Oscar Jones

Oscar Lafayette Jones (Flip Flap)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 7", Weight: 163 lb.

Born: October 22, 1879 in Carter County, MO (All Transactions)
Debut: April 20, 1903
Team: Superbas 1903-1905

Final Game: August 24, 1905
Died: March 16, 1953 in Fort Worth, TX
Buried: Mount Olivet Cemetery, Fort Worth, TX
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1901	21	LOS	N/A	29	24	.547	1.82	49						470.0	398	188	95		122							1.106	7.6		2.3			LOS · CALL
1903	23	BRO	NL	19	14	.576	2.94	38	36	2	31	4	0	324.1	320	159	106	4	77	95	19	0	7	1327	109	1.224	8.9	0.1	2.1	2.6	1.23
1904	24	LOS	A	6	3	.667	2.02	12	10					93.1	81	30	21		38							1.275	7.8		3.7			LOS · PCL
1904	24	BRO	NL	17	25	.405	2.75	46	41	5	38	0	0	377.0	*387*	175	115	7	92	96	17	0	6	1543	99	1.271	9.2	0.2	2.2	2.3	1.04
1905	25	SLE	A	2	5	.286	3.59	12	9					85.1	102	56	34		19							1.418	10.8		2.0			SLE · PCL
1905	25	BRO	NL	8	15	.348	4.66	29	20	8	14	0	1	174.0	197	121	90	6	56	66	9	0	2	756	62	1.454	10.2	0.3	2.9	3.4	1.18
1906	26	SLE	A	31	23	.574	2.05	56	55					499.2	384	158	114		99							0.967	6.9		1.8			SLE · PCL
1907	27	SFR	A	29	22	.569	2.04	54	51					458.2	382	135	104		126							1.108	7.5		2.5			SFR · PCL
1908	28	SFR	A	10	26	.278	2.76	53	37					364.2	366	151	112		71							1.198	9.0		1.8			SFR · PCL
1910	30	FRE	D	16	8	.667		25						222.0	184	64			33							0.977	7.5		1.3			FRE · CASL
1913	33	STK	D	24	8	.750		35								84			58													STK · CASL
1914	34	PTD,TAC,VAN	B	10	14	.417		41						232.0	238	121			53							1.254	9.2		2.1			PTD,TAC,VAN · NWES
3 Yrs				44	54	.449	3.20	113	97	15	83	4	1	875.1	904	455	311	17	225	257	45	0	15	3626	92	1.290	9.3	0.2	2.3	2.6	1.14
162 Game Avg.				14	17	.449	3.20	37	31	5	27	1	0	283	293	147	101	6	73	83	15	0	5	1174	92	1.290	9.3	0.2	2.3	2.6	1.14

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1903	23	BRO	NL	324.1	38	36	159	4.41	4.77	0.02	98.0	4.66	11	1.1	1.0	-0.3	3.3	39	.528	.507	$
1904	24	BRO	NL	377.0	46	41	175	4.18	4.01	-0.16	100.0	4.17	2	0.3	1.0	-0.4	2.9	31	.506	.502	$
1905	25	BRO	NL	174.0	29	20	121	6.26	4.23	-0.58	96.0	4.61	-31	-3.1	1.0	-0.1	-1.9	-17	.392	.481	$
3 Seasons				875.1	113	97	455	4.68	4.33	-0.18	98.5	4.44	-18	-1.8	1.0	-0.8	4.3	53	.484	.496	$

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1903	23	19	14	.576	2.94	38	36	2	31	4	0	324.1	320	159	106	4	77	95	19	7	1327	109	1.224	8.9	0.1	2.1	2.6	1.23	109
1904	24	36	39	.480	2.84	84	77	7	69	4	0	701.1	707	334	221	11	169	191	36	13	2870	104	1.249	9.1	0.1	2.2	2.5	1.13	104
1905	25	44	54	.449	3.20	113	97	15	83	4	1	875.1	904	455	311	17	225	257	45	15	3626	92	1.290	9.3	0.2	2.3	2.6	1.14	92

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1903	23	25	14	.641	2.93	356.0	360	129	116	4	87	104	21	1.256	9.1	2.2	2.6	1.20	0.1	38
1904	24	22	17	.564	3.46	351.0	427	150	135	8	102	89	19	1.507	10.9	2.6	2.3	0.87	0.2	46
1905	25	6	12	.333	5.66	167.0	218	117	105	7	62	63	10	1.677	11.7	3.3	3.4	1.02	0.4	29
3 Yrs		53	43	.552	3.67	874.0	1005	396	356	19	251	256	50	1.437	10.3		2.6	1.02	0.2	113

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Wins s c a p y 1903 NL 19 (10th)	Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y 1903 NL 1.224 (9th)	Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y 1903 NL 2.137 (7th)	Games Played s c a p y 1903 NL 38 (5th) 1904 NL 46 (3rd)
Saves s c a p y 1905 NL 1 (7th)	Innings Pitched s c a p y 1903 NL 324.3 (4th) 1904 NL 377.0 (2nd)	Games Started s c a p y 1903 NL 36 (4th) 1904 NL 41 (4th)	Complete Games s c a p y 1903 NL 31 (6th) 1904 NL 38 (3rd)
Shutouts s c a p y 1903 NL 4 (4th)	Home Runs s c a p y 1903 NL 4 (10th) 1904 NL 7 (5th) 1905 NL 6 (6th)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1904 NL 92 (6th)	Hits s c a p y 1903 NL 320 (5th) 1904 NL 387 (1st)
Losses s c a p y 1904 NL 25 (1st)	Earned Runs s c a p y 1903 NL 106 (8th) 1904 NL 115 (2nd)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1903 NL 19 (2nd) 1904 NL 17 (2nd)	Batters Faced s c a p y 1903 NL 1,327 (4th) 1904 NL 1,543 (2nd)
Games Finished s c a p y 1904 NL 5 (8th) 1905 NL 8 (4th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 24 (961), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 8 (1076), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 11 (742), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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