Nippy Jones

Positions: First Baseman and Second Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 185lb (185cm, 83kg)

Born: June 29, 1925 in Los Angeles, CA us

Died: October 3, 1995 in Sacramento, CA

Buried: East Lawn Elk Grove Memorial Park, Elk Grove, CA

High School: Fremont HS (Los Angeles, CA)

Debut: June 9, 1946 (Age 20-345d, 10,155th in major league history)
vs. PHI 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 29, 1957 (Age 32-092d)
vs. CIN 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1948 season

Full Name: Vernal Leroy Jones

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-1.2

1381

369

.267

146

RBI

209

OBP

.305

SLG

.382

OPS

.687

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	36-43 / in Starts: 36-34
Longest Hitting Streak	9 games
Longest On Base Streak	13 games
Most Games w/o HR	50 games
Most Games w/o RBI	10 games
Grand Slams	0 in 12 bases loaded PA and 11 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	9

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 312 PAs	41
Actual Runners on Base	198 (109-56-33) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 312 PAs	34
Avg. Runners on Base	203 (106-64-32)

Most Driven In
S Musial	8
P Lowrey	6
R Schoendienst	5
B Howerton	4
Self	3
W Westlake	2
S Hemus	2
H Rice	2

Most Driven In By
S Rojek	3
Self	3
B Johnson	3
D Rice	2
J Garagiola	1
C Chambers	1
P Lowrey	1
G Staley	1

