2B Joe Jones #23
Age: 28 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Normal
10/06/1975
2B JOE JONES #23 - AGE: 28 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: NORMAL
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
89 298 77 17 0 5 47 44 41 .258 .352 .366 1 1.4
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
09/27/1975 @ PHI Loss, 1-16 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
09/19/1975 BAL Loss, 5-7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
09/06/1975 @ BOS Win, 5-3 3 0 1 0 0 2 1 0
08/31/1975 CHI Win, 5-4 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
08/29/1975 CHI Loss, 4-6 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
08/26/1975 @ STL Win, 13-5 5 2 3 1 0 0 0 0
08/24/1975 @ LAF Loss, 7-8 4 1 1 2 1 0 3 0
08/23/1975 @ LAF Loss, 1-5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
08/22/1975 @ LAF Win, 3-1 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0
08/19/1975 @ MIN Loss, 2-11 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 0
PERSONALITY
Birthday:05/08/1947
Born in:Worcester, MA
Nationality:American
Height:5' 10"
Weight:200 lbs
Local Popularity:Very Popular
National Pop.:Popular
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$57,000
Signed Through:1975 Season
Major Service:4 Years, 72 Days
Service This Yr:175 Days
40-Man Service:4 Years, 72 Days
Pro Service:6 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension:$57,000 total for 1 year
Drafted:1969, 21st Pick in Round 1
FEDERALLY ALIGNED BASEBALL LEAGUES 1975 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 89 298 77 17 0 5 47 41 44 41 .258 .352 .366 .717 .326 .107 106
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 82 349 1 5 0 9 2 4 109 22 1 4 20.0 38.4 4.32 1.4  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   92 29 9 0 1 9 19 14 14 2 1 1 .315 .404 .446 .849
Versus Right   206 48 8 0 4 38 22 30 27 2 1 0 .233 .328 .330 .658
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
April   26 10 3 0 0 5 8 7 2 1 1 1 .385 .514 .500 1.014
June   103 28 5 0 3 23 16 12 11 2 1 0 .272 .342 .408 .750
July   97 24 5 0 1 13 8 11 11 1 0 0 .247 .321 .330 .651
August   68 13 3 0 1 6 9 11 16 0 0 0 .191 .304 .279 .583
September   4 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 .500 .714 .750 1.464
Spring Training   48 8 1 2 0 7 2 5 9 2 0 0 .167 .236 .271 .507
Last Year   538 141 23 3 14 74 78 79 83 5 1 4 .262 .358 .394 .752
2 Years Ago   568 162 20 3 10 60 64 49 80 3 3 2 .285 .342 .384 .726
Career   2421 646 107 9 55 304 300 336 341 24 6 9 .267 .355 .387 .742
Home   133 40 8 0 3 21 22 21 18 1 0 1 .301 .397 .429 .826
Road   165 37 9 0 2 26 19 23 23 3 2 0 .224 .314 .315 .629
Grass   286 73 15 0 4 42 37 41 41 4 2 1 .255 .346 .350 .696
Turf   12 4 2 0 1 5 4 3 0 0 0 0 .333 .467 .750 1.217
Day   97 28 9 0 2 14 19 20 12 2 2 1 .289 .408 .443 .852
Night   201 49 8 0 3 33 22 24 29 2 0 0 .244 .322 .328 .650
As Starter   295 76 16 0 5 47 41 43 41 4 2 1 .258 .350 .363 .713
As Reliever / Substitution   3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333 .500 .667 1.167
Pinch Hitting   3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333 .500 .667 1.167
