Sam Jones

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 192lb (193cm, 87kg)

Born: December 14, 1925 in Stewartsville, OH us

Died: November 5, 1971 in Morgantown, WV

Buried: Woodlawn Cemetery, Fairmont, WV

High School: Dunbar HS (Fairmont, WV)

Debut: 1947 (10,206th in major league history)

AL/NL Debut: September 22, 1951 (Age 25-282d)
vs. DET 0.2 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: October 3, 1964 (Age 38-294d)
vs. DET 1.1 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1952 season (Exceeded AL/NL rookie limits during 1955 season)

Full Name: Samuel Jones

Nicknames: Toothpick Sam

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

17.8

103

104

ERA

3.63

327

225

1669.1

1393

WHIP

1.364

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Team Record in Appearances: 17-11 / in Starts: 16-11

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1957 Pitching Game Log

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1957 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	91	4	Apr 21(2)	STL		CHC	W,6-3	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	6	3	2	3	11	1	0	2.00	2.46	36	2	14	0	1	6	73			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	1	0	1	.69	0.217	1.59	0.30%	1.44	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
2	92	10	Apr 30	STL	@	PIT	W,6-5	GS-9		8	8.0	8	2	2	3	5	0	0	2.12	2.40	34	12	6	1	2	8	60			0	0	0	31	1	1	0	1	0	0	.82	0.311	1.79	0.41%	1.41	1b start tie	9b 1-3 0 out a4
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
3	93	16	May 5(2)	STL	@	PHI	W,2-0	SHO	W(2-0)	4	9.0	4	0	0	3	7	0	0	1.38	2.23	33	9	10	0	1	4	83			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.21	0.631	3.05	0.96%	4.22	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
4	94	19	May 10	STL		MLN	L,5-10	GS-3	L(2-1)	4	3.0	6	5	5	2	2	1	0	2.79	2.77	16	4	2	0	0	6	27			0	0	0	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	.88	-0.325	2.92	-0.65%	-3.52	1t start tie	3t 3 out d4
5	95	24	May 15	STL		NYG	W,6-5	GS-1		4	0.2	4	4	4	2	1	0	0	3.94	2.89	7	0	0	0	0	4	27			0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.81	-0.266	3.24	-0.29%	-2.94	1t start tie	1t 12- 2 out d3
6	96	26	May 17	STL		PHI	L,3-5	GS-8	L(2-2)	1	8.0	7	4	4	3	7	2	0	4.06	3.36	33	4	12	4	1	7	56			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.21	-0.109	2.86	-0.15%	-0.05	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
7	97	31	May 24	STL	@	CIN	W,9-6	GS-3		6	3.0	2	1	1	3	1	0	0	3.98	3.46	12	2	4	1	0	2	49			0	0	0	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.28	0.047	1.64	0.04%	0.54	1b start tie	3b 3 out a3
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
8	98	52	Jun 15	STL	@	BRO	W,6-5	GS-7	W(3-2)	21	6.0	6	4	4	3	4	1	0	4.24	3.63	27	6	12	6	0	2	45			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.03	-0.087	3.75	-0.19%	-0.84	1b start a 3	7b 12- 0 out a3
9	99	56	Jun 19(1)	STL		PIT	W,5-2	CG	W(4-2)	3	9.0	7	2	2	2	10	0	0	3.88	3.19	36	5	12	2	3	7	73			1	0	0	34	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.01	0.313	3.97	0.74%	2.44	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
10	100	62	Jun 24	STL		BRO	L,3-10	GS-7	L(4-3)	4	6.1	8	6	6	2	5	1	1	4.35	3.31	29	9	9	4	0	3	36			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.49	-0.341	8.29	-1.14%	-2.22	1t start tie	7t -2- 1 out d3
11	101	66	Jun 29	STL		NYG	L,0-1	GS-11		4	11.0	6	0	0	2	9	0	0	3.70	3.02	38	11	10	1	4	6	92			0	1	0	36	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.44	0.954	6.52	2.59%	5.43	1t start tie	11t 3 out tie
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
12	102	73	Jul 4(2)	STL	@	CHC	W,4-3	CG	W(5-3)	4	9.0	6	3	3	3	7	2	1	3.62	3.25	37	12	8	0	2	6	67			0	0	1	32	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.66	0.386	6.95	0.97%	1.31	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
