Sheldon Jones

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 180lb (183cm, 81kg)

Born: February 2, 1922 in Tecumseh, NE us

Died: April 18, 1991 in Greenville, NC

Buried: Greenwood Cemetery, Greenville, NC

High School: York HS (York, NE)

Debut: September 9, 1946 (Age 24-219d, 10,170th in major league history)
vs. PHI 6.0 IP, 5 H, 6 SO, 5 BB, 4 ER

Last Game: June 28, 1953 (Age 31-146d)
vs. NYG 0.2 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1947 season

Full Name: Sheldon Leslie Jones

Nicknames: Available

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.8

ERA

3.96

260

101

920.0

413

WHIP

1.437

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1949 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1949 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 20	NYG	@	BRO	L,2-6	GS	21	3.2	1	0	0	1	0
2	6 (3)	Apr 24	NYG		BSN	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
3	10 (3)	Apr 28	NYG		BRO	L,2-15	GS	13	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
4	11	Apr 29	NYG	@	BSN	W,10-9	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	14 (2)	May 1 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	L,2-4	CG	39	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
6	17 (2)	May 5	NYG		PIT	W,3-2	GS	32	8.0	3	1	0	4	1
7	21 (3)	May 9	NYG		CHC	W,7-2	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
8	25 (3)	May 14	NYG		PHI	W,12-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
9	29 (3)	May 19	NYG	@	CIN	W,6-2	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
10	33 (3)	May 24	NYG	@	CHC	L,2-8	GS	31	6.0	0	3	0	3	0
11	37 (3)	May 29 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	W,4-2	GS	46	11.0	0	2	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	43 (5)	Jun 2	NYG		CHC	L,0-3	GS	31	8.0	1	4	0	5	1
13	47 (3)	Jun 6	NYG		CIN	L,3-4	GS	15	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
14	56 (8)	Jun 18	NYG	@	PIT	W,5-4	GS	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
15	60 (3)	Jun 22	NYG	@	STL	L,8-11	GS	0	3.2	0	2	1	3	0
16	68 (7)	Jun 30 (2)	NYG		BSN	L,2-6	GS	0	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	75 (6)	Jul 8	NYG	@	BRO	L,3-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
18	77 (1)	Jul 10	NYG	@	BRO	L,3-7	GS	13	2.1	0	0	0	0	0
19	79 (1)	Jul 16 (1)	NYG		PIT	L,0-9	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
20	87 (7)	Jul 23	NYG		CHC	W,10-6	GS	12	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
21	88	Jul 24 (1)	NYG		CHC	L,3-5		6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
22	92 (3)	Jul 28	NYG	@	PIT	W,8-6		13	3.2	0	0	0	0	0
23	93	Jul 29	NYG	@	CIN	L,0-3	GF	7	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
24	94	Jul 30	NYG	@	CIN	W,8-7		10	2.1	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	98 (3)	Aug 2	NYG	@	CHC	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
26	108 (9)	Aug 12	NYG		PHI	L,0-2	GS	29	5.2	0	0	0	0	0
27	113 (4)	Aug 18	NYG	@	BSN	L,6-10		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
28	116 (2)	Aug 21 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	L,0-4	GS	32	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
29	119 (2)	Aug 24	NYG		CHC	W,5-3	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
30	123 (3)	Aug 27 (2)	NYG		STL	L,2-11	GS	0	2.1	0	0	0	0	0
31	127 (3)	Aug 31	NYG		PIT	W,12-5	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	131 (3)	Sep 4	NYG		BRO	L,2-6		13	3.2	0	1	0	1	0
33	132	Sep 5 (1)	NYG		PHI	L,7-9	GF	3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
34	135 (2)	Sep 6 (2)	NYG		PHI	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
35	139 (3)	Sep 11	NYG	@	BRO	L,5-10	GS	26	5.1	0	1	0	1	0
36	141 (1)	Sep 14	NYG	@	STL	L,3-9	GF	13	2.0	0	2	0	2	0
37	144 (2)	Sep 18 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	W,13-4	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
38	146 (1)	Sep 19	NYG	@	PIT	W,6-4	GF	11	3.0	0	4	0	4	0
39	147	Sep 21 (1)	NYG	@	CIN	L,4-5	GF	5	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
40	153 (5)	Sep 25 (2)	NYG		BSN	W,5-2		0	2.2	0	2	0	2	0
41	154	Sep 28	NYG	@	PHI	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
42	156 (1)	Oct 2	NYG	@	BSN	L,1-2	GF	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
							42gm		207.1	11	35	1	47	2