Steve Jones
Steven Howell Jones
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: April 22, 1941 in Huntington Park, CA
High School: Bell (Bell, CA)
School: Whittier College
Signed by the Minnesota Twins as an amateur free agent in 1962. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 15, 1967
Final Game: September 21, 1969
Relatives: Brother of Gary Jones
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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
1967 26 CHW AL 2 2 .500 4.21 11 3 5 0 0 0 25.2 21 13 12 1 12 0 17 0 1 0 108 71 1.286 7.4 0.4 4.2 6.0 1.42
1968 27 WSA AL 1 2 .333 5.91 7 0 5 0 0 0 10.2 8 8 7 3 7 0 11 0 0 0 46 49 1.406 6.8 2.5 5.9 9.3 1.57
1969 28 KCR AL 2 3 .400 4.23 20 4 5 0 0 0 44.2 45 25 21 3 24 2 31 3 0 6 203 87 1.545 9.1 0.6 4.8 6.2 1.29
3 Seasons 5 7 .417 4.44 38 7 15 0 0 0 81.0 74 46 40 7 43 2 59 3 1 6 357 76 1.444 8.2 0.8 4.8 6.6 1.37
162 Game Avg. 8 11 .417 4.44 57 11 23 0 0 0 122 112 70 60 11 65 3 89 5 2 9 539 76 1.444 8.2 0.8 4.8 6.6 1.37
KCR (1 yr) 2 3 .400 4.23 20 4 5 0 0 0 44.2 45 25 21 3 24 2 31 3 0 6 203 87 1.545 9.1 0.6 4.8 6.2 1.29
WSA (1 yr) 1 2 .333 5.91 7 0 5 0 0 0 10.2 8 8 7 3 7 0 11 0 0 0 46 49 1.406 6.8 2.5 5.9 9.3 1.57
CHW (1 yr) 2 2 .500 4.21 11 3 5 0 0 0 25.2 21 13 12 1 12 0 17 0 1 0 108 71 1.286 7.4 0.4 4.2 6.0 1.42

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
1967 26 CHW AL 11 108 94 13 21 4 1 1 0 1 12 17 .223 .311 .319 .630 .263 30 1 0 2 0 0
1968 27 WSA AL 7 46 39 8 8 3 0 3 1 1 7 11 .205 .326 .513 .839 .200 20 1 0 0 0 0
1969 28 KCR AL 20 203 173 25 45 9 2 3 3 1 24 31 .260 .358 .387 .745 .300 67 2 3 2 1 2
3 Seasons 38 357 306 46 74 16 3 7 4 3 43 59 .242 .340 .382 .722 .278 117 4 3 4 1 2
162 Game Avg. 57 539 462 70 112 24 5 11 6 5 65 89 .242 .340 .382 .722 .278 177 6 5 6 2 3
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
1967 26 CHW AL 11 3 1 2 0 1 0 1 2 .333 0 0 0 0 0 0% 44 51 36 6 3 1 2 3.1 4.5 4.0
1969 28 KCR AL 20 4 2 2 0 0 1 2 2 .500 0 0 0 0 3 75% 47 64 18 13 3 3 1 5.3 6.8 6.1
2 Seasons 31 7 3 4 0 1 1 3 4 .429 0 0 0 0 3 43% 46 64 18 19 6 4 3 4.4 6.1 5.2
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
1967 26 CHW AL 11 8 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 33% 9 0.632 0 1 7 1 0 7 1 7 4 1 5 3 5.1
1968 27 WSA AL 7 7 5 1 2 1 0 1 0% 1 0 5 1 20% 7 1.374 2 0 5 1 1 5 4 3 6 1 6 1 4.6
1969 28 KCR AL 20 16 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 5 0 0% 8 0.728 4 2 10 1 3 12 3 13 7 4 8 0 3.8
3 Seasons 38 31 15 2 3 1 0 1 0% 3 1 13 2 15% 0.782 6 3 22 3 4 24 8 23 17 6 19 4 4.3

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%
1967 26 CHW AL 108 77% 0.9% 15.7% 11.1% 5.6% 29% 1.00 70% 9 1 11%
1968 27 WSA AL 46 61% 6.5% 23.9% 15.2% 13.0% 75% 0.82 54% 8 1 13%
1969 28 KCR AL 203 75% 1.5% 15.3% 11.8% 6.9% 31% 0.72 69% 33 2 6%
3 Seasons 357 74% 2.0% 16.5% 12.0% 7.3% 35% 0.82 68% 50 4 8%
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
1967 26 CHW AL 108 21 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 33% 1 0 0 34 0 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 3 0
1968 27 WSA AL 46 8 3 1 1 1 2 0 3 2 2 0 100% 1 0 0 21 1 1 50% 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 28 KCR AL 203 45 3 0 2 2 1 2 1 13 7 3 54% 3 6 1 81 3 1 75% 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 12 0
3 Seasons 357 74 7 1 3 3 4 3 4 18 10 3 56% 5 6 1 136 4 3 57% 3 1 1 1 0 1 4 0 15 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+
1967 26 2 2 .500 4.21 11 3 5 0 0 0 25.2 21 13 12 1 12 0 17 0 1 0 108 71 1.286 7.4 0.4 4.2 6.0 1.42 71
1968 27 3 4 .429 4.71 18 3 10 0 0 0 36.1 29 21 19 4 19 0 28 0 1 0 154 63 1.321 7.2 1.0 4.7 6.9 1.47 63
1969 28 5 7 .417 4.44 38 7 15 0 0 0 81.0 74 46 40 7 43 2 59 3 1 6 357 76 1.444 8.2 0.8 4.8 6.6 1.37 76

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
1967 26 1 1 .500 5.87 23.0 24 17 15 1 14 15 0 1.652 9.4 5.5 5.9 1.07 0.4 11
1968 27 0 1 .000 8.10 10.0 9 10 9 3 8 10 0 1.700 8.1 7.2 9.0 1.25 2.7 7
1969 28 2 2 .500 4.60 43.0 47 24 22 3 25 30 3 1.674 9.8 5.2 6.3 1.20 0.6 20
3 Seasons 3 4 .429 5.45 76.0 80 51 46 7 47 55 3 1.671 9.5 6.5 1.17 0.8 38

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