Sad Sam Jones

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 170lb (183cm, 77kg)

Born: July 26, 1892 in Woodsfield, OH us

Died: July 6, 1966 in Barnesville, OH

Buried: Oaklawn Cemetery, Woodsfield, OH

Debut: June 13, 1914 (Age 21-322d, 4,183rd in major league history)
vs. PHA 3.1 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 2 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: September 28, 1935 (Age 43-064d)
vs. DET 9.0 IP, 10 H, 9 SO, 4 BB, 1 ER, W

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1915 season

Full Name: Samuel Pond Jones

Nicknames: Sad Sam

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

42.7

229

217

ERA

3.84

647

487

3883.0

1223

WHIP

1.411

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	19-24 / in Starts: 16-16
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	34 games
Most Games w/o RBI	11 games
Grand Slams	0 in 0 bases loaded PA and 0 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 104 PAs	5
Actual Runners on Base	61 (35-16-10)
Avg. MLBer w/ 104 PAs	10
Avg. Runners on Base	66 (32-21-12)

Most Driven In
E Foster	2
C Brady	1
E Scott	1
W Schang	1
R Walters	0

Most Driven In By
M Menosky	5
M McNally	2
H Eibel	1
B Paschal	1
S McInnis	1
E Scott	1

1920 Batting Game Log

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1920 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	131	2 (1)	Apr 17	BOS		WSH	W,2-1	GS-12	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	9	1.60	-0.014	4.28	-0.02%	-0.33	P
2	132	5 (2)	Apr 20	BOS		NYY	W,3-2	9-GF	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	8		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
3	133	7 (1)	Apr 23	BOS	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.286	.286	.571	.857	9	.75	0.082	2.52	0.17%	0.71	P
4	134	11 (3)	Apr 28	BOS	@	PHA	T,7-7	GS-10	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		1		0	0	.273	.273	.455	.727	9	1.51	-0.034	5.41	-0.07%	-0.60	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
5	135	15 (3)	May 2	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-7	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.214	.214	.357	.571	9	1.18	-0.093	4.65	-0.22%	-0.98	P
6	136	18 (2)	May 5	BOS		PHA	W,4-3	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.214	.214	.357	.571	7						PR
7	137	19	May 6	BOS		PHA	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.235	.235	.353	.588	9	1.01	0.049	3.76	0.11%	0.26	P
8	138	24 (4)	May 17	BOS		CHW	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.200	.300	.500	9	.89	-0.105	3.44	-0.24%	-1.23	P
9	139	30 (5)	May 25	BOS		SLB	W,3-2	CG(11)	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.200	.250	.450	9	2.07	-0.233	8.37	-0.57%	-1.02	P
10	140	35 (4)	May 29 (2)	BOS		NYY	L,3-8	CG	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		0		0	0	.154	.214	.231	.445	9	.97	-0.080	3.98	-0.20%	-0.55	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
11	141	38 (2)	Jun 1 (1)	BOS		PHA	L,6-8	5-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.185	.241	.259	.501	9	2.44	0.179	7.64	0.34%	0.96	P
12	142	40 (1)	Jun 3	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.185	.241	.259	.501	5						PR
13	143	42 (1)	Jun 8	BOS	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.219	.233	.452	9	1.61	-0.123	4.27	-0.20%	-0.88	P
14	144	46 (3)	Jun 12	BOS	@	SLB	L,4-15	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.219	.233	.452	9						P
15	145	47	Jun 13	BOS	@	SLB	L,5-11	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1		0	0	.176	.222	.235	.458	9	.63	0.012	1.27	0.01%	0.42	P
16	146	49 (1)	Jun 15	BOS	@	SLB	L,8-12	9-9	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.176	.222	.235	.458	3		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
17	147	51 (1)	Jun 18	BOS	@	DET	L,0-1	GS-9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.211	.222	.433	9	1.09	-0.056	1.69	-0.05%	-0.41	P
18	148	56 (4)	Jun 23	BOS	@	CLE	L,6-7	GS-9	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1		1		0	0	.158	.220	.211	.430	9	2.01	0.169	3.78	0.19%	0.50	P
