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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1954 STL NL 24 P 11 10 81.0 19 7 11 1 0 .947 2.00 1.64 .958 2.07 0.87
1955 STL NL 25 P 15 9 57.0 5 1 4 0 1 1.000 0.79 0.33 .940 2.04 0.83
1956 STL NL 26 P 5 1 11.1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.59 0.40 .950 2.06 0.82
1957 NYG NL 27 P 10 0 11.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.08 0.82
1958 SFG NL 28 P 11 1 30.1 12 2 9 1 1 .917 3.26 1.00 .958 1.96 0.77
1959 SFG NL 29 P 31 0 43.2 7 1 6 0 1 1.000 1.44 0.23 .957 2.00 0.82
1960 BAL AL 30 P 29 0 55.0 13 5 8 0 1 1.000 2.13 0.45 .969 1.96 0.78
1961 BAL AL 31 P 3 0 5.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 0.33 1.000 1.98 0.83
1962 KCA AL 32 P 21 0 32.2 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.10 0.19 .950 2.09 0.79
1964 HOU NL 34 P 34 0 50.0 11 4 7 0 0 1.000 1.98 0.32 .955 2.14 0.84
1965 HOU NL 35 P 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 0.80
11 Seasons P 171 21 378.2 74 22 50 2 4 .973 1.71 0.42 .958 2.04 0.81
11 Seasons TOT 171 21 378.2 74 22 50 2 4 .973 1.71 0.42 .931 2.04 0.81

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1954 STL NL 24 11 10 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 STL NL 25 15 9 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 STL NL 26 5 1 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 NYG NL 27 10 0 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 SFG NL 28 11 1 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 SFG NL 29 31 0 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 BAL AL 30 29 0 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 BAL AL 31 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 KCA AL 32 21 0 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 HOU NL 34 34 0 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 HOU NL 35 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Seasons 171 21 171 171 171 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1954 STL NL 24 168 81% 26% 5 100% 0 4 0 4 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 STL NL 25 116 73% 16% 2 100% 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 STL NL 26 54 80% 35% 2 100% 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 NYG NL 27 53 87% 19% 1 100% 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 SFG NL 28 127 89% 30% 10 90% 0 2 0 2 9 7 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 4 75%
1959 SFG NL 29 197 75% 19% 6 83% 0 0 0 0 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 67%
1960 BAL AL 30 233 81% 19% 9 100% 0 5 0 4 9 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 100%
1961 BAL AL 31 20 80% 25% 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 KCA AL 32 134 69% 7% 2 100% 0 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1964 HOU NL 34 229 82% 22% 11 91% 0 4 2 2 9 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1965 HOU NL 35 3 100% 33% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Seasons 1334 79% 21% 48 94% 0 18 3 14 43 36 3 1 0 1 0 1 3 1 3 0 11 82%
MLB Averages 78% 27% 89% 81%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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