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)

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

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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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1947	21	-8.8	CBE	NAL	Maj	CBE	0	1	.000	3.38	5.63	1	1	0	1	0	0	8.0	11	5	3	0	2	0	5	0	0	0	35	1.625	12.4	0.0	2.3	5.6	2.50
1948	22	-6.7	CBE	NAL	Maj	CBE	1	2	.333	8.00	10.50	4	2	2	0	0	0	18.0	23	21	16	1	16	0	12	0	0	0	95	2.167	11.5	0.5	8.0	6.0	0.75

1950	24	0.2	Wilkes-Barre	EL	A	CLE	17	8	.680	2.71	3.70	30			20	3		219.0	164	90	66		127		169	3	1	4		1.329	6.7		5.2	6.9	1.33
1951	25	-5.3	San Diego	PCL	AAA	CLE	16	13	.552	2.76	3.30	40	35		21	5		267.0	179	98	82		175		246	10	1	4		1.326	6.0		5.9	8.3	1.41
1951	25	-4.2	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	0	1	.000	2.08	2.08	2	1	1	0	0	0	8.2	4	2	2	0	5	1	4	0	0	0	34	1.038	4.2	0.0	5.2	4.2	0.80
1952	26	-0.1	Indianapolis	AA	AAA	CLE	4	0	1.000	3.09	3.09	5				0		35.0	28	12	12		18		24					1.314	7.2		4.6	6.2	1.33
1952	26	-4.1	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	2	3	.400	7.25	7.50	14	4	2	0	0	1	36.0	38	30	29	6	37	2	28	4	0	4	184	2.083	9.5	1.5	9.3	7.0	0.76
1953	27	0.5	Indianapolis	AA	AAA	CLE	10	12	.455	3.32	4.14	31	27		10	3		187.0	160	86	69	19	115		118	11	1	8		1.471	7.7	0.9	5.5	5.7	1.03
1954	28	1.7	Indianapolis	AA	AAA	CLE	15	8	.652	3.75	4.43	35	31		12	4		199.0	155	98	83	18	129		178	6	0	7		1.427	7.0	0.8	5.8	8.1	1.38
1955	29	1.0	CHC	NL	Maj	CHC	14	20	.412	4.10	4.39	36	34	1	12	4	0	241.2	175	118	110	22	185	5	198	14	0	5	1070	1.490	6.5	0.8	6.9	7.4	1.07
1956	30	1.4	CHC	NL	Maj	CHC	9	14	.391	3.91	4.44	33	28	3	8	2	0	188.2	155	93	82	21	115	6	176	8	0	2	832	1.431	7.4	1.0	5.5	8.4	1.53
1957	31	3.4	STL	NL	Maj	STL	12	9	.571	3.60	3.79	28	27	1	10	2	0	182.2	164	77	73	17	71	1	154	6	0	3	767	1.286	8.1	0.8	3.5	7.6	2.17
1958	32	4.3	STL	NL	Maj	STL	14	13	.519	2.88	3.42	35	35	0	14	2	0	250.0	204	95	80	23	107	5	225	6	0	7	1041	1.244	7.3	0.8	3.9	8.1	2.10
1959	33	5.3	SFG	NL	Maj	SFG	21	15	.583	2.83	3.29	50	35	12	16	4	5	270.2	232	99	85	18	109	6	209	8	0	5	1148	1.260	7.7	0.6	3.6	6.9	1.92
1960	34	6.6	SFG	NL	Maj	SFG	18	14	.563	3.19	4.31	39	35	3	13	3	0	234.0	200	112	83	18	91	5	190	4	0	8	978	1.244	7.7	0.7	3.5	7.3	2.09
1961	35	7.6	SFG	NL	Maj	SFG	8	8	.500	4.49	5.05	37	17	10	2	0	1	128.1	134	72	64	12	57	7	105	8	0	7	579	1.488	9.4	0.8	4.0	7.4	1.84
1962	36	8.3	DET	AL	Maj	DET	2	4	.333	3.65	4.32	30	6	3	1	0	1	81.1	77	39	33	13	35	1	73	2	0	3	351	1.377	8.5	1.4	3.9	8.1	2.09
1963	37		2 Teams	IL	AAA	MLN-STL	9	4				43	1		0	0		84.0	62	31	24	6	34	9	100	3	0	5
1963	37	11.3	Toronto	IL	AAA	MLN						22
1963	37	11.3	Atlanta	IL	AAA	STL						21
1963	37	8.7	STL	NL	Maj	STL	2	0	1.000	9.00	9.82	11	0	5	0	0	2	11.0	15	12	11	0	5	1	8	0	0	1	52	1.818	12.3	0.0	4.1	6.5	1.60
1964	38	12.3	Columbus	IL	AAA	PIT	7	6	.538	1.76	2.52	52	0		0	0		82.0	54	23	16	2	37	3	89	4	0	4		1.110	5.9	0.2	4.1	9.8	2.41
1964	38	10.8	BAL	AL	Maj	BAL	0	0		2.61	2.61	7	0	4	0	0	0	10.1	5	3	3	1	5	0	6	0	0	0	38	0.968	4.4	0.9	4.4	5.2	1.20
1965	39	13.3	Columbus	IL	AAA	PIT	12	4	.750	3.04	3.16	58	0		0	0		77.0	67	27	26	4	33	6	65	0	0	3		1.299	7.8	0.5	3.9	7.6	1.97
1966	40	14.4	Columbus	IL	AAA	PIT	7	3	.700	2.95	3.09	45	0		0	0		64.0	51	22	21	5	19	3	62	5	0	5		1.094	7.2	0.7	2.7	8.7	3.26
1967	41	15.2	Columbus	IL	AAA	PIT	7	8	.467	3.95	5.18	46	0		0	0		66.0	58	38	29	10	22	4	50	1	0	6		1.212	7.9	1.4	3.0	6.8	2.27
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (14 seasons)					Majors		103	104	.498	3.63	4.19	327	225	47	77	17	10	1669.1	1437	778	674	152	840	40	1393	60	0	45	7204	1.364	7.7	0.8	4.5	7.5	1.66
Minors (10 seasons)					Minors		95	62				385	93		63	15		1196.0	916	494	404	58	675	16	1001	40	3	41
All Levels (20 Seasons)							198	166				712	318	47	140	32	10	2865.1	2353	1272	1078	210	1515	56	2394	100	3	86	7204

AAA (9 seasons)					Minors		78	54				355	93		43	12		977.0	752	404	338	58	548	16	832	37	2	37
A (1 season)					Minors		17	8	.680	2.71	3.70	30			20	3		219.0	164	90	66		127		169	3	1	4		1.329	6.7		5.2	6.9	1.33