Sam Jones
[edit] Biography
Born on December 14, 1925 in Stewartsville, Ohio, Sam Jones (Samuel Jones) played for the Cleveland Indians, Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals, San Francisco Giants, Detroit Tigers and Baltimore Orioles over the course of his 12 year career. Jones broke into the bigs on September 22, 1951 with the Cleveland Indians, and put up a 4.10 ERA in 241.2 innings pitched in 1955, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Sam Jones's best season was 1959, when he posted a 2.83 ERA, won 21 games and struck out 209 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1951
| CLE
| A
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 2.08
| 4
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 8.2
| 4
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1952
| CLE
| A
| 14
| 4
| 2
| 3
| 7.25
| 28
| 30
| 29
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 36
| 38
| 6
| 37
| 0
| 4
| 4
|
| 1955
| CHI
| N
| 36
| 34
| 14
| 20
| 4.10
| 198
| 118
| 110
| 12
| 4
| 0
| 241.2
| 175
| 22
| 185
| 5
| 5
| 14
|
| 1956
| CHI
| N
| 33
| 28
| 9
| 14
| 3.91
| 176
| 93
| 82
| 8
| 2
| 0
| 188.2
| 155
| 21
| 115
| 6
| 2
| 8
|
| 1957
| STL
| N
| 28
| 27
| 12
| 9
| 3.60
| 154
| 77
| 73
| 10
| 2
| 0
| 182.2
| 164
| 17
| 71
| 1
| 3
| 6
|
| 1958
| STL
| N
| 35
| 35
| 14
| 13
| 2.88
| 225
| 95
| 80
| 14
| 2
| 0
| 250
| 204
| 23
| 107
| 5
| 7
| 6
|
| 1959
| SF
| N
| 50
| 35
| 21
| 15
| 2.83
| 209
| 99
| 85
| 16
| 4
| 4
| 270.2
| 232
| 18
| 109
| 6
| 5
| 8
|
| 1960
| SF
| N
| 39
| 35
| 18
| 14
| 3.19
| 190
| 112
| 83
| 13
| 3
| 0
| 234
| 200
| 18
| 91
| 5
| 8
| 4
|
| 1961
| SF
| N
| 37
| 17
| 8
| 8
| 4.49
| 105
| 72
| 64
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 128.1
| 134
| 12
| 57
| 7
| 7
| 8
|
| 1962
| DET
| A
| 30
| 6
| 2
| 4
| 3.65
| 73
| 39
| 33
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 81.1
| 77
| 13
| 35
| 1
| 3
| 2
|
| 1963
| STL
| N
| 11
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 9.00
| 8
| 12
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 11
| 15
| 0
| 5
| 1
| 1
| 0
|
| 1964
| BAL
| A
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2.61
| 6
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 10.1
| 5
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 269
| 211
| 98
| 93
| 3.51
| 1265
| 678
| 588
| 75
| 17
| 7
| 1507
| 1279
| 131
| 740
| 36
| 38
| 54
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 53
| 11
| 4
| 8
| 4.42
| 111
| 74
| 67
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 136.1
| 124
| 20
| 82
| 1
| 7
| 6
|
| Total
|
|
| 322
| 222
| 102
| 101
| 3.59
| 1376
| 752
| 655
| 76
| 17
| 9
| 1643.1
| 1403
| 151
| 822
| 37
| 45
| 60
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1951
| CLE
| A
| P
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1952
| CLE
| A
| P
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1955
| CHI
| N
| P
| 36
| 0
| 0
| 14
| 36
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .909
|
| 1956
| CHI
| N
| P
| 33
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 21
| 4
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .875
|
| 1957
| STL
| N
| P
| 28
| 27
| 182.2
| 13
| 27
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 5
| 1
| .976
|
| 1958
| STL
| N
| P
| 35
| 35
| 250
| 14
| 31
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 3
| 12
| 7
| 1
| .978
|
| 1959
| SF
| N
| P
| 50
| 35
| 270.2
| 10
| 34
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 4
| 10
| 9
| 1
| .936
|
| 1960
| SF
| N
| P
| 39
| 35
| 234
| 6
| 34
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 13
| 7
| 2
| .889
|
| 1961
| SF
| N
| P
| 37
| 17
| 128.1
| 7
| 11
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 8
| 2
| 0
| .947
|
| 1962
| DET
| A
| P
| 30
| 6
| 81.1
| 11
| 8
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 4
| 3
| 0
| .950
|
| 1963
| STL
| N
| P
| 11
| 0
| 11
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1964
| BAL
| A
| P
| 7
| 0
| 10.1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 322
| 155
| 1168.1
| 84
| 209
| 21
| 12
| 0
| 16
| 51
| 34
| 5
| .933
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1951
| CLE
| A
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1952
| CLE
| A
| 14
| 10
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .100
| .100
| .100
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1955
| CHI
| N
| 36
| 77
| 2
| 14
| 0
| 5
| .182
| .213
| .195
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 27
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 4
|
| 1956
| CHI
| N
| 33
| 57
| 3
| 10
| 0
| 1
| .175
| .230
| .175
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 19
| 0
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1957
| STL
| N
| 28
| 63
| 2
| 10
| 0
| 3
| .159
| .182
| .175
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 25
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1958
| STL
| N
| 35
| 90
| 2
| 9
| 0
| 4
| .100
| .118
| .100
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 26
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 3
|
| 1959
| SF
| N
| 50
| 85
| 3
| 11
| 0
| 8
| .129
| .157
| .141
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 30
| 0
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1960
| SF
| N
| 39
| 80
| 3
| 16
| 0
| 5
| .200
| .207
| .225
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 20
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1961
| SF
| N
| 37
| 36
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| .139
| .162
| .194
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 7
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1962
| DET
| A
| 30
| 21
| 1
| 2
| 1
| 1
| .095
| .095
| .238
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1963
| STL
| N
| 11
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .500
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1964
| BAL
| A
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| 1.000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 269
| 489
| 15
| 75
| 0
| 26
| .153
| .180
| .168
| 7
| 0
| 16
| 154
| 1
| 44
| 0
| 0
| 9
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 53
| 33
| 1
| 3
| 1
| 1
| .091
| .118
| .182
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 322
| 522
| 16
| 78
| 1
| 27
| .149
| .176
| .169
| 7
| 0
| 17
| 167
| 1
| 44
| 0
| 0
| 9
|
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by Cleveland Indians (1950).
- Traded by Cleveland Indians with 2 players to be named later to Chicago Cubs in exchange for a player to be named later (September 30, 1954); Cleveland Indians received Ralph Kiner (November 16, 1954) and Chicago Cubs received $60000 (November 16, 1954) and Gale Wade (November 30, 1954).
- Traded by Chicago Cubs with Hobie Landrith, Jim Davis and Eddie Miksis to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Tom Poholsky, Jackie Collum, Ray Katt and Wally Lammers (December 11, 1956).
- Traded by St. Louis Cardinals with Don Choate to San Francisco Giants in exchange for Bill White and Ray Jablonski (March 25, 1959).
- Selected by Houston Colt .45s from San Francisco Giants in the expansion draft (October 10, 1961).
- Traded by Houston Colt .45s to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Bob Bruce and Manny Montejo (December 1, 1961).
- Released by Detroit Tigers (October 2, 1962).
- Signed by St. Louis Cardinals (1963).
- Released by St. Louis Cardinals (October 9, 1963).
- Signed by Baltimore Orioles (1964).
- Released by Baltimore Orioles (October 20, 1964).
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