Sad Sam Jones
Samuel Pond Jones
Born: July 26, 1892
Woodsfield, OH USA
Deceased: 1966
Barnesville, OH USA
Primary Position: P
All Position(s) Played: P, RF, LF, OF, PH, PR
Bats: R
Throws: R
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 170
Career: 1914-1935
Minor League Statistics
Sad Sam Jones compiled a career record of 229 wins and 217 losses in his 714-game career with the Cleveland Naps, Cleveland Indians, Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, St. Louis Browns, Washington Senators and Chicago White Sox. He began playing during the 1914 season and last took the field during the 1935 campaign.
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Pitching:
Year | Lg | Team | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
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1914 | AL | Cleveland Naps | 0 | 0 | 2.70 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |
1915 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 4 | 9 | .308 | 3.65 | 48 | 9 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 145.7 | 131 | 78 | 59 | 0 | 63 | 0 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 583 |
1916 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.67 | 12 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27.0 | 25 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 102 |
1917 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.41 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16.3 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 64 |
1918 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 16 | 5 | .762 | 2.25 | 24 | 21 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 184.0 | 151 | 66 | 46 | 1 | 70 | 0 | 44 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 750 |
1919 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 12 | 20 | .375 | 3.75 | 35 | 31 | 4 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 245.0 | 258 | 120 | 102 | 4 | 95 | 0 | 67 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 1029 |
1920 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 13 | 16 | .448 | 3.94 | 37 | 33 | 4 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 274.0 | 302 | 143 | 120 | 9 | 79 | 0 | 86 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1149 |
1921 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 23 | 16 | .590 | 3.22 | 40 | 38 | 2 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 298.7 | 318 | 122 | 107 | 1 | 78 | 0 | 98 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1257 |
1922 | AL | New York Yankees | 13 | 13 | .500 | 3.67 | 45 | 28 | 15 | 20 | 0 | 8 | 260.0 | 270 | 132 | 106 | 16 | 76 | 0 | 81 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1091 |
1923 | AL | New York Yankees | 21 | 8 | .724 | 3.63 | 39 | 27 | 8 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 243.0 | 239 | 114 | 98 | 11 | 69 | 0 | 68 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1025 |
1924 | AL | New York Yankees | 9 | 6 | .600 | 3.63 | 36 | 21 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 178.7 | 187 | 85 | 72 | 6 | 76 | 0 | 53 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 779 |
1925 | AL | New York Yankees | 15 | 21 | .417 | 4.63 | 43 | 31 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 246.7 | 267 | 147 | 127 | 14 | 104 | 0 | 92 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1085 |
1926 | AL | New York Yankees | 9 | 8 | .529 | 4.98 | 39 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 161.0 | 186 | 104 | 89 | 6 | 80 | 0 | 69 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 736 |
1927 | AL | St. Louis Browns | 8 | 14 | .364 | 4.32 | 30 | 26 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 189.7 | 211 | 121 | 91 | 13 | 102 | 0 | 72 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 877 |
1928 | AL | Washington Senators | 17 | 7 | .708 | 2.84 | 30 | 27 | 2 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 224.7 | 209 | 89 | 71 | 5 | 78 | 0 | 63 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 938 |
1929 | AL | Washington Senators | 9 | 9 | .500 | 3.92 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 153.7 | 156 | 80 | 67 | 5 | 49 | 0 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 659 |
1930 | AL | Washington Senators | 15 | 7 | .682 | 4.07 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 183.3 | 195 | 95 | 83 | 4 | 61 | 0 | 60 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 787 |
1931 | AL | Washington Senators | 9 | 10 | .474 | 4.32 | 25 | 24 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 148.0 | 185 | 88 | 71 | 10 | 47 | 0 | 58 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 669 |
1932 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 10 | 15 | .400 | 4.22 | 30 | 28 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 200.3 | 217 | 123 | 94 | 9 | 75 | 0 | 64 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 895 |
1933 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 10 | 12 | .455 | 3.36 | 27 | 25 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 176.7 | 181 | 80 | 66 | 13 | 65 | 0 | 60 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 760 |
1934 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 8 | 12 | .400 | 5.11 | 27 | 26 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 183.3 | 217 | 120 | 104 | 16 | 60 | 0 | 60 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 820 |
1935 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 8 | 7 | .533 | 4.05 | 21 | 19 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 140.0 | 162 | 77 | 63 | 8 | 51 | 0 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 632 |
Totals | 229 | 217 | .513 | 3.84 | 647 | 487 | 115 | 250 | 36 | 31 | 3883.0 | 4084 | 2007 | 1656 | 152 | 1396 | 0 | 1223 | 68 | 5 | 73 | 16699 |
Batting:
Year | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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1914 | AL | Cleveland Naps | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1915 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 48 | 41 | 32 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 15 | .156 | .289 | .156 | .446 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
1916 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 13 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1917 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1918 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 24 | 73 | 57 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 14 | .175 | .329 | .193 | .522 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
1919 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 35 | 97 | 81 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 21 | .136 | .239 | .185 | .424 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
1920 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 44 | 103 | 92 | 12 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 27 | .217 | .265 | .272 | .537 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
1921 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 43 | 114 | 100 | 11 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 25 | .240 | .321 | .350 | .671 | 35 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
