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Sheldon
Jones		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 180
 
Born: February 2, 1922 in Usa, NE, TECUMSEH
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1946 24 STL NL   9 5 5 5 5 6 5 6 6 6
1947 25 STL NL   9 5 5 5 5 6 5 5 6 5
1948 26 STL NL   9 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 6 5
1949 27 NYG NL   9 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 6 6
1950 28 TAM AL   9 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 6 5
1951 29 TAM AL   9 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5
1952 30 OAK AL $ 300,000 9 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5
1953 31 OAK AL $ 300,000 9 4 5 5 4 5 5 4 5 4
1954 32 OAK AL $ 300,000 9 4 5 4 4 5 5 4 4 4
1955 33 OAK AL   9 4 5 5 4 5 5 3 4 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings   9 4 5 4 4 5 5 3 4 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000 9 5 5 5 5 6 5 6 6 6
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
1946 24 STL NL     1 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1947 25 STL NL     1 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1948 26 STL NL     1 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1949 27 NYG NL     1 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1950 28 TAM AL     1 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1951 29 TAM AL     1 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1952 30 OAK AL $ 300,000   1 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1953 31 OAK AL $ 300,000   1 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1954 32 OAK AL $ 300,000   1 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1955 33 OAK AL     1 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   1 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1946 24 AAA   4 5 .444 12 12 0 0 0 73.3 103 32 6 29 54 3.93 .328 .385 .439 .824  
    AA   7 8 .467 18 18 1 0 0 132.7 98 33 6 49 118 2.24 .200 .273 .280 .552  
1947 25 AAA   5 16 .238 27 27 2 1 0 170.0 198 99 23 77 105 5.24 .292 .365 .459 .824  
1948 26 AAA   9 9 .500 28 28 0 0 0 162.3 210 104 29 79 122 5.77 .306 .378 .485 .863  
1949 27 AAA   4 4 .500 12 12 2 0 0 82.0 86 43 8 36 51 4.72 .270 .344 .417 .761  
    AA   11 3 .786 18 18 1 1 0 135.7 114 34 6 45 128 2.26 .226 .289 .325 .614  
1950 28 AAA   5 6 .455 12 12 1 1 0 70.7 102 41 5 32 54 5.22 .338 .401 .447 .848  
    AA   5 7 .417 17 17 1 1 0 122.0 99 42 11 53 115 3.10 .222 .305 .341 .645  
1951 29 AAA   1 3 .250 16 16 0 0 0 105.0 100 49 10 60 79 4.20 .246 .343 .365 .708  
1952 30 OAK AL 0 1 .000 17 0 0 0 1 22.3 29 23 5 13 10 9.27 .305 .394 .537 .931 0.0
    AAA   1 0 1.000 28 0 0 0 2 22.3 29 13 3 13 15 5.24 .345 .433 .488 .921  
    AA   2 0 1.000 9 0 0 0 0 19.7 14 3 3 7 19 1.37 .203 .276 .362 .639  
1953 31 OAK AL 3 2 .600 6 6 2 0 0 50.0 39 12 2 26 23 2.16 .218 .317 .291 .608 5.8
1954 32 OAK AL 1 4 .200 5 5 1 0 0 37.3 46 28 6 23 14 6.75 .315 .401 .493 .894 0.0
    AAA   6 10 .375 19 19 0 0 0 119.0 148 72 12 62 81 5.45 .309 .388 .459 .847  
1955 33 AAA   8 12 .400 28 28 1 0 0 177.3 203 106 33 89 129 5.38 .283 .362 .476 .838  
3 Years Sim 4 7 .364 28 11 3 0 1 109.7 114 63 13 62 47 5.17 .271 .364 .417 .781 5.8
9 Years AAA 43 65 .398 182 154 6 2 2 982.0 1179 559 129 477 690 5.12 .296 .371 .452 .823  
4 Years AA 25 18 .581 62 53 3 2 0 410.0 325 112 26 154 380 2.46 .215 .288 .317 .604  
13 Years Minors 68 83 .450 244 207 9 4 2 1392.0 1504 671 155 631 1070 4.34 .274 .349 .415 .763  
Season Average 1 2 .333 9 3 1 0 0 36.6 38 21 4 20 15 5.17 .271 .364 .417 .781  
