Dick Jones

Decatur Poindexter Jones

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 184 lb.

Born: May 22, 1902 in Meadville, MS (All Transactions)
Debut: September 11, 1926
Team: Senators 1926-1927

Final Game: April 28, 1927
Died: August 2, 1994 in Burlingame, CA
Buried: Mount Zion Cemetery, Meadville, MS
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1926	24	CNG,MTG	A,B	9	15	.375	3.39	63						284.0	308	191	107		105							1.454	9.8		3.3			CNG,MTG · SOUA,SEAL
1926	24	WSH	AL	2	1	.667	4.29	4	3	1	1	0	0	21.0	20	10	10	0	11	3	0	0	1	91	92	1.476	8.6	0.0	4.7	1.3	0.27
1927	25	MTG,CNG	B,A	8	9	.471	2.56	39						151.0	160	103	43		56							1.430	9.5		3.3			MTG,CNG · SEAL,SOUA
1927	25	WSH	AL	0	0		21.60	2	0	0	0	0	0	3.1	8	11	8	0	5	1	0	0	0	24	21	3.900	21.6	0.0	13.5	2.7	0.20
1929	27	JAC	D	12	4	.750	3.56	25						154.0	159	70	61		50							1.357	9.3		2.9			JAC · CSTL
1930	28	JAC,VBG	D	6	6	.500	5.61	20						122.0	158	90	76		26							1.508	11.7		1.9			JAC,VBG · CSTL
1937	35	CHW-min	C	6	5	.545	4.33	19						108.0	114	64	52		43							1.454	9.5		3.6			VBG · CSTL
2 Yrs				2	1	.667	6.66	6	3	1	1	0	0	24.1	28	21	18	0	16	4	0	0	1	115	60	1.808	10.4	0.0	5.9	1.5	0.25
162 Game Avg.				15	8	.667	6.66	45	23	8	8	0	0	184	212	159	136	0	121	30	0	0	8	869	60	1.808	10.4	0.0	5.9	1.5	0.25

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1926	24	WSH	AL	21.0	4	3	10	4.29	4.70	-0.13	103.6	5.00	2	0.2	1.0	-0.0	0.3	4	.543	.501	$
1927	25	WSH	AL	3.1	2	0	11	29.70	5.26	0.18	101.3	5.15	-9	-0.6	1.0	-0.0	-0.6	-9	.199	.496	$
2 Seasons				24.1	6	3	21	7.77	4.77	-0.09	103.3	5.02	-7	-0.4	1.0	-0.0	-0.3	-5	.428	.499	$

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	IP%
1926	24	WSH	AL	91	0.0%	3.3%	12.1%	3.3%	15%	80%
1927	25	WSH	AL	24	0.0%	4.2%	20.8%			71%
2 Yrs				115	0.0%	3.5%	13.9%	2.6%	11%	78%
MLB Averages					0.9%	7.2%	7.9%	2.9%	12%	80%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1926	24	2	1	.667	4.29	4	3	1	1	0	0	21.0	20	10	10	0	11		3	0	0	1	91	92	1.476	8.6	0.0	4.7	1.3	0.27	92
1927	25	2	1	.667	6.66	6	3	1	1	0	0	24.1	28	21	18	0	16		4	0	0	1	115	60	1.808	10.4	0.0	5.9	1.5	0.25	60

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Gact
1926	24	1	1	.500	4.09	22.0	20	11	10	11	3	1.409	8.2	4.5	1.2	0.27	4
1927	25	0	0		18.00	4.0	8	9	8	5	1	3.250	18.0	11.3	2.3	0.20	2
2 Yrs		1	1	.500	6.23	26.0	28	20	18	16	4	1.692	9.7		1.4	0.25	6

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