Doug Jones

Q: When was Doug Jones born?

Doug Jones was born on June 24, 1957.

Q: Where was Doug Jones born?

Doug Jones was born in Covina, CA .

Q: How tall was Doug Jones?

Doug Jones was 6-3 (190 cm) tall.

Q: How much did Doug Jones weigh when playing?

Doug Jones weighed 195 lbs (88 kg) when playing.

Q: Is Doug Jones in the Hall of Fame?

Doug Jones has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

Q: When was Doug Jones drafted?

Doug Jones was drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 3rd round of the 1978 MLB January Draft-Regular Phase from Central Arizona College (Coolidge, AZ) .

Q: How many strikeouts did Doug Jones have?

Doug Jones had 909 strikeouts over his career.

Q: How many teams has Doug Jones played for?

Doug Jones played for 8 teams; the Milwaukee Brewers, Cleveland Indians, Houston Astros, Philadelphia Phillies, Baltimore Orioles, Chicago Cubs, Milwaukee Brewers and Oakland Athletics.

Q: How many World Series has Doug Jones won?

Doug Jones never won a World Series.

Q: When did Doug Jones retire?

Doug Jones last played in 2000.

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 195lb (190cm, 88kg)

Born: June 24, 1957 in Covina, CA us

Died: November 22, 2021 in Tucson, AZ

Draft: Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 3rd round of the 1978 MLB January Draft-Regular Phase from Central Arizona College (Coolidge, AZ).

High School: Lebanon HS (Lebanon, IN)

Schools: Central Arizona College (Coolidge, AZ), Butler University (Indianapolis, IN)

Debut: April 9, 1982 (Age 24-289d, 14,566th in major league history)
vs. TOR 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 29, 2000 (Age 43-097d)
vs. TEX 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1987 season

Full Name: Douglas Reid Jones

Nicknames: Mild Thing

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

21.4

ERA

3.30

846

303

1128.1

909

WHIP

1.243

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1978	21	MIL-min	A-	2	4	.333	5.21	15	3		1	0	2	38.0	49	30	22	0	15	3		1	0	3				1.684	11.6	0.0	3.6			NWK NYPL
1979	22	MIL-min	A	10	10	.500	1.75	28	20		16	3	0	190.0	144	63	37	5	73	1	115	8	2	5				1.142	6.8	0.2	3.5	5.4	1.58	BUR MIDW
1980	23	MIL-min	A,AA,AAA	14	7	.667	2.97	27	27		10	2	0	191.0	172	74	63	6	72	3	121	6	0	5				1.277	8.1	0.3	3.4	5.7	1.68	STK,HLY,VAN CALL,EL,PCL
1981	24	MIL-min	AA,AAA	10	10	.500	4.50	26	25	1	5	1	0	170.0	200	96	85	12	50	1	100	5	2	4				1.471	10.6	0.6	2.6	5.3	2.00	ELP,VAN TL,PCL
1982	25	MIL-min	AAA	5	8	.385	2.97	23	9	10	4	2	2	106.0	109	48	35	9	31	4	60	1	0	2				1.321	9.3	0.8	2.6	5.1	1.94	VAN PCL
1982	25	MIL	AL	0	0		10.13	4	0	2	0	0	0	2.2	5	3	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	14	43	7.97	2.250	16.9	3.4	3.4	3.4	1.00

