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	12-19 / in Starts: 11-15
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	24 games
Most Games w/o RBI	12 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 1 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 73 PAs	6
Actual Runners on Base	46 (28-11-7) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 73 PAs	9
Avg. Runners on Base	49 (25-15-8)

Most Driven In
B Boken	2
M Shea	1
R Kress	1
E Madjeski	1
J Chamberlain	1

Most Driven In By
M Haas	3
Z Bonura	2
J Dykes	2
A Simmons	1

1934 Batting Game Log

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1934 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	662	1	Apr 17	CHW		DET	L,3-8	GS-6	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000	9	.34	0.017	.87	0.03%	0.23	P
2	663	6 (4)	Apr 25	CHW	@	DET	W,3-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.333	.667	1.000	9	.66	-0.035	1.30	-0.04%	-0.31	P
3	664	10 (3)	Apr 30	CHW		CLE	W,20-10	GS-7	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.429	.429	.571	1.000	9	.18	0.002	.33	0.00%	0.22	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
4	665	13 (2)	May 6	CHW	@	WSH	L,0-5	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0	0	.333	.333	.444	.778	9						P
5	666	18 (4)	May 11	CHW	@	NYY	L,6-7	GS-8	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	1	.364	.417	.455	.871	9	1.49	0.068	2.06	0.06%	0.84	P
6	667	22 (3)	May 17	CHW		PHA	W,7-2	GS-7	3	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.429	.467	.571	1.038	9	.84	0.052	.79	0.03%	0.15	P
7	668	27 (4)	May 22	CHW		BOS	W,6-5	CG	4	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.438	.500	.625	1.125	9	1.18	0.178	1.05	0.10%	1.17	P
8	669	32 (4)	May 27	CHW		WSH	L,6-9	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.389	.450	.556	1.006	9	1.06	-0.053	1.12	-0.03%	-0.58	P
9	670	37 (4)	May 31	CHW	@	CLE	W,12-5	CG	5	2	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	2		0		0	0	.400	.478	.550	1.028	9	.28	0.060	.25	0.03%	0.76	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
10	671	41 (3)	Jun 5 (1)	CHW		SLB	W,8-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.407	.458	.866	9	1.05	-0.159	.58	-0.05%	-1.84	P
11	672	47 (5)	Jun 10	CHW	@	DET	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.296	.367	.407	.774	9	.67	-0.053	.16	-0.01%	-0.72	P
12	673	51 (3)	Jun 15	CHW	@	WSH	L,7-8	GS-8	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.394	.433	.827	9	1.25	0.116	.14	0.01%	1.08	P
13	674	57 (5)	Jun 20	CHW	@	BOS	L,9-14	GS-7	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.324	.378	.412	.790	9	1.47	-0.119	.17	-0.01%	-0.91	P
14	675	62 (4)	Jun 24	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-5	CG	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.314	.400	.400	.800	9	.55	0.039	.02	0.00%	0.77	P
15	676	66 (3)	Jun 28	CHW	@	DET	L,7-8	GS-7	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.316	.395	.395	.790	9	1.38	0.065	.02	0.00%	0.21	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
16	677	71 (4)	Jul 4 (1)	CHW		SLB	L,0-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.293	.370	.366	.735	9	1.32	-0.150	.01	0.00%	-1.39	P
17	678	75 (3)	Jul 8 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-5	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.273	.347	.341	.688	9	.65	-0.064	.00	0.00%	-1.05	P
18	679	79 (3)	Jul 15 (1)	CHW		PHA	L,7-11	7-8	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.273	.347	.341	.688	9		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
19	680	81 (1)	Jul 16 (1)	CHW		BOS	L,4-5	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.255	.327	.319	.646	9	1.61	-0.122	.00	0.00%	-0.91	P
20	681	84 (2)	Jul 18	CHW		BOS	L,3-16	7-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.255	.327	.319	.646	9						PR
21	682	86 (1)	Jul 20	CHW		NYY	W,7-6	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.245	.315	.306	.621	9	.89	-0.046	.00	0.00%	-0.53	P
22	683	93 (6)	Jul 26	CHW		WSH	W,9-0	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0		0		0	0	.235	.328	.294	.622	9	.30	-0.019	.00	0.00%	0.00	P
23	684	95 (1)	Jul 29 (1)	CHW		DET	L,15-16	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.235	.328	.294	.622	9						P
24	685	98 (2)	Jul 31	CHW	@	SLB	W,5-2	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1		0		0	0	.226	.328	.283	.611	9	1.16	-0.075	.00	0.00%	-0.65	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
25	686	103 (4)	Aug 4	CHW	@	DET	L,4-16	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.226	.328	.283	.611	9						P
26	687	106 (2)	Aug 8	CHW		CLE	L,4-11	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.214	.313	.268	.580	9	.68	-0.054	.00	0.00%	-0.88	P
27	688	109 (2)	Aug 12 (1)	CHW		SLB	L,2-4	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.203	.299	.254	.553	9	1.04	-0.083	.00	0.00%	-0.66	P
28	689	115 (5)	Aug 18 (1)	CHW	@	WSH	W,4-3	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.294	.250	.544	9	.40	-0.011	.00	0.00%	-0.12	P
29	690	122 (6)	Aug 26 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,5-9	GS-2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.304	.250	.554	9	1.51	0.012	.00	0.00%	0.17	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
30	691	131 (8)	Sep 7	CHW		NYY	W,6-5	6-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.304	.250	.554	9						PR
31	692	134 (2)	Sep 9 (2)	CHW		WSH	L,1-2	0-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.304	.250	.554	9						PR
							12-19		73	60	9	12	3	0	0	6	8	0	13	1	4		0		0	1	.200	.304	.250	.554		.92	-0.434	.38	0.11%	-4.95

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