284 .337 .403 .739 112 800 40 19 17 15 21
1970 27 722 2758 2493 349 705 106 25 50 290 80 33 203 391 .283 .340 .406 .746 110 1011 66 24 17 21 23
1971 28 858 3326 2998 412 866 130 31 64 359 86 38 256 478 .289 .347 .417 .764 116 1250 75 26 20 26 29
1972 29 964 3741 3373 451 958 145 32 69 411 87 44 286 561 .284 .343 .407 .750 112 1374 85 30 22 30 33
1973 30 1056 4120 3712 499 1046 158 32 80 459 88 45 314 612 .282 .340 .406 .746 111 1508 96 33 23 38 39
1974 31 1180 4630 4173 561 1176 181 33 93 519 91 48 352 691 .282 .340 .408 .748 111 1702 107 39 25 41 42
1975 32 1201 4683 4223 563 1188 182 33 93 521 91 48 355 697 .281 .340 .406 .746 111 1715 107 39 25 41 42
1976 33 1213 4730 4263 565 1196 183 33 93 524 91 48 360 702 .281 .339 .404 .744 110 1724 108 40 26 41 42

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
1963 20 6 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 6
1965 22 30 77 75 2 12 1 0 1 10 1 2 23 .160 .182 .213 .395 3 30
1966 23 139 548 504 83 145 17 4 9 64 17 32 62 .288 .331 .391 .722 65 139
1967 24 129 459 422 55 112 11 6 6 36 13 21 57 .265 .303 .363 .666 45 129
1968 25 146 580 531 81 175 34 5 16 71 27 36 97 .330 .377 .503 .880 99 147
1969 26 137 568 490 99 171 26 4 13 80 17 67 60 .349 .432 .498 .930 104 137
1970 27 134 571 504 69 138 25 8 10 61 12 56 87 .274 .349 .415 .763 72 134
1971 28 136 588 520 73 176 26 7 15 80 7 58 87 .338 .403 .502 .905 106 136
1972 29 111 448 402 48 106 17 1 6 64 1 35 87 .264 .327 .356 .683 46 106
1973 30 92 384 343 52 92 14 0 12 52 1 29 51 .268 .324 .414 .738 46 92
1974 31 124 518 467 66 136 24 1 14 64 3 40 79 .291 .353 .437 .790 70 124
1975 32 21 54 51 2 13 1 0 0 2 0 3 6 .255 .296 .275 .571 4 21
1976 33 12 49 41 2 9 1 0 0 3 0 6 5 .220 .333 .244 .577 3 12
13 Yrs 1217 4859 4365 632 1285 197 36 102 587 99 385 705 .294 .354 .426 .780 663 1213
162 Game Avg. 162 647 581 84 171 26 5 14 78 13 51 94 .294 .354 .426 .780 88 1213

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1916 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1982 BBWAA ()

All-Star Games
1969 (LF)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1969 NL (7, 24%)
0.24 Career Shares (692nd)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1969 NL  7.0 (5th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1968 NL  .297 (6th)
1969 NL  .340 (3rd)
1971 NL  .319 (7th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1969 NL  .422 (5th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1969 NL  .904 (9th)

Doubles s c a p y
1968 NL  29 (10th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1966 NL  16 (10th)
1968 NL  23 (5th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1968 NL  137 (10th)
1969 NL  151 (9th)
1971 NL  144 (9th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1969 NL  37 (9th)
1971 NL  30 (10th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1969 NL  3.7 (9th)
1971 NL  3.1 (10th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1968 NL  .681 (10th)
1969 NL  .761 (8th)
1971 NL  .717 (6th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1974 NL  6 (9th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1973 NL  8 (6th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1970 NL  26 (1st)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1968 NL  12 (3rd)

SB % s c a p y
1966 NL  66.67 (9th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1968 NL  17.4 (2nd)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1968 NL  33.17 (8th)
1969 NL  42.60 (10th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1968 NL  3.8 (8th)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1968 NL  3.2 (9th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1968 NL  3.7 (8th)
1969 NL  4.3 (10th)

             

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 18 (1098), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 10 (1182), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 12 (1466), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Left Field (109th), 18.1 career WAR/20.8 7yr-peak WAR/19.4 JAWS
Average HOF LF (out of 19) = 64.9 career WAR/41.2 7yr-peak WAR/53.1 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Jay Payton (953)
  2. Lee Maye (952)
  3. Johnny Grubb (950)
  4. Carlos May (950)
  5. Hoot Evers (947)
  6. Ken Landreaux (946)
  7. Bob Skinner (945)
  8. Alex Johnson (945)
  9. David DeJesus (944)
  10. Tom Paciorek (944)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Johnny Bates (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Beals Becker (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Chad Curtis (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Coco Crisp (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Coco Crisp (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Bob Skinner (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Larry Herndon (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Larry Herndon (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Tito Francona (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Larry Herndon (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Tillie Walker (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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Name and misspellings: Cleon Cleon Joseph Jones

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