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 Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg 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 Awards
1954 24 STL NL 4 4 .500 2.00 11 10 0 4 2 0 81.0 78 25 18 3 19 48 1 0 1 338 206 1.198 8.7 0.3 2.1 5.3 2.53
1955 25 STL NL 1 4 .200 5.84 15 9 1 0 0 0 57.0 66 38 37 10 28 5 46 1 0 0 262 69 1.649 10.4 1.6 4.4 7.3 1.64
1956 26 STL NL 0 2 .000 5.56 5 1 0 0 0 0 11.1 14 9 7 2 5 0 6 0 0 0 53 68 1.676 11.1 1.6 4.0 4.8 1.20
1957 27 NYG NL 0 1 .000 6.17 10 0 3 0 0 0 11.2 16 9 8 1 3 1 5 1 0 2 57 64 1.629 12.3 0.8 2.3 3.9 1.67
1958 28 SFG NL 3 1 .750 2.37 11 1 4 0 0 1 30.1 33 11 8 2 5 1 8 1 1 0 125 160 1.253 9.8 0.6 1.5 2.4 1.60
1959 29 SFG NL 3 2 .600 4.33 31 0 10 0 0 2 43.2 45 23 21 6 19 5 29 1 0 0 192 88 1.466 9.3 1.2 3.9 6.0 1.53
1960 30 BAL AL 1 1 .500 4.42 29 0 15 0 0 2 55.0 59 28 27 9 13 1 30 1 1 0 228 86 1.309 9.7 1.5 2.1 4.9 2.31
1961 31 BAL AL 0 0 5.40 3 0 2 0 0 1 5.0 5 3 3 3 0 0 4 0 0 0 20 72 1.000 9.0 5.4 0.0 7.2
1962 32 KCA AL 3 2 .600 6.34 21 0 16 0 0 6 32.2 31 23 23 10 14 1 28 0 0 0 142 66 1.378 8.5 2.8 3.9 7.7 2.00
1964 34 HOU NL 0 1 .000 4.14 34 0 11 0 0 0 50.0 58 24 23 3 14 2 28 0 0 4 220 83 1.440 10.4 0.5 2.5 5.0 2.00
1965 35 HOU NL 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
11 Seasons 15 18 .455 4.16 171 21 63 4 2 12 378.2 405 193 175 49 120 16 232 6 2 7 1640 94 1.386 9.6 1.2 2.9 5.5 1.93
162 Game Avg. 5 6 .455 4.16 61 7 22 1 1 4 134 143 68 62 17 43 82 2 1 2 581 94 1.386 9.6 1.2 2.9 5.5 1.93
SFG (3 yrs) 6 4 .600 3.89 52 1 17 0 0 3 85.2 94 43 37 9 27 7 42 3 1 2 374 98 1.412 9.9 0.9 2.8 4.4 1.56
STL (3 yrs) 5 10 .333 3.74 31 20 1 4 2 0 149.1 158 72 62 15 52 5 100 2 0 1 653 109 1.406 9.5 0.9 3.1 6.0 1.92
HOU (2 yrs) 0 1 .000 4.06 35 0 12 0 0 0 51.0 58 24 23 3 14 2 28 0 0 4 223 84 1.412 10.2 0.5 2.5 4.9 2.00
BAL (2 yrs) 1 1 .500 4.50 32 0 17 0 0 3 60.0 64 31 30 12 13 1 34 1 1 0 248 84 1.283 9.6 1.8 2.0 5.1 2.62
KCA (1 yr) 3 2 .600 6.34 21 0 16 0 0 6 32.2 31 23 23 10 14 1 28 0 0 0 142 66 1.378 8.5 2.8 3.9 7.7 2.00
NL (8 yrs) 11 15 .423 3.84 118 21 30 4 2 3 286.0 310 139 122 27 93 14 170 5 1 7 1250 101 1.409 9.8 0.8 2.9 5.3 1.83
AL (3 yrs) 4 3 .571 5.15 53 0 33 0 0 9 92.2 95 54 53 22 27 2 62 1 1 0 390 77 1.317 9.2 2.1 2.6 6.0 2.30

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1954 24 STL NL 11 338 315 25 78 13 2 3 1 0 19 48 .248 .292 .330 .622 .283 104 2 1 2 1
1955 25 STL NL 15 262 231 38 66 4 1 10 1 0 28 46 .286 .363 .442 .804 .316 102 0 1 0 2 5
1956 26 STL NL 5 53 45 9 14 4 2 2 1 0 5 6 .311 .380 .622 1.002 .324 28 1 0 3 0 0
1957 27 NYG NL 10 57 50 9 16 3 0 1 1 0 3 5 .320 .364 .440 .804 .333 22 1 1 2 1 1
1958 28 SFG NL 11 125 116 11 33 5 1 2 1 2 5 8 .284 .320 .397 .716 .292 46 3 1 3 0 1
1959 29 SFG NL 31 192 161 23 45 6 1 6 1 1 19 29 .280 .355 .441 .796 .305 71 4 1 9 2 5
1960 30 BAL AL 29 228 210 28 59 15 3 9 2 1 13 30 .281 .324 .510 .834 .291 107 4 1 3 1 1
1961 31 BAL AL 3 20 20 3 5 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 .250 .250 .700 .950 .154 14 0 0 0 0 0
1962 32 KCA AL 21 132 113 23 31 2 2 10 3 1 14 28 .274 .349 .593 .942 .273 67 0 0 3 2 1
1964 34 HOU NL 34 220 200 24 58 4 3 3 4 1 14 28 .290 .333 .385 .718 .322 77 1 0 4 2 2
1965 35 HOU NL 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Seasons 171 1630 1464 193 405 56 15 49 15 6 120 232 .277 .332 .436 .767 .298 638 16 6 29 11 16
