Sheldon Jones

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 180lb (183cm, 81kg)

Born: February 2, 1922 in Tecumseh, NE us

Died: April 18, 1991 in Greenville, NC

Buried: Greenwood Cemetery, Greenville, NC

High School: York HS (York, NE)

Debut: September 9, 1946 (Age 24-219d, 10,170th in major league history)
vs. PHI 6.0 IP, 5 H, 6 SO, 5 BB, 4 ER

Last Game: June 28, 1953 (Age 31-146d)
vs. NYG 0.2 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1947 season

Full Name: Sheldon Leslie Jones

Nicknames: Available

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.8

ERA

3.96

260

101

920.0

413

WHIP

1.437

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Team Record in Appearances: 5-9 / in Starts: 3-2

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 12, Entered with runners on base: 5

1947 Pitching Game Log

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1947 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	7	96	Aug 3(2)	NYG	@	PIT	T,6-6	GS-6		99	5.1	3	4	3	4	3	1	0	5.06	6.24	22	4	8	0	0	3	47			0	0	0	18	0	0	0	1	0	0	.97	-0.025	1.87	-0.03%	-1.09	1b start tie	6b --- 1 out a1
2	8	99	Aug 7	NYG		PHI	W,5-2	GS-4		3	3.2	3	2	2	7	2	0	0	5.00	6.68	21	3	6	0	1	3	42			0	0	0	14	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.49	-0.087	4.13	-0.15%	-0.70	1t start tie	4t 123 2 out d2
3	9	101	Aug 9	NYG		BSN	L,4-9	8-GF		1	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.09	5.95	7	3	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.003	.07	0.00%	1.05	8t --- 0 out d7	9t end d 5
4	10	106	Aug 13	NYG	@	PHI	L,2-5	GS-5	L(0-1)	3	5.0	7	3	3	2	0	0	0	4.50	5.30	24	9	6	1	0	7	39			0	0	0	20	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.00	-0.084	2.26	-0.11%	-0.55	1b start tie	5b 3 out d3
5	11	116	Aug 22	NYG		PIT	W,8-7	GS-7		8	6.0	7	5	5	2	4	1	0	5.32	5.08	24	9	2	0	0	7	40			0	1	0	22	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.18	-0.188	.21	-0.02%	-1.36	1t start tie	7t -23 0 out a2
6	12	118	Aug 23(2)	NYG		PIT	L,0-4	4-8		0	4.1	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	4.44	4.92	15	5	6	1	1	2		2	0	2	1	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	.26	0.075	.03	0.01%	2.54	4t 12- 2 out d4	8t 3 out d4
7	13	120	Aug 24(2)	NYG		CHC	L,3-8	8-GF		0	2.0	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	4.76	4.86	9	2	3	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	1	1	1	0	0	.14	-0.025	.01	0.00%	-0.96	8t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 5
8	14	126	Aug 30	NYG	@	BRO	L,1-3	8-GF(8)		5	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.71	4.84	2	1	0	0	0	1		3	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.93	-0.286	.13	-0.01%	-1.21	8b 123 2 out tie	8b end d 2
9	15	127	Aug 31	NYG	@	BRO	L,4-10	7-7		0	1.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.85	4.76	6	1	2	0	0	3		1	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	-0.002	.00	0.00%	-0.54	7b --3 0 out d6	7b 3 out d8
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
10	16	134	Sep 8	NYG	@	PIT	W,10-8	GS-3		7	2.2	2	4	3	3	2	0	2	5.29	4.93	16	3	4	0	0	2	39			0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.20	-0.115	.00	0.00%	-1.20	1b start tie	3b 123 2 out d2
11	17	139	Sep 13(2)	NYG	@	CIN	L,4-7	4-6		4	3.0	4	1	1	1	3	0	0	5.09	4.66	12	3	1	0	0	4		2	2	0	1	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	.62	-0.044	.00	0.00%	-0.10	4b 1-3 0 out d1	6b 3 out d4
12	18	144	Sep 17(2)	NYG	@	CHC	L,10-12			3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.05	4.64	1												1					0
13	19	145	Sep 18	NYG	@	CHC	W,9-5	3-GF	W(1-1)	0	6.2	4	0	0	3	4	0	0	4.25	4.35	28	9	8	0	1	4		2	0	0	0	0	25	1	1	0	0	0	1	.80	0.292	.00	0.00%	3.88	3b 12- 1 out d2	9b end a 4
14	20	149	Sep 23	NYG	@	BRO	L,1-6	GS-7	L(1-2)	4	6.1	4	6	4	3	3	0	1	4.44	4.26	28	10	9	3	0	2	45			1	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.00	-0.119	.00	0.00%	-1.82	1b start a 1	7b 1-- 1 out d4
15	21	154	Sep 28(1)	NYG	@	PHI	W,4-1	3-GF	W(2-2)	4	7.0	6	1	1	1	3	0	0	4.04	4.00	25	10	5	0	0	6		0	0	0	0	0	24	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.22	0.270	.00	0.00%	2.44	3b --- 0 out tie	9b end a 3
							5-9		W-L:2-2	3.0	55.2	51	29	25	29	24	2	3	4.04	4.00	240	1.16		4%	2%	49	42	10	50%	3	3	0	204	7	3	3	6	0	3	.93	-0.335	.77	-0.31%	0.39

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