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	14-15 / in Starts: 11-12
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	7 games
Most Games w/o HR	22 games
Most Games w/o RBI	7 games
Grand Slams	0 in 0 bases loaded PA and 0 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 60 PAs	5
Actual Runners on Base	28 (17-6-5)
Avg. MLBer w/ 60 PAs	7
Avg. Runners on Base	40 (20-12-7)

Most Driven In
O Bluege	3
J Kuhel	1
R Spencer	1

Most Driven In By
H Manush	2
S Rice	2
S West	1
J Cronin	1
D Harris	1

1931 Batting Game Log

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1931 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	556	4 (3)	Apr 18	WSH		PHA	W,2-1	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.98	-0.052	2.66	-0.09%	-0.54	P
2	557	9 (4)	Apr 24	WSH	@	PHA	L,7-10	GS-7	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.65	-0.046	1.80	-0.08%	-0.58	P
3	558	12 (2)	Apr 27	WSH		NYY	W,9-8	10-11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	8						PR
4	559	13	Apr 28	WSH		NYY	T,7-7	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.60	-0.086	4.64	-0.15%	-0.75	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	560	19 (5)	May 4	WSH	@	NYY	W,7-3	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1		0		0	0	.000	.111	.000	.111	9	.94	-0.017	2.53	-0.03%	-0.25	P
6	561	20	May 5	WSH	@	NYY	L,8-18	3-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.111	.000	.111	8						PR
7	562	21	May 6	WSH	@	NYY	L,7-10	8-8	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.111	.000	.111	9		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
8	563	23 (1)	May 10	WSH	@	DET	W,7-4	GS-7	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.111	.273	.111	.384	9	.91	0.072	2.13	0.10%	0.69	P
9	564	26 (2)	May 14	WSH	@	CLE	W,5-4	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.154	.267	.231	.497	9	.88	0.100	2.62	0.18%	1.06	P
10	565	30 (3)	May 17 (2)	WSH	@	SLB	W,4-2	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.154	.267	.231	.497	8						PR
11	566	31	May 20	WSH	@	CHW	W,2-0	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.133	.278	.200	.478	9	.83	-0.011	2.79	-0.02%	0.03	P
12	567	34 (2)	May 24	WSH		BOS	W,10-9	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.133	.278	.200	.478	9						P
13	568	35	May 26	WSH	@	BOS	L,4-6	GS-9	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.176	.333	.235	.569	9	1.29	0.061	4.01	0.11%	0.64	P
14	569	39 (3)	May 30 (1)	WSH		NYY	W,3-2	GS-0	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0	0	.200	.333	.250	.583	9						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
15	570	45 (5)	Jun 5	WSH		DET	L,0-1	CG(11)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.208	.321	.250	.571	9	1.48	-0.090	4.80	-0.18%	-0.32	P
16	571	50 (4)	Jun 10	WSH		CLE	W,9-4	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.310	.240	.550	9	.99	-0.026	3.40	-0.05%	-0.27	P
17	572	58 (7)	Jun 19	WSH	@	CLE	L,6-9	GS-6	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.222	.323	.259	.582	9	1.22	-0.033	5.05	-0.08%	-0.12	P
18	573	70 (11)	Jun 29	WSH	@	CHW	L,7-9	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.214	.313	.250	.563	9	.74	-0.019	3.13	-0.05%	-0.18	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
19	574	89 (18)	Jul 18	WSH		DET	W,5-2	GS-8	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.258	.343	.290	.633	9	1.16	0.057	2.72	0.08%	0.75	P
20	575	94 (4)	Jul 23	WSH		SLB	L,4-6	GS-6	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.273	.351	.303	.654	9	.48	0.013	.69	0.01%	0.16	P
21	576	98 (3)	Jul 28	WSH		CLE	W,8-1	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1		0		0	0	.257	.350	.286	.636	9	.37	0.002	.23	0.00%	-0.01	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
22	577	102 (3)	Aug 2	WSH		PHA	W,10-6	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.257	.350	.286	.636	9						P
23	578	103	Aug 3 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	L,2-3	GS-3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.278	.366	.306	.671	9	.99	0.038	1.39	0.03%	0.41	P
24	579	111 (7)	Aug 14	WSH	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	4	3	2	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.422	.385	.807	9	1.38	0.279	.42	0.05%	1.81	P
25	580	116 (4)	Aug 19 (1)	WSH	@	CLE	L,5-10	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0	0	.317	.404	.366	.770	9	1.48	-0.094	.42	-0.02%	-0.90	P
26	581	124 (7)	Aug 26	WSH	@	DET	L,4-5	GS-2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.310	.396	.357	.753	9	.93	-0.025	.01	0.00%	-0.27	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
27	582	129 (4)	Sep 1	WSH	@	PHA	W,5-1	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0	0	.311	.392	.356	.748	9	.80	0.019	.00	0.00%	-0.13	P
28	583	137 (7)	Sep 8	WSH	@	PHA	L,1-10	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.313	.389	.354	.743	9	.85	0.044	.00	0.00%	0.29	P
29	584	140 (2)	Sep 12	WSH		CLE	L,4-7	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.313	.389	.354	.743	9						P
30	585	147 (6)	Sep 19	WSH		DET	L,2-3	13-GF(13)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.313	.389	.354	.743	8						PR
							14-15		60	48	8	15	2	0	0	5	5	0	10	1	6		0		0	0	.313	.389	.354	.743		1.01	0.186	2.12	-0.17%	1.49

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