Sam Jones

Sam Jones

1947–1964 · Bats R · Throws R · 6'4", 192 lb · b. 1925 Stewartsville, OH

Career 103–104 · 3.63 ERA · 1,393 SO · 1669.1 IP · 327 G · 81 H · 1 HR · 30 RBI · .152 AVG

Seasons leading his league

10

2 best in baseball 8 league only

22 Top-5 finishes

5 Title seasons

5 Categories led

1959 Best season

Spanning 1955–1959, peaking at 3 titles in 1959.

Led in Strikeouts / 9 for 4 straight seasons (1955–1958) — his longest run atop any category.

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

162nd League titles 10
392nd Best in baseball 2
466th Top-5 finishes 22

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

Career leaderboards

139th Strikeouts / 9 7.51
285th Strikeouts 1,393
316th Shutouts 17

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB led his league

Category	Titles	Best	Streak	Seasons
Strikeouts / 9	4	1st	4 yrs (1955–1958)	1958 8.10 1955 NL 7.37 1956 NL 8.40 1957 NL 7.59 1959 #2
Strikeouts	3	1st	2 yrs (1955–1956)	1958 225 1955 NL 198 1956 NL 176 1959 #2 1960 #3
Shutouts	1	1st	—	1959 NL 4 1955 #2
Wins	1	1st	—	1959 NL 21
Earned Run Average	1	1st	—	1959 NL 2.83 1958 #2

Title Seasons

5 seasons with at least one title

Year	Titles	Led in
1959	3	ERA 2.83 W 21 SHO 4
1958	2	SO 225 K/9 8.10
1957	1	K/9 7.59
1956	2	SO 176 K/9 8.40
1955	2	SO 198 K/9 7.37

Pitching

14 seasons

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
1947	CBE	NAL	0	1	3.38	1	1	0	8.0	11	3	0	2	5	1.63
1948	CBE	NAL	1	2	8.00	4	2	0	18.0	23	16	1	16	12	2.17
1951	CLE	AL	0	1	2.08	2	1	0	8.2	4	2	0	5	4	1.04
1952	CLE	AL	2	3	7.25	14	4	1	36.0	38	29	6	37	28	2.08
1955	CHN	NL	14	20	4.10	36	34	0	241.2	175	110	22	185	198	1.49
1956	CHN	NL	9	14	3.91	33	28	0	188.2	155	82	21	115	176	1.43
1957	SLN	NL	12	9	3.60	28	27	0	182.2	164	73	17	71	154	1.29
1958	SLN	NL	14	13	2.88	35	35	0	250.0	204	80	23	107	225	1.24
1959	SFN	NL	21	15	2.83	50	35	4	270.2	232	85	18	109	209	1.26
1960	SFN	NL	18	14	3.19	39	35	0	234.0	200	83	18	91	190	1.24
1961	SFN	NL	8	8	4.49	37	17	1	128.1	134	64	12	57	105	1.49
1962	DET	AL	2	4	3.65	30	6	1	81.1	77	33	13	35	73	1.38
1963	SLN	NL	2	0	9.00	11	0	2	11.0	15	11	0	5	8	1.82
1964	BAL	AL	0	0	2.61	7	0	0	10.1	5	3	1	5	6	0.97
Career	—	—	103	104	3.63	327	225	9	1669.1	1,437	674	152	840	1,393	1.36

Batting

14 seasons

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1947	CBE	NAL	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
1948	CBE	NAL	4	8	2	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	.375	.375	.375	.750
1951	CLE	AL	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
1952	CLE	AL	14	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	.100	.100	.100	.200
1955	CHN	NL	36	77	2	14	1	0	0	5	3	27	0	.182	.213	.195	.407
1956	CHN	NL	33	57	3	10	0	0	0	1	4	19	0	.175	.230	.175	.405
1957	SLN	NL	28	63	2	10	1	0	0	3	1	25	0	.159	.182	.175	.356
1958	SLN	NL	35	90	2	9	0	0	0	4	2	26	0	.100	.118	.100	.218
1959	SFN	NL	50	85	3	11	1	0	0	8	3	30	0	.129	.157	.141	.299
1960	SFN	NL	39	80	3	16	2	0	0	5	1	20	0	.200	.207	.225	.432
1961	SFN	NL	37	36	0	5	2	0	0	0	1	7	0	.139	.162	.194	.357
1962	DET	AL	30	21	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	9	0	.095	.095	.238	.333
1963	SLN	NL	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.500	.000	.500
1964	BAL	AL	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	—	1.000	—	—
Career	—	—	327	533	19	81	7	0	1	30	17	167	0	.152	.178	.171	.349

Fielding by Position

Pos	G	PO	A	E	DP	FLD%
P	327	84	219	21	12	.935