Tim Jones

William Timothy Jones

Positions: Shortstop, Second Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 172 lb.

Born: December 1, 1962 in Sumter, SC
School: The Citadel (Charleston, SC)
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 2nd round of the 1985 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 26, 1988
Team: Cardinals 1988-1993

Final Game: October 2, 1993
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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
1985	22	STL-min	Rk	68	267	235	33	75	10	1	3	48	28	6	27	19	.319	.382	.409	.791		96		0	0	5	1		JOH · APPY
1986	23	STL-min	AA,A	135	509	426	55	112	18	3	2	54	15	11	72	40	.263	.370	.333	.703		142		3	3	5	2		ARK,SPT · TL,FLOR
1987	24	STL-min	AAA,AA	134	520	452	71	136	26	3	7	69	27	13	58	43	.301	.381	.418	.799		189		2	5	3	5		LOU,ARK · AA,TL
1988	25	STL-min	AAA	103	415	370	63	95	21	2	6	38	39	12	36	56	.257	.327	.373	.700		138		3	5	1	3		LOU · AA
1988	25	STL	NL	31	56	52	2	14	0	0	0	3	4	1	4	10	.269	.321	.269	.591	71	14	1	0	0	0	0	/645
1989	26	STL	NL	42	86	75	11	22	6	0	0	7	1	0	7	8	.293	.353	.373	.726	106	28	2	1	1	2	1	46/527
1990	27	STL	NL	67	145	128	9	28	7	1	1	12	3	4	12	20	.219	.291	.313	.603	67	40	1	1	4	0	1	64/51
1991	28	STL-min	AAA	86	349	306	34	78	9	1	5	29	19	5	36	59	.255	.330	.340	.670		104	2	0	4	3	1		LOU · AA
1991	28	STL	NL	16	27	24	1	4	2	0	0	2	0	1	2	6	.167	.222	.250	.472	33	6	0	0	0	1	1	6/4
1992	29	STL	NL	67	158	145	9	29	4	0	0	3	5	2	11	29	.200	.256	.228	.484	40	33	1	0	2	0	1	64/58
1993	30	STL-min	AAA	101	460	408	72	118	22	10	5	46	13	8	44	67	.289	.358	.429	.787		175	4	2	2	4	1		LOU · AA
1993	30	STL	NL	29	73	61	13	16	6	0	0	1	2	2	9	8	.262	.366	.361	.727	99	22	0	1	2	0	0	6/4
1994	31	CLE-min	AAA	115	449	391	60	103	17	2	7	42	10	2	43	65	.263	.336	.371	.706		145	8	2	8	5	1		CHR · IL
1995	32	OAK-min	AAA	2	6	6	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.667	1.167		4	0	0	0	0	0		EDM · PCL
6 Yrs				252	545	485	45	113	25	1	1	28	15	10	45	81	.233	.300	.295	.595	68	143	5	3	9	3	4
162 Game Avg.				162	350	312	29	73	16	1	1	18	10	6	29	52	.233	.300	.295	.595	68	92	3	2	6	2	3

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
1988	25	STL	NL	31	56	-2	-0	0	1	1	-1	-0.1	2	1	0.1	.498	.500	0.0	0.2	0	$62,500	/645
1989	26	STL	NL	42	86	-0	-0	-0	-1	1	-1	-0.1	3	2	0.2	.498	.499	0.3	-0.0	3	$70,000	46/527
1990	27	STL	NL	67	145	-6	-2	1	0	3	-4	-0.4	4	-0	0.0	.493	.497	-0.1	0.3	-0	$100,000	64/51
1991	28	STL	NL	16	27	-3	-1	0	0	0	-2	-0.3	1	-2	-0.2	.484	.498	-0.2	0.1	-2	$	6/4
1992	29	STL	NL	67	158	-11	-0	1	-2	2	-10	-1.1	4	-6	-0.7	.483	.493	-0.5	0.1	-3	$165,000	64/58
1993	30	STL	NL	29	73	1	-1	1	2	1	5	0.5	2	7	0.7	.518	.503	0.5	0.4	5	$	6/4
6 Seasons				252	545	-20	-4	3	0	8	-13	-1.4	16	3	0.1	.494	.498	0.0	1.1	2	$397,500

