Sad Sam Jones

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 170lb (183cm, 77kg)

Born: July 26, 1892 in Woodsfield, OH us

Died: July 6, 1966 in Barnesville, OH

Buried: Oaklawn Cemetery, Woodsfield, OH

Debut: June 13, 1914 (Age 21-322d, 4,183rd in major league history)
vs. PHA 3.1 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 2 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: September 28, 1935 (Age 43-064d)
vs. DET 9.0 IP, 10 H, 9 SO, 4 BB, 1 ER, W

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1915 season

Full Name: Samuel Pond Jones

Nicknames: Sad Sam

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

42.7

229

217

ERA

3.84

647

487

3883.0

1223

WHIP

1.411

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	28-16 / in Starts: 15-8
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	23 games
Most Games w/o RBI	8 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 2 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 59 PAs	5
Actual Runners on Base	44 (21-14-9) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 59 PAs	7
Avg. Runners on Base	39 (19-12-7)

Most Driven In
J Dugan	2
T Lazzeri	1
B Meusel	1
M Gazella	1
B Bengough	0
H Severeid	0
P Collins	0

Most Driven In By
E Combs	2
M Koenig	1
H Pennock	0

1926 Batting Game Log

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1926 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	385	1	Apr 13	NYY	@	BOS	W,12-11	7-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0					9						P
2	386	4 (2)	Apr 17	NYY	@	WSH	W,8-6	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0					9						P
3	387	7 (2)	Apr 21	NYY		BOS	W,8-5	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0					9						P
4	388	13 (5)	Apr 28	NYY		PHA	W,3-0	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	9	1.30	-0.035	4.58	-0.07%	-0.40	P
May		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
5	389	18 (4)	May 4	NYY	@	PHA	L,5-10	GS-2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	9	2.69	-0.014	10.78	-0.03%	-0.17	P
6	390	22 (3)	May 8	NYY		DET	L,5-7	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	9	2.93	-0.075	11.04	-0.17%	-0.79	P
7	391	26 (3)	May 13	NYY		CLE	W,13-9	6-GF	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.400	.400	.400	.800	9	.78	-0.019	3.17	-0.05%	0.02	P
8	392	30 (3)	May 18	NYY		CHW	W,5-3	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.286	.286	.571	9	1.58	-0.076	7.67	-0.22%	-0.62	P
9	393	34 (3)	May 22	NYY		SLB	W,7-6	4-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	9	.56	-0.015	2.54	-0.04%	-0.25	P
10	394	39 (4)	May 26	NYY	@	BOS	W,9-8	GS-6	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.182	.182	.182	.364	9	.41	-0.041	1.90	-0.11%	-0.81	P
11	395	41 (1)	May 28 (2)	NYY		PHA	L,5-6	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.182	.182	.182	.364	9						P
Jun		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
12	396	46 (4)	Jun 3	NYY		BOS	W,8-5	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.182	.182	.182	.364	9						P
13	397	47	Jun 5	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-15	6-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.182	.182	.182	.364	9						P
14	398	50 (2)	Jun 8	NYY	@	DET	W,11-9	6-8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.182	.250	.182	.432	9	.18	0.006	1.07	0.02%	0.39	P
15	399	55 (4)	Jun 13	NYY	@	SLB	W,6-5	7-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.308	.250	.558	9	.75	0.026	3.30	0.07%	0.28	P
16	400	58 (2)	Jun 17	NYY	@	CHW	L,2-6	5-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.308	.250	.558	9						P
17	401	65 (6)	Jun 25 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	W,12-2	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0		0		0	0	.235	.278	.235	.513	9	.08	-0.008	.32	-0.02%	-0.93	P
18	402	70 (4)	Jun 30	NYY	@	PHA	L,4-5	GS-8	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0	0	.200	.238	.200	.438	9	.83	-0.092	3.16	-0.21%	-1.13	P
Jul		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
