Sad Sam Jones

Samuel Pond "Sad Sam" Jones (July 26, 1892 – July 6, 1966) was a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played in the American League with the Cleveland Indians (1914–15), Boston Red Sox (1916–21), New York Yankees (1922–26), St. Louis Browns (1927), Washington Senators (1928–31) and Chicago White Sox (1932–35). A native of Woodsfield, Ohio, Jones batted and threw right-handed. His sharp-breaking curveball also earned him the nickname "Horsewhips Sam".

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Pitching Stats

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Major League pitching statistics for Sad Sam Jones.

Year	Team	W-L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
1914	CLE	0-0	2.70	1	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	1	2	0
1915	CLE	4-9	3.65	48	9	2	0	4	145	131	78	59	63	42
1916	BOS	0-1	3.67	12	0	0	0	1	27	25	14	11	10	7
1917	BOS	0-1	4.41	9	1	0	0	1	16	15	9	8	6	5
1918	BOS	16-5	2.25	24	21	16	5	0	184	151	66	46	70	44
1919	BOS	12-20	3.75	35	31	21	5	1	245	258	120	102	95	67
1920	BOS	13-16	3.94	37	33	21	3	0	274	302	143	120	79	86
1921	BOS	23-16	3.22	40	38	25	5	1	298	318	122	107	78	98
1922	NYY	13-13	3.67	45	28	20	0	8	260	270	132	106	76	81
1923	NYY	21-8	3.63	39	27	18	3	4	243	239	114	98	69	68
1924	NYY	9-6	3.63	36	21	8	3	3	178	187	85	72	76	53
1925	NYY	15-21	4.63	43	31	14	1	2	246	267	147	127	104	92
1926	NYY	9-8	4.98	39	23	6	1	5	161	186	104	89	80	69
1927	SLB	8-14	4.32	30	26	11	0	0	189	211	121	91	102	72
1928	WSH	17-7	2.84	30	27	19	4	0	224	209	89	71	78	63
1929	WSH	9-9	3.92	24	24	8	1	0	153	156	80	67	49	36
1930	WSH	15-7	4.07	25	25	14	1	0	183	195	95	83	61	60
1931	WSH	9-10	4.32	25	24	8	1	1	148	185	88	71	47	58
1932	CHW	10-15	4.22	30	28	10	0	0	200	217	123	94	75	64
1933	CHW	10-12	3.36	27	25	11	2	0	176	181	80	66	65	60
1934	CHW	8-12	5.11	27	26	11	1	0	183	217	120	104	60	60
1935	CHW	8-7	4.05	21	19	7	0	0	140	162	77	63	51	38
Career		229-217	-	647	487	250	36	31	-	4084	2008	1656	1396	1223

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Major League fielding statistics for Sad Sam Jones.

Year	Team	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%
1914	CLE	1	-	0	1	0	0	1.000
1915	CLE	48	-	6	46	4	2	0.929
1916	BOS	13	-	4	6	0	0	1.000
1917	BOS	9	-	3	5	0	2	1.000
1918	BOS	24	-	11	41	2	5	0.963
1919	BOS	35	-	12	81	5	2	0.949
1920	BOS	44	-	8	68	5	2	0.938
1921	BOS	43	-	14	59	4	2	0.948
1922	NYY	45	-	11	60	3	5	0.959
1923	NYY	39	-	7	68	1	5	0.987
1924	NYY	36	-	6	40	4	1	0.920
1925	NYY	46	-	17	56	3	4	0.961
1926	NYY	44	-	4	33	2	1	0.949
1927	SLB	32	-	12	35	2	0	0.959
1928	WSH	37	-	16	49	0	5	1.000
1929	WSH	28	-	10	26	3	1	0.923
1930	WSH	30	-	11	32	4	2	0.915
1931	WSH	30	-	6	28	2	2	0.944
1932	CHW	39	-	17	50	3	2	0.957
1933	CHW	37	-	6	34	3	3	0.930
1934	CHW	31	-	11	27	2	1	0.950
1935	CHW	22	-	5	29	0	1	1.000
Career		713	-	197	874	52	48	-

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Major League batting statistics for Sad Sam Jones.

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG
1914	CLE	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.500	0.500	0.500
1915	CLE	48	32	4	5	0	0	0	1	0	6	15	0.156	0.289	0.156
1916	BOS	13	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.333	0.333	0.333
1917	BOS	9	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.000	0.000	0.000
1918	BOS	24	57	6	10	1	0	0	1	0	13	14	0.175	0.329	0.193
1919	BOS	35	81	4	11	2	1	0	5	0	9	21	0.136	0.239	0.185
1920	BOS	44	92	12	20	3	1	0	5	0	4	27	0.217	0.265	0.272
1921	BOS	43	100	11	24	3	1	2	14	1	10	25	0.240	0.321	0.350
1922	NYY	45	87	14	23	9	0	1	8	1	6	28	0.264	0.347	0.402
1923	NYY	39	85	13	19	3	0	0	6	0	10	28	0.224	0.305	0.259
1924	NYY	36	51	4	9	3	0	1	5	0	3	14	0.176	0.222	0.294
1925	NYY	46	80	2	13	2	0	0	3	1	3	19	0.163	0.212	0.188
1926	NYY	44	49	3	10	1	0	0	4	1	3	16	0.204	0.264	0.224
1927	SLB	32	55	2	6	2	0	0	3	0	7	18	0.109	0.246	0.145
1928	WSH	37	79	13	20	5	1	2	11	0	6	9	0.253	0.306	0.418
1929	WSH	28	51	6	8	1	1	0	3	1	8	15	0.157	0.283	0.216
1930	WSH	30	61	9	9	0	0	0	10	0	11	21	0.148	0.297	0.148
1931	WSH	30	48	8	15	2	0	0	5	0	5	10	0.313	0.389	0.354
1932	CHW	39	57	12	11	2	0	0	5	1	9	22	0.193	0.303	0.228
1933	CHW	37	58	10	9	1	0	0	3	1	8	10	0.155	0.258	0.172
1934	CHW	31	60	9	12	3	0	0	6	0	8	13	0.200	0.304	0.250
1935	CHW	22	48	8	8	1	0	0	1	0	10	16	0.167	0.310	0.188
Career		713	1243	151	245	44	5	6	99	7	139	346	-	-	-

First Name	Samuel
Middle Name	Pond
Last Name	Jones
Full Name at Birth	Samuel Pond Jones
Other Names	Sad Sam
Age	73 (age at death)
Date of Birth	July 26, 1892
Birthplace	Woodsfield, OH
Date of Death	July 6, 1966
Location of Death	Barnesville, OH
Buried	Oaklawn Cemetery, Woodsfield, OH
Height	6' (183 cm)
Weight	170 lbs (77.1 kg)
Star Sign	Leo
Nationality	American
Occupation	Former Major League Baseball Player
Occupation Category	Baseball
Position	Pitcher
Bats	Right
Throws	Right
MLB Debut	13 June 1914
Last MLB Game	28 September 1935