Jeff Jones
Jeffrey Allen Jones
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 210 lb.

Born: July 29, 1956 in Detroit, MI
School: Bowling Green State University
Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 13th round of the 1977 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 10, 1980
Final Game: September 14, 1984
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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
1980 23 OAK AL 1 3 .250 2.84 35 0 13 0 0 5 44.1 32 21 14 2 26 2 34 1 0 3 192 132 1.308 6.5 0.4 5.3 6.9 1.31
1981 24 OAK AL 4 1 .800 3.39 33 0 14 0 0 3 61.0 51 27 23 7 40 7 43 3 0 3 273 103 1.492 7.5 1.0 5.9 6.3 1.08
1982 25 OAK AL 3 1 .750 5.11 18 2 7 0 0 0 37.0 44 29 21 6 26 1 18 1 0 3 177 76 1.892 10.7 1.5 6.3 4.4 0.69
1983 26 OAK AL 1 1 .500 5.76 13 1 5 0 0 0 29.2 43 19 19 7 8 1 14 2 0 0 138 66 1.719 13.0 2.1 2.4 4.2 1.75
1984 27 OAK AL 0 3 .000 3.55 13 0 6 0 0 0 33.0 31 14 13 4 12 1 19 0 0 2 135 105 1.303 8.5 1.1 3.3 5.2 1.58
5 Seasons 9 9 .500 3.95 112 3 45 0 0 8 205.0 201 110 90 26 112 12 128 7 0 11 915 94 1.527 8.8 1.1 4.9 5.6 1.14
162 Game Avg. 5 5 .500 3.95 66 2 27 0 0 5 121 119 65 53 15 66 7 76 4 0 7 541 94 1.527 8.8 1.1 4.9 5.6 1.14

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1981 24 OAK AL ALCS L NYY 0 0 4.50 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 10 1.500 9.0 0.0 4.5 0.0 0.00
1 ALCS 0 0 4.50 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 10 1.500 9.0 0.0 4.5 0.0 0.00

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
1980 23 OAK AL 35 192 157 21 32 3 1 2 3 4 26 34 .204 .316 .274 .589 .242 43 0 1 5 3 2
1981 24 OAK AL 33 273 219 27 51 3 0 7 4 2 40 43 .233 .355 .342 .697 .256 75 5 3 8 3 7
1982 25 OAK AL 18 177 144 29 44 7 1 6 4 1 26 18 .306 .415 .493 .908 .317 71 4 1 6 0 1
1983 26 OAK AL 13 138 127 19 43 5 3 7 2 0 8 14 .339 .387 .591 .977 .340 75 4 2 1 0 1
1984 27 OAK AL 13 135 120 14 31 6 0 4 3 4 12 19 .258 .323 .408 .732 .276 49 3 0 2 1 1
5 Seasons 112 915 767 110 201 24 5 26 16 11 112 128 .262 .358 .408 .766 .282 313 16 7 22 7 12
162 Game Avg. 66 541 454 65 119 14 3 15 9 7 66 76 .262 .358 .408 .766 .282 185 9 4 13 4 7
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
1982 25 OAK AL 18 2 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 47 48 45 15 5 0 2 6.5 4.5 4.5
1983 26 OAK AL 13 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 1 0 0 1 100% 58 58 58 8 2 1 0 2.4 0.0 6.3
2 Seasons 31 3 1 0 2 1 0 2 1 .667 0 1 0 0 1 33% 51 58 45 23 7 1 2 4.6 2.8 5.1
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
1980 23 OAK AL 35 35 13 1 3 8 5 3 63% 15 7 45 11 24% 8 1.125 18 5 10 17 4 14 28 7 13 17 17 5 3.8
1981 24 OAK AL 33 33 14 4 1 4 3 1 75% 6 2 45 13 29% 7 1.783 17 7 8 9 8 16 25 8 22 8 23 6 5.5
1982 25 OAK AL 18 16 7 2 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 20 10 50% 8 1.052 6 5 5 3 5 8 13 3 7 7 8 4 5.3
1983 26 OAK AL 13 12 5 1 1 1 0 1 0% 2 1 15 8 53% 3 0.617 2 3 7 3 1 8 8 4 6 5 7 3 5.8
1984 27 OAK AL 13 13 6 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 22 7 32% 5 0.866 3 5 5 2 1 10 12 1 9 4 10 2 7.6
5 Seasons 112 109 45 8 9 14 8 6 57% 24 10 147 49 33% 1.192 46 25 35 34 19 56 86 23 57 41 65 20 5.2

