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Cleon
Jones		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 200
 
Born: August 4, 1942 in Usa, AL, PLATEAU
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1969    1970    1971    1974   
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
1963 20 PIT NL     5 5 5 4 4 4 6 5 5 5 4 4 6 6 6
1964 21 PIT NL     5 5 6 4 4 4 6 5 5 5 4 4 6 6 6
1965 22 PIT NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 6 5 5 4 4 4 7 6 6
1966 23 PIT NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 6 5 6 4 4 4 7 6 6
1967 24 PIT NL $ 300,000   6 6 7 4 4 4 6 6 6 4 4 4 7 6 6
1968 25 PIT NL $ 1,707,143   6 6 7 5 5 5 6 5 6 4 4 4 7 6 6
1969 26 PIT NL $ 1,707,143   6 6 7 5 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 4 7 6 6
1970 27 PIT NL $ 1,707,143   6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 4 3 4 7 6 6
1971 28 PIT NL $ 1,500,000   6 6 7 5 4 4 6 5 5 4 3 3 6 6 6
1972 29 PIT NL $ 1,500,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 6 5 5 4 3 4 6 6 6
1973 30 PIT NL $ 1,500,000   6 6 7 5 5 5 6 5 6 4 3 3 6 6 6
1974 31 PIT NL $ 1,500,000   6 6 7 5 5 5 6 5 5 4 3 3 7 6 6
1975 32 OAK AL $ 1,064,000   6 6 7 5 5 5 6 5 5 4 3 3 7 6 6
1976 33 BOS AL $ 2,000,000   6 6 7 5 5 5 6 5 5 4 3 3 7 6 6
1977 34 BOS AL $ 2,000,000   6 6 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 3 3 5 5 5
1978 35 KCR AL $ 500,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 5 4 5 4 3 3 5 4 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 4 4 4 5 4 5 4 3 3 5 4 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,000,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 4 4 7 6 6
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
1963 20 AAA   137 581 63 139 19 2 8 54 10 3 39 93 .239 .287 .320 .607 53.9  
1964 21 AAA   137 578 67 168 25 4 24 75 9 5 49 93 .291 .346 .472 .818 91.5  
1965 22 PIT NL 142 378 54 115 13 4 14 52 0 3 28 64 .304 .357 .471 .828 59.1 15.9
1966 23 PIT NL 156 609 68 148 24 5 11 64 8 0 27 97 .243 .277 .353 .630 58.3 9.6
1967 24 PIT NL 148 497 47 151 18 4 8 51 4 4 44 74 .304 .368 .404 .772 68.6 11.3
1968 25 PIT NL 158 583 66 159 22 5 7 40 4 1 39 100 .273 .322 .364 .686 66.0 9.5
1969 26 PIT NL 154 604 80 171 24 5 9 59 6 7 35 99 .283 .325 .384 .709 68.6 10.6
1970 27 PIT NL 139 574 67 150 25 2 7 51 5 2 29 94 .261 .300 .348 .649 58.3 8.2
1971 28 PIT NL 154 544 50 129 22 2 8 48 2 1 30 95 .237 .278 .329 .607 47.6 5.5
1972 29 PIT NL 125 364 42 118 19 5 5 53 2 0 25 55 .324 .376 .445 .821 55.8 13.5
1973 30 PIT NL 136 431 52 132 21 3 7 60 3 4 24 73 .306 .343 .418 .760 57.6 11.3
1974 31 PIT NL 155 602 79 175 27 5 9 55 7 2 28 102 .291 .323 .397 .720 69.3 13.0
1975 32 OAK AL 126 413 46 119 21 5 6 50 4 2 26 73 .288 .330 .407 .737 52.0 8.4
    AAA   26 95 10 26 2 0 1 6 0 1 7 18 .274 .324 .326 .650 9.8  
1976 33 BOS AL 105 338 44 98 8 0 7 36 7 1 16 46 .290 .324 .376 .700 40.6 6.8
1977 34 BOS AL 108 276 31 76 9 0 5 39 8 0 5 32 .275 .284 .362 .647 27.4 2.8
1978 35 KCR AL 34 78 17 27 2 1 0 7 0 0 3 10 .346 .366 .397 .763 10.9 2.4
1979 36 AAA   137 518 62 151 12 3 12 55 7 4 58 77 .292 .363 .396 .759 75.5  
14 Years Sim 1840 6291 743 1768 255 46 103 665 60 27 359 1014 .281 .322 .385 .708 740.1 128.8
4 Years AAA 437 1772 202 484 58 9 45 190 26 13 153 281 .273 .335 .392 .727 230.8  
