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

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Team Record in Appearances: 24-30 / in Starts: 13-8

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 42, Entered with runners on base: 21

1948 Pitching Game Log

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1948 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	22	2	Apr 21	NYG		BRO	W,9-5	GS-8	W(1-0)	99	7.2	10	5	4	3	3	3	0	4.70	8.24	33	13	9	4	0	5	41			0	1	0	30	1	0	0	2	0	0	.93	0.123	2.10	0.17%	-0.18	1t start tie	8t 1-- 2 out a2
2	23	7	Apr 25(2)	NYG	@	BSN	W,6-0	SHO	W(2-0)	3	9.0	2	0	0	4	6	0	1	2.16	5.46	34						85						28	0	0	0		0
3	24	10	Apr 29	NYG	@	BRO	L,7-17	GS-1		3	0.0	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	4.32	5.46	4	2	1	1	0	1	26			0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.28	-0.314	4.60	-0.68%	-3.39	1b start a 3	1b 1-- 0 out tie
4	25	11	Apr 30	NYG		BSN	L,2-7	3-5		0	2.2	2	1	1	4	0	0	0	4.19	5.71	12	5	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	.34	0.003	1.12	0.01%	0.28	3t --- 1 out d5	5t 3 out d6
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
5	26	15	May 5	NYG	@	CIN	L,2-5	GS-2	L(2-1)	4	1.1	4	4	2	1	0	0	0	4.79	5.66	10	2	3	0	0	4	33			1	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	1	.99	-0.296	3.40	-0.61%	-3.54	1b start tie	2b 1-- 1 out d4
6	27	21	May 17	NYG	@	PHI	L,1-7	8-GF(8)		11	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.57	5.67	4	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.000	.05	0.00%	0.49	8b --- 0 out d6	8b end d 6
7	28	22	May 18	NYG		CIN	W,6-5	6-7	W(3-1)	0	1.1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.30	5.54	5	1	2	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.87	0.074	2.65	0.14%	1.01	6t 1-3 2 out d2	7t 3 out d2
8	29	25	May 21	NYG		CHC	L,3-8	GS-5	L(3-2)	2	4.0	6	4	4	5	2	1	0	5.00	6.02	23	5	5	0	0	6	31			0	0	0	18	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.14	-0.100	3.57	-0.19%	-0.97	1t start tie	5t 12- 0 out d2
9	30	28	May 26	NYG		STL	W,10-7	8-8	W(4-2)	4	1.0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	4.82	6.12	5	3	0	0	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	.24	-0.009	1.02	-0.02%	-0.11	8t 1-- 0 out d4	8t 3 out d5
10	31	29	May 27	NYG		STL	L,6-9	5-7		0	2.1	4	1	1	2	3	0	0	4.75	5.86	13	2	2	0	0	4		0	0	0	1	0	11	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.42	-0.159	6.13	-0.41%	-0.67	5t --- 0 out d1	7t 1-3 1 out d1
11	32	30	May 28	NYG		PHI	L,3-6	8-8		0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.70	5.82	1	0	1	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.31	0.009	1.10	0.02%	0.61	8t -23 2 out d4	8t 3 out d4
12	33	33	May 31(1)	NYG	@	BRO	L,3-4	3-GF(8)	L(4-3)	2	5.1	4	1	1	3	3	0	0	4.25	5.45	23	11	6	2	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	0.067	3.85	0.15%	2.22	3b -23 2 out d2	8b end d 1
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
13	34	35	Jun 1	NYG	@	BRO	T,4-4	7-GF(11)		0	5.0	2	0	0	1	5	0	0	3.73	4.95	18	6	6	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.18	0.623	8.43	1.44%	2.61	7b --- 0 out tie	11b end tie
14	35	37	Jun 3	NYG	@	CIN	L,4-6	3-6		1	4.0	3	1	1	1	1	0	2	3.60	4.91	17	3	7	0	1	3		2	1	0	0	0	14	1	0	1	0	0	0	.64	0.008	2.79	0.02%	0.93	3b 12- 0 out d2	6b 3 out d3
15	36	38	Jun 4	NYG	@	CIN	W,5-4	8-GF	S(1)	0	2.0	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	3.64	5.10	8	2	4	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.85	0.194	11.55	0.47%	-0.03	8b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 1
16	37	41	Jun 6(2)	NYG	@	PIT	L,3-4	3-4		1	1.1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.54	5.03	5	1	2	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.62	0.046	3.02	0.13%	0.95	3b 12- 2 out d3	4b 3 out d3
17	38	42	Jun 7	NYG	@	PIT	W,9-5	7-GF	W(5-3)	0	2.1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.38	4.95	8	5	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	0.151	5.01	0.42%	1.26	7b 1-- 2 out tie	9b end a 4
18	39	43	Jun 9(1)	NYG	@	CHC	L,7-8	6-7	H(1)	1	0.2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	3.33	4.92	6	3	0	0	0	3		2	1	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	2.43	-0.375	9.92	-0.92%	-2.95	6b 12- 1 out a3	7b 123 0 out a2
