Willie Jones
Willie Edward Jones (Puddin' Head)
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 192 lb.

Born: August 16, 1925 in Dillon, SC
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1947. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 1947
Final Game: May 7, 1961
Died: October 18, 1983 in Cincinnati, OH
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1947 PHI NL 21 3B 17 66 19 41 6 3 .909 3.53 .948 2.80
1948 PHI NL 22 3B 17 68 30 33 5 1 .926 3.71 .941 2.81
1949 PHI NL 23 3B 145 516 181 308 27 19 .948 3.37 .952 2.98 MVP-27
1950 PHI NL 24 3B 157 538 190 323 25 30 .954 3.27 .948 3.01 AS,MVP-36
1951 PHI NL 25 3B 147 493 190 286 17 33 .966 3.24 .952 3.10 AS
1952 PHI NL 26 3B 147 513 216 281 16 31 .969 3.38 .953 2.92
1953 PHI NL 27 3B 147 440 176 253 11 36 .975 2.92 .950 2.72
1954 PHI NL 28 3B 141 140 1244.0 476 184 277 15 23 .968 -1.3 -1.3 -1.3 -2.3 1.0 0 3.34 3.27 .951 3.17 2.82
1955 PHI NL 29 3B 146 146 1277.0 455 202 235 18 22 .960 -2.4 -2.3 -2.4 -2.2 -0.2 0 3.08 2.99 .951 3.13 2.81
1956 PHI NL 30 3B 149 149 1321.2 479 202 264 13 23 .973 -6.7 -6.1 -6.7 -6.1 -0.7 0 3.17 3.13 .955 3.05 2.64
1957 PHI NL 31 3B 126 121 1095.1 349 140 197 12 18 .966 -1.6 -1.8 -1.6 -2.0 0.4 0 2.77 2.67 .951 2.96 2.71
1958 PHI NL 32 3B 110 105 941.2 334 137 186 11 13 .967 -7.7 -9.8 -6.7 -5.3 -1.4 -1 3.09 2.94 .951 3.18 2.86
1958 PHI NL 32 1B 1 1 8.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -75.0 -0.5 -0.5 0.0 4.50 4.00 1.000 9.56 8.10
1959 TOT MLB 33 3B 118 114 979.0 337 135 191 11 16 .967 -3.1 -3.8 -3.1 -0.4 -2.7 0 3.00 2.76 .949 2.98 2.66
1959 TOT NL 33 3B 114 110 956.0 323 132 181 10 14 .969 -4.3 -5.4 -4.3 -1.3 -3.0 0 2.95 2.75 .949 2.97 2.66
1959 PHI NL 33 3B 46 46 389.2 119 40 76 3 5 .975 0.7 2.2 0.7 0.9 -0.2 0 2.68 2.52 .949 2.97 2.66
1959 CLE AL 33 3B 4 4 23.0 14 3 10 1 2 .929 1.2 62.6 1.2 0.9 0.3 0 5.09 3.25 .950 3.21 2.72
1959 CIN NL 33 3B 68 64 566.1 204 92 105 7 9 .966 -5.0 -10.6 -5.0 -2.2 -2.8 0 3.13 2.90 .949 2.97 2.66
1960 CIN NL 34 3B 46 35 318.2 106 43 59 4 5 .962 -3.4 -12.8 -3.4 -1.6 -1.9 0 2.88 2.22 .952 2.97 2.61
1960 CIN NL 34 2B 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -360.0 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 5.40 4.50
1961 CIN NL 35 3B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 -0.1 -120.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 1.000 2.70 2.60
15 Seasons 3B 1614 810 7178.1 5171 2045 2934 192 273 .963 -26.3 -4.4 -25.3 -20.0 -5.5 -1 6.24 3.08 .951 3.07 2.84
1 Season 1B 1 1 8.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -75.0 -0.5 -0.5 0.0 4.50 4.00 1.000 9.56 8.10
1 Season 2B 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -360.0 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 5.40 4.50
15 Seasons TOT 1616 811 7187.1 5176 2050 2934 192 273 .963 -27.1 -4.5 -26.1 -20.8 -5.5 -1 6.24 3.08 .914 3.08 2.84
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1947 PHI NL 21 18 18 18 0 0 0 0 17 0 0 0 0 0
