Sad Sam Jones
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[edit] Biography
Born on July 26, 1892 in Woodsfield, Ohio, Sad Sam Jones (Samuel Pond Jones) played for the Cleveland Naps, Cleveland Indians, Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, St. Louis Browns, Washington Senators and Chicago White Sox over the course of his 22 year career. Jones broke into the bigs on June 13, 1914 with the Cleveland Naps, and put up a 3.65 ERA in 145.2 innings pitched in 1915, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Sad Sam Jones's best season was 1921, when he posted a 3.22 ERA, won 23 games and struck out 98 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| Year | Team | G | GS | W | L | ERA | K | R | ER | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | HR | BB | IB | WP | HBP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1914 | CLE | A | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.70 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1915 | CLE | A | 48 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 3.65 | 42 | 78 | 59 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 145.2 | 131 | 0 | 63 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 1916 | BOS | A | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.67 | 7 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 25 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1917 | BOS | A | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4.41 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16.1 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1918 | BOS | A | 24 | 21 | 16 | 5 | 2.25 | 44 | 66 | 46 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 184 | 151 | 1 | 70 | 0 | 6 | 8 |
| 1919 | BOS | A | 35 | 31 | 12 | 20 | 3.75 | 67 | 120 | 102 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 245 | 258 | 4 | 95 | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 1920 | BOS | A | 37 | 33 | 13 | 16 | 3.94 | 86 | 143 | 120 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 274 | 302 | 9 | 79 | 0 | 6 | 4 |
| 1921 | BOS | A | 40 | 38 | 23 | 16 | 3.22 | 98 | 122 | 107 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 298.2 | 318 | 1 | 78 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 1922 | NY | A | 45 | 28 | 13 | 13 | 3.67 | 81 | 132 | 106 | 20 | 0 | 8 | 260 | 270 | 16 | 76 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 1923 | NY | A | 39 | 27 | 21 | 8 | 3.63 | 68 | 114 | 98 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 243 | 239 | 11 | 69 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 1924 | NY | A | 36 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 3.63 | 53 | 85 | 72 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 178.2 | 187 | 6 | 76 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 1925 | NY | A | 43 | 31 | 15 | 21 | 4.63 | 92 | 147 | 127 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 246.2 | 267 | 14 | 104 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 1926 | NY | A | 39 | 23 | 9 | 8 | 4.98 | 69 | 104 | 89 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 161 | 186 | 6 | 80 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 1927 | STL | A | 30 | 26 | 8 | 14 | 4.32 | 72 | 121 | 91 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 189.2 | 211 | 13 | 102 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 1928 | WAS | A | 30 | 27 | 17 | 7 | 2.84 | 63 | 89 | 71 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 224.2 | 209 | 5 | 78 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| 1929 | WAS | A | 24 | 24 | 9 | 9 | 3.92 | 36 | 80 | 67 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 153.2 | 156 | 5 | 49 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 1930 | WAS | A | 25 | 25 | 15 | 7 | 4.07 | 60 | 95 | 83 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 183.1 | 195 | 4 | 61 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1931 | WAS | A | 25 | 24 | 9 | 10 | 4.32 | 58 | 88 | 71 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 148 | 185 | 10 | 47 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 1932 | CHI | A | 30 | 28 | 10 | 15 | 4.22 | 64 | 123 | 94 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 200.1 | 217 | 9 | 75 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 1933 | CHI | A | 27 | 25 | 10 | 12 | 3.36 | 60 | 80 | 66 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 176.2 | 181 | 13 | 65 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
| 1934 | CHI | A | 27 | 26 | 8 | 12 | 5.11 | 60 | 120 | 104 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 183.1 | 217 | 16 | 60 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| 1935 | CHI | A | 21 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 4.05 | 38 | 77 | 63 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 140 | 162 | 8 | 51 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Total | 647 | 487 | 229 | 217 | 3.84 | 1223 | 2007 | 1656 | 250 | 36 | 31 | 3883 | 4084 | 152 | 1396 | 0 | 73 | 68 |
[edit] Fielding Stats
| Year | Team | POS | G | GS | INN | PO | A | ERR | DP | TP | PB | SB | CS | PkO | AVG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1914 | CLE | A | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1915 | CLE | A | P | 48 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 46 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .929 |
| 1916 | BOS | A | P | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1916 | BOS | A | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1917 | BOS | A | P | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1918 | BOS | A | P | 24 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 41 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .963 |
| 1919 | BOS | A | P | 35 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 81 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .949 |
| 1920 | BOS | A | P | 37 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 68 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .938 |
| 1921 | BOS | A | P | 40 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 59 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .948 |
| 1922 | NY | A | P | 45 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 60 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .959 |
