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Lynn Jones

Lynn Morris Jones

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: January 1, 1953 in Meadville, PA
School: Thiel College (Greenville, PA)
Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 10th round of the 1974 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 13, 1979
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Royals 1979-1986

Final Game: October 4, 1986
Relatives: Brother of Darryl Jones
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Standard Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1979 DET AL 26 OF 84 52 43 512.2 148 142 3 3 1 .980 0 1 2.55 1.73 .981 2.46 2.43
1979 DET AL 26 CF 43 24 22 252.2 80 78 1 1 0 .988 -2 -7 2.81 1.84 .983 2.92 2.88
1979 DET AL 26 RF 26 15 12 150.0 43 41 1 1 0 .977 1 10 2.52 1.62 .980 2.25 2.22
1979 DET AL 26 LF 18 13 9 110.0 28 26 1 1 1 .964 1 7 2.21 1.50 .980 2.22 2.20
1979 DET AL 26 DH 7 0
1980 DET AL 27 OF 17 10 9 93.2 31 31 0 0 0 1.000 2 24 2.98 1.82 .979 2.47 2.46
1980 DET AL 27 RF 9 4 3 38.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 0 6 2.13 1.00 .976 2.13 2.12
1980 DET AL 27 DH 6 6
1980 DET AL 27 CF 4 3 3 28.2 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 1 50 3.77 3.00 .983 2.92 2.90
1980 DET AL 27 LF 4 3 3 27.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 0 22 3.33 2.50 .980 2.33 2.35
1981 DET AL 28 OF 60 45 34 405.2 91 85 5 1 2 .989 4 12 2.00 1.50 .983 2.48 2.47
1981 DET AL 28 RF 52 39 29 354.1 73 69 3 1 2 .986 2 6 1.83 1.38 .980 2.16 2.15
1981 DET AL 28 LF 9 6 5 51.1 18 16 2 0 0 1.000 2 58 3.16 2.00 .979 2.38 2.38
1981 DET AL 28 DH 4 1
1982 DET AL 29 OF 56 31 24 347.0 89 86 3 0 2 1.000 6 21 2.31 1.59 .982 2.47 2.46
1982 DET AL 29 RF 51 29 23 320.0 78 75 3 0 2 1.000 5 17 2.19 1.53 .981 2.27 2.26
1982 DET AL 29 LF 5 0 0 11.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0 33 3.27 0.80 .980 2.29 2.28
1982 DET AL 29 CF 2 2 1 16.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 1 83 3.38 3.00 .985 2.81 2.85
1982 DET AL 29 DH 1 0
1983 DET AL 30 OF 31 9 4 115.1 31 28 2 1 0 .968 1 8 2.34 0.97 .981 2.50 2.48
1983 DET AL 30 RF 20 5 2 70.1 20 18 2 0 0 1.000 1 12 2.56 1.00 .978 2.25 2.23
1983 DET AL 30 LF 10 4 2 44.0 9 8 0 1 0 .889 -0 -3 1.64 0.80 .977 2.31 2.30
1983 DET AL 30 DH 6 3
1983 DET AL 30 CF 1 0 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 240 9.00 1.00 .990 2.70 2.90
1984 KCR AL 31 OF 45 24 19 243.2 53 51 0 2 0 .962 -2 -11 1.88 1.13 .983 2.51 2.49
1984 KCR AL 31 RF 29 18 14 165.0 29 28 0 1 0 .966 -2 -15 1.53 0.97 .979 2.23 2.21
1984 KCR AL 31 LF 13 3 3 49.2 13 13 0 0 0 1.000 1 24 2.36 1.00 .982 2.27 2.26
1984 KCR AL 31 CF 7 3 2 29.0 7 6 0 1 0 .857 -1 -50 1.86 0.86 .986 3.01 2.99
1985 KCR AL 32 OF 100 28 22 439.0 119 115 2 2 1 .983 0 1 2.40 1.17 .982 2.44 2.42
1985 KCR AL 32 LF 58 1 1 159.1 45 43 0 2 0 .956 2 18 2.43 0.74 .977 2.25 2.23
1985 KCR AL 32 RF 32 14 12 157.1 36 35 1 0 1 1.000 -2 -13 2.06 1.13 .980 2.17 2.15
1985 KCR AL 32 CF 21 13 9 122.1 33 33 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -4 2.43 1.57 .988 2.91 2.88
1985 KCR AL 32 DH 2 0
1986 KCR AL 33 OF 62 9 7 166.0 35 34 0 1 0 .971 -2 -17 1.84 0.55 .980 2.39 2.37
1986 KCR AL 33 LF 37 2 1 66.2 15 15 0 0 0 1.000 1 16 2.02 0.41 .977 2.24 2.22
1986 KCR AL 33 RF 19 5 5 67.1 12 11 0 1 0 .917 -3 -50 1.47 0.58 .975 2.10 2.08
