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Historical player · 1914–1935

Sad Sam Jones

B/T R/R · HT 72 · WT 170 · Born 7/26/1892 · From Woodsfield, OH USA · Debut 1914-06-13 · Final 1935-09-28

Career · batting

713

1,243

245

RBI

139

AVG/OPS

0.197 · 0.544

Career · pitching

647

487

3,883.0

W-L

229-217

1,223

ERA

3.84

WHIP

1.41

Where they rank

Career totals are only stats with that team · ranks computed against that franchise's full history

Career with the New York Yankees · 1922–1926

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#450 on the Yankees

↑ 1 L. Aguayo

↓ 1 T. Zachary

Hits

#382 on the Yankees

↑ 1 B. Roberts

↓ 1 R. Peña

RBI

#429 on the Yankees

↑ 1 H. Borowy

↓ 1 A. Stankiewicz

#369 on the Yankees

↑ 1 Z. Almonte

↓ 1 A. Aragon

Runs

#393 on the Yankees

↑ 1 T. Clark

↓ 1 W. Betemit

#396 on the Yankees

↑ 1 T. Clark

↓ 1 T. Byrne

Career with the Boston Red Sox · 1916–1921

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#475 on the Red Sox

↑ 1 B. Ashley

↓ 1 T. Wright

Hits

#464 on the Red Sox

↑ 1 M. Hernandez

↓ 1 E. Smith

RBI

#501 on the Red Sox

↑ 1 E. Bigelow

↓ 1 S. Travis

#518 on the Red Sox

↑ 1 S. Agnew

Runs

#458 on the Red Sox

↑ 1 N. Green

↓ 1 H. Bradley

#363 on the Red Sox

↑ 1 D. Ferriss

↓ 1 D. Camilli

Career with the Washington Senators · 1928–1931

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#421 on the Senators

↑ 1 M. Adams

↓ 1 T. Wright

Hits

#516 on the Senators

↑ 1 K. Chase

↓ 1 P. Ratliff

RBI

#440 on the Senators

↑ 1 H. Naragon

↓ 1 B. Murphy

#496 on the Senators

↑ 1 B. Abernathy

Runs

#422 on the Senators

↑ 1 L. Brown

↓ 1 T. Giuliani

#381 on the Senators

↑ 1 F. Baker

↓ 1 J. Crede

Career with the Chicago White Sox · 1932–1935

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Hits

#590 on the White Sox

↑ 1 J. Harshman

↓ 1 J. Tipton

RBI

#611 on the White Sox

↑ 1 S. Abner

↓ 1 L. Quillin

#469 on the White Sox

↑ 1 J. Adair

↓ 1 G. Adkins

Runs

#423 on the White Sox

↑ 1 R. Coleman

↓ 1 J. Berger

#374 on the White Sox

↑ 1 O. Bejma

↓ 1 E. Andrus

Career with the St. Louis Browns · 1927–1927

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Hits

#978 on the Browns

↑ 1 B. Beck

↓ 1 H. Wiltse

RBI

#900 on the Browns

↑ 1 J. Allen

↓ 1 R. Young

Runs

#1,017 on the Browns

↑ 1 F. Zupo

↓ 1 J. Adams

#731 on the Browns

↑ 1 B. Bayne

↓ 1 R. Adams

Career with the Cleveland Indians · 1914–1915

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Hits

#948 on the Indians

↑ 1 G. Banks

↓ 1 J. Wilson

RBI

#1,019 on the Indians

↑ 1 H. Aguirre

Runs

#872 on the Indians

↑ 1 P. Appleton

↓ 1 T. Agee

#742 on the Indians

↑ 1 L. Aguayo

↓ 1 B. Adams

★

MLB · all-time career

vs every player ever

#4,991 all-time MLB

↑ 1 L. Adams

↓ 1 R. Zimmerman

Hits

245

#4,247 all-time MLB

↑ 1 S. Dillard

↓ 1 F. Pie

RBI

#4,377 all-time MLB

↑ 1 R. Amaro

↓ 1 D. Wiley

#4,990 all-time MLB

↑ 1 B. Addis

↓ 1 J. Abbott

Batting · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG
