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Sad Sam Jones

1914–1935 · Bats R · Throws R · 6'0", 170 lb · b. 1892 Woodsfield, OH

Career 229–217 · 3.84 ERA · 1,223 SO · 3883.0 IP · 713 G · 245 H · 6 HR · 99 RBI · .197 AVG

Seasons leading his league

4

3 best in baseball 1 league only

23 Top-5 finishes

4 Title seasons

4 Categories led

1921 Best season

Spanning 1921–1932, peaking at 1 titles in 1921.

Clubs 20 Win Seasons ×2

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

1,384th League titles 4
897th Best in baseball 3
1,284th Top-5 finishes 23

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

40th Pitcher Assists 874
47th Innings Pitched 3883.0
63rd Shutouts 36
67th Wins 229
79th Complete Games 250
116th Pitcher Putouts 196
314th Pitcher Range Factor 1.65
383rd Strikeouts 1,223

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB led his league

Category	Titles	Best	Streak	Seasons
Pitcher Range Factor	1	1st	—	1932 AL 2.23
Pitcher Fielding Percentage	1	1st	—	1928 1.000
Shutouts	1	1st	—	1921 5 1919 #2 1928 #2
Saves	1	1st	—	1922 8 1915 #2
Pitcher Putouts	—	#2	—	1932 #2
Walks + Hits / IP	—	#3	—	1923 #3
Wins	—	#2	—	1923 #2

Title Seasons

4 seasons with at least one title

Year	Titles	Led in
1932	1	P RF 2.23
1928	1	P FPCT 1.000
1922	1	SV 8
1921	1	SHO 5

Pitching

led the league 22 seasons

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
1914	CLE	AL	0	0	2.70	1	0	0	3.1	2	1	0	2	0	1.20
1915	CLE	AL	4	9	3.65	48	9	4	145.2	131	59	0	63	42	1.33
1916	BOS	AL	0	1	3.67	12	0	1	27.0	25	11	0	10	7	1.30
1917	BOS	AL	0	1	4.41	9	1	1	16.1	15	8	1	6	5	1.29
1918	BOS	AL	16	5	2.25	24	21	0	184.0	151	46	1	70	44	1.20
1919	BOS	AL	12	20	3.75	35	31	1	245.0	258	102	4	95	67	1.44
1920	BOS	AL	13	16	3.94	37	33	0	274.0	302	120	9	79	86	1.39
1921	BOS	AL	23	16	3.22	40	38	1	298.2	318	107	1	78	98	1.33
1922	NYA	AL	13	13	3.67	45	28	8	260.0	270	106	16	76	81	1.33
1923	NYA	AL	21	8	3.63	39	27	4	243.0	239	98	11	69	68	1.27
1924	NYA	AL	9	6	3.63	36	21	3	178.2	187	72	6	76	53	1.47
1925	NYA	AL	15	21	4.63	43	31	2	246.2	267	127	14	104	92	1.50
1926	NYA	AL	9	8	4.98	39	23	5	161.0	186	89	6	80	69	1.65
1927	SLA	AL	8	14	4.32	30	26	0	189.2	211	91	13	102	72	1.65
1928	WS1	AL	17	7	2.84	30	27	0	224.2	209	71	5	78	63	1.28
1929	WS1	AL	9	9	3.92	24	24	0	153.2	156	67	5	49	36	1.33
1930	WS1	AL	15	7	4.07	25	25	0	183.1	195	83	4	61	60	1.40
1931	WS1	AL	9	10	4.32	25	24	1	148.0	185	71	10	47	58	1.57
1932	CHA	AL	10	15	4.22	30	28	0	200.1	217	94	9	75	64	1.46
1933	CHA	AL	10	12	3.36	27	25	0	176.2	181	66	13	65	60	1.39
1934	CHA	AL	8	12	5.11	27	26	0	183.1	217	104	16	60	60	1.51
1935	CHA	AL	8	7	4.05	21	19	0	140.0	162	63	8	51	38	1.52
Career	—	—	229	217	3.84	647	487	31	3883.0	4,084	1,656	152	1,396	1,223	1.41

