Sam Jones

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 192lb (193cm, 87kg)

Born: December 14, 1925 in Stewartsville, OH us

Died: November 5, 1971 in Morgantown, WV

Buried: Woodlawn Cemetery, Fairmont, WV

High School: Dunbar HS (Fairmont, WV)

Debut: 1947 (10,206th in major league history)

AL/NL Debut: September 22, 1951 (Age 25-282d)
vs. DET 0.2 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: October 3, 1964 (Age 38-294d)
vs. DET 1.1 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1952 season (Exceeded AL/NL rookie limits during 1955 season)

Full Name: Samuel Jones

Nicknames: Toothpick Sam

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

17.8

103

104

ERA

3.63

327

225

1669.1

1393

WHIP

1.364

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	17-11 / in Starts: 16-11
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	5 games
Most Games w/o HR	23 games
Most Games w/o RBI	9 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 1 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 70 PAs	3
Actual Runners on Base	35 (19-10-6)
Avg. MLBer w/ 70 PAs	7
Avg. Runners on Base	43 (22-13-6)

Most Driven In
W Moon	1
H Landrith	1
B Smith	1

Most Driven In By
D Blasingame	1
S Musial	1

1957 Batting Game Log

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1957 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	91	4 (3)	Apr 21 (2)	STL		CHC	W,6-3	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	9	.41	0.002	.94	0.00%	-0.40	P
2	92	10 (5)	Apr 30	STL	@	PIT	W,6-5	GS-9	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.400	.250	.650	9	.70	0.040	1.54	0.05%	0.55	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	93	16 (5)	May 5 (2)	STL	@	PHI	W,2-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.333	.250	.583	9	.76	0.011	1.92	0.02%	-0.09	P
4	94	19 (2)	May 10	STL		MLN	L,5-10	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.333	.250	.583	9						P
5	95	24 (4)	May 15	STL		NYG	W,6-5	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.333	.250	.583	9						P
6	96	26 (1)	May 17	STL		PHI	L,3-5	GS-8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.364	.300	.664	9	.52	0.000	1.22	0.00%	0.03	P
7	97	31 (4)	May 24	STL	@	CIN	W,9-6	GS-4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.385	.273	.657	9	1.62	-0.067	2.08	-0.05%	-0.55	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
8	98	52 (20)	Jun 15	STL	@	BRO	W,6-5	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.313	.214	.527	9	.47	-0.038	1.71	-0.08%	-0.60	P
9	99	56 (3)	Jun 19 (1)	STL		PIT	W,5-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.176	.263	.176	.440	9	1.13	-0.074	4.43	-0.17%	-0.88	P
10	100	62 (5)	Jun 24	STL		BRO	L,3-10	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.158	.238	.158	.396	9	.40	-0.020	2.20	-0.07%	-0.21	P
11	101	66 (3)	Jun 29	STL		NYG	L,0-1	GS-11	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.174	.240	.174	.414	9	1.35	-0.088	6.12	-0.24%	-0.36	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
12	102	73 (6)	Jul 4 (2)	STL	@	CHC	W,4-3	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.192	.250	.192	.442	9	1.51	-0.030	6.30	-0.08%	-0.40	P
13	103	76 (2)	Jul 7 (1)	STL		CIN	W,3-2	8-GF(10)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.179	.233	.179	.412	9	3.38	-0.182	24.00	-0.78%	-0.73	P
14	104	79 (2)	Jul 12	STL	@	NYG	W,5-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.188	.235	.188	.423	9	.38	-0.030	2.12	-0.10%	-0.36	P
15	105	84 (4)	Jul 17	STL	@	BRO	W,7-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.211	.167	.377	9	.27	-0.028	1.56	-0.10%	-0.64	P
16	106	90 (5)	Jul 23	STL		BRO	L,0-1	GS-8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.184	.225	.184	.409	9	1.33	0.036	8.39	0.14%	0.15	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
17	107	100 (9)	Aug 1	STL		NYG	W,8-0	CG	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.195	.227	.220	.447	9	.59	0.005	3.70	0.02%	-0.03	P
18	108	105 (4)	Aug 6	STL		CHC	L,2-8	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.186	.217	.209	.427	9	1.43	-0.069	9.77	-0.29%	-0.52	P
19	109	110 (4)	Aug 11	STL		MLN	L,1-5	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.186	.217	.209	.427	9						P
20	110	113 (2)	Aug 15	STL	@	CHC	L,1-4	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.174	.204	.196	.400	9	.68	-0.054	1.38	-0.07%	-0.47	P
21	111	118 (4)	Aug 20 (1)	STL	@	NYG	W,4-3	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.184	.212	.204	.416	9	.63	-0.047	1.83	-0.08%	-0.48	P
22	112	124 (5)	Aug 25	STL	@	BRO	L,5-6	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.173	.200	.192	.392	9	.81	-0.063	2.50	-0.12%	-0.47	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
23	113	129 (4)	Sep 1	STL	@	CHC	W,3-2	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.164	.190	.182	.371	9	.67	-0.047	.84	-0.04%	-0.66	P
24	114	134 (4)	Sep 5	STL		MLN	W,10-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.155	.180	.172	.353	9	.42	-0.078	.68	-0.08%	-1.63	P
25	115	138 (3)	Sep 10	STL		PHI	W,4-3	GS-8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.190	.183	.374	9	.69	0.045	1.37	0.05%	0.69	P
26	116	143 (4)	Sep 15 (2)	STL		PIT	W,11-3	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.159	.182	.175	.356	9	.17	-0.013	.78	-0.04%	-0.69	P
27	117	147 (3)	Sep 21	STL	@	CIN	L,8-9	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.159	.182	.175	.356	9						P
28	118	150 (2)	Sep 24	STL	@	MLN	L,1-6	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.159	.182	.175	.356	9						P
							17-11		70	63	2	10	1	0	0	3	1	0	24	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	.159	.182	.175	.356		.82	-0.789	3.38	-2.08%	-8.75

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