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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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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

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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 -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

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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

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Transactions

Before 1949 Season: Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent.

October 1, 1956: Sent by the St. Louis Cardinals to the New York Giants to complete an earlier deal made on June 14, 1956. The St. Louis Cardinals sent a player to be named later, Jackie Brandt, Dick Littlefield, Bill Sarni and Red Schoendienst to the New York Giants for Alvin Dark, Ray Katt, Don Liddle and Whitey Lockman.

November 30, 1959: Traded by the San Francisco Giants with Jackie Brandt and Roger McCardell to the Baltimore Orioles for Billy Loes and Billy O'Dell.

November, 1961: Purchased by the Kansas City Athletics from the Baltimore Orioles.

November 27, 1962: Drafted by the Houston Colt .45's from the Kansas City Athletics in the 1962 minor league draft.

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