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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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Standard Batting

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Minors
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- 1946
- 1950
- 1947
- 1951
- 1948
- 1952
- 1949
- 1957
Splits [+]
- Career
- 1946
- 1950
- 1947
- 1951
- 1948
- 1952
- 1949
- 1957
HR Log
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- Game
- Streak
- Event

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

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

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzrd	Rtzhm	Rof	Rdp	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	LF-CF-RF
1946	STL	NL	21	2B	3			5	2	2	1	1	.800									1.33	.980		5.10
1947	STL	NL	22	2B	13			77	32	40	5	5	.935									5.54	.977		5.19
1947	STL	NL	22	OF	2			2	2	0	0	0	1.000									1.00	1.000		2.20	0-0-2
1948	STL	NL	23	1B	128			1228	1148	63	17	98	.986									9.46	.990		8.94
1949	STL	NL	24	1B	98			931	876	40	15	85	.984									9.35	.991		8.98
1950	STL	NL	25	1B	8			58	54	3	1	8	.983									7.13	.990		9.02
1951	STL	NL	26	1B	71			753	698	48	7	78	.991									10.51	.989		9.29
1952	PHI	NL	27	1B	8			82	73	7	2	8	.976									10.00	.990		9.18
1957	MLN	NL	32	1B	20	15	133.0	156	143	12	1	12	.994	3.7	33.4	3.7	1.7	2.0		0	10.49	7.75	.990	9.67	8.82
1957	MLN	NL	32	OF	1	1	8.2	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	-0.1	-13.8	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0		1.04	1.00	1.000	2.28	2.10
1957	MLN	NL	32	RF	1	1	8.2	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	-0.1	-13.8	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0		1.04	1.00	1.000	1.97	1.70
6 Seasons				1B	333	15	133.0	3208	2992	173	43	289	.987	3.7	33.4	3.7	1.7	2.0		0	214.17	9.50	.990	9.67	8.59
2 Seasons				2B	16			82	34	42	6	6	.927									4.75	.977		5.18
2 Seasons				OF	3	1	8.2	3	3	0	0	0	1.000	-0.1	-13.8	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0		3.12	1.00	1.000	2.28	2.17	0-0-3
1 Season (incomplete)				RF	1	1	8.2	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	-0.1	-13.8	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0		1.04	1.00	1.000	1.97	1.70
8 Seasons				TOT	352	16	141.2	3293	3029	215	49	295	.985	3.6	30.5	3.6	1.6	2.0	0	0	206.09	9.22	.975	9.22	8.79	0-0-3

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

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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

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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

Transactions

Before 1943 Season: Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent.

November 19, 1951: Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies from the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1951 rule 5 draft.

Before 1953 Season: Sent from the Philadelphia Phillies to Sacramento (PCL) in an unknown transaction.

July 6, 1957: Purchased by the Milwaukee Braves from Sacramento (PCL).

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Uniforms

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Name and misspellings: Vernal Leroy Nippy Jones

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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