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Sheldon Jones

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Full Name: Sheldon Leslie Jones Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/180 First Game: September 9, 1946
Birthdate: February 2, 1922 Final Game: June 28, 1953
Birthplace: Tecumseh, Nebraska MLB Experience: 8 years
Died: April 18, 1991
Deathplace: Greenville, North Carolina
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Pitching Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
    • 2.3 Batting Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Born on February 2, 1922 in Tecumseh, Nebraska, Sheldon Jones (Sheldon Leslie Jones) played for the New York Giants, Boston Braves and Chicago Cubs over the course of his 8 year career. Jones broke into the bigs on September 9, 1946 with the New York Giants, and put up a 3.88 ERA in 55.2 innings pitched in 1947, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Sheldon Jones's best season was 1948, when he posted a 3.35 ERA, won 16 games and struck out 82 batters.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP
1946 NY N 6 4 1 2 3.21 24 10 10 1 0 0 28 21 4 17 0 0 1
1947 NY N 15 6 2 2 3.88 24 27 24 0 0 0 55.2 51 2 29 0 1 3
1948 NY N 55 21 16 8 3.35 82 89 75 8 1 5 201.1 204 16 90 0 10 6
1949 NY N 42 27 15 12 3.34 79 93 77 11 1 0 207.1 198 19 88 0 4 10
1950 NY N 40 28 13 16 4.61 97 114 102 11 2 2 199 188 26 90 0 2 7
1951 NY N 41 12 6 11 4.26 58 77 57 2 0 4 120.1 119 12 52 0 8 4
1952 BOS N 39 1 1 4 4.76 40 45 37 0 0 1 70 81 8 31 0 3 1
1953 CHI N 22 2 0 2 5.40 9 24 23 0 0 0 38.1 47 3 16 0 0 5
Total 260 101 54 57 3.96 413 479 405 33 4 12 920 909 90 413 0 28 37

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1946 NY N P 6 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1947 NY N P 15 0 0 4 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .900
1948 NY N P 55 0 0 10 38 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .960
1949 NY N P 42 0 0 11 35 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .979
1950 NY N P 40 0 0 8 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1951 NY N P 41 0 0 5 23 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 .933
1952 BOS N P 39 0 0 4 13 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .944
1953 CHI N P 22 0 0 4 6 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .909
Total P 260 0 0 47 149 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 .961

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1946 NY N 6 8 0 2 0 0 .250 .250 .250 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
1947 NY N 15 16 0 2 0 1 .125 .125 .125 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0
1948 NY N 55 64 5 13 0 6 .203 .215 .281 3 1 1 19 0 9 0 0 1
1949 NY N 42 66 2 8 0 1 .121 .121 .152 0 1 0 15 0 6 0 0 2
1950 NY N 40 57 3 6 0 3 .105 .177 .105 0 0 5 22 0 10 0 0 3
1951 NY N 41 31 1 3 0 1 .097 .125 .194 1 1 1 6 0 0 0 0 0
1952 BOS N 39 8 1 1 0 1 .125 .125 .125 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1953 CHI N 22 7 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
Total 260 257 12 35 0 13 .136 .159 .175 4 3 7 71 0 27 0 0 6

[edit] Transactions

  • Signed as an amateur free agent by Cleveland Indians (1941).
  • Traded by New York Giants with $50000 to Boston Braves in exchange for Bob Elliott (April 8, 1952).
  • Traded by Milwaukee Braves to Chicago Cubs in exchange for Monk Dubiel (December 20, 1952).

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