1948 PHI NL 22 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 17 0 0 0 0 0
1949 PHI NL 23 149 149 149 0 0 0 0 145 0 0 0 0 0
1950 PHI NL 24 157 157 157 0 0 0 0 157 0 0 0 0 0
1951 PHI NL 25 148 148 148 0 0 0 0 147 0 0 0 0 0
1952 PHI NL 26 147 147 147 0 0 0 0 147 0 0 0 0 0
1953 PHI NL 27 149 149 149 0 0 0 0 147 0 0 0 0 0
1954 PHI NL 28 142 140 142 142 0 0 0 0 141 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1955 PHI NL 29 146 146 146 146 0 0 0 0 146 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 PHI NL 30 149 149 149 149 0 0 0 0 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 PHI NL 31 133 121 133 133 0 0 0 0 126 0 0 0 0 0 8 1
1958 PHI NL 32 118 106 118 118 0 0 1 0 110 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1959 CIN NL 33 72 64 72 72 0 0 0 0 68 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1959 PHI NL 33 47 46 47 47 0 0 0 0 46 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1959 CLE AL 33 11 4 11 11 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1960 CIN NL 34 79 35 79 79 0 0 0 1 46 0 0 0 0 0 36 0
1961 CIN NL 35 9 0 9 9 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
15 Seasons 1691 811 1691 1691 0 0 1 1 1614 0 0 0 0 0 72 1
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1954 PHI NL 28 4812 63% 83% 25% 400 93% 0 176 144 14 18 242 195 33 1 11 14 0 11 3 12 20 8 3 13 6 3 2 14 79%
1955 PHI NL 29 5062 59% 80% 26% 414 90% 0 187 163 7 17 211 174 33 0 12 18 0 15 3 16 19 14 1 16 3 2 1 18 50%
1956 PHI NL 30 5652 65% 80% 22% 457 90% 4 198 163 7 28 251 211 31 1 10 12 0 11 1 10 21 15 1 16 3 1 1 23 78%
1957 PHI NL 31 4738 61% 79% 25% 337 88% 3 139 104 16 19 198 159 24 3 13 12 0 8 4 6 18 9 1 11 6 5 1 9 33%
1958 PHI NL 32 4196 60% 80% 26% 328 91% 1 136 116 12 8 187 147 30 1 7 11 0 10 1 9 13 11 0 12 1 0 0 13 54%
1959 CIN NL 33 2481 56% 80% 25% 204 89% 2 90 76 8 6 107 87 13 1 3 7 0 5 2 7 9 6 0 7 2 2 0 12 42%
1959 PHI NL 33 1747 56% 79% 27% 121 85% 1 40 32 1 7 74 58 12 0 3 3 0 2 1 3 5 5 0 5 0 0 0 4 50%
1959 CLE AL 33 95 71% 75% 31% 14 93% 0 3 3 0 0 10 5 5 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0
1960 CIN NL 34 1361 60% 82% 26% 103 87% 0 43 31 1 11 59 46 12 0 8 4 0 4 0 3 5 5 0 5 0 0 0 5 80%
1961 CIN NL 35 5 100% 60% 20% 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons 30149 61% 80% 25% 2379 90% 11 1012 832 66 114 1339 1082 193 7 67 83 0 67 16 67 112 75 6 87 21 13 5 98 60%
MLB Averages 62% 78% 26% 89% 60%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1958 PHI NL 32 47 66% 77% 11% 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 47 66% 77% 11% 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 62% 78% 26% 94% 87%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1960 CIN NL 34 5 60% 100% 40% 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 5 60% 100% 40% 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 62% 78% 26% 93%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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