162 Game Avg. 61 577 519 68 143 20 5 17 5 2 43 82 .277 .332 .436 .767 .298 226 6 2 10 4
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1954 24 STL NL 11 10 4 4 2 1 4 4 6 .400 0 1 4 2 9 90% 61 83 49 0 0 2 4 3.4 4.6 8.0
1955 25 STL NL 15 9 1 3 5 0 1 2 7 .222 0 2 0 0 2 22% 46 79 34 7 3 2 5 4.0 7.9 4.9
1956 26 STL NL 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 30 30 30 3 0 1 0 5.0 0.0 2.0
1958 28 SFG NL 11 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 45 45 45 1 0 0 1 9.0 9.0 5.0
4 Seasons 42 21 6 8 7 2 5 7 14 .333 0 3 4 2 11 52% 52 83 30 11 3 5 10 4.0 5.4 6.2
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1954 24 STL NL 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.834 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
1955 25 STL NL 15 6 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 0.751 0 1 3 0 0 4 1 3 5 1 4 0 6.7
1956 26 STL NL 5 4 0 0 1 1 0 1 0% 2 1 3 3 100% 4 0.769 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 0 4 0 7.0
1957 27 NYG NL 10 10 3 0 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 8 2 25% 0.680 2 2 4 1 0 7 5 3 3 5 4 2 3.5
1958 28 SFG NL 11 10 4 2 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 7 2 29% 6 0.649 2 4 4 1 2 7 4 6 5 1 5 1 7.6
1959 29 SFG NL 31 31 10 3 2 3 2 1 67% 3 0 21 6 29% 6 0.978 7 8 16 5 3 23 13 18 15 9 15 2 4.2
1960 30 BAL AL 29 29 15 1 1 3 2 1 67% 4 1 18 9 50% 8 0.546 6 4 18 5 0 24 9 20 16 4 16 1 5.7
1961 31 BAL AL 3 3 2 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 8 0.031 0 0 3 1 0 2 0 3 2 0 2 1 5.0
1962 32 KCA AL 21 21 16 3 2 8 6 2 75% 9 0 11 4 36% 8 1.259 9 1 9 9 2 8 6 13 13 1 13 6 4.7
1964 34 HOU NL 34 34 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 20 6 30% 8 0.514 4 7 22 1 4 29 14 20 19 9 19 8 4.4
1965 35 HOU NL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0.020 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0
11 Seasons 171 150 63 9 10 18 12 6 67% 21 2 91 35 38% 0.746 31 29 81 25 12 106 53 90 81 30 82 21 5.0

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1954 24 STL NL 338 49% 0.9% 14.2% 5.6% 5.3% 23% 0.77 78% 20 2 10%
1955 25 STL NL 262 42% 3.8% 17.6% 10.7% 5.7% 23% 0.43 68% 33 0 0%
1956 26 STL NL 53 23% 3.8% 11.3% 9.4% 15.1% 57% 3.67 70% 9 1 11%
1957 27 NYG NL 57 34% 1.8% 8.8% 5.3% 7.0% 25% 0.56 79% 15 1 7%
1958 28 SFG NL 125 37% 1.6% 6.4% 4.0% 6.4% 24% 1.00 85% 28 3 11%
1959 29 SFG NL 192 40% 3.1% 15.1% 9.9% 6.8% 29% 0.81 67% 46 4 9%
1960 30 BAL AL 228 34% 4.0% 13.2% 5.7% 11.8% 46% 0.65 75% 40 4 10%
1961 31 BAL AL 20 50% 15.0% 20.0% 0.0% 15.0% 60% 0.83 65% 0 0
1962 32 KCA AL 132 42% 7.6% 21.2% 10.6% 10.6% 45% 0.25 58% 24 0 0%
1964 34 HOU NL 220 43% 1.4% 12.7% 6.4% 4.6% 17% 0.66 78% 39 1 3%
1965 35 HOU NL 3 67% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.50 100% 0 0
11 Seasons 1630 40% 3.0% 14.2% 7.4% 7.4% 30% 0.70 73% 254 16 6%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1954 24 STL NL 166 78 3 0 1 1 2 0 3 2 1 1 50% 3 1 0 61 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 172
1955 25 STL NL 115 66 10 0 4 2 3 2 3 8 4 2 50% 0 0 0 52 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 147
1956 26 STL NL 53 14 2 1 1 1 1 0 2 3 2 0 67% 1 0 0 22 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 27 NYG NL 50 16 1 0 4 1 0 1 0 3 1 1 33% 2 2 0 24 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 7
