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Nippy Jones
Vernal Leroy Jones

Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: June 29, 1925 in Los Angeles, CA
High School: Fremont (Los Angeles, CA)
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1943. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 8, 1946
Final Game: September 29, 1957
Died: October 3, 1995 in Sacramento, CA
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Nippy 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
1946	21	STL	NL	16	14	12	3	4	0	0	0	1	0		2	2	.333	.429	.333	.762	114	4	2	0	0			/4
1947	22	STL	NL	23	77	73	6	18	4	0	1	5	0		2	10	.247	.267	.342	.609	58	25	2	0	2			4/O
1948	23	STL	NL	132	523	481	58	122	21	9	10	81	2		36	45	.254	.307	.397	.704	85	191	25	1	5			*3
1949	24	STL	NL	110	402	380	51	114	20	2	8	62	1		16	20	.300	.330	.426	.756	97	162	11	1	5			3
1950	25	STL	NL	13	29	26	0	6	1	0	0	6	0		3	1	.231	.310	.269	.580	51	7	3	0	0			/3
1951	26	STL	NL	80	312	300	20	79	12	0	3	41	1	2	9	13	.263	.287	.333	.620	66	100	13	1	2			3
1952	27	PHI	NL	8	30	30	3	5	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	4	.167	.167	.267	.433	19	8	2	0	0			/3

1957	32	MLN	NL	30	83	79	5	21	2	1	2	8	0	0	3	7	.266	.293	.392	.685	88	31	0	0	1	0	1	3/9
8 Seasons				412	1470	1381	146	369	60	12	25	209	4	2	71	102	.267	.304	.382	.687	81	528	58	3	15	0	1
162 Game Avg.				162	578	543	57	145	24	5	10	82	2		28	40	.267	.304	.382	.687	81	208	23	1	6

STL (6 yrs)				374	1357	1272	138	343	58	11	22	196	4	2	68	91	.270	.308	.384	.693	82	489	56	3	14
MLN (1 yr)				30	83	79	5	21	2	1	2	8	0	0	3	7	.266	.293	.392	.685	88	31	0	0	1	0	1
PHI (1 yr)				8	30	30	3	5	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	4	.167	.167	.267	.433	19	8	2	0	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
1946	21	STL	NL	14	10	2	5.4	96	.400	.333	.267	.429	.343	.333	.374	.762	.717	114	.626	0.4	0.0	.600	.167	.000
1947	22	STL	NL	77	59	7	3.2	109	.274	.247	.279	.267	.355	.342	.413	.609	.768	58	.331	-4.7	-0.5	.474	.123	.096	.0
1948	23	STL	NL	523	389	58	4.0	107	.263	.254	.276	.307	.351	.397	.408	.704	.760	85	.447	-13.0	-1.3	.599	.222	.143	3.3
1949	24	STL	NL	402	282	53	5.0	108	.301	.300	.276	.330	.351	.426	.413	.756	.764	97	.543	-2.9	-0.3	.650	.171	.126	1.8
1950	25	STL	NL	29	23	2	2.3	112	.240	.231	.275	.310	.353	.269	.427	.580	.780	51	.214	-1.8	-0.2	.435	.154	.038
1951	26	STL	NL	312	238	28	3.2	104	.268	.263	.269	.287	.343	.333	.407	.620	.750	66	.342	-15.3	-1.5	.462	.097	.070	1.5
1952	27	PHI	NL	30	27	1	1.0	96	.160	.167	.260	.167	.333	.267	.387	.433	.720	19	.068	-3.5	-0.4	.296	.100	.100	.0

1957	32	MLN	NL	83	59	9	4.2	97	.271	.266	.260	.293	.322	.392	.403	.685	.725	88	.449	-1.6	-0.2	.586	.165	.127	.0
8 Seasons				1470	1087	160	3.9	106	.274	.267	.273	.304	.347	.382	.409	.687	.756	81	.436	-42.5	-4.3	.563	.168	.115	6.9
162 Game Avg.				578	427	63	3.9	106	.274	.267	.273	.304	.347	.382	.409	.687	.756	81	.436	-42.5	-4.3	.563	.168	.115	3

STL (6 yrs)				1357	1001	150	4.0	107	.277	.270	.274	.308	.349	.384	.410	.693	.759	82	.445	-37.4	-3.7	.569	.170	.115	6.8
MLN (1 yr)				83	59	9	4.1	97	.271	.266	.260	.293	.322	.392	.403	.685	.725	88	.449	-1.6	-0.2	.586	.165	.127	.0
PHI (1 yr)				30	27	1	1.0	96	.160	.167	.260	.167	.333	.267	.387	.433	.720	19	.068	-3.5	-0.4	.296	.100	.100	.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
1946	21	STL	NL	WS	BOS	W	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

