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

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

1959 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1959 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 11	SFG	@	STL	W,5-2	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
2	6 (3)	Apr 16	SFG		CHC	L,3-11	GS	29	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
3	10 (3)	Apr 20	SFG	@	LAD	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	P
4	12 (1)	Apr 22	SFG	@	LAD	W,6-3	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
5	14 (1)	Apr 25	SFG	@	CHC	L,3-5	GS	19	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	17 (2)	May 1	SFG	@	MLN	W,6-4	GS	31	7.2	1	0	0	1	0	P
7	21 (3)	May 5	SFG	@	CIN	L,2-5	GS	26	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
8	24 (2)	May 9	SFG		LAD	L,5-6	GS	15	2.1	0	2	0	2	0	P
9	28 (3)	May 13	SFG		PHI	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
10	33 (4)	May 18	SFG		MLN	L,2-4	GS	30	5.2	0	2	0	2	0	P
11	35 (1)	May 20	SFG		MLN	W,6-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
12	37 (1)	May 23	SFG	@	LAD	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	P
13	42 (4)	May 28	SFG		STL	W,5-4	GS	21	4.0	0	0	1	1	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	46 (3)	Jun 1	SFG	@	MLN	W,11-2	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
15	51 (4)	Jun 6	SFG	@	CIN	W,13-3	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
16	56 (4)	Jun 10	SFG	@	PIT	W,11-7	GS	34	6.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
17	60 (3)	Jun 14 (1)	SFG	@	PHI	L,5-7	GS	27	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
18	62 (1)	Jun 16	SFG		CIN	L,1-2		2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
19	63	Jun 17	SFG		CIN	W,7-5	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
20	65 (1)	Jun 19	SFG		MLN	W,4-3	CG	40	10.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
21	69 (3)	Jun 23	SFG		PIT	L,1-5	GS	35	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
22	73 (3)	Jun 27	SFG		PHI	L,4-7		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
23	76 (2)	Jun 30	SFG	@	LAD	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
24	81 (4)	Jul 5 (2)	SFG	@	STL	W,4-2	GS	33	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
25	82	Jul 9	SFG	@	CIN	W,3-2	GF	6	1.1	0	2	0	2	0	P
26	83	Jul 10	SFG	@	CIN	W,8-6		9	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
27	86 (2)	Jul 13	SFG	@	MLN	L,0-3	GS	27	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
28	89 (2)	Jul 17	SFG	@	PIT	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
29	93 (3)	Jul 21	SFG		LAD	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
30	96 (2)	Jul 24	SFG		CHC	W,6-5	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
31	99 (2)	Jul 28	SFG		PHI	L,2-3	GS	23	5.0	1	1	0	2	1	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	103 (3)	Aug 1	SFG		PIT	W,9-5	GS	33	6.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
33	107 (3)	Aug 6	SFG		MLN	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
34	111 (3)	Aug 10	SFG	@	STL	W,3-2	GS	24	6.0	1	2	0	3	0	P
35	114 (2)	Aug 14	SFG	@	CHC	L,5-7	GS	28	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
36	116 (1)	Aug 16	SFG	@	CHC	L,4-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
37	117	Aug 17	SFG	@	CIN	W,6-3	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
38	120 (2)	Aug 20	SFG	@	MLN	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
39	124 (3)	Aug 24	SFG	@	PIT	L,0-6	GS	16	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
40	129 (4)	Aug 28	SFG	@	LAD	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	P
41	130	Aug 30	SFG	@	LAD	L,6-7	GF	4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	132 (1)	Sep 2	SFG		CHC	W,4-3	GF	4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
43	134 (1)	Sep 4	SFG		CHC	L,1-2	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
44	137 (2)	Sep 7	SFG		STL	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	P
45	141 (3)	Sep 12	SFG		PHI	W,9-1	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
46	145 (3)	Sep 16	SFG		MLN	L,0-2	GS	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
47	146	Sep 17	SFG		MLN	W,13-6	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
48	149 (2)	Sep 20	SFG		LAD	L,2-8	GS	20	3.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
49	150	Sep 22	SFG	@	CHC	L,4-5	GF	8	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
50	152 (1)	Sep 26	SFG	@	STL	W,4-0	CG	23	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
							50gm		270.2	10	34	3	47	2