1951 Batting Game Log

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1951 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	295	24 (23)	May 15	STL		PHI	L,4-5	2-GF	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	7	1.22	0.019	3.24	0.03%	0.34	1B
2	296	25	May 16	STL		PHI	W,5-3	CG	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.429	.429	.429	.857	5	.82	0.109	2.03	0.16%	0.98	1B
3	297	26	May 17	STL		PHI	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.455	.455	.455	.909	5	.53	0.083	1.44	0.14%	0.72	1B
4	298	27	May 18	STL		BRO	L,3-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.400	.800	5	.77	-0.011	2.52	-0.02%	-0.18	1B
5	299	28	May 19	STL		BRO	W,6-4	CG	4	4	0	3	2	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.474	.474	.579	1.053	5	1.55	0.423	4.52	0.74%	4.07	1B
6	300	29	May 20	STL		NYG	W,8-7	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.435	.458	.522	.980	5	1.45	-0.084	4.32	-0.15%	-1.02	1B
7	301	30	May 21	STL		NYG	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.407	.429	.519	.947	5						1B
8	302	31	May 22	STL		BSN	L,2-7	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.387	.406	.516	.922	4	.51	-0.027	1.84	-0.06%	-0.29	1B
9	303	32	May 23	STL		BSN	W,6-5	CG	4	4	2	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.429	.444	.571	1.016	5	1.17	0.221	3.76	0.43%	2.49	1B
10	304	33	May 24	STL		CIN	W,11-3	CG	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.375	.390	.500	.890	4	.32	-0.056	1.10	-0.12%	-1.58	1B
11	305	34	May 25	STL		CIN	L,1-5	CG(11)	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	0	0	.333	.348	.444	.792	5	1.30	-0.151	4.61	-0.32%	-0.77	1B
12	306	35	May 26	STL		CIN	L,2-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.306	.320	.408	.728	5	1.52	-0.188	4.89	-0.36%	-1.61	1B
13	307	36	May 27	STL		CIN	W,6-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.283	.296	.377	.674	7	.29	-0.030	.87	-0.06%	-1.17	1B
14	308	37	May 28	STL		PIT	W,6-5	CG(10)	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.276	.288	.362	.650	5						1B
15	309	38	May 30 (1)	STL		PIT	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			1	0	0	.274	.286	.371	.657	5						1B
16	310	39	May 30 (2)	STL		PIT	W,7-3	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.288	.299	.424	.723	7	1.12	0.164	4.01	0.35%	2.28	1B
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
17	311	40	Jun 1	STL	@	PHI	L,3-7	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.296	.414	.710	6	1.00	-0.080	3.66	-0.18%	-0.56	1B
18	312	41	Jun 2	STL	@	PHI	L,2-5	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.284	.293	.446	.739	6	.76	-0.072	2.69	-0.15%	1.11	1B
19	313	42	Jun 3 (1)	STL	@	NYG	L,0-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	0	1	.273	.282	.429	.711	6	1.47	-0.138	4.96	-0.28%	-1.01	1B
20	314	43	Jun 3 (2)	STL	@	NYG	W,4-3	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.268	.277	.415	.692	6	1.82	-0.183	5.94	-0.36%	-1.79	1B
21	315	44	Jun 4	STL	@	NYG	W,7-2	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	.267	.284	.407	.691	5	.30	0.003	1.07	0.01%	-0.36	1B
22	316	45	Jun 5	STL	@	BRO	L,2-3	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.267	.283	.400	.683	5	1.12	-0.045	5.24	-0.13%	-0.37	1B
23	317	46	Jun 6	STL	@	BRO	L,2-3	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.266	.281	.394	.675	5	1.49	0.079	6.33	0.20%	0.85	1B
24	318	47	Jun 7	STL	@	BRO	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.300	.418	.718	5	1.37	0.184	5.47	0.44%	0.95	1B
25	319	48	Jun 8	STL	@	BSN	W,2-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	.277	.298	.406	.704	5	1.02	0.083	2.96	0.15%	0.86	1B
26	320	49	Jun 9	STL	@	BSN	L,1-6	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.269	.296	.394	.691	4	1.31	-0.066	3.97	-0.12%	-0.61	1B
27	321	50	Jun 10	STL	@	BSN	W,5-4	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.257	.283	.376	.659	4	.87	-0.101	2.65	-0.19%	-1.34	1B
28	322	51	Jun 12	STL		BRO	L,2-6	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.257	.282	.381	.663	4	1.06	-0.076	4.45	-0.19%	-0.77	1B
29	323	52	Jun 13	STL		BRO	L,4-7	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.281	.371	.652	4	1.23	-0.024	4.34	-0.05%	-0.04	1B
30	324	53	Jun 14	STL		BRO	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.258	.288	.375	.663	7	.83	0.097	2.69	0.19%	0.78	1B
31	325	54	Jun 15	STL		PHI	W,10-2	CG	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.266	.300	.379	.679	4						1B
32	326	55	Jun 16	STL		PHI	W,6-5	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.260	.293	.370	.663	7	1.08	-0.133	2.20	-0.16%	-0.99	1B
33	327	56	Jun 17	STL		PHI	W,5-4	CG(10)	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.267	.299	.374	.673	7	1.58	0.025	3.91	0.04%	0.16	1B
34	328	57	Jun 18	STL		NYG	L,4-5	CG(12)	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.263	.294	.365	.659	7	2.04	-0.189	5.72	-0.32%	-0.91	1B
35	329	58	Jun 19	STL		NYG	L,1-2	CG(8)	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.264	.295	.364	.659	7						1B
36	330	59	Jun 20	STL		NYG	W,4-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	.264	.293	.361	.654	7	.84	-0.049	1.69	-0.06%	-0.62	1B
37	331	60	Jun 21	STL		NYG	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.265	.294	.361	.655	7						1B
38	332	61	Jun 22	STL		BSN	L,7-8	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.265	.297	.358	.655	6	3.10	-0.113	6.83	-0.15%	0.14	1B
39	333	62	Jun 24	STL		BSN	W,6-5	CG(14)	7	7	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.266	.297	.354	.651	6	1.74	0.312	2.77	0.30%	0.20	1B
40	334	63	Jun 26	STL		CHC	L,5-7	CG(10)	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0			0	0	0	.258	.288	.344	.632	6						1B
41	335	66 (2)	Jun 29	STL		CHC	T,6-6	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.256	.287	.341	.628	8						PH
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
