#79 Gordon Jones, Starting Pitcher, 31 yrs, Los Angeles (N) Dodgers Saturday, 10/21/1961 |
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Position : Bats : Throws :
| Gordon Jones
4/2/1930 31 USA,OR, 6"0 200
Starting Pitcher R R
| Desire for Winner : Loyalty : Team Leader Skills : National Popularity : Local Popularity : Consistency : Clutch Performance : Injury Rating : Overall Rating :
| Minimal Minimal Some ability 2 / 6 (Fair) 0 / 6 (Unknown) Good Normal Prone 2.5 Stars
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Contract : Salary : Signed Through : Years of MLB Service : MLB Service Days this Year : Years on 40-Man Roster : Years of Pro Service : Minor League Option Years :
| Big League Contract $ 150,000 1961 (Automatic) 4 Year(s), 38 Days (726 total Days) 172 Day(s) 6 Year(s), 19 Days (1051 total Days) 7 Year(s) 1 Option Year(s) left
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Pitching | Stuff | Control | Movement | Velocity |
Overall | 4 | 8 | 6 | 86-89 Mph |
Versus LHB | 3 | 7 | 6 | |
Versus RHB | 4 | 8 | 7 | |
Talent | 4 | 8 | 7 | |
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Pitching Ratings Endurance : Groundball Pct. : Holding Runners : | 6 67 3
| | Pitches: Fastball Changeup Curveball Slider
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Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
Overall | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Versus LHP | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Versus RHP | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Talent | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
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Running & Bunting Ratings Running Speed : Stealing Ability : Sacrifice Bunt : Bunt for Hit : Hitter Type :
| 1 3 2 1 Spray Hitter
| Fielding Ratings P : 3 (Range), .996 (Fielding Pct.) Catcher Arm : 1 Outfield Arm : 2
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Date | Opp. | Result | Start | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | Dec | | | | |
9/9 | @CIN | W 6-5 | * | 8 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 2 | W | | | | |
9/13 | SF | L 5-12 | * | 4.2 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1 | L | | | | |
9/17 | @STL | W 5-4 | * | 7.1 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | W | | | | |
9/21 | @PHI | W 7-5 | * | 8 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 6 | W | | | | |
9/25 | CHN | L 2-5 | * | 9 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | L | | | | |
9/29 | @SF | W 8-5 | * | 8.1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | W | | | | |
10/4 | @CIN | L 7-16 | * | 6.1 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | L | | | | |
10/10 | PHI | L 3-9 | * | 5 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | L | | | | |
10/14 | @NYY | W 10-3 | * | 6.2 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | W | | | | |
10/18 | NYY | L 2-3 | * | 9 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | L | | | | |
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Overall | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | CG% | SHO | QS | QS% |
Overall | 45 | 45 | 24 | 11 | 0 | 5.18 | 337.0 | 385 | 205 | 194 | 100 | 142 | 12 | 26.7 | 2 | 19 | 42.2 |
Projected | 45 | 45 | 24 | 11 | 0 | 5.18 | 337.0 | 385 | 205 | 194 | 100 | 142 | | | | | |
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Overall | SVO | BS | SV% | RA | GF | R/9 | H/9 | K/9 | BB/9 | RL | RLS | RLS% | IR | IRS | IRS% | ERC |
| 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | 13.4 | 10.3 | 3.8 | 2.7 | 19 | 8 | 42.1 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 5.09 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHB | 542 | 162 | 25 | 1 | 17 | 69 | 77 | 50 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .299 | .358 | .443 | .801 |
vs. RHB | 790 | 223 | 29 | 3 | 40 | 123 | 128 | 50 | 104 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .282 | .325 | .478 | .804 |
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| G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
Home | 22 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 4.66 | 172.0 | 193 | 95 | 89 | 47 | 70 |
Road | 23 | 23 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 5.73 | 165.0 | 192 | 110 | 105 | 53 | 72 |
Postseason | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.45 | 15.2 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
This Week | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 | 9.0 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
Last Week | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6.94 | 11.2 | 20 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 7 |