19	40	45	Jun 10	NYG	@	CHC	L,4-6	7-GF(8)		0	1.2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.23	4.87	6	1	3	0	1	0		2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	.58	0.050	2.36	0.12%	1.36	7b 12- 1 out d2	8b end d 2
20	41	47	Jun 12	NYG	@	STL	W,7-5	5-GF	W(6-3)	1	5.0	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	2.95	4.59	18	6	7	0	1	2		2	1	0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.10	0.302	4.92	0.81%	2.66	5b 12- 0 out d2	9b end a 2
21	42	50	Jun 15	NYG		PIT	L,0-2	9-GF		2	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.90	4.61	5	1	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.38	0.018	1.80	0.05%	0.51	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
22	43	51	Jun 16	NYG		PIT	L,5-11	7-7		0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.88	4.60	1	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.21	0.006	.95	0.02%	0.44	7t 12- 2 out d5	7t 3 out d5
23	44	52	Jun 17	NYG		PIT	L,8-9	7-8		0	1.0	2	4	4	3	1	0	0	3.43	4.68	8	0	2	0	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.41	-0.166	6.34	-0.45%	-2.88	7t 1-- 1 out d1	8t 12- 1 out d4
24	45	55	Jun 20(1)	NYG		STL	L,2-7	5-5		2	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.41	4.67	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.11	5t --- 2 out d7	5t 3 out d7
25	46	56	Jun 20(2)	NYG		STL	W,6-4	7-7		-1	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.36	4.66	5	1	1	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.73	0.090	8.24	0.16%	1.00	7t -23 0 out tie	7t 3 out d1
26	47	57	Jun 24(1)	NYG		CHC	W,3-2	9-GF	S(2)	3	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.34	4.61	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.81	0.080	7.93	0.14%	0.23	9t 1-- 2 out a1	9t end a 1
27	48	60	Jun 26	NYG		CIN	L,0-4	1-5		1	4.2	3	0	0	2	2	0	0	3.11	4.51	18	5	6	3	0	3		1	1	0	0	0	15	0	0	2	0	0	0	.44	0.072	1.41	0.14%	1.97	1t --3 1 out d3	5t 3 out d4
28	49	61	Jun 27	NYG		CIN	L,3-4	7-GF		0	2.1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.00	4.47	9	3	2	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.03	0.147	2.85	0.25%	1.52	7t 1-3 2 out d1	9t end d 1
29	50	62	Jun 29	NYG	@	BSN	W,11-3	7-GF	S(3)	1	3.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	3.00	4.37	11	5	3	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	.21	0.058	.69	0.11%	0.49	7b --- 0 out a3	9b end a 8
30	51	63	Jun 30	NYG	@	BSN	L,1-3	7-GF(8)		0	2.0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	2.92	4.45	9	5	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	.52	0.037	1.91	0.08%	0.99	7b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
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
31	52	65	Jul 2	NYG	@	BRO	W,6-4	8-GF	BW(7-3)	1	1.1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.87	4.39	6	4	0	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.62	-0.447	6.00	-0.62%	-1.03	8b 12- 2 out a1	9b end a 2
32	53	66	Jul 3	NYG	@	BRO	L,5-7	7-7	L(7-4)	0	0.0	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	3.11	4.43	2	1	0	0	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.50	-0.329	10.14	-0.57%	-2.00	7b 1-3 0 out a3	7b 1-3 0 out a1
33	54	67	Jul 4	NYG	@	BRO	L,12-13	9-GF	BL(7-5)	0	0.0	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	3.35	4.47	4	1	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.11	-0.793	12.16	-1.13%	-3.00	9b --- 0 out a1	9b end d 1
34	55	70	Jul 6	NYG		BSN	L,3-4	8-GF		1	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.26	4.40	7	4	1	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.68	0.091	1.83	0.15%	1.01	8t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
35	56	72	Jul 9	NYG		BRO	L,3-10	5-8		2	3.1	6	4	4	3	2	0	1	3.57	4.43	21	9	4	1	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	17	1	0	2	0	0	0	.35	-0.136	.72	-0.17%	-3.84	5t -23 1 out d1	8t 123 2 out d7
36	57	77	Jul 17	NYG	@	PIT	W,6-5	GS-7		7	6.2	9	4	4	1	2	0	0	3.71	4.29	30	7	11	0	0	9	41			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	0.128	1.69	0.12%	1.14	1b start a 4	7b 12- 2 out a2
37	58	82	Jul 22(1)	NYG	@	STL	W,6-3	CG	W(8-5)	4	9.0	7	3	3	3	3	1	0	3.64	4.32	37	12	12	4	1	7	61			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.03	0.188	1.68	0.19%	1.78	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