Career Highs 3 4 .600 17 6 2 0 1 50.0 46 28 6 26 23 9.27 .315 .401 .537 .931  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   47 29 3 29 31   .232 .328 .310 .638
vs LH   67 34 10 33 16   .309 .400 .516 .916
Home 2 6 .250 17 7 1 0 1 68.3 78 50 11 40 34 6.59 .291 .383 .485 .868
Away 2 1 .667 11 4 2 0 0 41.3 36 13 2 22 13 2.83 .237 .333 .296 .629
Mar/Apr 1 4 .200 5 5 1 0 0 37.3 46 28 6 23 14 6.75 .315 .408 .493 .901
July 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 2.7 6 4 0 2 1 13.53 .429 .500 .429 .929
August 0 1 .000 13 0 0 0 1 16.0 22 18 4 10 8 10.13 .319 .405 .594 .999
Sep/Oct 3 2 .600 8 6 2 0 0 53.7 40 13 3 27 24 2.18 .209 .307 .293 .601
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
1950 28 AA   2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5  
1952 30 OAK AL 17 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
    AAA   2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1  
1953 31 OAK AL 6 17 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .059 .111 .118 .229 -0.3 0.0
1954 32 OAK AL 5 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .083 .083 .083 .167 -0.5 0.0
3 Years Sim 28 31 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 .065 .094 .097 .191 -0.9 0.0
1 Years AAA 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1  
1 Years AA 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5  
2 Years Minors 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4  
162 Game Average 179 5 11 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 63 .065 .094 .097 .191 -5.4  
Career Highs 17 17 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .083 .111 .118 .229 -0.1  
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   21 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .095 .095 .143 .238 -0.6
vs LH   10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .091 .000 .091 -1.0
Home 17 20 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .050 .050 .050 .100 -1.3
Away 4 11 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .091 .167 .182 .348 -0.2
RISP   4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4
Close/Late   4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4
Mar/Apr 5 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .083 .083 .083 .167 -0.6
August 13 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
Sep/Oct 6 17 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .059 .111 .118 .229 -0.8
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1952 30 OAK AL P 17 0 22.3 1 4 1 0 .833 2.02    
1953 31 OAK AL P 6 6 50.0 6 5 0 0 1.000 1.98    
1954 32 OAK AL P 5 5 37.3 0 13 0 0 1.000 3.13    
Career Totals   28 11 109.7 7 22 1 0 .967 2.38    
Career Highs   17 6 50.0 6 13 1 0 1.000 3.13    
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 33rd overall pick, by St. Louis in 1946
Injured on 7/5/1948 with a Sore Back, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 7/22/1948 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for 6 days
Traded from St. Louis to New York (N) on 6/1/1949 (Going to NYG: P Joe Haynes, P Sheldon Jones. Going to STL: RF Elmer Valo, P Ken Heintzelman)
Injured on 4/12/1950 with a Strained Back, out for one week
Traded from New York (N) to Tampa Bay on 7/31/1950 (Going to TAM: P Ralph Branca, P Sheldon Jones, 1B Merv Connors. Going to NYG: P Bob Hooper, 1B Pat Seerey)
Traded from Tampa Bay to Oakland on 4/2/1952 (Going to TAM: RF Ed Stevens. Going to OAK: CF Willard Marshall, P Sheldon Jones)
Earned first career win on 9/9/1953
Had first career hit (double) on 9/18/1953, off Bob Buhl (BOS)
Injured on 7/5/1954 with a Fractured Jaw, out for 4 weeks
Injured on 7/26/1955 with a Tight Shoulder, out for one week
 
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