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.

1960 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1960 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 12	SFG		STL	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
2	4 (2)	Apr 16	SFG		CHC	W,6-1	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
3	8 (3)	Apr 22	SFG	@	CHC	W,10-8	GS	24	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
4	12 (3)	Apr 26	SFG	@	STL	L,2-4	GS	8	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
5	14 (1)	Apr 29	SFG	@	LAD	L,2-10	GS	26	5.0	0	0	1	1	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	19 (4)	May 6	SFG		PIT	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
7	23 (3)	May 11	SFG		PHI	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
8	28 (4)	May 16	SFG	@	CIN	L,2-9	GS	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
9	31 (2)	May 20	SFG	@	PIT	L,4-5	GS	32	7.0	0	3	1	4	0	P
10	34 (2)	May 24	SFG	@	PHI	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	P
11	39 (4)	May 29	SFG	@	STL	L,1-4	GS	22	4.2	0	4	0	4	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	43 (3)	Jun 1	SFG		CHC	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
13	47 (3)	Jun 5	SFG		STL	L,4-9	GS	28	5.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
14	49 (1)	Jun 8	SFG		CIN	W,2-1	GF	3	0.2	0	0	1	1	0	P
15	51 (1)	Jun 10	SFG		MLN	W,5-0	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	P
16	55 (3)	Jun 14	SFG		PIT	L,3-6	GS	23	5.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
17	59 (3)	Jun 18	SFG		PHI	W,7-4	GS	33	8.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
18	62 (2)	Jun 21 (2)	SFG	@	MLN	L,1-2	GF	4	0.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
19	64 (1)	Jun 23	SFG	@	MLN	L,4-8	GS	30	5.2	0	0	1	1	0	P
20	68 (3)	Jun 28	SFG	@	PIT	T,7-7	GS	14	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	72 (3)	Jul 3	SFG	@	PHI	W,11-5	GS	23	5.0	0	1	0	1	1	P
22	77 (4)	Jul 7	SFG		STL	L,3-7	GS	13	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
23	80 (2)	Jul 10	SFG		CHC	W,5-3	GF	14	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
24	81	Jul 15	SFG		LAD	L,3-5	GS	13	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
25	83 (1)	Jul 17	SFG		LAD	W,5-4		1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
26	85 (1)	Jul 20	SFG		PHI	W,3-1	GS	34	8.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
27	90 (4)	Jul 26	SFG		MLN	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	P
28	95 (4)	Jul 31	SFG		CIN	W,6-2	CG	30	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	100 (4)	Aug 5	SFG	@	PIT	L,0-1	CG	33	8.0	0	1	1	2	0	P
30	105 (4)	Aug 10	SFG	@	CIN	L,3-5	GS	32	7.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
31	109 (3)	Aug 14	SFG	@	MLN	L,0-3	GS	25	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
32	114 (4)	Aug 20	SFG	@	CHC	L,5-9	GS	19	3.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
33	120 (5)	Aug 25	SFG		CIN	W,8-5	GS	38	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
34	125 (4)	Aug 30	SFG		PHI	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	130 (4)	Sep 4	SFG		LAD	W,8-3	GS	28	6.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
36	136 (5)	Sep 9 (1)	SFG	@	CIN	W,4-2	GS	28	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
37	143 (6)	Sep 15	SFG	@	PHI	W,8-6	GS	29	5.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
38	149 (5)	Sep 20	SFG	@	CHC	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
39	154 (4)	Sep 30	SFG		STL	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
							39gm		234.0	6	34	5	45	1