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	PwrSpd
1988	25	STL	NL	56	40	5	3.4	90	.333	.269	.257	.321	.321	.269	.378	.591	.699	71	.424	-2.0	-0.2	.525	.135	.000	.0
1989	26	STL	NL	86	58	10	4.7	93	.319	.293	.257	.353	.325	.373	.383	.726	.708	106	.563	1.2	0.1	.673	.187	.080	.0
1990	27	STL	NL	145	109	12	3.0	98	.252	.219	.264	.291	.331	.313	.397	.603	.728	67	.325	-5.9	-0.6	.495	.180	.094	1.5
1991	28	STL	NL	27	22	1	1.2	94	.211	.167	.258	.222	.325	.250	.386	.472	.711	33	.095	-2.0	-0.2	.333	.125	.083
1992	29	STL	NL	158	121	9	2.0	90	.250	.200	.256	.256	.321	.228	.376	.484	.697	40	.211	-11.3	-1.2	.395	.124	.028	.0
1993	30	STL	NL	73	49	9	4.9	101	.302	.262	.267	.366	.332	.361	.407	.727	.739	99	.527	0.5	0.0	.681	.246	.098	.0
6 Yrs				545	399	46	3.1	94	.276	.233	.260	.300	.326	.295	.387	.595	.713	68	.361	-19.6	-2.0	.506	.165	.062	1.9
162 Game Avg.				350	257	30	3.1	94	.276	.233	.260	.300	.326	.295	.387	.595	.713	68	.361	-19.6	-2.0	.506	.165	.062	1

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
1988	25	STL	NL	56	0.0%	17.9%	7.1%	0.0%	0%	2.50	5.2		17.3	0.52	0.71	75%	29%	0.0%	41%
1989	26	STL	NL	86	0.0%	9.3%	8.1%	7.0%	27%	1.14	9.4		10.7	0.94	1.13	80%	20%	0.0%	15%
1990	27	STL	NL	145	0.7%	13.8%	8.3%	6.2%	32%	1.67	6.4	128.0	10.7	0.91	1.36	74%	21%	2.9%	38%
1991	28	STL	NL	27	0.0%	22.2%	7.4%	7.4%	50%	3.00	4.0		12.0	0.90	1.14	70%	11%	0.0%	30%
1992	29	STL	NL	158	0.0%	18.4%	7.0%	2.5%	14%	2.64	5.0		48.3	0.78	1.14	73%	21%	0.0%	10%
1993	30	STL	NL	73	0.0%	11.0%	12.3%	8.2%	38%	0.89	7.6		61.0	0.65	0.95	73%	31%	0.0%	13%
6 Yrs				545	0.2%	14.9%	8.3%	5.0%	24%	1.80	6.0	485.0	17.3	0.79	1.12	75%	22%	0.6%	23%
MLB Averages					2.1%	14.9%	8.5%	6.7%	29%	1.75	6.0	43.4	8.5	0.80	1.05	73%	20%	6.3%	21%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1988	25	STL	NL	-2.0	-0.2	60	-0.0	0.8	-0.8	.87	-0.3	0.3	-2.3	-0.2	0.91	-2.7	0.35	8
1989	26	STL	NL	1.2	0.1	89	-0.4	1.1	-1.4	.92	-0.1	-0.3	-2.8	-0.3	0.96	-0.5	1.64	10
1990	27	STL	NL	-5.9	-0.6	154	-0.5	1.9	-2.4	.96	-0.6	0.1	-6.1	-0.6	0.97	-6.5	1.19	14
1991	28	STL	NL	-2.0	-0.2	29	-0.3	0.1	-0.5	.97	-0.3	-0.1	-4.1	-0.4	1.06	-3.7		0
1992	29	STL	NL	-11.3	-1.2	168	-0.9	1.6	-2.5	.95	-1.3	0.3	-8.6	-0.9	0.96	-11.0	0.16	1
1993	30	STL	NL	0.4	0.0	80	-0.0	1.2	-1.2	.94	0.1	-0.1	0.8	0.1	0.87	1.3	0.29	0
6 Yrs				-19.7	-2.1	580	-2.1	6.8	-8.9	.94	-2.5	0.2	-23.1	-2.4	0.95	-23.0	1.09	33

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1988	25	STL	NL	0	11%	33	4	1	80%	4	1	0	0	1	0	33%	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	1
1989	26	STL	NL	0	37%	47	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	2	1	56%	6	4	2	0	0	3	0	3
1990	27	STL	NL	1	20%	60	3	4	43%	3	4	3	1	2	2	30%	8	6	2	0	0	2	0	1
1991	28	STL	NL	0	17%	6	0	1	0%	0	1	1	0	0	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1992	29	STL	NL	1	23%	63	5	2	71%	5	2	0	0	2	2	40%	6	4	2	0	0	4	2	2
1993	30	STL	NL	2	50%	52	2	2	50%	2	2	1	0	0	3	43%	6	5	1	2	2	6	1	5
6 Yrs				4	28%	261	15	10	60%	15	10	5	1	7	8	43%	29	21	8	2	2	16	3	12

