Sam Jones
Samuel Jones (Toothpick Sam and Sad Sam)
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: December 14, 1925 in Stewartsville, OH
Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1950. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 22, 1951
Final Game: October 3, 1964
Died: November 5, 1971 in Morgantown, WV
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Standard Fielding

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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
1951 CLE AL 25 P 2 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 .950 1.00
1952 CLE AL 26 P 14 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 0.29 .975 1.03
1955 CHC NL 29 P 36 34 241.2 55 14 36 5 0 .909 1.86 1.39 .953 2.04 0.83 AS
1956 CHC NL 30 P 33 28 188.2 32 7 21 4 3 .875 1.34 0.85 .969 2.05 0.83
1957 STL NL 31 P 28 27 182.2 41 13 27 1 1 .976 1.97 1.43 .961 2.06 0.82
1958 STL NL 32 P 35 35 250.0 46 14 31 1 3 .978 1.62 1.29 .954 1.97 0.77
1959 SFG NL 33 P 50 35 270.2 47 10 34 3 2 .936 1.46 0.88 .955 1.99 0.82 AS,CYA-2,MVP-5
1960 SFG NL 34 P 39 35 234.0 45 6 34 5 1 .889 1.54 1.03 .964 2.09 0.87
1961 SFG NL 35 P 37 17 128.1 19 7 11 1 1 .947 1.26 0.49 .958 2.18 0.88
1962 DET AL 36 P 30 6 81.1 20 11 8 1 0 .950 2.10 0.63 .960 2.08 0.79
1963 STL NL 37 P 11 0 11.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.64 0.18 .950 2.05 0.84
1964 BAL AL 38 P 7 0 10.1 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 0.87 0.14 1.000 1.92 0.71
12 Seasons P 322 217 1598.2 314 84 209 21 12 .933 1.65 0.91 .959 2.04 0.84
12 Seasons TOT 322 217 1598.2 314 84 209 21 12 .933 1.65 0.91 .892 2.04 0.84

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
1951 CLE AL 25 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1952 CLE AL 26 14 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 CHC NL 29 36 34 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 CHC NL 30 33 28 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 STL NL 31 28 27 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 STL NL 32 35 35 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 SFG NL 33 50 35 50 50 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 SFG NL 34 39 35 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 SFG NL 35 37 17 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 DET AL 36 30 6 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 STL NL 37 11 0 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 BAL AL 38 7 0 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Seasons 322 217 322 322 322 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1955 CHC NL 29 797 61% 19% 27 93% 0 8 1 7 24 20 1 5 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 0 5 80%
1956 CHC NL 30 537 64% 20% 17 82% 0 8 2 5 12 6 3 3 0 2 1 3 2 2 2 0 3 100%
1957 STL NL 31 776 70% 24% 32 84% 1 12 0 10 28 22 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 100%
1958 STL NL 32 1072 68% 22% 33 94% 1 11 0 10 32 24 4 1 0 0 1 0 3 3 3 0 4 100%
1959 SFG NL 33 1178 72% 23% 36 97% 1 11 0 7 35 29 4 3 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 4 100%
1960 SFG NL 34 1014 72% 23% 39 90% 0 8 1 4 35 28 3 5 1 2 2 3 1 0 1 0 8 75%
1961 SFG NL 35 597 71% 22% 18 72% 1 6 1 3 12 10 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0
1962 DET AL 36 362 70% 19% 10 90% 0 12 1 10 9 7 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 100%
1963 STL NL 37 58 76% 21% 1 100% 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 BAL AL 38 39 72% 18% 1 100% 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
10 Seasons 6430 69% 22% 214 89% 5 77 6 57 189 147 19 20 2 9 9 9 11 7 11 0 30 90%
MLB Averages 78% 27% 89% 81%

* 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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Name and misspellings: Toothpick Sam Sad Sam sammy Samuel Jones

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