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Randy Jones
Randall Leo Jones
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 178 lb.

Born: January 12, 1950 in Fullerton, CA
School: Chapman University
Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 5th round of the 1972 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 16, 1973
Final Game: September 7, 1982
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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
1973 23 SDP NL 7 6 .538 3.16 20 19 0 6 1 0 139.2 129 58 49 13 37 9 77 1 0 3 583 109 1.189 8.3 0.8 2.4 5.0 2.08
1974 24 SDP NL 8 22 .267 4.45 40 34 5 4 1 2 208.1 217 118 103 16 78 12 124 5 0 4 908 80 1.416 9.4 0.7 3.4 5.4 1.59
1975 25 SDP NL 20 12 .625 2.24 37 36 1 18 6 0 285.0 242 94 71 17 56 9 103 0 0 1 1124 156 1.046 7.6 0.5 1.8 3.3 1.84 AS,CYA-2,MVP-10
1976 26 SDP NL 22 14 .611 2.74 40 40 0 25 5 0 315.1 274 109 96 15 50 9 93 4 1 0 1251 120 1.027 7.8 0.4 1.4 2.7 1.86 AS,CYA-1,MVP-10
1977 27 SDP NL 6 12 .333 4.58 27 25 1 1 0 0 147.1 173 85 75 12 36 10 44 0 3 1 642 78 1.419 10.6 0.7 2.2 2.7 1.22
1978 28 SDP NL 13 14 .481 2.88 37 36 0 7 2 0 253.0 263 104 81 6 64 20 71 0 2 4 1058 114 1.292 9.4 0.2 2.3 2.5 1.11
1979 29 SDP NL 11 12 .478 3.63 39 39 0 6 0 0 263.0 257 120 106 17 64 10 112 3 0 2 1088 97 1.221 8.8 0.6 2.2 3.8 1.75
1980 30 SDP NL 5 13 .278 3.91 24 24 0 4 3 0 154.1 165 71 67 14 29 5 53 0 0 1 638 88 1.257 9.6 0.8 1.7 3.1 1.83
1981 31 NYM NL 1 8 .111 4.85 13 12 0 0 0 0 59.1 65 48 32 8 38 1 14 1 0 2 284 71 1.736 9.9 1.2 5.8 2.1 0.37
1982 32 NYM NL 7 10 .412 4.60 28 20 4 2 1 0 107.2 130 68 55 11 51 3 44 4 0 1 493 79 1.681 10.9 0.9 4.3 3.7 0.86
10 Seasons 100 123 .448 3.42 305 285 11 73 19 2 1933.0 1915 875 735 129 503 88 735 18 6 19 8069 101 1.251 8.9 0.6 2.3 3.4 1.46
162 Game Avg. 12 14 .448 3.42 35 33 1 8 2 0 223 221 101 85 15 58 10 85 2 1 2 930 101 1.251 8.9 0.6 2.3 3.4 1.46
SDP (8 yrs) 92 105 .467 3.30 264 253 7 71 18 2 1766.0 1720 759 648 110 414 84 677 13 6 16 7292 104 1.208 8.8 0.6 2.1 3.5 1.64
NYM (2 yrs) 8 18 .308 4.69 41 32 4 2 1 0 167.0 195 116 87 19 89 4 58 5 0 3 777 76 1.701 10.5 1.0 4.8 3.1 0.65

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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 Awards
1973 23 SDP NL 20 53 48 2 8 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 22 .167 .184 .188 .371 8 9 0 0 4 0 0 1
1974 24 SDP NL 46 70 65 4 10 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 29 .154 .179 .169 .348 0 11 0 0 3 0 0 1
1975 25 SDP NL 40 105 83 7 11 2 0 0 4 0 0 5 30 .133 .182 .157 .338 -3 13 1 0 17 0 0 1 AS,CYA-2,MVP-10
1976 26 SDP NL 40 123 103 6 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 39 .058 .102 .058 .160 -52 6 0 0 15 0 0 1 AS,CYA-1,MVP-10
1977 27 SDP NL 28 49 43 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 20 .116 .156 .140 .295 -16 6 0 0 4 0 0 1
1978 28 SDP NL 38 91 82 6 15 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 32 .183 .200 .195 .395 16 16 1 0 6 1 0 1
1979 29 SDP NL 41 94 86 8 15 2 0 0 5 1 0 0 29 .174 .172 .198 .370 4 17 0 0 7 1 0 1
1980 30 SDP NL 25 54 45 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 15 .067 .106 .067 .173 -49 3 1 0 7 0 0 1
1981 31 NYM NL 13 18 17 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .118 .118 .118 .235 -32 2 0 0 1 0 0 1
1982 32 NYM NL 28 32 27 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 10 .148 .233 .148 .381 10 4 0 0 2 0 0 1
10 Seasons 319 689 599 37 79 8 0 0 20 1 1 22 235 .132 .162 .145 .307 -11 87 3 0 66 2 0
162 Game Avg. 162 350 304 19 40 4 0 0 10 1 1 11 119 .132 .162 .145 .307 -11 44 2 0 34 1 0
SDP (8 yrs) 278 639 555 36 73 8 0 0 20 1 1 19 216 .132 .160 .146 .306 -11 81 3 0 63 2 0
NYM (2 yrs) 41 50 44 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 19 .136 .191 .136 .328 -5 6 0 0 3 0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1973 SDP NL 23 P 20 19 139.2 28 3 24 1 0 .964 1.74 1.35 .950 1.88 0.73
1974 SDP NL 24 P 40 34 208.1 53 7 44 2 3 .962 2.20 1.28 .943 1.88 0.71
1975 SDP NL 25 P 37 36 285.0 88 14 70 4 5 .955 2.65 2.27 .945 1.86 0.72 AS,CYA-2,MVP-10
1976 SDP NL 26 P 40 40 315.1 112 31 81 0 12 1.000 3.20 2.80 .947 1.88 0.72 AS,CYA-1,MVP-10
1977 SDP NL 27 P 27 25 147.1 57 8 47 2 0 .965 3.36 2.04 .949 1.85 0.67
1978 SDP NL 28 P 37 36 253.0 70 15 51 4 5 .943 2.35 1.78 .951 1.91 0.72
1979 SDP NL 29 P 39 39 263.0 78 15 60 3 2 .962 2.57 1.92 .950 1.80 0.66
1980 SDP NL 30 P 24 24 154.1 51 12 38 1 0 .980 2.92 2.08 .951 1.91 0.69
1981 NYM NL 31 P 13 12 59.1 21 2 19 0 0 1.000 3.19 1.62 .957 1.97 0.68
1982 NYM NL 32 P 28 20 107.2 39 7 31 1 3 .974 3.18 1.36 .951 1.96 0.70
10 Seasons P 305 285 1933.0 597 114 465 18 30 .970 2.70 1.90 .949 1.88 0.70
10 Seasons TOT 305 285 1933.0 597 114 465 18 30 .970 2.70 1.90 .919 1.88 0.70

