Ruppert Jones
Ruppert Sanderson Jones
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: March 12, 1955 in Dallas, TX
High School: Berkeley (Berkeley, CA)
Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 3rd round of the 1973 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 1, 1976
Final Game: October 4, 1987
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Standard Fielding

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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 Awards
1976 KCR AL 21 OF 17 7 86.2 21 21 0 0 0 1.000 -0.8 -11.1 -0.8 -0.9 0.1 0 2.18 1.24 .981 2.47 2.21
1976 KCR AL 21 RF 9 4 41.2 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 -1.3 -37.4 -1.3 -1.4 0.1 0 1.73 0.89 .975 2.20 1.92
1976 KCR AL 21 CF 7 3 36.0 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 10.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 2.75 1.57 .982 2.98 2.60
1976 KCR AL 21 DH 3
1976 KCR AL 21 LF 2 0 9.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 26.7 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 2.00 1.00 1.000 2.20 1.90
1977 SEA AL 22 CF 155 154 1357.2 485 465 11 9 3 .981 9.7 8.6 8.7 6.9 1.8 1 3.16 3.07 .983 2.83 2.49 AS
1977 SEA AL 22 OF 155 154 1357.2 485 465 11 9 3 .981 9.7 8.6 8.7 6.9 1.8 1 3.16 3.07 .978 2.34 2.03 AS
1977 SEA AL 22 DH 4 AS
1978 SEA AL 23 CF 128 128 1131.0 410 394 10 6 3 .985 -4.4 -4.7 -2.4 2.6 -5.0 -2 3.21 3.16 .984 2.97 2.64
1978 SEA AL 23 OF 128 128 1131.0 409 393 10 6 2 .985 -4.4 -4.7 -2.4 2.6 -5.0 -2 3.21 3.15 .979 2.47 2.13
1979 SEA AL 24 CF 161 161 1408.0 471 452 14 5 4 .989 -1.9 -1.6 -4.9 -4.1 -0.8 3 2.98 2.89 .983 2.92 2.62
1979 SEA AL 24 OF 161 161 1408.0 471 453 13 5 4 .989 -1.9 -1.6 -4.9 -4.1 -0.8 3 2.98 2.89 .981 2.46 2.13
1980 NYY AL 25 CF 82 82 732.2 254 248 3 3 1 .988 1.3 2.1 0.3 1.5 -1.2 1 3.08 3.06 .983 2.92 2.65
1980 NYY AL 25 OF 82 82 732.2 253 246 4 3 1 .988 1.3 2.1 0.3 1.5 -1.2 1 3.07 3.05 .979 2.47 2.15
1981 SDP NL 26 CF 104 102 927.0 306 294 9 3 3 .990 -1.2 -1.6 -0.2 1.1 -1.4 -1 2.94 2.91 .986 2.80 2.53
1981 SDP NL 26 OF 104 102 927.0 306 295 9 2 3 .993 -1.2 -1.6 -0.2 1.1 -1.4 -1 2.95 2.92 .980 2.33 2.02
1982 SDP NL 27 CF 114 113 1016.1 321 313 4 4 1 .988 5.8 6.8 9.8 5.3 4.5 -4 2.81 2.78 .983 2.66 2.30 AS
1982 SDP NL 27 OF 114 113 1016.1 322 314 3 5 1 .984 5.8 6.8 9.8 5.3 4.5 -4 2.81 2.78 .978 2.25 1.91 AS
1983 SDP NL 28 CF 112 82 777.1 260 252 3 5 2 .981 -2.8 -4.3 0.2 2.1 -1.9 -3 2.95 2.28 .983 2.78 2.38
1983 SDP NL 28 OF 111 82 777.1 257 249 3 5 2 .981 -2.8 -4.3 0.2 2.1 -1.9 -3 2.92 2.27 .980 2.27 1.92
1983 SDP NL 28 1B 5 3 26.0 23 19 3 1 1 .957 -1.0 -46.2 -1.0 -0.3 -0.7 0 7.62 4.40 .991 9.97 8.40
1984 DET AL 29 OF 73 58 484.2 154 150 4 0 1 1.000 8.4 20.8 8.4 2.0 6.4 0 2.86 2.11 .982 2.51 2.17
1984 DET AL 29 LF 61 38 332.2 102 98 4 0 1 1.000 5.4 19.5 5.4 0.0 5.4 0 2.76 1.67 .981 2.27 1.80
1984 DET AL 29 CF 24 20 152.0 53 53 0 0 0 1.000 3.0 23.7 3.0 2.0 1.0 0 3.14 2.21 .985 3.01 2.62
1984 DET AL 29 DH 2
1985 CAL AL 30 OF 73 65 601.2 192 179 12 1 5 .995 7.2 14.4 6.2 2.0 4.3 1 2.86 2.62 .982 2.44 2.10
1985 CAL AL 30 DH 43
1985 CAL AL 30 LF 31 28 270.0 84 77 6 1 2 .988 4.0 17.8 3.0 1.7 1.4 1 2.77 2.68 .976 2.25 1.77
1985 CAL AL 30 RF 31 23 197.2 61 57 4 0 3 1.000 2.6 15.8 2.6 0.7 1.9 0 2.78 1.97 .980 2.17 1.82
1985 CAL AL 30 CF 18 14 134.0 48 46 2 0 0 1.000 0.6 5.4 0.6 -0.4 1.0 0 3.22 2.67 .987 2.91 2.56