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%
1980 23 OAK AL 192 44% 1.0% 17.7% 13.5% 3.1% 19% 1.02 65% 46 0 0%
1981 24 OAK AL 273 38% 2.6% 15.8% 14.7% 3.7% 20% 0.80 63% 74 5 7%
1982 25 OAK AL 177 40% 3.4% 10.2% 14.7% 7.9% 32% 1.00 68% 56 4 7%
1983 26 OAK AL 138 42% 5.1% 10.1% 5.8% 10.9% 35% 0.80 77% 35 4 11%
1984 27 OAK AL 135 49% 3.0% 14.1% 8.9% 7.4% 32% 0.74 73% 26 3 12%
5 Seasons 915 42% 2.8% 14.0% 12.2% 6.0% 27% 0.87 68% 237 16 7%
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
1980 23 OAK AL 192 32 2 0 16 1 1 2 0 12 7 5 58% 4 3 0 87 3 4 43% 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1981 24 OAK AL 273 51 7 0 13 5 2 5 2 22 10 6 45% 3 3 0 136 4 2 67% 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 9 0
1982 25 OAK AL 177 44 6 0 10 1 5 5 1 20 13 3 65% 4 3 2 76 4 1 80% 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 7 0
1983 26 OAK AL 138 43 7 1 7 5 2 3 4 15 6 2 40% 1 0 0 54 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 27 OAK AL 135 31 4 0 6 2 2 0 4 12 9 1 75% 1 2 0 50 3 4 43% 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
5 Seasons 915 201 26 1 52 14 12 15 11 81 45 17 56% 13 11 2 403 16 11 59% 15 9 1 0 0 2 1 0 28 0
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+
1980 23 1 3 .250 2.84 35 0 13 0 0 5 44.1 32 21 14 2 26 2 34 1 0 3 192 132 1.308 6.5 0.4 5.3 6.9 1.31 132
1981 24 5 4 .556 3.16 68 0 27 0 0 8 105.1 83 48 37 9 66 9 77 4 0 6 465 114 1.415 7.1 0.8 5.6 6.6 1.17 114
1982 25 8 5 .615 3.67 86 2 34 0 0 8 142.1 127 77 58 15 92 10 95 5 0 9 642 100 1.539 8.0 0.9 5.8 6.0 1.03 100
1983 26 9 6 .600 4.03 99 3 39 0 0 8 172.0 170 96 77 22 100 11 109 7 0 9 780 92 1.570 8.9 1.2 5.2 5.7 1.09 92
1984 27 9 9 .500 3.95 112 3 45 0 0 8 205.0 201 110 90 26 112 12 128 7 0 11 915 94 1.527 8.8 1.1 4.9 5.6 1.14 94

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
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
1980 23 2 2 .500 3.14 43.0 34 17 15 2 28 33 1 1.442 7.1 5.9 6.9 1.18 0.4 35
1981 24 4 5 .444 4.55 85.0 86 48 43 12 67 60 5 1.800 9.1 7.1 6.4 0.90 1.3 33
1982 25 1 2 .333 6.09 34.0 47 26 23 6 28 17 1 2.206 12.4 7.4 4.5 0.61 1.6 18
1983 26 1 2 .333 6.75 28.0 45 23 21 7 8 13 2 1.893 14.5 2.6 4.2 1.63 2.3 13
1984 27 1 2 .333 4.50 30.0 33 17 15 4 13 17 0 1.533 9.9 3.9 5.1 1.31 1.2 13
5 Seasons 9 13 .409 4.79 220.0 245 131 117 31 144 140 9 1.768 10.0 5.7 0.97 1.3 112

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