Batting

22 seasons

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1914	CLE	AL	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000
1915	CLE	AL	48	32	4	5	0	0	0	1	6	15	0	.156	.289	.156	.446
1916	BOS	AL	13	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.333	.333	.333	.667
1917	BOS	AL	9	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
1918	BOS	AL	24	57	6	10	1	0	0	1	13	14	0	.175	.329	.193	.522
1919	BOS	AL	35	81	4	11	2	1	0	5	9	21	0	.136	.239	.185	.424
1920	BOS	AL	44	92	12	20	3	1	0	5	4	27	0	.217	.265	.272	.537
1921	BOS	AL	43	100	11	24	3	1	2	14	10	25	1	.240	.321	.350	.671
1922	NYA	AL	45	87	14	23	9	0	1	8	6	28	1	.264	.347	.402	.749
1923	NYA	AL	39	85	13	19	3	0	0	6	10	28	0	.224	.305	.259	.564
1924	NYA	AL	36	51	4	9	3	0	1	5	3	14	0	.176	.222	.294	.516
1925	NYA	AL	46	80	2	13	2	0	0	3	3	19	1	.163	.212	.188	.399
1926	NYA	AL	44	49	3	10	1	0	0	4	3	16	1	.204	.264	.224	.489
1927	SLA	AL	32	55	2	6	2	0	0	3	7	18	0	.109	.246	.145	.392
1928	WS1	AL	37	79	13	20	5	1	2	11	6	9	0	.253	.306	.418	.724
1929	WS1	AL	28	51	6	8	1	1	0	3	8	15	1	.157	.283	.216	.499
1930	WS1	AL	30	61	9	9	0	0	0	10	11	21	0	.148	.297	.148	.445
1931	WS1	AL	30	48	8	15	2	0	0	5	5	10	0	.313	.389	.354	.743
1932	CHA	AL	39	57	12	11	2	0	0	5	9	22	1	.193	.303	.228	.531
1933	CHA	AL	37	58	10	9	1	0	0	3	8	10	1	.155	.258	.172	.430
1934	CHA	AL	31	60	9	12	3	0	0	6	8	13	0	.200	.304	.250	.554
1935	CHA	AL	22	48	8	8	1	0	0	1	10	16	0	.167	.310	.188	.498
Career	—	—	713	1,243	151	245	44	5	6	99	139	346	7	.197	.289	.255	.544

Fielding

2 positions

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	INN	PO	A	E	DP	TC	FLD%	RF
1914	CLE	AL	P	1	—	—	0	1	0	0	1	1.000	1.00
1915	CLE	AL	P	48	—	—	6	46	4	2	56	.929	1.08
1916	BOS	AL	P	12	—	—	3	6	0	0	9	1.000	0.75
			OF	1	—	—	1	0	0	0	1	1.000	1.00
1917	BOS	AL	P	9	—	—	3	5	0	2	8	1.000	0.89
1918	BOS	AL	P	24	—	—	11	41	2	5	54	.963	2.17
1919	BOS	AL	P	35	—	—	12	81	5	2	98	.949	2.66
1920	BOS	AL	P	37	—	—	8	68	5	2	81	.938	2.05
1921	BOS	AL	P	40	—	—	14	59	4	2	77	.948	1.83
1922	NYA	AL	P	45	—	—	11	60	3	5	74	.959	1.58
1923	NYA	AL	P	39	—	—	7	68	1	5	76	.987	1.92
1924	NYA	AL	P	36	—	—	6	40	4	1	50	.920	1.28
1925	NYA	AL	P	43	—	—	17	56	3	4	76	.961	1.70
			OF	1	—	—	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.00
1926	NYA	AL	P	39	—	—	4	33	2	1	39	.949	0.95
1927	SLA	AL	P	30	—	—	12	35	2	0	49	.959	1.57
1928	WS1	AL	P	30	—	—	16	49	0	5	65	1.000	2.17
1929	WS1	AL	P	24	—	—	10	26	3	1	39	.923	1.50
1930	WS1	AL	P	25	—	—	11	32	4	2	47	.915	1.72
1931	WS1	AL	P	25	—	—	6	28	2	2	36	.944	1.36
1932	CHA	AL	P	30	—	—	17	50	3	2	70	.957	2.23
1933	CHA	AL	P	27	—	—	6	34	3	3	43	.930	1.48
1934	CHA	AL	P	27	—	—	11	27	2	1	40	.950	1.41
1935	CHA	AL	P	21	—	—	5	29	0	1	34	1.000	1.62
Career	—	—	P	647	—	—	196	874	52	48	1,122	.954	1.65
	—	—	OF	2	—	—	1	0	0	0	1	1.000	0.50