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Gordon Jones

Gordon Bassett Jones

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 185 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
Teams (by GP): Giants/Colt.45's/Orioles/Cardinals/Athletics/... 1954-1965

Final Game: September 11, 1965
Died: April 25, 1994 in Lodi, CA
Buried: East Lawn Memorial Park, Sacramento, CA
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Dec 23, 2011, 8:24AM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson… 

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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 1 338 207 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 70 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 70 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 66 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 0 125 162 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 87 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 77 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 67 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 84 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 95 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 95 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 99 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 86 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 86 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 67 1.378 8.5 2.8 3.9 7.7 2.00
NL (8 yrs) NL 11 15 .423 3.84 118 21 30 4 2 3 286.0 310 139 122 27 93 14 170 5 1 7 1250 102 1.409 9.8 0.8 2.9 5.3 1.83
AL (3 yrs) AL 4 3 .571 5.15 53 0 33 0 0 9 92.2 95 54 53 22 27 2 62 1 1 0 390 78 1.317 9.2 2.1 2.6 6.0 2.30

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1954 24 STL NL 81.0 10 25 52 1 1.0 27 2.6 $
1955 25 STL NL 57.0 9 38 37 1 .8 -1 -0.2 $
1956 26 STL NL 11.1 1 9 6 0 .7 -3 -0.3 $
1957 27 NYG NL 11.2 0 9 7 0 .7 -2 -0.3 $
1958 28 SFG NL 30.1 1 11 18 0 .6 7 0.4 $
1959 29 SFG NL 43.2 0 23 24 0 1.0 1 -0.2 $
1960 30 BAL AL 55.0 0 28 28 2 .5 0 -0.3 $
1961 31 BAL AL 5.0 0 3 3 0 .0 0 0.0 $
1962 32 KCA AL 32.2 0 23 19 0 1.2 -4 -0.7 $
1964 34 HOU NL 50.0 0 24 28 -2 .5 4 0.1 $
1965 35 HOU NL 1.0 0 0 1 0 .0 1 0.0 $
11 Seasons 378.2 21 193 223 2 .8 30 1.1 $
SFG (3 yrs) 85.2 1 43 49 0 .8 6 -0.1 $
STL (3 yrs) 149.1 20 72 95 2 .9 23 2.1 $
HOU (2 yrs) 51.0 0 24 29 -2 .5 5 0.1 $
BAL (2 yrs) 60.0 0 31 31 2 .5 0 -0.3 $
KCA (1 yr) 32.2 0 23 19 0 1.2 -4 -0.7 $

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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 Awards
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 -59 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

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1954 24 STL NL 29 -4 0 0 0 0 2 1 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
1955 25 STL NL 19 -3 0 0 0 0 1 1 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ 1
1956 26 STL NL 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1
1957 27 NYG NL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
1958 28 SFG NL 7 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
1959 29 SFG NL 5 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
1960 30 BAL AL 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
1962 32 KCA AL 6 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
1964 34 HOU NL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
9 Seasons 79 -12 0 0 0 0 4 2 -6 -0.7 -6 -0.6 -0.1 $
SFG (3 yrs) 14 -3 0 0 0 0 1 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $
STL (3 yrs) 50 -8 0 0 0 0 3 2 -3 -0.4 -3 -0.3 -0.1 $
KCA (1 yr) 6 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $
HOU (1 yr) 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $
BAL (1 yr) 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
1954 STL NL 24 P 11 10 4 81.0 19 7 11 1 0 .947 2.00 1.64 .960 2.07 2.06 1 0 0% 0
1955 STL NL 25 P 15 9 0 57.0 5 1 4 0 1 1.000 0.79 0.33 .950 2.04 2.02 1 1 50% 0
1956 STL NL 26 P 5 1 0 11.1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.59 0.40 .965 2.06 2.02 1 0 0% 0
1957 NYG NL 27 P 10 0 0 11.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.08 2.08 1 0 0% 0
1958 SFG NL 28 P 11 1 0 30.1 12 2 9 1 1 .917 3.26 1.00 .955 1.96 1.96 1 2 67% 0
1959 SFG NL 29 P 31 0 0 43.2 7 1 6 0 1 1.000 1.44 0.23 .954 2.00 1.97 1 1 50% 0
1960 BAL AL 30 P 29 0 0 55.0 13 5 8 0 1 1.000 2.13 0.45 .967 1.96 1.95 2 1 33% 0
1961 BAL AL 31 P 3 0 0 5.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 0.33 .950 1.98 2.03 0 0 0
1962 KCA AL 32 P 21 0 0 32.2 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.10 0.19 .958 2.09 2.07 3 1 25% 0
1964 HOU NL 34 P 34 0 0 50.0 11 4 7 0 0 1.000 1.98 0.32 .953 2.14 2.13 4 1 20% 0
1965 HOU NL 35 P 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 2.10 0 0 0
11 Seasons P 171 21 4 378.2 74 22 50 2 4 .973 1.71 0.42 .958 2.04 2.03 15 7 32% 0
11 Seasons TOT 171 21 4 378.2 74 22 50 2 4 .973 1.71 0.42 .958 2.04 2.03 15 7 32% 0
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1959 NL  1.000 (1st)
1964 NL  1.000 (1st)

                                         

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