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Gordon Jones
Gordon Bassett Jones

Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: April 2, 1930 in Portland, OR
High School: Sacramento (Sacramento, CA)
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1949. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 6, 1954
Final Game: September 11, 1965
Died: April 25, 1994 in Lodi, CA
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Standard Batting

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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
1954	24	STL	NL	11	29	24	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	.125	.160	.167	.327	-14	4	0	0	4	0		1
1955	25	STL	NL	15	19	14	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	.071	.125	.071	.196	-46	1	0	0	3	1	0	1
1956	26	STL	NL	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1957	27	NYG	NL	10	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	171	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
1958	28	SFG	NL	11	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1959	29	SFG	NL	31	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
1960	30	BAL	AL	29	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.400	.400	.400	.800	119	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
1961	31	BAL	AL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1962	32	KCA	AL	21	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0	1

1964	34	HOU	NL	34	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	45	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
1965	35	HOU	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
11 Seasons				171	79	67	2	8	1	0	0	4	0	0	2	15	.119	.143	.134	.277	-25	9	0	0	9	1	0
162 Game Avg.				162	75	63	2	8	1	0	0	4	0	0	2	14	.119	.143	.134	.277	-25	9	0	0	9	1

SFG (3 yrs)				52	14	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.077	.077	.077	.154	-58	1	0	0	1	0	0
STL (3 yrs)				31	50	40	2	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	8	.100	.140	.125	.265	-29	5	0	0	7	1	0
HOU (2 yrs)				35	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	45	1	0	0	0	0	0
BAL (2 yrs)				32	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.400	.400	.400	.800	119	2	0	0	0	0	0
KCA (1 yr)				21	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0

NL (8 yrs)				118	68	57	2	6	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	13	.105	.133	.123	.256	-31	7	0	0	8	1	0
AL (3 yrs)				53	11	10	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.200	.400	8	2	0	0	1	0	0

Advanced Batting

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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
1954	24	STL	NL	29	25	1	1.1	109	.150	.125	.274	.160	.345	.167	.424	.327	.769	-14	.060	-4.1	-0.4	.238	.083	.042
1955	25	STL	NL	19	17	0	0.0	105	.083	.071	.264	.125	.335	.071	.418	.196	.754	-46	.000	-2.9	-0.3	.154	.071	.000
1956	26	STL	NL	2	2	0	0.0	103	.000	.000	.264	.000	.331	.000	.417	.000	.748	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1957	27	NYG	NL	2	1	1	27.2	103	.500	.500	.268	.500	.332	.500	.416	1.000	.748	171	.962	0.2	0.0	1.000	.000	.000
1958	28	SFG	NL	7	7	0	0.0	104	.000	.000	.267	.000	.335	.000	.417	.000	.752	-100	.000	-2.0	-0.2	.000	.000	.000
1959	29	SFG	NL	5	5	0	0.0	103	.000	.000	.268	.000	.334	.000	.414	.000	.748	-100	.000	-1.1	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1960	30	BAL	AL	5	3	1	9.0	100	.667	.400	.262	.400	.336	.400	.401	.800	.737	119	.780	0.1	0.0	.667	.000	.000

1962	32	KCA	AL	6	6	0	0.0	106	.000	.000	.268	.000	.341	.000	.417	.000	.758	-100	.000	-1.4	-0.1	.000	.000	.000

1964	34	HOU	NL	4	3	0	0.0	89	.500	.250	.258	.250	.314	.250	.382	.500	.697	45	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.333	.000	.000
11 Seasons				79	69	3	1.2	105	.151	.119	.268	.143	.338	.134	.416	.277	.754	-25	.074	-12.2	-1.2	.186	.045	.015
162 Game Avg.				75	65	3	1.2	105	.151	.119	.268	.143	.338	.134	.416	.277	.754	-25	.074	-12.2	-1.2	.186	.045	.015

SFG (3 yrs)				14	13	1	2.1	104	.100	.077	.268	.077	.334	.077	.416	.154	.750	-58	.185	-3.0	-0.3	.083	.000	.000
STL (3 yrs)				50	44	1	0.6	107	.121	.100	.270	.140	.341	.125	.421	.265	.762	-29	.023	-7.6	-0.8	.194	.075	.025
KCA (1 yr)				6	6	0	0.0	106	.000	.000	.268	.000	.341	.000	.417	.000	.758	-100	.000	-1.4	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
HOU (2 yrs)				4	3	0	0.0	89	.500	.250	.258	.250	.314	.250	.382	.500	.697	45	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.333	.000	.000
BAL (2 yrs)				5	3	1	9.0	100	.667	.400	.262	.400	.336	.400	.401	.800	.737	119	.780	0.1	0.0	.667	.000	.000

