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

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

1925 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1925 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 15	NYY		WSH	L,2-5	GS	12	1.2	0	1	0	1	1
2	6 (3)	Apr 21	NYY		BOS	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
3	10 (3)	Apr 26	NYY	@	WSH	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	13 (2)	May 2	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-5	GS	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
5	15 (1)	May 4	NYY		PHA	L,7-8		4	0.2	0	1	0	1	0
6	17 (1)	May 6	NYY		PHA	L,2-6	GS	41	9.1	0	5	1	6	1
7	21 (3)	May 11	NYY	@	SLB	L,10-19		11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
8	25 (3)	May 15	NYY	@	CHW	W,6-5	GS	38	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
9	29 (3)	May 19	NYY	@	DET	L,5-11	GS	37	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
10	32 (2)	May 23	NYY	@	CLE	W,7-6	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
11	37 (4)	May 28 (2)	NYY		BOS	W,7-2	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	42 (4)	Jun 1	NYY		WSH	L,3-5	GS	35	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
13	44 (1)	Jun 3	NYY		WSH	W,6-4	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
14	47 (2)	Jun 6	NYY		SLB	W,11-9		23	4.2	0	1	0	1	0
15	50 (2)	Jun 10	NYY		CLE	W,6-5	GS	38	9.1	0	2	0	2	0
16	54 (3)	Jun 14	NYY		DET	W,8-3	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
17	56 (1)	Jun 17	NYY		DET	L,1-19	GF	16	4.0	0	2	0	2	0
18	60 (3)	Jun 21	NYY		CHW	L,2-9	GS	0	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
19	63 (2)	Jun 24	NYY	@	WSH	W,5-3	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
20	65 (1)	Jun 27 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	W,10-5	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
21	68 (2)	Jun 30	NYY	@	BOS	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	74 (5)	Jul 5	NYY	@	WSH	L,2-7	GS	0	4.1	0	1	1	2	0
23	77 (2)	Jul 8	NYY	@	SLB	W,6-4	GS	30	7.1	2	2	0	4	0
24	78	Jul 10 (1)	NYY	@	SLB	L,8-9		3	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
25	81 (2)	Jul 12	NYY	@	CHW	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
26	86 (4)	Jul 16	NYY	@	CLE	L,9-17	GS	20	3.0	1	2	0	3	1
27	89 (2)	Jul 19	NYY	@	DET	L,12-18	GS	0	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
28	90	Jul 20	NYY	@	DET	L,5-9	GF	5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
29	94 (3)	Jul 26 (2)	NYY		WSH	L,3-4	CG	0	11.0	0	2	0	2	0
30	96 (1)	Jul 29	NYY		SLB	W,8-7	GF	11	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	100 (3)	Aug 3	NYY		CLE	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
32	104 (3)	Aug 8 (1)	NYY		DET	L,3-9	GS	24	5.0	0	1	0	1	0
33	109 (4)	Aug 14	NYY	@	WSH	L,0-2	CG	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
34	114 (4)	Aug 21	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	38	8.2	0	3	0	3	0
35	117 (2)	Aug 24	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-5	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
36	118	Aug 25	NYY	@	CHW	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
37	120 (1)	Aug 27	NYY	@	CHW	L,5-6	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
38	123 (2)	Aug 30	NYY	@	SLB	L,6-7	GS	25	4.1	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	128 (4)	Sep 7	NYY	@	BOS	L,1-5	GS	32	7.0	0	1	0	1	0
40	133 (4)	Sep 10 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG	51	11.2	2	4	0	6	0
41	138 (4)	Sep 14	NYY	@	PHA	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	3	1	1	5	0
42	143 (4)	Sep 19 (1)	NYY		SLB	L,6-9	GS	30	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
43	146 (2)	Sep 22 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,11-6	GF	6	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
44	151 (4)	Sep 27 (1)	NYY		DET	L,5-10	GS	18	3.2	0	0	0	0	0
							44gm		247.0	17	56	3	76	4