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	17-20 / in Starts: 17-11
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	6 games
Most Games w/o HR	19 games
Most Games w/o RBI	8 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 0 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 95 PAs	11
Actual Runners on Base	43 (23-14-6) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 95 PAs	11
Avg. Runners on Base	63 (31-19-11)

Most Driven In
B Harris	2
E Kenna	1
J Cronin	1
B Tate	1
J Hayes	1
Self	1

Most Driven In By
S West	3
S Rice	2
G Goslin	2
J Judge	2
R Barnes	1
Self	1

1928 Batting Game Log

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1928 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	461	9 (8)	Apr 22	WSH		BOS	L,5-8	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0					9						P
2	462	12 (2)	Apr 26	WSH		PHA	L,0-10	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.01	0.000	.03	0.00%	-0.25	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
3	463	15 (2)	May 1	WSH		NYY	L,5-8	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	6						PR
4	464	16	May 2	WSH		NYY	W,9-5	GS-8	3	3	2	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.500	.500	1.250	1.750	9	.47	0.040	.82	0.04%	1.47	P
5	465	19 (2)	May 6	WSH		SLB	L,6-7	9-10	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.500	.500	1.250	1.750	9		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
6	466	20	May 7	WSH		SLB	L,2-15	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.500	.500	1.250	1.750	9						P
7	467	23 (2)	May 11	WSH		DET	W,9-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.375	.375	.750	1.125	9	.34	0.057	.37	0.04%	0.30	P
8	468	28 (4)	May 17	WSH		CLE	L,3-8	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.300	.300	.600	.900	9	1.04	-0.052	1.09	-0.03%	-0.56	P
9	469	29	May 19	WSH		CLE	L,7-9	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.300	.300	.600	.900	5						PR
10	470	33 (3)	May 22	WSH	@	PHA	L,6-7	GS-9	4	4	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.357	.357	.786	1.143	9	1.13	0.101	.45	0.02%	0.84	P
11	471	38 (4)	May 29 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.294	.294	.647	.941	9	1.61	-0.151	.48	-0.03%	-0.85	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
12	472	48 (9)	Jun 12	WSH	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.300	.333	.600	.933	9	1.87	0.072	.29	0.01%	0.86	P
13	473	53 (4)	Jun 17	WSH	@	DET	W,12-0	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	1	2	0		1	0	1				0	0	.304	.333	.696	1.029	9						P
14	474	59 (5)	Jun 23 (1)	WSH		PHA	L,3-6	GS-9	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1		0		0	0	.304	.385	.696	1.080	9	1.93	0.052	.29	0.01%	0.42	P
15	475	67 (7)	Jun 28 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.308	.379	.692	1.072	9	.92	-0.009	.10	0.00%	-0.14	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
16	476	74 (6)	Jul 4 (1)	WSH		NYY	W,5-2	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.355	.643	.998	9	.31	-0.014	.00	0.00%	-0.59	P
17	477	79 (4)	Jul 9	WSH		CHW	L,1-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.267	.333	.600	.933	9	.74	-0.038	.00	0.00%	-0.34	P
18	478	82 (2)	Jul 11	WSH		CLE	L,1-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.267	.333	.600	.933	9						PR
19	479	85 (2)	Jul 15	WSH		SLB	L,4-6	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.314	.563	.877	9	1.67	-0.064	.01	0.00%	-0.57	P
20	480	90 (4)	Jul 20	WSH		DET	W,7-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1		0	0	0				0	0	.229	.308	.514	.822	9						P
21	481	95 (4)	Jul 25 (2)	WSH	@	SLB	L,5-6	CG(12)	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.225	.295	.475	.770	9	1.45	-0.123	.00	0.00%	-0.49	P
22	482	101 (5)	Jul 29 (1)	WSH	@	CHW	W,8-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0	0	.227	.292	.455	.746	9						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
23	483	105 (3)	Aug 1	WSH	@	DET	L,5-10	9-GF	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.244	.306	.489	.795	9	.07	0.005	.00	0.00%	0.43	PH
24	484	107 (1)	Aug 3	WSH	@	DET	W,9-3	CG	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.229	.302	.458	.760	9	1.32	-0.005	.00	0.00%	-0.07	P
25	485	111 (3)	Aug 7	WSH	@	CLE	W,8-0	CG	5	5	2	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.264	.328	.491	.818	9	.49	0.125	.00	0.00%	1.94	P
26	486	115 (3)	Aug 14	WSH		SLB	W,3-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.311	.464	.776	9	.67	-0.026	.00	0.00%	-1.16	P
27	487	120 (4)	Aug 19	WSH		DET	L,6-9	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.246	.306	.456	.763	9	1.29	-0.030	.00	0.00%	-0.37	P
28	488	124 (3)	Aug 25 (1)	WSH		CLE	L,9-10	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.246	.306	.456	.763	9						P
29	489	127 (2)	Aug 27	WSH		CLE	L,3-5	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.246	.306	.456	.763	9						PR
30	490	128	Aug 30	WSH		NYY	W,3-1	CG	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2		0		0	0	.241	.302	.448	.750	9	1.04	-0.048	.00	0.00%	-0.60	P
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
31	491	129	Sep 1	WSH		NYY	L,3-8	6-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.241	.302	.448	.750	8						PR
32	492	134 (4)	Sep 5 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.233	.303	.433	.736	9	1.52	0.038	.00	0.00%	-0.05	P
33	493	139 (4)	Sep 9 (1)	WSH		BOS	L,2-3	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0	0	.238	.304	.429	.733	9						P
34	494	143 (3)	Sep 16	WSH	@	DET	W,11-7	CG	5	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.254	.324	.448	.772	9	.42	0.092	.00	0.00%	0.24	P
35	495	147 (3)	Sep 21 (2)	WSH	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0	0	.239	.308	.423	.730	9						P
36	496	151 (3)	Sep 25	WSH	@	CHW	W,3-0	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.253	.317	.427	.744	9	.51	0.016	.00	0.00%	-0.12	P
37	497	155 (3)	Sep 30	WSH	@	SLB	W,9-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0	0	.253	.314	.418	.732	9						P
							17-20		95	79	13	20	5	1	2	11	6	0	9	1	7		1		0	0	.253	.314	.418	.732		.99	0.038	.17	0.05%	0.32

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