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Samuel Pond Jones 6’0″, 170 lbs., Batted Right, Threw Right Debut: June 13, 1914 |
Although Sam Jones ended up leading the 1918 American League in winning percentage, at the start of the season, he was simply another spare part in Boston’s bullpen. After Dutch Leonard’s departure in June, Jones was moved into the regular rotation and emerged as an ace. The 1918 season jumpstarted his career, which lasted 22 years. He was traded to the New York Yankees before the 1922 season and also pitched for the St. Louis Browns, Washington Senators and Chicago White Sox.
Pitching
Year Ag Tm Lg W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA lgERA ERA+ 1914 21 CLE AL 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.1 2 1 0 2 0 2.70 2.87 105 1915 22 CLE AL 4 9 48 9 2 0 4 145.2 131 59 0 63 42 3.65 3.05 84 1916 23 BOS AL 0 1 12 0 0 0 1 27.0 25 11 0 10 7 3.67 2.77 75 1917 24 BOS AL 0 1 9 1 0 0 1 16.1 15 8 1 6 5 4.41 2.58 58 1918 25 BOS AL 16 5 24 21 16 5 0 184.0 151 46 1 70 44 2.25 2.69 119 1919 26 BOS AL 12 20 35 31 21 5 1 245.0 258 102 4 95 67 3.75 3.03 81 1920 27 BOS AL 13 16 37 33 21 3 0 274.0 302 120 9 79 86 3.94 3.64 92 1921 28 BOS AL 23 16 40 38 25 5 1 298.2 318 107 1 78 98 3.22 4.24 131 1922 29 NYY AL 13 13 45 28 20 0 8 260.0 270 106 16 76 81 3.67 3.99 109 1923 30 NYY AL 21 8 39 27 18 3 4 243.0 239 98 11 69 68 3.63 3.94 109 1924 31 NYY AL 9 6 36 21 8 3 3 178.2 187 72 6 76 53 3.63 4.14 114 1925 32 NYY AL 15 21 43 31 14 1 2 246.2 267 127 14 104 92 4.63 4.26 92 1926 33 NYY AL 9 8 39 23 6 1 5 161.0 186 89 6 80 69 4.98 3.86 78 1927 34 SLB AL 8 14 30 26 11 0 0 189.2 211 91 13 102 72 4.32 4.34 101 1928 35 WSH AL 17 7 30 27 19 4 0 224.2 209 71 5 78 63 2.84 4.00 141 1929 36 WSH AL 9 9 24 24 8 1 0 153.2 156 67 5 49 36 3.92 4.24 108 1930 37 WSH AL 15 7 25 25 14 1 0 183.1 195 83 4 61 60 4.07 4.60 113 1931 38 WSH AL 9 10 25 24 8 1 1 148.0 185 71 10 47 58 4.32 4.29 99 1932 39 CHW AL 10 15 30 28 10 0 0 200.1 217 94 9 75 64 4.22 4.34 103 1933 40 CHW AL 10 12 27 25 11 2 0 176.2 181 66 13 65 60 3.36 4.24 126 1934 41 CHW AL 8 12 27 26 11 1 0 183.1 217 104 16 60 60 5.11 4.72 92 1935 42 CHW AL 8 7 21 19 7 0 0 140.0 162 63 8 51 38 4.05 4.63 114 22 Yr WL% .513 229 217 647 487 250 36 31 3883.0 4084 1656 152 1396 1223 3.84 3.98 104 Batting Year Ag Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG TB SH HBP 1914 21 CLE AL 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1 0 0 1915 22 CLE AL 48 32 4 5 0 0 0 1 0 6 15 .156 .289 .156 5 3 0 1916 23 BOS AL 13 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .333 2 0 0 1917 24 BOS AL 9 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 0 1 0 1918 25 BOS AL 24 57 6 10 1 0 0 1 0 13 14 .175 .329 .193 11 3 0 1919 26 BOS AL 35 81 4 11 2 1 0 5 0 9 21 .136 .239 .185 15 5 2 1920 27 BOS AL 44 92 12 20 3 1 0 5 0 0 4 27 .217 .265 .272 25 5 2 1921 28 BOS AL 43 100 11 24 3 1 2 14 1 1 10 25 .240 .321 .350 35 2 2 1922 29 NYY AL 45 87 14 23 9 0 1 8 1 0 6 28 .264 .347 .402 35 4 5 1923 30 NYY AL 39 85 13 19 3 0 0 6 0 0 10 28 .224 .305 .259 22 3 0 1924 31 NYY AL 36 51 4 9 3 0 1 5 0 0 3 14 .176 .222 .294 15 6 0 1925 32 NYY AL 46 80 2 13 2 0 0 3 1 0 3 19 .162 .212 .187 15 10 2 1926 33 NYY AL 44 49 3 10 1 0 0 4 1 0 3 16 .204 .264 .224 11 5 1 1927 34 SLB AL 32 55 2 6 2 0 0 3 0 0 7 18 .109 .246 .145 8 