JaCoby Jones

Position: Centerfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 211lb (188cm, 95kg)

Born: May 10, 1992 in Chickasha, OK us

Draft: Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 19th round of the 2010 MLB June Amateur Draft from Richton HS (Richton, MS) and the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 3rd round of the 2013 MLB June Amateur Draft from Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, LA).

High School: Richton HS (Richton, MS)

School: Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, LA)

Debut: August 30, 2016 (Age 24-112d, 21,250th in major league history)
vs. CHW 4 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 2 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: May 23, 2021 (Age 29-013d)
vs. KCR 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2017 season

Agents: Boras Corporation

Full Name: JaCoby Mylon Jones

Nicknames: Juicy J or J.J.

Pronunciation: \jah-koh-bee\

Twitter: @jacobyjones23

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.1

1093

232

.212

138

RBI

OBP

.275

SLG

.372

OPS

.646

OPS+

Summary of 32 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

2 leading off, 1 walk-off, 3 tying, 9 go ahead

1 Tm
DET	32

Platoon
vs RHP	26
vs LHP	6

Home/Road
Home	21
Away	11

Outs
0	13
1	10
2	9

14 Opps
KCR	7
CHW	5
MIN	3
CLE	3
PIT	2
LAA	2
HOU	2
TOR	2
NYM	1
ATL	1
BOS	1
TEX	1
CIN	1
MIA	1

32 Pitchers
Derek Holland	1
Codi Heuer	1
Austin Brice	1
Matt Magill	1
Justin Verlander	1
Ian Kennedy	1
Jose Quintana	1
Jason Vargas	1
Framber Valdez	1
Carson Fulmer	1
Raisel Iglesias	1
Noah Syndergaard	1
Brad Keller	1
Lance Lynn	1
Mike Clevinger	1
Caleb Smith	1
Blaine Boyer	1
Josh Tomlin	1
Andrés Machado	1
Lucas Giolito	1
Jakob Junis	1
Nick Tropeano	1
Jacob Webb	1
Zach Plesac	1
Jacob Waguespack	1
Kyle Gibson	1
Preston Guilmet	1
Michael Kopech	1
Cody Allen	1
Bartolo Colón	1
Mike Montgomery	1
Mitch Keller	1

10 Parks
Comerica Pk (DET)	21
Guaranteed (CHI)	3
PNC Pk (PIT)	1
Rogers Ctr (TOR)	1
Fenway Pk (BOS)	1
Citi Field (NYC)	1
GreatAmer BP (CIN)	1
Truist Pk (ATL)	1
Progressive (CLE)	1
KauffmanStad (KAN)	1

Where Hit
7	15
9	7
78	7
8	2
89	1

1 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
2	9
6	4
4	4
3	4
7+	4
5	4
1	3

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	28
2·HR gms	2

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	18
1--	6
12-	3
-2-	2
--3	1
-23	1
1-3	1

51 RBI
RISP	8
0 on	18
1 on	9
2 on	5
Any on	14

Inning
1	2
2	5
3	4
4	2
5	4
6	3
7	4
8	5
9	2
Extra	1

1-3	11
4-6	9
7-end	12

RelScore
+4..	5
+2	5
+1	3
Tied	6
-1	6
-2	2
-4..	5

Ahead	13
Tied	6
Behind	13

Before event,
for batter

Count
2-2	6
0-1	5
1-0	4
3-2	3
0-0	3
3-1	3
0-2	2
1-2	2
2-1	2
1-1	1
2-0	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
CF	27
LF	5