1914	Naps	AL	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.500	—	0.500
1915	Indians	AL	48	32	4	5	0	0	0	1	0	6	15	0.156	—	0.156
1916	Red Sox	AL	13	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.333	—	0.333
1917	Red Sox	AL	9	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.000	—	0.000
1918	Red Sox	AL	24	57	6	10	1	0	0	1	0	13	14	0.175	—	0.193
1919	Red Sox	AL	35	81	4	11	2	1	0	5	0	9	21	0.136	—	0.185
1920	Red Sox	AL	44	92	12	20	3	1	0	5	0	4	27	0.217	—	0.272
1921	Red Sox	AL	43	100	11	24	3	1	2	14	1	10	25	0.240	—	0.350
1922	Yankees	AL	45	87	14	23	9	0	1	8	1	6	28	0.264	—	0.402
1923	Yankees	AL	39	85	13	19	3	0	0	6	0	10	28	0.224	—	0.259
1924	Yankees	AL	36	51	4	9	3	0	1	5	0	3	14	0.176	—	0.294
1925	Yankees	AL	46	80	2	13	2	0	0	3	1	3	19	0.163	—	0.188
1926	Yankees	AL	44	49	3	10	1	0	0	4	1	3	16	0.204	—	0.224
1927	Browns	AL	32	55	2	6	2	0	0	3	0	7	18	0.109	—	0.145
1928	Senators	AL	37	79	13	20	5	1	2	11	0	6	9	0.253	—	0.418
1929	Senators	AL	28	51	6	8	1	1	0	3	1	8	15	0.157	—	0.216
1930	Senators	AL	30	61	9	9	0	0	0	10	0	11	21	0.148	—	0.148
1931	Senators	AL	30	48	8	15	2	0	0	5	0	5	10	0.313	—	0.354
1932	White Sox	AL	39	57	12	11	2	0	0	5	1	9	22	0.193	—	0.228
1933	White Sox	AL	37	58	10	9	1	0	0	3	1	8	10	0.155	—	0.172
1934	White Sox	AL	31	60	9	12	3	0	0	6	0	8	13	0.200	—	0.250
1935	White Sox	AL	22	48	8	8	1	0	0	1	0	10	16	0.167	—	0.188
Career			713	1,243	151	245	44	5	6	99	7	139	346	0.197	0.289	0.255

Pitching · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
1914	Naps	AL	0	0	1	0	0	3.3	2	1	2	0	2.70	1.20
1915	Indians	AL	4	9	48	9	4	145.7	131	59	63	42	3.65	1.33
1916	Red Sox	AL	0	1	12	0	1	27.0	25	11	10	7	3.67	1.30
1917	Red Sox	AL	0	1	9	1	1	16.3	15	8	6	5	4.41	1.29
1918	Red Sox	AL	16	5	24	21	0	184.0	151	46	70	44	2.25	1.20
1919	Red Sox	AL	12	20	35	31	1	245.0	258	102	95	67	3.75	1.44
1920	Red Sox	AL	13	16	37	33	0	274.0	302	120	79	86	3.94	1.39
1921	Red Sox	AL	23	16	40	38	1	298.7	318	107	78	98	3.22	1.33
1922	Yankees	AL	13	13	45	28	8	260.0	270	106	76	81	3.67	1.33
1923	Yankees	AL	21	8	39	27	4	243.0	239	98	69	68	3.63	1.27
1924	Yankees	AL	9	6	36	21	3	178.7	187	72	76	53	3.63	1.47
1925	Yankees	AL	15	21	43	31	2	246.7	267	127	104	92	4.63	1.50
1926	Yankees	AL	9	8	39	23	5	161.0	186	89	80	69	4.98	1.65
1927	Browns	AL	8	14	30	26	0	189.7	211	91	102	72	4.32	1.65
1928	Senators	AL	17	7	30	27	0	224.7	209	71	78	63	2.84	1.28
1929	Senators	AL	9	9	24	24	0	153.7	156	67	49	36	3.92	1.33
1930	Senators	AL	15	7	25	25	0	183.3	195	83	61	60	4.07	1.40
1931	Senators	AL	9	10	25	24	1	148.0	185	71	47	58	4.32	1.57
1932	White Sox	AL	10	15	30	28	0	200.3	217	94	75	64	4.22	1.46
1933	White Sox	AL	10	12	27	25	0	176.7	181	66	65	60	3.36	1.39
1934	White Sox	AL	8	12	27	26	0	183.3	217	104	60	60	5.11	1.51
1935	White Sox	AL	8	7	21	19	0	140.0	162	63	51	38	4.05	1.52
Career			229	217	647	487	31	3,883.0	4,084	1,656	1,396	1,223	3.84	1.41

Fielding by position

Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
P	647	0	0.0	196	874	52	48
OF	2	0	0.0	1	0	0	0

Hall of Fame voting

Year	Body	Votes	Needed	Status
1956	BBWAA	1	145	Ballot
1955	BBWAA	1	189	Ballot
1939	BBWAA	1	206	Ballot