Mike Jones
Michael Carl Jones
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 6" , Weight: 215 lb.

Born: July 30, 1959 in Penfield, NY
High School: Sutherland (Pittsford, NY)
Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 1st round (21st pick) of the 1977 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 6, 1980
Final Game: October 6, 1985
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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 20 KCR AL 0 1 .000 11.57 3 1 1 0 0 0 4.2 6 7 6 0 5 1 2 0 0 0 24 35 2.357 11.6 0.0 9.6 3.9 0.40
1981 21 KCR AL 6 3 .667 3.21 12 11 0 0 0 0 75.2 74 30 27 7 28 0 29 2 0 1 323 112 1.348 8.8 0.8 3.3 3.4 1.04 RoY-4
1984 24 KCR AL 2 3 .400 4.89 23 12 8 0 0 0 81.0 86 48 44 10 36 1 43 1 0 2 359 83 1.506 9.6 1.1 4.0 4.8 1.19
1985 25 KCR AL 3 3 .500 4.78 33 1 16 0 0 0 64.0 62 40 34 6 39 4 32 0 0 1 290 87 1.578 8.7 0.8 5.5 4.5 0.82
4 Seasons 11 10 .524 4.43 71 25 25 0 0 0 225.1 228 125 111 23 108 6 106 3 0 4 996 88 1.491 9.1 0.9 4.3 4.2 0.98
162 Game Avg. 8 7 .524 4.43 50 18 18 0 0 0 160 162 89 79 16 77 4 75 2 0 3 706 88 1.491 9.1 0.9 4.3 4.2 0.98

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 21 KCR AL ALDS L OAK 0 1 .000 2.25 1 1 0 0 0 0 8.0 9 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 33 1.125 10.1 0.0 0.0 2.3
1984 24 KCR AL ALCS L DET 0 0 6.75 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.750 6.8 6.8 0.0 0.0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 0 1 .000 2.89 2 1 1 0 0 0 9.1 10 3 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 38 1.071 9.6 1.0 0.0 1.9
1 ALDS 0 1 .000 2.25 1 1 0 0 0 0 8.0 9 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 33 1.125 10.1 0.0 0.0 2.3
1 ALCS 0 0 6.75 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.750 6.8 6.8 0.0 0.0

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 20 KCR AL 3 24 18 7 6 1 0 0 2 1 5 2 .333 .478 .389 .867 .375 7 0 0 1 0 1
1981 21 KCR AL 12 323 289 30 74 13 2 7 8 4 28 29 .256 .324 .388 .712 .263 112 4 2 2 2 0
1984 24 KCR AL 23 359 319 48 86 20 3 10 10 1 36 43 .270 .343 .445 .788 .283 142 7 1 0 3 1
1985 25 KCR AL 33 290 241 40 62 13 3 6 2 2 39 32 .257 .353 .411 .764 .268 99 2 0 4 6 4
4 Seasons 71 996 867 125 228 47 8 23 22 8 108 106 .263 .343 .415 .758 .274 360 13 3 7 11 6
162 Game Avg. 50 706 614 89 162 33 6 16 16 6 77 75 .263 .343 .415 .758 .274 255 9 2 5 8 4
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
1980 20 KCR AL 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 23 23 23 2 1 0 1 0.0 0.0 1.3
1981 21 KCR AL 12 11 6 3 2 0 1 8 3 .727 1 0 0 0 8 73% 51 66 36 13 5 4 3 5.3 5.3 6.6
1984 24 KCR AL 23 12 2 3 7 1 0 7 5 .583 1 4 0 0 2 17% 42 79 16 11 4 1 4 4.5 3.2 4.6
1985 25 KCR AL 33 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 35 35 35 12 5 0 1 3.0 9.0 2.0
4 Seasons 71 25 8 8 9 1 1 15 10 .600 2 4 0 0 10 40% 45 79 16 38 15 5 9 4.6 4.4 5.3
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 20 KCR AL 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 6 0.639 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 5.0
1981 21 KCR AL 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1.102 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 9.0
1984 24 KCR AL 23 11 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 20% 8 0.853 0 1 9 0 0 11 3 8 7 0 7 1 6.9
1985 25 KCR AL 33 32 16 3 2 0 0 0 2 2 26 7 27% 7 0.701 8 5 18 4 5 23 13 19 21 2 22 1 5.8
4 Seasons 71 46 25 3 2 0 0 0 2 2 32 8 25% 0.884 9 7 28 4 7 35 17 29 30 3 31 2 6.1