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Month | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
March/April | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5.24 | 44.2 | 48 | 27 | 26 | 15 | 20 |
May | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4.39 | 65.2 | 70 | 32 | 32 | 18 | 35 |
June | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5.24 | 55.0 | 60 | 32 | 32 | 16 | 19 |
July | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4.55 | 55.1 | 63 | 31 | 28 | 13 | 29 |
August | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4.50 | 52.0 | 66 | 29 | 26 | 12 | 16 |
Sept./Oct. | 9 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 6.99 | 64.1 | 78 | 54 | 50 | 26 | 23 |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP | Teams |
1957 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2.67 | 27.0 | 24 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1.04 | .273 | BRO |
1958 | 30 | 30 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 4.22 | 243.1 | 244 | 133 | 114 | 18 | 71 | 126 | 14 | 1 | 1.29 | .290 | BRO |
1959 | 40 | 40 | 18 | 14 | 0 | 3.71 | 315.0 | 318 | 151 | 130 | 25 | 82 | 168 | 16 | 1 | 1.27 | .285 | LA,NL |
1960 | 39 | 39 | 19 | 12 | 0 | 4.09 | 310.0 | 316 | 153 | 141 | 31 | 85 | 160 | 17 | 3 | 1.29 | .286 | LA,NL |
1961 | 45 | 45 | 24 | 11 | 0 | 5.18 | 337.0 | 385 | 205 | 194 | 57 | 100 | 142 | 12 | 2 | 1.44 | .289 | LA,NL |
Total | 157 | 157 | 80 | 43 | 0 | 4.29 | 1232.1 | 1287 | 651 | 587 | 131 | 342 | 610 | 62 | 7 | 1.32 | .287 | |
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Career Minor League Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP |
1954, AAA | 25 | 25 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 3.80 | 191.2 | 188 | 89 | 81 | 20 | 61 | 137 | 6 | 3 | 1.30 | .288 |
1955, AAA | 23 | 23 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 4.16 | 160.0 | 177 | 87 | 74 | 16 | 55 | 129 | 3 | 0 | 1.45 | .327 |
1956, AAA | 43 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 4.21 | 98.1 | 121 | 48 | 46 | 10 | 36 | 85 | 0 | 0 | 1.60 | .363 |
1957, AAA | 37 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 4.13 | 69.2 | 70 | 35 | 32 | 6 | 26 | 41 | 1 | 1 | 1.38 | .288 |
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Career Postseason Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | SHO |
1961 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.45 | 15.2 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
Total | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.45 | 15.2 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
1957 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .077 | .077 | .077 | .154 | BRO |
1958 | 30 | 100 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 44 | 0 | 0 | .210 | .225 | .260 | .485 | BRO |
1959 | 40 | 108 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 39 | 0 | 0 | .157 | .171 | .176 | .347 | LA,NL |
1960 | 39 | 116 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 51 | 0 | 0 | .181 | .202 | .198 | .400 | LA,NL |
1961 | 43 | 115 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 41 | 1 | 0 | .191 | .223 | .191 | .414 | LA,NL |
Total | 155 | 452 | 82 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 41 | 35 | 12 | 179 | 1 | 0 | .181 | .202 | .201 | .403 | |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Pitcher | 45 | 45 | 19 | 74 | 7 | 94 | 1 | .989 | 337.0 | 2.51 | | | | |
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Transactions Drafted in 1st round, 7th overall pick, by Cincinnati in 1953... Injured on 3/13/1953 with a Ruptured Disc Back, out for entire career... Released by Cincinnati on 5/21/1953... Injured on 6/13/1955 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for one week... Had first career hit on 9/8/1957, off Roger Craig (PIT)... Earned first career win on 9/8/1957... Hit first career homerun on 5/2/1958, off Bubba Church (MIL)... Won World Championship with Los Angeles in 1958... Was selected to the 1959 Allstar game... Won Player of the Week award on 8/7/1959, winning 2 games with a 2.65 ERA... Was selected to the 1960 Allstar game... Was selected to the 1961 Allstar game... Won World Championship with Los Angeles (N) in 1961...
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Pitching Leader Boards Appearances |
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ERA 1958 - 4.22 - 9th 1959 - 3.71 - 5th 1960 - 4.09 - 7th
| WHIP 1958 - 1.29 - 5th 1959 - 1.27 - 5th 1960 - 1.29 - 4th
| Wins 1958 - 16 - 9th 1959 - 18 - 9th 1960 - 19 - 4th
| IP 1959 - 315.0 - 4th 1960 - 310.0 - 5th
| K's 1959 - 168 - 9th 1960 - 160 - 9th
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CG 1958 - 14 - 8th 1959 - 16 - 7th 1960 - 17 - 6th
| SHO 1960 - 3 - 3rd
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