Close/Late   71 17 5 0 0 12 10 15 10 1 0 0 .239 .368 .310 .678
Inning 1-3   87 24 3 0 4 21 13 10 12 1 0 1 .276 .354 .448 .802
Inning 4-6   112 30 6 0 1 11 15 17 16 1 2 0 .268 .362 .348 .710
Inning 7-9   92 23 8 0 0 15 12 16 12 2 0 0 .250 .355 .337 .692
Extra Innings   7 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 .000 .125 .000 .125
0 Outs   95 29 9 0 1 8 21 19 12 1 2 0 .305 .417 .432 .849
1 Outs   102 27 5 0 2 24 15 10 11 3 0 1 .265 .328 .373 .700
2 Outs   101 21 3 0 2 15 5 15 18 0 0 0 .208 .310 .297 .607
Scoring Position   95 21 5 0 4 43 9 16 16 4 2 0 .221 .322 .400 .722
Bases Empty   153 41 9 0 0 0 26 21 16 0 0 1 .268 .360 .327 .687
Runner on 1st   50 15 3 0 1 4 6 7 9 0 0 0 .300 .386 .420 .806
Runner on 2nd   27 2 0 0 0 1 1 6 3 0 1 0 .074 .242 .074 .316
Runner on 3rd   7 3 2 0 0 4 0 3 1 1 1 0 .429 .545 .714 1.260
Runner on 1st & 2nd   25 6 3 0 2 13 2 2 6 0 0 0 .240 .296 .600 .896
Runner on 1st & 3rd   9 5 0 0 1 8 3 2 1 0 0 0 .556 .636 .889 1.525
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   7 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 2 2 0 0 .000 .100 .000 .100
Bases Loaded   20 5 0 0 1 13 3 2 3 1 0 0 .250 .304 .400 .704
Two Strikes   175 43 7 0 3 28 20 16 41 4 0 0 .246 .303 .337 .640
First Pitch   27 6 1 0 0 1 2 4 0 0 0 1 .222 .344 .259 .603
Count 0-1   18 6 3 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .500 .833
Count 0-2   25 5 1 0 0 4 1 0 9 0 0 0 .200 .200 .240 .440
Count 1-0   21 5 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 .238 .238 .333 .571
Count 1-1   22 6 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 .273 .273 .364 .636
Count 1-2   40 7 1 0 0 5 3 0 15 2 0 0 .175 .167 .200 .367
Count 2-0   9 2 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .222 .300 .222 .522
Count 2-1   20 8 2 0 1 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .650 1.050
Count 2-2   54 15 2 0 2 9 5 0 12 1 0 0 .278 .273 .426 .699
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 2 4 11 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   6 1 0 0 1 3 4 12 0 0 0 0 .167 .722 .667 1.389
Full Count   56 16 3 0 1 10 11 16 5 1 0 0 .286 .438 .393 .831
Behind in Count   83 18 5 0 0 12 6 0 24 2 0 0 .217 .212 .277 .489
Ahead in Count   56 16 4 0 2 13 16 24 0 0 0 0 .286 .500 .464 .964
Batting 2nd   7 4 1 0 0 0 3 2 2 0 0 0 .571 .667 .714 1.381
Batting 4th   15 2 1 0 0 2 1 3 2 0 0 0 .133 .278 .200 .478
Batting 5th   90 26 5 0 1 17 14 13 9 2 0 0 .289 .371 .378 .749
Batting 6th   108 23 6 0 1 14 10 18 15 2 2 1 .213 .326 .296 .622
Batting 7th   67 19 3 0 3 13 13 8 11 0 0 0 .284 .360 .463 .823
Batting 8th   8 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
Batting 9th   3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .667 1.000
Low Leverage   110 30 5 0 1 6 14 16 10 0 0 1 .273 .370 .345 .716
Medium Leverage   119 30 9 0 2 19 20 18 19 2 2 0 .252 .345 .378 .723
High Leverage   67 17 3 0 2 22 7 10 12 2 0 0 .254 .342 .388 .730
CAREER BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1971 New York - FABL 24 130 471 136 28 2 12 61 62 65 1 7 57 0 1 .289 .371 .433 .804 130 129 3.9
1972 New York - FABL 25 156 546 130 19 1 14 62 55 99 1 5 80 4 2 .238 .353 .353 .707 112 103 2.6