1986 KCR AL 33 CF 8 2 1 32.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -19 1.97 0.88 .986 2.84 2.80
1986 KCR AL 33 DH 3 1
1986 KCR AL 33 2B 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 5.00
8 Seasons OF 455 208 162 2323.0 597 572 15 10 6 .983 9 5 2.27 1.29 .982 2.46 2.44
8 Seasons RF 238 129 100 1322.1 300 286 10 4 5 .987 2 2 2.01 1.24 .980 2.21 2.19
8 Seasons LF 154 32 24 519.0 142 135 3 4 1 .972 8 19 2.39 0.90 .979 2.27 2.24
7 Seasons CF 86 47 38 481.2 146 143 1 2 0 .986 -1 -3 2.69 1.67 .985 2.91 2.88
1 Season 2B 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 5.00
8 Seasons TOT 456 208 162 2324.0 597 572 15 10 6 .983 9 5 2.27 1.29 .982 2.46 2.44
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1979 DET AL 26 CF -2 -7 0 1 -1 -2
1979 DET AL 26 RF 1 10 0 -1 1 1
1979 DET AL 26 LF 1 7 1 2 -1 0
1980 DET AL 27 RF 0 6 0 -1 1 0
1980 DET AL 27 CF 1 50 1 0 1 0
1980 DET AL 27 LF 0 22 0 1 -0 0
1981 DET AL 28 RF 2 6 1 1 -0 1
1981 DET AL 28 LF 2 58 2 1 1 1
1982 DET AL 29 RF 5 17 5 3 2 0
1982 DET AL 29 LF 0 33 0 -0 0 0
1982 DET AL 29 CF 1 83 1 1 0 0
1983 DET AL 30 RF 1 12 -0 -0 0 1
1983 DET AL 30 LF -0 -3 -0 0 -0 0
1983 DET AL 30 CF 0 240 0 0 0 0
1984 KCR AL 31 RF -2 -15 -2 -1 -1 0
1984 KCR AL 31 LF 1 24 1 0 1 0
1984 KCR AL 31 CF -1 -50 -1 -0 -1 0
1985 KCR AL 32 LF 2 18 2 -0 3 0
1985 KCR AL 32 RF -2 -13 -1 -2 1 -1
1985 KCR AL 32 CF -0 -4 -0 -1 0 0
1986 KCR AL 33 LF 1 16 1 1 -0 0
1986 KCR AL 33 RF -3 -50 -2 -0 -2 -1
1986 KCR AL 33 CF -0 -19 -0 -0 -0 0
1986 KCR AL 33 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons RF 2 2 1 -1 2 1
8 Seasons LF 8 19 7 4 3 1
7 Seasons CF -1 -3 1 1 0 -2
1 Season 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons TOT 9 5 9 4 5 0 0
Lg Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1979 DET AL 26 95 52 95 84 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 43 26 87 7 11 8
1980 DET AL 27 30 16 30 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 9 17 6 5 5
1981 DET AL 28 71 46 71 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 52 61 4 14 2
1982 DET AL 29 58 31 58 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 51 58 1 7 2
1983 DET AL 30 49 12 49 31 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 1 20 31 6 17 4
1984 KCR AL 31 47 24 47 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 7 29 49 0 9 3
1985 KCR AL 32 110 28 110 101 0 0 0 0 0 0 58 21 32 111 2 17 7
1986 KCR AL 33 67 10 67 63 0 0 0 1 0 0 37 8 19 64 3 3 4
8 Seasons 527 219 527 457 0 0 1 1 0 0 154 86 238 478 29 83 35
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1979 DET AL 26 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 13 8 1 7 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 6 5 0 30 15 50.0% 14 1 3.3% 0 652 52% 81% 25% 74 57%
1980 DET AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 6 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 3 33.3% 6 0 0.0% 0 165 48% 85% 34% 20 45%
1981 DET AL 28 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 14 7 1 6 3 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 11 7 0 35 17 48.6% 16 2 5.7% 1 1474 52% 81% 27% 132 53%
1982 DET AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 10 6 0 9 2 0 7 2 1 3 0 1 7 2 1 36 12 33.3% 21 3 8.3% 0 1334 56% 83% 28% 151 50%
