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Davy Jones

David Jefferson Jones (Kangaroo)

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: June 30, 1880 in Cambria, WI
School: Northern Illinois University (DeKalb, IL) (All Transactions)
Debut: September 15, 1901
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Cubs/Rebels/Orphans/Browns/... 1901-1918

Final Game: September 2, 1918
Died: March 30, 1972 in Mankato, MN
Buried: Roseland Park Cemetery, Berkley, MI
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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
1901 21 MLA AL 14 64 52 12 9 0 0 3 5 4 11 6 .173 .328 .346 .674 91 18 1 0 O
1902 22 TOT MLB 79 351 292 45 85 13 4 0 17 17 44 42 .291 .384 .363 .747 130 106 0 15 O
1902 22 SLB AL 15 56 49 4 11 1 1 0 3 5 6 5 .224 .309 .286 .595 67 14 0 1 O
1902 22 CHC NL 64 295 243 41 74 12 3 0 14 12 38 37 .305 .399 .379 .777 144 92 0 14 O
1903 23 CHC NL 130 559 497 64 140 18 3 1 62 15 53 44 .282 .352 .336 .688 98 167 1 8 *O
1904 24 CHC NL 98 383 336 44 82 11 5 3 39 14 41 22 .244 .330 .333 .663 105 112 2 4 O
1906 26 DET AL 84 368 323 41 84 12 2 0 24 21 41 25 .260 .347 .310 .657 104 100 2 2 O
1907 27 DET AL 126 566 491 101 134 10 6 0 27 30 60 38 .273 .357 .318 .674 113 156 4 11 *O
1908 28 DET AL 56 138 121 17 25 2 1 0 10 11 13 9 .207 .284 .240 .523 67 29 0 4 O
1909 29 DET AL 69 239 204 44 57 2 2 0 10 12 28 26 .279 .369 .309 .678 110 63 1 6 O
1910 30 DET AL 113 443 377 77 100 6 6 0 24 25 51 37 .265 .362 .313 .675 105 118 6 9 O
1911 31 DET AL 98 391 341 78 93 10 0 0 19 25 41 25 .273 .354 .302 .656 80 103 2 7 O
1912 32 DET AL 99 366 316 54 93 5 2 0 24 16 7 38 19 .294 .370 .323 .693 101 102 0 12 O
1913 33 CHW AL 12 31 21 2 6 0 0 0 0 1 9 0 .286 .500 .286 .786 132 6 0 1 /O
1914 34 PBS FL 97 412 352 58 96 9 8 2 24 15 42 16 .273 .355 .361 .716 105 127 3 15 O
1915 35 PBS FL 14 55 49 6 16 0 1 0 4 1 6 0 .327 .400 .367 .767 126 18 0 0 O
1918 38 DET AL 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 /87O
15 Yrs 1090 4368 3774 643 1020 98 40 9 289 207 7 478 310 .270 .356 .325 .680 103 1225 22 94
162 Game Avg. 162 649 561 96 152 15 6 1 43 31 71 46 .270 .356 .325 .680 103 182 3 14
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
DET (8 yrs) 646 2513 2175 412 586 47 19 0 138 140 7 272 180 .269 .355 .309 .663 100 671 15 51
CHC (3 yrs) 292 1237 1076 149 296 41 11 4 115 41 132 103 .275 .356 .345 .701 110 371 3 26
PBS (2 yrs) 111 467 401 64 112 9 9 2 28 16 48 16 .279 .361 .362 .722 108 145 3 15
SLB (2 yrs) 29 120 101 16 20 1 1 3 8 9 17 11 .198 .319 .317 .636 79 32 1 1
CHW (1 yr) 12 31 21 2 6 0 0 0 0 1 9 0 .286 .500 .286 .786 132 6 0 1
AL (11 yrs) 687 2664 2297 430 612 48 20 3 146 150 7 298 191 .266 .355 .309 .663 99 709 16 53
NL (3 yrs) 292 1237 1076 149 296 41 11 4 115 41 132 103 .275 .356 .345 .701 110 371 3 26
FL (2 yrs) 111 467 401 64 112 9 9 2 28 16 48 16 .279 .361 .362 .722 108 145 3 15

