Sherman Jones

Sherman Jarvis Jones (Roadblock)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: February 10, 1935 in Winton, NC
Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent in 1953. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 2, 1960
Teams (by GP): Reds/Giants/Mets 1960-1962

Final Game: September 9, 1962
Died: February 21, 2007 in Kansas City, KS
Buried: Leavenworth National Cemetery, Leavenworth, KS
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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
1953	18	SFG-min	C	14	9	9		1	1	0	0						.111	.111	.222	.333		2							MSK,SCL · WA,NORL
1954	19	SFG-min	D	31	67	67		17	0	0	2						.254	.254	.343	.597		23							DNV · MSOH
1955	20	SFG-min	B	31	44	44		11	1	0	0						.250	.250	.273	.523		12							DAN · CARL
1956	21	ATL-min	A	35	36	36		3	0	0	0						.083	.083	.083	.167		3							TPK · WL
1957	22	SXC	A	47	95	95		22	4	1	0						.232	.232	.295	.526		28							SXC · WL
1958	23	SXC	A	13	33	33		5	0	0	0						.152	.152	.152	.303		5							SXC · WL
1960	25	SFG-min	AAA	47	15	15	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.200	.200	.200	.400		3							TAC · PCL
1960	25	SFG	NL	16	7	7	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.286	.286	.286	.571	62	2	1	0	0	0	0	1
1961	26	CIN-SFG-min	AAA	22	16	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	3	.000	.125	.000	.125		0							JER,TAC · IL,PCL
1961	26	CIN	NL	24	12	11	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.182	.250	.182	.432	17	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
1962	27	LAD-TEX/NYM-min	A,AAA	17	34	29	0	7	3	0	0	4	0	0	1	5	.241	.267	.345	.611		10		0	4	0	0		GRV,SYR · SALL,IL
1962	27	NYM	NL	8	7	7	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.429	.429	.429	.857	131	3	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1963	28	NYM-min	A	21	74	74		17	0	0	1						.230	.230	.270	.500		20							RAL · CARL
1964	29	TEX/ATL-NYM-min	AAA	33	56	52	6	7	0	1	0	2	0	0	3	19	.135	.196	.173	.370		9		1	0	0			TTO,BFL · IL
1965	30	NYM-min	AAA	1	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000		1		0	0	0			BFL · IL
3 Yrs				48	26	25	1	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	7	.280	.308	.280	.588	60	7	1	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	88	84	3	24	0	0	0	7	0	0	3	24	.280	.308	.280	.588	60	24	3	0	0	0	0

NYM (1 yr)				8	7	7	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.429	.429	.429	.857	131	3	0	0	0	0	0
SFG (1 yr)				16	7	7	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.286	.286	.286	.571	62	2	1	0	0	0	0
CIN (1 yr)				24	12	11	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.182	.250	.182	.432	17	2	0	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
1960	25	SFG	NL	16	7	-0	0	-0	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.502	.500	0.0	0.0	1	$	1
1961	26	CIN	NL	24	12	-1	0	0	0	1	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.503	.501	0.1	0.0	1	$	1
1962	27	NYM	NL	8	7	0	0	0	0	1	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.515	.501	0.1	0.0	1	$	/1
3 Seasons				48	26	-1	0	0	0	3	2	0.2	1	3	0.2	.505	.500	0.2	0.0	3	$

NYM (1 yr)				8	7	0	0	0	0	1	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.515	.501	0.1	0.0	1	$
SFG (1 yr)				16	7	-0	0	-0	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.502	.500	0.0	0.0	1	$
CIN (1 yr)				24	12	-1	0	0	0	1	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.503	.501	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
1960	25	SFG	NL	7	6	0	0.0	94	.400	.286	.256	.286	.321	.286	.393	.571	.714	62	.000	-0.4	-0.0	.333	.000	.000
1961	26	CIN	NL	12	9	1	3.0	107	.250	.182	.271	.250	.338	.182	.423	.432	.761	17	.305	-1.3	-0.1	.333	.091	.000
1962	27	NYM	NL	7	4	1	6.7	104	.600	.429	.271	.429	.339	.429	.412	.857	.750	131	.668	0.3	0.0	.750	.000	.000
3 Yrs				26	19	2	2.8	102	.389	.280	.267	.308	.334	.280	.411	.588	.745	60	.294	-1.5	-0.1	.421	.040	.000
162 Game Avg.				88	64	7	2.8	102	.389	.280	.267	.308	.334	.280	.411	.588	.745	60	.294	-1.5	-0.1	.421	.040	.000

