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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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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
1951 25 CLE AL 0 1 .000 2.08 2 1 1 0 0 0 8.2 4 2 2 0 5 4 0 0 0 34 183 1.038 4.2 0.0 5.2 4.2 0.80
1952 26 CLE AL 2 3 .400 7.25 14 4 2 0 0 1 36.0 38 30 29 6 37 28 4 0 4 184 46 2.083 9.5 1.5 9.3 7.0 0.76
1955 29 CHC NL 14 20 .412 4.10 36 34 1 12 4 0 241.2 175 118 110 22 185 5 198 14 0 5 1070 101 1.490 6.5 0.8 6.9 7.4 1.07 AS
1956 30 CHC NL 9 14 .391 3.91 33 28 3 8 2 0 188.2 155 93 82 21 115 6 176 8 0 2 832 97 1.431 7.4 1.0 5.5 8.4 1.53
1957 31 STL NL 12 9 .571 3.60 28 27 1 10 2 0 182.2 164 77 73 17 71 1 154 6 0 3 767 110 1.286 8.1 0.8 3.5 7.6 2.17
1958 32 STL NL 14 13 .519 2.88 35 35 0 14 2 0 250.0 204 95 80 23 107 5 225 6 0 7 1041 144 1.244 7.3 0.8 3.9 8.1 2.10
1959 33 SFG NL 21 15 .583 2.83 50 35 12 16 4 4 270.2 232 99 85 18 109 6 209 8 0 5 1148 134 1.260 7.7 0.6 3.6 6.9 1.92 AS,CYA-2,MVP-5
1960 34 SFG NL 18 14 .563 3.19 39 35 3 13 3 0 234.0 200 112 83 18 91 5 190 4 0 8 978 110 1.244 7.7 0.7 3.5 7.3 2.09
1961 35 SFG NL 8 8 .500 4.49 37 17 10 2 0 1 128.1 134 72 64 12 57 7 105 8 0 7 579 85 1.488 9.4 0.8 4.0 7.4 1.84
1962 36 DET AL 2 4 .333 3.65 30 6 3 1 0 1 81.1 77 39 33 13 35 1 73 2 0 3 351 111 1.377 8.5 1.4 3.9 8.1 2.09
1963 37 STL NL 2 0 1.000 9.00 11 0 5 0 0 2 11.0 15 12 11 0 5 1 8 0 0 1 52 40 1.818 12.3 0.0 4.1 6.5 1.60
1964 38 BAL AL 0 0 2.61 7 0 4 0 0 0 10.1 5 3 3 1 5 0 6 0 0 0 38 137 0.968 4.4 0.9 4.4 5.2 1.20
12 Seasons 102 101 .502 3.59 322 222 45 76 17 9 1643.1 1403 752 655 151 822 37 1376 60 0 45 7074 108 1.354 7.7 0.8 4.5 7.5 1.67
162 Game Avg. 13 13 .502 3.59 40 28 6 10 2 1 205 175 94 82 19 103 172 8 0 6 884 108 1.354 7.7 0.8 4.5 7.5 1.67
SFG (3 yrs) 47 37 .560 3.30 126 87 25 31 7 5 633.0 566 283 232 48 257 18 504 20 0 20 2705 112 1.300 8.0 0.7 3.7 7.2 1.96
STL (3 yrs) 28 22 .560 3.33 74 62 6 24 4 2 443.2 383 184 164 40 183 7 387 12 0 11 1860 122 1.276 7.8 0.8 3.7 7.9 2.11
CHC (2 yrs) 23 34 .404 4.02 69 62 4 20 6 0 430.1 330 211 192 43 300 11 374 22 0 7 1902 99 1.464 6.9 0.9 6.3 7.8 1.25
CLE (2 yrs) 2 4 .333 6.25 16 5 3 0 0 1 44.2 42 32 31 6 42 32 4 0 4 218 55 1.881 8.5 1.2 8.5 6.4 0.76
BAL (1 yr) 0 0 2.61 7 0 4 0 0 0 10.1 5 3 3 1 5 0 6 0 0 0 38 137 0.968 4.4 0.9 4.4 5.2 1.20
DET (1 yr) 2 4 .333 3.65 30 6 3 1 0 1 81.1 77 39 33 13 35 1 73 2 0 3 351 111 1.377 8.5 1.4 3.9 8.1 2.09
NL (8 yrs) 98 93 .513 3.51 269 211 35 75 17 7 1507.0 1279 678 588 131 740 36 1265 54 0 38 6467 111 1.340 7.6 0.8 4.4 7.6 1.71
AL (4 yrs) 4 8 .333 4.42 53 11 10 1 0 2 136.1 124 74 67 20 82 1 111 6 0 7 607 86 1.511 8.2 1.3 5.4 7.3 1.35

