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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Team Record in Appearances: 30-9 / in Starts: 21-6

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 35, Entered with runners on base: 6

1923 Pitching Game Log

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1923 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
1	252	3	Apr 20	NYY		BOS	W,4-3	8-GF	W(1-0)	99	2.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	4.54	6		0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.64	0.13%
2	253	4	Apr 21	NYY		BOS	W,7-6	9-GF	S(1)	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4.04	4		0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	13.57	0.66%
3	254	7	Apr 24	NYY		WSH	W,4-0	SHO	W(2-0)	2	9.0	5	0	0	1	4	0	0	0.00	2.87	33	80	0	0	0	32	3	1	0	0	0	0	1.81	0.60%
4	255	12	Apr 30	NYY	@	WSH	W,17-4	CG	W(3-0)	5	9.0	10	4	4	4	5	0	0	1.71	3.04	39	52	0	0	0	33	2	2	0	0	0	0	2.14	-0.23%
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
5	256	16	May 4	NYY		PHA	L,6-8	9-GF(10)	L(3-1)	3	1.1	2	2	2	0	0	0	1	2.42	3.17	7		0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	11.48	-0.67%
6	257	18	May 6	NYY		PHA	L,1-5	GS-6	L(3-2)	1	6.0	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	2.22	3.25	25	49	0	1	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	1	3.47	-0.33%
7	258	22	May 13	NYY	@	DET	L,1-4	CG(8)	L(3-3)	6	8.0	6	4	4	2	3	0	0	2.72	3.20	31	55	0	0	0	29	3	0	0	1	0	1	3.19	-0.45%
8	259	26	May 17	NYY	@	SLB	W,9-2	8-GF	S(2)	3	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.58	3.14	6		0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.62	0.06%
9	260	29	May 20	NYY	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	W(4-3)	2	9.0	9	2	2	0	3	0	0	2.47	2.99	35	64	0	0	0	35	4	0	0	1	0	0	6.58	1.44%
10	261	35	May 27	NYY	@	WSH	W,8-1	CG	W(5-3)	6	9.0	6	1	1	2	2	0	0	2.24	3.04	35	71	0	0	0	33	1	1	0	1	0	0	3.47	0.75%
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
11	262	40	Jun 1	NYY		BOS	L,0-5	GS-8	L(5-4)	4	8.0	10	5	5	2	3	2	0	2.66	3.44	34	43	1	1	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	4.14	-0.18%
12	263	43	Jun 5	NYY		CHW	W,7-6	9-10	BS(1)	3	1.1	5	3	3	1	0	1	0	3.02	3.68	10		0	0	0	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	13.79	-1.54%
13	264	45	Jun 8	NYY		CHW	L,3-7	GS-3	L(5-5)	2	2.0	4	4	4	3	1	1	0	3.46	3.95	13	30	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.86	-0.87%
14	265	47	Jun 10	NYY		CLE	W,8-7	6-GF	W(6-5)	1	4.0	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.39	3.90	15		0	0	0	15	0	0	0	1	0	0	6.16	0.94%
15	266	56	Jun 19	NYY		DET	W,6-5	CG	W(7-5)	8	9.0	12	5	4	3	0	0	1	3.46	3.95	43	42	0	0	0	38	1	0	0	0	0	0	6.52	0.83%
16	267	60	Jun 25	NYY	@	BOS	W,14-6	GS-8	W(8-5)	5	7.2	11	6	5	2	0	0	0	3.67	3.94	36	33	0	1	0	34	2	0	0	0	0	1	4.90	0.09%
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
17	268	65	Jul 1	NYY		PHA	W,4-0	SHO	W(9-5)	5	9.0	5	0	0	5	3	0	0	3.33	3.95	35	75	0	0	0	30	1	0	0	2	0	0	5.75	1.44%
18	269	69	Jul 4(2)	NYY		WSH	W,12-2	CG	W(10-5)	2	9.0	8	2	2	2	4	0	0	3.22	3.86	39	65	0	0	0	36	2	0	0	1	1	3	1.90	0.35%
