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Sheldon Jones

Sheldon Leslie Jones (Available)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: February 2, 1922 in Tecumseh, NE
High School: York HS (York, NE)
Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1941. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 9, 1946
Teams (by GP): Giants/Braves/Cubs 1946-1953

Final Game: June 28, 1953
Died: April 18, 1991 in Greenville, NC
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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
1946 24 NYG NL 6 8 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .250 .250 .250 .500 42 2 0 0 0 /1
1947 25 NYG NL 15 17 16 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 .125 .125 .125 .250 -34 2 0 0 1 1
1948 26 NYG NL 55 74 64 5 13 3 1 0 6 0 1 19 .203 .215 .281 .497 33 18 1 0 9 1
1949 27 NYG NL 42 73 66 2 8 0 1 0 1 0 0 15 .121 .121 .152 .273 -27 10 2 0 6 1
1950 28 NYG NL 40 72 57 3 6 0 0 0 3 0 5 22 .105 .177 .105 .283 -24 6 3 0 10 1
1951 29 NYG NL 41 32 31 1 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 6 .097 .125 .194 .319 -16 6 0 0 0 1
1952 30 BSN NL 39 9 8 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .125 .125 .125 .250 -30 1 0 0 1 1
1953 31 CHC NL 22 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 1
8 Yrs 260 292 257 12 35 4 3 0 13 0 0 7 71 .136 .159 .175 .334 -11 45 6 0 27
162 Game Avg. 162 182 160 7 22 2 2 0 8 0 4 44 .136 .159 .175 .334 -11 28 4 0 17
NYG (6 yrs) 199 276 242 11 34 4 3 0 12 0 0 7 68 .140 .165 .182 .346 -8 44 6 0 26
BSN (1 yr) 39 9 8 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .125 .125 .125 .250 -30 1 0 0 1
CHC (1 yr) 22 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0

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 Awards
1946 24 NYG NL 6 8 -1 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .504 .500 0.0 0.0 1 $ /1
1947 25 NYG NL 15 17 -3 0 0 0 2 -1 -0.1 1 -1 -0.1 .490 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $ 1
1948 26 NYG NL 55 74 -7 0 0 0 8 1 0.1 3 4 0.1 .502 .501 0.1 0.0 3 $ 1
1949 27 NYG NL 42 73 -13 0 -0 0 8 -5 -0.5 2 -2 -0.5 .488 .497 -0.5 0.0 -2 $ 1
1950 28 NYG NL 40 72 -12 -0 -1 0 8 -5 -0.5 2 -2 -0.5 .488 .497 -0.5 -0.0 -2 $ 1
1951 29 NYG NL 41 32 -5 0 0 0 3 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.2 .495 .499 -0.2 -0.0 -1 $ 1
1952 30 BSN NL 39 9 -1 0 0 0 1 -0 -0.0 0 0 0.0 .499 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1953 31 CHC NL 22 7 -2 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .495 .499 -0.1 -0.0 -1 $ 1
8 Seasons 260 292 -45 0 -0 0 32 -13 -1.4 10 -3 -1.3 .495 .499 -1.3 -0.0 -3 $
NYG (6 yrs) 199 276 -41 0 -1 0 30 -12 -1.3 10 -2 -1.2 .494 .499 -1.2 -0.0 -2 $
BSN (1 yr) 39 9 -1 0 0 0 1 -0 -0.0 0 0 0.0 .499 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $
CHC (1 yr) 22 7 -2 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .495 .499 -0.1 -0.0 -1 $

