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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2x World Series

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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.

1951 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1951 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	24 (23)	May 15	STL		PHI	L,4-5	GF	32	8.0	10	2	0	12	1	1B
2	25	May 16	STL		PHI	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	12	1	0	13	1
3	26	May 17	STL		PHI	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
4	27	May 18	STL		BRO	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	10	0	0	10	3	1B
5	28	May 19	STL		BRO	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	11	1	0	12	3	1B
6	29	May 20	STL		NYG	W,8-7	CG	44	9.0	8	1	1	10	0	1B
7	30	May 21	STL		NYG	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	13	2	0	15	4
8	31	May 22	STL		BSN	L,2-7	CG	46	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
9	32	May 23	STL		BSN	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	6	1	1	8	1	1B
10	33	May 24	STL		CIN	W,11-3	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	1
11	34	May 25	STL		CIN	L,1-5	CG	48	11.0	12	0	0	12	1
12	35	May 26	STL		CIN	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	14	0	0	14	0	1B
13	36	May 27	STL		CIN	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
14	37	May 28	STL		PIT	W,6-5	CG	0	10.0	11	0	0	11	2
15	38	May 30 (1)	STL		PIT	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
16	39	May 30 (2)	STL		PIT	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	7	2	0	9	3	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	40	Jun 1	STL	@	PHI	L,3-7	CG	35	8.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
18	41	Jun 2	STL	@	PHI	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
19	42	Jun 3 (1)	STL	@	NYG	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
20	43	Jun 3 (2)	STL	@	NYG	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
21	44	Jun 4	STL	@	NYG	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
22	45	Jun 5	STL	@	BRO	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
23	46	Jun 6	STL	@	BRO	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
24	47	Jun 7	STL	@	BRO	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
25	48	Jun 8	STL	@	BSN	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
26	49	Jun 9	STL	@	BSN	L,1-6	CG	35	8.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
27	50	Jun 10	STL	@	BSN	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	14	1	0	15	3	1B
28	51	Jun 12	STL		BRO	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	13	0	0	13	2	1B
29	52	Jun 13	STL		BRO	L,4-7	CG	40	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
30	53	Jun 14	STL		BRO	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
31	54	Jun 15	STL		PHI	W,10-2	CG	0	9.0	6	1	0	7	2
32	55	Jun 16	STL		PHI	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	16	1	0	17	0	1B
33	56	Jun 17	STL		PHI	W,5-4	CG	41	10.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
34	57	Jun 18	STL		NYG	L,4-5	CG	54	12.0	9	3	0	12	1	1B
35	58	Jun 19	STL		NYG	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	9	0	1	10	1
36	59	Jun 20	STL		NYG	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
37	60	Jun 21	STL		NYG	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	16	1	0	17	0
38	61	Jun 22	STL		BSN	L,7-8	CG	48	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
39	62	Jun 24	STL		BSN	W,6-5	CG	57	14.0	17	1	0	18	1	1B
40	63	Jun 26	STL		CHC	L,5-7	CG	0	10.0	12	2	0	14	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	76 (12)	Jul 8 (2)	STL	@	PIT	W,9-8	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	2
42	78 (1)	Jul 13	STL	@	NYG	L,4-14	CG	47	8.0	11	2	0	13	1	1B
43	79	Jul 14	STL	@	NYG	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	10	2	0	12	0	1B
44	80	Jul 15 (1)	STL	@	PHI	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
45	81	Jul 15 (2)	STL	@	PHI	L,4-6	CG	37	8.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
46	82	Jul 16	STL	@	PHI	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
47	85 (2)	Jul 20	STL	@	BRO	L,2-5	CG	31	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
48	93 (7)	Jul 29	STL		BRO	L,3-9	CG	44	9.0	8	0	1	9	1	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
49	101 (7)	Aug 7	STL		PIT	W,16-7	CG	41	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
50	102	Aug 8	STL		PIT	L,7-10	CG	0	9.0	12	1	0	13	0
51	103	Aug 9	STL		PIT	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
52	104	Aug 10	STL		CIN	W,4-3	CG	41	10.0	14	0	0	14	5
53	105	Aug 11	STL		CIN	W,2-0	CG	27	9.0	12	1	0	13	1
54	106	Aug 12	STL		CIN	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	5	1	1	7	0
55	107	Aug 13	STL		CHC	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	1
56	108	Aug 14	STL		CHC	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	14	0	0	14	1
57	109	Aug 15	STL	@	PIT	L,0-7	CG	34	8.0	8	2	1	11	1
58	110	Aug 16	STL	@	PIT	W,9-6	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
59	111	Aug 17	STL	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
60	112	Aug 18	STL	@	CIN	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	9	2	0	11	0
61	113	Aug 19 (1)	STL	@	CIN	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	1
62	114	Aug 19 (2)	STL	@	CIN	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	2
63	115	Aug 22 (1)	STL	@	BRO	L,3-4	CG	41	9.2	11	0	0	11	2	1B
64	116	Aug 22 (2)	STL	@	BRO	L,7-8	CG	49	9.2	11	0	0	11	1	1B
65	117	Aug 23	STL	@	BRO	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	14	0	0	14	2	1B
66	118	Aug 24	STL	@	NYG	L,5-6	CG	45	8.1	11	2	0	13	0	1B
67	119	Aug 26 (1)	STL	@	BSN	W,12-10	CG	46	9.0	14	0	0	14	1	1B
68	120	Aug 26 (2)	STL	@	BSN	L,1-9	CG	39	8.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
69	121	Aug 27 (1)	STL	@	BSN	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	8	0	1	9	0	1B
70	122	Aug 27 (2)	STL	@	BSN	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
71	123	Aug 28	STL	@	PHI	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
							71gm		635.2	698	48	7	753	78