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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Team Record in Appearances: 16-8 / in Starts: 16-5

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 23, Entered with runners on base: 2

1918 Pitching Game Log

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1918 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
1	71	7	Apr 22	BOS		NYY	L,4-11	4-GF		99	5.2	7	5	3	0	0	0	0	4.76	2.23	23		0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	1	0	.38	-0.02%
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
2	72	18	May 6	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-10	5-GF(8)		13	3.2	7	4	4	2	0	0	0	6.75	2.87	17		0	2	0	14	3	0	0	0	1	0	.75	-0.02%
3	73	31	May 23	BOS		CLE	L,0-1	GS-8	L(0-1)	16	8.0	7	1	1	1	4	0	0	4.15	2.29	29	67	0	2	0	28	2	0	0	0	0	0	5.62	0.73%
4	74	37	May 29(2)	BOS		WSH	W,3-0	SHO	W(1-1)	5	9.0	5	0	0	3	3	0	1	2.73	2.50	33	77	0	3	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.38	1.83%
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
5	75	45	Jun 6	BOS	@	CLE	W,1-0	SHO(10)	W(2-1)	7	10.0	5	0	0	5	4	0	0	1.98	2.62	37	81	0	0	0	31	1	0	0	3	0	0	12.31	3.11%
6	76	46	Jun 7	BOS	@	CLE	L,7-14	8-8		0	0.1	3	6	4	3	0	0	0	2.95	2.86	7		0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.55	-0.46%
7	77	50	Jun 11	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-4	GS-7	L(2-2)	3	7.0	6	4	4	6	0	0	0	3.30	3.17	31	43	4	2	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	8.28	-0.98%
8	78	54	Jun 15	BOS	@	SLB	W,8-4	CG	W(3-2)	3	9.0	11	4	4	2	1	0	1	3.42	3.14	39	48	0	0	0	34	3	0	0	0	0	0	8.11	-0.52%
9	79	58	Jun 20(1)	BOS		PHA	L,0-2	CG	L(3-3)	4	9.0	7	2	2	1	2	1	0	3.21	3.20	32	66	0	1	0	30	1	0	0	2	0	0	7.82	0.22%
10	80	62	Jun 25	BOS	@	NYY	W,7-3	CG	W(4-3)	4	9.0	7	3	3	4	2	0	0	3.18	3.19	36	59	1	2	0	32	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.43	0.94%
11	81	66	Jun 29	BOS	@	WSH	W,3-1	GS-7	W(5-3)	3	7.0	4	1	1	2	4	0	1	3.01	3.12	29	67	1	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	1	1	6.60	0.59%
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
12	82	70	Jul 4(1)	BOS	@	PHA	W,11-9	GS-6	W(6-3)	4	5.1	9	5	3	4	3	0	1	3.14	3.17	28	33	0	1	0	22	0	0	0	1	0	2	8.04	-0.94%
13	83	74	Jul 8(1)	BOS		CLE	W,1-0	SHO(10)	W(7-3)	3	10.0	4	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.81	3.06	34	85	0	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	0	12.73	4.21%
14	84	79	Jul 12	BOS		CHW	W,6-3	CG(7)	W(8-3)	3	7.0	6	3	2	2	1	0	1	2.79	3.07	30	54	0	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	2	10.19	0.06%
15	85	82	Jul 16	BOS		SLB	W,2-1	CG	W(9-3)	3	9.0	4	1	1	3	1	0	1	2.64	3.09	33	73	0	1	1	26	1	0	0	0	1	0	11.42	1.21%
16	86	87	Jul 20	BOS		DET	W,5-1	CG	W(10-3)	3	9.0	7	1	1	1	1	0	0	2.52	3.04	34	69	3	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.55	0.75%
17	87	91	Jul 26	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-7	GS-4	L(10-4)	5	4.0	8	7	7	2	0	0	0	2.95	3.06	21	16	2	1	0	19	0	1	0	0	0	0	5.89	-1.35%
18	88	95	Jul 30	BOS	@	SLB	W,11-4	CG	W(11-4)	3	9.0	6	4	0	7	0	0	0	2.75	3.16	41	60	0	1	0	34	2	0	0	1	0	3	3.28	0.34%
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
19	89	99	Aug 3	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-5	CG(8)	L(11-5)	3	8.0	11	5	1	1	1	0	0	2.65	3.12	35	48	0	2	1	32	5	0	0	0	0	1	5.96	-1.40%
20	90	108	Aug 14	BOS		CHW	W,5-3	CG	W(12-5)	10	9.0	7	3	2	5	2	0	1	2.61	3.16	38	60	0	1	0	31	0	1	0	1	1	0	10.66	0.84%
21	91	112	Aug 19	BOS		CLE	W,6-0	SHO	W(13-5)	4	9.0	2	0	0	5	5	0	0	2.46	3.14	34	83	0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.59	1.37%
22	92	116	Aug 23	BOS		SLB	W,6-5	CG	W(14-5)	3	9.0	8	5	4	3	3	0	0	2.55	3.10	37	53	2	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	1	1	7.51	-0.45%
23	93	120	Aug 28	BOS		DET	W,3-0	SHO	W(15-5)	4	9.0	3	0	0	3	1	0	0	2.42	3.10	33	79	0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	1	5.98	1.73%
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
24	94	125	Sep 2(1)	BOS	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	W(16-5)	4	9.0	7	2	2	4	3	0	1	2.40	3.11	37	64	4	1	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
							16-8		W-L:16-5	3.6	184.0	151	66	49	70	43	1	8	2.40	3.11	748	61	17	20	2	653	23	3	0	11	6	11	6.90	11.79%

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