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame
1988 BBWAA ()

All-Star Games
1975 *
1976 (P)

Awards (yr lg award)
1976 NL Cy Young
1976 NL TSN Pitcher of the Year

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1975 NL (10, 16%)
1976 NL (10, 14%)
0.30 Career Shares (593rd)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1975 NL (2, 67%)
1976 NL (1, 80%)
1 Cy Young
1.47 Career Shares (28th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1975 NL  2.242 (1st)
1976 NL  2.740 (6th)

Wins s c a p y
1975 NL  20 (2nd)
1976 NL  22 (1st)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1975 NL  .625 (6th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1975 NL  1.046 (2nd)
1976 NL  1.028 (1st)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1975 NL  7.642 (7th)
1976 NL  7.820 (10th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1975 NL  1.768 (2nd)
1976 NL  1.427 (3rd)
1978 NL  2.277 (10th)
1979 NL  2.190 (8th)
Career  2.342 (208th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1975 NL  285.0 (2nd)
1976 NL  315.3 (1st)
1978 NL  253.0 (8th)
1979 NL  263.0 (4th)

Games Started s c a p y
1975 NL  36 (7th)
1976 NL  40 (1st)
1978 NL  36 (3rd)
1979 NL  39 (2nd)

Complete Games s c a p y
1975 NL  18 (2nd)
1976 NL  25 (1st)

Shutouts s c a p y
1975 NL  6 (2nd)
1976 NL  5 (3rd)
1980 NL  3 (4th)

Hits s c a p y
1975 NL  242 (10th)
1976 NL  274 (1st)
1978 NL  263 (2nd)
1979 NL  257 (2nd)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1975 NL  .537 (10th)
1976 NL  .428 (9th)
1978 NL  .213 (1st)
1979 NL  .582 (8th)

Losses s c a p y
1974 NL  22 (1st)
1976 NL  14 (8th)
1978 NL  14 (8th)
1980 NL  13 (9th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1974 NL  103 (6th)
1976 NL  96 (4th)
1979 NL  106 (5th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1975 NL  1124 (4th)
1976 NL  1251 (1st)
1978 NL  1058 (6th)
1979 NL  1088 (4th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1975 NL  156 (1st)
1976 NL  120 (10th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1975 NL  17 (3rd)
1976 NL  15 (4th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 14 (155), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 54 (460), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 30 (433), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 10 (816), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Case Patten (960)
  2. Clyde Wright (960)
  3. Zane Smith (948)
  4. Jim Tobin (940)
  5. Jim Barr (937)
  6. Jim Rooker (936)
  7. Johnny Schmitz (934)
  8. Geoff Zahn (934)
  9. Dave Roberts (929)
  10. Bob Harmon (928)
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  1. Leo Kiely (987)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Joe Yeager (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Tom Bradley (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Joe Boehling (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Ed Daily (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Eppa Rixey (957) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Steve Rogers (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Bob Knepper (948)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Jim Barr (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Dave Roberts (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
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  2. Denny McLain (989)
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  7. Ed Whitson (985)
  8. Ray Culp (985)
  9. Sal Maglie (985)
  10. Bob Shaw (984)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Earl Moore (989)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Pedro Astacio (992)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Pedro Astacio (993)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Pedro Astacio (993)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

June 6, 1972: Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 5th round of the 1972 amateur draft.

December 15, 1980: Traded by the San Diego Padres to the New York Mets for Jose Moreno and John Pacella.

November 5, 1982: Released by the New York Mets.

Before 1983 Season: Signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

March 27, 1983: Released by the Pittsburgh Pirates.

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