OrderPos
9th	17
8th	7
1st	5
7th	2
6th	1

Leverage
High Lev	5
Medium Lev	12
Low Lev	15

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2017	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2017-04-04	DET	@	CHW	Jose Quintana	behind 0-1	t 2	1	1-3	7,(2-2) C1F1BBF1FX	3	8	8	0.214	68%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); J. Upton Scores; M. Mahtook Scores
2	2	2	1	2017-09-05	DET		KCR	Jason Vargas	ahead 3-1	b 2	0	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	8	8	0.105	87%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); A. Presley Scores
3	3	3	2	2017-09-05	DET		KCR	Andrés Machado	ahead 11-2	b 7	0	---	2,(1-0) ...BX	1	8	8	0.000	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2018	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
4	4	1	1	2018-04-20 (1)	DET		KCR	Brad Keller	tied 2-2	b 10	1	---	6,(2-2) CSBFBX	1	7	7	0.417	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line)
5	5	2	1	2018-04-21	DET		KCR	Blaine Boyer	ahead 6-4	b 6	1	---	4,(2-1) FBBX	1	6	7	0.072	90%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
6	6	3	1	2018-05-15	DET		CLE	Josh Tomlin	behind 0-4	b 1	0	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	1	8	0.071	27%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
7	7	4	1	2018-05-29	DET		LAA	Nick Tropeano	behind 0-5	b 5	0	---	8,(2-2) BSLBFFFX	1	7	7	0.048	13%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
8	8	5	1	2018-06-14	DET		MIN	Lance Lynn	tied 1-1	b 7	2	1--	5,(3-1) 1SBB1BX	2	9	7	0.324	87%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); J. Iglesias Scores
9	9	6	1	2018-07-01	DET	@	TOR	Preston Guilmet	ahead 7-1	t 9	1	1--	6,(3-2) BSFBBX	2	9	8	0.002	100%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); N. Goodrum Scores
10	10	7	1	2018-07-06	DET		TEX	Bartolo Colón	ahead 2-1	b 8	2	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	1	8	0.086	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
11	11	8	1	2018-07-28	DET		CLE	Mike Clevinger	behind 0-1	b 3	1	-2-	1,(0-0) X	2	9	7	0.187	65%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line); J. Iglesias Scores
12	12	9	1	2018-08-28	DET	@	KCR	Jakob Junis	behind 1-6	t 8	1	---	4,(1-2) CBFX	1	9	8	0.012	2%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
13	13	10	1	2018-09-05	DET	@	CHW	Michael Kopech	ahead 4-0	t 4	0	---	2,(0-1) SX	1	8	8	0.044	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
14	14	11	1	2018-09-11	DET		HOU	Framber Valdez	behind 1-5	b 4	2	12-	5,(3-1) *BBBCX	3	9	8	0.236	38%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line); R. Rodríguez Scores; D. Lugo Scores
2019	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
15	15	1	1	2019-04-26	DET	@	CHW	Carson Fulmer	ahead 8-2	t 5	0	---	4,(1-2) CFBX	1	9	8	0.017	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
16	16	2	1	2019-05-08	DET		LAA	Cody Allen	ahead 8-2	b 8	0	--3	2,(1-0) BX	2	9	8	0.001	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); G. Beckham Scores
17	17	3	1	2019-05-15	DET		HOU	Justin Verlander	behind 0-2	b 3	2	---	6,(2-2) BSBSFX	1	9	8	0.104	40%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
18	18	4	1	2019-05-21	DET		MIA	Caleb Smith	behind 0-2	b 3	2	---	5,(2-2) SFBBX	1	9	8	0.104	40%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
19	19	5	1	2019-05-24	DET	@	NYM	Noah Syndergaard	ahead 2-0	t 2	0	1--	2,(0-1) 11C1X	2	8	8	0.119	85%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); J. Harrison Scores
20	20	6	1	2019-06-02	DET	@	ATL	Jacob Webb	behind 2-3	t 8	2	---	3,(0-2) FSX	1	8	8	0.245	41%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); J. Jones Scores/unER
21	21	7	1	2019-06-08	DET		MIN	Kyle Gibson	behind 0-1	b 2	2	12-	2,(0-1) CX	3	9	8	0.269	71%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); G. Beckham Scores; G. Greiner Scores
22	22	8	2	2019-06-08	DET		MIN	Matt Magill	ahead 5-3	b 8	0	1--	3,(1-1) SBX	2	9	8	0.042	99%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line); G. Greiner Scores
23	23	9	1	2019-06-23	DET	@	CLE	Zach Plesac	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	4,(2-1) CBBX	1	1	8	0.090	59%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
24	24	10	1	2019-07-21	DET		TOR	Jacob Waguespack	ahead 2-1	b 5	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	1	8	0.109	79%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
25	25	11	1	2019-08-05	DET		CHW	Lucas Giolito	behind 1-2	b 3	0	---	3,(0-2) CFX	1	1	8	0.112	56%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
2020	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
26	26	1	1	2020-07-25	DET	@	CIN	Raisel Iglesias	tied 4-4	t 9	0	1--	6,(2-2) .L1B1LBF1X	2	9	8	0.330	91%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); D. Lugo Scores
27	27	2	1	2020-07-27	DET		KCR	Mike Montgomery	tied 1-1	b 2	1	-23	5,(3-1) *BBCBX	3	9	8	0.166	81%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line); C. Maybin Scores; V. Reyes Scores/unER
28	28	3	1	2020-07-29	DET		KCR	Ian Kennedy	tied 4-4	b 7	1	---	7,(3-2) BCCBBFX	1	9	8	0.215	77%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
29	29	4	1	2020-08-08	DET	@	PIT	Derek Holland	ahead 6-5	t 6	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	9	8	0.118	77%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF)
30	30	5	1	2020-08-10	DET		CHW	Codi Heuer	ahead 3-1	b 7	2	-2-	7,(3-2) *BBBCF>FX	2	9	8	0.087	96%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to LF (Line Drive to Deep CF); H. Castro Scores
2021	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
31	31	1	1	2021-04-22	DET		PIT	Mitch Keller	behind 1-2	b 5	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	9	8	0.160	52%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
32	32	2	1	2021-05-04	DET	@	BOS	Austin Brice	behind 3-9	t 6	1	12-	1,(0-0) X	3	8	8	0.077	12%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); N. Goodrum Scores; W. Castro Scores