Sherman Jones
Sherman Jarvis Jones (Roadblock)
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
Final Game: September 9, 1962
Died: February 21, 2007 in Lawrence, KS
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Standard Pitching

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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
1960 25 SFG NL 1 1 .500 3.09 16 0 8 0 0 1 32.0 37 17 11 3 11 1 10 1 0 0 143 113 1.500 10.4 0.8 3.1 2.8 0.91
1961 26 CIN NL 1 1 .500 4.42 24 2 9 0 0 2 55.0 51 32 27 6 27 6 32 2 2 3 239 92 1.418 8.3 1.0 4.4 5.2 1.19
1962 27 NYM NL 0 4 .000 7.71 8 3 1 0 0 0 23.1 31 22 20 3 8 2 11 2 1 3 110 54 1.671 12.0 1.2 3.1 4.2 1.38
3 Seasons 2 6 .250 4.73 48 5 18 0 0 3 110.1 119 71 58 12 46 9 53 5 3 6 492 83 1.495 9.7 1.0 3.8 4.3 1.15
162 Game Avg. 3 8 .250 4.73 62 6 23 0 0 4 142 153 91 74 15 59 12 68 6 4 8 631 83 1.495 9.7 1.0 3.8 4.3 1.15
NYM (1 yr) 0 4 .000 7.71 8 3 1 0 0 0 23.1 31 22 20 3 8 2 11 2 1 3 110 54 1.671 12.0 1.2 3.1 4.2 1.38
SFG (1 yr) 1 1 .500 3.09 16 0 8 0 0 1 32.0 37 17 11 3 11 1 10 1 0 0 143 113 1.500 10.4 0.8 3.1 2.8 0.91
CIN (1 yr) 1 1 .500 4.42 24 2 9 0 0 2 55.0 51 32 27 6 27 6 32 2 2 3 239 92 1.418 8.3 1.0 4.4 5.2 1.19

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1961 26 CIN NL WS L NYY 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1 WS 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1960 25 SFG NL 16 143 127 17 37 3 1 3 4 0 11 10 .291 .353 .402 .754 .298 51 4 1 4 0 1
1961 26 CIN NL 24 239 199 32 51 11 1 6 0 3 27 32 .256 .340 .412 .752 .268 82 4 2 4 7 6
1962 27 NYM NL 8 110 95 22 31 3 4 3 1 0 8 11 .326 .373 .537 .910 .326 51 1 2 0 5 2
3 Seasons 48 492 421 71 119 17 6 12 5 3 46 53 .283 .351 .437 .788 .291 184 9 5 8 12 9
162 Game Avg. 62 631 540 91 153 22 8 15 6 4 59 68 .283 .351 .437 .788 .291 236 12 6 10 15 12
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1961 26 CIN NL 24 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 .500 0 0 0 0 1 50% 53 68 37 11 4 2 0 3.5 5.3 6.0
1962 27 NYM NL 8 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 33 50 25 3 1 1 1 3.3 1.6 4.3
2 Seasons 32 5 1 3 1 0 0 1 4 .200 0 0 0 0 1 20% 41 68 25 14 5 3 1 3.4 3.5 5.0
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1960 25 SFG NL 16 16 8 1 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 10 4 40% 8 0.789 5 2 9 4 2 10 6 10 7 3 8 6 6.0
1961 26 CIN NL 24 22 9 0 1 3 2 0 67% 4 0 11 7 64% 6 0.815 3 5 14 4 2 16 7 15 13 1 13 5 5.9
1962 27 NYM NL 8 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% 6 0.987 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 3 2 0 2 0 6.2
3 Seasons 48 43 18 1 3 4 3 0 75% 5 0 25 14 56% 0.846 10 8 25 9 6 28 15 28 22 4 23 11 6.0

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1960 25 SFG NL 143 40% 2.1% 7.0% 7.7% 4.9% 19% 0.87 80% 25 4 16%
1961 26 CIN NL 239 44% 2.5% 13.4% 11.3% 7.5% 35% 0.83 70% 50 4 8%
1962 27 NYM NL 110 47% 2.7% 10.0% 7.3% 9.1% 32% 0.78 78% 27 1 4%
3 Seasons 492 44% 2.4% 10.8% 9.4% 7.1% 29% 0.83 75% 102 9 9%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1960 25 SFG NL 143 37 3 0 1 3 0 0 3 6 3 0 50% 3 0 1 57 4 0 100% 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0
1961 26 CIN NL 239 51 6 0 9 3 3 3 3 28 16 1 57% 2 3 1 78 0 3 0% 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 1 19 0
1962 27 NYM NL 110 31 3 0 1 1 2 3 0 12 10 1 83% 2 3 0 45 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 0
3 Seasons 492 119 12 0 11 7 5 6 6 46 29 2 63% 7 6 2 180 5 3 63% 4 2 0 1 1 0 4 1 30 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age 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 ERA+
1960 25 1 1 .500 3.09 16 0 8 0 0 1 32.0 37 17 11 3 11 1 10 1 0 0 143 113 1.500 10.4 0.8 3.1 2.8 0.91 113
1961 26 2 2 .500 3.93 40 2 17 0 0 3 87.0 88 49 38 9 38 7 42 3 2 3 382 98 1.448 9.1 0.9 3.9 4.3 1.11 98
1962 27 2 6 .250 4.73 48 5 18 0 0 3 110.1 119 71 58 12 46 9 53 5 3 6 492 83 1.495 9.7 1.0 3.8 4.3 1.15 83

Neutralized Pitching

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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 W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1960 25 2 1 .667 3.66 32.0 41 14 13 3 12 10 1 1.656 11.5 3.4 2.8 0.83 0.8 16
1961 26 3 3 .500 4.34 56.0 52 30 27 6 28 33 2 1.429 8.4 4.5 5.3 1.18 1.0 24
1962 27 0 2 .000 7.43 23.0 30 21 19 3 8 11 2 1.652 11.7 3.1 4.3 1.38 1.2 8
3 Seasons 5 6 .455 4.78 111.0 123 65 59 12 48 54 5 1.541 10.0 4.4 1.13 1.0 48

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1877), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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