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Willie
Jones		  
Nickname: Puddin' Head
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 192
 
Born: August 16, 1925 in Usa, SC, DILLON
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1953    1954    1957   
All-Star Selections 1955    1957   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1947 21 OAK AL     5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 8 8 8
1948 22 OAK AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 9 9 9
1949 23 OAK AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 9 9 9
1950 24 OAK AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 7 7 7 9 9 9
1951 25 OAK AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 7 7 7 9 9 9
1952 26 PIT NL $ 1,971,429   6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 7 7 7 9 9 9
1953 27 PIT NL $ 2,760,000   7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 7 7 7 9 9 9
1954 28 PIT NL $ 2,760,000   7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 8 8 8 9 9 9
1955 29 PIT NL $ 2,760,000   6 6 6 7 7 7 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 7 7
1956 30 PIT NL $ 2,760,000   6 6 6 7 7 7 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 7 7
1957 31 PIT NL $ 4,590,000   6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7
1958 32 DET AL $ 4,590,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5
1959 33 DET AL $ 4,590,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5
1960 34 BSN NL $ 4,590,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5
1961 35 MIN AL $ 900,000   4 4 4 6 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4
1962 36 WOR AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,590,000   7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 8 8 8 9 9 9
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1947 21 AAA   111 402 94 107 12 2 31 91 7 2 83 29 .266 .392 .537 .929 86.9  
    AA   26 92 26 32 5 2 9 20 3 0 25 10 .348 .487 .739 1.226 29.9  
1948 22 OAK AL 96 312 49 79 17 3 9 40 0 0 32 17 .253 .321 .413 .734 41.7 5.0
    AAA   54 205 35 53 8 1 13 33 3 3 37 11 .259 .372 .498 .869 38.6  
1949 23 OAK AL 149 506 83 126 20 2 20 86 0 0 63 19 .249 .334 .415 .749 70.3 8.9
1950 24 OAK AL 146 506 88 116 21 2 20 76 1 0 87 33 .229 .339 .397 .737 72.1 7.8
1951 25 OAK AL 155 560 95 148 16 2 21 81 0 0 81 36 .264 .356 .413 .768 79.9 11.7
1952 26 PIT NL 143 519 66 144 20 2 15 81 0 2 54 39 .277 .342 .410 .752 68.9 9.3
1953 27 PIT NL 151 543 83 142 24 4 26 88 1 0 67 28 .262 .340 .464 .804 86.7 13.5
1954 28 PIT NL 154 587 86 154 20 2 21 90 4 1 73 36 .262 .345 .411 .755 83.7 13.3
1955 29 PIT NL 103 357 49 99 17 3 20 70 3 0 54 25 .277 .369 .510 .879 66.8 13.0
1956 30 PIT NL 139 473 62 113 16 0 18 72 0 0 54 78 .239 .317 .387 .704 54.3 7.1
1957 31 PIT NL 156 528 89 137 22 5 21 87 0 0 65 89 .259 .338 .439 .778 77.5 13.1
1958 32 DET AL 145 509 62 118 19 3 25 82 0 0 65 75 .232 .316 .428 .744 70.4 10.3
1959 33 DET AL 156 519 58 112 14 1 20 60 0 0 40 151 .216 .272 .362 .634 52.5 5.6
1960 34 BSN NL 131 369 38 90 13 2 14 55 1 0 39 105 .244 .318 .404 .722 47.3 8.6
1961 35 MIN AL 153 570 63 114 17 5 22 69 0 0 35 175 .200 .246 .363 .609 51.0 5.2
1962 36 WOR AL 73 81 9 17 5 0 2 7 0 0 8 28 .210 .281 .346 .627 7.8 1.1
15 Years Sim 2050 6939 980 1709 261 36 274 1044 10 3 817 934 .246 .325 .413 .737 930.9 133.5
2 Years AAA 165 607 129 160 20 3 44 124 10 5 120 40 .264 .384 .524 .908 125.5  
1 Years AA 26 92 26 32 5 2 9 20 3 0 25 10 .348 .483 .739 1.222 29.9  