1983	26	MIL-min	AAA	0	1	.000	10.29	3	1	2	0	0	0	7.0	10	8	8	2	5	0	4	1	0	0				2.143	12.9	2.6	6.4	5.1	0.80	VAN PCL
1984	27	MIL-min	AA,AAA	7	8	.467	4.68	19	16	0	7	0	0	117.1	129	70	61	15	38	2	64	5	0	5				1.423	9.9	1.2	2.9	4.9	1.68	ELP,VAN TL,PCL
1985	28	CLE-min	AA	9	4	.692	3.65	39	1	25	0	0	7	116.0	123	59	47	11	36	8	113	3	0	8				1.371	9.5	0.9	2.8	8.8	3.14	WBY EL
1986	29	CLE-min	AAA	5	6	.455	2.09	43	3	21	0	0	9	116.1	105	35	27	6	27	5	98	0	0	4				1.135	8.1	0.5	2.1	7.6	3.63	MAI IL
1986	29	CLE	AL	1	0	1.000	2.50	11	0	5	0	0	1	18.0	18	5	5	0	6	1	12	1	0	0	79	169	2.60	1.333	9.0	0.0	3.0	6.0	2.00
1987	30	CLE-min	AAA	5	2	.714	2.04	23	0	20	0	0	7	61.2	49	18	14	3	12	2	61	0	0	4				0.989	7.2	0.4	1.8	8.9	5.08	BFL AA
1987	30	CLE	AL	6	5	.545	3.15	49	0	29	0	0	8	91.1	101	45	32	4	24	5	87	6	0	0	400	144	2.52	1.369	10.0	0.4	2.4	8.6	3.63
1988	31	CLE	AL	3	4	.429	2.27	51	0	46	0	0	37	83.1	69	26	21	1	16	3	72	2	3	2	338	181	1.85	1.020	7.5	0.1	1.7	7.8	4.50	AS,MVP-15
1989	32	CLE	AL	7	10	.412	2.34	59	0	53	0	0	32	80.2	76	25	21	4	13	4	65	1	1	1	331	170	2.32	1.103	8.5	0.4	1.5	7.3	5.00	AS
1990	33	CLE	AL	5	5	.500	2.56	66	0	64	0	0	43	84.1	66	26	24	5	22	4	55	2	0	2	331	154	3.13	1.043	7.0	0.5	2.3	5.9	2.50	AS,MVP-23
1991	34	CLE-min	AAA	2	2	.500	3.28	17	2	14	1	1	7	35.2	30	14	13	3	5	0	29	1	0	0	135			0.981	7.6	0.8	1.3	7.3	5.80	CSP PCL
1991	34	CLE	AL	4	8	.333	5.54	36	4	29	0	0	7	63.1	87	42	39	7	17	5	48	0	0	1	293	76	3.58	1.642	12.4	1.0	2.4	6.8	2.82
1992	35	HOU	NL	11	8	.579	1.85	80	0	70	0	0	36	111.2	96	29	23	5	17	5	93	5	1	2	440	182	2.29	1.012	7.7	0.4	1.4	7.5	5.47	AS,MVP-14
1993	36	HOU	NL	4	10	.286	4.54	71	0	60	0	0	26	85.1	102	46	43	7	21	6	66	5	0	3	381	85	3.42	1.441	10.8	0.7	2.2	7.0	3.14
1994	37	PHI	NL	2	4	.333	2.17	47	0	42	0	0	27	54.0	55	14	13	2	6	0	38	0	0	1	226	200	2.54	1.130	9.2	0.3	1.0	6.3	6.33	AS
1995	38	BAL	AL	0	4	.000	5.01	52	0	47	0	0	22	46.2	55	30	26	6	16	2	42	2	0	0	211	96	4.13	1.521	10.6	1.2	3.1	8.1	2.63
1996	39	MIL-min	AAA	0	3	.000	3.75	13	0	9	0	0	6	24.0	28	10	10	2	6	4	17	1	0	0	106			1.417	10.5	0.8	2.3	6.4	2.83	NOR AA
1996	39	TOT	MLB	7	2	.778	4.22	52	0	21	0	0	3	64.0	72	33	30	7	20	6	60	3	0	1	282	114	3.80	1.438	10.1	1.0	2.8	8.4	3.00
1996	39	CHC	NL	2	2	.500	5.01	28	0	13	0	0	2	32.1	41	20	18	4	7	4	26	1	0	0	143	87	3.91	1.485	11.4	1.1	1.9	7.2	3.71
1996	39	MIL	AL	5	0	1.000	3.41	24	0	8	0	0	1	31.2	31	13	12	3	13	2	34	2	0	1	139	154	3.68	1.389	8.8	0.9	3.7	9.7	2.62
1997	40	MIL	AL	6	6	.500	2.02	75	0	73	0	0	36	80.1	62	20	18	4	9	1	82	3	0	2	307	232	2.16	0.884	6.9	0.4	1.0	9.2	9.11	MVP-20
1998	41	TOT	MLB	4	6	.400	4.54	69	0	42	0	0	13	85.1	99	44	43	17	17	4	71	4	1	0	372	99	4.80	1.359	10.4	1.8	1.8	7.5	4.18
1998	41	MIL	NL	3	4	.429	5.17	46	0	34	0	0	12	54.0	65	32	31	15	11	1	43	4	0	0	239	83	5.99	1.407	10.8	2.5	1.8	7.2	3.91
1998	41	CLE	AL	1	2	.333	3.45	23	0	8	0	0	1	31.1	34	12	12	2	6	3	28	0	1	0	133	139	2.76	1.277	9.8	0.6	1.7	8.0	4.67
1999	42	OAK	AL	5	5	.500	3.55	70	0	35	0	0	10	104.0	106	43	41	10	24	3	63	3	0	2	430	129	3.95	1.250	9.2	0.9	2.1	5.5	2.63
2000	43	OAK	AL	4	2	.667	3.93	54	0	22	0	0	2	73.1	86	34	32	6	18	4	54	2	0	1	319	120	3.54	1.418	10.6	0.7	2.2	6.6	3.00
16 Yrs				69	79	.466	3.30	846	4	640	0	0	303	1128.1	1155	465	414	86	247	53	909	39	6	18	4754	129	3.11	1.243	9.2	0.7	2.0	7.3	3.68
162 Game Avg.				6	6	.466	3.30	68	0	51	0	0	24	90	92	37	33	7	20	4	73	3	0	1	380	129	3.11	1.243	9.2	0.7	2.0	7.3	3.68
				W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
CLE (7 yrs)				27	34	.443	3.06	295	4	234	0	0	129	452.1	451	181	154	23	104	25	367	12	5	6	1905	137	2.64	1.227	9.0	0.5	2.1	7.3	3.53
MIL (4 yrs)				14	10	.583	3.42	149	0	117	0	0	49	168.2	163	68	64	23	34	4	160	9	0	3	699	137	3.76	1.168	8.7	1.2	1.8	8.5	4.71
OAK (2 yrs)				9	7	.563	3.70	124	0	57	0	0	12	177.1	192	77	73	16	42	7	117	5	0	3	749	125	3.78	1.320	9.7	0.8	2.1	5.9	2.79
HOU (2 yrs)				15	18	.455	3.02	151	0	130	0	0	62	197.0	198	75	66	12	38	11	159	10	1	5	821	119	2.78	1.198	9.0	0.5	1.7	7.3	4.18
PHI (1 yr)				2	4	.333	2.17	47	0	42	0	0	27	54.0	55	14	13	2	6	0	38	0	0	1	226	200	2.54	1.130	9.2	0.3	1.0	6.3	6.33
CHC (1 yr)				2	2	.500	5.01	28	0	13	0	0	2	32.1	41	20	18	4	7	4	26	1	0	0	143	87	3.91	1.485	11.4	1.1	1.9	7.2	3.71
BAL (1 yr)				0	4	.000	5.01	52	0	47	0	0	22	46.2	55	30	26	6	16	2	42	2	0	0	211	96	4.13	1.521	10.6	1.2	3.1	8.1	2.63

