Sam Jones
Samuel Jones
Born: December 14, 1925
Stewartsville, OH USA
Deceased: 1971
Morgantown, WV USA
Primary Position: P
All Position(s) Played: P
Bats: R
Throws: R
Height: 6'4"
Weight: 192
Career: 1951-1964
Minor League Statistics
Sam Jones compiled a career record of 102 wins and 101 losses in his 322-game career with the Cleveland Indians, Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals, San Francisco Giants, Detroit Tigers and Baltimore Orioles. He began playing during the 1951 season and last took the field during the 1964 campaign.
 Cleveland Indians |
 Chicago Cubs |
 St. Louis Cardinals |
 San Francisco Giants |
 Detroit Tigers |
 Baltimore Orioles |
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2.08 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 |
| 1952 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 2 | 3 | .400 | 7.25 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 36.0 | 38 | 30 | 29 | 6 | 37 | 0 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 184 |
| 1955 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 14 | 20 | .412 | 4.10 | 36 | 34 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 241.7 | 175 | 118 | 110 | 22 | 185 | 5 | 198 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 1070 |
| 1956 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 9 | 14 | .391 | 3.91 | 33 | 28 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 188.7 | 155 | 93 | 82 | 21 | 115 | 6 | 176 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 832 |
| 1957 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 12 | 9 | .571 | 3.60 | 28 | 27 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 182.7 | 164 | 77 | 73 | 17 | 71 | 1 | 154 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 767 |
| 1958 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 14 | 13 | .519 | 2.88 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 250.0 | 204 | 95 | 80 | 23 | 107 | 5 | 225 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 1041 |
| 1959 | NL | San Francisco Giants | 21 | 15 | .583 | 2.83 | 50 | 35 | 12 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 270.7 | 232 | 99 | 85 | 18 | 109 | 6 | 209 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 1148 |
| 1960 | NL | San Francisco Giants | 18 | 14 | .563 | 3.19 | 39 | 35 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 234.0 | 200 | 112 | 83 | 18 | 91 | 5 | 190 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 978 |
| 1961 | NL | San Francisco Giants | 8 | 8 | .500 | 4.49 | 37 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 128.3 | 134 | 72 | 64 | 12 | 57 | 7 | 105 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 579 |
| 1962 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 2 | 4 | .333 | 3.65 | 30 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 81.3 | 77 | 39 | 33 | 13 | 35 | 1 | 73 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 351 |
| 1963 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.00 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11.0 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 52 |
| 1964 | AL | Baltimore Orioles | 0 | 0 | 2.61 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | |
| Totals | 102 | 101 | .502 | 3.59 | 322 | 222 | 45 | 76 | 17 | 9 | 1643.3 | 1403 | 752 | 655 | 151 | 822 | 37 | 1376 | 60 | 0 | 45 | 7074 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1952 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 14 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1955 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 36 | 85 | 77 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 27 | .182 | .213 | .195 | .407 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 1956 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 33 | 71 | 57 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 19 | .175 | .230 | .175 | .405 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 1957 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 28 | 70 | 63 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 | .159 | .182 | .175 | .356 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 1958 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 35 | 95 | 90 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 26 | .100 | .118 | .100 | .218 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 1959 | NL | San Francisco Giants | 50 | 100 | 85 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 30 | .129 | .157 | .141 | .298 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| 1960 | NL | San Francisco Giants | 39 | 89 | 80 | 3 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | .200 | .207 | .225 | .432 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 1961 | NL | San Francisco Giants | 37 | 42 | 36 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .139 | .162 | .194 | .357 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 1962 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 30 | 21 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .095 | .095 | .238 | .333 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1963 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1964 | AL | Baltimore Orioles | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 322 | 588 | 522 | 16 | 78 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 167 | .149 | .176 | .169 | .345 | 88 | 9 | 1 | 44 | 4 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Year | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | AL | Cleveland Indians | P | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | |
| 1952 | AL | Cleveland Indians | P | 14 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .286 | |
| 1955 | NL | Chicago Cubs | P | 36 | 34 | 241.7 | 14 | 36 | 5 | 0 | .909 | 1.862 | 1.389 |
| 1956 | NL | Chicago Cubs | P | 33 | 28 | 188.7 | 7 | 21 | 4 | 3 | .875 | 1.336 | .848 |
| 1957 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | P | 28 | 27 | 182.7 | 13 | 27 | 1 | 1 | .976 | 1.971 | 1.429 |
| 1958 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | P | 35 | 35 | 250.0 | 14 | 31 | 1 | 3 | .978 | 1.620 | 1.286 |
| 1959 | NL | San Francisco Giants | P | 50 | 35 | 270.7 | 10 | 34 | 3 | 2 | .936 | 1.463 | .880 |
| 1960 | NL | San Francisco Giants | P | 39 | 35 | 234.0 | 6 | 34 | 5 | 1 | .889 | 1.538 | 1.026 |
| 1961 | NL | San Francisco Giants | P | 37 | 17 | 128.3 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 1 | .947 | 1.262 | .486 |
| 1962 | AL | Detroit Tigers | P | 30 | 6 | 81.3 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .950 | 2.102 | .633 |
| 1963 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | P | 11 | 0 | 11.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.636 | .182 |
| 1964 | AL | Baltimore Orioles | P | 7 | 0 | 10.3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .871 | .143 |
| Totals | 322 | 217 | 1598.7 | 84 | 209 | 21 | 12 | .933 | 1.649 | .910 |
Awards
1959 - NL TSN Pitcher of the Year
Statistical data from Baseball Databank, made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License