1922 | AL | New York Yankees | 45 | 102 | 87 | 14 | 23 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 28 | .264 | .347 | .402 | .749 | 35 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
1923 | AL | New York Yankees | 39 | 98 | 85 | 13 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 28 | .224 | .305 | .259 | .564 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
1924 | AL | New York Yankees | 36 | 60 | 51 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | .176 | .222 | .294 | .516 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
1925 | AL | New York Yankees | 46 | 95 | 80 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 19 | .163 | .212 | .188 | .399 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
1926 | AL | New York Yankees | 44 | 58 | 49 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 16 | .204 | .264 | .224 | .489 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
1927 | AL | St. Louis Browns | 32 | 65 | 55 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 18 | .109 | .246 | .145 | .392 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1928 | AL | Washington Senators | 37 | 94 | 79 | 13 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | .253 | .306 | .418 | .724 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
1929 | AL | Washington Senators | 28 | 63 | 51 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 15 | .157 | .283 | .216 | .499 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
1930 | AL | Washington Senators | 30 | 78 | 61 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 21 | .148 | .297 | .148 | .445 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
1931 | AL | Washington Senators | 30 | 60 | 48 | 8 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | .313 | .389 | .354 | .743 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
1932 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 39 | 74 | 57 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 22 | .193 | .303 | .228 | .531 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
1933 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 37 | 67 | 58 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 10 | .155 | .258 | .172 | .430 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1934 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 31 | 73 | 60 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 13 | .200 | .304 | .250 | .554 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
1935 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 22 | 61 | 48 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 16 | .167 | .310 | .188 | .498 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 713 | 1489 | 1243 | 151 | 245 | 44 | 5 | 6 | 99 | 7 | 4 | 139 | 346 | .197 | .289 | .255 | .544 | 317 | 0 | 22 | 85 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
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1914 | AL | Cleveland Naps | P | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | |
1915 | AL | Cleveland Indians | P | 48 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 46 | 4 | 2 | .929 | 1.083 | |
1916 | AL | Boston Red Sox | OF | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | |
1916 | AL | Boston Red Sox | P | 12 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | |
1917 | AL | Boston Red Sox | P | 9 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .889 | |
1918 | AL | Boston Red Sox | P | 24 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 41 | 2 | 5 | .963 | 2.167 | |
1919 | AL | Boston Red Sox | P | 35 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 81 | 5 | 2 | .949 | 2.657 | |
1920 | AL | Boston Red Sox | P | 37 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 68 | 5 | 2 | .938 | 2.054 | |
1921 | AL | Boston Red Sox | P | 40 | 0 | 0.0 | 14 | 59 | 4 | 2 | .948 | 1.825 | |
1922 | AL | New York Yankees | P | 45 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 60 | 3 | 5 | .959 | 1.578 | |
1923 | AL | New York Yankees | P | 39 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 68 | 1 | 5 | .987 | 1.923 | |
1924 | AL | New York Yankees | P | 36 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 40 | 4 | 1 | .920 | 1.278 | |
1925 | AL | New York Yankees | OF | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
1925 | AL | New York Yankees | P | 43 | 0 | 0.0 | 17 | 56 | 3 | 4 | .961 | 1.698 | |
1926 | AL | New York Yankees | P | 39 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 33 | 2 | 1 | .949 | .949 | |
1927 | AL | St. Louis Browns | P | 30 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 35 | 2 | 0 | .959 | 1.567 | |
1928 | AL | Washington Senators | P | 30 | 0 | 0.0 | 16 | 49 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 2.167 | |
1929 | AL | Washington Senators | P | 24 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 26 | 3 | 1 | .923 | 1.500 | |
1930 | AL | Washington Senators | P | 25 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 32 | 4 | 2 | .915 | 1.720 | |
1931 | AL | Washington Senators | P | 25 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 28 | 2 | 2 | .944 | 1.360 | |
1932 | AL | Chicago White Sox | P | 30 | 0 | 0.0 | 17 | 50 | 3 | 2 | .957 | 2.233 | |
1933 | AL | Chicago White Sox | P | 27 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 34 | 3 | 3 | .930 | 1.481 | |
1934 | AL | Chicago White Sox | P | 27 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 27 | 2 | 1 | .950 | 1.407 | |
1935 | AL | Chicago White Sox | P | 21 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.619 | |
Totals | 649 | 0 | 0.0 | 197 | 874 | 52 | 48 | .954 | 1.650 |
Postseason - Pitching:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
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1918 | AL | Boston Red Sox | WS | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 |
1922 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
1923 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0.90 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 |
1926 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
Totals | 0 | 2 | .000 | 2.05 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22.0 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 88 |
Postseason - Batting:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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1918 | AL | Boston Red Sox | WS | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1922 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
1923 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1926 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Totals | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1918 | AL | Boston Red Sox | WS | P | 1 | 1 | 9.0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | 4.000 |
1922 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | P | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.500 | .500 |
1923 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | P | 2 | 1 | 10.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.700 | 1.500 |
1926 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | P | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
Totals | 6 | 2 | 22.0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.273 | 1.333 |
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