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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
1951 25 CLE AL 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 /1
1952 26 CLE AL 14 10 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .100 .100 .100 .200 -43 1 0 0 0 1
1955 29 CHC NL 36 85 77 2 14 1 0 0 5 0 0 3 27 .182 .213 .195 .407 10 15 4 0 5 0 0 1 AS
1956 30 CHC NL 33 71 57 3 10 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 19 .175 .230 .175 .405 12 10 1 0 10 0 0 1
1957 31 STL NL 28 70 63 2 10 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 25 .159 .182 .175 .356 -4 11 0 1 4 1 0 1
1958 32 STL NL 35 95 90 2 9 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 26 .100 .118 .100 .218 -42 9 3 0 2 1 0 1
1959 33 SFG NL 50 100 85 3 11 1 0 0 8 0 0 3 30 .129 .157 .141 .298 -19 12 1 0 11 1 0 1 AS,CYA-2,MVP-5
1960 34 SFG NL 39 89 80 3 16 2 0 0 5 0 0 1 20 .200 .207 .225 .432 21 18 0 0 7 1 0 1
1961 35 SFG NL 37 42 36 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 .139 .162 .194 .357 -4 7 0 0 5 0 0 1
1962 36 DET AL 30 21 21 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 9 .095 .095 .238 .333 -15 5 0 0 0 0 0 1
1963 37 STL NL 11 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1964 38 BAL AL 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
12 Seasons 322 588 522 16 78 7 0 1 27 0 0 17 167 .149 .176 .169 .345 -6 88 9 1 44 4 0
162 Game Avg. 162 296 263 8 39 4 0 1 14 0 0 9 84 .149 .176 .169 .345 -6 44 5 1 22
SFG (3 yrs) 126 231 201 6 32 5 0 0 13 0 0 5 57 .159 .178 .184 .362 -1 37 1 0 23 2 0
STL (3 yrs) 74 167 154 4 19 1 0 0 7 0 0 4 51 .123 .149 .130 .279 -25 20 3 1 6 2 0
CHC (2 yrs) 69 156 134 5 24 1 0 0 6 0 0 7 46 .179 .220 .187 .406 11 25 5 0 15 0 0
CLE (2 yrs) 16 12 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .083 .083 .083 .167 -53 1 0 0 0
BAL (1 yr) 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0
DET (1 yr) 30 21 21 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 9 .095 .095 .238 .333 -15 5 0 0 0 0 0
NL (8 yrs) 269 554 489 15 75 7 0 0 26 0 0 16 154 .153 .180 .168 .348 -6 82 9 1 44 4 0
AL (4 yrs) 53 34 33 1 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 13 .091 .118 .182 .299 -20 6 0 0 0 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
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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1955 *
1959-2 *

Awards (yr lg award)
1959 NL TSN Pitcher of the Year

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1959 NL (5, 39%)
0.39 Career Shares (506th)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1959 ML (2, 12%)
0.12 Career Shares (165th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1958 NL  2.880 (2nd)
1959 NL  2.826 (1st)
1960 NL  3.192 (10th)

