Ron Jones

Ronald Glen Jones

Positions: Rightfielder and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: June 11, 1964 in Seguin, TX
High School: Seguin HS (Seguin, TX)
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1984. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 26, 1988
Team: Phillies 1988-1991

Final Game: October 6, 1991
Died: June 4, 2006 in Houston, TX
Buried: Garden of Memories, Seguin, TX
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Standard Batting

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
1985	21	PHI-min	A-	73	328	286	54	90	13	1	10	60	9	7	34	28	.315	.390	.472	.862		135		4	0	4	2		BND · NORW
1986	22	PHI-min	A,AAA	119	502	446	80	157	19	12	7	75	33	12	40	31	.352	.404	.496	.900		221		5	2	9	4		CLW,POR · FLOR,PCL
1987	23	PHI-min	AAA	90	359	316	33	78	13	4	7	32	13	4	38	50	.247	.332	.380	.712		120		3	1	1	1		MAI · IL
1988	24	PHI-min	AAA	125	508	445	64	119	15	3	16	75	16	3	49	53	.267	.340	.422	.762		188		4	2	8	8		MAI · IL
1988	24	PHI	NL	33	129	124	15	36	6	1	8	26	0	0	2	14	.290	.295	.548	.843	137	68	2	0	0	3	0	9
1989	25	PHI	NL	12	40	31	7	9	0	0	2	4	1	0	9	1	.290	.450	.484	.934	169	15	2	0	0	0	1	9/7
1990	26	PHI-min	AAA	44	171	148	13	39	4	1	3	26	5	1	19	18	.264	.345	.365	.710		54		1	0	3	1		SWB · IL
1990	26	PHI	NL	24	67	58	5	16	2	0	3	7	0	1	9	9	.276	.373	.466	.839	131	27	1	0	0	0	0	/79
1991	27	PHI-min	AAA,A+	60	222	188	25	44	11	0	5	32	5	1	32	28	.234	.347	.372	.719		70	1	1	0	1	7		SWB,CLW · IL,FLOR
1991	27	PHI	NL	28	28	26	0	4	2	0	0	3	0	0	2	9	.154	.214	.231	.445	26	6	1	0	0	0	0
1992	28	SFG-min	AA	66	224	198	20	48	9	4	4	25	3	2	21	24	.242	.317	.389	.706		77	4	2	0	3	7		SHV · TL
1993	29	ATL-min	AAA	79	232	203	25	59	9	0	10	41	0	1	25	29	.291	.370	.483	.852		98	4	1	2	1	3		RMD · IL
1994	30	YUC	AAA																										YUC · MEX
1997	33	TAB	AAA																										TAB · MEX
1998	34	SLT	AAA																										SLT · MEX
1999	35	DLA	AAA																										DLA · MEX
4 Yrs				97	264	239	27	65	10	1	13	40	1	1	22	33	.272	.330	.485	.815	129	116	6	0	0	3	1
162 Game Avg.				162	441	399	45	109	17	2	22	67	2	2	37	55	.272	.330	.485	.815	129	194	10	0	0	5	2

Player Value--Batters

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

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1988	24	PHI	NL	33	129	5	1	-0	1	-1	5	0.6	4	9	1.0	.518	.504	0.8	0.0	8	$	9
1989	25	PHI	NL	12	40	3	0	0	1	-1	4	0.4	1	5	0.5	.533	.502	0.4	0.0	4	$74,000	9/7
1990	26	PHI	NL	24	67	3	-1	0	-2	-1	-0	-0.0	2	2	0.2	.498	.500	0.3	-0.2	3	$120,000	/79
1991	27	PHI	NL	28	28	-3	0	-0	0	0	-3	-0.3	1	-2	-0.2	.489	.498	-0.2	0.0	-2	$130,000
4 Seasons				97	264	8	-0	0	0	-3	6	0.7	8	14	1.5	.507	.501	1.3	-0.2	13	$324,000

Advanced Batting

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
1988	24	PHI	NL	129	93	20	5.8	90	.267	.290	.257	.295	.321	.548	.378	.843	.699	137	.665	4.9	0.5	.778	.274	.258	.0
1989	25	PHI	NL	40	24	7	7.9	90	.250	.290	.253	.450	.320	.484	.377	.934	.697	169	.771	3.4	0.4	1.042	.516	.194	1.3
1990	26	PHI	NL	67	44	10	6.1	97	.283	.276	.263	.373	.329	.466	.395	.839	.725	131	.645	2.6	0.3	.795	.328	.190	.0
1991	27	PHI	NL	28	23	1	1.2	93	.235	.154	.256	.214	.324	.231	.384	.445	.708	26	.088	-2.5	-0.3	.348	.154	.077
4 Yrs				264	184	38	5.6	92	.265	.272	.258	.330	.323	.485	.383	.815	.706	129	.634	8.3	0.9	.762	.305	.213	1.9
162 Game Avg.				441	307	63	5.6	92	.265	.272	.258	.330	.323	.485	.383	.815	.706	129	.634	14	2	.762	.305	.213	3

