Sheldon Jones

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Full Name: Sheldon Leslie Jones	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/180	First Game: September 9, 1946
Birthdate: February 2, 1922	Final Game: June 28, 1953
Birthplace: Tecumseh, Nebraska	MLB Experience: 8 years
Died: April 18, 1991
Deathplace: Greenville, North Carolina
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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[edit] Biography

Born on February 2, 1922 in Tecumseh, Nebraska, Sheldon Jones (Sheldon Leslie Jones) played for the New York Giants, Boston Braves and Chicago Cubs over the course of his 8 year career. Jones broke into the bigs on September 9, 1946 with the New York Giants, and put up a 3.88 ERA in 55.2 innings pitched in 1947, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Sheldon Jones's best season was 1948, when he posted a 3.35 ERA, won 16 games and struck out 82 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
1946	NY	N	6	4	1	2	3.21	24	10	10	1	0	0	28	21	4	17	0	0	1
1947	NY	N	15	6	2	2	3.88	24	27	24	0	0	0	55.2	51	2	29	0	1	3
1948	NY	N	55	21	16	8	3.35	82	89	75	8	1	5	201.1	204	16	90	0	10	6
1949	NY	N	42	27	15	12	3.34	79	93	77	11	1	0	207.1	198	19	88	0	4	10
1950	NY	N	40	28	13	16	4.61	97	114	102	11	2	2	199	188	26	90	0	2	7
1951	NY	N	41	12	6	11	4.26	58	77	57	2	0	4	120.1	119	12	52	0	8	4
1952	BOS	N	39	1	1	4	4.76	40	45	37	0	0	1	70	81	8	31	0	3	1
1953	CHI	N	22	2	0	2	5.40	9	24	23	0	0	0	38.1	47	3	16	0	0	5
Total			260	101	54	57	3.96	413	479	405	33	4	12	920	909	90	413	0	28	37

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1946	NY	N	P	6	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1947	NY	N	P	15	0	0	4	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.900
1948	NY	N	P	55	0	0	10	38	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.960
1949	NY	N	P	42	0	0	11	35	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.979
1950	NY	N	P	40	0	0	8	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1951	NY	N	P	41	0	0	5	23	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	.933
1952	BOS	N	P	39	0	0	4	13	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.944
1953	CHI	N	P	22	0	0	4	6	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.909
Total			P	260	0	0	47	149	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	.961

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1946	NY	N	6	8	0	2	0	0	.250	.250	.250	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
1947	NY	N	15	16	0	2	0	1	.125	.125	.125	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0
1948	NY	N	55	64	5	13	0	6	.203	.215	.281	3	1	1	19	0	9	0	0	1
1949	NY	N	42	66	2	8	0	1	.121	.121	.152	0	1	0	15	0	6	0	0	2
1950	NY	N	40	57	3	6	0	3	.105	.177	.105	0	0	5	22	0	10	0	0	3
1951	NY	N	41	31	1	3	0	1	.097	.125	.194	1	1	1	6	0	0	0	0	0
1952	BOS	N	39	8	1	1	0	1	.125	.125	.125	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
1953	CHI	N	22	7	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Total			260	257	12	35	0	13	.136	.159	.175	4	3	7	71	0	27	0	0	6

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Cleveland Indians (1941).
Traded by New York Giants with $50000 to Boston Braves in exchange for Bob Elliott (April 8, 1952).
Traded by Milwaukee Braves to Chicago Cubs in exchange for Monk Dubiel (December 20, 1952).

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