Stacy Jones

Joseph Stacy Jones

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 6' 6", Weight 225 lb.
• School Auburn University
• High School Etowah High School (Attalla)
• Debut July 30, 1991
• Final Game September 29, 1996
• Born May 26, 1967 in Gadsden, AL USA

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Biographical Information

Stacy Jones pitched a total of six major league games, but they were spread five years apart. He first came up in 1991 with the Baltimore Orioles who had drafted him in the 3rd round of the 1988 amateur draft out of Auburn University. He made his major league debut on July 30th by pitching two innings in relief against the Seattle Mariners, giving up no runs and no hits and striking out a pair. He stayed with the team for a couple more weeks, making three more appearances, culminating with a starting assignment against the Texas Rangers in the second game of a doubleheader on August 13th in what was a bullpen game; he went 3 innings and gave up 4 runs on 6 hits and 2 walks, but was not involved in the decision. His ERA in the four games was 4.09 in 11 innings.

Stacy was then out of the major leagues for four full seasons before resurfacing at the very end of the 1996 season with the Chicago White Sox. In the interim, he had also spent time in the minor league systems of the Milwaukee Brewers and San Francisco Giants. In his return to the Show, he twice pitched an inning in relief and did not give up any hits or runs. That was it for his big league career.

In the minors, he played from 1988 to 1997, appearing in a total of 315 games with a record of 36-44 and an ERA of 3.42 in 688 2/3 innings (almost the same as his major league ERA of 3.46, achieved over a much smaller number of innings, it goes without saying). He only had three seasons with more than 10 starts, working as a reliever the rest of the time. His ERA was a sparkling 1.96 in 13 starts in his first pro season, and in 1991, when he made his big league debut, he went 4-5, 2.78 with 9 saves in 45 games between AA and AAA. In 1994, he recorded 34 saves as the closer for the Shreveport Sports of the Texas League in the Giants organization, going 3-6, 2.39 in 56 games that year; he may have received another look in the Show that season had it not been for the strike. Before being given his final look-see by the White Sox, he had had another solid season in their organization, going 4-2, 2.89 with 26 saves in 55 games between AA and AAA after having been let go by the Brewers a few weeks into the season. After that season and his brief stint in the majors to end the year, he had a good shot at making a more extended stay in the bigs, but his 1997 season was marred by an arm injury that limited him to just 3 games, 2 of them on a rehabilitation assignment with the GCL White Sox, and one in AAA. He called it a career after that season.