#2 Sam Jones, Reliever, 33 yrs, Boston Red Sox Thursday, 10/5/1959 |
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Position : Bats : Throws :
| Sam Jones
12/14/1925 33 USA,OH,STEWARTSVILLE 6"4 200
Reliever R R
| Desire for Winner : Loyalty : Team Leader Skills : National Popularity : Local Popularity : Consistency : Clutch Performance : Injury Rating : Overall Rating :
| Average Average None at all 2 / 6 (Fair) 1 / 6 (Insignificant) Good Normal Normal 4.5 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 $ 2,400,000 1961 8 Year(s), 64 Days (1440 total Days) 172 Day(s) 9 Year(s), 0 Days (1548 total Days) 8 Year(s) 1 Option Year(s) left
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Pitching | Stuff | Control | Movement | Velocity |
Overall | 7 | 3 | 6 | 88-91 Mph |
Versus LHB | 7 | 3 | 6 | |
Versus RHB | 8 | 4 | 7 | |
Talent | 7 | 4 | 6 | |
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Pitching Ratings Endurance : Groundball Pct. : Holding Runners : | 7 70 3
| | Pitches: Fastball Changeup Curveball Slider Splitfinger-Fastball
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Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
Overall | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Versus LHP | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Versus RHP | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Talent | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
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Running & Bunting Ratings Running Speed : Stealing Ability : Sacrifice Bunt : Bunt for Hit : Hitter Type :
| 1 3 5 1 Spray Hitter
| Fielding Ratings P : 4 (Range), .957 (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 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5.91 | 67.0 | 59 | 44 | 44 | 49 | 50 | 1 | 14.3 | 0 | 1 | 14.3 |
Projected | 19 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5.91 | 70.0 | 62 | 46 | 46 | 52 | 53 | | | | | |
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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 |
| 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 11 | 5 | 14.6 | 7.9 | 6.7 | 6.6 | 7 | 5 | 71.4 | 5 | 2 | 40.0 | 5.03 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHB | 108 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 29 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .269 | .421 | .454 | .875 |
vs. RHB | 136 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 24 | 26 | 20 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .221 | .314 | .360 | .675 |
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| G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
Home | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3.58 | 32.2 | 28 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 23 |
Road | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8.13 | 34.1 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 33 | 27 |
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 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6.60 | 43.2 | 43 | 32 | 32 | 31 | 34 |
May | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.75 | 12.0 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 8 |
June | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
July | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.15 | 8.2 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 |
August | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13.50 | 2.0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
Sept./Oct. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP | Teams |
1951 | 31 | 30 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 5.36 | 211.2 | 204 | 137 | 126 | 27 | 161 | 168 | 6 | 1 | 1.72 | .287 | PHA |
1952 | 24 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 5.22 | 138.0 | 124 | 91 | 80 | 13 | 103 | 91 | 2 | 1 | 1.64 | .275 | PHA |
1953 | 24 | 24 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 4.62 | 124.2 | 104 | 66 | 64 | 20 | 74 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 1.43 | .243 | PHA |
1954 | 34 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 5.23 | 32.2 | 34 | 20 | 19 | 3 | 18 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 1.59 | .326 | PHA |
1955 | 30 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6.21 | 42.0 | 48 | 32 | 29 | 7 | 29 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 1.83 | .311 | PHA |
1956 | 45 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4.12 | 109.1 | 92 | 59 | 50 | 10 | 72 | 85 | 0 | 0 | 1.50 | .265 | KC |
1957 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.00 | 33.0 | 43 | 27 | 22 | 6 | 14 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1.73 | .339 | KC |
1958 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6.37 | 29.2 | 34 | 23 | 21 | 6 | 18 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 1.75 | .318 | BOS |
1959 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5.91 | 67.0 | 59 | 44 | 44 | 10 | 49 | 50 | 1 | 0 | 1.61 | .266 | BOS |
Total | 231 | 106 | 39 | 50 | 3 | 5.20 | 788.0 | 742 | 499 | 455 | 102 | 538 | 588 | 9 | 2 | 1.62 | .280 | |
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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 |
1952, AA | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 9.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0.56 | .250 |
1952, AAA | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7.45 | 9.2 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1.97 | .417 |
1953, AAA | 11 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1.76 | 66.1 | 57 | 24 | 13 | 2 | 40 | 90 | 1 | 1 | 1.46 | .355 |
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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 |
1951 | 31 | 74 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | .149 | .160 | .162 | .322 | PHA |
1952 | 24 | 44 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | .091 | .091 | .091 | .182 | PHA |
1953 | 24 | 48 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 1 | .208 | .208 | .250 | .458 | PHA |
1954 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | PHA |
1955 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | PHA |
1956 | 45 | 32 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | .281 | .303 | .344 | .647 | KC |
1957 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .400 | .500 | .400 | .900 | KC |
1958 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .600 | .600 | .600 | 1.200 | BOS |
1959 | 18 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .211 | .250 | .211 | .461 | BOS |
Total | 231 | 236 | 45 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 19 | 5 | 73 | 0 | 1 | .191 | .207 | .212 | .419 | |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Pitcher | 18 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 1.000 | 67.0 | 3.22 | | | | |
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Transactions Drafted in 1st round, 4th overall pick, by Philadelphia (A) in 1951... Achievements Pitched NO-HITTER against Boston (A) on 5/3/1952, striking out 8... Milestones Had first career hit on 4/4/1951, off Don Johnson (NYY)... Earned first career win on 4/27/1951... Injuries Injured on 8/9/1952 with a Strained Bicep Muscle, out for 4 weeks... Injured on 5/28/1953 with a Tight Shoulder, out for one week... Signed as a free agent by Boston on 2/13/1958 to a 4-year deal worth $2,400,000 per year...
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Pitching Leader Boards Appearances |
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K's 1951 - 168 - 4th
| BB 1951 - 161 - 2nd
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