| 1923 | NY | A | P | 39 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 68 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .987 |
| 1924 | NY | A | P | 36 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 40 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .920 |
| 1925 | NY | A | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 1925 | NY | A | P | 43 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 56 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .961 |
| 1926 | NY | A | P | 39 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 33 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .949 |
| 1927 | STL | A | P | 30 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .959 |
| 1928 | WAS | A | P | 30 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 49 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1929 | WAS | A | P | 24 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .923 |
| 1930 | WAS | A | P | 25 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 32 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .915 |
| 1931 | WAS | A | P | 25 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 28 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .944 |
| 1932 | CHI | A | P | 30 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 50 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .957 |
| 1933 | CHI | A | P | 27 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 34 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .930 |
| 1934 | CHI | A | P | 27 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .950 |
| 1935 | CHI | A | P | 21 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Total | OF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | ||
| Total | P | 647 | 0 | 0 | 196 | 874 | 52 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .954 |
[edit] Batting Stats
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | AVG | OBP | SLG | 2B | 3B | BB | SO | HBP | SH | SB | IBB | GDP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1914 | CLE | A | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1915 | CLE | A | 48 | 32 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | .156 | .289 | .156 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1916 | BOS | A | 13 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1917 | BOS | A | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1918 | BOS | A | 24 | 57 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 1 | .175 | .329 | .193 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1919 | BOS | A | 35 | 81 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 5 | .136 | .239 | .185 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 21 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1920 | BOS | A | 44 | 92 | 12 | 20 | 0 | 5 | .217 | .265 | .272 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 27 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1921 | BOS | A | 43 | 100 | 11 | 24 | 2 | 14 | .240 | .321 | .350 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1922 | NY | A | 45 | 87 | 14 | 23 | 1 | 8 | .264 | .347 | .402 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 28 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1923 | NY | A | 39 | 85 | 13 | 19 | 0 | 6 | .224 | .305 | .259 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 28 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1924 | NY | A | 36 | 51 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 5 | .176 | .222 | .294 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1925 | NY | A | 46 | 80 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 3 | .162 | .212 | .188 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1926 | NY | A | 44 | 49 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 4 | .204 | .264 | .224 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1927 | STL | A | 32 | 55 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 3 | .109 | .246 | .145 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1928 | WAS | A | 37 | 79 | 13 | 20 | 2 | 11 | .253 | .306 | .418 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1929 | WAS | A | 28 | 51 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 3 | .157 | .283 | .216 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1930 | WAS | A | 30 | 61 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 10 | .148 | .297 | .148 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1931 | WAS | A | 30 | 48 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 5 | .313 | .389 | .354 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1932 | CHI | A | 39 | 57 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 5 | .193 | .303 | .228 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 22 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1933 | CHI | A | 37 | 58 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 3 | .155 | .258 | .172 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1934 | CHI | A | 31 | 60 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 6 | .200 | .304 | .250 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1935 | CHI | A | 22 | 48 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | .167 | .310 | .188 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 713 | 1243 | 151 | 245 | 6 | 99 | .197 | .289 | .255 | 44 | 5 | 139 | 346 | 22 | 85 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
[edit] Transactions
- Traded by Cleveland Indians with Fred Thomas and $55000 to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Tris Speaker (April 12, 1916).
- Traded by Boston Red Sox with Everett Scott and Bullet Joe Bush to New York Yankees in exchange for Roger Peckinpaugh, Jack Quinn, Rip Collins and Bill Piercy (December 20, 1921).
- Traded by New York Yankees to St. Louis Browns in exchange for Cedric Durst and Joe Giard (February 8, 1927).
- Traded by St. Louis Browns with Milt Gaston to Washington Senators in exchange for Dick Coffman and Earl McNeely (October 19, 1927).
- Traded by Washington Senators with Jackie Hayes and Bump Hadley to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Carl Reynolds and John Kerr (December 4, 1931).
- Released by Chicago White Sox (November 6, 1935).
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