Sad Sam Jones

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Full Name: Samuel Pond Jones	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/170	First Game: June 13, 1914
Birthdate: July 26, 1892	Final Game: September 28, 1935
Birthplace: Woodsfield, Ohio	MLB Experience: 22 years
Died: July 6, 1966
Deathplace: Barnesville, Ohio
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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[edit] Biography

Born on July 26, 1892 in Woodsfield, Ohio, Sad Sam Jones (Samuel Pond Jones) played for the Cleveland Naps, Cleveland Indians, Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, St. Louis Browns, Washington Senators and Chicago White Sox over the course of his 22 year career. Jones broke into the bigs on June 13, 1914 with the Cleveland Naps, and put up a 3.65 ERA in 145.2 innings pitched in 1915, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Sad Sam Jones's best season was 1921, when he posted a 3.22 ERA, won 23 games and struck out 98 batters.

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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
1914	CLE	A	1	0	0	0	2.70	0	1	1	0	0	0	3.1	2	0	2	0	0	0
1915	CLE	A	48	9	4	9	3.65	42	78	59	2	0	4	145.2	131	0	63	0	3	1
1916	BOS	A	12	0	0	1	3.67	7	14	11	0	0	1	27	25	0	10	0	1	0
1917	BOS	A	9	1	0	1	4.41	5	8	8	0	0	1	16.1	15	1	6	0	1	0
1918	BOS	A	24	21	16	5	2.25	44	66	46	16	5	0	184	151	1	70	0	6	8
1919	BOS	A	35	31	12	20	3.75	67	120	102	21	5	1	245	258	4	95	0	5	7
1920	BOS	A	37	33	13	16	3.94	86	143	120	21	3	0	274	302	9	79	0	6	4
1921	BOS	A	40	38	23	16	3.22	98	122	107	25	5	1	298.2	318	1	78	0	1	6
1922	NY	A	45	28	13	13	3.67	81	132	106	20	0	8	260	270	16	76	0	4	3
1923	NY	A	39	27	21	8	3.63	68	114	98	18	3	4	243	239	11	69	0	3	6
1924	NY	A	36	21	9	6	3.63	53	85	72	8	3	3	178.2	187	6	76	0	5	1
1925	NY	A	43	31	15	21	4.63	92	147	127	14	1	2	246.2	267	14	104	0	4	3
1926	NY	A	39	23	9	8	4.98	69	104	89	6	1	5	161	186	6	80	0	3	4
1927	STL	A	30	26	8	14	4.32	72	121	91	11	0	0	189.2	211	13	102	0	3	3
1928	WAS	A	30	27	17	7	2.84	63	89	71	19	4	0	224.2	209	5	78	0	5	2
1929	WAS	A	24	24	9	9	3.92	36	80	67	8	1	0	153.2	156	5	49	0	3	3
1930	WAS	A	25	25	15	7	4.07	60	95	83	14	1	0	183.1	195	4	61	0	1	3
1931	WAS	A	25	24	9	10	4.32	58	88	71	8	1	1	148	185	10	47	0	3	4
1932	CHI	A	30	28	10	15	4.22	64	123	94	10	0	0	200.1	217	9	75	0	3	3
1933	CHI	A	27	25	10	12	3.36	60	80	66	11	2	0	176.2	181	13	65	0	5	4
1934	CHI	A	27	26	8	12	5.11	60	120	104	11	1	0	183.1	217	16	60	0	6	2
1935	CHI	A	21	19	8	7	4.05	38	77	63	7	0	0	140	162	8	51	0	2	1
Total			647	487	229	217	3.84	1223	2007	1656	250	36	31	3883	4084	152	1396	0	73	68

