Lynn Jones
Lynn Morris Jones
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: January 1, 1953 in Meadville, PA
School: Thiel College
Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 10th round of the 1974 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 13, 1979
Final Game: October 4, 1986
Relatives: Brother of Darryl Jones
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Standard Batting

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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
1979 26 DET AL 95 233 213 33 63 8 0 4 26 9 6 17 22 .296 .349 .390 .739 97 83 5 1 1 1 0 897/D
1980 27 DET AL 30 66 55 9 14 2 2 0 6 1 0 10 5 .255 .364 .364 .727 99 20 3 0 0 1 0 /9D87
1981 28 DET AL 71 197 174 19 45 5 0 2 19 1 2 18 10 .259 .328 .322 .650 86 56 6 1 2 2 1 9/7D
1982 29 DET AL 58 150 139 15 31 3 1 0 14 0 2 7 14 .223 .259 .259 .517 43 36 2 0 3 1 0 9/78D
1983 30 DET AL 49 70 64 9 17 1 2 0 6 1 0 3 6 .266 .299 .344 .642 79 22 1 0 3 0 0 97/D8
1984 31 KCR AL 47 109 103 11 31 6 0 1 10 1 3 4 9 .301 .330 .388 .719 99 40 4 1 0 1 0 97/8
1985 32 KCR AL 110 169 152 12 32 7 0 0 9 0 1 8 15 .211 .261 .257 .517 43 39 6 3 4 2 0 798/D
1986 33 KCR AL 67 54 47 1 6 2 0 0 1 0 0 6 5 .128 .226 .170 .397 10 8 2 0 1 0 0 79/8D4
8 Seasons 527 1048 947 109 239 34 5 7 91 13 14 73 86 .252 .308 .321 .629 73 304 29 6 14 8 1
162 Game Avg. 162 322 291 34 73 10 2 2 28 4 4 22 26 .252 .308 .321 .629 73 93 9 2 4 2 0
DET (5 yrs) 303 716 645 85 170 19 5 6 71 12 10 55 57 .264 .321 .336 .658 81 217 17 2 9 5 1
KCR (3 yrs) 224 332 302 24 69 15 0 1 20 1 4 18 29 .228 .278 .288 .566 56 87 12 4 5 3 0

Advanced Batting

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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
1979 26 DET AL 233 163 28 4.6 104 .314 .296 .273 .349 .338 .390 .414 .739 .752 97 .487 -0.9 -0.1 .646 .188 .094 5.5
1980 27 DET AL 66 45 8 4.8 100 .275 .255 .271 .364 .334 .364 .403 .727 .737 99 .519 0.3 0.0 .705 .309 .109 .0
1981 28 DET AL 197 141 18 3.4 92 .262 .259 .261 .328 .326 .322 .379 .650 .705 86 .420 -2.9 -0.3 .540 .161 .063 1.3
1982 29 DET AL 150 116 9 2.1 98 .246 .223 .264 .259 .328 .259 .402 .517 .730 43 .190 -11.1 -1.1 .366 .072 .036
1983 30 DET AL 70 51 7 3.7 95 .293 .266 .262 .299 .324 .344 .395 .642 .719 79 .404 -2.2 -0.2 .542 .141 .078 .0
1984 31 KCR AL 109 80 11 3.7 97 .319 .301 .264 .330 .326 .388 .398 .719 .724 99 .408 -0.2 0.0 .544 .107 .087 1.0
1985 32 KCR AL 169 133 10 2.0 99 .230 .211 .261 .261 .327 .257 .406 .517 .733 43 .181 -11.8 -1.2 .386 .092 .046
1986 33 KCR AL 54 44 2 1.2 102 .143 .128 .264 .226 .332 .170 .411 .397 .744 10 .078 -6.0 -0.6 .326 .170 .043
8 Seasons 1048 773 93 3.2 99 .269 .252 .265 .308 .330 .321 .401 .629 .731 73 .350 -34.8 -3.5 .509 .145 .069 9.1
162 Game Avg. 322 238 29 3.2 99 .269 .252 .265 .308 .330 .321 .401 .629 .731 73 .350 -34.8 -3.5 .509 .145 .069 3
DET (5 yrs) 716 516 70 3.6 99 .279 .264 .267 .321 .331 .336 .399 .658 .730 81 .405 -16.8 -1.7 .550 .161 .073 8.0
KCR (3 yrs) 332 257 23 2.4 99 .247 .228 .262 .278 .328 .288 .404 .566 .731 56 .234 -18.0 -1.8 .426 .109 .060 1.0

