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 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
1962	21	MIN-min	D	6	4	.600	3.96	22	16		1	0		116.0	98	72	51	6	70		132	10	1	13			1.448	7.6	0.5	5.4	10.2	1.89	ERI · NYPL
1963	22	MIN-min	A	8	8	.500	5.04	32	25					159.0	155	117	89	13	119								1.723	8.8	0.7	6.7			WLS · CARL
1964	23	CHW-min	AA	1	5	.167	4.02	20	5					56.0	50	30	25	7	34		65						1.500	8.0	1.1	5.5	10.4	1.91	LBG · SOUL
1965	24	CHW-min	AA	7	9	.438	3.91	37	17					145.0	133	68	63	12	70		118						1.400	8.3	0.7	4.3	7.3	1.69	LBG · SOUL
1966	25	CHW-min	AA,AAA	9	9	.500	3.80	34	19		1	0		147.0	140	67	62	10	38	0	147	1	0	1			1.211	8.6	0.6	2.3	9.0	3.87	EVN,INA · SOUL,PCL
1967	26	CHW-min	AAA	9	3	.750	2.95	22	14		5	2		110.0	99	39	36	6	31	1	101	1	1	2			1.182	8.1	0.5	2.5	8.3	3.26	INA · PCL
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	73	1.286	7.4	0.4	4.2	6.0	1.42
1968	27	TEX-min	AAA	12	8	.600	3.02	25	25		11	3		185.0	148	71	62	13	69	1	184	3	1	5			1.173	7.2	0.6	3.4	9.0	2.67	BFL · IL
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	51	1.406	6.8	2.5	5.9	9.3	1.57
1969	28	KCR-min	AAA	4	5	.444	3.82	14	11		4	0	1	80.0	76	38	34	6	31	1	54	5	0	2			1.338	8.6	0.7	3.5	6.1	1.74	OMA · AA
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
1970	29	KCR-BAL-min	AAA	4	4	.500	3.71	49	0		0	0	9	85.0	79	45	35	9	38	1	83	2	0	1			1.376	8.4	1.0	4.0	8.8	2.18	OMA,ROC · AA,IL
1971	30	CLE-BAL-min	AAA	2	2	.500	6.32	16	3		0	0	1	37.0	47	31	26	6	18	2	31	0	0	2			1.757	11.4	1.5	4.4	7.5	1.72	WCH,ROC · AA,IL
3 Yrs				5	7	.417	4.44	38	7	15	0	0	0	81.0	74	46	40	7	43	2	59	3	1	6	357	77	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	77	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	51	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	73	1.286	7.4	0.4	4.2	6.0	1.42

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
1967	26	CHW	AL	25.2	11	3	13	4.56	3.55	0.47	-0.05	89.9	2.73	-5	-0.6	.2	0.1	-0.3	-3	.449	.497	$
1968	27	WSA	AL	10.2	7	0	8	6.75	3.86	-0.38	-0.16	99.9	4.07	-3	-0.4	1.5	-0.1	-0.4	-2	.447	.498	$10,000
1969	28	KCR	AL	44.2	20	4	25	5.04	4.18	-0.09	-0.04	96.6	4.09	-4	-0.5	.9	-0.0	-0.2	-1	.476	.497	$12,000
3 Seasons				81.0	38	7	46	5.11	3.94	0.05	-0.06	94.9	3.66	-12	-1.4	.9	-0.1	-0.9	-6	.463	.497	$22,000

KCR (1 yr)				44.2	20	4	25	5.04	4.18	-0.09	-0.04	96.6	4.09	-4	-0.5	.9	-0.0	-0.2	-1	.476	.497	$12,000
WSA (1 yr)				10.2	7	0	8	6.75	3.86	-0.38	-0.16	99.9	4.07	-3	-0.4	1.5	-0.1	-0.4	-2	.447	.498	$10,000
CHW (1 yr)				25.2	11	3	13	4.56	3.55	0.47	-0.05	89.9	2.73	-5	-0.6	.2	0.1	-0.3	-3	.449	.497	$

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
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	1
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	1
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
3 Yrs				38	357	306	46	74	16	3	7	4	3	43	59	.242	.340	.382	.722	.278	117	4	3	4	1	2	5
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	8
MLB Averages																.243	.309	.356	.665	.273

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1967	26	CHW	AL	-3.2	-0.3	113	-0.0	1.2	-1.3	.61	0.1	-0.2	-2.4	-0.3	0.61	0.4	0	1	7
1968	27	WSA	AL	-3.4	-0.4	48	-0.4	0.7	-1.2	1.32	-0.0	-0.3	-3.1	-0.3	1.32	-3.5	2	0	5
1969	28	KCR	AL	-3.2	-0.3	215	-0.3	2.3	-2.6	.70	-0.4	-0.1	-4.5	-0.5	0.70	-3.9	4	2	9
3 Yrs				-9.8	-1.0	376	-0.8	4.2	-5.0	.75	-0.3	-0.8	-10.0	-1.1	0.75	-7.1	6	3	21

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
1967	26	CHW	AL	11	3	1	2	0	1	0	1	2	.333	0	0	0	0	0	0%	44.0	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%	47.2	64	18	13	3	3	1	5.3	6.8	6.1
2 Yrs				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													.500						58%	55	112	0					3.8	3.7	6.5

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1967	26	CHW	AL	11	8	5	1	0	0	0		1	0	3	1	33%	9	.609	0	1	7	1	0	7	1	7	4	1	5	3	5.1
1968	27	WSA	AL	7	7	5	1	2	1	1	0%	1	0	5	1	20%	7	1.324	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		1	1	5	0	0%	8	.703	4	2	9	1	3	12	3	13	7	4	8	0	3.8
3 Yrs				38	31	15	2	3	1	1	0%	3	1	13	2	15%		.755	6	3	21	3	4	24	8	23	17	6	19	4	4.3

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1967	26	CHW	AL	108	23%	0.9%	15.7%	11.1%	5.6%	29%	1.00	70%	9	1	11%
1968	27	WSA	AL	46	39%	6.5%	23.9%	15.2%	13.0%	75%	0.82	54%	8	1	13%
1969	28	KCR	AL	203	25%	1.5%	15.3%	11.8%	6.9%	31%	0.72	69%	33	2	6%
3 Yrs				357	26%	2.0%	16.5%	12.0%	7.3%	35%	0.82	68%	50	4	8%
MLB Averages					47%	1.9%	15.8%	8.3%	5.8%	27%	1.11	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
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	1	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	0	0	12	0
3 Yrs				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	1	0	15	0
MLB Averages																		48%							61%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	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	25.2	21	13	12	1	12	0	17	0	1	0	108	73	1.286	7.4	0.4	4.2	6.0	1.42	73
1968	27	3	4	.429	4.71	18	3	10	36.1	29	21	19	4	19	0	28	0	1	0	154	65	1.321	7.2	1.0	4.7	6.9	1.47	65
1969	28	5	7	.417	4.44	38	7	15	81.0	74	46	40	7	43	2	59	3	1	6	357	77	1.444	8.2	0.8	4.8	6.6	1.37	77

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	5.63	24.0	23	17	15	1	13	16	0	1.500	8.6	4.9	6.0	1.23	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	4.81	43.0	47	26	23	3	25	30	3	1.674	9.8	5.2	6.3	1.20	0.6	20
3 Yrs		3	4	.429	5.49	77.0	79	53	47	7	46	56	3	1.623	9.2		6.5	1.22	0.8	38

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