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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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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
1976 21 KCR AL 28 54 51 9 11 1 1 1 7 0 2 3 16 .216 .259 .333 .593 72 17 0 0 0 0 0 /98D7
1977 22 SEA AL 160 663 597 85 157 26 8 24 76 13 9 55 120 .263 .324 .454 .778 111 271 7 2 3 6 3 *8/D AS
1978 23 SEA AL 129 540 472 48 111 24 3 6 46 22 6 55 85 .235 .312 .337 .649 83 159 15 0 8 5 2 *8
1979 24 SEA AL 162 716 622 109 166 29 9 21 78 33 12 85 78 .267 .356 .444 .799 113 276 19 3 2 4 4 *8
1980 25 NYY AL 83 373 328 38 73 11 3 9 42 18 8 34 50 .223 .299 .357 .656 81 117 5 3 5 3 3 8
1981 26 SDP NL 105 451 397 53 99 34 1 4 39 7 9 43 66 .249 .318 .370 .688 101 147 7 0 4 7 2 *8
1982 27 SDP NL 116 493 424 69 120 20 2 12 61 18 15 62 90 .283 .373 .425 .798 128 180 4 1 3 3 11 *8 AS
1983 28 SDP NL 133 372 335 42 78 12 3 12 49 11 11 35 58 .233 .305 .394 .699 96 132 8 0 2 0 4 *8/3
1984 29 DET AL 79 237 215 26 61 12 1 12 37 2 4 21 47 .284 .346 .516 .862 136 111 5 0 0 1 0 78/D
1985 30 CAL AL 125 456 389 66 90 17 2 21 67 7 4 57 82 .231 .328 .447 .775 111 174 5 0 8 2 2 D798
1986 31 CAL AL 126 470 393 73 90 21 3 17 49 10 3 64 87 .229 .339 .427 .767 109 168 8 3 7 3 5 *978
1987 32 CAL AL 85 213 192 25 47 8 2 8 28 2 1 20 38 .245 .316 .432 .748 99 83 4 0 1 0 2 79/8D
12 Seasons 1331 5038 4415 643 1103 215 38 147 579 143 84 534 817 .250 .330 .416 .746 106 1835 87 12 43 34 38
162 Game Avg. 162 613 537 78 134 26 5 18 70 17 10 65 99 .250 .330 .416 .746 106 223 11 1 5 4 5
SDP (3 yrs) 354 1316 1156 164 297 66 6 28 149 36 35 140 214 .257 .335 .397 .732 110 459 19 1 9 10 17
CAL (3 yrs) 336 1139 974 164 227 46 7 46 144 19 8 141 207 .233 .330 .436 .767 108 425 17 3 16 5 9
SEA (3 yrs) 451 1919 1691 242 434 79 20 51 200 68 27 195 283 .257 .333 .418 .750 104 706 41 5 13 15 9
KCR (1 yr) 28 54 51 9 11 1 1 1 7 0 2 3 16 .216 .259 .333 .593 72 17 0 0 0 0 0
NYY (1 yr) 83 373 328 38 73 11 3 9 42 18 8 34 50 .223 .299 .357 .656 81 117 5 3 5 3 3
DET (1 yr) 79 237 215 26 61 12 1 12 37 2 4 21 47 .284 .346 .516 .862 136 111 5 0 0 1 0
AL (9 yrs) 977 3722 3259 479 806 149 32 119 430 107 49 394 603 .247 .328 .422 .751 105 1376 68 11 34 24 21
NL (3 yrs) 354 1316 1156 164 297 66 6 28 149 36 35 140 214 .257 .335 .397 .732 110 459 19 1 9 10 17

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
1984 29 DET AL ALCS KCR W 2 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .167 .000 .167 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 29 DET AL WS SDP W 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 31 CAL AL ALCS BOS L 6 23 17 4 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 5 2 .176 .348 .235 .583 4 0 0 0 1 2
2 Seasons (3 Series) 10 32 25 5 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 6 4 .120 .281 .160 .441 4 0 0 0 1 2
2 ALCS 8 29 22 5 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 6 3 .136 .310 .182 .492 4 0 0 0 1 2
1 WS 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 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 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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1977 *
1982 *

Games Played s c a p y
1977 AL--160--3rd
1979 AL--162--1st

At Bats s c a p y
1979 AL--622--8th

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1979 AL--716--4th

Runs Scored s c a p y
1979 AL--109--8th

Doubles s c a p y
1981 NL--34--2nd

Triples s c a p y
1979 AL--9--8th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1979 AL--85--7th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1977 AL--120--5th
1981 NL--66--8th

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1979 AL--33--7th

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1981 NL--39--6th

Times On Base s c a p y
1979 AL--254--7th

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1981 NL--7--2nd

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1979 AL--19--8th

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1979 AL--12--7th
1981 NL--9--10th
1982 NL--15--8th
Career--84--177th

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1979 AL--25.7--3rd
Career--145.0--181st

Outs Made s c a p y
1979 AL--493--4th
1981 NL--325--6th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 1 (725), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 13 (1233), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 10 (1139), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 14 (1090), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

June 5, 1973: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 3rd round of the 1973 amateur draft.

November 5, 1976: Drafted by the Seattle Mariners from the Kansas City Royals as the 1st pick in the 1976 expansion draft.

November 1, 1979: Traded by the Seattle Mariners with Jim Lewis to the New York Yankees for Rick Anderson, Jim Beattie, Juan Beniquez and Jerry Narron.

March 31, 1981: Traded by the New York Yankees with Joe Lefebvre, Tim Lollar and Chris Welsh to the San Diego Padres for Jerry Mumphrey and John Pacella.

November 7, 1983: Granted Free Agency.

April 10, 1984: Signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.

November 8, 1984: Granted Free Agency.

January 30, 1985: Signed as a Free Agent with the California Angels.

November 9, 1987: Granted Free Agency.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1985California Angels$390,000
1986California Angels$560,000
1987California Angels$450,000
Career (may be incomplete)$1,400,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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