0 3 1928 35 WSH AL 37 79 13 20 5 1 2 11 0 0 6 9 .253 .306 .418 33 9 0 1929 36 WSH AL 28 51 6 8 1 1 0 3 1 0 8 15 .157 .283 .216 11 3 1 1930 37 WSH AL 30 61 9 9 0 0 0 10 0 1 11 21 .148 .297 .148 9 4 2 1931 38 WSH AL 30 48 8 15 2 0 0 5 0 0 5 10 .312 .389 .354 17 6 1 1932 39 CHW AL 39 57 12 11 2 0 0 5 1 0 9 22 .193 .303 .228 13 8 0 1933 40 CHW AL 37 58 10 9 1 0 0 3 1 1 8 10 .155 .258 .172 10 1 0 1934 41 CHW AL 31 60 9 12 3 0 0 6 0 1 8 13 .200 .304 .250 15 4 1 1935 42 CHW AL 22 48 8 8 1 0 0 1 0 0 10 16 .167 .310 .187 9 3 0 22 Seasons 713 1243 151 245 44 5 6 99 7 4 139 346 .197 .289 .255 317 85 22 Fielding Year Ag Tm Lg Pos G PO A E DP FP lgFP RnF lgRnF LF CF RF 1914 21 CLE AL P 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 .936 1.00 1.74 1915 22 CLE AL P 48 6 46 4 2 .929 .937 1.08 1.80 1916 23 BOS AL P 12 3 6 0 0 1.000 .945 0.75 1.69 OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 .963 1.00 2.03 1 0 0 1917 24 BOS AL P 9 3 5 0 2 1.000 .947 0.89 1.83 1918 25 BOS AL P 24 11 41 2 5 .963 .952 2.17 1.85 1919 26 BOS AL P 35 12 81 5 2 .949 .948 2.66 1.76 1920 27 BOS AL P 37 8 68 5 2 .938 .949 2.05 1.66 1921 28 BOS AL P 40 14 59 4 2 .948 .956 1.82 1.56 1922 29 NYY AL P 45 11 60 3 5 .959 .963 1.58 1.48 1923 30 NYY AL P 39 7 68 1 5 .987 .959 1.92 1.49 1924 31 NYY AL P 36 6 40 4 1 .920 .959 1.28 1.32 1925 32 NYY AL P 43 17 56 3 4 .961 .960 1.70 1.40 OF 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .965 0.00 2.27 0 0 1 1926 33 NYY AL P 39 4 33 2 1 .949 .957 0.95 1.39 1927 34 SLB AL P 30 12 35 2 0 .959 .959 1.57 1.40 1928 35 WSH AL P 30 16 49 0 5 1.000 .957 2.17 1.37 1929 36 WSH AL P 24 10 26 3 1 .923 .958 1.50 1.29 1930 37 WSH AL P 25 11 32 4 2 .915 .946 1.72 1.18 1931 38 WSH AL P 25 6 28 2 2 .944 .954 1.36 1.19 1932 39 CHW AL P 30 17 50 3 2 .957 .958 2.23 1.21 1933 40 CHW AL P 27 6 34 3 3 .930 .960 1.48 1.18 1934 41 CHW AL P 27 11 27 2 1 .950 .956 1.41 1.11 1935 42 CHW AL P 21 5 29 0 1 1.000 .949 1.62 1.12 Position Total P 647 196 874 52 48 .954 .955 1.65 1.45 OF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 2.00 1 0 1 Overall Total 649 197 874 52 48 .954 .955 1.65 1.45 World Series Pitching Year Team Opp G ERA W-L SV CG IP H ER BB SO 1918 BOS CHC 1 3.00 0-1 0 1 9.0 7 3 5 5 1922 NYY NYG 2 0.00 0-0 0 0 2.0 1 0 1 0 1923 NYY NYG 2 0.90 0-1 1 0 10.0 5 1 2 3 1926 NYY STL 1 9.00 0-0 0 0 1.0 2 1 2 1 4 World Series 6 2.05 0-2 1 1 22.0 15 5 10 9 World Series Batting Year Team Opp G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG SB 1918 BOS CHC 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 0 1922 NYY NYG 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 1923 NYY NYG 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0 1926 NYY STL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 4 World Series 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .250 .000 0 Minor League Pitching Year Tm Lg W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO ERA 1913 Zanesville ISL 2 7 13 86 94 49 31 24 53 3.24 1914 Portsmouth OSL 5 6 11 Cleveland AA 10 4 23 11 6 2 3 129 112 45 35 64 50 2.44 1940 Toronto IL 1 0 8 1 12 12 3 3 9 5 2.25 TOTALS 18 17 55 11 6 2 4 227 218 97 69 97 108 2.74 Minor Leagues: ISL - Inter-State League; OSL - Ohio State League; AA - American Association; IL - International League
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