Sad Sam Jones

Born: 7/26/1892 in Woodsfield, OH, USA

Died: 7/6/1966 in Barnesville, OH, USA

MLB Debut: 1914-06-13 | Final Game: 1935-09-28

Bats: R | Throws: R | Height: 6'0" | Weight: 170 lbs

Full name: Samuel Pond Jones

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Biography

Sad Sam Jones was a professional baseball pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1914 to 1935. Born in 1892, Jones emerged as a prominent figure in the sport during a transitional period that bridged the deadball era and the more modern game. Over the course of his career, he compiled a record of 229 wins and 217 losses, showcasing his durability and competitiveness on the mound. With a career earned run average (ERA) of 3.84, he was known for his ability to manage games and keep runs at bay, even as the game began to evolve offensively. Jones was particularly noted for his strikeout capability, finishing his career with 1,223 strikeouts, which reflected both his skill and the changing dynamics of pitching during his time. Additionally, he recorded 31 saves, highlighting his versatility and effectiveness in closing games. Throughout his career, Jones played for several teams, including the Boston Red Sox and the Chicago White Sox, leaving a lasting impact on the franchises he represented. His contributions to the game have secured his place in baseball history, as he navigated the challenges of his era and established himself as a reliable pitcher during a time of significant change in the sport.

Career Pitching Statistics

W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
229	217	647	487	250	36	31	3883.0	4084	1656	152	1396	1223	3.84	0

Career ERA 3.84 vs. league average 3.83 across their career seasons — near league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1914	CLE	AL	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3.3	2	1	2	0	2.70	—	0.0
1915	CLE	AL	4	9	48	9	2	0	4	145.7	131	59	63	42	3.65	2.90 (-26%)	-987.9
1916	BOS	AL	0	1	12	0	0	0	1	27.0	25	11	10	7	3.67	2.78 (-32%)	-127.2
1917	BOS	AL	0	1	9	1	0	0	1	16.3	15	8	6	5	4.41	2.69 (-64%)	-359.5
1918	BOS	AL	16	5	24	21	16	5	0	184.0	151	46	70	44	2.25	2.83 (+20%)	-1575.2
1919	BOS	AL	12	20	35	31	21	5	1	245.0	258	102	95	67	3.75	3.09 (-21%)	-2171.2
1920	BOS	AL	13	16	37	33	21	3	0	274.0	302	120	79	86	3.94	3.45 (-14%)	-407.8
1921	BOS	AL	23	16	40	38	25	5	1	298.7	318	107	78	98	3.22	4.02 (+20%)	4955.1
1922	NYY	AL	13	13	45	28	20	0	8	260.0	270	106	76	81	3.67	4.18 (+12%)	-
1923	NYY	AL	21	8	39	27	18	3	4	243.0	239	98	69	68	3.63	4.03 (+10%)	-
1924	NYY	AL	9	6	36	21	8	3	3	178.7	187	72	76	53	3.63	4.13 (+12%)	-
1925	NYY	AL	15	21	43	31	14	1	2	246.7	267	127	104	92	4.63	4.55 (-2%)	-
1926	NYY	AL	9	8	39	23	6	1	5	161.0	186	89	80	69	4.98	4.11 (-21%)	-
1927	SLA	AL	8	14	30	26	11	0	0	189.7	211	91	102	72	4.32	4.08 (-6%)	-3950.3
1928	WSN	AL	17	7	30	27	19	4	0	224.7	209	71	78	63	2.84	4.13 (+31%)	-
1929	WSN	AL	9	9	24	24	8	1	0	153.7	156	67	49	36	3.92	4.60 (+15%)	-
1930	WSN	AL	15	7	25	25	14	1	0	183.3	195	83	61	60	4.07	4.80 (+15%)	-
1931	WSN	AL	9	10	25	24	8	1	1	148.0	185	71	47	58	4.32	4.10 (-5%)	-
1932	CHW	AL	10	15	30	28	10	0	0	200.3	217	94	75	64	4.22	4.13 (-2%)	-
1933	CHW	AL	10	12	27	25	11	2	0	176.7	181	66	65	60	3.36	3.86 (+13%)	-
1934	CHW	AL	8	12	27	26	11	1	0	183.3	217	104	60	60	5.11	4.29 (-19%)	-
1935	CHW	AL	8	7	21	19	7	0	0	140.0	162	63	51	38	4.05	4.35 (+7%)	-

Career Batting Statistics

G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
713	1243	151	245	44	5	6	99	7	139	346	0.197	0.289	0.255	0.544	-4864.3

Career AVG .197 vs. league average .275 across their career seasons — 28.2% below league average.

Career OBP .289 vs. league average .337 across their career seasons — 14.2% below league average.

Career SLG .255 vs. league average .379 across their career seasons — 32.8% below league average.