3 Years Minors 191 699 155 192 25 5 53 144 13 5 145 50 .275 .398 .552 .950 155.4  
162 Game Average 548 77 135 20 2 21 82 0 0 64 73 .246 .325 .413 .737 73.6  
Career Highs 156 587 95 154 24 5 26 90 4 2 87 175 .277 .369 .510 .879 86.7  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   4209 600 1054 171 19 172 646 6 3 460 552 .250 .324 .423 .746 590.2
vs LH   2730 380 655 90 17 102 398 4 0 357 382 .240 .326 .397 .723 375.3
Home 1011 3348 462 799 125 15 122 467 6 2 412 446 .239 .321 .394 .716 445.6
Away 1039 3591 518 910 136 21 152 577 4 1 405 488 .253 .328 .430 .758 519.9
RISP   1671 0 422 60 7 78 731 0 0 231 199 .253 .336 .437 .773 259.9
Pinch Hitting   121 14 31 6 1 5 21 0 0 10 27 .256 .313 .446 .759 16.8
Close/Late   748 63 179 32 3 22 95 0 0 84 109 .239 .317 .378 .695 92.8
Mar/Apr 323 1109 141 273 52 4 37 154 4 1 152 143 .246 .336 .400 .736 156.7
May 353 1257 175 303 41 12 52 187 2 0 133 177 .241 .314 .417 .731 169.9
June 358 1273 190 327 51 4 52 214 1 0 116 170 .257 .317 .426 .743 174.6
July 346 1155 168 277 43 5 54 184 1 0 143 159 .240 .322 .426 .748 165.9
August 343 1122 166 278 41 7 39 148 2 0 157 157 .248 .339 .401 .740 161.2
Sep/Oct 327 1023 140 251 33 4 40 157 0 2 116 128 .245 .319 .403 .722 137.2
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1948 22 OAK AL SS 66 66 534.3 91 211 6 43 .981 5.09 0 0 .000 0 2.2
    3B 30 30 238.0 15 66 5 6 .942 3.06 0 0 .000 0 1.0
    2B 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1949 23 OAK AL SS 98 98 808.3 139 354 10 73 .980 5.49 0 0 .000 0 4.1
    2B 52 51 445.7 103 182 3 38 .990 5.76 0 0 .000 0 1.7
1950 24 OAK AL 3B 127 126 1056.0 81 249 22 26 .938 2.81 0 0 .000 0 2.8
    SS 20 17 142.3 20 66 2 12 .977 5.44 0 0 .000 0 0.8
    2B 6 0 11.0 3 7 0 3 1.000 8.18 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1951 25 OAK AL 3B 152 151 1296.7 97 291 29 32 .930 2.69 0 0 .000 0 2.8
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 1 1 0 .500 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1952 26 PIT NL 2B 136 136 1196.7 273 508 13 99 .984 5.87 0 0 .000 0 5.8
    SS 5 0 6.0 2 3 0 1 1.000 7.50 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1953 27 PIT NL 2B 148 148 1318.7 313 599 17 115 .982 6.22 0 0 .000 0 7.2
    SS 2 0 5.0 0 3 0 0 1.000 5.40 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1954 28 PIT NL 2B 151 145 1300.3 339 604 7 124 .993 6.53 0 0 .000 0 7.5
    SS 1 0 2.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1955 29 PIT NL 2B 99 98 863.0 212 352 10 80 .983 5.88 0 0 .000 0 3.3
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1956 30 PIT NL 2B 74 70 619.7 134 311 9 71 .980 6.46 0 0 .000 0 2.8
    3B 62 61 510.0 37 142 8 14 .957 3.16 0 0 .000 0 2.9
    SS 8 0 22.0 6 10 0 4 1.000 6.55 0 0 .000 0 0.2
1957 31 PIT NL 2B 150 146 1259.7 301 589 12 137 .987 6.36 0 0 .000 0 5.5
    SS 3 0 5.0 0 3 0 0 1.000 5.40 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1958 32 DET AL 3B 139 138 1215.3 77 301 22 25 .945 2.80 0 0 .000 0 2.4
    SS 2 0 9.7 1 5 0 0 1.000 5.59 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1959 33 DET AL 3B 117 112 998.7 66 250 18 17 .946 2.85 0 0 .000 0 1.6
    2B 19 16 136.0 33 62 1 19 .990 6.29 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    SS 16 11 105.3 13 49 0 11 1.000 5.30 0 0 .000 0 0.4
1960 34 BSN NL 3B 77 77 638.7 40 163 9 10 .958 2.86 0 0 .000 0 2.6
    SS 36 31 265.0 38 107 2 15 .986 4.92 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    2B 6 1 21.0 7 3 0 1 1.000 4.29 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    C 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1961 35 MIN AL 3B 153 152 1334.3 73 345 17 25 .961 2.82 0 0 .000 0 2.9