1973 New York - FABL 26 155 568 162 20 3 10 60 64 49 2 3 80 2 6 .285 .342 .384 .726 102 106 2.5
1974 New York - FABL 27 155 538 141 23 3 14 74 78 79 4 5 83 6 2 .262 .358 .394 .752 115 114 4.2
1975 New York - FABL 28 89 298 77 17 0 5 47 41 44 1 4 41 1 4 .258 .352 .366 .717 97 106 1.4
Total FABL 685 2421 646 107 9 55 304 300 336 9 24 341 13 15 .267 .355 .387 .742 112 112 14.7
CAREER MINOR LEAGUE BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1970 New Orleans - AAA 23 2 6 2 0 0 1 3 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .556 .833 1.389 252 243 0.2
1971 New Orleans - AAA 24 2 6 2 1 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 2 0 0 .333 .556 .500 1.056 229 190 0.1
Total CL 4 12 4 1 0 1 5 3 6 0 0 2 0 0 .333 .556 .667 1.222 241 217
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1970 New Orleans - AAA 2B 2 2 5 4 1 9 0 1.000 17.0 4.76 -0.0 1.314
1971 New York - MLB 2B 127 124 281 361 91 657 15 .977 1093.2 5.28 -2.3 .992
1971 New Orleans - AAA 2B 2 2 8 4 3 13 1 .923 18.0 6.00 -0.8 .743
1971 New York - MLB 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1971 New York - MLB SS 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 1.000 3.0 6.00 +0.1 1.017
1972 New York - MLB 2B 156 155 362 386 108 764 16 .979 1357.0 4.96 -3.2 1.000
1972 New York - MLB 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1972 New York - MLB SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1973 New York - MLB 2B 149 147 369 422 107 812 21 .974 1276.0 5.58 -0.7 .989
1973 New York - MLB 3B 4 1 0 5 0 5 0 1.000 17.2 2.55 -0.2 .876
1973 New York - MLB SS 2 2 8 6 2 14 0 1.000 17.0 7.41 -1.1 .677
1974 New York - MLB 2B 153 151 360 467 111 848 21 .975 1321.2 5.63 +4.4 1.016
1974 New York - MLB 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1975 New York - MLB 2B 86 82 179 249 61 445 17 .962 723.0 5.33 +0.9 1.003
1975 New York - MLB 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2.0 0.00 0.0 .000
TOTAL 2B 675 663 1564 1893 482 3548 91 .974 5806.1 5.36 -1.7 1.000
TOTAL 3B 7 1 0 5 0 5 0 1.000 22.2 1.99 -0.2 .876
TOTAL SS 4 2 9 7 2 16 0 1.000 20.0 7.20 -1.0 .726
PLAYER HISTORY
06/18/1969 Drafted in the 1969 first-year player draft out of college (Baton Rouge State; New Orleans, LA) by the New York Gothams. (Round 1, Pick 21, 21st overall pick).
03/21/1971 Successfully completed training to improve his strength and conditioning at the New York Gothams development complex.
04/05/1971 Named the #97 prospect in the FABL
10/25/1971 Wins the 1971 FABL FA Kellogg Award.
04/17/1972 Wins the FABL FA Player of the Week Award.
06/06/1972 Injured (bruised thumb),day-to-day for 1 day.
06/04/1973 Wins the FABL FA Player of the Week Award.
09/13/1974 Injured (bruised ankle),day-to-day for 2 days.
02/14/1975 Signed a 1-year contract extension worth a total of $57,000 with the New York Gothams organization.
04/20/1975 Injured (torn hamstring),out for 5 weeks.
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year GS Rank
1972 155 3
Year 2B Rank
1971 28 8
Year BB Rank
1972 99 5
Year IBB Rank
1972 24 2
Year SF Rank
1971 7 5
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