Career OPS 0.544 vs. league average 0.716 across their career seasons — 24.0% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1914	CLE	AL	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.500	—	—	—	—	0.0
1915	CLE	AL	48	32	4	5	0	0	0	1	0	6	15	0.156	—	—	—	—	0.0
1916	BOS	AL	13	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.333	—	—	—	—	0.0
1917	BOS	AL	9	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1918	BOS	AL	24	57	6	10	1	0	0	1	0	13	14	0.175	.255 (-31%)	.318 (+3%)	.326 (-41%)	.645 (-19%)	-106.3
1919	BOS	AL	35	81	4	11	2	1	0	5	0	9	21	0.136	.262 (-48%)	.322 (-26%)	.347 (-47%)	.670 (-37%)	-462.5
1920	BOS	AL	44	92	12	20	3	1	0	5	0	4	27	0.217	.271 (-20%)	.331 (-20%)	.363 (-25%)	.694 (-23%)	-353.8
1921	BOS	AL	43	100	11	24	3	1	2	14	1	10	25	0.240	.286 (-16%)	.344 (-7%)	.395 (-11%)	.739 (-9%)	-147.3
1922	NYY	AL	45	87	14	23	9	0	1	8	1	6	28	0.264	.285 (-7%)	.345 (avg)	.397 (+1%)	.743 (+1%)	24.4
1923	NYY	AL	39	85	13	19	3	0	0	6	0	10	28	0.224	.282 (-21%)	.344 (-11%)	.390 (-34%)	.734 (-23%)	-322.7
1924	NYY	AL	36	51	4	9	3	0	1	5	0	3	14	0.176	.283 (-38%)	.345 (-36%)	.389 (-24%)	.734 (-30%)	-277.4
1925	NYY	AL	46	80	2	13	2	0	0	3	1	3	19	0.163	.288 (-44%)	.349 (-39%)	.407 (-54%)	.756 (-47%)	-681.8
1926	NYY	AL	44	49	3	10	1	0	0	4	1	3	16	0.204	—	—	—	—	-283.1
1927	SLA	AL	32	55	2	6	2	0	0	3	0	7	18	0.109	.282 (-61%)	.344 (-29%)	.392 (-63%)	.736 (-47%)	-428.2
1928	WSN	AL	37	79	13	20	5	1	2	11	0	6	9	0.253	.280 (-10%)	.342 (-11%)	.395 (+6%)	.737 (-2%)	-48.8
1929	WSN	AL	28	51	6	8	1	1	0	3	1	8	15	0.157	.289 (-46%)	.353 (-20%)	.415 (-48%)	.769 (-35%)	-310.0
1930	WSN	AL	30	61	9	9	0	0	0	10	0	11	21	0.148	.293 (-50%)	.354 (-16%)	.429 (-66%)	.784 (-43%)	-441.4
1931	WSN	AL	30	48	8	15	2	0	0	5	0	5	10	0.312	—	—	—	—	45.0
1932	CHW	AL	39	57	12	11	2	0	0	5	1	9	22	0.193	.275 (-30%)	.335 (-10%)	.391 (-42%)	.726 (-27%)	-238.7
1933	CHW	AL	37	58	10	9	1	0	0	3	1	8	10	0.155	.270 (-43%)	.329 (-22%)	.377 (-54%)	.707 (-39%)	-361.3
1934	CHW	AL	31	60	9	12	3	0	0	6	0	8	13	0.200	.278 (-28%)	.340 (-11%)	.392 (-36%)	.733 (-24%)	-230.9
1935	CHW	AL	22	48	8	8	1	0	0	1	0	10	16	0.167	—	—	—	—	-239.5

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
6	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Year	Round	Team	G	AB	BB	SO	AVG
1926	WS	NYA	1	0	0	0	.000
1923	WS	NYA	2	2	0	1	0.000
1922	WS	NYA	2	0	0	0	.000
1918	WS	BOS	1	1	1	0	0.000

Playoff Career Pitching

W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
0	2	6	2	1	22.0	15	5	10	9	2.05

Playoff Pitching by Year

Year	Round	Team	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1926	WS	NYA	0	1	0	0	1.0	2	1	2	1	9.00
1923	WS	NYA	1	2	1	1	10.0	5	1	2	3	0.90
1922	WS	NYA	0	2	0	0	2.0	1	0	1	0	0.00
1918	WS	BOS	1	1	1	0	9.0	7	3	5	5	3.00

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

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

Season-by-Season Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	PO	A	E	DP
1914	CLE	P	1	0	1	0	0
1915	CLE	P	48	6	46	4	2
1916	BOS	OF	1	1	0	0	0
1916	BOS	P	12	3	6	0	0
1917	BOS	P	9	3	5	0	2
1918	BOS	P	24	11	41	2	5
1919	BOS	P	35	12	81	5	2
1920	BOS	P	37	8	68	5	2
1921	BOS	P	40	14	59	4	2
1922	NYA	P	45	11	60	3	5
1923	NYA	P	39	7	68	1	5
1924	NYA	P	36	6	40	4	1
1925	NYA	OF	1	0	0	0	0
1925	NYA	P	43	17	56	3	4
1926	NYA	P	39	4	33	2	1
1927	SLA	P	30	12	35	2	0
1928	WS1	P	30	16	49	0	5
1929	WS1	P	24	10	26	3	1
1930	WS1	P	25	11	32	4	2
1931	WS1	P	25	6	28	2	2
1932	CHA	P	30	17	50	3	2
1933	CHA	P	27	6	34	3	3
1934	CHA	P	27	11	27	2	1
1935	CHA	P	21	5	29	0	1