Cowboy Jones
[edit] Biography
Born on August 23, 1874 in Golden, Colorado, Cowboy Jones (Albert Edward Jones) played for the Cleveland Spiders, St. Louis Perfectos and St. Louis Cardinals over the course of his 4 year career. Jones broke into the bigs on June 24, 1898 with the Cleveland Spiders, and put up a 3.00 ERA in 72 innings pitched in 1898, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Cowboy Jones's best season was 1900, when he posted a 3.57 ERA, won 13 games and struck out 68 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1898
| CLE
| N
| 9
| 9
| 4
| 4
| 3.00
| 26
| 44
| 24
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 72
| 76
| 0
| 29
| 0
| 1
| 4
|
| 1899
| STL
| N
| 12
| 12
| 6
| 5
| 3.59
| 28
| 51
| 34
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 85.1
| 111
| 1
| 22
| 0
| 4
| 6
|
| 1900
| STL
| N
| 39
| 36
| 13
| 19
| 3.57
| 68
| 185
| 116
| 29
| 3
| 0
| 292.2
| 334
| 10
| 82
| 0
| 5
| 19
|
| 1901
| STL
| N
| 10
| 9
| 2
| 6
| 4.48
| 25
| 51
| 38
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 76.1
| 97
| 4
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 3
|
| Total
|
|
| 70
| 66
| 25
| 34
| 3.63
| 147
| 331
| 212
| 52
| 3
| 0
| 526.1
| 618
| 15
| 155
| 0
| 10
| 32
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1898
| CLE
| N
| P
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 10
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .706
|
| 1899
| STL
| N
| P
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 30
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .914
|
| 1900
| STL
| N
| P
| 39
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 100
| 10
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .917
|
| 1901
| STL
| N
| P
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 25
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 70
| 0
| 0
| 21
| 165
| 18
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .912
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1898
| CLE
| N
| 9
| 28
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 1
| .071
| .161
| .071
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1899
| STL
| N
| 12
| 29
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 0
| .172
| .273
| .276
| 3
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1900
| STL
| N
| 39
| 117
| 12
| 21
| 0
| 7
| .179
| .226
| .214
| 0
| 2
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1901
| STL
| N
| 10
| 27
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 0
| .148
| .233
| .259
| 1
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 70
| 201
| 16
| 32
| 0
| 8
| .159
| .225
| .209
| 4
| 3
| 16
| 0
| 1
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Assigned to St. Louis Perfectos by Cleveland Spiders with Frank Bates, Harry Blake, Jesse Burkett, Jimmy Burke, Cupid Childs, Lou Criger, Nig Cuppy, Emmet Heidrick, Pete McBride, Ed McKean, Jack O'Connor, Jack Powell, Ossee Schreckengost, Patsy Tebeau, Bobby Wallace and Zeke Wilson (March 29, 1899).
- Released by St. Louis Cardinals (June 24, 1901).
[edit] Trivia
[edit] Video Gallery
Add Videos
[edit] Picture Gallery
Add Pictures
[edit] See Also
[edit] Categories
