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+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1948 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1948 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 20	STL		CIN	W,4-0	CG	37	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
2	2	Apr 21	STL		CIN	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
3	3	Apr 22	STL		CIN	L,3-4	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	1
4	4	Apr 23	STL	@	CHC	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	1
5	5	Apr 24	STL	@	CHC	L,2-6	CG	32	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
6	6	Apr 25	STL	@	CHC	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	7	0	1	8	0
7	7	Apr 29	STL	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	58	13.1	16	0	0	16	4
8	8	Apr 30	STL	@	CIN	W,13-7	CG	41	9.0	9	1	0	10	2
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	9	May 1	STL		CHC	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	12	1	0	13	1
10	10	May 2	STL		CHC	L,4-13	CG	55	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
11	11	May 3	STL		CHC	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
12	12	May 4	STL		BRO	W,5-4	CG	44	9.0	10	2	0	12	1
13	13	May 7	STL		PHI	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	8	1	2	11	0
14	14	May 8	STL		PHI	W,5-0	CG	28	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
15	15	May 9	STL		BSN	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
16	16	May 10	STL		BSN	L,0-6	CG	40	9.0	11	1	0	12	1
17	17	May 13	STL		NYG	L,0-5	CG	45	9.0	10	1	0	11	2
18	18	May 14	STL		PIT	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
19	19	May 15	STL		PIT	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
20	20	May 16	STL		PIT	W,6-5	CG	48	10.0	9	0	0	9	0
21	21	May 18	STL	@	BRO	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
22	22	May 19	STL	@	BRO	W,14-7	CG	48	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
23	23	May 20	STL	@	BRO	W,13-4	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
24	24	May 21	STL	@	BSN	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	10	1	0	11	0
25	25	May 22	STL	@	BSN	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
26	26	May 23 (1)	STL	@	PHI	W,18-3	CG	39	9.0	7	1	1	9	0
27	27	May 23 (2)	STL	@	PHI	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	15	0	0	15	0
28	28	May 24	STL	@	PHI	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	8	1	2	11	1
29	29	May 26	STL	@	NYG	L,7-10	CG	41	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
30	30	May 27	STL	@	NYG	W,9-6	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	1
31	31	May 28	STL	@	PIT	T,1-1	CG	22	6.0	7	0	0	7	0
32	32	May 29	STL	@	PIT	L,3-7	CG	40	8.0	9	1	0	10	1
33	33	May 30 (1)	STL	@	PIT	L,3-9	CG	38	8.0	5	2	0	7	1
34	34	May 30 (2)	STL	@	PIT	L,6-7	CG	37	8.0	9	0	0	9	2
35	35	May 31 (1)	STL	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
36	36	May 31 (2)	STL	@	CIN	L,0-7	CG	36	8.0	7	0	0	7	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	37	Jun 2	STL		BRO	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
38	38	Jun 3	STL		BRO	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
39	39	Jun 4	STL		BRO	L,0-1	CG	35	9.0	14	0	0	14	1
40	40	Jun 5	STL		BRO	W,9-6	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
41	41	Jun 6 (1)	STL		PHI	W,11-1	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
42	42	Jun 6 (2)	STL		PHI	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
43	43	Jun 7	STL		PHI	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	1
44	44	Jun 8	STL		PHI	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
45	45	Jun 9	STL		BSN	L,5-11	CG	49	9.0	15	0	2	17	0
46	46	Jun 10	STL		BSN	L,2-10	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	3
47	47	Jun 11	STL		BSN	L,3-7	CG	0	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
48	48	Jun 12	STL		NYG	L,5-7	CG	37	9.0	14	0	0	14	0
49	49	Jun 13 (1)	STL		NYG	L,7-8	CG	0	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
50	50	Jun 13 (2)	STL		NYG	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
51	51	Jun 15	STL	@	PHI	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	14	0	0	14	3
52	52	Jun 17	STL	@	PHI	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
53	53	Jun 18	STL	@	NYG	W,12-8	CG	47	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
54	54	Jun 19	STL	@	NYG	L,1-10	CG	43	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
55	55	Jun 20 (1)	STL	@	NYG	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	2
56	56	Jun 20 (2)	STL	@	NYG	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	7	1	1	9	0
57	57	Jun 21	STL	@	BSN	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
58	58	Jun 22	STL	@	BSN	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
59	59	Jun 24	STL	@	BSN	W,11-2	CG	0	9.0	10	1	0	11	2
60	60	Jun 25	STL	@	BRO	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	7	1	0	8	1
61	61	Jun 26	STL	@	BRO	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
62	62	Jun 27	STL	@	BRO	W,6-4	CG	34	8.0	14	0	0	14	3
