Jeff Jones

Jeffrey Allen Jones

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: July 29, 1956 in Detroit, MI
School: Bowling Green State University (Bowling Green, OH)
Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 13th round of the 1977 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 10, 1980
Team: Athletics 1980-1984

Final Game: September 14, 1984
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Standard Pitching

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
1977	20	OAK-min	A,AA	4	3	.571	4.25	18	6		2	1	4	55.0	44	28	26	3	35	0	46	1	0	10			1.436	7.2	0.5	5.7	7.5	1.31	MOD,CNG · CALL,SOUL
1978	21	OAK-min	AA	10	13	.435	3.72	29	29		11	1	0	191.0	187	102	79	10	84	8	121	2	2	5			1.419	8.8	0.5	4.0	5.7	1.44	JER · EL
1979	22	OAK-min	AAA	13	7	.650	3.50	28	25		6	1	0	175.0	152	79	68	8	89	7	126	5	5	8			1.377	7.8	0.4	4.6	6.5	1.42	OGD · PCL
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	134	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	102	1.492	7.5	1.0	5.9	6.3	1.08
1982	25	OAK-min	AAA	1	1	.500	8.71	8	1	5	0	0	1	10.1	17	10	10	1	7	2	6	0	0	2			2.323	14.8	0.9	6.1	5.2	0.86	TAC · PCL
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-min	AAA	6	9	.400	3.56	26	19	2	3	0	0	121.1	123	69	48	11	38	3	80	5	0	7			1.327	9.1	0.8	2.8	5.9	2.11	TAC · PCL
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	67	1.719	13.0	2.1	2.4	4.2	1.75
1984	27	OAK-min	AAA	3	5	.375	2.93	9	9	0	3	0	0	61.1	47	26	20	4	25	3	47	2	0	1			1.174	6.9	0.6	3.7	6.9	1.88	TAC · PCL
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	106	1.303	8.5	1.1	3.3	5.2	1.58
1986	29	DET-min	AA	2	6	.250	5.28	16	7	4	3	2	1	61.1	57	39	36	4	16	3	48	0	0	2			1.190	8.4	0.6	2.3	7.0	3.00	GLF · EL
1987	30	DET-min	AAA,AA	5	5	.500	4.85	28	18	3	0	0	1	115.0	120	69	62	17	37	5	95	1	1	2			1.365	9.4	1.3	2.9	7.4	2.57	TOL,GLF · IL,EL
5 Yrs				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

Player Value--Pitchers

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

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1980	23	OAK	AL	44.1	35	0	21	4.26	4.83	0.55	-0.39	93.1	3.63	-3	-0.3	1.9	-0.3	-0.2	2	.490	.498	$
1981	24	OAK	AL	61.0	33	0	27	3.98	4.09	0.48	-0.33	92.7	3.04	-6	-0.7	1.8	-0.4	-0.6	-2	.479	.496	$
1982	25	OAK	AL	37.0	18	2	29	7.05	4.50	0.03	-0.23	95.9	4.07	-12	-1.2	1.4	-0.2	-1.1	-8	.434	.493	$
1983	26	OAK	AL	29.2	13	1	19	5.76	4.36	0.04	-0.24	95.6	3.90	-6	-0.6	1.5	-0.2	-0.5	-3	.452	.496	$
1984	27	OAK	AL	33.0	13	0	14	3.82	4.41	-0.14	-0.35	97.3	4.08	1	0.1	1.0	-0.1	0.3	4	.509	.501	$
5 Seasons				205.0	112	3	110	4.83	4.42	0.25	-0.31	94.5	3.65	-27	-2.7	1.6	-1.1	-2.1	-8	.476	.497	$

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

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*

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	ROE
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	4
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	3
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	4
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	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	1
5 Yrs				112	915	767	110	201	24	5	26	16	11	112	128	.262	.358	.408	.766	.282	313	16	7	22	7	12	13
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	8
MLB Averages																.261	.324	.385	.709	.284