42	336	74 (7)	Jul 7	STL	@	PIT	L,1-5	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.255	.285	.339	.624	9	3.25	-0.084	6.69	-0.10%	-0.44	PH
43	337	75	Jul 8 (1)	STL	@	PIT	L,2-6	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.253	.283	.337	.621	8						PH
44	338	76	Jul 8 (2)	STL	@	PIT	W,9-8	CG	5	5	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.263	.292	.345	.637	5						1B
45	339	78 (1)	Jul 13	STL	@	NYG	L,4-14	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	.269	.297	.354	.651	5	.28	-0.013	.54	-0.02%	-0.27	1B
46	340	79	Jul 14	STL	@	NYG	W,4-3	CG	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.272	.299	.356	.655	6	1.54	0.009	2.28	0.01%	-0.79	1B
47	341	80	Jul 15 (1)	STL	@	PHI	W,7-4	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.277	.304	.359	.662	6	.60	-0.029	1.30	-0.04%	0.12	1B
48	342	81	Jul 15 (2)	STL	@	PHI	L,4-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.277	.303	.356	.659	6	1.28	-0.006	2.83	-0.01%	-0.53	1B
49	343	82	Jul 16	STL	@	PHI	L,2-5	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.272	.298	.351	.649	6	.66	-0.032	1.61	-0.05%	-0.50	1B
50	344	83	Jul 17	STL	@	BSN	L,0-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.271	.296	.349	.645	9	.15	-0.004	.28	0.00%	-0.19	PH
51	345	85 (1)	Jul 20	STL	@	BRO	L,2-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.270	.296	.347	.643	6	.89	-0.022	3.58	-0.05%	-0.38	1B
52	346	90 (4)	Jul 26	STL		PHI	L,0-7	7-7	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.274	.299	.350	.649	9	.07	0.003	.06	0.00%	0.21	PH
53	347	93 (2)	Jul 29	STL		BRO	L,3-9	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.274	.298	.353	.651	4	.47	0.030	.15	0.01%	0.13	1B
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
54	348	96 (2)	Aug 1	STL		BSN	L,1-2	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.272	.297	.351	.648	9	2.62	-0.065	.18	0.00%	-0.16	PH
55	349	97	Aug 2 susp	STL		BSN	L,4-7	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.271	.295	.350	.645	9	3.51	-0.098	.18	0.00%	-0.36	PH
56	350	99 (1)	Aug 4	STL		NYG	L,0-10	5-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.270	.294	.348	.642	9	.39	-0.011	.02	0.00%	-0.23	PH
57	351	101 (1)	Aug 7	STL		PIT	W,16-7	CG	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.273	.296	.349	.646	4	.55	0.020	.01	0.00%	0.98	1B
58	352	102	Aug 8	STL		PIT	L,7-10	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.271	.294	.346	.640	4						1B
59	353	103	Aug 9	STL		PIT	W,4-0	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.275	.298	.349	.646	4	.91	-0.005	.00	0.00%	0.80	1B
60	354	104	Aug 10	STL		CIN	W,4-3	CG(10)	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.275	.300	.347	.647	4	1.30	0.008	.01	0.00%	0.28	1B
61	355	105	Aug 11	STL		CIN	W,2-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.270	.295	.341	.636	4	.90	-0.071	.00	0.00%	-1.40	1B
62	356	106	Aug 12	STL		CIN	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.270	.294	.339	.633	4	2.25	-0.315	.01	0.00%	-1.62	1B
63	357	107	Aug 13	STL		CHC	L,3-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.265	.289	.333	.623	6	.83	-0.081	.01	0.00%	-0.86	1B
64	358	108	Aug 14	STL		CHC	L,4-5	CG	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.270	.297	.338	.634	6	1.18	0.059	.01	0.00%	0.55	1B
65	359	109	Aug 15	STL	@	PIT	L,0-7	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.270	.296	.336	.632	6	.64	-0.005	.00	0.00%	-1.68	1B
66	360	110	Aug 16	STL	@	PIT	W,9-6	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.273	.299	.339	.638	6	1.22	-0.018	.00	0.00%	-0.15	1B
67	361	111	Aug 17	STL	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	4	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.281	.306	.345	.652	6	.61	-0.020	.00	0.00%	-0.01	1B
68	362	112	Aug 18	STL	@	CIN	L,0-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.281	.305	.344	.649	6	1.04	-0.061	.00	0.00%	-0.38	1B
69	363	113	Aug 19 (1)	STL	@	CIN	W,5-4	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.284	.308	.358	.666	5	1.36	0.162	.01	0.00%	1.37	1B
70	364	114	Aug 19 (2)	STL	@	CIN	W,5-1	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.284	.307	.360	.668	6	.82	-0.009	.00	0.00%	0.41	1B
71	365	115	Aug 22 (1)	STL	@	BRO	L,3-4	CG(10)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.279	.303	.355	.658	5	1.31	-0.127	.02	0.00%	-1.21	1B
72	366	116	Aug 22 (2)	STL	@	BRO	L,7-8	CG(10)	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.274	.297	.348	.646	6	.92	-0.033	.00	0.00%	0.04	1B
73	367	117	Aug 23	STL	@	BRO	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.270	.293	.343	.636	6	1.05	-0.079	.00	0.00%	-1.07	1B
74	368	118	Aug 24	STL	@	NYG	L,5-6	CG	5	5	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.276	.299	.348	.646	5	1.66	-0.060	.00	0.00%	0.12	1B
75	369	119	Aug 26 (1)	STL	@	BSN	W,12-10	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.276	.300	.346	.647	6	.52	0.015	.00	0.00%	-0.28	1B
76	370	120	Aug 26 (2)	STL	@	BSN	L,1-9	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.272	.296	.341	.638	6	1.08	-0.143	.00	0.00%	-1.26	1B
77	371	121	Aug 27 (1)	STL	@	BSN	L,3-6	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.271	.296	.344	.639	6	1.96	0.019	.00	0.00%	-0.01	1B
78	372	122	Aug 27 (2)	STL	@	BSN	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.268	.292	.339	.631	6	.66	-0.067	.00	0.00%	-0.63	1B
79	373	123	Aug 28	STL	@	PHI	W,2-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0			0	0	0	.264	.288	.334	.622	6						1B
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
80	374	137 (13)	Sep 11 (1)	STL		NYG	L,5-10	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.263	.287	.333	.620	8	1.07	-0.027	.00	0.00%	-0.24	PH
							36-43		312	300	20	79	12	0	3	41	9	0	13	1	2		5	13	1	2	.263	.287	.333	.620		1.13	-1.174	2.18	-0.51%	-9.62

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