Nippy Jones

Positions: First Baseman and Second Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 185lb (185cm, 83kg)

Born: June 29, 1925 in Los Angeles, CA us

Died: October 3, 1995 in Sacramento, CA

Buried: East Lawn Elk Grove Memorial Park, Elk Grove, CA

High School: Fremont HS (Los Angeles, CA)

Debut: June 9, 1946 (Age 20-345d, 10,155th in major league history)
vs. PHI 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 29, 1957 (Age 32-092d)
vs. CIN 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1948 season

Full Name: Vernal Leroy Jones

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-1.2

1381

369

.267

146

RBI

209

OBP

.305

SLG

.382

OPS

.687

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	14-16 / in Starts: 10-6
Longest Hitting Streak	9 games
Longest On Base Streak	9 games
Most Games w/o HR	11 games
Most Games w/o RBI	6 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 2 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	3

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 83 PAs	8
Actual Runners on Base	61 (29-21-11)
Avg. MLBer w/ 83 PAs	9
Avg. Runners on Base	51 (26-16-8)

Most Driven In
A Pafko	3
Self	2
L Burdette	1
R Schoendienst	1
D Crandall	1
J DeMerit	0

Most Driven In By
Self	2
H Aaron	2
E Mathews	0

1957 Batting Game Log

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1957 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	383	84 (83)	Jul 14	MLN	@	BRO	L,2-3	9-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1.000			8	1.02	0.005	5.64	0.02%	0.12	PH 1B
2	384	85	Jul 15	MLN	@	BRO	L,4-20	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	9	.04	-0.001	.21	0.00%	-0.33	PH
3	385	86	Jul 16	MLN	@	PHI	W,6-2	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.200	.000	.200	5	.92	-0.093	5.19	-0.32%	-1.45	1B
4	386	91 (4)	Jul 21 (1)	MLN	@	NYG	L,4-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.111	.000	.111	7	.86	-0.077	5.20	-0.28%	-0.88	RF
5	387	92	Jul 21 (2)	MLN	@	NYG	W,7-4	5-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.100	.000	.100	9	.64	-0.016	3.71	-0.06%	-0.23	PH
6	388	94 (1)	Jul 24	MLN		PHI	L,1-3	8-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.100	.182	.100	.282	9	2.44	0.099	16.00	0.39%	0.37	PH 1B
7	389	95	Jul 25	MLN		PHI	L,3-5	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.091	.167	.091	.258	9	.57	-0.014	3.69	-0.06%	-0.09	PH
8	390	96	Jul 26	MLN		NYG	W,6-3	9-GF(11)	2	2	1	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.214	.385	.599	9	3.27	0.246	18.01	0.81%	2.17	1B
9	391	98 (1)	Jul 28 (1)	MLN		NYG	L,0-2	CG	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.294	.333	.471	.804	2	1.72	0.096	10.68	0.36%	0.79	1B
10	392	100 (1)	Jul 29	MLN		NYG	W,9-8	CG(10)	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.304	.409	.713	2	1.81	0.371	10.81	1.33%	1.00	1B
11	393	101	Jul 30	MLN		PIT	W,5-2	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.259	.286	.370	.656	2	.69	-0.061	4.18	-0.22%	-1.13	1B
12	394	102	Jul 31	MLN		PIT	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.258	.281	.355	.636	2	.86	-0.016	5.25	-0.06%	-1.06	1B
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
13	395	103	Aug 2	MLN		BRO	W,1-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.257	.278	.343	.621	2	.56	-0.029	4.34	-0.14%	-0.38	1B
14	396	104	Aug 3	MLN		BRO	L,1-7	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.282	.342	.624	2	.91	-0.060	6.93	-0.27%	-0.45	1B
15	397	108 (3)	Aug 8	MLN		CIN	W,5-3	GS-9	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.256	.273	.326	.598	2	.91	-0.030	7.10	-0.14%	-0.94	1B
16	398	112 (3)	Aug 13	MLN	@	CIN	W,12-4	CG	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.245	.260	.306	.566	2	.61	0.097	4.25	0.41%	-0.54	1B
17	399	115 (2)	Aug 16	MLN		STL	L,2-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.240	.255	.300	.555	2	1.76	-0.035	7.61	-0.09%	-0.28	PH
18	400	118 (2)	Aug 18 (2)	MLN		STL	L,0-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.255	.333	.588	2	.67	0.077	3.54	0.25%	0.22	1B
19	401	121 (2)	Aug 23	MLN	@	BRO	L,2-3	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.228	.241	.316	.557	2	.73	-0.057	3.60	-0.17%	-0.53	1B
20	402	122	Aug 24	MLN	@	BRO	W,13-7	GS-6	2	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.237	.250	.373	.623	2	.85	0.106	4.72	0.35%	0.83	1B
21	403	124 (1)	Aug 26	MLN	@	PHI	L,3-4	9-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.233	.246	.367	.613	9	4.41	-0.111	11.72	-0.18%	-0.42	PH
22	404	126 (1)	Aug 28	MLN	@	NYG	L,6-12	4-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.230	.242	.361	.603	9	.21	-0.005	.41	-0.01%	-0.23	PH
23	405	128 (1)	Aug 31	MLN	@	CIN	W,14-4	CG	6	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.227	.239	.348	.587	2	.44	-0.040	.95	-0.05%	-1.35	1B
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
24	406	132 (3)	Sep 3	MLN	@	CHC	W,8-0	CG	5	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.243	.264	.357	.621	2	1.21	-0.013	.98	-0.01%	0.16	1B
25	407	134 (1)	Sep 5	MLN	@	STL	L,1-10	6-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.239	.260	.352	.612	9	.91	-0.023	1.54	-0.02%	-0.23	PH
26	408	135	Sep 6	MLN		CHC	L,4-5	7-GF	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.247	.267	.370	.637	2	4.01	-0.064	6.05	-0.06%	0.59	PH 1B
27	409	137 (1)	Sep 8	MLN		CHC	L,3-5	8-9	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.257	.276	.392	.668	9	3.33	0.243	5.44	0.24%	0.61	1B
28	410	140 (2)	Sep 12	MLN		BRO	W,2-1	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.253	.273	.387	.659	8	2.35	-0.115	8.60	-0.25%	-0.65	PH
29	411	152 (11)	Sep 25	MLN		STL	L,1-4	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.266	.284	.392	.676	6	.72	0.017	.00	0.00%	0.12	1B
30	412	155 (2)	Sep 29	MLN		CIN	W,4-3	7-8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.266	.293	.392	.685	7	3.40	0.018	.00	0.00%	0.17	PH
							14-16		83	79	5	21	2	1	2	8	3	1	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.266	.293	.392	.685		1.15	0.515	5.22	1.77%	-4.04

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