19	149	60 (3)	Jun 29	BOS	@	NYY	L,5-6	GS-9	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.150	.244	.200	.444	9	.44	0.015	.46	0.01%	0.25	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
20	150	64 (3)	Jul 2	BOS		WSH	W,10-9	GS-6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.255	.214	.470	9	.39	0.004	.11	0.00%	0.02	P
21	151	67 (2)	Jul 6 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	W,11-0	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.191	.269	.234	.503	9	.38	0.015	.20	0.01%	0.24	P
22	152	73 (5)	Jul 10	BOS		SLB	L,2-9	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.184	.259	.224	.484	9	1.37	-0.114	.28	-0.01%	-0.97	P
23	153	78 (4)	Jul 16	BOS		DET	L,5-6	9-GF(10)	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0		0	0	.184	.273	.224	.497	8	1.84	0.052	.10	0.00%	0.13	PR P
24	154	79	Jul 17 (1)	BOS		CLE	L,2-5	GS-9	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		0		0	0	.196	.293	.255	.548	9	1.07	0.060	.08	0.00%	0.60	P
25	155	82 (2)	Jul 19 (2)	BOS		CLE	W,5-4	9-10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.196	.293	.255	.548	6						PR
26	156	84 (1)	Jul 21	BOS		CHW	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.204	.295	.278	.573	9	1.23	-0.010	.01	0.00%	-0.06	P
27	157	86 (1)	Jul 23	BOS		CHW	L,7-8	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.204	.295	.278	.573	9						PR
28	158	89 (2)	Jul 26	BOS	@	NYY	W,9-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0	0	.193	.281	.263	.544	9	.47	-0.033	.00	0.00%	-1.20	P
29	159	93 (3)	Jul 31	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.183	.269	.250	.519	9	.99	-0.079	.00	0.00%	-0.55	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
30	160	99 (5)	Aug 5	BOS	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.175	.257	.238	.495	9	.80	-0.034	.00	0.00%	-0.33	P
31	161	103 (3)	Aug 9	BOS	@	SLB	W,5-4	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.247	.227	.474	9	1.01	-0.086	.00	0.00%	-0.75	P
32	162	106 (2)	Aug 13 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	L,1-3	GS-9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.162	.240	.221	.461	9	.73	-0.037	.00	0.00%	-0.28	P
33	163	110 (3)	Aug 17 (1)	BOS		DET	W,4-3	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.171	.247	.229	.475	9	.40	-0.006	.00	0.00%	-0.06	P
34	164	116 (5)	Aug 23 (1)	BOS		CLE	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.164	.238	.219	.457	9	1.08	-0.110	.00	0.00%	-0.80	P
35	165	120 (3)	Aug 26	BOS		SLB	L,0-8	6-GF	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.187	.256	.240	.496	9	.04	0.003	.00	0.00%	0.93	P
36	166	123 (2)	Aug 30	BOS		CHW	W,4-0	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.192	.259	.256	.515	9	.54	0.032	.00	0.00%	0.73	P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
37	167	128 (4)	Sep 4 (1)	BOS		NYY	L,3-5	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.188	.253	.250	.503	9	.58	-0.029	.00	0.00%	-0.33	P
38	168	131 (2)	Sep 6 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	L,0-6	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.193	.256	.253	.509	9	.68	-0.050	.00	0.00%	-0.35	P
39	169	137 (5)	Sep 11	BOS	@	CHW	W,9-7	GS-7	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.198	.258	.256	.514	9	1.45	-0.051	.00	0.00%	-0.50	P
40	170	140 (2)	Sep 14	BOS	@	SLB	L,4-7	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.198	.258	.256	.514	9						P
41	171	143 (2)	Sep 17	BOS	@	DET	L,13-14	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0	0	.193	.253	.250	.503	9						P
42	172	147 (3)	Sep 21	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-12	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.191	.250	.247	.497	9	.73	-0.019	.00	0.00%	-0.18	P
43	173	149 (1)	Sep 24	BOS		PHA	L,9-10	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.191	.250	.247	.497	6						PR
44	174	151 (1)	Sep 27 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.217	.273	.272	.544	9	1.20	0.129	.00	0.00%	1.25	P
							19-24		104	92	12	20	3	1	0	5	4	0	28	3	5		5		0	0	.217	.273	.272	.544		1.03	-0.595	1.88	-0.75%	-5.36

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