38	59	88	Jul 26	NYG	@	BRO	W,13-4	CG	W(9-5)	3	9.0	9	4	3	2	6	0	0	3.59	4.13	36	12	15	8	0	1	59			0	0	0	34	2	0	0	2	0	0	.22	0.109	.47	0.14%	0.69	1b start a 5	9b 3 out a9
39	60	92	Jul 30	NYG		CHC	W,9-1	CG	W(10-5)	3	9.0	4	1	1	1	3	0	1	3.38	4.02	33	9	15	0	6	4	77			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	.49	0.302	1.18	0.43%	3.56	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
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
40	61	96	Aug 4(1)	NYG		STL	L,2-7	GS-7	L(10-6)	4	6.2	9	7	7	5	3	1	0	3.72	4.13	33	4	12	1	0	9	26			0	0	0	28	2	0	2	0	0	0	1.06	-0.256	4.59	-0.66%	-2.23	1t start tie	7t 123 2 out d3
41	62	98	Aug 6	NYG		PIT	W,7-6	9-GF	S(4)	1	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.70	4.12	3	2	0	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.11	0.082	6.35	0.15%	-1.08	9t 12- 1 out a3	9t end a 1
42	63	99	Aug 7	NYG		PIT	L,4-5	7-8		0	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	3.64	4.15	10	0	6	0	4	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.94	0.196	6.60	0.40%	1.01	7t --- 0 out tie	8t 3 out tie
43	64	100	Aug 8(1)	NYG		PIT	W,6-2	8-GF	S(5)	0	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	3.58	4.17	10	1	5	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.44	0.038	1.30	0.07%	1.01	8t --- 0 out a4	9t end a 4
44	65	102	Aug 10	NYG	@	BSN	W,6-5	GS-3		1	2.0	8	3	3	1	1	0	0	3.74	4.16	15	3	2	0	0	8	28			0	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	-0.233	4.15	-0.48%	-3.00	1b start tie	3b 12- 0 out d3
45	66	105	Aug 14	NYG	@	PHI	W,3-1	CG	W(11-6)	3	9.0	7	1	1	0	2	1	0	3.56	4.13	32	15	8	0	0	7	71			0	1	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.08	0.490	1.92	0.52%	3.37	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
46	67	109	Aug 18	NYG		BSN	W,8-2	CG	W(12-6)	3	9.0	8	2	2	6	3	0	0	3.46	4.13	41	11	13	1	5	8	60			0	0	0	35	2	0	1	0	0	1	1.28	0.263	1.88	0.23%	2.56	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
47	68	111	Aug 22(1)	NYG		PHI	W,9-4	CG	W(13-6)	3	9.0	6	4	2	4	6	0	0	3.38	4.05	38	12	10	0	4	6	65			1	0	0	34	0	1	0	0	0	1	.21	0.119	.25	0.09%	0.56	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
48	69	116	Aug 26(2)	NYG	@	STL	L,5-7	GS-5		3	4.1	9	4	4	2	3	1	0	3.51	4.10	22	3	5	1	1	9	30			0	2	0	20	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.23	-0.230	3.14	-0.35%	-1.89	1b start tie	5b 1-- 1 out d1
49	70	118	Aug 28(2)	NYG	@	STL	L,6-7	7-9	HL(13-7)	1	1.2	5	4	3	1	3	0	0	3.64	4.07	11	0	2	0	0	5		2	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.62	-0.170	2.92	-0.18%	-1.26	7b -23 2 out a3	9b 12- 1 out a1
50	71	121	Aug 31	NYG	@	PIT	L,4-5	GS-7		2	6.0	6	3	2	2	1	0	0	3.62	4.04	25	8	11	3	1	3	49			0	1	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.28	0.048	1.02	0.02%	0.68	1b start tie	7b 1-- 0 out a2
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
51	72	126	Sep 4	NYG	@	BRO	W,3-0	GS-8	W(14-7)	3	7.0	5	0	0	4	1	0	0	3.47	4.05	28	9	13	7	0	1	64			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.22	0.123	2.27	0.14%	1.81	1b start tie	8b 123 0 out a3
52	73	132	Sep 8	NYG		PHI	L,4-5	GS-6		3	6.0	6	2	1	5	0	1	0	3.41	4.16	26	6	9	2	0	6	49			0	0	0	21	1	0	2	3	0	0	1.13	0.063	3.63	0.12%	1.04	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
53	74	136	Sep 12	NYG		BRO	W,5-3	GS-8	W(15-7)	3	7.2	7	3	3	3	2	2	0	3.41	4.27	34	13	16	9	0	0	52			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	3	.91	0.204	1.63	0.22%	0.82	1t start tie	8t 1-- 2 out a2
54	75	140	Sep 17	NYG		CIN	L,3-5	GS-4	L(15-8)	4	4.0	4	4	2	0	3	2	1	3.43	4.36	17	8	1	0	0	4	45			0	1	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	.83	-0.239	.44	-0.08%	-1.97	1t start tie	4t 3 out d3
55	76	149	Sep 25	NYG	@	BSN	W,3-2	CG	W(16-8)	7	9.0	12	2	2	0	1	1	0	3.37	4.34	35	15	12	1	0	7	56			0	0	0	35	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.98	0.555	.00	0.00%	2.46	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a1
							24-30		W-L:16-8,Sv:5,BSv:2,Hld:2	1.7	200.1	204	89	75	90	83	15	6	3.37	4.34	877	1.00		10%	5%	152	50	37	38%	3	8	1	773	23	3	17	15	0	11	1.04	0.906	2.60	0.30%	9.11

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