Sam Jones

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Full Name: Samuel Jones	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 4"/192	First Game: September 22, 1951
Birthdate: December 14, 1925	Final Game: October 3, 1964
Birthplace: Stewartsville, Ohio	MLB Experience: 12 years
Died: November 5, 1971
Deathplace: Morgantown, West Virginia
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on December 14, 1925 in Stewartsville, Ohio, Sam Jones (Samuel Jones) played for the Cleveland Indians, Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals, San Francisco Giants, Detroit Tigers and Baltimore Orioles over the course of his 12 year career. Jones broke into the bigs on September 22, 1951 with the Cleveland Indians, and put up a 4.10 ERA in 241.2 innings pitched in 1955, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Sam Jones's best season was 1959, when he posted a 2.83 ERA, won 21 games and struck out 209 batters.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1951	CLE	A	2	1	0	1	2.08	4	2	2	0	0	0	8.2	4	0	5	0	0	0
1952	CLE	A	14	4	2	3	7.25	28	30	29	0	0	1	36	38	6	37	0	4	4
1955	CHI	N	36	34	14	20	4.10	198	118	110	12	4	0	241.2	175	22	185	5	5	14
1956	CHI	N	33	28	9	14	3.91	176	93	82	8	2	0	188.2	155	21	115	6	2	8
1957	STL	N	28	27	12	9	3.60	154	77	73	10	2	0	182.2	164	17	71	1	3	6
1958	STL	N	35	35	14	13	2.88	225	95	80	14	2	0	250	204	23	107	5	7	6
1959	SF	N	50	35	21	15	2.83	209	99	85	16	4	4	270.2	232	18	109	6	5	8
1960	SF	N	39	35	18	14	3.19	190	112	83	13	3	0	234	200	18	91	5	8	4
1961	SF	N	37	17	8	8	4.49	105	72	64	2	0	1	128.1	134	12	57	7	7	8
1962	DET	A	30	6	2	4	3.65	73	39	33	1	0	1	81.1	77	13	35	1	3	2
1963	STL	N	11	0	2	0	9.00	8	12	11	0	0	2	11	15	0	5	1	1	0
1964	BAL	A	7	0	0	0	2.61	6	3	3	0	0	0	10.1	5	1	5	0	0	0
Total	NL		269	211	98	93	3.51	1265	678	588	75	17	7	1507	1279	131	740	36	38	54
Total	AL		53	11	4	8	4.42	111	74	67	1	0	2	136.1	124	20	82	1	7	6
Total			322	222	102	101	3.59	1376	752	655	76	17	9	1643.1	1403	151	822	37	45	60

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1951	CLE	A	P	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1952	CLE	A	P	14	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1955	CHI	N	P	36	0	0	14	36	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.909
1956	CHI	N	P	33	0	0	7	21	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	.875
1957	STL	N	P	28	27	182.2	13	27	1	1	0	0	2	5	1	.976
1958	STL	N	P	35	35	250	14	31	1	3	0	3	12	7	1	.978
1959	SF	N	P	50	35	270.2	10	34	3	2	0	4	10	9	1	.936
1960	SF	N	P	39	35	234	6	34	5	1	0	2	13	7	2	.889
1961	SF	N	P	37	17	128.1	7	11	1	1	0	2	8	2	0	.947
1962	DET	A	P	30	6	81.1	11	8	1	0	0	3	4	3	0	.950
1963	STL	N	P	11	0	11	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	1.000
1964	BAL	A	P	7	0	10.1	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.000
Total			P	322	155	1168.1	84	209	21	12	0	16	51	34	5	.933

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1951	CLE	A	2	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1952	CLE	A	14	10	0	1	0	0	.100	.100	.100	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
1955	CHI	N	36	77	2	14	0	5	.182	.213	.195	1	0	3	27	0	5	0	0	4
1956	CHI	N	33	57	3	10	0	1	.175	.230	.175	0	0	4	19	0	10	0	0	1
1957	STL	N	28	63	2	10	0	3	.159	.182	.175	1	0	1	25	1	4	0	0	0
1958	STL	N	35	90	2	9	0	4	.100	.118	.100	0	0	2	26	0	2	0	0	3
1959	SF	N	50	85	3	11	0	8	.129	.157	.141	1	0	3	30	0	11	0	0	1
1960	SF	N	39	80	3	16	0	5	.200	.207	.225	2	0	1	20	0	7	0	0	0
1961	SF	N	37	36	0	5	0	0	.139	.162	.194	2	0	1	7	0	5	0	0	0
1962	DET	A	30	21	1	2	1	1	.095	.095	.238	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0
1963	STL	N	11	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.500	.000	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1964	BAL	A	7	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.000	.000	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		269	489	15	75	0	26	.153	.180	.168	7	0	16	154	1	44	0	0	9
Total	AL		53	33	1	3	1	1	.091	.118	.182	0	0	1	13	0	0	0	0	0
Total			322	522	16	78	1	27	.149	.176	.169	7	0	17	167	1	44	0	0	9

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Cleveland Indians (1950).
Traded by Cleveland Indians with 2 players to be named later to Chicago Cubs in exchange for a player to be named later (September 30, 1954); Cleveland Indians received Ralph Kiner (November 16, 1954) and Chicago Cubs received $60000 (November 16, 1954) and Gale Wade (November 30, 1954).
Traded by Chicago Cubs with Hobie Landrith, Jim Davis and Eddie Miksis to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Tom Poholsky, Jackie Collum, Ray Katt and Wally Lammers (December 11, 1956).
Traded by St. Louis Cardinals with Don Choate to San Francisco Giants in exchange for Bill White and Ray Jablonski (March 25, 1959).
Selected by Houston Colt .45s from San Francisco Giants in the expansion draft (October 10, 1961).
Traded by Houston Colt .45s to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Bob Bruce and Manny Montejo (December 1, 1961).
Released by Detroit Tigers (October 2, 1962).
Signed by St. Louis Cardinals (1963).
Released by St. Louis Cardinals (October 9, 1963).
Signed by Baltimore Orioles (1964).
Released by Baltimore Orioles (October 20, 1964).

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