Deacon Jones

Grover William Jones

Positions: Pinch Hitter and First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: April 18, 1934 in White Plains, NY
High School: White Plains HS (White Plains, NY)
School: Ithaca College (Ithaca, NY)
Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent in 1955. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 8, 1962
Team: WhiteSox 1962-1966

Final Game: October 1, 1966
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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
1955	21	CHW-min	B	78	267	267		85	11	7	9						.318	.318	.513	.831		137							WLO · IIIL
1956	22	CHW-min	D,B	118	380	380		147	26	8	26						.387	.387	.703	1.089		267							DBQ,WLO · MIDW,IIIL
1957		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1958		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1959	25	CHW-min	B	122	428	428		128	31	2	11						.299	.299	.458	.757		196							LIN · IIIL
1960	26	CHW-min	AAA	80	166	144	25	43	2	4	5	27	2	0	22	24	.299	.392	.472	.864		68							SDG · PCL
1961	27	CHW-min	A	132	529	427	81	121	19	5	13	78	18		102	63	.283	.422	.443	.864		189							CHS · SALL
1962	28	CHW-min	A	136	615	499	119	159	30	5	26	101	11		98	68	.319	.423	.555	.978		277		2	3	13	9		SAV · SALL
1962	28	CHW	AL	18	36	28	3	9	2	0	0	8	0	0	4	6	.321	.394	.393	.787	113	11	0	0	3	1	2	/3
1963	29	CHW-min	AAA	97	388	338	64	116	17	3	19	73	7	2	50	55	.343	.428	.580	1.008		196							INA · IL
1963	29	CHW	AL	17	19	16	4	3	0	1	1	2	0	0	2	2	.188	.316	.500	.816	127	8	1	1	0	0	1	/3

1964	30	CHW-min	AA,AAA	135	552	474	79	124	27	4	14	79	7	3	75	84	.262	.362	.424	.786		201		1	0	2			LBG,INA · SOUL,PCL
1965	31	CHW-min	A	100	320	320		104	15	8	8						.325	.325	.497	.822		159							SAR · FLOR
1966	32	CHW-min	A	114	368	368		130	36	4	18						.353	.353	.620	.973		228							APP · MIDW
1966	32	CHW	AL	5	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.400	.800	139	2	0	0	0	0	0
1967	33	CHW-min	A	45	122	122		43	13	0	5						.352	.352	.582	.934		71							APP · MIDW
3 Yrs				40	60	49	7	14	2	1	1	10	0	0	6	8	.286	.368	.429	.797	120	21	1	1	3	1	3
162 Game Avg.				162	243	198	28	57	8	4	4	41	0	0	24	32	.286	.368	.429	.797	120	85	4	4	12	4	12

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
1962	28	CHW	AL	18	36	-0	-1	0	0	-0	-1	-0.1	1	0	0.0	.495	.499	0.0	-0.1	0	$	/3
1963	29	CHW	AL	17	19	0	0	-0	0	-0	0	0.0	0	1	0.1	.503	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$	/3

1966	32	CHW	AL	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.505	.500	0.0	-0.0	0	$
3 Seasons				40	60	0	-1	0	0	-1	-0	-0.0	2	1	0.1	.500	.500	0.1	-0.1	1	$

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
1962	28	CHW	AL	36	23	5	5.8	103	.391	.321	.263	.394	.335	.393	.410	.787	.745	113	.612	0.9	0.1	.789	.214	.071
1963	29	CHW	AL	19	14	2	3.9	93	.154	.188	.253	.316	.319	.500	.391	.816	.710	127	.462	0.4	0.0	.786	.438	.313	.0

1966	32	CHW	AL	5	3	1	9.0	84	.400	.400	.240	.400	.306	.400	.370	.800	.676	139	.821	0.2	0.0	.667	.000	.000
3 Yrs				60	40	8	5.4	98	.317	.286	.258	.368	.327	.429	.400	.797	.727	120	.593	1.6	0.2	.778	.265	.143	.0
162 Game Avg.				243	162	32	5.4	98	.317	.286	.258	.368	.327	.429	.400	.797	.727	120	.593	6	1	.778	.265	.143

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1962	28	CHW	AL	36	0.0%	16.7%	11.1%	5.6%	22%	1.50	4.7		3.5	1.83	64%
1963	29	CHW	AL	19	5.3%	10.5%	10.5%	10.5%	67%	1.00	8.0	16.0	8.0	0.33	68%

1966	32	CHW	AL	5	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%					0.50	100%
3 Yrs				60	1.7%	13.3%	10.0%	6.7%	29%	1.33	6.1	49.0	4.9	0.88	68%
MLB Averages					2.3%	15.2%	8.1%	6.3%	28%	1.89	5.9	39.6	8.9	1.09	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1962	28	CHW	AL	0.9	0.1	38	0.2	0.8	-0.7	1.47	0.1	0.1	3.7	0.4	1.13	1.2	2.38	8
1963	29	CHW	AL	0.4	0.0	19	-0.2	0.4	-0.6	1.50	0.0	-0.1	0.4	0.0	1.18	0.5	1.77	12

1966	32	CHW	AL	0.2	0.0	5	-0.0	0.0	-0.1	1.25	-0.0	-0.0	-0.8	-0.1	1.21	-0.3	1.25	5
3 Yrs				1.6	0.2	62	-0.0	1.3	-1.3	1.46	0.1	-0.1	3.4	0.3	1.15	1.4	1.86	25

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1962	28	CHW	AL	0	0	23%	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	50%	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1963	29	CHW	AL	0	0	60%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	20%	3	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	1

1966	32	CHW	AL	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
3 Yrs				0	0	30%	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	29%	5	4	1	0	0	0	2	1	1

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	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1962	28	CHW	AL	36	72%	9			8	4	0	5	2.38	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	100%	12	0	0%	7	5	71%	32	9	28%	7	5	71%	5	5	100%	0
1963	29	CHW	AL	19	100%	3			12	1	0	0	1.77	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		7	1	14%	1	0	0%	19	1	5%	3	0	0%	0	0		0

1966	32	CHW	AL	5	100%	2			5	2	0	0	1.25	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		4	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
3 Yrs				60	83%	14			25	7	0	5	1.86	1	0	6	1	0	1	0	0	3	3	100%	19	1	5%	8	5	63%	55	10	18%	11	5	45%	5	5	100%	0
MLB Averages					52%																			76%			10%			30%			14%			48%			52%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1962	28	18	36	28	3	9	2	0	0	8	4	6	.321	.394	.393	.787	113	11	0	0	3	1	2
1963	29	35	55	44	7	12	2	1	1	10	6	8	.273	.365	.432	.797	118	19	1	1	3	1	3
1964	30	35	55	44	7	12	2	1	1	10	6	8	.273	.365	.432	.797	118	19	1	1	3	1	3
1965	31	35	55	44	7	12	2	1	1	10	6	8	.273	.365	.432	.797	118	19	1	1	3	1	3
1966	32	40	60	49	7	14	2	1	1	10	6	8	.286	.368	.429	.797	120	21	1	1	3	1	3

Neutralized Batting

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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
1962	28	18	35	27	3	8	2	0	0	7	0	4	6	.296	.375	.370	.745	4	18
1963	29	17	19	16	4	3	0	1	1	2	0	2	2	.188	.316	.500	.816	2	17

1966	32	5	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.400	.800	1	5
3 Yrs		40	59	48	7	13	2	1	1	9	0	6	8	.271	.357	.417	.774	7	40
162 Game Avg.		162	239	194	28	53	8	4	4	36	0	24	32	.271	.357	.417	.774	28	40

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