1983 DET AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 5 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 11 5 45.5% 5 1 9.1% 1 312 58% 83% 25% 39 51%
1984 KCR AL 31 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 683 68% 81% 23% 29 97%
1985 KCR AL 32 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 3 1 0 10 1 10.0% 8 1 10.0% 0 692 63% 83% 23% 40 88%
1986 KCR AL 33 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 0 3 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 12 3 25.0% 9 0 0.0% 0 315 57% 77% 37% 29 38%
8 Seasons 4 0 3 1 0 10 0 2 4 2 53 25 3 34 9 0 13 5 1 15 1 3 30 17 1 145 57 39.3% 80 8 5.5% 2 5627 57% 82% 27% 514 57%
MLB Averages 42.0% 3.2% 59% 82% 27% 58%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1979 DET AL 26 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 7 6 0 7 2 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 5 3 1 24 13 54.2% 10 1 4.2% 0 478 53% 81% 29% 52 50%
1980 DET AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 5 3 60.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 127 39% 71% 20% 16 63%
1981 DET AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 9 6 66.7% 3 0 0.0% 2 212 65% 80% 25% 25 72%
1982 DET AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 2 66.7% 1 0 0.0% 0 47 68% 72% 38% 8 50%
1983 DET AL 30 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 176 64% 77% 27% 21 38%
1984 KCR AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 3 3 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 215 59% 80% 31% 13 100%
1985 KCR AL 32 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 5 0 10 7 70.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 672 57% 81% 26% 49 88%
1986 KCR AL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 6 75.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 277 58% 74% 33% 29 52%
8 Seasons 4 0 3 1 0 3 0 3 0 0 21 18 0 15 4 0 4 2 0 5 1 0 21 18 1 66 43 65.2% 22 1 1.5% 2 2204 57% 79% 28% 213 64%
MLB Averages 59.8% 2.9% 59% 82% 27% 55%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1979 DET AL 26 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 17 7 0 14 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 12 8 0 46 17 37.0% 29 0 0.0% 1 1105 55% 81% 27% 138 57%
1980 DET AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 5 1 20.0% 4 0 0.0% 0 116 47% 78% 31% 19 63%
1982 DET AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 62 77% 82% 39% 7 86%
1983 DET AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 40% 80% 20% 1 100%
1984 KCR AL 31 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 2 66.7% 1 0 0.0% 0 125 50% 83% 26% 11 55%
1985 KCR AL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 2 0 0 6 1 16.7% 5 0 0.0% 0 493 59% 80% 25% 34 97%
1986 KCR AL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 137 50% 78% 27% 14 50%
7 Seasons 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 21 9 0 15 1 0 2 1 0 8 2 0 16 9 0 62 22 35.5% 40 0 0.0% 1 2043 56% 80% 27% 224 64%
MLB Averages 44.0% 2.5% 59% 82% 27% 64%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1986 KCR AL 33 3 100% 67% 33% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 3 100% 67% 33% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 59% 82% 27% 95%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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