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
1988	25	STL	NL	56	86%	14	4	1	8	1	0	0	0.35	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	10	1	10%	5	0	0%	24	3	13%	4	2	50%	2	1	50%	0
1989	26	STL	NL	86	73%	22	4	2	10	2	0	0	1.64	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	16	2	13%	9	6	67%	52	7	13%	8	4	50%	0	0		0
1990	27	STL	NL	145	81%	28	3	0	14	4	0	0	1.19	1	0	4	1	0	1	0	0	4	4	100%	29	1	3%	23	12	52%	91	11	12%	10	2	20%	10	6	60%	0
1991	28	STL	NL	27	85%	4	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		6	0	0%	4	2	50%	24	2	8%	2	2	100%	1	1	100%	0
1992	29	STL	NL	158	76%	29	18	1	1	0	0	0	0.16	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	67%	29	1	3%	14	5	36%	93	3	3%	7	2	29%	7	3	43%	0
1993	30	STL	NL	73	90%	16	2	1	0	0	0	0	0.29	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	50%	14	0	0%	4	3	75%	28	1	4%	1	0	0%	2	1	50%	0
6 Yrs				545	80%	113	34	5	33	7	0	0	1.09	1	0	10	1	0	1	0	0	14	9	64%	104	5	5%	59	28	47%	312	27	9%	32	12	38%	22	12	55%	0
MLB Averages					60%																			72%			10%			36%			14%			52%			57%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1988	25	STL	NL	56	199	3.55	119	60%	33%	8%	24%	35%	67%	0%	40%	88%	29%	7%	4	0	13%	7	1	14%	8	4	40%	0	0	0
1989	26	STL	NL	82	265	3.23	148	56%	32%	6%	18%	44%	68%	3%	38%	91%	30%	11%	9	1	17%	14	2	12%	10	8	63%	4	0	0
1990	27	STL	NL	132	455	3.45	281	62%	28%	7%	27%	36%	71%	2%	44%	89%	33%	5%	6	0	14%	19	7	8%	10	6	44%	13	0	2
1991	28	STL	NL	28	97	3.46	66	68%	36%	9%	26%	29%	64%	13%	43%	86%	32%	4%	1	0	14%	4	3	4%	1	0	50%	-1	0	0
1992	29	STL	NL	159	547	3.44	335	61%	36%	7%	21%	35%	64%	2%	39%	89%	29%	3%	4	0	20%	32	14	6%	9	5	72%	-1	0	0
1993	30	STL	NL	67	250	3.73	142	57%	35%	11%	20%	35%	65%	0%	37%	84%	24%	0%	0	0	12%	8	2	10%	7	2	57%	6	0	0
6 Yrs				524	1813	3.46	1091	60%	33%	8%	23%	36%	67%	2%	40%	88%	30%	5%	24	1	16%	84	29	9%	45	25	58%	21	0	2
MLB Averages						3.63		62%	25%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	46%	81%	31%	6%			16%			9%			26%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1988	25	31	56	52	2	14	0	0	0	3	4	1	4	10	.269	.321	.269	.591	71	14	1	0	0	0	0
1989	26	73	142	127	13	36	6	0	0	10	5	1	11	18	.283	.340	.331	.671	92	42	3	1	1	2	1
1990	27	140	287	255	22	64	13	1	1	22	8	5	23	38	.251	.316	.322	.637	79	82	4	2	5	2	2
1991	28	156	314	279	23	68	15	1	1	24	8	6	25	44	.244	.307	.315	.623	75	88	4	2	5	3	3
1992	29	223	472	424	32	97	19	1	1	27	13	8	36	73	.229	.290	.285	.576	64	121	5	2	7	3	4
1993	30	252	545	485	45	113	25	1	1	28	15	10	45	81	.233	.300	.295	.595	68	143	5	3	9	3	4

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	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1988	25	31	57	53	2	15	0	0	0	3	4	4	10	.283	.333	.283	.616	5	31
1989	26	42	87	76	12	23	6	0	0	8	1	7	8	.303	.360	.382	.742	11	42
1990	27	67	146	129	9	29	7	1	1	13	3	12	20	.225	.296	.318	.614	12	67
1991	28	16	26	23	1	3	2	0	0	1	0	2	6	.130	.192	.217	.410	1	16
1992	29	67	162	148	11	32	4	0	0	4	6	12	29	.216	.275	.243	.518	10	67
1993	30	29	73	61	13	16	6	0	0	1	2	9	8	.262	.366	.361	.727	8	29
6 Yrs		252	551	490	48	118	25	1	1	30	16	46	81	.241	.308	.302	.610	47	252
162 Game Avg.		162	354	315	31	76	16	1	1	19	10	30	52	.241	.308	.302	.610	30	252

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