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 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
1901 21 MLA AL 14 64 -0 0 0 2 -1 1 0.1 2 3 0.3 .508 .501 0.1 0.1 1 $ O
1902 22 SLB AL 15 56 -2 1 0 3 -1 1 0.1 2 3 0.3 .506 .501 0.0 0.2 -0 $ O
1902 22 CHC NL 64 295 13 -0 0 3 -2 13 1.4 8 22 2.3 .523 .509 2.0 0.1 19 $ O
1903 23 CHC NL 130 559 1 -2 0 3 -4 -2 -0.1 16 14 1.5 .499 .499 1.1 -0.1 11 $ *O
1904 24 CHC NL 98 383 3 -1 0 -1 -5 -3 -0.4 12 8 0.8 .496 .498 0.9 -0.6 9 $ O
1906 26 DET AL 84 368 3 0 0 -2 -2 -1 -0.1 12 12 1.1 .499 .499 1.3 -0.5 14 $ O
1907 27 DET AL 126 566 9 0 0 10 -7 12 1.5 19 31 3.4 .512 .509 2.1 0.4 21 $ *O
1908 28 DET AL 56 138 -4 1 0 0 -1 -4 -0.4 5 1 0.0 .492 .497 0.0 -0.1 1 $ O
1909 29 DET AL 69 239 3 -0 0 0 -3 -0 -0.1 8 8 0.7 .500 .500 0.8 -0.4 8 $ O
1910 30 DET AL 113 443 4 -0 0 1 -5 -0 -0.2 15 15 1.4 .500 .500 1.3 -0.6 14 $ O
1911 31 DET AL 98 391 -7 0 0 0 -5 -12 -1.1 13 2 0.2 .488 .493 0.1 -0.4 2 $ O
1912 32 DET AL 99 366 4 2 0 -2 -4 -1 -0.1 12 12 1.2 .499 .499 1.3 -0.6 14 $ O
1913 33 CHW AL 12 31 2 -0 0 -1 -0 0 0.0 1 1 0.1 .503 .500 0.3 -0.2 2 $ /O
1914 34 PBS FL 97 412 5 -1 0 8 -5 7 0.9 5 12 1.4 .508 .505 0.4 0.4 4 $ O
1915 35 PBS FL 14 55 2 -0 0 0 -1 1 0.1 1 2 0.2 .509 .501 0.2 -0.1 2 $ O
1918 38 DET AL 1 2 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.1 0 -0 0.0 .449 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ /87O
15 Seasons 1090 4368 35 0 0 24 -46 13 1.6 132 145 14.9 .501 .501 11.9 -2.3 121 $
DET (8 yrs) 646 2513 11 3 0 7 -27 -6 -0.6 85 79 8.0 .499 .500 6.9 -2.2 72 $
CHC (3 yrs) 292 1237 18 -3 0 5 -12 8 0.9 36 44 4.6 .503 .502 4.0 -0.6 39 $
PBS (2 yrs) 111 467 7 -1 0 8 -6 8 1.0 5 14 1.6 .508 .503 0.6 0.4 5 $
SLB (2 yrs) 29 120 -2 1 0 5 -1 2 0.2 4 6 0.6 .507 .501 0.1 0.4 1 $
CHW (1 yr) 12 31 2 -0 0 -1 -0 0 0.0 1 1 0.1 .503 .500 0.3 -0.2 2 $