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1984 31 KCR AL ALCS DET L 3 5 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 1 0 0 0 0 0
1985 32 KCR AL ALCS TOR W 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 32 KCR AL WS STL W 6 3 3 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 1.667 2.333 5 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (3 Series) 14 8 8 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .375 .375 .750 1.125 6 0 0 0 0 0
2 ALCS 8 5 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 1 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 6 3 3 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 1.667 2.333 5 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1979 26 DET AL 233 1.7% 9.4% 7.3% 5.2% 19% 1.29 9.7 53.3 8.2 1.41 81%
1980 27 DET AL 66 0.0% 7.6% 15.2% 6.1% 29% 0.50 11.0 9.2 0.67 77%
1981 28 DET AL 197 1.0% 5.1% 9.1% 3.6% 16% 0.56 17.4 87.0 9.2 1.42 83%
1982 29 DET AL 150 0.0% 9.3% 4.7% 2.7% 13% 2.00 9.9 9.9 1.04 84%
1983 30 DET AL 70 0.0% 8.6% 4.3% 4.3% 18% 2.00 10.7 10.7 0.88 83%
1984 31 KCR AL 109 0.9% 8.3% 3.7% 6.4% 23% 2.25 11.4 103.0 10.3 1.72 86%
1985 32 KCR AL 169 0.0% 8.9% 4.7% 4.1% 22% 1.88 10.1 16.9 1.72 82%
1986 33 KCR AL 54 0.0% 9.3% 11.1% 3.7% 33% 0.83 9.4 47.0 1.71 78%
8 Seasons 1048 0.7% 8.2% 7.0% 4.4% 19% 1.18 11.0 135.3 10.4 1.33 82%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1979 26 DET AL 4 0 38% 97 9 6 60% 8 5 1 0 0 1 3 2 5 6 52% 15 7 8 1 1 0 11 4 6
1980 27 DET AL 0 0 38% 39 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 22% 3 3 0 0 0 0 6 3 2
1981 28 DET AL 1 0 27% 94 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 6 37% 13 10 3 1 0 1 5 2 3
1982 29 DET AL 1 0 40% 48 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 40% 7 3 3 4 3 1 4 2 2
1983 30 DET AL 2 0 45% 26 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 27% 7 7 0 1 1 0 3 0 3
1984 31 KCR AL 0 0 29% 42 1 3 25% 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 33% 7 5 2 3 2 1 5 1 2
1985 32 KCR AL 2 0 28% 71 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 33% 14 10 4 4 2 1 9 3 4
1986 33 KCR AL 2 0 8% 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20% 3 2 1 0 0 0 2 2 0
8 Seasons 12 0 33% 440 13 14 48% 12 12 1 1 0 1 7 3 15 27 37% 69 47 21 14 9 4 45 17 22
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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
1979 26 DET AL 233 62% 63 9 1 0 1 2.96 4 0 4 1 3 3 1 0 2 1 50% 39 5 13% 13 4 31% 135 23 17% 9 7 78% 9 4 44% 0
1980 27 DET AL 66 73% 14 4 1 0 1 2.18 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 3 43% 5 1 20% 27 6 22% 5 2 40% 1 0 0% 0
1981 28 DET AL 197 69% 45 11 4 1 2 1.73 2 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 2 100% 36 6 17% 21 6 29% 107 17 16% 11 8 73% 11 3 27% 0
1982 29 DET AL 150 36% 31 6 2 0 1 0.73 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 27 2 7% 16 7 44% 99 17 17% 6 4 67% 4 2 50% 0
1983 30 DET AL 70 70% 17 12 2 0 1 1.26 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 15 1 7% 5 2 40% 47 6 13% 2 2 100% 2 1 50% 0
1984 31 KCR AL 109 72% 31 8 2 0 1 1.51 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 18 4 22% 9 3 33% 66 10 15% 4 1 25% 6 3 50% 0
1985 32 KCR AL 169 57% 32 14 0 0 1 1.37 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 80% 31 6 19% 16 9 56% 93 10 11% 6 4 67% 12 6 50% 0
1986 33 KCR AL 54 61% 6 2 0 0 0 3.06 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 11 2 18% 5 3 60% 30 1 3% 3 1 33% 2 1 50% 0
8 Seasons 1048 61% 239 66 12 1 8 1.69 7 0 17 2 5 6 1 0 16 14 88% 184 29 16% 90 35 39% 604 90 15% 46 29 63% 47 20 43% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1979 26 95 233 213 33 63 8 0 4 26 9 6 17 22 .296 .349 .390 .739 97 83 5 1 1 1 0
1980 27 125 299 268 42 77 10 2 4 32 10 6 27 27 .287 .352 .384 .737 98 103 8 1 1 2 0
1981 28 196 496 442 61 122 15 2 6 51 11 8 45 37 .276 .343 .360 .703 93 159 14 2 3 4 1
1982 29 254 646 581 76 153 18 3 6 65 11 10 52 51 .263 .323 .336 .659 82 195 16 2 6 5 1
1983 30 303 716 645 85 170 19 5 6 71 12 10 55 57 .264 .321 .336 .658 81 217 17 2 9 5 1
1984 31 350 825 748 96 201 25 5 7 81 13 13 59 66 .269 .322 .344 .666 84 257 21 3 9 6 1
1985 32 460 994 900 108 233 32 5 7 90 13 14 67 81 .259 .312 .329 .641 77 296 27 6 13 8 1
1986 33 527 1048 947 109 239 34 5 7 91 13 14 73 86 .252 .308 .321 .629 73 304 29 6 14 8 1

Neutralized Batting

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1979 26 96 232 213 33 62 8 0 4 26 9 17 22 .291 .345 .385 .730 28 95
1980 27 30 68 56 10 15 2 2 0 6 1 11 5 .268 .382 .375 .757 8 30
1981 28 107 301 267 32 72 8 0 3 32 2 29 15 .270 .342 .333 .676 30 71
1982 29 58 148 140 17 32 3 1 0 15 0 7 14 .229 .264 .264 .528 10 58
1983 30 49 68 65 9 18 1 2 0 6 1 3 6 .277 .309 .354 .663 7 49
1984 31 47 107 101 12 29 6 0 1 11 1 4 9 .287 .318 .376 .694 12 47
1985 32 110 165 152 13 32 7 0 0 9 0 8 15 .211 .261 .257 .517 10 110
1986 33 67 53 47 1 6 2 0 0 1 0 6 5 .128 .226 .170 .397 2 67
8 Seasons 564 1142 1041 127 266 37 5 8 106 14 85 91 .256 .313 .324 .637 107 527
162 Game Avg. 162 328 299 36 76 11 1 2 30 4 24 26 .256 .313 .324 .637 31 527

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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