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1914	CLE	A	P	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1915	CLE	A	P	48	0	0	6	46	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	.929
1916	BOS	A	P	12	0	0	3	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1916	BOS	A	OF	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1917	BOS	A	P	9	0	0	3	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1918	BOS	A	P	24	0	0	11	41	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	.963
1919	BOS	A	P	35	0	0	12	81	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	.949
1920	BOS	A	P	37	0	0	8	68	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	.938
1921	BOS	A	P	40	0	0	14	59	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	.948
1922	NY	A	P	45	0	0	11	60	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	.959
1923	NY	A	P	39	0	0	7	68	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	.987
1924	NY	A	P	36	0	0	6	40	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.920
1925	NY	A	OF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1925	NY	A	P	43	0	0	17	56	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	.961
1926	NY	A	P	39	0	0	4	33	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.949
1927	STL	A	P	30	0	0	12	35	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.959
1928	WAS	A	P	30	0	0	16	49	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1929	WAS	A	P	24	0	0	10	26	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.923
1930	WAS	A	P	25	0	0	11	32	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	.915
1931	WAS	A	P	25	0	0	6	28	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	.944
1932	CHI	A	P	30	0	0	17	50	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	.957
1933	CHI	A	P	27	0	0	6	34	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	.930
1934	CHI	A	P	27	0	0	11	27	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.950
1935	CHI	A	P	21	0	0	5	29	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			OF	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			P	647	0	0	196	874	52	48	0	0	0	0	0	.954

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1914	CLE	A	1	2	0	1	0	0	.500	.500	.500	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1915	CLE	A	48	32	4	5	0	1	.156	.289	.156	0	0	6	15	0	3	0	0	0
1916	BOS	A	13	6	0	2	0	0	.333	.333	.333	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
1917	BOS	A	9	4	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0
1918	BOS	A	24	57	6	10	0	1	.175	.329	.193	1	0	13	14	0	3	0	0	0
1919	BOS	A	35	81	4	11	0	5	.136	.239	.185	2	1	9	21	2	5	0	0	0
1920	BOS	A	44	92	12	20	0	5	.217	.265	.272	3	1	4	27	2	5	0	0	0
1921	BOS	A	43	100	11	24	2	14	.240	.321	.350	3	1	10	25	2	2	1	0	0
1922	NY	A	45	87	14	23	1	8	.264	.347	.402	9	0	6	28	5	4	1	0	0
1923	NY	A	39	85	13	19	0	6	.224	.305	.259	3	0	10	28	0	3	0	0	0
1924	NY	A	36	51	4	9	1	5	.176	.222	.294	3	0	3	14	0	6	0	0	0
1925	NY	A	46	80	2	13	0	3	.162	.212	.188	2	0	3	19	2	10	1	0	0
1926	NY	A	44	49	3	10	0	4	.204	.264	.224	1	0	3	16	1	5	1	0	0
1927	STL	A	32	55	2	6	0	3	.109	.246	.145	2	0	7	18	3	0	0	0	0
1928	WAS	A	37	79	13	20	2	11	.253	.306	.418	5	1	6	9	0	9	0	0	0
1929	WAS	A	28	51	6	8	0	3	.157	.283	.216	1	1	8	15	1	3	1	0	0
1930	WAS	A	30	61	9	9	0	10	.148	.297	.148	0	0	11	21	2	4	0	0	0
1931	WAS	A	30	48	8	15	0	5	.313	.389	.354	2	0	5	10	1	6	0	0	0
1932	CHI	A	39	57	12	11	0	5	.193	.303	.228	2	0	9	22	0	8	1	0	0
1933	CHI	A	37	58	10	9	0	3	.155	.258	.172	1	0	8	10	0	1	1	0	0
1934	CHI	A	31	60	9	12	0	6	.200	.304	.250	3	0	8	13	1	4	0	0	0
1935	CHI	A	22	48	8	8	0	1	.167	.310	.188	1	0	10	16	0	3	0	0	0
Total			713	1243	151	245	6	99	.197	.289	.255	44	5	139	346	22	85	7	0	0

[edit] Transactions

Traded by Cleveland Indians with Fred Thomas and $55000 to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Tris Speaker (April 12, 1916).
Traded by Boston Red Sox with Everett Scott and Bullet Joe Bush to New York Yankees in exchange for Roger Peckinpaugh, Jack Quinn, Rip Collins and Bill Piercy (December 20, 1921).
Traded by New York Yankees to St. Louis Browns in exchange for Cedric Durst and Joe Giard (February 8, 1927).
Traded by St. Louis Browns with Milt Gaston to Washington Senators in exchange for Dick Coffman and Earl McNeely (October 19, 1927).
Traded by Washington Senators with Jackie Hayes and Bump Hadley to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Carl Reynolds and John Kerr (December 4, 1931).
Released by Chicago White Sox (November 6, 1935).

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