162 Game Average 553 65 155 22 4 9 58 5 2 31 89 .281 .322 .385 .708 65.2  
Career Highs 158 609 80 175 27 5 14 64 8 7 44 102 .346 .376 .471 .828 69.3  
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   3537 396 962 133 24 50 333 38 19 191 622 .272 .314 .366 .680 388.7
vs LH   2754 347 806 122 22 53 332 22 8 168 392 .293 .333 .411 .743 363.1
Home 933 3169 382 896 112 24 54 359 26 10 190 538 .283 .325 .384 .710 384.2
Away 907 3122 361 872 143 22 49 306 34 17 169 476 .279 .319 .386 .706 367.5
RISP   1304 0 384 58 8 22 521 0 0 88 186 .294 .335 .402 .737 171.4
Pinch Hitting   184 20 61 8 2 4 38 3 1 11 31 .332 .362 .462 .824 29.3
Close/Late   727 71 205 25 8 15 95 0 0 45 122 .282 .326 .400 .726 91.6
Mar/Apr 282 998 112 269 36 5 16 94 10 3 45 162 .270 .305 .364 .668 106.3
May 325 1086 126 299 32 5 20 122 9 6 72 172 .275 .323 .369 .692 126.7
June 309 1036 141 286 43 10 24 114 7 2 65 151 .276 .320 .406 .726 131.1
July 287 1010 120 288 42 4 12 119 12 6 48 172 .285 .319 .370 .689 113.9
August 326 1088 132 321 59 14 16 125 12 4 70 180 .295 .340 .419 .760 147.1
Sep/Oct 311 1073 112 305 43 8 15 91 10 6 59 177 .284 .325 .381 .706 126.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1965 22 PIT NL RF 51 36 348.7 81 5 2 0 .977 2.22   1.4
    CF 24 21 193.0 59 0 1 0 .983 2.75    
    LF 16 13 120.3 35 0 1 0 .972 2.62    
    1B 16 13 118.0 138 19 2 20 .987 11.97   0.2
1966 23 PIT NL CF 82 82 695.3 212 3 3 3 .986 2.78   3.8
    RF 69 64 581.0 145 6 2 3 .987 2.34    
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1967 24 PIT NL CF 128 127 1085.7 296 4 8 2 .974 2.49   3.8
    RF 6 0 20.7 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.61    
    LF 4 0 8.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13    
1968 25 PIT NL 1B 101 95 843.7 904 60 15 73 .985 10.28   0.6
    RF 50 47 408.0 86 3 2 1 .978 1.96   1.3
    LF 2 0 5.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.18    
    CF 2 0 5.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.69    
1969 26 PIT NL RF 132 126 1074.7 258 5 2 2 .992 2.20   3.4
    1B 21 20 163.0 161 16 1 14 .994 9.77   0.2
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1970 27 PIT NL RF 137 136 1175.3 273 9 1 1 .996 2.16   3.3
    1B 2 0 3.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1971 28 PIT NL RF 147 147 1283.0 338 4 1 1 .997 2.40   3.4
    1B 3 1 11.0 7 1 0 1 1.000 6.55   0.0
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1972 29 PIT NL 1B 80 60 548.0 544 39 2 46 .997 9.57   1.1
    RF 42 42 337.0 90 2 0 0 1.000 2.46   0.9
    CF 1 0 3.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
    LF 1 0 0.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 27.27    
1973 30 PIT NL 1B 81 61 571.7 569 56 11 61 .983 9.84   0.3
    CF 1 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    LF 1 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    RF 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1974 31 PIT NL RF 138 134 1166.0 303 8 0 4 1.000 2.40   3.2
    LF 12 11 99.7 19 1 0 0 1.000 1.81    
    CF 3 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    1B 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1975 32 OAK AL CF 119 116 982.3 203 7 9 1 .959 1.92   1.5
    1B 1 0 8.0 12 1 1 1 .929 14.63   0.0