19	270	72	Jul 8	NYY	@	SLB	W,6-4	9-GF	S(3)	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.19	3.86	5		0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	11.32	0.19%
20	271	74	Jul 10	NYY	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	W(11-5)	1	9.0	6	2	2	2	3	0	0	3.09	3.79	36	68	0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	1	1	3.99	0.89%
21	272	79	Jul 14(2)	NYY	@	CLE	W,10-7	CG	W(12-5)	3	9.0	13	7	7	1	2	1	0	3.38	3.83	41	34	0	0	0	39	4	0	0	0	1	0	3.15	0.02%
22	273	82	Jul 16(2)	NYY	@	CLE	W,11-7	6-9		1	3.1	8	6	5	2	1	0	0	3.64	3.85	18		0	1	0	16	1	1	0	1	0	0	.28	0.01%
23	274	85	Jul 19	NYY	@	DET	L,2-9	GS-7	L(12-6)	2	6.1	13	8	8	2	1	0	2	4.00	3.88	33	14	0	0	0	28	2	1	1	2	1	0	1.31	-0.17%
24	275	86	Jul 21	NYY	@	DET	W,3-2	8-GF	S(4)	1	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.96	3.87	4		0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.12	0.38%
25	276	90	Jul 26	NYY	@	PHA	W,4-3	CG	W(13-6)	4	9.0	8	3	3	1	2	1	0	3.90	3.90	35	60	0	0	0	34	2	1	0	1	0	0	.75	0.12%
26	277	95	Jul 30	NYY		CHW	W,5-3	CG	W(14-6)	3	9.0	6	3	2	3	6	2	0	3.79	4.00	35	68	0	1	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	1	.33	0.07%
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
27	278	99	Aug 5	NYY		SLB	W,9-8	GS-5		5	4.1	6	6	6	2	2	2	0	4.03	4.15	21	27	0	0	0	19	0	2	0	0	0	0	.48	-0.13%
28	279	101	Aug 7	NYY		SLB	L,10-12	6-8		1	3.0	8	4	4	0	1	0	1	4.18	4.14	18		0	0	0	15	2	0	0	0	1	0	.09	-0.03%
29	280	105	Aug 11(2)	NYY		DET	W,9-8	GS-8		3	8.0	6	4	3	3	2	0	0	4.14	4.12	32	55	1	0	0	29	3	0	0	0	0	0	.44	-0.01%
30	281	110	Aug 18	NYY	@	CHW	W,6-5	GS-8	W(15-6)	6	8.0	12	5	5	2	4	1	1	4.20	4.15	37	40	0	0	0	32	4	0	0	0	1	1	.22	-0.03%
31	282	116	Aug 25	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-5	GS-7	L(15-7)	6	7.0	8	4	3	4	2	0	0	4.19	4.15	30	45	0	1	0	26	2	0	1	1	0	0	.13	-0.02%
32	283	120	Aug 31	NYY		WSH	W,4-2	CG	W(16-7)	5	9.0	11	2	2	2	3	0	0	4.09	4.10	38	58	0	1	0	35	1	0	0	0	0	1	.10	0.02%
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
33	284	125	Sep 4	NYY	@	PHA	W,2-0	SHO	W(17-7)	3	9.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.91	4.06	29	86	0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	1	.01	0.01%
34	285	130	Sep 10	NYY		BOS	W,8-1	CG	W(18-7)	5	9.0	2	1	0	4	2	0	0	3.74	4.06	31	79	0	1	0	27	0	1	0	1	0	1	.00	0.00%
35	286	136	Sep 15	NYY		CHW	W,10-4	CG	W(19-7)	4	9.0	9	4	3	4	3	0	0	3.71	4.04	40	54	1	0	0	34	2	1	0	0	1	0	.00	0.00%
36	287	141	Sep 20	NYY		SLB	W,4-3	CG	W(20-7)	4	9.0	9	3	2	3	3	0	0	3.64	4.02	40	59	1	0	0	37	1	0	0	0	0	1	.00	0.00%
37	288	143	Sep 25	NYY		DET	L,4-5	9-GF	BL(20-8)	4	1.0	4	3	3	1	0	0	0	3.75	4.03	8		0	0	0	7	1	0	1	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
38	289	146	Sep 28	NYY	@	BOS	W,24-4	CG	W(21-8)	2	9.0	11	4	4	1	1	0	0	3.76	3.99	40	49				39	3	0	0		0
39	290	151	Oct 6	NYY		PHA	W,3-1	4-6		7	3.0	4	1	1	2	1	0	0	3.75	4.00	13		0	0	0	11	1	0	0	1	0	0	.00	0.00%
							30-9		W-L:21-8,Sv:4,BSv:2	3.4	242.2	248	114	101	70	69	11	6	3.75	4.00	1030	54	4	8	0	934	55	11	3	16	8	13	2.48	4.36%

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