Sad Sam Jones

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 170lb (183cm, 77kg)

Born: July 26, 1892 in Woodsfield, OH us

Died: July 6, 1966 in Barnesville, OH

Buried: Oaklawn Cemetery, Woodsfield, OH

Debut: June 13, 1914 (Age 21-322d, 4,183rd in major league history)
vs. PHA 3.1 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 2 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: September 28, 1935 (Age 43-064d)
vs. DET 9.0 IP, 10 H, 9 SO, 4 BB, 1 ER, W

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1915 season

Full Name: Samuel Pond Jones

Nicknames: Sad Sam

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

42.7

229

217

ERA

3.84

647

487

3883.0

1223

WHIP

1.411

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	30-9 / in Starts: 21-6
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	32 games
Most Games w/o RBI	13 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 1 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 99 PAs	5
Actual Runners on Base	57 (28-14-15) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 99 PAs	11
Avg. Runners on Base	66 (32-21-12)

Most Driven In
A Ward	2
F Hofmann	2
E Smith	0

Most Driven In By
J Dugan	4
W Pipp	3
W Witt	2
B Ruth	2
H Hendrick	1

1923 Batting Game Log

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1923 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	264	3 (2)	Apr 20	NYY		BOS	W,4-3	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0					9						P
2	265	4	Apr 21	NYY		BOS	W,7-6	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0					9						P
3	266	7 (2)	Apr 24	NYY		WSH	W,4-0	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	9	.61	0.051	1.70	0.09%	0.10	P
4	267	12 (4)	Apr 30	NYY	@	WSH	W,17-4	CG	5	4	4	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.375	.444	.500	.944	9	.97	0.151	2.96	0.28%	1.76	P
May		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
5	268	16 (3)	May 4	NYY		PHA	L,6-8	9-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.400	.444	.844	9	3.87	-0.112	14.80	-0.26%	-0.34	P
6	269	18 (1)	May 6	NYY		PHA	L,1-5	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.273	.333	.364	.697	9	.64	-0.033	2.41	-0.08%	-0.29	P
7	270	22 (3)	May 13	NYY	@	DET	L,1-4	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.308	.400	.385	.785	9	.84	-0.036	3.76	-0.10%	-0.41	P
8	271	26 (3)	May 17	NYY	@	SLB	W,9-2	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.308	.400	.385	.785	9						P
9	272	29 (2)	May 20	NYY	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.267	.421	.333	.754	9	1.30	0.022	6.19	0.06%	-0.10	P
10	273	35 (5)	May 27	NYY	@	WSH	W,8-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0		0		0	0	.211	.348	.263	.611	9	.25	-0.024	1.32	-0.08%	-1.00	P
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
11	274	40 (4)	Jun 1	NYY		BOS	L,0-5	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.190	.320	.238	.558	9	1.60	-0.061	7.39	-0.17%	-0.56	P
12	275	43 (2)	Jun 5	NYY		CHW	W,7-6	9-10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.190	.320	.238	.558	9	3.15	-0.015	15.67	-0.04%	-0.22	P
13	276	45 (1)	Jun 8	NYY		CHW	L,3-7	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.182	.308	.227	.535	9	1.17	-0.029	5.85	-0.09%	-0.32	P
14	277	47 (1)	Jun 10	NYY		CLE	W,8-7	6-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.286	.208	.494	9	1.60	-0.089	10.56	-0.35%	-0.49	P
15	278	56 (8)	Jun 19	NYY		DET	W,6-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.179	.281	.214	.496	9	.61	-0.056	3.39	-0.19%	-0.85	P
16	279	60 (3)	Jun 25	NYY	@	BOS	W,14-6	GS-8	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.188	.278	.250	.528	9	.86	-0.073	4.50	-0.23%	-0.09	P
