Sam Jones

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 192lb (193cm, 87kg)

Born: December 14, 1925 in Stewartsville, OH us

Died: November 5, 1971 in Morgantown, WV

Buried: Woodlawn Cemetery, Fairmont, WV

High School: Dunbar HS (Fairmont, WV)

Debut: 1947 (10,206th in major league history)

AL/NL Debut: September 22, 1951 (Age 25-282d)
vs. DET 0.2 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: October 3, 1964 (Age 38-294d)
vs. DET 1.1 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1952 season (Exceeded AL/NL rookie limits during 1955 season)

Full Name: Samuel Jones

Nicknames: Toothpick Sam

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

17.8

103

104

ERA

3.63

327

225

1669.1

1393

WHIP

1.364

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Team Record in Appearances: 12-20 / in Starts: 11-16

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 26, Entered with runners on base: 1

1956 Pitching Game Log

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1956 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	58	3	Apr 20	CHC		CIN	W,12-1	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	4	1	1	4	9	0	2	1.00	2.37	38	8	11	0	0	4	80			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	1	.20	0.109	.45	0.15%	3.25	1t start tie	9t 3 out a11
2	59	7	Apr 25	CHC	@	STL	L,0-6	GS-4	L(1-1)	4	4.0	4	4	4	3	2	0	1	3.46	2.99	19	6	3	1	1	4	37			0	0	0	15	2	0	1	1	0	0	.76	-0.233	2.01	-0.37%	-2.11	1b start tie	4b 3 out d4
3	60	11	Apr 29(2)	CHC	@	CIN	L,4-8	GS-4	L(1-2)	3	3.1	7	7	7	4	2	2	0	6.61	4.94	21	3	5	0	0	7	16			0	0	0	17	2	0	0	0	0	0	.84	-0.284	1.54	-0.31%	-4.68	1b start tie	4b -2- 1 out d6
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
4	61	16	May 6(2)	CHC		PIT	T,6-6	GS-6		6	5.2	7	5	5	6	4	1	0	6.95	5.32	30	5	8	0	0	7	33			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	-0.110	1.45	-0.09%	-1.39	1t start tie	6t 1-- 2 out a1
5	62	20	May 13(2)	CHC		STL	L,7-14	GS-4		6	3.2	4	4	4	0	2	2	0	7.36	5.76	15	4	5	0	2	4	39			0	0	0	15	0	0	0	1	0	1	.74	-0.106	.87	-0.08%	-2.21	1t start tie	4t --- 2 out a1
6	63	25	May 19	CHC	@	PIT	L,4-7	GS-	L(1-3)	5	1.2	6	4	4	1	1	1	1	8.23	6.17	13						27						11			0		0
7	64	33	May 29	CHC		CIN	L,4-10	GS-5	L(1-4)	9	5.0	4	5	5	4	7	3	0	8.35	6.73	23	3	5	0	0	4	42			1	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	.70	-0.234	.36	-0.07%	-2.64	1t start tie	5t 3 out d5
8	65	35	May 30(2)	CHC		MLN	L,9-11	7-7		0	1.0	3	1	1	0	2	0	0	8.37	6.48	5	0	0	0	0	3		2	2	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.09	-0.017	.05	-0.01%	-1.05	7t -23 0 out d4	7t 3 out d7
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
9	66	37	Jun 1	CHC		BRO	W,4-2	14-GF(15)	W(2-4)	1	2.0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	7.90	6.30	8	3	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.03	0.263	.92	0.05%	0.94	14t --- 0 out tie	15t end tie
10	67	42	Jun 6	CHC		PIT	L,2-8	6-7		4	2.0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	7.47	5.93	6	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.05	0.007	.03	0.00%	0.94	6t --- 0 out d6	7t 3 out d6
11	68	47	Jun 10(2)	CHC		PHI	W,5-2	GS-9	W(3-4)	3	8.1	6	2	2	5	9	0	0	6.50	5.22	34	11	3	0	0	6	67			0	0	0	29	1	0	1	2	0	0	1.55	0.208	.58	0.05%	0.71	1t start tie	9t 123 1 out a3
12	69	53	Jun 17(2)	CHC	@	PHI	W,7-4	CG	W(4-4)	6	9.0	6	4	1	4	7	0	1	5.60	4.77	40	6	16	1	3	6	68			1	0	0	34	1	1	0	0	1	2	1.03	0.095	.58	0.03%	0.20	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
13	70	58	Jun 24(2)	CHC	@	PIT	L,0-1	CG	L(4-5)	6	5.0	4	1	1	3	7	0	0	5.28	4.48	21						59						18			0		0
14	71	63	Jun 30	CHC		MLN	L,3-4	GS-6	L(4-6)	5	5.1	6	4	4	3	4	1	0	5.40	4.52	24	3	10	2	4	4	41			1	0	0	21	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.19	-0.298	.50	-0.08%	-1.67	1t start tie	6t 1-- 1 out d2
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
15	72	69	Jul 4(2)	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-4	GS-6	L(4-7)	3	6.0	5	4	4	4	4	3	0	5.45	4.95	26	5	8	0	1	5	46			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	1	0	0	.86	-0.202	.46	-0.06%	-1.00	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