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
1901 21 MLA AL 64 43 6 3.6 93 .140 .173 .278 .328 .334 .346 .373 .674 .707 91 .424 -0.3 -0.0 .791 .462 .173 3.4
1902 22 TOT MLB 351 222 41 4.9 78 .340 .291 .265 .384 .320 .363 .331 .747 .651 130 .641 12.8 1.4 .807 .281 .072 .0
1902 22 SLB AL 56 39 4 2.7 96 .250 .224 .281 .309 .338 .286 .379 .595 .718 67 .305 -2.1 -0.2 .658 .286 .061 .0
1902 22 CHC NL 295 183 37 5.4 75 .359 .305 .262 .399 .316 .379 .322 .777 .638 144 .693 15.0 1.7 .840 .280 .074 .0
1903 23 CHC NL 559 365 59 4.3 90 .308 .282 .275 .352 .338 .336 .358 .688 .696 98 .534 0.4 0.0 .661 .191 .054 1.9
1904 24 CHC NL 383 258 37 3.8 77 .254 .244 .258 .330 .316 .333 .333 .663 .649 105 .563 2.9 0.3 .665 .253 .089 4.9
1906 26 DET AL 368 241 34 3.8 76 .282 .260 .258 .347 .314 .310 .331 .657 .645 104 .569 3.8 0.4 .686 .241 .050 .0
1907 27 DET AL 566 368 55 4.0 74 .296 .273 .257 .357 .313 .318 .322 .674 .635 113 .612 9.8 1.2 .700 .228 .045 .0
1908 28 DET AL 138 100 8 2.2 71 .223 .207 .250 .284 .308 .240 .318 .523 .626 67 .361 -4.0 -0.5 .552 .231 .033 .0
1909 29 DET AL 239 153 23 4.0 77 .320 .279 .258 .369 .320 .309 .328 .678 .647 110 .621 3.7 0.4 .707 .225 .029 .0
1910 30 DET AL 443 286 42 4.0 80 .294 .265 .258 .362 .325 .313 .333 .675 .657 105 .596 4.8 0.6 .722 .249 .048 .0
1911 31 DET AL 391 255 36 3.8 100 .294 .273 .287 .354 .354 .302 .378 .656 .732 80 .458 -7.6 -0.8 .690 .223 .029 .0
1912 32 DET AL 366 242 39 4.3 89 .313 .294 .269 .370 .337 .323 .354 .693 .691 101 .552 2.0 0.2 .648 .177 .028 .0
1913 33 CHW AL 31 16 3 5.0 86 .286 .286 .263 .500 .335 .286 .346 .786 .681 132 .643 2.0 0.2 1.067 .476 .000 .0
1914 34 PBS FL 412 271 44 4.3 91 .281 .273 .269 .355 .334 .361 .364 .716 .698 105 .548 5.6 0.6 .730 .250 .088 3.5
1915 35 PBS FL 55 33 7 5.7 86 .327 .327 .262 .400 .329 .367 .351 .767 .681 126 .695 2.0 0.2 .758 .184 .041 .0
1918 38 DET AL 2 2 0 0.0 78 .000 .000 .254 .000 .325 .000 .324 .000 .650 -100 .000 -0.5 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
15 Yrs 4368 2855 434 4.0 83 .293 .270 .265 .356 .327 .325 .343 .680 .670 103 .562 37.5 4.3 .697 .234 .054 17.3
162 Game Avg. 649 424 65 4.0 83 .293 .270 .265 .356 .327 .325 .343 .680 .670 103 .562 6 1 .697 .234 .054 3
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
DET (8 yrs) 2513 1647 237 3.8 82 .294 .269 .264 .355 .326 .309 .339 .663 .664 100 .557 12.0 1.5 .684 .225 .039 .0
CHC (3 yrs) 1237 806 133 4.4 83 .301 .275 .267 .356 .326 .345 .342 .701 .668 110 .583 18.3 2.0 .701 .230 .070 7.3
PBS (2 yrs) 467 304 51 4.5 90 .287 .279 .268 .361 .334 .362 .362 .722 .696 108 .567 7.6 0.8 .734 .242 .082 3.6
SLB (2 yrs) 120 82 10 3.2 94 .195 .198 .280 .319 .336 .317 .376 .636 .712 79 .370 -2.4 -0.2 .728 .376 .119 4.5
CHW (1 yr) 31 16 3 5.0 86 .286 .286 .263 .500 .335 .286 .346 .786 .681 132 .643 2.0 0.2 1.067 .476 .000 .0
AL (11 yrs) 2664 1745 250 3.8 82 .290 .266 .264 .355 .326 .309 .340 .663 .667 99 .549 11.6 1.5 .689 .234 .042 5.9
NL (3 yrs) 1237 806 133 4.4 83 .301 .275 .267 .356 .326 .345 .342 .701 .668 110 .583 18.3 2.0 .701 .230 .070 7.3
FL (2 yrs) 467 304 51 4.5 90 .287 .279 .268 .361 .334 .362 .362 .722 .696 108 .567 7.6 0.8 .734 .242 .082 3.6

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
1907 27 DET AL WS CHC L 5 22 17 1 6 0 0 0 0 3 1 4 0 .353 .476 .353 .829 6 0 0 1 0 0
1908 28 DET AL WS CHC L 3 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 0 0 0 0 0
1909 29 DET AL WS PIT L 7 32 30 6 7 0 0 1 1 1 2 2 1 .233 .281 .333 .615 10 0 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs (3 Series) 15 57 49 8 13 0 0 1 1 4 3 7 2 .265 .357 .327 .684 16 0 0 1 0 0
3 WS 15 57 49 8 13 0 0 1 1 4 3 7 2 .265 .357 .327 .684 16 0 0 1 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
1918 38 DET AL 2 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.0 50%
15 Yrs 2 450.0% 15500.0% 23900.0% 7350.0% 14% 0.65 12.2 419.3 13.1 172750%
MLB Averages 9.1% 221.0% 164.2% 109.2% 22% 1.35 9.0 219.0 10.1 1766%