1957	32	MLN	NL	WS	NYY	W	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	1	0	0	0
2 Seasons (2 Series)							4	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	1	0	0	0
2 WS							4	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	1	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	GO/AO	IP%
1946	21	STL	NL	14	0.0%	14.3%	14.3%	0.0%	0%	1.00	6.0		12.0		71%
1947	22	STL	NL	77	1.3%	13.0%	2.6%	6.5%	28%	5.00	7.3	73.0	14.6		81%
1948	23	STL	NL	523	1.9%	8.6%	6.9%	7.7%	33%	1.25	10.7	48.1	5.9		81%
1949	24	STL	NL	402	2.0%	5.0%	4.0%	7.5%	26%	1.25	19.0	47.5	6.1		88%
1950	25	STL	NL	29	0.0%	3.5%	10.3%	3.5%	17%	0.33	26.0		4.3		86%
1951	26	STL	NL	312	1.0%	4.2%	2.9%	4.8%	19%	1.44	23.1	100.0	7.3		91%
1952	27	PHI	NL	30	3.3%	13.3%	0.0%	3.3%	20%		7.5	30.0	6.0		83%

1957	32	MLN	NL	83	2.4%	8.4%	3.6%	6.0%	24%	2.33	11.3	39.5	9.9	0.69	84%
8 Seasons				1470	1.7%	6.9%	4.8%	6.6%	26%	1.44	13.5	55.2	6.6	0.69	85%
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%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1957	32	MLN	NL	0	0	14%	27	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	50%	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
8 Seasons				0	0	29%	27	4	2	133%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	50%	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
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
1957	32	MLN	NL	83	45%	21			10	2	0	1	1.69	2	0	2	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	100%	18	0	0%	9	2	22%	61	7	11%	5	1	20%	4	2	50%	0
8 Seasons				83	45%	369			10	2	0	1	1.69	25	0	2	1	1	1	1	0	1	15	1500%	18	58	322%	9	2	22%	61	7	11%	5	1	20%	4	2	50%	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
1946	21	16	14	12	3	4	0	0	0	1	0		2	2	.333	.429	.333	.762	114	4	2	0	0
1947	22	39	91	85	9	22	4	0	1	6	0		4	12	.259	.292	.341	.633	67	29	4	0	2
1948	23	171	614	566	67	144	25	9	11	87	2		40	57	.254	.305	.389	.693	82	220	29	1	7
1949	24	281	1016	946	118	258	45	11	19	149	3		56	77	.273	.315	.404	.719	88	382	40	2	12
1950	25	294	1045	972	118	264	46	11	19	155	3		59	78	.272	.315	.400	.715	87	389	43	2	12
1951	26	374	1357	1272	138	343	58	11	22	196	4	2	68	91	.270	.308	.384	.693	82	489	56	3	14
1952	27	382	1387	1302	141	348	58	11	23	201	4	2	68	95	.267	.305	.382	.687	81	497	58	3	14
1953	28	382	1387	1302	141	348	58	11	23	201	4	2	68	95	.267	.305	.382	.687	81	497	58	3	14
1954	29	382	1387	1302	141	348	58	11	23	201	4	2	68	95	.267	.305	.382	.687	81	497	58	3	14
1955	30	382	1387	1302	141	348	58	11	23	201	4	2	68	95	.267	.305	.382	.687	81	497	58	3	14
1956	31	382	1387	1302	141	348	58	11	23	201	4	2	68	95	.267	.305	.382	.687	81	497	58	3	14
1957	32	412	1470	1381	146	369	60	12	25	209	4	2	71	102	.267	.304	.382	.687	81	528	58	3	15	0	1

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1946	21	17	15	13	4	5	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	.385	.467	.385	.851	2	16
1947	22	24	77	75	6	18	4	0	1	5	0	2	10	.240	.260	.333	.593	6	23
1948	23	138	535	498	57	123	21	9	10	80	2	36	47	.247	.299	.386	.685	57	132
1949	24	114	406	389	49	113	20	2	8	59	1	16	21	.290	.320	.414	.734	51	110
1950	25	14	30	27	0	6	1	0	0	6	0	3	1	.222	.300	.259	.559	2	13
1951	26	83	320	310	20	80	12	0	3	41	1	9	14	.258	.281	.326	.607	28	80
1952	27	8	31	31	2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	8

1957	32	31	87	84	6	23	2	1	2	9	0	3	7	.274	.299	.393	.692	10	30
8 Seasons		429	1501	1427	144	368	60	12	24	205	4	71	106	.258	.294	.367	.662	157	412
162 Game Avg.		162	567	539	54	139	23	5	9	77	2	27	40	.258	.294	.367	.662	59	412

* 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

Triples s c a p y
1948 NL--9--6th

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1948 NL--25--1st

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink Batting - 1 (2323), Average HOFer ≈ 144

Hall of Fame Monitor Batting - 2 (1859), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Hall of Fame Standards Batting - 4 (2808), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Batters

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Tommy McCraw (970) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Casey Kotchman (961) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bob Watson (975) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Gene Larkin (971) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Gene Larkin (965) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Johnny McCarthy (972) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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Gray Ink	Batting - 1 (2323), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 2 (1859), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 4 (2808), Average HOFer ≈ 50