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Dalton Jones

James Dalton Jones

Positions: Pinch Hitter, Second Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: December 10, 1943 in McComb, MS
High School: Baton Rouge HS (Baton Rouge, LA)
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1961. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 17, 1964
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Tigers/Rangers 1964-1972

Final Game: October 4, 1972
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Standard Fielding

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
1964 BOS AL 20 2B 85 78 74 685.0 390 181 193 16 41 .959 -9 -15 4.91 4.40 .980 5.17 5.16
1964 BOS AL 20 3B 1 0 0 5.0 3 0 2 1 0 .667 -0 -48 3.60 2.00 .953 3.06 3.00
1964 BOS AL 20 SS 1 0 0 3.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0 80 6.00 2.00 .970 4.80 4.80
1965 BOS AL 21 3B 81 76 65 662.2 243 63 163 17 14 .930 -5 -10 3.07 2.79 .960 3.13 3.12
1965 BOS AL 21 2B 8 7 6 65.0 31 17 14 0 4 1.000 -2 -30 4.29 3.88 .978 5.07 5.06
1966 BOS AL 22 2B 70 49 42 459.2 260 129 121 10 26 .962 -7 -18 4.89 3.57 .975 5.09 5.09
1966 BOS AL 22 3B 3 3 3 25.0 11 4 5 2 0 .818 -1 -53 3.24 3.00 .954 3.02 3.03
1967 BOS AL 23 3B 30 23 17 192.1 68 15 47 6 4 .912 -2 -10 2.90 2.07 .955 3.13 3.14
1967 BOS AL 23 2B 19 1 1 58.0 21 8 13 0 2 1.000 -1 -23 3.26 1.11 .979 4.95 4.96
1967 BOS AL 23 1B 1 0 0 2.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0 60 4.50 1.00 .990 9.45 9.60
1968 BOS AL 24 1B 56 54 34 446.0 478 449 27 2 47 .996 1 2 9.61 8.50 .989 9.59 9.54
1968 BOS AL 24 2B 26 16 14 167.2 71 32 38 1 8 .986 -3 -19 3.76 2.69 .977 5.11 5.08
1968 BOS AL 24 3B 8 8 8 70.0 29 10 15 4 0 .862 -1 -17 3.21 3.13 .951 3.05 3.04
1969 BOS AL 25 1B 81 74 66 661.1 752 692 54 6 61 .992 0 1 10.15 9.21 .992 9.63 9.62
1969 BOS AL 25 3B 9 5 5 59.2 19 10 9 0 0 1.000 0 2 2.87 2.11 .955 3.17 3.16
1969 BOS AL 25 2B 1 1 1 9.0 2 0 1 1 0 .500 -2 -267 1.00 1.00 .975 5.20 5.20
1970 DET AL 26 2B 35 25 23 252.1 131 59 70 2 18 .985 -2 -12 4.60 3.69 .979 5.35 5.32
1970 DET AL 26 3B 18 15 5 114.0 36 9 25 2 4 .944 -1 -13 2.68 1.89 .949 3.07 3.06
1970 DET AL 26 1B 10 4 2 49.0 47 43 4 0 4 1.000 -0 -5 8.63 4.70 .991 9.59 9.56
1971 DET AL 27 OF 16 13 2 111.2 17 17 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -11 1.37 1.06 .982 2.24 2.22
1971 DET AL 27 3B 13 10 4 81.0 22 4 16 2 2 .909 -1 -9 2.22 1.54 .956 3.04 3.03
1971 DET AL 27 LF 10 8 2 64.0 14 14 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -4 1.97 1.40 .981 1.93 1.92
1971 DET AL 27 RF 8 5 0 47.2 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -20 1.13 0.75 .980 2.06 2.04
1971 DET AL 27 1B 3 0 0 3.0 4 4 0 0 1 1.000 0 0 12.00 1.33 .992 9.60 9.53
1971 DET AL 27 2B 1 0 0 4.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 -0 -30 2.25 1.00 .980 5.40 5.30
1972 TEX AL 28 3B 23 20 13 174.2 47 15 31 1 3 .979 -1 -10 2.37 2.00 .954 2.98 2.96
1972 TEX AL 28 2B 17 12 5 98.1 60 26 32 2 8 .967 -1 -10 5.31 3.41 .977 5.17 5.14
1972 TEX AL 28 1B 7 0 0 14.0 17 17 0 0 0 1.000 0 9 10.93 2.43 .991 9.77 9.71
1972 TEX AL 28 LF 2 0 0 7.2 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -78 0.00 0.00 1.88 1.90
1972 TEX AL 28 OF 2 0 0 7.2 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -78 0.00 0.00 2.23 2.20
9 Seasons 2B 262 189 166 1799.0 967 452 483 32 107 .967 -26 -18 4.68 3.57 .978 5.16 5.14
9 Seasons 3B 186 160 120 1384.1 478 130 313 35 27 .927 -12 -11 2.88 2.38 .957 3.10 3.09
6 Seasons 1B 158 132 102 1175.1 1299 1205 86 8 113 .994 1 1 9.89 8.17 .991 9.61 9.59
2 Seasons OF 18 13 2 119.1 17 17 0 0 0 1.000 -2 -15 1.28 0.94 .982 2.24 2.22
2 Seasons LF 12 8 2 71.2 14 14 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -12 1.76 1.17 .981 1.92 1.92