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
1901 21 14 64 52 12 9 0 0 3 5 4 11 6 .173 .328 .346 .674 91 18 1 0
1902 22 93 415 344 57 94 13 4 3 22 21 55 48 .273 .375 .360 .735 123 124 1 15
1903 23 223 974 841 121 234 31 7 4 84 36 108 92 .278 .362 .346 .708 108 291 2 23
1904 24 321 1357 1177 165 316 42 12 7 123 50 149 114 .268 .353 .342 .695 107 403 4 27
1905 25 321 1357 1177 165 316 42 12 7 123 50 149 114 .268 .353 .342 .695 107 403 4 27
1906 26 405 1725 1500 206 400 54 14 7 147 71 190 139 .267 .351 .335 .687 106 503 6 29
1907 27 531 2291 1991 307 534 64 20 7 174 101 250 177 .268 .353 .331 .684 108 659 10 40
1908 28 587 2429 2112 324 559 66 21 7 184 112 263 186 .265 .349 .326 .675 106 688 10 44
1909 29 656 2668 2316 368 616 68 23 7 194 124 291 212 .266 .351 .324 .675 106 751 11 50
1910 30 769 3111 2693 445 716 74 29 7 218 149 342 249 .266 .352 .323 .675 106 869 17 59
1911 31 867 3502 3034 523 809 84 29 7 237 174 383 274 .267 .352 .320 .673 103 972 19 66
1912 32 966 3868 3350 577 902 89 31 7 261 190 7 421 293 .269 .354 .321 .675 103 1074 19 78
1913 33 978 3899 3371 579 908 89 31 7 261 191 7 430 293 .269 .355 .320 .676 103 1080 19 79
1914 34 1075 4311 3723 637 1004 98 39 9 285 206 7 472 309 .270 .355 .324 .679 103 1207 22 94
1915 35 1089 4366 3772 643 1020 98 40 9 289 207 7 478 309 .270 .356 .325 .681 103 1225 22 94
1916 36 1089 4366 3772 643 1020 98 40 9 289 207 7 478 309 .270 .356 .325 .681 103 1225 22 94
1917 37 1089 4366 3772 643 1020 98 40 9 289 207 7 478 309 .270 .356 .325 .681 103 1225 22 94
1918 38 1090 4368 3774 643 1020 98 40 9 289 207 7 478 310 .270 .356 .325 .680 103 1225 22 94

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
1901 21 17 74 61 12 10 0 0 3 5 4 12 7 .164 .311 .311 .622 6 14
1902 22 91 417 345 58 106 16 5 0 22 21 55 48 .307 .403 .383 .785 53 79
1903 23 150 638 569 70 156 20 3 1 67 17 59 51 .274 .343 .325 .669 64 130
1904 24 102 407 355 51 91 12 6 3 45 16 46 23 .256 .345 .349 .694 43 98
1906 26 89 404 352 52 99 14 2 0 30 25 48 26 .281 .371 .332 .703 43 84
1907 27 133 617 531 124 155 12 7 0 33 35 69 40 .292 .379 .341 .719 67 126
1908 28 58 148 129 21 29 2 1 0 13 13 15 9 .225 .306 .256 .561 10 56
1909 29 72 261 221 56 67 2 2 0 13 14 33 27 .303 .396 .330 .726 29 69
1910 30 117 470 397 90 111 7 7 0 28 28 57 38 .280 .380 .332 .712 48 113
1911 31 103 404 354 75 93 10 0 0 18 25 41 26 .263 .343 .291 .634 35 98
1912 32 103 385 332 58 99 5 2 0 26 17 40 20 .298 .374 .325 .699 41 99
1913 33 13 32 22 2 6 0 0 0 0 1 9 0 .273 .484 .273 .757 3 12
1914 34 101 437 372 66 106 10 9 2 27 17 46 17 .285 .368 .376 .745 51 97
1915 35 15 59 52 7 18 0 1 0 5 1 7 0 .346 .424 .385 .808 8 14
1918 38 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1
15 Yrs 1165 4756 4095 742 1146 110 45 9 332 234 537 333 .280 .367 .335 .702 501 1090
162 Game Avg. 162 661 569 103 159 15 6 1 46 33 75 46 .280 .367 .335 .702 70 1090

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

On-Base% s c a p y
1907 AL  .357 (7th)
1910 AL  .362 (10th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1907 AL  101 (2nd)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1907 AL  60 (5th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1907 AL  30 (8th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1914 FL  22.0 (3rd)

Oldest s c a p y
1918 AL  born 1880-06-30 (7th)

Youngest s c a p y
1901 AL  born 1880-06-30 (7th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 7 (1627), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 4 (1669), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 12 (1388), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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