16	73	72	Jul 7	CHC	@	MLN	L,0-5	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	2	1	1	1	2	0	0	5.50	4.90	6	0	1	0	0	2		0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.04	-0.005	.01	0.00%	-0.55	8b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 5
17	74	75	Jul 12(2)	CHC		PIT	L,4-5	CG	L(4-8)	4	9.0	7	5	5	3	9	2	0	5.44	4.83	37	10	8	3	0	7	59			0	0	0	34	1	1	0	0	0	0	.93	-0.130	.17	-0.02%	-0.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
18	75	80	Jul 16	CHC		BRO	L,1-4	CG(6)	L(4-9)	3	6.0	3	4	4	7	6	1	0	5.48	4.91	27	6	6	2	0	2	49			2	0	0	20	0	1	1	1	0	0	.79	-0.193	.13	-0.02%	-1.17	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
19	76	83	Jul 18(2)	CHC		PHI	L,1-6	9-GF		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	5.42	4.84	3	0	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.47	9t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 5
20	77	87	Jul 22(2)	CHC		NYG	W,2-1	GS-7		3	7.0	4	1	1	4	9	1	0	5.12	4.73	27	2	8	0	2	4	70			0	1	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	0.232	.12	0.02%	2.30	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
21	78	90	Jul 26	CHC	@	PIT	L,0-4	GS-7	L(4-10)	3	6.1	6	4	2	3	3	0	0	4.97	4.61	28	7	11	2	3	4	49			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	1	0	1	.86	-0.072	.04	0.00%	-1.29	1b start tie	7b 123 1 out d3
22	79	97	Jul 31	CHC	@	PHI	W,9-4	GS-7	W(5-10)	4	6.1	5	3	3	6	3	1	0	4.93	4.71	29	8	7	0	1	5	48			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	-0.069	.00	0.00%	-0.61	1b start a 1	7b 12- 1 out a3
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
23	80	102	Aug 6	CHC	@	MLN	W,5-4	GS-7		5	6.0	6	4	4	4	5	0	0	4.99	4.60	27	4	8	0	1	6	45			0	1	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	-0.007	.00	0.00%	-0.13	1b start tie	7b 123 0 out a3
24	81	107	Aug 11	CHC		STL	L,1-3	GS-8	L(5-11)	4	8.0	5	3	3	1	8	0	0	4.88	4.35	29	9	6	1	2	5	67			1	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	0	.96	-0.024	.00	0.00%	0.78	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
25	82	113	Aug 16	CHC		CIN	W,4-2	CG	W(6-11)	4	9.0	7	2	1	2	13	1	1	4.61	4.18	39	9	7	0	1	7	78			0	0	0	36	1	0	0	0	0	2	1.44	0.242	.00	0.00%	2.25	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
26	83	118	Aug 21	CHC		PHI	W,6-4	GS-8	W(7-11)	4	7.2	8	4	4	5	5	0	0	4.62	4.12	36	8	10	0	4	8	47			1	0	0	31	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.21	0.165	.00	0.00%	0.30	1t start tie	8t 1-3 2 out a2
27	84	125	Aug 26(2)	CHC		PIT	L,1-2	GS-	L(7-12)	4	7.0	4	2	1	7	8	0	0	4.46	4.07	31						64						24			0		0
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
28	85	131	Sep 1	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-7	GS-8	L(7-13)	5	7.0	5	7	3	7	4	1	0	4.43	4.16	34	7	11	1	0	5	44			0	1	0	26	0	0	3	0	0	2	1.41	-0.327	.00	0.00%	-2.34	1b start tie	8b 123 0 out d1
29	86	136	Sep 7	CHC		MLN	W,5-0	SHO	W(8-13)	5	9.0	7	0	0	4	7	0	0	4.18	4.05	38	11	9	0	1	7	76			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	1	0	0	.92	0.392	.00	0.00%	4.25	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
30	87	141	Sep 12	CHC	@	PIT	W,3-0	SHO	W(9-13)	4	9.0	4	0	0	2	4	0	1	3.96	3.97	33						81						30			0		0
31	88	145	Sep 16(2)	CHC	@	PHI	L,1-4	GS-5	L(9-14)	3	5.0	6	3	3	3	4	0	0	4.00	3.93	22	2	7	1	1	6	44			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	1	0	0	.66	-0.131	.00	0.00%	-0.67	1b start tie	5b 3 out d2
32	89	151	Sep 22	CHC	@	MLN	W,5-4	GS-7		5	6.1	2	0	0	5	9	0	1	3.86	3.87	27	5	6	0	0	1	73			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	0.228	.00	0.00%	2.28	1b start a 2	7b 12- 1 out a4
33	90	156	Sep 29	CHC		CIN	L,6-9	GS-8		6	7.0	7	4	4	8	10	1	0	3.91	3.91	36	4	7	2	0	7	49			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.03	-0.049	.00	0.00%	-0.70	1t start tie	8t --- 0 out a1
							12-20		W-L:9-14	4.1	188.2	155	93	82	115	176	21	8	3.91	3.91	832	0.80		5%	8%	131	54	2	100%	8	3	0	700	19	5	7	10	3	9	1.00	-0.549	.33	-0.81%	-6.29

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