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1980	23	OAK	AL	2.5	0.2	201	-0.4	3.3	-3.7	1.09	0.2	-0.6	3.0	0.3	1.09	3.6	18	5	8
1981	24	OAK	AL	0.2	0.0	282	0.6	7.5	-7.0	1.72	-0.5	0.8	-2.3	-0.3	1.72	-8.6	16	7	9
1982	25	OAK	AL	-7.9	-0.8	187	-0.6	2.4	-3.0	1.02	-1.0	0.4	-15.9	-1.6	1.02	-11.6	6	4	6
1983	26	OAK	AL	-5.6	-0.6	140	-0.9	1.2	-2.1	.60	-0.9	-0.5	-8.7	-0.9	0.60	-11.0	2	3	7
1984	27	OAK	AL	1.1	0.1	143	-0.5	1.7	-2.2	.85	-0.1	-0.5	2.4	0.3	0.85	-0.6	3	5	5
5 Yrs				-9.8	-1.0	953	-1.8	16.2	-18.0	1.15	-2.3	0.8	-21.6	-2.1	1.15	-28.3	45	24	35

Starting Pitching*

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
1982	25	OAK	AL	18	2	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	46.5	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%	58.0	58	58	8	2	1	0	2.4	0.0	6.3
2 Yrs				31	3	1	0	2	1	0	2	1	.667	0	1	0	0	1	33%	50	58	45	23	7	1	2	4.6	2.8	5.1
MLB Averages													.500						51%	50	98	-12					4.3	4.2	6.3

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1980	23	OAK	AL	35	35	13	1	3	8	5	3	63%	15	7	45	11	24%	8	1.094	18	5	8	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	1.719	16	7	9	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	1.019	6	4	6	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	.595	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	.853	3	5	5	2	1	10	12	1	9	4	10	2	7.6
5 Yrs				112	109	45	8	9	14	8	6	57%	24	10	147	49	33%		1.155	45	24	35	34	19	56	86	23	57	41	65	20	5.2

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1980	23	OAK	AL	192	56%	1.0%	17.7%	13.5%	3.1%	19%	1.02	65%	46	0	0%
1981	24	OAK	AL	273	62%	2.6%	15.8%	14.7%	3.7%	20%	0.80	63%	74	5	7%
1982	25	OAK	AL	177	60%	3.4%	10.2%	14.7%	7.9%	32%	1.00	68%	56	4	7%
1983	26	OAK	AL	138	58%	5.1%	10.1%	5.8%	10.9%	35%	0.80	77%	35	4	11%
1984	27	OAK	AL	135	51%	3.0%	14.1%	8.9%	7.4%	32%	0.74	73%	26	3	12%
5 Yrs				915	58%	2.8%	14.0%	12.2%	6.0%	27%	0.87	68%	237	16	7%
MLB Averages					42%	2.0%	13.2%	8.3%	6.5%	28%	1.09	75%			11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					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	0	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 Yrs				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	0	0	28	0
MLB Averages																		54%							67%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	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	5	44.1	32	21	14	2	26	2	34	1	3	192	134	1.308	6.5	0.4	5.3	6.9	1.31	134
1981	24	5	4	.556	3.16	68	0	27	8	105.1	83	48	37	9	66	9	77	4	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	8	142.1	127	77	58	15	92	10	95	5	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	8	172.0	170	96	77	22	100	11	109	7	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	8	205.0	201	110	90	26	112	12	128	7	11	915	94	1.527	8.8	1.1	4.9	5.6	1.14	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
1980	23	2	2	.500	3.35	43.0	34	18	16	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	85	48	43	12	67	60	5	1.788	9.0	7.1	6.4	0.90	1.3	33
1982	25	1	2	.333	6.09	34.0	46	26	23	6	27	17	1	2.147	12.2	7.1	4.5	0.63	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 Yrs		9	13	.409	4.83	220.0	243	132	118	31	143	140	9	1.755	9.9		5.7	0.98	1.3	112

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