63	63	Jun 29	STL	@	CHC	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
64	64	Jun 30	STL	@	CHC	L,1-9	CG	38	8.0	8	0	0	8	2
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
65	65	Jul 1	STL	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	41	8.0	7	1	0	8	0
66	66	Jul 2	STL	@	CIN	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	7	0	1	8	1
67	67	Jul 4 (1)	STL	@	CIN	L,6-8	CG	42	8.0	8	1	0	9	0
68	68	Jul 4 (2)	STL	@	CIN	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
69	69	Jul 5 (1)	STL		CHC	W,6-3	GS	35	8.0	10	0	0	10	3
70	70	Jul 5 (2)	STL		CHC	W,5-2	CG	25	6.0	7	0	0	7	0
71	71	Jul 6	STL		CHC	L,10-12	CG	43	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
72	72	Jul 7	STL		PIT	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	13	2	0	15	2
73	73	Jul 8	STL		PIT	L,4-6	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
74	74	Jul 9	STL		CIN	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	11	0	0	11	2
75	75	Jul 10	STL		CIN	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
76	76	Jul 11	STL		CIN	L,0-1	CG	36	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
77	77	Jul 15	STL		PHI	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
78	78	Jul 16	STL		PHI	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	8	3	1	12	2
79	79	Jul 17	STL		PHI	L,10-11	CG	46	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
80	80	Jul 18 (1)	STL		BRO	W,6-3	CG	45	11.0	13	2	0	15	4
81	81	Jul 18 (2)	STL		BRO	L,4-13	CG	45	9.0	6	1	0	7	1
82	82	Jul 21	STL		NYG	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
83	83	Jul 22 (1)	STL		NYG	L,3-6	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	2
84	84	Jul 22 (2)	STL		NYG	W,7-6	CG	46	11.0	8	1	0	9	1
85	85	Jul 23	STL		BSN	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
86	86	Jul 24	STL		BSN	W,4-3	CG	41	10.0	6	1	0	7	2
87	87	Jul 25 (1)	STL		BSN	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	16	0	0	16	1
88	88	Jul 25 (2)	STL		BSN	L,6-8	CG	0	9.0	6	2	0	8	0
89	89	Jul 27	STL	@	BRO	L,2-3	CG	35	8.2	7	0	0	7	0
90	90	Jul 28	STL	@	BRO	L,4-12	CG	44	8.0	4	0	0	4	2
91	93 (2)	Jul 31	STL	@	BSN	L,6-7	GS	33	7.0	5	1	0	6	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
92	94	Aug 1	STL	@	BSN	W,9-6	CG	39	9.0	8	1	0	9	2
93	95	Aug 2	STL	@	NYG	W,21-5	GF	22	5.0	4	1	0	5	0
94	100 (4)	Aug 8 (1)	STL	@	PHI	W,4-1	GS	16	4.0	3	0	0	3	0
95	101	Aug 8 (2)	STL	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
96	102	Aug 9	STL	@	CIN	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
97	103	Aug 11	STL	@	CIN	W,9-4	GS	16	5.0	5	0	0	5	0
98	104	Aug 12	STL	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	32	8.2	12	2	0	14	1
99	106 (1)	Aug 14	STL	@	PIT	W,6-3	CG	43	9.0	7	1	0	8	2
100	109 (2)	Aug 16	STL	@	CHC	W,9-7		4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
101	110	Aug 17	STL	@	CHC	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	10	0	0	10	1
102	111	Aug 18	STL		CIN	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	16	0	0	16	1
103	112	Aug 19	STL		CIN	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
104	113	Aug 20	STL		PIT	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
105	117 (3)	Aug 25	STL		BSN	L,0-2	CG	0	9.0	8	2	0	10	0
106	120 (2)	Aug 28 (1)	STL		NYG	W,5-4	GS	24	6.0	10	0	0	10	1
107	122 (1)	Aug 29 (1)	STL		BRO	L,7-12	CG	47	9.0	14	0	1	15	0
108	123	Aug 29 (2)	STL		BRO	L,4-6	CG	42	10.0	7	1	0	8	1
109	124	Aug 30 (1)	STL		BRO	L,5-6	CG	38	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
110	125	Aug 30 (2)	STL		BRO	L,1-6	CG	43	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
111	126	Aug 31	STL		PHI	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
112	128 (1)	Sep 4	STL	@	CIN	L,1-3	CG	37	8.0	7	1	0	8	0
113	129	Sep 5	STL	@	CIN	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	10	1	0	11	2
114	131 (1)	Sep 6 (2)	STL	@	PIT	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	10	0	0	10	3
115	132	Sep 7	STL	@	PIT	L,2-6	CG	0	8.0	10	1	0	11	1
116	133	Sep 8	STL		CHC	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	2
117	135 (1)	Sep 10	STL		CIN	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	7	0	2	9	1
118	136	Sep 11	STL		CIN	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
119	137	Sep 12	STL		CIN	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
120	138	Sep 14	STL	@	PHI	W,8-0	CG	32	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
121	141 (2)	Sep 18	STL	@	BRO	L,2-3	GF	12	3.0	2	0	0	2	0
122	142	Sep 19 (1)	STL	@	NYG	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	8	2	0	10	1
123	146 (3)	Sep 22	STL	@	BSN	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	12	0	1	13	0
124	147	Sep 24	STL	@	CHC	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	13	1	0	14	0
125	150 (2)	Sep 29	STL		PIT	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	12	0	1	13	0
126	152 (1)	Sep 30 (2)	STL		PIT	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
127	153	Oct 1	STL		CHC	W,6-4	GF	0	6.0	5	1	1	7	1
128	155 (1)	Oct 3	STL		CHC	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	12	1	0	13	1
							128gm		1089.2	1148	63	17	1228	98