13	103	76	Jul 7(1)	STL		CIN	W,3-2	8-GF(10)	W(6-3)	2	3.0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	3.49	3.15	10	4	1	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.85	0.378	13.12	1.61%	1.48	8t --- 0 out tie	10t end tie
14	104	79	Jul 12	STL	@	NYG	W,5-1	CG	W(7-3)	4	9.0	3	1	1	1	8	1	1	3.26	3.12	31	9	9	1	3	3	84			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	.59	0.355	3.30	1.20%	3.35	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
15	105	84	Jul 17	STL	@	BRO	W,7-3	CG	W(8-3)	4	9.0	10	3	2	1	12	1	0	3.15	2.98	37	11	9	6	0	4	68			0	0	0	36	2	0	0	2	0	1	.81	0.180	4.76	0.64%	1.74	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
16	106	90	Jul 23	STL		BRO	L,0-1	GS-8	L(8-4)	5	8.0	3	1	1	3	5	0	0	3.00	2.93	29	7	14	5	0	0	74			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	0	.96	0.296	6.06	1.13%	2.95	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
17	107	100	Aug 1	STL		NYG	W,8-0	SHO	W(9-4)	8	9.0	6	0	0	1	4	0	0	2.78	2.86	34	11	12	0	2	6	78			1	0	0	33	0	1	0	0	0	0	.57	0.279	3.56	1.05%	4.44	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
18	108	105	Aug 6	STL		CHC	L,2-8	GS-7	L(9-5)	4	6.2	9	6	6	3	7	1	0	3.06	2.90	32	10	3	0	1	9	36			0	1	0	27	1	0	0	0	1	1	.80	-0.219	5.46	-0.90%	-2.98	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out d5
19	109	110	Aug 11	STL		MLN	L,1-5	GS-3	L(9-6)	4	3.0	3	4	4	4	2	0	1	3.26	2.97	17	2	5	0	1	3	35			0	0	0	12	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	-0.245	7.35	-0.98%	-2.52	1t start tie	3t 3 out d4
20	110	113	Aug 15	STL	@	CHC	L,1-4	CG(8)	L(9-7)	3	8.0	7	4	4	4	8	2	1	3.33	3.12	36	6	10	1	1	7	56			0	0	0	31	1	0	1	1	0	1	.72	-0.120	1.47	-0.15%	-0.17	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
21	111	118	Aug 20(1)	STL	@	NYG	W,4-3	CG	W(10-7)	4	9.0	10	3	3	4	3	0	0	3.31	3.12	38	10	11	1	1	10	54			0	1	0	34	2	1	0	2	0	0	1.65	0.466	4.81	0.81%	1.35	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a1
22	112	124	Aug 25	STL	@	BRO	L,5-6	GS-7	L(10-8)	4	6.1	9	6	5	4	6	1	0	3.47	3.18	31	12	7	4	0	2	35			0	1	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.19	-0.231	3.70	-0.43%	-1.75	1b start tie	7b -23 1 out d2
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
23	113	129	Sep 1	STL	@	CHC	W,3-2	GS-7		6	6.0	4	0	0	4	7	0	0	3.34	3.14	26	5	6	3	0	4	67			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	0.174	1.44	0.13%	1.89	1b start tie	7b 12- 0 out a2
24	114	134	Sep 5	STL		MLN	W,10-1	CG	W(11-8)	3	9.0	4	1	0	2	6	0	0	3.16	3.07	32	16	4	0	0	4	81			0	1	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	1	.87	0.310	1.41	0.30%	3.44	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
25	115	138	Sep 10	STL		PHI	W,4-3	GS-8		4	7.1	8	3	3	5	6	0	0	3.18	3.06	33	5	9	2	3	8	51			0	0	0	28	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.58	-0.184	3.13	-0.22%	-0.62	1t start tie	8t 123 1 out tie
26	116	143	Sep 15(2)	STL		PIT	W,11-3	GS-7	W(12-8)	4	6.1	9	3	3	1	7	0	1	3.22	3.00	30	5	7	0	1	9	49			0	0	0	28	3	0	0	0	0	0	.39	0.060	1.82	0.17%	-1.11	1t start tie	7t 123 1 out a5
27	117	147	Sep 21	STL	@	CIN	L,8-9	GS-2		5	1.0	4	4	4	1	1	2	0	3.40	3.14	8	0	2	0	1	4	29			0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.74	-0.291	2.23	-0.53%	-3.88	1b start tie	2b 1-- 0 out d4
28	118	150	Sep 24	STL	@	MLN	L,1-6	GS-1	L(12-9)	2	0.0	3	4	4	2	0	1	0	3.60	3.24	5	0	0	0	0	3	26			0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.35	-0.345	.00	0.00%	-4.37	1b start tie	1b 1-- 0 out d4
							17-11		W-L:12-9	4.2	182.2	164	77	73	71	154	17	6	3.60	3.24	767	0.91		11%	7%	139	56	0	---%	2	5	1	685	28	5	1	19	2	7	1.07	2.594	3.93	7.40%	10.44

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