1958 28 SFG NL 124 33 2 0 4 1 1 1 1 7 1 0 14% 4 0 0 49 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
1959 29 SFG NL 192 45 6 0 7 5 1 2 4 12 6 0 50% 4 0 0 86 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
1960 30 BAL AL 228 59 9 0 3 4 5 3 6 15 8 0 53% 0 0 1 87 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1961 31 BAL AL 20 5 3 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 32 KCA AL 131 31 10 0 1 3 6 6 3 7 5 2 71% 0 0 0 49 3 1 75% 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
1964 34 HOU NL 220 58 3 0 3 0 3 0 3 8 5 1 63% 2 4 0 93 4 1 80% 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 11 0
1965 35 HOU NL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Seasons 1302 405 49 1 28 20 23 16 27 65 33 7 51% 16 7 1 525 15 6 71% 14 5 1 0 0 1 1 0 26 328
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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+
1954 24 4 4 .500 2.00 11 10 0 4 2 0 81.0 78 25 18 3 19 48 1 0 1 338 206 1.198 8.7 0.3 2.1 5.3 2.53 206
1955 25 5 8 .385 3.59 26 19 1 4 2 0 138.0 144 63 55 13 47 5 94 2 0 1 600 114 1.384 9.4 0.8 3.1 6.1 2.00 114
1956 26 5 10 .333 3.74 31 20 1 4 2 0 149.1 158 72 62 15 52 5 100 2 0 1 653 109 1.406 9.5 0.9 3.1 6.0 1.92 109
1957 27 5 11 .313 3.91 41 20 4 4 2 0 161.0 174 81 70 16 55 6 105 3 0 3 710 104 1.422 9.7 0.9 3.1 5.9 1.91 104
1958 28 8 12 .400 3.67 52 21 8 4 2 1 191.1 207 92 78 18 60 7 113 4 1 3 835 109 1.395 9.7 0.8 2.8 5.3 1.88 109
1959 29 11 14 .440 3.79 83 21 18 4 2 3 235.0 252 115 99 24 79 12 142 5 1 3 1027 105 1.409 9.7 0.9 3.0 5.4 1.80 105
1960 30 12 15 .444 3.91 112 21 33 4 2 5 290.0 311 143 126 33 92 13 172 6 2 3 1255 101 1.390 9.7 1.0 2.9 5.3 1.87 101
1961 31 12 15 .444 3.94 115 21 35 4 2 6 295.0 316 146 129 36 92 13 176 6 2 3 1275 100 1.383 9.6 1.1 2.8 5.4 1.91 100
1962 32 15 17 .469 4.17 136 21 51 4 2 12 327.2 347 169 152 46 106 14 204 6 2 3 1417 95 1.383 9.5 1.3 2.9 5.6 1.92 95
1963 33 15 17 .469 4.17 136 21 51 4 2 12 327.2 347 169 152 46 106 14 204 6 2 3 1417 95 1.383 9.5 1.3 2.9 5.6 1.92 95
1964 34 15 18 .455 4.17 170 21 62 4 2 12 377.2 405 193 175 49 120 16 232 6 2 7 1637 93 1.390 9.7 1.2 2.9 5.5 1.93 93
1965 35 15 18 .455 4.16 171 21 63 4 2 12 378.2 405 193 175 49 120 16 232 6 2 7 1640 94 1.386 9.6 1.2 2.9 5.5 1.93 94

Neutralized Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1954 24 7 2 .778 1.91 85.0 80 20 18 3 19 50 1 1.165 8.5 2.0 5.3 2.63 0.3 11
1955 25 2 4 .333 5.90 58.0 70 42 38 11 30 47 1 1.724 10.9 4.7 7.3 1.57 1.7 15
1956 26 0 1 .000 6.00 12.0 15 9 8 2 5 6 0 1.667 11.3 3.8 4.5 1.20 1.5 5
1957 27 0 1 .000 5.54 13.0 17 9 8 1 3 6 1 1.538 11.8 2.1 4.2 2.00 0.7 10
1958 28 2 1 .667 2.70 30.0 35 10 9 2 5 8 1 1.333 10.5 1.5 2.4 1.60 0.6 11
1959 29 2 2 .500 4.70 44.0 48 26 23 6 20 29 1 1.545 9.8 4.1 5.9 1.45 1.2 31
1960 30 2 4 .333 4.83 54.0 63 32 29 10 14 29 1 1.426 10.5 2.3 4.8 2.07 1.7 29
1961 31 0 0 3.86 7.0 0 3 3 0 0 6 0 0.000 0.0 0.0 7.7 0.0 3
1962 32 1 2 .333 6.19 32.0 31 24 22 10 14 27 0 1.406 8.7 3.9 7.6 1.93 2.8 21
1964 34 2 3 .400 4.88 48.0 62 29 26 3 15 27 0 1.604 11.6 2.8 5.1 1.80 0.6 34
1965 35 0 0 0.00 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1
11 Seasons 18 20 .474 4.31 384.0 421 204 184 48 125 235 6 1.422 9.9 5.5 1.88 1.1 171

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