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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Team Record in Appearances: 6-24 / in Starts: 1-5

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 22, Entered with runners on base: 13

1962 Pitching Game Log

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1962 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	280	10	Apr 25	DET		KCA	L,8-9	5-6		99	1.1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.00	1.87	5	2	0	0	0	0		3	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.20	-0.009	.46	-0.01%	0.30	5t 123 2 out d5	6t 3 out d6
2	281	11	Apr 26	DET		KCA	W,11-7	2-5		0	3.2	5	2	2	1	5	2	0	3.60	6.22	17	3	3	1	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	.81	-0.056	1.77	-0.07%	-0.18	2t --- 1 out d2	5t 3 out d3
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
3	282	16	May 2	DET	@	KCA	L,8-12	2-4		5	1.2	4	4	4	2	2	2	1	8.10	9.97	12	3	0	0	0	4		1	1	0	0	0	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	.71	-0.292	1.82	-0.45%	-4.01	2b 1-- 2 out d3	4b --- 1 out d4
4	283	23	May 10	DET	@	LAA	L,4-6	7-7		7	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	7.04	8.49	3	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.75	0.058	1.59	0.07%	1.46	7b 12- 0 out d2	7b 3 out d2
5	284	25	May 12	DET		BOS	L,1-5	7-7		1	1.0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	6.23	7.58	5	3	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	.56	-0.057	1.10	-0.07%	-0.49	7t --- 0 out d2	7t 3 out d3
6	285	31	May 20(1)	DET	@	CLE	L,6-7	6-7		7	2.0	4	1	1	1	3	1	0	5.91	7.59	10	2	0	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	.97	0.037	1.49	0.03%	-0.04	6b --- 0 out d2	7b 3 out tie
7	286	37	May 27(1)	DET	@	NYY	L,1-4	7-7	BS(1)	6	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.91	7.59	1	0	0	0	0	1		3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.20	-0.213	16.36	-0.34%	-1.00	7b 123 2 out a1	7b 123 2 out tie
8	287	42	May 30(2)	DET		CHW	L,3-6	GS-5	L(0-1)	2	4.2	8	4	4	4	3	0	0	6.46	6.46	26	6	5	0	0	8	31			0	0	0	19	2	0	1	0	1	0	1.20	-0.244	3.60	-0.44%	-1.87	1t start tie	5t 12- 2 out d2
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
9	288	50	Jun 8(1)	DET	@	WSA	W,7-6	5-5		8	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.06	6.23	3	2	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.27	0.020	.78	0.04%	0.49	5b --- 0 out d3	5b 3 out d3
10	289	57	Jun 16	DET		BOS	L,2-4	3-5		7	2.1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	5.30	5.56	7	3	2	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.30	0.055	.50	0.06%	1.36	3t -2- 2 out d4	5t 3 out d4
11	290	64	Jun 23(1)	DET		NYY	L,4-8	4-8		6	5.0	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	4.18	4.90	18	6	7	2	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	1	0	.09	0.003	.17	0.00%	1.57	4t 12- 0 out d6	8t 3 out d5
12	291	69	Jun 26(2)	DET		CLE	L,1-3	GS-12	L(0-2)	2	11.0	12	2	2	3	10	0	0	3.38	3.86	46	8	13	0	1	12	72			1	0	0	43	0	0	0	2	0	1	1.82	0.744	3.15	0.77%	4.27	1t start tie	12t 1-- 0 out tie
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
13	292	75	Jul 2	DET		CHW	W,2-1	CG	W(1-2)	5	9.0	6	1	1	2	10	1	0	2.89	3.58	35	7	10	0	0	6	79			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.45	0.593	3.06	0.75%	3.63	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
14	293	81	Jul 7	DET		BAL	L,6-7	GS-7		4	6.1	4	4	4	2	7	1	1	3.24	3.62	26	2	10	0	0	4	54			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	.97	0.105	1.42	0.09%	1.01	1t start tie	7t 123 1 out a3
