John Stone

John Thomas Stone (Rocky)

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 178 lb.

Born: October 10, 1905 in Lynchburg, TN
School: Maryville College (All Transactions)
Debut: August 31, 1928
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Senators 1928-1938
Final Game: June 17, 1938
Died: November 30, 1955 in Shelbyville, TN
Buried: Odd Fellows-Masonic Cemetery,in Lynchburg, TN
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Standard Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	HBP	SH	Pos	Awards
1928	22	DET	AL	26	122	113	20	40	10	3	2	21	1	0	5	8	.354	.387	.549	.935	142	62	1	3	O
1929	23	DET	AL	51	163	150	23	39	11	2	2	15	1	1	11	13	.260	.311	.400	.711	82	60	0	2	O
1930	24	DET	AL	127	465	425	60	132	29	11	3	56	6	9	32	49	.311	.360	.452	.812	103	192	1	7	*O
1931	25	DET	AL	147	647	584	86	191	28	11	10	76	13	13	56	48	.327	.388	.464	.852	120	271	2	5	*O	MVP-16
1932	26	DET	AL	145	643	582	106	173	35	12	17	108	2	1	58	64	.297	.361	.486	.847	114	283	0	3	*O
1933	27	DET	AL	148	632	574	86	161	33	11	11	80	1	4	54	37	.280	.344	.434	.778	103	249	2	2	*O
1934	28	WSH	AL	113	483	419	77	132	28	7	7	67	1	2	52	26	.315	.395	.465	.860	125	195	3	9	*O
1935	29	WSH	AL	125	498	455	78	143	27	18	1	78	4	5	39	29	.314	.372	.459	.832	117	209	3	1	*O
1936	30	WSH	AL	123	500	437	95	149	22	11	15	90	8	0	60	26	.341	.421	.545	.965	142	238	0	3	*O
1937	31	WSH	AL	139	609	542	84	179	33	15	6	88	6	4	66	36	.330	.403	.480	.883	125	260	0	1	*O
1938	32	WSH	AL	56	244	213	24	52	12	4	3	28	2	1	30	16	.244	.337	.380	.718	85	81	0	1	O
11 Seasons				1200	5006	4494	739	1391	268	105	77	707	45	40	463	352	.310	.376	.467	.843	116	2100	12	37
162 Game Avg.				162	676	607	100	188	36	14	10	95	6	5	63	48	.310	.376	.467	.843	116	284	2	5

DET (6 yrs)				644	2672	2428	381	736	146	50	45	356	24	28	216	219	.303	.362	.460	.822	110	1117	6	22
WSH (5 yrs)				556	2334	2066	358	655	122	55	32	351	21	12	247	133	.317	.392	.476	.867	123	983	6	15

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRFG	LF-CF-RF	Awards
1928	DET	AL	22	OF	26	53	49	2	2	0	.962	1.96	.974	2.22	26-0-0
1929	DET	AL	23	OF	36	73	68	4	1	0	.986	2.00	.966	2.28	35-0-2
1930	DET	AL	24	OF	109	236	223	5	8	1	.966	2.09	.965	2.16	93-11-6
1931	DET	AL	25	OF	147	344	319	11	14	6	.959	2.24	.969	2.25	143-5-0	MVP-16
1932	DET	AL	26	OF	142	359	334	11	14	2	.961	2.43	.967	2.28	90-53-0
1933	DET	AL	27	OF	141	300	280	11	9	1	.970	2.06	.970	2.21	18-0-124
1934	WSH	AL	28	OF	112	267	245	13	9	3	.966	2.30	.968	2.16	0-16-98
1935	WSH	AL	29	OF	114	247	224	12	11	4	.955	2.07	.970	2.30	19-7-90
1936	WSH	AL	30	OF	114	270	249	12	9	5	.967	2.29	.968	2.29	109-0-6
1937	WSH	AL	31	OF	137	320	300	15	5	3	.984	2.30	.968	2.28	37-7-95
1938	WSH	AL	32	OF	53	115	107	5	3	0	.974	2.11	.972	2.28	29-1-26
11 Seasons				OF	1131	2584	2398	101	85	25	.967	2.21	.969	2.25	599-100-447
11 Seasons				TOT	1131	2584	2398	101	85	25	.967	2.21	.936	2.25	599-100-447

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1931 AL (16, 8%) 0.08 Career Shares (957th)	Batting Average s c a p y 1931 AL .327 (10th) 1936 AL .341 (10th) Career .310 (112th)	On-Base% s c a p y 1936 AL .421 (9th) Career .376 (207th)	Slugging % s c a p y 1936 AL .545 (8th) Career .467 (244th)
On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y 1936 AL .965 (8th) Career .843 (190th)	Hits s c a p y 1931 AL 191 (7th)	Total Bases s c a p y 1932 AL 283 (9th)	Triples s c a p y 1931 AL 11 (10th) 1932 AL 12 (8th) 1935 AL 18 (2nd) 1936 AL 11 (9th) 1937 AL 15 (3rd) Career 105 (140th)
Home Runs s c a p y 1932 AL 17 (10th)	Runs Batted In s c a p y 1932 AL 108 (10th)	Strikeouts s c a p y 1932 AL 64 (7th)	Stolen Bases s c a p y 1931 AL 13 (10th)
Singles s c a p y 1931 AL 142 (1st)	Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y 1936 AL 142 (7th)	Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y 1936 AL 29 (9th)	Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y 1936 AL 2.5 (9th)
Extra Base Hits s c a p y 1932 AL 64 (10th) 1933 AL 55 (10th)	Offensive Win % s c a p y 1936 AL .721 (8th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1934 AL 3 (9th)	Caught Stealing s c a p y 1931 AL 13 (5th)
Power-Speed # s c a p y 1931 AL 11.3 (6th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink Batting - 29 (793), Average HOFer ≈ 144

Hall of Fame Monitor Batting - 30 (589), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Hall of Fame Standards Batting - 26 (433), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

December 20, 1933: Traded by the Detroit Tigers to the Washington Senators for Goose Goslin.

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Gray Ink	Batting - 29 (793), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 30 (589), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 26 (433), Average HOFer ≈ 50