NL (8 yrs)				68	60	2	0.9	105	.133	.105	.269	.133	.338	.123	.417	.256	.755	-31	.046	-10.9	-1.1	.176	.053	.018
AL (3 yrs)				11	9	1	3.0	103	.250	.200	.265	.200	.338	.200	.409	.400	.747	8	.319	-1.3	-0.1	.250	.000	.000

Ratio Batting*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1954	24	STL	NL	29	0.0%	13.8%	3.5%	3.5%	33%	4.00	6.0	24.0	2.00	69%
1955	25	STL	NL	19	0.0%	15.8%	5.3%	0.0%	0%	3.00	4.7	14.0		63%
1956	26	STL	NL	2	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%			2.0			50%
1957	27	NYG	NL	2	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%					100%
1958	28	SFG	NL	7	0.0%	28.6%	0.0%	0.0%			3.5		0.67	71%
1959	29	SFG	NL	5	0.0%	20.0%	0.0%	0.0%			4.0			60%
1960	30	BAL	AL	5	0.0%	40.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.5	5.0	0.00	60%

1962	32	KCA	AL	6	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%				5.0	2.00	83%

1964	34	HOU	NL	4	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.0			50%
11 Seasons				79	0.0%	19.0%	2.5%	1.3%	13%	7.50	4.5	16.8	2.50	67%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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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
1954	24	STL	NL	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
1955	25	STL	NL	0	0	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1956	26	STL	NL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1957	27	NYG	NL	0	0	0%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1958	28	SFG	NL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1959	29	SFG	NL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1960	30	BAL	AL	0	0	0%	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1962	32	KCA	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

1964	34	HOU	NL	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
11 Seasons				0	0	20%	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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						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
1954	24	STL	NL	15	47%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	100%	4	0	0%	5	1	20%	15	0	0%	0	0		1	1	100%	14
1955	25	STL	NL	6	17%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	300%	0	0		1	1	100%	2	0	0%	0	0		1	1	100%	13
1956	26	STL	NL	2	0%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1957	27	NYG	NL	2	50%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1958	28	SFG	NL	7	14%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	3	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1959	29	SFG	NL	5	20%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	5	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1960	30	BAL	AL	5	20%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	1	100%	0	0		0	0		0

1962	32	KCA	AL	6	33%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	1	1	100%	5	1	20%	1	1	100%	0	0		0

1964	34	HOU	NL	4	50%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
11 Seasons				52	31%	8			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	9	129%	7	0	0%	9	3	33%	35	2	6%	1	1	100%	2	2	100%	27
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	SH	SF	IBB
1954	24	11	29	24	0	3	1	1	1	4	.125	.160	.167	.327	-14	4	4	0
1955	25	26	48	38	2	4	1	2	2	7	.105	.146	.132	.278	-26	5	7	1	0
1956	26	31	50	40	2	4	1	2	2	8	.100	.140	.125	.265	-29	5	7	1	0
1957	27	41	52	42	2	5	1	2	2	8	.119	.156	.143	.298	-20	6	7	1	0
1958	28	52	59	49	2	5	1	2	2	10	.102	.135	.122	.257	-31	6	7	1	0
1959	29	83	64	53	2	5	1	2	2	11	.094	.125	.113	.238	-36	6	8	1	0
1960	30	112	69	58	2	7	1	3	2	13	.121	.148	.138	.285	-24	8	8	1	0
1961	31	115	69	58	2	7	1	3	2	13	.121	.148	.138	.285	-24	8	8	1	0
1962	32	136	75	63	2	7	1	4	2	13	.111	.136	.127	.263	-29	8	9	1	0
1963	33	136	75	63	2	7	1	4	2	13	.111	.136	.127	.263	-29	8	9	1	0
1964	34	170	79	67	2	8	1	4	2	15	.119	.143	.134	.277	-25	9	9	1	0
1965	35	171	79	67	2	8	1	4	2	15	.119	.143	.134	.277	-25	9	9	1	0

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1954	24	12	27	26	0	4	1	0	0	2	0	1	4	.154	.185	.192	.377	1	11
1955	25	16	17	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.059	.000	.059	0	15
1956	26	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	5
1957	27	10	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	10
1958	28	12	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	11
1959	29	32	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	31
1960	30	31	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	29

1962	32	21	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	21

1964	34	34	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	34
9 Seasons		173	73	70	0	4	1	0	0	4	0	2	15	.057	.082	.071	.154	3	167
162 Game Avg.		162	68	66	0	4	1	0	0	4	0	2	14	.057	.082	.071	.154	3	167

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