19	403	74 (3)	Jul 3	NYY	@	WSH	W,5-4	7-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.273	.200	.473	9	1.42	0.012	6.24	0.03%	0.27	P
20	404	79 (4)	Jul 9	NYY		CLE	W,8-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.231	.167	.397	9	.76	-0.002	4.39	-0.01%	-0.51	P
21	405	84 (4)	Jul 14	NYY		DET	W,7-6	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.154	.214	.154	.368	9	1.11	-0.056	6.53	-0.20%	-0.56	P
22	406	88 (3)	Jul 18	NYY		SLB	L,0-4	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.154	.214	.154	.368	9						P
23	407	90 (1)	Jul 20	NYY		SLB	L,6-7	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.154	.214	.154	.368	9						P
24	408	92 (1)	Jul 21 (2)	NYY		CHW	W,5-4	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.154	.214	.154	.368	7						PR
25	409	93	Jul 22	NYY		CHW	W,13-10	5-GF	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.214	.267	.214	.481	9	1.31	0.098	8.99	0.40%	0.87	P
26	410	99 (5)	Jul 29	NYY	@	SLB	W,10-7	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.214	.267	.214	.481	9						P
27	411	101 (1)	Jul 31	NYY	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.226	.294	.226	.520	9	.90	0.014	2.84	0.03%	0.08	P
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
28	412	104 (2)	Aug 3	NYY	@	CHW	W,7-6	7-7	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.226	.294	.226	.520	8		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
29	413	106 (1)	Aug 5	NYY	@	CLE	W,8-2	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.235	.297	.235	.533	9	.40	-0.006	1.77	-0.02%	-0.45	P
30	414	110 (3)	Aug 9	NYY	@	DET	W,9-8	GS-9	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.237	.293	.263	.556	9	.97	0.058	1.78	0.06%	-0.13	P
31	415	112 (1)	Aug 11 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	L,4-5	7-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		1	0	.237	.293	.263	.556	8	2.05	0.031	3.20	0.03%	0.16	PR
32	416	113	Aug 11 (2)	NYY	@	WSH	L,4-5	9-GF(11)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.231	.286	.256	.542	8	1.35	-0.035	2.56	-0.04%	-0.11	P
33	417	116 (2)	Aug 14 (1)	NYY		WSH	W,4-2	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.220	.273	.244	.517	9	.71	-0.056	1.49	-0.07%	-1.01	P
34	418	121 (4)	Aug 20	NYY		SLB	W,10-4	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.214	.267	.238	.505	9	.63	-0.016	1.42	-0.02%	-0.25	P
35	419	122	Aug 21	NYY		SLB	W,3-1	7-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.214	.267	.238	.505	8						PR
36	420	124 (1)	Aug 25	NYY		CLE	L,0-6	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.205	.255	.227	.483	9	2.24	-0.119	4.97	-0.16%	-0.96	P
37	421	128 (3)	Aug 30	NYY		WSH	L,6-12	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.205	.255	.227	.483	9						P
38	422	129	Aug 31	NYY		PHA	L,5-8	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.205	.255	.227	.483	8						PR
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
39	423	132 (2)	Sep 3 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	W,7-4	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.205	.255	.227	.483	9						P
40	424	137 (4)	Sep 8	NYY		BOS	L,2-5	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0		0	0	.200	.265	.222	.488	9	1.68	0.021	5.18	0.04%	0.25	P
41	425	139 (1)	Sep 11	NYY	@	DET	W,10-8	4-5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.265	.222	.488	9						P
42	426	142 (2)	Sep 15	NYY	@	CLE	W,6-4	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.191	.255	.213	.468	9	1.41	-0.109	11.95	-0.56%	-1.20	P
43	427	149 (6)	Sep 20 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	L,3-4	GS-4	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.208	.269	.229	.498	9	1.46	-0.018	12.08	-0.09%	-0.04	P
44	428	155 (5)	Sep 26 (2)	NYY	@	SLB	L,2-6	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0	0	.204	.264	.224	.489	9						P
							28-16		59	49	3	10	1	0	0	5	3	0	16	1	4		0		1	0	.204	.264	.224	.489		1.00	-0.526	4.14	-1.41%	-7.99

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