AL (13 yrs)				47	51	.480	3.25	574	4	421	0	0	200	791.0	796	324	286	53	185	37	643	24	5	12	3325	136	3.00	1.240	9.1	0.6	2.1	7.3	3.48
NL (5 yrs)				22	28	.440	3.42	272	0	219	0	0	103	337.1	359	141	128	33	62	16	266	15	1	6	1429	114	3.36	1.248	9.6	0.9	1.7	7.1	4.29

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Frequently Asked Questions

When was Doug Jones born?

Doug Jones was born on June 24, 1957.

Where was Doug Jones born?

Doug Jones was born in Covina, CA.

How tall was Doug Jones?

Doug Jones was 6-3 (190 cm) tall.

How much did Doug Jones weigh when playing?

Doug Jones weighed 195 lbs (88 kg) when playing.

How many seasons did Doug Jones play?

Doug Jones played 16 seasons.

Is Doug Jones in the Hall of Fame?

Doug Jones has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

When was Doug Jones drafted?

Doug Jones was drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 3rd round of the 1978 MLB January Draft-Regular Phase from Central Arizona College (Coolidge, AZ).

What position did Doug Jones play?

Doug Jones was a Pitcher.

How many strikeouts did Doug Jones have?

Doug Jones had 909 strikeouts over his career.

How many teams has Doug Jones played for?

Doug Jones played for 8 teams; the Milwaukee Brewers, Cleveland Indians, Houston Astros, Philadelphia Phillies, Baltimore Orioles, Chicago Cubs, Milwaukee Brewers and Oakland Athletics.

How many World Series has Doug Jones won?

Doug Jones never won a World Series.

When did Doug Jones retire?

Doug Jones last played in 2000.

What are Doug Jones' nicknames?

Mild Thing is a nickname for Doug Jones.

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