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Jake Jones

James Murrell Jones

Position: First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 197 lb.

Born: November 23, 1920 in Epps, LA (All Transactions)
Debut: September 20, 1941
Teams (by GP): RedSox/WhiteSox 1941-1948

Final Game: September 19, 1948
Died: December 13, 2000 in Delhi, LA
Buried: Epps Cemetery, Epps, LA
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Standard Batting

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	Pos	Awards
1939	18	MRO	C	138	524	524		168	26	6	14						.321	.321	.473	.794		248					MRO · CSTL
1940	19	SHV	A1	154	541	541		163	34	2	16						.301	.301	.460	.762		249					SHV · TL
1941	20	SHV	A1	126	450	450		128	22	5	24						.284	.284	.516	.800		232					SHV · TL
1941	20	CHW	AL	3	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	/3
1942	21	CHW-min	A1	50	192	192		55	8	1	6						.286	.286	.432	.719		83					SHV · TL
1942	21	CHW	AL	7	22	20	2	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	.150	.227	.200	.427	22	4	0	0	0	/3

1946	25	CHW	AL	24	83	79	10	21	5	1	3	13	0	0	2	13	.266	.284	.468	.752	111	37	3	0	1	3
1947	26	TOT	AL	154	636	575	65	136	21	4	19	96	6	4	54	85	.237	.306	.386	.693	89	222	11	4	3	*3
1947	26	CHW	AL	45	185	171	15	41	7	1	3	20	1	0	13	25	.240	.297	.345	.642	82	59	4	1	0	3
1947	26	BOS	AL	109	451	404	50	95	14	3	16	76	5	4	41	60	.235	.310	.403	.714	92	163	7	3	3	*3
1948	27	BOS	AL	36	116	105	3	21	4	0	1	8	1	0	11	26	.200	.276	.267	.543	42	28	4	0	0	3
1949	28	BOS-BAL-min	AAA,AA	125	500	444	34	108	17	0	18	44	3		44	40	.243	.320	.403	.723		179	6	6	6		LOU,SAN · AA,TL
5 Yrs				224	868	790	80	181	31	5	23	117	8	4	69	130	.229	.294	.368	.663	80	291	18	4	4
162 Game Avg.				162	628	571	58	131	22	4	17	85	6	3	50	94	.229	.294	.368	.663	80	210	13	3	3

CHW (4 yrs)				79	301	281	27	65	13	2	6	33	2	0	17	44	.231	.278	.356	.633	79	100	7	1	1
BOS (2 yrs)				145	567	509	53	116	18	3	17	84	6	4	52	86	.228	.303	.375	.678	81	191	11	3	3

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1941	20	CHW	AL	3	11	-3	0	0	0	-0	-3	-0.3	0	-3	-0.3	.382	.498	-0.3	-0.0	-3	$	/3
1942	21	CHW	AL	7	22	-2	0	0	-1	-0	-3	-0.3	0	-2	-0.3	.455	.498	-0.2	-0.1	-1	$	/3

1946	25	CHW	AL	24	83	1	0	0	-2	-1	-2	-0.2	2	-0	0.0	.490	.499	0.2	-0.3	2	$	3
1947	26	CHW	AL	45	185	-4	0	0	-1	-2	-7	-0.8	5	-2	-0.3	.484	.495	-0.2	-0.3	-1	$	3
1947	26	BOS	AL	109	451	-6	-0	0	1	-5	-10	-1.1	12	2	0.0	.490	.493	-0.1	-0.5	1	$	*3
1948	27	BOS	AL	36	116	-9	-0	-0	1	-1	-11	-1.1	3	-8	-0.8	.469	.493	-0.9	-0.0	-9	$	3
5 Seasons				224	868	-23	0	-0	-2	-10	-36	-3.9	22	-14	-1.7	.483	.496	-1.5	-1.3	-12	$

CHW (4 yrs)				79	301	-9	1	0	-4	-3	-15	-1.7	8	-8	-0.9	.479	.497	-0.5	-0.8	-4	$
BOS (2 yrs)				145	567	-15	-1	-0	2	-6	-20	-2.2	14	-6	-0.8	.485	.493	-1.0	-0.5	-8	$

Advanced Batting

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	PwrSpd
1941	20	CHW	AL	11	11	0	0.0	106	.000	.000	.274	.000	.351	.000	.404	.000	.755	-100	.000	-3.2	-0.3	.000	.000	.000
1942	21	CHW	AL	22	17	1	1.6	92	.167	.150	.262	.227	.336	.200	.367	.427	.703	22	.148	-2.0	-0.2	.412	.200	.050	.0

1946	25	CHW	AL	83	62	11	4.7	92	.286	.266	.259	.284	.333	.468	.373	.752	.705	111	.559	0.4	0.0	.639	.228	.203	.0
1947	26	TOT	AL	636	457	66	3.8	99	.248	.237	.267	.306	.347	.386	.383	.693	.730	89	.464	-11.3	-1.2	.621	.247	.150	9.1
1947	26	CHW	AL	185	134	17	3.4	92	.266	.240	.257	.297	.336	.345	.369	.642	.705	82	.405	-4.6	-0.5	.552	.187	.105	1.5
1947	26	BOS	AL	451	323	49	4.0	102	.241	.235	.271	.310	.352	.403	.389	.714	.741	92	.487	-6.7	-0.7	.650	.272	.168	7.6
1948	27	BOS	AL	116	88	8	2.4	110	.256	.200	.279	.276	.365	.267	.403	.543	.768	42	.235	-9.2	-0.9	.455	.181	.067	1.0
5 Yrs				868	635	86	3.6	100	.248	.229	.267	.294	.348	.368	.385	.663	.733	80	.428	-25.3	-2.6	.583	.232	.139	11.9
162 Game Avg.				628	459	62	3.6	100	.248	.229	.267	.294	.348	.368	.385	.663	.733	80	.428	-25.3	-2.6	.583	.232	.139	9