Wins s c a p y
1955 NL  14 (5th)
1958 NL  14 (7th)
1959 NL  21 (1st)
1960 NL  18 (5th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1957 NL  .571 (10th)
1959 NL  .583 (9th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1958 NL  1.244 (6th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1955 NL  6.517 (1st)
1956 NL  7.394 (3rd)
1957 NL  8.080 (9th)
1958 NL  7.344 (1st)
1959 NL  7.714 (2nd)
1960 NL  7.692 (6th)
Career  7.684 (49th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1955 NL  7.374 (1st)
1956 NL  8.396 (1st)
1957 NL  7.588 (1st)
1958 NL  8.100 (1st)
1959 NL  6.950 (2nd)
1960 NL  7.308 (5th)
Career  7.536 (48th)

Games Played s c a p y
1959 NL  50 (8th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1955 NL  241.7 (4th)
1958 NL  250.0 (5th)
1959 NL  270.7 (4th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1955 NL  198 (1st)
1956 NL  176 (1st)
1957 NL  154 (4th)
1958 NL  225 (1st)
1959 NL  209 (2nd)
1960 NL  190 (3rd)
Career  1376 (215th)

Games Started s c a p y
1955 NL  34 (2nd)
1958 NL  35 (4th)
1959 NL  35 (7th)
1960 NL  35 (5th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1955 NL  12 (8th)
1958 NL  14 (6th)
1959 NL  16 (7th)
1960 NL  13 (9th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1955 NL  4 (2nd)
1956 NL  2 (10th)
1957 NL  2 (10th)
1958 NL  2 (6th)
1959 NL  4 (1st)
1960 NL  3 (8th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1955 NL  185 (1st)
1956 NL  115 (1st)
1957 NL  71 (8th)
1958 NL  107 (1st)
1959 NL  109 (1st)
1960 NL  91 (6th)
Career  822 (219th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1957 NL  2.169 (6th)
1958 NL  2.103 (7th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1955 NL  .819 (4th)
1959 NL  .599 (4th)

Losses s c a p y
1955 NL  20 (1st)
1956 NL  14 (6th)
1958 NL  13 (7th)
1959 NL  15 (5th)
1960 NL  14 (6th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1955 NL  110 (2nd)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1955 NL  5 (8th)
1958 NL  7 (6th)
1960 NL  8 (7th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1955 NL  14 (1st)
1956 NL  8 (3rd)
1957 NL  6 (10th)
1958 NL  6 (7th)
1959 NL  8 (4th)
1961 NL  8 (3rd)
Career  60 (239th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1955 NL  1070 (2nd)
1958 NL  1041 (5th)
1959 NL  1148 (4th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1958 NL  144 (2nd)
1959 NL  134 (2nd)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1959 NL  11 (3rd)

Oldest s c a p y
1963 NL  born 1925-12-14 (10th)
1964 AL  born 1925-12-14 (6th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 25 (66), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 98 (215), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 29 (450), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 10 (816), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

Before 1950 Season: Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent.

September 30, 1954: Traded by the Cleveland Indians with players to be named later to the Chicago Cubs for a player to be named later. The Chicago Cubs sent Ralph Kiner (November 16, 1954) to the Cleveland Indians to complete the trade. The Cleveland Indians sent $60,000 (November 16, 1954) and Gale Wade (November 30, 1954) to the Chicago Cubs to complete the trade.

December 11, 1956: Traded by the Chicago Cubs with Jim Davis, Hobie Landrith and Eddie Miksis to the St. Louis Cardinals for Wally Lammers (minors), Jackie Collum, Ray Katt and Tom Poholsky.

March 25, 1959: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Don Choate to the San Francisco Giants for Ray Jablonski and Bill White.

October 10, 1961: Drafted by the Houston Colt .45's from the San Francisco Giants in the 1961 expansion draft.

December 1, 1961: Traded by the Houston Colt .45's to the Detroit Tigers for Bob Bruce and Manny Montejo.

October 2, 1962: Released by the Detroit Tigers.

Before 1963 Season: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.

October 9, 1963: Released by the St. Louis Cardinals.

Before 1964 Season: Signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles.

October 20, 1964: Released by the Baltimore Orioles.

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