1986 CAL AL 31 OF 121 103 945.2 214 205 5 4 0 .981 5.2 6.6 3.2 1.1 2.1 2 2.00 1.74 .980 2.39 2.06
1986 CAL AL 31 RF 96 85 750.2 171 163 4 4 0 .977 8.1 12.9 6.1 3.1 3.1 2 2.00 1.74 .975 2.11 1.79
1986 CAL AL 31 LF 28 14 148.0 31 30 1 0 0 1.000 -1.1 -8.9 -1.1 -1.7 0.5 0 1.89 1.11 .977 2.24 1.77
1986 CAL AL 31 CF 10 4 47.0 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 -1.8 -46.0 -1.8 -0.3 -1.5 0 2.11 1.10 .982 2.83 2.47
1987 CAL AL 32 OF 66 39 376.2 85 81 1 3 0 .965 -1.0 -3.2 -2.0 -1.7 -0.3 1 1.96 1.24 .980 2.31 2.00
1987 CAL AL 32 LF 52 24 259.1 49 45 1 3 0 .939 -3.0 -13.9 -3.0 -2.2 -0.8 0 1.60 0.88 .976 2.11 1.73
1987 CAL AL 32 RF 21 13 102.1 33 32 1 0 0 1.000 1.9 22.3 0.9 0.4 0.5 1 2.90 1.57 .979 2.12 1.75
1987 CAL AL 32 CF 3 2 15.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 8.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 2.40 1.33 .975 2.70 2.33
1987 CAL AL 32 DH 3
12 Seasons OF 1205 1094 9845.1 3169 3051 75 43 22 .986 25.5 3.1 26.5 17.9 8.6 -1 2.86 2.59 .980 2.39 2.06
12 Seasons CF 918 865 7734.0 2634 2543 56 35 17 .987 8.7 1.3 13.7 17.1 -3.5 -5 3.02 2.83 .984 2.85 2.52
5 Seasons LF 174 104 1019.0 268 252 12 4 3 .985 5.5 6.5 4.5 -2.0 6.5 1 2.33 1.52 .978 2.22 1.77
4 Seasons RF 157 125 1092.1 273 260 9 4 3 .985 11.3 12.4 8.3 2.8 5.6 3 2.22 1.71 .977 2.13 1.80
5 Seasons DH 55
1 Season 1B 5 3 26.0 23 19 3 1 1 .957 -1.0 -46.2 -1.0 -0.3 -0.7 0 7.62 4.40 .991 9.97 8.40
12 Seasons TOT 1210 1097 9871.1 3192 3070 78 44 23 .986 24.5 3.0 25.5 17.6 7.9 -1 0 2.87 2.60 .966 2.41 2.08
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 Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1976 KCR AL 21 28 8 28 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 9 17 1 9 7
1977 SEA AL 22 160 158 160 155 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 155 0 155 4 1 0
1978 SEA AL 23 129 128 129 128 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 128 0 128 0 1 0
1979 SEA AL 24 162 161 162 161 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 161 0 161 0 1 0
1980 NYY AL 25 83 82 83 82 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 82 0 82 0 0 1
1981 SDP NL 26 105 102 105 104 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 104 0 104 0 0 1
1982 SDP NL 27 116 113 116 114 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 114 0 114 0 2 0
1983 SDP NL 28 133 85 133 115 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 112 0 112 0 23 5
1984 DET AL 29 79 60 79 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 61 24 0 73 2 19 0
1985 CAL AL 30 125 106 125 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 18 31 74 41 15 0
1986 CAL AL 31 126 103 126 121 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 10 96 121 0 17 0
1987 CAL AL 32 85 40 85 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 52 3 21 66 1 37 3
12 Seasons 1331 1146 1331 1210 0 0 5 0 0 0 174 918 157 1207 49 125 17
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1976 KCR AL 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 8 3 37.5% 5 0 0.0% 0 148 42% 84% 30% 24 46%
1977 SEA AL 22 9 1 8 0 2 11 0 3 2 4 47 33 0 46 5 0 8 1 1 29 7 1 43 30 0 173 76 43.9% 95 2 1.2% 9 6219 53% 78% 25% 746 63%
1978 SEA AL 23 6 1 5 0 2 10 0 2 5 1 50 35 1 44 3 0 12 2 0 29 5 1 25 18 0 160 63 39.4% 95 2 1.3% 8 5175 54% 81% 25% 700 57%