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1962 36 WOR AL SS 9 2 28.3 6 15 0 5 1.000 6.67 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    3B 3 2 18.0 1 4 0 0 1.000 2.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    2B 4 1 14.3 4 12 1 2 .941 10.05 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  3B 864 849 7310.6 487 1812 130 155 .946 2.83 0 0 .000 0 19.2
  2B 850 812 7193.0 1722 3230 73 689 .985 6.20 0 0 .000 0 34.4
  SS 268 225 1938.0 316 828 21 164 .982 5.31 0 0 .000 0 8.7
  C 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1983 1886 16442.6 2525 5870 224 1008 .974 4.60 0 0 .000 0 62.3
Career Highs   154 152 1335.3 339 605 30 137 .993 6.51 0 0 .000 0  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1952 26 PIT NL 10 34 6 7 2 0 3 7 0 0 8 7 .206 .357 .529 .887
1954 28 PIT NL 7 26 2 5 1 0 1 4 0 0 5 3 .192 .323 .346 .669
1956 30 PIT NL 5 15 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 4 .200 .333 .267 .600
Career Post-Season Batting 22 75 10 15 4 0 4 12 0 0 15 14 .200 .341 .413 .754
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Games
1951-8-155
1957-10-156
1959-8-156
 At-Bats
1954-8-587
 Strikeouts
1959-4-151
1961-1-175
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 4    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 37    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 13th overall pick, by Oakland in 1947
Had first career hit on 6/1/1948, off Paul Minner (STL)
Hit first career homerun on 6/12/1948, off Red Embree (NYG)
Won Player of the Week award on 8/18/1949, hitting .476 with 3 HR, 9 RBI
Injured on 6/23/1950 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks
Hit 3 homeruns against Detroit, driving in 4 runs on 7/13/1950
2/1/1952: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,971,429 through salary arbitration
Traded from Oakland to Pittsburgh on 2/13/1952 (Going to PIT: 3B Willie Jones. Going to OAK: CF Bill Wilson, P Jack Crimian, SS Chico Carrasquel)
4/2/1952: Signed a contract extension with Pittsburgh, $2,760,000 per year, for 4 years
Won World Series with Pittsburgh in 1952
Drove in 6 runs against San Diego on 6/11/1953
Won Gold Glove at Second Base in 1953
Won Gold Glove at Second Base in 1954
Was selected to the 1955 Allstar game
Injured on 8/1/1955 with a Torn Ligament Elbow, out for full season
4/2/1956: Signed a contract extension with Pittsburgh, $4,590,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Player of the Week award on 6/23/1957, hitting .448 with 3 HR, 10 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1957, hitting .349 with 9 HR, 28 RBI
Was selected to the 1957 Allstar game
Won Gold Glove at Second Base in 1957
Traded from Pittsburgh to Detroit on 2/21/1958 (Going to PIT: P Jose Santiago. Going to DET: 2B Willie Jones, SS Jack Lohrke, SS Red Schoendienst, P Bob Chakales)
Won Player of the Week award on 9/29/1958, hitting .471 with 3 HR, 6 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 7/28/1959, hitting .385 with 4 HR, 9 RBI
Traded from Detroit to Boston (N) on 3/3/1960 (Going to BSN: 3B Willie Jones, P Curt Simmons. Going to DET: P Warren Spahn, P Joe Presko)
Signed as a free agent by Minnesota on 2/11/1961 to a 1-year deal worth $900,000 per year
Drove in 6 runs against Boston (A) on 7/13/1961
Signed as a free agent by Worcester on 2/15/1962 to a 1-year deal worth $300,000 per year
 
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