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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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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	12-20 / in Starts: 11-16
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	28 games
Most Games w/o RBI	27 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 1 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 71 PAs	1
Actual Runners on Base	42 (27-11-4) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 71 PAs	8
Avg. Runners on Base	44 (23-13-7)

Most Driven In
H Landrith	1

Most Driven In By
D Hoak	1
W Moryn	1
E Miksis	1

1956 Batting Game Log

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1956 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	58	3 (2)	Apr 20	CHC		CIN	W,12-1	CG	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	.667	1.333	9	.14	0.024	.31	0.03%	0.41	P
2	59	7 (3)	Apr 25	CHC	@	STL	L,0-6	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	9	.56	-0.014	1.48	-0.02%	-0.15	P
3	60	11 (3)	Apr 29 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	L,4-8	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.400	.800	9	.72	-0.018	1.32	-0.02%	-0.16	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	61	16 (4)	May 6 (2)	CHC		PIT	T,6-6	GS-6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.400	.800	9	.46	-0.013	.62	-0.01%	-0.38	P
5	62	20 (3)	May 13 (2)	CHC		STL	L,7-14	GS-4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	9	.29	0.008	.34	0.01%	0.12	P
6	63	25 (4)	May 19	CHC	@	PIT	L,4-7	GS-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	.429	.429	.429	.857	9						P
7	64	33 (7)	May 29	CHC		CIN	L,4-10	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.375	.375	.375	.750	9	.72	-0.018	.37	-0.01%	-0.15	P
8	65	35 (1)	May 30 (2)	CHC		MLN	L,9-11	7-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.375	.375	.375	.750	9						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
9	66	37 (1)	Jun 1	CHC		BRO	W,4-2	14-GF(15)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	9	1.75	-0.043	.53	-0.01%	-0.15	P
10	67	42 (4)	Jun 6	CHC		PIT	L,2-8	6-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	9						P
11	68	47 (4)	Jun 10 (2)	CHC		PHI	W,5-2	GS-9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.231	.231	.462	9	.71	-0.073	.27	-0.02%	-1.07	P
12	69	53 (5)	Jun 17 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	W,7-4	CG	5	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.294	.250	.544	9	1.08	0.054	.61	0.02%	0.13	P
13	70	58 (4)	Jun 24 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	L,0-1	GS-0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	.235	.316	.235	.551	9						P
14	71	63 (4)	Jun 30	CHC		MLN	L,3-4	GS-6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.333	.263	.596	9	.81	0.013	.34	0.00%	0.10	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
15	72	69 (5)	Jul 4 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-4	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.348	.286	.634	9	1.08	0.020	.58	0.01%	0.23	P
16	73	72 (2)	Jul 7	CHC	@	MLN	L,0-5	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.348	.286	.634	9						P
17	74	75 (2)	Jul 12 (2)	CHC		PIT	L,4-5	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.250	.308	.250	.558	9	1.27	-0.139	.24	-0.02%	-1.26	P
18	75	80 (4)	Jul 16	CHC		BRO	L,1-4	CG(6)	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.269	.321	.269	.591	9	1.13	0.048	.19	0.01%	0.45	P
19	76	83 (2)	Jul 18 (2)	CHC		PHI	L,1-6	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.269	.321	.269	.591	9						P
20	77	87 (3)	Jul 22 (2)	CHC		NYG	W,2-1	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.259	.310	.259	.570	9	1.64	-0.062	.18	0.00%	-0.47	P
21	78	90 (2)	Jul 26	CHC	@	PIT	L,0-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.290	.241	.532	9	.64	-0.031	.03	0.00%	-0.24	P
22	79	97 (6)	Jul 31	CHC	@	PHI	W,9-4	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.219	.265	.219	.483	9	1.00	-0.073	.00	0.00%	-0.72	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
23	80	102 (4)	Aug 6	CHC	@	MLN	W,5-4	GS-7	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.206	.250	.206	.456	9	.66	-0.015	.00	0.00%	-0.43	P
24	81	107 (4)	Aug 11	CHC		STL	L,1-3	GS-8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.243	.200	.443	9	1.29	0.064	.00	0.00%	0.51	P
25	82	113 (5)	Aug 16	CHC		CIN	W,4-2	CG	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	.216	.275	.216	.491	9	1.21	0.089	.00	0.00%	0.90	P
26	83	118 (4)	Aug 21	CHC		PHI	W,6-4	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.225	.279	.225	.504	9	.64	-0.007	.00	0.00%	-0.19	P
27	84	125 (6)	Aug 26 (2)	CHC		PIT	L,1-2	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	.214	.267	.214	.481	9						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
28	85	131 (5)	Sep 1	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-7	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.250	.200	.450	9	1.06	-0.080	.00	0.00%	-0.50	P
29	86	136 (4)	Sep 7	CHC		MLN	W,5-0	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.191	.255	.191	.446	9	.60	-0.020	.00	0.00%	-0.45	P
30	87	141 (4)	Sep 12	CHC	@	PIT	W,3-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	.180	.241	.180	.421	9						P
31	88	145 (3)	Sep 16 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	L,1-4	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.173	.232	.173	.405	9	2.52	-0.122	.00	0.00%	-1.09	P
32	89	151 (5)	Sep 22	CHC	@	MLN	W,5-4	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.164	.220	.164	.384	9	.78	-0.055	.00	0.00%	-0.93	P
33	90	156 (4)	Sep 29	CHC		CIN	L,6-9	GS-8	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.175	.230	.175	.405	9	.84	-0.035	.00	0.00%	-0.13	P
							12-20		71	57	3	10	0	0	0	1	4	0	19	0	10	0	1	1	0	0	.175	.230	.175	.405		.93	-0.498	.23	-0.03%	-5.61

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