NYM (1 yr)				7	4	1	6.7	104	.600	.429	.271	.429	.339	.429	.412	.857	.750	131	.669	0.3	0.0	.750	.000	.000
SFG (1 yr)				7	6	0	0.0	94	.400	.286	.256	.286	.321	.286	.393	.571	.714	62	.000	-0.4	-0.0	.333	.000	.000
CIN (1 yr)				12	9	1	3.0	107	.250	.182	.271	.250	.338	.182	.423	.432	.761	17	.305	-1.3	-0.1	.333	.091	.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
1961	26	CIN	NL	WS	NYY	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							1	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	GO/AO	IP%
1960	25	SFG	NL	7	0.0%	28.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		3.5		7.0		71%
1961	26	CIN	NL	12	0.0%	25.0%	8.3%	0.0%	0%	3.00	3.7			1.50	67%
1962	27	NYM	NL	7	0.0%	28.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		3.5		7.0		71%
3 Yrs				26	0.0%	26.9%	3.9%	0.0%	0%	7.00	3.6		12.5	4.50	69%
MLB Averages					2.4%	13.8%	8.9%	6.6%	29%	1.55	6.4	37.1	8.2	1.05	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI
1960	25	SFG	NL	-0.4	-0.0	7	0.0	0.1	-0.1	.67	-0.0	0.1	-0.5	-0.1	1.15	-0.6
1961	26	CIN	NL	-1.4	-0.1	12	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	.94	-0.1	-0.0	-0.9	-0.1	0.87	-0.6
1962	27	NYM	NL	0.3	0.0	7	0.0	0.1	-0.1	1.09	0.0	-0.0	0.7	0.1	0.85	0.5
3 Yrs				-1.5	-0.1	26	-0.0	0.4	-0.4	.91	-0.1	0.0	-0.7	-0.1	0.94	-0.7

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	2^ndS	2^ndSH
1960	25	SFG	NL	0	50%	3	50%	1	1	1	1
1961	26	CIN	NL	1	0%	4	0%	1	1	0	0
1962	27	NYM	NL	0	0%	7		0	0	0	0
3 Yrs				1	13%	14	33%	2	2	1	1

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
1960	25	SFG	NL	7	57%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	1	33%	2	0	0%	7	1	14%	0	0		0	0		0
1961	26	CIN	NL	12	58%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	2	0	0%	7	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1962	27	NYM	NL	7	86%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	2	0	0%	1	0	0%	3	1	33%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
3 Yrs				26	65%	7			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	6	1	17%	5	0	0%	17	2	12%	2	1	50%	0	0		0
MLB Averages					50%																			75%			10%			31%			14%			50%			54%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP
1960	25	16	7	7	1	2	1	0	2	.286	.286	.286	.571	62	2	1
1961	26	40	19	18	1	4	1	1	5	.222	.263	.222	.485	33	4	1
1962	27	48	26	25	1	7	2	1	7	.280	.308	.280	.588	60	7	1

Neutralized Batting

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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	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1960	25	17	8	8	2	3	2	0	2	.375	.375	.375	.750	1	16
1961	26	25	12	11	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.083	.000	.083	0	24
1962	27	8	7	7	0	3	1	0	2	.429	.429	.429	.857	1	8
3 Yrs		50	27	26	2	6	3	1	7	.231	.259	.231	.490	2	48
162 Game Avg.		162	87	84	6	19	10	3	23	.231	.259	.231	.490	6	48

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