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 Pitching

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
1953	18	SFG-min	C	0	6	.000	8.50	15						36.0	28		34		55								2.306	7.0		13.8			MSK,SCL · WA,NORL
1954	19	SFG-min	D	13	7	.650	4.33	26	18					156.0	133	95	75	7	125								1.654	7.7	0.4	7.2			DNV · MSOH
1955	20	SFG-min	B	8	6	.571	3.62	28	12					112.0	107	55	45	4	80								1.670	8.6	0.3	6.4			DAN · CARL
1956	21	ATL-min	A	4	7	.364	4.74	35						112.0	110		59		87								1.759	8.8		7.0			TPK · WL
1957	22	SXC	A	10	16	.385	5.09	34	29					221.0	212	143	125	24	145								1.615	8.6	1.0	5.9			SXC · WL
1958	23	SXC	A	6	3	.667	4.28	13	10					82.0	89	56	39	11	36								1.524	9.8	1.2	4.0			SXC · WL
1960	25	SFG-min	AAA	10	0	1.000	2.49	47	0					83.0	81	28	23	5	31								1.349	8.8	0.5	3.4			TAC · PCL
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	115	1.500	10.4	0.8	3.1	2.8	0.91
1961	26	CIN-SFG-min	AAA	6	2	.750	1.53	22	3					59.0	42	10	10	2	20								1.051	6.4	0.3	3.1			JER,TAC · IL,PCL
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	LAD-TEX/NYM-min	A,AAA	6	4	.600	4.66	17	12		6	0		87.0	104	48	45	6	31	1	50	1	0	2			1.552	10.8	0.6	3.2	5.2	1.61	GRV,SYR · SALL,IL
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
1963	28	NYM-min	A	12	6	.667	2.10	21	21					163.0	134	54	38	3	34								1.031	7.4	0.2	1.9			RAL · CARL
1964	29	NYM-TEX/ATL-min	AAA	9	6	.600	3.79	30	17		9	1		145.0	137	64	61	14	46	6	75	9	0	4			1.262	8.5	0.9	2.9	4.7	1.63	BFL,TTO · IL
1965	30	NYM-min	AAA	0	0		2.25	1	0		0	0		4.0	6	1	1	0	5	1	2	0	0	0			2.750	13.5	0.0	11.2	4.5	0.40	BFL · IL
3 Yrs				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	115	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

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1960	25	SFG	NL	32.0	16	0	17	4.78	4.27	-0.00	-0.18	103.2	4.22	-2	-0.2	.9	-0.0	0.0	1	.486	.499	$
1961	26	CIN	NL	55.0	24	2	32	5.24	4.75	0.23	-0.14	98.6	4.33	-6	-0.6	.7	0.0	0.0	1	.476	.496	$
1962	27	NYM	NL	23.1	8	3	22	8.49	4.48	-0.55	-0.04	105.3	5.25	-9	-0.8	1.3	-0.1	-0.7	-6	.399	.495	$
3 Seasons				110.1	48	5	71	5.79	4.55	-0.00	-0.13	101.4	4.49	-16	-1.6	.8	-0.1	-0.7	-4	.467	.497	$

NYM (1 yr)				23.1	8	3	22	8.49	4.48	-0.55	-0.04	105.3	5.25	-9	-0.8	1.3	-0.1	-0.7	-6	.399	.495	$
SFG (1 yr)				32.0	16	0	17	4.78	4.27	-0.00	-0.18	103.2	4.22	-2	-0.2	.9	-0.0	0.0	1	.486	.499	$
CIN (1 yr)				55.0	24	2	32	5.24	4.75	0.23	-0.14	98.6	4.33	-6	-0.6	.7	0.0	0.0	1	.476	.496	$

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

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*

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	ROE
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	3
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	2
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	2
3 Yrs				48	492	421	71	119	17	6	12	5	3	46	53	.283	.351	.437	.788	.291	184	9	5	8	12	9	7
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	9
MLB Averages																.257	.326	.394	.720	.279

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1960	25	SFG	NL	-0.4	-0.1	149	-0.8	1.6	-2.4	.75	-0.4	-0.6	-3.5	-0.4	0.75	-4.4	5	2	9
1961	26	CIN	NL	-2.5	-0.2	248	0.0	3.1	-3.1	.80	0.1	-0.1	-7.2	-0.7	0.80	-1.8	3	5	13
1962	27	NYM	NL	-8.3	-0.8	116	-1.2	1.4	-2.7	.99	-0.9	-0.4	-12.1	-1.1	0.99	-9.6	2	1	2
3 Yrs				-11.3	-1.1	513	-2.0	6.1	-8.1	.83	-1.2	-1.2	-22.7	-2.2	0.83	-15.8	10	8	24

Starting Pitching*

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
1961	26	CIN	NL	24	2	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	.500	0	0	0	0	1	50%	52.5	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%	33.3	50	25	3	1	1	1	3.3	1.6	4.3
2 Yrs				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													.500						51%	51	115	-14					4.5	4.4	6.4

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	SV%	SVSit	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1960	25	SFG	NL	16	16	8	1	1	1	1	100%	1	10	4	40%	8	.748	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	67%	4	11	7	64%	6	.800	3	5	13	4	2	16	7	15	13	1	13	5	5.9
1962	27	NYM	NL	8	5	1	0	1	0	0		0	4	3	75%	6	.987	2	1	2	1	2	2	2	3	2	0	2	0	6.2
3 Yrs				48	43	18	1	3	4	3	75%	5	25	14	56%		.827	10	8	24	9	6	28	15	28	22	4	23	11	6.0

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1960	25	SFG	NL	143	60%	2.1%	7.0%	7.7%	4.9%	19%	0.87	80%	25	4	16%
1961	26	CIN	NL	239	56%	2.5%	13.4%	11.3%	7.5%	35%	0.83	70%	50	4	8%
1962	27	NYM	NL	110	53%	2.7%	10.0%	7.3%	9.1%	32%	0.78	78%	27	1	4%
3 Yrs				492	57%	2.4%	10.8%	9.4%	7.1%	29%	0.83	75%	102	9	9%
MLB Averages					50%	2.4%	13.8%	8.9%	6.7%	29%	1.04	73%			10%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					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	0	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 Yrs				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	3	1	30	0
MLB Averages																		52%							63%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	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	1	32.0	37	17	11	3	11	1	10	1	0	0	143	115	1.500	10.4	0.8	3.1	2.8	0.91	115
1961	26	2	2	.500	3.93	40	2	17	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	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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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	7.04	23.0	30	20	18	3	8	11	2	1.652	11.7	3.1	4.3	1.38	1.2	8
3 Yrs		5	6	.455	4.70	111.0	123	64	58	12	48	54	5	1.541	10.0		4.4	1.13	1.0	48

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Pitching - 1 (1951), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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