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	6-24 / in Starts: 1-5
Longest Hitting Streak	1 game
Longest On Base Streak	1 game
Most Games w/o HR	10 games
Most Games w/o RBI	10 games
Grand Slams	No bases loaded PA
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 21 PAs	1
Actual Runners on Base	8 (4-3-1)
Avg. MLBer w/ 21 PAs	2
Avg. Runners on Base	13 (6-4-2)

Most Driven In
Self	1
C FernÃ¡ndez	0

Most Driven In By
Self	1

1962 Batting Game Log

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1962 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	280	10 (9)	Apr 25	DET		KCA	L,8-9	5-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.23	-0.006	.52	-0.01%	-0.17	P
2	281	11	Apr 26	DET		KCA	W,11-7	2-6	2	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	1.333	1.667	9	1.05	0.073	2.29	0.10%	0.76	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
3	282	16 (4)	May 2	DET	@	KCA	L,8-12	2-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	1.000	1.250	9	.60	-0.015	1.54	-0.02%	-0.17	P
4	283	23 (6)	May 10	DET	@	LAA	L,4-6	7-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.250	1.000	1.250	9						P
5	284	25 (1)	May 12	DET		BOS	L,1-5	7-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.250	1.000	1.250	9						P
6	285	31 (5)	May 20 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,6-7	6-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.250	1.000	1.250	9						P
7	286	37 (5)	May 27 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,1-4	7-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.250	1.000	1.250	9						P
8	287	42 (4)	May 30 (2)	DET		CHW	L,3-6	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.800	1.000	9	1.26	-0.036	3.79	-0.07%	-0.33	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	288	50 (7)	Jun 8 (1)	DET	@	WSA	W,7-6	5-6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.200	.800	1.000	9						P
10	289	57 (6)	Jun 16	DET		BOS	L,2-4	3-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.667	.833	9	.30	-0.008	.51	-0.01%	-0.11	P
11	290	64 (6)	Jun 23 (1)	DET		NYY	L,4-8	4-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.571	.714	9	.07	-0.002	.13	0.00%	-0.11	P
12	291	69 (4)	Jun 26 (2)	DET		CLE	L,1-3	GS-12	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.091	.091	.364	.455	9	.87	-0.089	1.50	-0.09%	-0.56	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
13	292	75 (5)	Jul 2	DET		CHW	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.071	.071	.286	.357	9	.87	-0.095	1.83	-0.12%	-1.06	P
14	293	81 (5)	Jul 7	DET		BAL	L,6-7	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.059	.059	.235	.294	9	.57	-0.044	.83	-0.04%	-0.92	P
15	294	87 (5)	Jul 15	DET	@	CHW	L,3-5	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.053	.053	.211	.263	9	1.57	-0.086	2.16	-0.07%	-0.74	P
16	295	93 (5)	Jul 22	DET	@	KCA	L,3-11	GS-3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.100	.100	.250	.350	9	.99	0.040	.47	0.01%	0.39	P
17	296	94	Jul 23	DET	@	MIN	L,1-8	5-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.100	.100	.250	.350	9						P
18	297	96 (1)	Jul 25	DET	@	MIN	L,6-7	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.100	.100	.250	.350	9						P
19	298	100 (3)	Jul 29 (2)	DET		LAA	L,8-12	6-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.100	.100	.250	.350	9						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
20	299	105 (4)	Aug 4	DET		MIN	L,3-4	6-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.100	.100	.250	.350	9						P
21	300	106	Aug 5 (1)	DET		MIN	L,3-8	9-10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.100	.100	.250	.350	9						P
22	301	108 (1)	Aug 6	DET	@	CLE	L,5-6	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.100	.100	.250	.350	9						P
23	302	112 (3)	Aug 9	DET	@	WSA	W,8-5	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.100	.100	.250	.350	9						P
24	303	113	Aug 10	DET	@	NYY	L,0-8	5-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.100	.100	.250	.350	9						P
25	304	116 (2)	Aug 12	DET	@	NYY	L,0-2	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.100	.100	.250	.350	9						P
26	305	117	Aug 14 (1)	DET		BAL	W,13-10	7-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.100	.100	.250	.350	9						P
27	306	122 (4)	Aug 19 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,5-11	5-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.100	.100	.250	.350	9						P
28	307	128 (5)	Aug 25	DET		WSA	W,7-5	3-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.095	.095	.238	.333	9	.22	-0.006	.02	0.00%	-0.11	P
29	308	130 (1)	Aug 26 (2)	DET		WSA	L,2-5	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.095	.095	.238	.333	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
30	309	135 (4)	Sep 2	DET		CHW	L,8-10	7-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.095	.095	.238	.333	9						P
							6-24		21	21	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.095	.095	.238	.333		.79	-0.274	1.42	-0.32%	-3.12

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