#79 Gordon Jones, Starting Pitcher, 29 yrs, Los Angeles Dodgers Thursday, 10/5/1959 |
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Position : Bats : Throws :
| Gordon Jones
4/2/1930 29 USA,OR, 6"0 195
Starting Pitcher R R
| Desire for Winner : Loyalty : Team Leader Skills : National Popularity : Local Popularity : Consistency : Clutch Performance : Injury Rating : Overall Rating :
| Minimal Minimal Some ability 2 / 6 (Fair) 0 / 6 (Unknown) Good Normal Normal 3.5 Stars
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Contract : Salary : Signed Through : Years of MLB Service : MLB Service Days this Year : Years on 40-Man Roster : Years of Pro Service : Minor League Option Years :
| Big League Contract $ 150,000 1959 (Automatic) 2 Year(s), 38 Days (382 total Days) 172 Day(s) 4 Year(s), 19 Days (707 total Days) 5 Year(s) 1 Option Year(s) left
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Pitching | Stuff | Control | Movement | Velocity |
Overall | 5 | 8 | 7 | 86-89 Mph |
Versus LHB | 4 | 8 | 7 | |
Versus RHB | 5 | 9 | 7 | |
Talent | 4 | 8 | 7 | |
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Pitching Ratings Endurance : Groundball Pct. : Holding Runners : | 7 67 3
| | Pitches: Fastball Changeup Curveball Slider
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Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
Overall | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Versus LHP | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Versus RHP | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Talent | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
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Running & Bunting Ratings Running Speed : Stealing Ability : Sacrifice Bunt : Bunt for Hit : Hitter Type :
| 1 3 2 1 Spray Hitter
| Fielding Ratings P : 3 (Range), .996 (Fielding Pct.) Catcher Arm : 1 Outfield Arm : 2
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Overall | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | CG% | SHO | QS | QS% |
Overall | 40 | 40 | 18 | 14 | 0 | 3.71 | 315.0 | 318 | 151 | 130 | 82 | 168 | 16 | 40.0 | 1 | 24 | 60.0 |
Projected | 42 | 42 | 19 | 15 | 0 | 3.71 | 331.0 | 335 | 159 | 137 | 86 | 177 | | | | | |
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Overall | SVO | BS | SV% | RA | GF | R/9 | H/9 | K/9 | BB/9 | RL | RLS | RLS% | IR | IRS | IRS% | ERC |
| 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | 11.7 | 9.1 | 4.8 | 2.3 | 12 | 5 | 41.7 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 3.47 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHB | 584 | 159 | 34 | 4 | 12 | 75 | 78 | 54 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .272 | .338 | .406 | .744 |
vs. RHB | 638 | 159 | 24 | 0 | 13 | 67 | 73 | 28 | 98 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .249 | .278 | .348 | .626 |
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| G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
Home | 20 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3.10 | 162.2 | 152 | 67 | 56 | 34 | 74 |
Road | 20 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 4.37 | 152.1 | 166 | 84 | 74 | 48 | 94 |
Postseason | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
This Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Month | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
March/April | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2.81 | 41.2 | 40 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 27 |
May | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2.68 | 53.2 | 46 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 35 |
June | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4.11 | 57.0 | 60 | 31 | 26 | 12 | 27 |
July | 8 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 3.90 | 62.1 | 56 | 33 | 27 | 18 | 30 |
August | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4.09 | 55.0 | 64 | 27 | 25 | 14 | 23 |
Sept./Oct. | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4.57 | 45.1 | 52 | 25 | 23 | 14 | 26 |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP | Teams |
1957 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2.67 | 27.0 | 24 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1.04 | .273 | BRO |
1958 | 30 | 30 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 4.22 | 243.1 | 244 | 133 | 114 | 18 | 71 | 126 | 14 | 1 | 1.29 | .290 | BRO |
1959 | 40 | 40 | 18 | 14 | 0 | 3.71 | 315.0 | 318 | 151 | 130 | 25 | 82 | 168 | 16 | 1 | 1.27 | .285 | LA,NL |
Total | 73 | 73 | 37 | 20 | 0 | 3.87 | 585.1 | 586 | 293 | 252 | 43 | 157 | 308 | 33 | 2 | 1.27 | .287 | |
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Career Minor League Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP |
1954, AAA | 25 | 25 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 3.80 | 191.2 | 188 | 89 | 81 | 20 | 61 | 137 | 6 | 3 | 1.30 | .288 |
1955, AAA | 23 | 23 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 4.16 | 160.0 | 177 | 87 | 74 | 16 | 55 | 129 | 3 | 0 | 1.45 | .327 |
1956, AAA | 43 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 4.21 | 98.1 | 121 | 48 | 46 | 10 | 36 | 85 | 0 | 0 | 1.60 | .363 |
1957, AAA | 37 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 4.13 | 69.2 | 70 | 35 | 32 | 6 | 26 | 41 | 1 | 1 | 1.38 | .288 |
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Career Postseason Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | SHO |
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
1957 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .077 | .077 | .077 | .154 | BRO |
1958 | 30 | 100 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 44 | 0 | 0 | .210 | .225 | .260 | .485 | BRO |
1959 | 40 | 108 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 39 | 0 | 0 | .157 | .171 | .176 | .347 | LA,NL |
Total | 73 | 221 | 39 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 17 | 4 | 87 | 0 | 0 | .176 | .190 | .208 | .398 | |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Pitcher | 40 | 40 | 21 | 67 | 5 | 89 | 1 | .989 | 315.0 | 2.54 | | | | |
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Transactions Drafted in 1st round, 7th overall pick, by Cincinnati in 1953... Injured on 3/13/1953 with a Ruptured Disc Back, out for entire career... Released by Cincinnati on 5/21/1953... Injured on 6/13/1955 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for one week... Had first career hit on 9/8/1957, off Roger Craig (PIT)... Earned first career win on 9/8/1957... Hit first career homerun on 5/2/1958, off Bubba Church (MIL)... Won World Championship with Los Angeles in 1958... Was selected to the 1959 Allstar game... Won Player of the Week award on 8/7/1959, winning 2 games with a 2.65 ERA...
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Pitching Leader Boards Appearances |
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ERA 1958 - 4.22 - 9th
| WHIP 1958 - 1.29 - 5th
| Wins 1958 - 16 - 9th
| CG 1958 - 14 - 8th
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