1 Season RF 8 5 0 47.2 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -20 1.13 0.75 .980 2.06 2.04
1 Season SS 1 0 0 3.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0 80 6.00 2.00 .970 4.80 4.80
9 Seasons TOT 625 494 390 4481.0 2763 1805 883 75 247 .973 -39 -10 5.40 4.30 .980 5.61 5.57
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.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
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-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 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 1948 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 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) 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 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1964 BOS AL 20 2B -9 -15 -8 2 -9 -1
1964 BOS AL 20 3B -0 -48 -0 0 -0 0
1964 BOS AL 20 SS 0 80 0 0 0 0
1965 BOS AL 21 3B -5 -10 -4 3 -7 -1
1965 BOS AL 21 2B -2 -30 -1 -1 0 -1
1966 BOS AL 22 2B -7 -18 -6 -4 -2 -1
1966 BOS AL 22 3B -1 -53 -1 0 -1 0
1967 BOS AL 23 3B -2 -10 -2 1 -3 0
1967 BOS AL 23 2B -1 -23 -1 0 -1 0
1967 BOS AL 23 1B 0 60 0 0 0 0
1968 BOS AL 24 1B 1 2 1 0 1 0
1968 BOS AL 24 2B -3 -19 -3 0 -3 0
1968 BOS AL 24 3B -1 -17 -1 -1 0 0
1969 BOS AL 25 1B 0 1 0 0 -0 0
1969 BOS AL 25 3B 0 2 0 -0 0 0
1969 BOS AL 25 2B -2 -267 -2 -2 0 0
1970 DET AL 26 2B -2 -12 -2 -0 -1 -1
1970 DET AL 26 3B -1 -13 -2 -2 -0 1
1970 DET AL 26 1B -0 -5 -0 -1 0 0
1971 DET AL 27 3B -1 -9 -1 0 -1 0
1971 DET AL 27 LF -0 -4 -0 0 -0 0
1971 DET AL 27 RF -1 -20 -1 -1 -0 0
1971 DET AL 27 1B 0 0 0 0 0
1971 DET AL 27 2B -0 -30 -0 -0 0 0
1972 TEX AL 28 3B -1 -10 -1 -0 -1 0
1972 TEX AL 28 2B -1 -10 -1 -0 -1 0
1972 TEX AL 28 1B 0 9 0 0 -0 0
1972 TEX AL 28 LF -0 -78 -0 -0 0 0
9 Seasons 2B -26 -18 -22 -5 -17 -4
9 Seasons 3B -12 -11 -12 1 -13 0
6 Seasons 1B 1 1 1 -0 1 0
2 Seasons LF -1 -12 -1 -0 -0 0
1 Season RF -1 -20 -1 -1 -0 0
1 Season SS 0 80 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons TOT -39 -10 -35 -6 -29 -4 0
Lg Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1964 BOS AL 20 118 78 118 85 0 0 0 85 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 39 0
1965 BOS AL 21 112 83 112 89 0 0 0 9 81 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 0
1966 BOS AL 22 115 52 115 73 0 0 0 70 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 57 0
1967 BOS AL 23 89 24 89 47 0 0 1 19 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 54 0
1968 BOS AL 24 111 78 111 85 0 0 56 25 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 0
1969 BOS AL 25 111 80 111 90 0 0 81 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 1
1970 DET AL 26 89 44 89 62 0 0 10 35 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 3
1971 DET AL 27 83 23 83 32 0 0 3 1 13 0 10 0 8 16 0 53 1
1972 TEX AL 28 72 32 72 48 0 0 8 17 23 0 2 0 0 2 0 28 3
1972 DET AL 28 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
9 Seasons 907 494 907 611 0 0 159 262 186 1 12 0 8 18 0 359 8
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1964 BOS AL 20 2991 59% 75% 23% 262 92% 0 178 78 61 39 197 170 23 0 5 16 1 13 2 13 40 14 14 7 0 37 8 29 2 0 2
1965 BOS AL 21 290 68% 82% 27% 20 100% 0 19 5 12 2 18 14 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 4 1 2 1 1 0
1966 BOS AL 22 1961 63% 78% 24% 174 92% 0 135 57 51 28 123 101 18 1 2 10 1 8 1 6 27 13 4 5 1 24 6 18 1 0 1
1967 BOS AL 23 245 57% 79% 23% 19 84% 0 9 4 4 1 14 9 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 0 3 2 1 0 0 0
1968 BOS AL 24 716 66% 80% 24% 47 91% 0 35 7 16 12 41 34 6 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 9 2 3 2 0 8 2 5 0 0 0
1969 BOS AL 25 62 68% 77% 26% 3 33% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 DET AL 26 1123 72% 74% 25% 82 93% 1 60 18 33 9 72 58 10 1 0 2 0 2 0 2 18 4 5 4 2 16 6 9 2 1 1