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
1946 24 NYG NL 8 6 1 4.5 93 .400 .250 .262 .250 .338 .250 .368 .500 .706 42 .545 -0.6 -0.1 .333 .000 .000
1947 25 NYG NL 17 15 0 0.0 107 .154 .125 .275 .125 .351 .125 .408 .250 .759 -34 .000 -3.1 -0.3 .143 .000 .000
1948 26 NYG NL 74 61 4 1.7 103 .289 .203 .270 .215 .345 .281 .400 .497 .744 33 .152 -6.4 -0.6 .365 .094 .078
1949 27 NYG NL 73 66 1 0.4 104 .157 .121 .270 .121 .344 .152 .405 .273 .749 -27 .012 -12.2 -1.2 .167 .030 .030
1950 28 NYG NL 72 64 1 0.4 109 .171 .105 .271 .177 .348 .105 .420 .283 .768 -24 .012 -10.6 -1.0 .204 .088 .000
1951 29 NYG NL 32 28 1 1.0 104 .120 .097 .269 .125 .343 .194 .407 .319 .750 -16 .055 -5.3 -0.5 .250 .129 .097
1952 30 BSN NL 9 8 0 0.0 95 .143 .125 .258 .125 .330 .125 .384 .250 .714 -30 .000 -1.4 -0.2 .143 .000 .000
1953 31 CHC NL 7 7 0 0.0 112 .000 .000 .277 .000 .348 .000 .431 .000 .779 -100 .000 -2.1 -0.2 .000 .000 .000
8 Yrs 292 255 8 0.8 104 .188 .136 .270 .159 .345 .175 .406 .334 .751 -11 .043 -41.8 -4.2 .228 .066 .039
162 Game Avg. 182 159 5 0.8 104 .188 .136 .270 .159 .345 .175 .406 .334 .751 -11 .043 -41.8 -4.2 .228 .066 .039
NYG (6 yrs) 276 240 8 0.9 105 .195 .140 .270 .165 .345 .182 .406 .346 .751 -8 .048 -38.3 -3.8 .238 .070 .041
BSN (1 yr) 9 8 0 0.0 95 .143 .125 .258 .125 .330 .125 .384 .250 .714 -30 .000 -1.4 -0.2 .143 .000 .000
CHC (1 yr) 7 7 0 0.0 112 .000 .000 .277 .000 .348 .000 .431 .000 .779 -100 .000 -2.1 -0.2 .000 .000 .000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
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
1951 29 NYG NL WS NYY L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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
1946 24 NYG NL 8 0.0% 37.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.7 63%
1947 25 NYG NL 17 0.0% 17.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 5.3 16.0 76%
1948 26 NYG NL 74 0.0% 25.7% 1.4% 5.4% 31% 19.00 3.4 10.7 2.22 61%
1949 27 NYG NL 73 0.0% 20.6% 0.0% 1.4% 13% 4.4 66.0 6.00 70%
1950 28 NYG NL 72 0.0% 30.6% 6.9% 0.0% 0% 4.40 2.6 19.0 5.80 49%
1951 29 NYG NL 32 0.0% 18.8% 3.1% 6.3% 67% 6.00 5.2 31.0 1.71 78%
1952 30 BSN NL 9 0.0% 11.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 8.0 8.0 1.33 78%
1953 31 CHC NL 7 0.0% 28.6% 0.0% 0.0% 3.5 4.00 71%
8 Yrs 292 0.0% 24.3% 2.4% 2.4% 20% 10.14 3.6 19.8 3.11 64%
MLB Averages 1.8% 10.0% 9.7% 6.4% 28% 1.03 8.9 49.2 8.2 0.97 77%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1946 24 NYG NL -0.6 -0.1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1947 25 NYG NL -3.1 -0.3 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1948 26 NYG NL -6.4 -0.6 50 -0.1 0.5 -0.6 .80 -0.4 0.3 -3.0 -0.3 1.03 -3.5 0
1949 27 NYG NL -12.3 -1.2 34 -0.6 0.1 -0.7 .88 -0.6 -0.1 -5.5 -0.6 0.92 -7.2 0
1950 28 NYG NL -10.6 -1.0 62 -0.5 0.5 -1.0 .85 -0.9 0.3 -10.4 -1.0 0.99 -10.6 0
1951 29 NYG NL -5.3 -0.5 28 -0.4 0.2 -0.6 .99 -0.4 0.0 -4.1 -0.4 0.91 -4.5 0
1952 30 BSN NL -1.4 -0.2 9 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 1.28 -0.1 -0.1 -1.3 -0.1 1.14 -1.2 0
1953 31 CHC NL -2.1 -0.2 7 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 .78 -0.2 -0.0 -1.8 -0.2 0.79 -2.2 0
8 Yrs -41.9 -4.2 190 -1.9 1.4 -3.4 .88 -2.6 0.4 -26.1 -2.6 0.97 -29.1 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1948 26 NYG NL 0 0 36% 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1949 27 NYG NL 1 0 25% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1950 28 NYG NL 0 0 27% 11 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 40% 2 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 2
1951 29 NYG NL 0 0 25% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1952 30 BSN NL 0 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 31 CHC NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Yrs 1 0 29% 28 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 33% 3 3 0 1 1 0 2 0 2

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
1948 26 NYG NL 74 4% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 9 129% 12 1 8% 13 6 46% 40 5 13% 5 2 40% 4 1 25% 0
1949 27 NYG NL 73 35% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 200% 8 2 25% 10 0 0% 22 2 9% 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 0
1950 28 NYG NL 72 45% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 9 10 111% 15 3 20% 15 2 13% 44 3 7% 3 0 0% 2 2 100% 0
1951 29 NYG NL 32 46% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 3 0 0% 19 1 5% 0 0 0 0 0
1952 30 BSN NL 9 11% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 3 0 0% 4 1 25% 6 1 17% 0 0 0 0 0
1953 31 CHC NL 7 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 3 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
8 Yrs 267 29% 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 20 27 135% 41 6 15% 46 10 22% 134 12 9% 9 2 22% 8 4 50% 0
MLB Averages 51% 138% 17% 33% 15% 51% 55%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1946 24 6 8 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .250 .250 .250 .500 42 2 0 0 0
1947 25 21 25 24 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 .167 .167 .167 .333 -10 4 0 0 1
1948 26 76 99 88 5 17 3 1 0 7 0 1 25 .193 .202 .250 .452 21 22 1 0 10
1949 27 118 172 154 7 25 3 2 0 8 0 1 40 .162 .168 .208 .376 0 32 3 0 16
1950 28 158 244 211 10 31 3 2 0 11 0 6 62 .147 .171 .180 .351 -6 38 6 0 26
1951 29 199 276 242 11 34 4 3 0 12 0 0 7 68 .140 .165 .182 .346 -8 44 6 0 26
1952 30 238 285 250 12 35 4 3 0 13 0 0 7 69 .140 .163 .180 .343 -8 45 6 0 27
1953 31 260 292 257 12 35 4 3 0 13 0 0 7 71 .136 .159 .175 .334 -11 45 6 0 27

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1946 24 6 9 9 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .333 .333 .333 .667 1 6
1947 25 16 18 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 15
1948 26 57 77 67 5 14 3 1 0 6 0 1 20 .209 .221 .284 .504 4 55
1949 27 44 74 68 2 8 0 1 0 1 0 0 16 .118 .118 .147 .265 1 42
1950 28 42 74 59 3 6 0 0 0 3 0 5 23 .102 .172 .102 .274 1 40
1951 29 43 34 33 1 4 1 1 0 1 0 1 6 .121 .147 .212 .359 1 41
1952 30 41 9 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 39
1953 31 23 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 22
8 Yrs 272 302 268 11 35 4 3 0 11 0 7 74 .131 .153 .168 .321 8 260
162 Game Avg. 162 180 160 7 21 2 2 0 7 0 4 44 .131 .153 .168 .321 5 260

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1948 NL  9 (8th)
1950 NL  10 (6th)

                                         

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