Gordon Jones (MLB)

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Full Name: Gordon Bassett Jones	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/185	First Game: August 6, 1954
Birthdate: April 2, 1930	Final Game: September 11, 1965
Birthplace: Portland, Oregon	MLB Experience: 11 years
Died: April 25, 1994
Deathplace: Lodi, California
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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[edit] Biography

Born on April 2, 1930 in Portland, Oregon, Gordon Jones (Gordon Bassett Jones) played for the St. Louis Cardinals, New York Giants, San Francisco Giants, Baltimore Orioles, Kansas City Athletics, Houston Colt .45s and Houston Astros over the course of his 11 year career. Jones broke into the bigs on August 6, 1954 with the St. Louis Cardinals, and put up a 2.00 ERA in 81 innings pitched in 1954, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Gordon Jones's best season was 1954, when he posted a 2.00 ERA.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1954	STL	N	11	10	4	4	2.00	48	25	18	4	2	0	81	78	3	19	2	1	1
1955	STL	N	15	9	1	4	5.84	46	38	37	0	0	0	57	66	10	28	5	0	1
1956	STL	N	5	1	0	2	5.56	6	9	7	0	0	0	11.1	14	2	5	0	0	0
1957	NY	N	10	0	0	1	6.17	5	9	8	0	0	0	11.2	16	1	3	1	2	1
1958	SF	N	11	1	3	1	2.37	8	11	8	0	0	1	30.1	33	2	5	1	0	1
1959	SF	N	31	0	3	2	4.33	29	23	21	0	0	2	43.2	45	6	19	5	0	1
1960	BAL	A	29	0	1	1	4.42	30	28	27	0	0	2	55	59	9	13	1	0	1
1961	BAL	A	3	0	0	0	5.40	4	3	3	0	0	1	5	5	3	0	0	0	0
1962	KC	A	21	0	3	2	6.34	28	23	23	0	0	6	32.2	31	10	14	1	0	0
1964	HOU	N	34	0	0	1	4.14	28	24	23	0	0	0	50	58	3	14	2	4	0
1965	HOU	N	1	0	0	0	.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		118	21	11	15	3.84	170	139	122	4	2	3	286	310	27	93	16	7	5
Total	AL		53	0	4	3	5.15	62	54	53	0	0	9	92.2	95	22	27	2	0	1
Total			171	21	15	18	4.16	232	193	175	4	2	12	378.2	405	49	120	18	7	6

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1954	STL	N	P	11	10	81	7	11	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.947
1955	STL	N	P	15	0	0	1	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1956	STL	N	P	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1957	NY	N	P	10	0	11.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000
1958	SF	N	P	11	1	30.1	2	9	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	.917
1959	SF	N	P	31	0	43.2	1	6	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.000
1960	BAL	A	P	29	0	55	5	8	0	1	0	1	2	1	0	1.000
1961	BAL	A	P	3	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1962	KC	A	P	21	0	32.2	1	3	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	1.000
1964	HOU	N	P	34	0	50	4	7	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	1.000
1965	HOU	N	P	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			P	171	11	310.1	22	50	2	4	0	1	13	6	0	.973

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1954	STL	N	11	24	0	3	0	1	.125	.160	.167	1	0	1	4	0	4	0	0	0
1955	STL	N	15	14	2	1	0	1	.071	.125	.071	0	0	1	3	0	3	0	0	0
1956	STL	N	5	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1957	NY	N	10	2	0	1	0	0	.500	.500	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1958	SF	N	11	7	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
1959	SF	N	31	4	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
1960	BAL	A	29	5	0	2	0	1	.400	.400	.400	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
1961	BAL	A	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1962	KC	A	21	5	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
1964	HOU	N	34	4	0	1	0	0	.250	.250	.250	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
1965	HOU	N	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		118	57	2	6	0	2	.105	.133	.123	1	0	2	13	0	8	0	0	0
Total	AL		53	10	0	2	0	2	.200	.200	.200	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0
Total			171	67	2	8	0	4	.119	.143	.134	1	0	2	15	0	9	0	0	0

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by St. Louis Cardinals (1949).
Traded by St. Louis Cardinals to New York Giants (October 1, 1956) completing trade in which St. Louis Cardinals traded Dick Littlefield, Jackie Brandt, Red Schoendienst, Bill Sarni and a player to be named later to New York Giants in exchange for Al Dark, Ray Katt, Don Liddle and Whitey Lockman (June 14, 1956).
Traded by San Francisco Giants with Jackie Brandt and Roger McCardell to Baltimore Orioles in exchange for Billy O'Dell and Billy Loes (November 30, 1959).
Sold by Baltimore Orioles to Kansas City Athletics (November, 1961).
Sold by Kansas City Athletics to Houston Colt .45s (@August, 1962).

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