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
17	280	65 (4)	Jul 1	NYY		PHA	W,4-0	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0	0	.176	.263	.235	.498	9	.42	-0.030	2.48	-0.11%	-0.51	P
18	281	69 (3)	Jul 4 (2)	NYY		WSH	W,12-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0		0		0	0	.158	.238	.211	.449	9	.16	-0.017	.54	-0.03%	-0.88	P
19	282	72 (2)	Jul 8	NYY	@	SLB	W,6-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.158	.238	.211	.449	9						P
20	283	74 (1)	Jul 10	NYY	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.150	.244	.200	.444	9	1.42	0.096	3.85	0.16%	0.77	P
21	284	79 (4)	Jul 14 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	W,10-7	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		1		0	0	.136	.240	.182	.422	9	.85	0.034	2.61	0.06%	0.35	P
22	285	82 (2)	Jul 16 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	W,11-7	6-9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.130	.231	.174	.405	9	.02	-0.001	.05	0.00%	-0.42	P
23	286	85 (2)	Jul 19	NYY	@	DET	L,2-9	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.143	.236	.184	.420	9	.71	-0.045	.89	-0.03%	-0.36	P
24	287	86	Jul 21	NYY	@	DET	W,3-2	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.143	.236	.184	.420	9						P
25	288	90 (3)	Jul 26	NYY	@	PHA	W,4-3	CG	4	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.170	.254	.226	.481	9	.88	0.008	.41	0.00%	-0.14	P
26	289	95 (4)	Jul 30	NYY		CHW	W,5-3	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.179	.258	.232	.490	9	.97	-0.020	.32	0.00%	-0.27	P
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
27	290	99 (3)	Aug 5	NYY		SLB	W,9-8	GS-5	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.193	.270	.246	.515	9	1.05	0.043	.56	0.01%	0.40	P
28	291	101 (1)	Aug 7	NYY		SLB	L,10-12	6-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.190	.266	.241	.507	9	.68	-0.014	.16	0.00%	-0.22	P
29	292	105 (3)	Aug 11 (2)	NYY		DET	W,9-8	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.180	.254	.230	.483	9	1.30	-0.103	.48	-0.02%	-0.88	P
30	293	110 (4)	Aug 18	NYY	@	CHW	W,6-5	GS-9	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0		0	0	.175	.257	.222	.479	9	1.37	-0.071	.31	-0.01%	-0.48	P
31	294	116 (5)	Aug 25	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-5	GS-8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.185	.264	.231	.495	9	.64	-0.018	.10	0.00%	-0.12	P
32	295	120 (3)	Aug 31	NYY		WSH	W,4-2	CG	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.206	.280	.250	.530	9	.97	0.119	.08	0.01%	1.22	P
Sep/Oct		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
33	296	125 (4)	Sep 4	NYY	@	PHA	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.197	.269	.239	.509	9	.91	-0.069	.01	0.00%	-0.81	P
34	297	130 (4)	Sep 10	NYY		BOS	W,8-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.189	.268	.230	.498	9	.43	-0.047	.00	0.00%	-0.82	P
35	298	136 (5)	Sep 15	NYY		CHW	W,10-4	CG	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.197	.291	.237	.528	9	.87	-0.002	.00	0.00%	0.29	P
36	299	141 (4)	Sep 20	NYY		SLB	W,4-3	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.205	.303	.244	.547	9	.36	0.023	.00	0.00%	0.49	P
37	300	143 (1)	Sep 25	NYY		DET	L,4-5	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.205	.303	.244	.547	9						P
38	301	146 (2)	Sep 28	NYY	@	BOS	W,24-4	CG	6	6	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0				0	0	.226	.316	.262	.578	9						P
39	302	151 (4)	Oct 6	NYY		PHA	W,3-1	4-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.224	.313	.259	.571	9	.32	-0.009	.00	0.00%	-0.12	P
							30-9		99	85	13	19	3	0	0	5	10	0	28	1	3		1		0	0	.224	.313	.259	.571		.88	-0.427	2.33	-1.13%	-5.31

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