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 20 KCR AL 24 71% 0.0% 8.3% 20.8% 4.2% 17% 0.38 67% 4 0 0%
1981 21 KCR AL 323 84% 2.2% 9.0% 8.7% 6.8% 30% 0.60 79% 59 4 7%
1984 24 KCR AL 359 75% 2.8% 12.0% 10.0% 9.2% 38% 0.68 75% 72 7 10%
1985 25 KCR AL 290 69% 2.1% 11.0% 13.5% 7.6% 36% 0.66 72% 59 2 3%
4 Seasons 996 76% 2.3% 10.6% 10.8% 7.8% 34% 0.64 75% 194 13 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 20 KCR AL 24 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 50% 0 0 0 12 2 1 67% 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
1981 21 KCR AL 323 74 7 0 5 7 0 5 2 15 5 2 33% 3 1 1 115 8 4 67% 7 4 1 0 0 0 5 4 6 0
1984 24 KCR AL 359 86 10 0 4 6 4 7 3 17 9 1 53% 4 2 0 144 10 1 91% 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1985 25 KCR AL 290 62 6 0 13 3 3 4 2 19 9 3 47% 3 1 0 125 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 7 0
4 Seasons 996 228 23 0 22 16 7 16 7 53 24 6 45% 10 4 1 396 22 8 73% 19 7 3 1 0 0 7 5 18 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 20 0 1 .000 11.57 3 1 1 0 0 0 4.2 6 7 6 0 5 1 2 0 0 0 24 35 2.357 11.6 0.0 9.6 3.9 0.40 35
1981 21 6 4 .600 3.70 15 12 1 0 0 0 80.1 80 37 33 7 33 1 31 2 0 1 347 98 1.407 9.0 0.8 3.7 3.5 0.94 98
1982 22 6 4 .600 3.70 15 12 1 0 0 0 80.1 80 37 33 7 33 1 31 2 0 1 347 98 1.407 9.0 0.8 3.7 3.5 0.94 98
1983 23 6 4 .600 3.70 15 12 1 0 0 0 80.1 80 37 33 7 33 1 31 2 0 1 347 98 1.407 9.0 0.8 3.7 3.5 0.94 98
1984 24 8 7 .533 4.30 38 24 9 0 0 0 161.1 166 85 77 17 69 2 74 3 0 3 706 89 1.457 9.3 0.9 3.8 4.1 1.07 89
1985 25 11 10 .524 4.43 71 25 25 0 0 0 225.1 228 125 111 23 108 6 106 3 0 4 996 88 1.491 9.1 0.9 4.3 4.2 0.98 88

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
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 20 0 0 13.50 4.0 6 7 6 0 5 2 0 2.750 13.5 11.3 4.5 0.40 0.0 3
1981 21 5 6 .455 4.08 106.0 122 53 48 12 46 41 3 1.585 10.4 3.9 3.5 0.89 1.0 12
1984 24 3 5 .375 5.38 77.0 89 51 46 10 37 41 1 1.636 10.4 4.3 4.8 1.11 1.2 23
1985 25 2 4 .333 5.08 62.0 64 39 35 6 40 31 0 1.677 9.3 5.8 4.5 0.78 0.9 33
4 Seasons 10 15 .400 4.88 249.0 281 150 135 28 128 115 4 1.643 10.2 4.2 0.90 1.0 71

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Youngest s c a p y
1980 AL--born 1959-07-30--9th

                                         

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