1971 DET AL 27 16 44% 88% 38% 2 100% 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 TEX AL 28 418 61% 81% 31% 39 90% 0 27 12 11 5 30 23 4 0 2 2 1 0 1 1 8 3 1 2 0 6 2 4 2 1 1
9 Seasons 7822 63% 77% 24% 648 92% 1 464 182 188 96 497 410 69 2 11 32 3 25 4 23 110 37 29 23 3 98 27 68 8 3 5
MLB Averages 64% 79% 28% 93%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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%
1964 BOS AL 20 22 64% 68% 18% 3 67% 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 BOS AL 21 2867 64% 78% 25% 226 87% 0 61 45 2 14 155 129 23 0 7 17 0 16 1 16 13 6 1 10 2 0 2 9 56%
1966 BOS AL 22 120 67% 78% 25% 8 75% 0 4 1 2 1 4 2 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 BOS AL 23 827 65% 76% 26% 67 84% 0 15 12 0 3 45 35 10 0 0 6 0 6 0 6 5 4 0 4 0 0 0 0
1968 BOS AL 24 286 72% 78% 30% 26 85% 0 8 6 1 1 15 12 2 1 1 4 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1969 BOS AL 25 245 66% 78% 29% 19 100% 0 11 9 1 1 10 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 DET AL 26 533 65% 74% 25% 33 97% 1 8 6 1 1 26 21 4 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 4 3 1 4 0 0 0 2 100%
1971 DET AL 27 334 73% 77% 27% 22 91% 0 4 2 2 0 16 9 6 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0
1972 TEX AL 28 763 63% 77% 25% 49 88% 0 15 11 3 1 32 25 6 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 3 2 1 3 0 0 0 3 0%
9 Seasons 5997 65% 77% 26% 453 87% 1 126 92 12 22 305 242 56 2 9 35 0 33 2 30 27 16 3 23 2 0 2 15 53%
MLB Averages 64% 79% 28% 89% 66%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1967 BOS AL 23 13 54% 92% 8% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 BOS AL 24 1864 63% 78% 26% 84 95% 0 442 16 422 4 40 29 20 6 1 0 2 0 2 0 2 46 1 0 2 43 2 3 1 2 4 50%
1969 BOS AL 25 2871 60% 78% 31% 169 94% 0 689 53 630 8 61 55 35 11 1 2 6 2 3 1 4 62 2 1 2 58 4 4 1 3 6 100%
1970 DET AL 26 209 72% 81% 25% 11 100% 0 46 6 40 0 3 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0
1971 DET AL 27 11 73% 64% 27% 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 TEX AL 28 60 67% 82% 27% 4 100% 0 18 1 17 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 5028 62% 78% 29% 269 95% 0 1198 76 1112 12 106 90 58 18 2 2 8 2 5 1 6 112 3 1 4 104 6 8 2 6 10 80%
MLB Averages 64% 79% 28% 94% 87%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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%
1971 DET AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 9 5 55.6% 4 0 0.0% 0 271 65% 81% 30% 31 45%
1972 TEX AL 28 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 35 60% 63% 14% 2 0%
2 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 9 5 55.6% 4 0 0.0% 0 306 64% 79% 28% 33 42%
MLB Averages 58.7% 2.8% 64% 79% 26% 47%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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%
1971 DET AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 7 2 28.6% 5 0 0.0% 0 209 63% 70% 21% 17 35%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 7 2 28.6% 5 0 0.0% 0 209 63% 70% 21% 17 35%
MLB Averages 40.7% 3.3% 64% 79% 26% 53%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1964 BOS AL 20 13 54% 69% 23% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 13 54% 69% 23% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 64% 79% 28% 91%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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

Errors Committed as 2B s c a p y
1964 AL  16 (2nd)

Errors Committed as 3B s c a p y
1965 AL  17 (4th)

Range Factor/9Inn as 1B† s c a p y
1969 AL  10.15 (3rd)

             

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