15	294	87	Jul 15	DET	@	CHW	L,3-5	GS-6		7	5.1	6	3	3	2	1	0	0	3.42	3.59	24	8	7	0	0	6	43			1	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.38	-0.184	1.90	-0.15%	-0.71	1b start tie	6b -2- 1 out d2
16	295	93	Jul 22	DET	@	KCA	L,3-11	GS-3	L(1-3)	6	2.2	5	6	2	4	1	2	0	3.57	4.17	16	4	2	0	0	5	29			1	0	0	11	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.12	-0.369	.53	-0.11%	-4.56	1b start a 1	3b --- 2 out d5
17	296	94	Jul 23	DET	@	MIN	L,1-8	5-6		0	1.2	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	3.47	4.14	7	2	2	0	0	1		3	1	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	.40	-0.013	.21	0.00%	0.11	5b 123 1 out d3	6b 3 out d5
18	297	96	Jul 25	DET	@	MIN	L,6-7	8-9		1	1.0	1	1	1	1	3	0	0	3.56	4.07	5	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.89	-0.120	.43	-0.04%	0.13	8b --- 0 out d2	9b 1-- 0 out a1
19	298	100	Jul 29(2)	DET		LAA	L,8-12	6-7		3	1.0	1	2	2	1	2	1	0	3.79	4.24	4	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.29	-0.099	.72	-0.03%	-1.22	6t 1-- 1 out d1	7t --- 1 out a1
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
20	299	105	Aug 4	DET		MIN	L,3-4	6-8		5	3.0	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	3.62	4.12	12	3	3	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.19	0.167	.21	0.02%	1.54	6t --- 0 out d1	8t 3 out d1
21	300	106	Aug 5(1)	DET		MIN	L,3-8	9-10		0	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.51	4.09	8	2	3	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	0.159	.15	0.01%	1.03	9t --- 0 out d2	10t 3 out tie
22	301	108	Aug 6	DET	@	CLE	L,5-6	8-8		0	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.46	4.11	4	1	1	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.67	-0.074	.08	-0.01%	-0.04	8b -23 0 out tie	8b 3 out d2
23	302	112	Aug 9	DET	@	WSA	W,8-5	9-GF	S(1)	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.42	4.10	2	0	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.34	0.017	.03	0.00%	0.26	9b --- 1 out a3	9b end a 3
24	303	113	Aug 10	DET	@	NYY	L,0-8	5-6		0	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.33	4.02	6	2	3	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	.02	0.002	.00	0.00%	1.31	5b 1-3 0 out d7	6b 3 out d8
25	304	116	Aug 12	DET	@	NYY	L,0-2	8-GF(8)		1	0.2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.30	4.03	4	1	1	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.63	-0.039	.04	0.00%	-0.11	8b 12- 1 out d1	8b end d 2
26	305	117	Aug 14(1)	DET		BAL	W,13-10	7-7	W(2-3)	1	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.25	3.98	4	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	0.057	.02	0.00%	0.52	7t --- 0 out d1	7t 3 out d1
27	306	122	Aug 19(1)	DET	@	CHW	L,5-11	5-6	L(2-4)	4	1.1	3	5	5	2	2	1	0	3.80	4.16	9	1	1	0	0	3		3	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.94	-0.351	.09	-0.01%	-3.74	5b 123 2 out d2	6b 3 out d5
28	307	128	Aug 25	DET		WSA	W,7-5	3-6		5	4.0	4	1	1	2	4	1	0	3.72	4.22	17	3	4	1	0	4		2	2	0	1	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	.24	-0.047	.02	0.00%	0.41	3t 1-3 0 out d2	6t 3 out d5
29	308	130	Aug 26(2)	DET		WSA	L,2-5	8-GF		0	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.63	4.15	6	0	4	1	0	1		0	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.08	0.012	.02	0.00%	1.03	8t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
30	309	135	Sep 2	DET		CHW	L,8-10	7-8		6	2.0	1	1	1	1	2	1	0	3.65	4.26	8	2	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.10	0.000	.01	0.00%	0.03	7t --- 0 out d5	8t 3 out d6
							6-24		W-L:2-4,Sv:1,BSv:1	3.5	81.1	77	39	33	35	73	13	2	3.65	4.26	350	0.90		4%	1%	75	51	27	44%	4	3	0	302	7	0	1	5	5	3	1.02	-0.138	1.57	0.12%	2.49

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