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	19-11 / in Starts: 17-8
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	5 games
Most Games w/o HR	24 games
Most Games w/o RBI	5 games
Grand Slams	0 in 4 bases loaded PA and 2 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 78 PAs	10
Actual Runners on Base	63 (32-17-14)
Avg. MLBer w/ 78 PAs	10
Avg. Runners on Base	52 (26-16-9)

Most Driven In
O Bluege	3
J Hayes	2
J Cronin	1
S West	1
J Judge	1
R Spencer	1
D Harris	1
P Hargrave	0

Most Driven In By
S Rice	3
H Manush	1
G Goslin	1
S West	1
G Loepp	1
J Judge	1
J Hayes	1
B Myer	0

1930 Batting Game Log

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1930 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	526	10 (9)	Apr 27	WSH		PHA	W,11-6	GS-8	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	0		0		0	0	.000	.750	.000	.750	9	.81	0.033	3.07	0.07%	0.89	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
2	527	14 (3)	May 2	WSH		SLB	W,13-5	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		1		0	0	.000	.444	.000	.444	9	.47	0.057	1.87	0.14%	0.45	P
3	528	20 (5)	May 8	WSH		DET	W,8-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.308	.000	.308	9	.55	-0.083	1.63	-0.15%	-1.47	P
4	529	26 (5)	May 15	WSH		CLE	W,4-2	CG	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	9	.81	-0.001	3.21	0.00%	-0.34	P
5	530	31 (4)	May 21 (1)	WSH		BOS	W,10-2	CG	4	3	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0		0		0	0	.077	.368	.077	.445	9	.40	0.023	1.67	0.06%	0.50	P
6	531	37 (5)	May 27	WSH	@	NYY	W,7-2	CG	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.188	.409	.188	.597	9	.36	0.030	1.97	0.10%	0.49	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
7	532	42 (4)	Jun 1	WSH		PHA	L,6-9	GS-6	2	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.278	.458	.278	.736	9	.87	0.014	5.24	0.05%	0.01	P
8	533	45 (2)	Jun 5	WSH	@	DET	L,2-6	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.423	.250	.673	9	1.08	-0.060	4.83	-0.16%	-0.79	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
9	534	70 (24)	Jul 4 (1)	WSH		NYY	W,8-0	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.217	.400	.217	.617	9	.27	0.019	1.59	0.07%	-1.01	P
10	535	76 (5)	Jul 9 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	W,5-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.192	.364	.192	.556	9	.76	-0.059	3.97	-0.19%	-0.88	P
11	536	78 (1)	Jul 10	WSH	@	BOS	W,7-2	9-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.192	.364	.192	.556	4						PR
12	537	81 (2)	Jul 13	WSH	@	DET	L,4-5	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.185	.353	.185	.538	9	1.86	-0.056	10.19	-0.19%	-0.63	P
13	538	86 (4)	Jul 17	WSH	@	CLE	L,3-4	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.351	.200	.551	9	1.04	0.039	5.09	0.12%	0.59	P
14	539	88 (1)	Jul 19 (1)	WSH	@	CLE	L,2-5	7-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.351	.200	.551	9						PR
15	540	92 (3)	Jul 22	WSH	@	SLB	L,1-3	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.188	.333	.188	.521	9	1.16	-0.084	4.66	-0.20%	-0.91	P
16	541	96 (3)	Jul 26	WSH	@	CHW	L,1-4	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.176	.317	.176	.494	9	.81	-0.044	2.43	-0.08%	-0.40	P
17	542	98 (1)	Jul 30	WSH		PHA	L,4-7	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.176	.317	.176	.494	8						PR
18	543	99	Jul 31	WSH		PHA	L,3-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.176	.317	.176	.494	8						PR
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
19	544	100	Aug 2 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	W,9-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.184	.311	.184	.495	9	.40	0.027	.74	0.03%	-0.57	P
20	545	106 (5)	Aug 6	WSH	@	PHA	W,5-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		0		0	1	.171	.306	.171	.477	9	.57	-0.022	2.10	-0.05%	-0.62	P
21	546	108 (1)	Aug 8	WSH		CLE	W,5-4	6-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.171	.306	.171	.477	9						PR
22	547	111 (2)	Aug 10	WSH		CLE	W,18-6	CG	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.156	.296	.156	.452	9	.32	-0.035	.22	-0.01%	-0.41	P
23	548	116 (4)	Aug 16	WSH		DET	W,3-1	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.149	.298	.149	.447	9	.65	-0.021	.91	-0.02%	0.00	P
24	549	121 (4)	Aug 21	WSH		SLB	W,5-2	CG	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.146	.305	.146	.451	9	1.52	-0.026	1.38	-0.01%	-0.25	P
25	550	125 (3)	Aug 25	WSH	@	PHA	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.135	.286	.135	.420	9	1.45	-0.162	3.65	-0.24%	-1.34	P
26	551	128 (2)	Aug 30	WSH		NYY	W,12-6	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.132	.281	.132	.413	9	.67	-0.018	1.13	-0.02%	-0.28	P
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
27	552	132 (3)	Sep 3	WSH	@	NYY	L,7-10	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.127	.273	.127	.400	9	.54	-0.029	1.03	-0.03%	-0.46	P
28	553	136 (3)	Sep 7	WSH		PHA	W,7-6	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.127	.273	.127	.400	9						P
29	554	143 (6)	Sep 15	WSH	@	CHW	W,14-9	GS-8	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	4	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.155	.300	.155	.455	9	.51	0.067	.05	0.00%	2.91	P
30	555	146 (2)	Sep 18	WSH	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.148	.297	.148	.445	9	1.27	-0.092	.02	0.00%	-0.74	P
							19-11		78	61	9	9	0	0	0	10	11	0	21	2	3		1		0	1	.148	.297	.148	.445		.73	-0.483	2.21	-0.72%	-5.26

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