Willie Jones

Full Name: Willie Edward Jones	Primary Position: 3B
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/188	First Game: September 10, 1947
Birthdate: August 16, 1925	Final Game: May 7, 1961
Birthplace: Dillon, South Carolina	MLB Experience: 15 years
Died: October 18, 1983
Deathplace: Cincinnati, Ohio
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Willie Jones (Willie Edward Jones) was born on August 16, 1925 in Dillon, South Carolina. He made his Major League debut on September 10, 1947 for the Philadelphia Phillies. In 1949, his rookie year, he hit .244 with 19 home runs and 77 RBI. Jones played for the Philadelphia Phillies, Cleveland Indians and Cincinnati Reds over the course of his 15 year career.

Most people believe that Willie Jones's best season was 1950, when he slugged 25 home runs and knocked in 88 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
1947	PHI	N	18	62	5	14	0	10	.226	.304	.258	0	1	7	0	0	0	2	0	3
1948	PHI	N	17	60	9	20	2	9	.333	.365	.467	2	0	3	5	0	2	0	0	3
1949	PHI	N	149	532	71	130	19	77	.244	.328	.421	35	1	65	66	1	6	3	0	20
1950	PHI	N	157	610	100	163	25	88	.267	.337	.456	28	6	61	40	3	4	5	0	15
1951	PHI	N	148	564	79	161	22	81	.285	.358	.470	28	5	60	47	4	19	6	0	9
1952	PHI	N	147	541	60	135	18	72	.250	.323	.383	12	3	53	36	6	11	5	0	14
1953	PHI	N	149	481	61	108	19	70	.225	.342	.385	16	2	85	45	1	4	1	0	10
1954	PHI	N	142	535	64	145	12	56	.271	.342	.402	28	3	61	54	0	8	4	5	10
1955	PHI	N	146	516	65	133	16	81	.258	.352	.401	20	3	77	51	3	6	6	5	13
1956	PHI	N	149	520	88	144	17	78	.277	.383	.429	20	4	92	49	1	3	5	6	15
1957	PHI	N	133	440	58	96	9	47	.218	.310	.332	19	2	61	41	0	5	1	3	14
1958	PHI	N	118	398	52	108	14	60	.271	.351	.420	15	1	49	45	2	3	1	4	8
1959	PHI	N	47	160	23	43	7	24	.269	.343	.469	9	1	19	14	0	1	0	2	4
1959	CLE	A	11	18	1	4	0	1	.222	.263	.278	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0
1959	CIN	N	72	233	33	58	7	31	.249	.330	.399	12	1	28	26	1	1	0	1	8
1959	Total		130	411	57	105	14	56	.255	.332	.421	22	2	48	43	1	2	0	3	12
1959	TOT	N	119	393	56	101	14	55	.257	.335	.427	21	2	47	40	1	2	0	3	12
1960	CIN	N	79	149	16	40	3	27	.268	.388	.376	7	0	31	16	0	1	1	3	2
1961	CIN	N	9	7	1	0	0	0	.000	.222	.000	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		1680	5808	785	1498	190	811	.258	.343	.411	251	33	754	538	22	74	40	29	148
Total	AL		11	18	1	4	0	1	.222	.263	.278	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0
Total			1691	5826	786	1502	190	812	.258	.343	.410	252	33	755	541	22	74	40	29	148

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1947	PHI	N	3B	17	0	0	19	41	6	3	.909
1948	PHI	N	3B	17	0	0	30	33	5	1	.926
1949	PHI	N	3B	145	0	0	181	308	27	19	.948
1950	PHI	N	3B	157	0	0	190	323	25	30	.954
1951	PHI	N	3B	147	0	0	190	286	17	33	.966
1952	PHI	N	3B	147	0	0	216	281	16	31	.969
1953	PHI	N	3B	147	0	0	176	253	11	36	.975
1954	PHI	N	3B	141	140	1244	184	277	15	23	.968
1955	PHI	N	3B	146	0	0	202	235	18	22	.960
1956	PHI	N	3B	149	0	0	202	264	13	23	.973
1957	PHI	N	3B	126	121	1095.1	140	197	12	18	.966
1958	PHI	N	3B	110	105	941.2	137	186	11	13	.967
1958	PHI	N	1B	1	1	8	4	0	0	0	1.000
1959	PHI	N	3B	46	46	389.2	40	76	3	5	.975
1959	CLE	A	3B	4	4	23	3	10	1	2	.929
1959	CIN	N	3B	68	64	566.1	92	105	7	9	.966
1959	Total		3B	118	114	979	135	191	11	16	.967
1959	TOT	N	3B	114	110	956	132	181	10	14	.969
1960	CIN	N	2B	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000
1960	CIN	N	3B	46	35	318.2	43	59	4	5	.962
1961	CIN	N	3B	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	.000
Total			2B	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000
Total			3B	1614	515	4579.2	2045	2934	192	273	.963
Total			1B	1	1	8	4	0	0	0	1.000

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Philadelphia Phillies (1947).
Traded by Philadelphia Phillies to Cleveland Indians in exchange for Jim Bolger and cash (June 6, 1959).
Sold by Cleveland Indians to Cincinnati Reds (July 1, 1959).
Released by Cincinnati Reds (May 16, 1961).

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