CHW (4 yrs)				301	224	29	3.5	93	.255	.231	.258	.278	.335	.356	.371	.633	.707	79	.413	-9.4	-1.0	.538	.192	.125	3.0
BOS (2 yrs)				567	411	57	3.7	104	.244	.228	.272	.303	.355	.375	.392	.678	.747	81	.436	-15.9	-1.6	.608	.253	.147	8.9

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1941	20	CHW	AL	11	0.0%	36.4%	0.0%	0.0%			2.8				64%
1942	21	CHW	AL	22	0.0%	9.1%	9.1%	4.6%	33%	1.00	10.0				82%

1946	25	CHW	AL	83	3.6%	15.7%	2.4%	10.8%	43%	6.50	6.1	26.3	6.1		76%
1947	26	TOT	AL	636	3.0%	13.4%	8.5%	6.9%	32%	1.57	6.8	30.3	6.0		74%
1947	26	CHW	AL	185	1.6%	13.5%	7.0%	6.0%	27%	1.92	6.8	57.0	8.6		77%
1947	26	BOS	AL	451	3.6%	13.3%	9.1%	7.3%	35%	1.46	6.7	25.3	5.3		73%
1948	27	BOS	AL	116	0.9%	22.4%	9.5%	4.3%	24%	2.36	4.0	105.0	13.1	0.87	67%
5 Yrs				868	2.7%	15.0%	8.0%	6.8%	33%	1.88	6.1	34.3	6.8	0.87	73%
MLB Averages					1.3%	9.2%	9.1%	5.9%	26%	1.00	9.7	70.0	8.7	0.97	78%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1941	20	CHW	AL	-3.2	-0.3	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1942	21	CHW	AL	-2.0	-0.2	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

1946	25	CHW	AL	0.4	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1947	26	TOT	AL	-11.5	-1.2	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1947	26	CHW	AL	-4.8	-0.5	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1947	26	BOS	AL	-6.7	-0.7	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1948	27	BOS	AL	-9.2	-0.9	87	-0.5	1.0	-1.5	.89	-0.5	-0.0	-5.6	-0.5	1.00	-5.5	1.33	2
5 Yrs				-25.5	-2.6	87	-0.5	1.0	-1.5	.89	-0.5	-0.0	-5.6	-0.5	1.00	-5.5	1.33	2

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	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
1948	27	BOS	AL	1	0	7%	24	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	11%	5	5	0	1	1	0	3	2	1
5 Yrs				1	1	25%	24	8	4	67%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	11%	5	5	0	1	1	0	3	2	1

Situational Hitting*

						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
1948	27	BOS	AL	116	32%	21			2	0	0	0	1.33	1	0	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		21	4	19%	8	2	25%	69	6	9%	11	2	18%	3	0	0%	0
5 Yrs				116	32%	181			2	0	0	0	1.33	23	0	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	4		21	18	86%	8	2	25%	69	6	9%	11	2	18%	3	0	0%	0
MLB Averages					51%																			1247%			128%			35%			15%			52%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH
1941	20	3	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
1942	21	10	33	31	2	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	6	.097	.152	.129	.281	-22	4	0	0	0
1943	22	10	33	31	2	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	6	.097	.152	.129	.281	-22	4	0	0	0
1944	23	10	33	31	2	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	6	.097	.152	.129	.281	-22	4	0	0	0
1945	24	10	33	31	2	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	6	.097	.152	.129	.281	-22	4	0	0	0
1946	25	34	116	110	12	24	6	1	3	13	1	0	4	19	.218	.246	.373	.618	73	41	3	0	1
1947	26	188	752	685	77	160	27	5	22	109	7	4	58	104	.234	.297	.384	.681	87	263	14	4	4
1948	27	224	868	790	80	181	31	5	23	117	8	4	69	130	.229	.294	.368	.663	80	291	18	4	4

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
1941	20	3	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	3
1942	21	7	23	21	2	3	1	0	0	0	1	2	2	.143	.217	.190	.408	1	7

1946	25	25	88	85	12	24	6	1	3	16	0	2	14	.282	.299	.482	.781	13	24
1947	26	160	664	600	69	144	22	4	20	102	6	57	88	.240	.310	.390	.700	72	154
1948	27	38	120	109	3	21	4	0	1	8	1	11	27	.193	.267	.257	.524	7	36
5 Yrs		233	906	826	86	192	33	5	24	126	8	72	135	.232	.297	.372	.669	93	224
162 Game Avg.		162	630	574	60	133	23	3	17	88	6	50	94	.232	.297	.372	.669	65	224

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Played s c a p y 1947 AL 154 (5th)	At Bats s c a p y 1947 AL 575 (6th)	Plate Appearances s c a p y 1947 AL 636 (9th)	Home Runs s c a p y 1947 AL 19 (7th)
Runs Batted In s c a p y 1947 AL 96 (4th)	Strikeouts s c a p y 1947 AL 85 (4th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1947 AL 4 (5th)	Power-Speed # s c a p y 1947 AL 9.1 (4th)
AB per HR s c a p y 1947 AL 30.3 (8th)	Outs Made s c a p y 1947 AL 457 (6th)	Youngest s c a p y 1941 AL born 1920-11-23 (7th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Batting - 10 (1407), Average HOFer ≈ 144

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