1979 SEA AL 24 5 0 5 0 1 14 0 4 4 2 64 42 2 57 7 0 15 6 0 31 4 1 46 30 0 213 89 41.8% 121 3 1.4% 11 6448 58% 80% 24% 832 56%
1980 NYY AL 25 3 0 3 0 0 3 0 1 1 1 35 21 0 27 6 1 6 3 0 14 3 1 15 10 0 97 43 44.3% 52 2 2.1% 1 3210 64% 80% 26% 422 59%
1981 SDP NL 26 3 0 3 0 0 9 0 1 3 2 49 28 0 47 9 1 10 1 1 12 3 1 37 27 1 155 68 43.9% 83 4 2.6% 5 4183 62% 79% 25% 562 53%
1982 SDP NL 27 4 0 4 0 1 4 0 0 2 2 32 17 0 33 2 1 8 2 1 12 2 0 37 24 1 122 47 38.5% 72 3 2.5% 1 4412 64% 80% 27% 520 61%
1983 SDP NL 28 5 0 5 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 40 24 0 22 2 0 5 0 0 20 3 0 24 19 0 111 48 43.2% 63 0 0.0% 3 3470 60% 79% 26% 460 55%
1984 DET AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 3 0 6 3 50.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 635 45% 75% 28% 54 98%
1985 CAL AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 8 5 0 9 5 55.6% 4 0 0.0% 2 586 38% 83% 28% 46 100%
1986 CAL AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 220 50% 82% 25% 16 69%
1987 CAL AL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 59 58% 83% 44% 8 50%
12 Seasons 35 2 33 0 6 56 0 13 18 12 322 203 3 278 34 3 64 15 3 152 28 5 241 168 2 1057 448 42.4% 593 16 1.5% 40 34765 58% 80% 25% 4390 59%
MLB Averages 42.5% 2.2% 57% 78% 27% 62%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1976 KCR AL 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 51% 77% 26% 5 40%
1984 DET AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 8 7 1 13 8 61.5% 4 1 7.7% 3 1448 44% 78% 29% 100 98%
1985 CAL AL 30 1 0 1 0 1 6 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 1 11 9 1 18 11 61.1% 5 2 11.1% 4 1160 51% 78% 26% 82 95%
1986 CAL AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 3 0 4 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 14 8 57.1% 6 0 0.0% 1 652 52% 76% 30% 70 44%
1987 CAL AL 32 3 0 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 7 6 0 6 2 0 4 2 0 1 1 0 4 4 0 22 15 68.2% 7 0 0.0% 1 1120 51% 76% 30% 100 46%
5 Seasons 4 0 4 0 2 12 0 4 4 4 12 10 0 11 3 0 7 3 0 11 3 1 26 23 2 67 42 62.7% 22 3 4.5% 9 4415 49% 77% 28% 357 71%
MLB Averages 58.0% 2.7% 57% 78% 27% 52%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1976 KCR AL 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 50.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 201 55% 80% 20% 19 42%
1985 CAL AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 3 2 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 4 2 0 3 0 0 13 6 46.2% 7 0 0.0% 4 868 52% 81% 27% 70 81%
1986 CAL AL 31 4 0 4 0 2 4 0 1 3 0 27 17 1 16 4 0 7 5 0 8 2 0 8 7 0 66 35 53.0% 30 1 1.5% 3 3144 47% 76% 30% 274 61%
1987 CAL AL 32 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 4 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 5 5 0 20 11 55.0% 9 0 0.0% 1 481 59% 77% 33% 58 55%
4 Seasons 4 0 4 0 2 9 0 2 3 0 38 24 1 27 7 0 9 7 0 15 5 0 16 12 0 105 55 52.4% 49 1 1.0% 8 4694 50% 77% 30% 421 62%
MLB Averages 43.2% 3.0% 57% 78% 27% 56%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1983 SDP NL 28 114 68% 79% 19% 6 83% 0 19 0 19 0 3 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1 Season 114 68% 79% 19% 6 83% 0 19 0 19 0 3 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 100%
MLB Averages 57% 78% 27% 94% 89%

* 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.

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