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

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

1926 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1926 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 13	NYY	@	BOS	W,12-11	GF	13	2.2	0	2	0	2	0
2	4 (2)	Apr 17	NYY	@	WSH	W,8-6	GS	5	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
3	7 (2)	Apr 21	NYY		BOS	W,8-5	GS	11	2.0	0	3	0	3	1
4	13 (5)	Apr 28	NYY		PHA	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	18 (4)	May 4	NYY	@	PHA	L,5-10	GS	11	1.1	0	1	1	2	0
6	22 (3)	May 8	NYY		DET	L,5-7	GS	15	2.2	0	0	0	0	0
7	26 (3)	May 13	NYY		CLE	W,13-9	GF	12	3.1	0	2	0	2	0
8	30 (3)	May 18	NYY		CHW	W,5-3	GS	25	5.1	0	2	0	2	0
9	34 (3)	May 22	NYY		SLB	W,7-6		12	2.2	0	1	0	1	0
10	39 (4)	May 26	NYY	@	BOS	W,9-8	GS	29	5.2	0	1	0	1	0
11	41 (1)	May 28 (2)	NYY		PHA	L,5-6	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	46 (4)	Jun 3	NYY		BOS	W,8-5	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
13	47	Jun 5	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-15		6	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
14	50 (2)	Jun 8	NYY	@	DET	W,11-9		10	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
15	55 (4)	Jun 13	NYY	@	SLB	W,6-5	GF	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
16	58 (2)	Jun 17	NYY	@	CHW	L,2-6		15	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
17	65 (6)	Jun 25 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	W,12-2	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
18	70 (4)	Jun 30	NYY	@	PHA	L,4-5	GS	36	7.1	1	2	0	3	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	74 (3)	Jul 3	NYY	@	WSH	W,5-4	GF	14	2.2	0	0	0	0	0
20	79 (4)	Jul 9	NYY		CLE	W,8-2	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
21	84 (4)	Jul 14	NYY		DET	W,7-6	GS	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
22	88 (3)	Jul 18	NYY		SLB	L,0-4	GS	13	2.1	0	0	0	0	0
23	90 (1)	Jul 20	NYY		SLB	L,6-7	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
24	93 (2)	Jul 22	NYY		CHW	W,13-10	GF	22	5.0	0	3	0	3	0
25	99 (5)	Jul 29	NYY	@	SLB	W,10-7	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
26	101 (1)	Jul 31	NYY	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	106 (4)	Aug 5	NYY	@	CLE	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
28	110 (3)	Aug 9	NYY	@	DET	W,9-8	GS	37	8.2	0	0	0	0	0
29	113 (2)	Aug 11 (2)	NYY	@	WSH	L,4-5	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
30	116 (2)	Aug 14 (1)	NYY		WSH	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
31	121 (4)	Aug 20	NYY		SLB	W,10-4	GS	21	3.2	0	3	0	3	0
32	124 (2)	Aug 25	NYY		CLE	L,0-6	GS	35	7.1	0	3	0	3	0
33	128 (3)	Aug 30	NYY		WSH	L,6-12	GS	14	2.0	0	0	1	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	132 (3)	Sep 3 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	W,7-4	GS	6	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
35	137 (4)	Sep 8	NYY		BOS	L,2-5	GS	31	7.0	0	1	0	1	0
36	139 (1)	Sep 11	NYY	@	DET	W,10-8		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
37	142 (2)	Sep 15	NYY	@	CLE	W,6-4	GS	23	4.2	1	0	0	1	0
38	149 (6)	Sep 20 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	L,3-4	GS	18	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
39	155 (5)	Sep 26 (2)	NYY	@	SLB	L,2-6	GF	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
							39gm		161.0	4	33	2	39	1