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
1988	24	PHI	NL	129	6.2%	10.9%	1.6%	11.6%	42%	7.00	8.9	15.5	4.8	0.64	0.76	81%	20%	20.5%	42%
1989	25	PHI	NL	40	5.0%	2.5%	22.5%	5.0%	22%	0.11	31.0	15.5	7.8	1.23	2.83	70%	27%	16.7%	8%
1990	26	PHI	NL	67	4.5%	13.4%	13.4%	7.5%	31%	1.00	6.4	19.3	8.3	0.48	0.50	69%	18%	11.5%	21%
1991	27	PHI	NL	28	0.0%	32.1%	7.1%	7.1%	50%	4.50	2.9		8.7	0.70	1.14	61%	24%	0.0%	20%
4 Yrs				264	4.9%	12.5%	8.3%	9.1%	37%	1.50	7.2	18.4	6.0	0.67	0.88	74%	21%	15.3%	31%
MLB Averages					2.0%	14.9%	8.5%	6.6%	29%	1.75	6.0	44.1	8.6	0.80	1.05	73%	20%	6.5%	24%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1988	24	PHI	NL	4.9	0.5	132	1.8	3.8	-2.0	1.08	0.8	0.9	11.8	1.2	0.95	8.7	0.46	1
1989	25	PHI	NL	3.4	0.4	41	0.2	0.6	-0.4	.94	0.3	-0.1	1.9	0.2	1.08	4.4	1.60	0
1990	26	PHI	NL	2.6	0.3	69	1.0	2.2	-1.3	1.27	0.1	0.6	3.3	0.3	0.92	2.0	2.11	8
1991	27	PHI	NL	-2.5	-0.3	28	-0.5	0.4	-0.9	1.47	-0.3	-0.0	-3.6	-0.4	1.04	-3.5	1.47	26
4 Yrs				8.3	0.9	270	2.4	7.1	-4.6	1.15	0.9	1.2	13.4	1.4	0.97	11.5	1.59	35

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndSH
1988	24	PHI	NL	1	23%	32	0	0		0	0	2	3	83%	3	1	2	1	0	1	2	2
1989	25	PHI	NL	0	31%	19	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	50%	3	2	1	0	0	0	1	1
1990	26	PHI	NL	1	9%	23	0	1	0%	0	1	1	1	20%	3	2	0	1	1	0	1	1
1991	27	PHI	NL	0	0%	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
4 Yrs				2	19%	77	1	1	50%	1	1	3	4	50%	10	6	3	2	1	1	4	4

Situational Hitting*

						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
1988	24	PHI	NL	129	71%	36	8	0	1	0	0	0	0.46	8	0	2	5	3	5	3	0	0	0		25	2	8%	12	5	42%	72	19	26%	6	5	83%	4	2	50%	0
1989	25	PHI	NL	40	80%	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.60	2	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	0%	11	2	18%	5	2	40%	32	2	6%	3	1	33%	2	1	50%	0
1990	26	PHI	NL	67	85%	16	1	0	8	2	0	1	2.11	3	0	2	3	0	2	1	0	0	0		12	1	8%	5	2	40%	36	5	14%	2	1	50%	3	1	33%	0
1991	27	PHI	NL	28	96%	4	1	0	26	4	0	2	1.47	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		11	1	9%	1	0	0%	24	3	13%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
4 Yrs				264	78%	65	10	0	35	6	0	3	1.59	13	0	5	9	4	8	5	0	1	0	0%	59	6	10%	23	9	39%	164	29	18%	12	8	67%	9	4	44%	0
MLB Averages					60%																			72%			10%			35%			14%			52%			56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1988	24	PHI	NL	121	399	3.30	256	64%	21%	15%	21%	42%	79%	0%	50%	80%	28%	2%	3	0	14%	17	9	7%	8	7	18%	8	1	1
1989	25	PHI	NL	40	167	4.18	77	46%	26%	8%	27%	39%	74%	4%	34%	89%	10%	13%	5	1	38%	15	9	13%	5	2	0%	0	0	0
1990	26	PHI	NL	57	232	4.07	130	56%	28%	9%	30%	32%	72%	0%	40%	87%	12%	5%	3	1	23%	13	8	12%	7	3	57%	10	0	0
1991	27	PHI	NL	28	117	4.18	76	65%	24%	17%	37%	22%	76%	0%	50%	78%	25%	4%	1	0	29%	8	6	7%	2	2	44%	0	0	0
4 Yrs				246	915	3.72	539	59%	24%	13%	27%	36%	76%	1%	45%	83%	21%	5%	12	2	22%	53	32	9%	22	14	36%	18	1	1
MLB Averages						3.62		62%	25%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	46%	81%	32%	6%			16%			9%			26%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SF	IBB
1988	24	33	129	124	15	36	6	1	8	26	0	0	2	14	.290	.295	.548	.843	137	68	2	3	0
1989	25	45	169	155	22	45	6	1	10	30	1	0	11	15	.290	.331	.535	.867	145	83	4	3	1
1990	26	69	236	213	27	61	8	1	13	37	1	1	20	24	.286	.343	.516	.860	141	110	5	3	1
1991	27	97	264	239	27	65	10	1	13	40	1	1	22	33	.272	.330	.485	.815	129	116	6	3	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
1988	24	33	132	127	17	39	6	1	9	29	0	2	14	.307	.311	.583	.893	23	33
1989	25	12	42	32	8	10	0	0	2	5	1	10	1	.313	.476	.500	.976	8	12
1990	26	24	69	59	5	17	2	0	3	8	0	10	9	.288	.391	.475	.866	11	24
1991	27	28	27	25	0	3	2	0	0	2	0	2	9	.120	.185	.200	.385	1	28
4 Yrs		97	270	243	30	69	10	1	14	44	1	24	33	.284	.344	.506	.851	43	97
162 Game Avg.		162	451	406	50	115	17	2	23	73	2	40	55	.284	.344	.506	.851	72	97

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