Nippy Jones

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Full Name: Vernal Leroy Jones	Primary Position: 1B
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/185	First Game: June 8, 1946
Birthdate: June 29, 1925	Final Game: September 29, 1957
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California	MLB Experience: 8 years
Died: October 3, 1995
Deathplace: Sacramento, California
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Contents

1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
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7 See Also
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Nippy Jones (Vernal Leroy Jones) was born on June 29, 1925 in Los Angeles, California. He made his Major League debut on June 8, 1946 for the St. Louis Cardinals. In 1948, his rookie year, he hit .254 with 10 home runs and 81 RBI. Jones played for the St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies and Milwaukee Braves over the course of his 8 year career.

Most people believe that Nippy Jones's best season was 1948, when he knocked in 81 runs.

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1946	STL	N	16	12	3	4	0	1	.333	.429	.333	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	2
1947	STL	N	23	73	6	18	1	5	.247	.267	.342	4	0	2	10	0	2	0	0	2
1948	STL	N	132	481	58	122	10	81	.254	.307	.397	21	9	36	45	1	5	2	0	25
1949	STL	N	110	380	51	114	8	62	.300	.330	.426	20	2	16	20	1	5	1	0	11
1950	STL	N	13	26	0	6	0	6	.231	.310	.269	1	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	3
1951	STL	N	80	300	20	79	3	41	.263	.287	.333	12	0	9	13	1	2	1	0	13
1952	PHI	N	8	30	3	5	1	5	.167	.167	.267	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	2
1957	MIL	N	30	79	5	21	2	8	.266	.293	.392	2	1	3	7	0	1	0	1	0
Total			412	1381	146	369	25	209	.267	.304	.382	60	12	71	102	3	15	4	1	58

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1946	STL	N	2B	3	0	0	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.800
1947	STL	N	2B	13	0	0	32	40	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	.935
1947	STL	N	OF	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1948	STL	N	1B	128	0	0	1148	63	17	98	0	0	0	0	0	.986
1949	STL	N	1B	98	0	0	876	40	15	85	0	0	0	0	0	.984
1950	STL	N	1B	8	0	0	54	3	1	8	0	0	0	0	0	.983
1951	STL	N	1B	71	0	0	698	48	7	78	0	0	0	0	0	.991
1952	PHI	N	1B	8	0	0	73	7	2	8	0	0	0	0	0	.976
1957	MIL	N	RF	1	1	8.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1957	MIL	N	OF	1	1	8.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1957	MIL	N	1B	20	15	133	143	12	1	12	0	0	0	0	0	.994
Total			2B	16	0	0	34	42	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	.927
Total			OF	3	1	8.2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			1B	333	15	133	2992	173	43	289	0	0	0	0	0	.987
Total			RF	1	1	8.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by St. Louis Cardinals (1943).
Selected by Philadelphia Phillies from St. Louis Cardinals in the Rule 5 major league draft (November 19, 1951).
Sold by Sacramento (PCL) to Milwaukee Braves (July 6, 1957).

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