    RF 4 0 7.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1976 33 BOS AL CF 58 55 471.3 128 3 4 2 .970 2.50   1.5
    RF 19 8 97.7 29 1 0 1 1.000 2.76    
    LF 13 7 78.7 15 0 0 0 1.000 1.72    
    1B 9 2 37.0 43 5 1 4 .980 11.68   0.0
1977 34 BOS AL CF 54 45 396.0 107 1 5 1 .956 2.45   1.2
    RF 26 10 104.7 20 0 1 0 .952 1.72    
    1B 9 6 57.3 60 6 1 10 .985 10.36   0.1
    LF 11 3 41.7 7 0 1 0 .875 1.51    
    SS 1 0 1.0 2 0 0 1 1.000 18.00   0.0
1978 35 KCR AL LF 11 9 90.7 17 0 0 0 1.000 1.69   0.6
    RF 9 6 54.3 20 0 0 0 1.000 3.31    
    CF 5 4 40.7 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.99    
    1B 2 0 3.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
  RF 831 756 6661.3 1650 43 11 13 .994 2.29   16.9
  CF 478 450 3882.3 1015 18 30 9 .972 2.39   11.8
  1B 326 258 2365.7 2444 205 34 230 .987 10.08   2.5
  LF 73 43 452.0 97 1 2 0 .980 1.95   0.6
  SS 3 0 3.0 2 1 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
Career Totals   1711 1507 13364.2 5208 268 77 253 .986 3.69   31.8
Career Highs   155 148 1296.0 993 63 17 74 1.000 9.67    
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.
Batting Average
1967-4-.304
 On-Base Pct
1967-10-.368
 Games
1966-9-156
1968-2-158
1969-10-154
 At-Bats
1966-3-609
1968-8-583
1969-4-604
1974-4-602
 Hits
1969-7-171
1974-6-175
 Singles
1967-5-121
1968-6-125
1969-2-133
1974-6-134
Triples
1966-10-5
1968-7-5
1969-10-5
1974-8-5
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 21    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 25    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Curt Flood (961)
  2. Felipe Alou (942)
  3. Randy Elliott (929)
  4. Larry Hisle (919)
  5. Lyman Bostock (915)
  6. Lenny Green (914)
  7. Ollie Brown (914)
  8. Jose Cruz (912)
  9. Wally Moon (909)
  10. Bob Skinner (907)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 23rd overall pick, by Pittsburgh in 1963
Had first career hit on 4/7/1965, off Jim Dickson (TOR)
Hit first career homerun on 4/14/1965, off Gene Conley (COL)
2/1/1968: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,707,143 through salary arbitration
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Tampa Bay on 7/10/1968
2/1/1969: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,707,143 through salary arbitration
Won Gold Glove at Rightfield in 1969
2/1/1970: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,707,143 through salary arbitration
Injured on 7/21/1970 with a Bruised Heel, out for one week
Won Gold Glove at Rightfield in 1970
10/28/1970: Signed a contract extension with Pittsburgh, $1,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Gold Glove at Rightfield in 1971
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against New York (A) on 6/25/1972
Won Gold Glove at Rightfield in 1974
Signed as a free agent by Oakland on 4/2/1975 to a 1-year deal worth $1,064,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Boston (A) on 2/16/1976 to a 2-year deal worth $2,000,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Kansas City on 2/16/1978 to a 4-year deal worth $500,000 per year
Traded from Kansas City to San Diego on 4/3/1979 (Going to SDP: CF Cleon Jones, DH Craig Kusick. Going to KCR: P Don Hood)
Released by San Diego on 10/28/1979
 
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