Steve Jones

Steven Howell Jones

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: April 22, 1941 in Huntington Park, CA
High School: Bell HS (Bell, CA)
School: Whittier College (Whittier, CA)
Signed by the Minnesota Twins as an amateur free agent in 1962. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 15, 1967
Teams (by GP): Royals/WhiteSox/Senators 1967-1969

Final Game: September 21, 1969
Relatives: Brother of Gary Jones
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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
1962	21	MIN-min	D	22	51	45	3	8	1	0	0	2	0	0	5	17	.178	.255	.200	.455		9		0	0	1			ERI · NYPL
1963	22	MIN-min	A	32	50	50		6	2	0	0						.120	.120	.160	.280		8							WLS · CARL
1964	23	CHW-min	AA	20	18	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	.000	.278	.000	.278		0							LBG · SOUL
1965	24	CHW-min	AA	37	48	44	4	10	1	0	0	5	0	0	4	13	.227	.292	.250	.542		11							LBG · SOUL
1966	25	CHW-min	AA,AAA	34	48	41	3	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	7	17	.122	.250	.146	.396		6		0	0	0			EVN,INA · SOUL,PCL
1967	26	CHW-min	AAA	22	38	31	2	5	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	11	.161	.229	.161	.390		5		0	3	1			INA · PCL
1967	26	CHW	AL	11	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.500	.750	123	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
1968	27	TEX-min	AAA	27	77	69	4	17	3	0	0	6	0	0	4	19	.246	.288	.290	.578		20		0	4	0			BFL · IL
1968	27	WSA	AL	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1969	28	KCR-min	AAA	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0			OMA · AA
1969	28	KCR	AL	20	10	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.125	.300	.125	.425	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
1970	29	KCR-BAL-min	AAA	49	15	14	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.143	.143	.143	.286		2		0	1	0			OMA,ROC · AA,IL
1971	30	CLE-BAL-min	AAA	16	12	12	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.500	.500	.500	1.000		6		0	0	0			WCH,ROC · AA,IL
3 Yrs				38	15	13	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	.154	.267	.231	.497	45	3	0	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	64	55	4	9	4	0	0	0	0	0	9	13	.154	.267	.231	.497	45	13	0	0	0	0	0

KCR (1 yr)				20	10	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.125	.300	.125	.425	23	1	0	0	0	0	0
WSA (1 yr)				7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
CHW (1 yr)				11	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.500	.750	123	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
1967	26	CHW	AL	11	4	0	-0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	-0.0	0	$	1
1968	27	WSA	AL	7	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.498	.500	0.0	-0.0	-0	$10,000	/1
1969	28	KCR	AL	20	10	-1	-0	0	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	-0.0	1	$12,000	1
3 Seasons				38	15	-1	-1	0	0	2	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	-0.0	1	$22,000

KCR (1 yr)				20	10	-1	-0	0	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	-0.0	1	$12,000
WSA (1 yr)				7	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.498	.500	0.0	-0.0	-0	$10,000
CHW (1 yr)				11	4	0	-0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	-0.0	0	$

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
1967	26	CHW	AL	4	3	1	9.0	80	.333	.250	.237	.250	.305	.500	.355	.750	.660	123	.833	0.1	0.0	.667	.250	.250
1968	27	WSA	AL	1	1	0	0.0	77		.000	.234	.000	.302	.000	.346	.000	.648	-100	.000	-0.2	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
1969	28	KCR	AL	10	7	0	0.0	95	.143	.125	.254	.300	.331	.125	.384	.425	.715	23	.000	-0.8	-0.1	.429	.250	.000
3 Yrs				15	11	1	2.4	89	.200	.154	.247	.267	.322	.231	.372	.497	.694	45	.286	-0.9	-0.1	.455	.231	.077
162 Game Avg.				64	47	4	2.4	89	.200	.154	.247	.267	.322	.231	.372	.497	.694	45	.286	-0.9	-0.1	.455	.231	.077

KCR (1 yr)				10	7	0	0.0	95	.143	.125	.254	.300	.331	.125	.384	.425	.715	23	.000	-0.8	-0.1	.429	.250	.000
WSA (1 yr)				1	1	0	0.0	77		.000	.234	.000	.302	.000	.346	.000	.648	-100	.000	-0.2	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
CHW (1 yr)				4	3	1	9.0	80	.333	.250	.237	.250	.305	.500	.355	.750	.660	123	.833	0.1	0.0	.667	.250	.250

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1967	26	CHW	AL	4	0.0%	25.0%	0.0%	25.0%	100%		4.0			0.00	75%
1968	27	WSA	AL	1	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0				0%
1969	28	KCR	AL	10	0.0%	10.0%	20.0%	0.0%	0%	0.50	8.0			1.00	70%
3 Yrs				15	0.0%	20.0%	13.3%	6.7%	50%	1.50	4.3			0.60	67%
MLB Averages					1.9%	15.6%	8.3%	5.8%	27%	1.89	5.7	47.1	9.6	1.13	72%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI
1967	26	CHW	AL	0.1	0.0	4	-0.0	0.0	-0.1	.71	-0.0	-0.1	0.4	0.0	0.76	0.4
1968	27	WSA	AL	-0.2	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	2.09	-0.0	0.0	-0.2	-0.0	0.86	-0.2
1969	28	KCR	AL	-0.8	-0.1	10	-0.0	0.1	-0.1	.70	-0.1	0.0	-1.4	-0.1	1.11	-1.1
3 Yrs				-0.9	-0.1	15	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	.80	-0.1	-0.1	-1.2	-0.1	1.00	-0.9

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	RS%	SBO	OOB	XBT%	1^stD	1^stD3
1967	26	CHW	AL	0%	0	1		0	0
1968	27	WSA	AL		0	0		0	0
1969	28	KCR	AL	33%	5	0	0%	2	2
3 Yrs				25%	5	1	0%	2	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
1967	26	CHW	AL	4	50%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1968	27	WSA	AL	1	0%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
1969	28	KCR	AL	10	90%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	3	0	0%	10	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
3 Yrs				15	73%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	4	0	0%	11	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
MLB Averages					52%																			79%			10%			30%			13%			46%			51%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB
1967	26	11	4	4	0	1	1	0	1	.250	.250	.500	.750	123	2
1968	27	18	5	5	0	1	1	0	2	.200	.200	.400	.600	79	2
1969	28	38	15	13	1	2	1	2	3	.154	.267	.231	.497	45	3

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	H	2B	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1967	26	11	5	5	2	2	0	1	.400	.400	.800	1.200	1	11
1968	27	7	1	1	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	7
1969	28	20	10	8	0	0	2	1	.000	.200	.000	.200	0	20
3 Yrs		38	16	14	2	2	2	3	.143	.250	.286	.536	1	38
162 Game Avg.		162	68	60	9	9	9	13	.143	.250	.286	.536	4	38

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