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Kevin Brown League
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Sal Jones Left Field
Retired (1972, Age 38)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .277 Total Rating   Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .769 Status Deceased (2014) Option Years 0  
H 2368 Age at Death 81 Date of Birth 11-23-1933
HR 228 Drafted Round 2, Pick 21
(1951)
Majors Svc Time 18 years
(2 games)
RBI 1053
SB 453 Salary $0.50M Final Contract Year 1972
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R A- Contact vs. L B+ Endurance B-   Ldrship A-
Power vs. R C+ Power vs. L Velocity   Mentor vR A+
Speed B- Bunt D- Control D-   Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range WS Rings 0
1B C- (29.5%) LF A+ (100%) Arm WS Appearances 0
2B --- CF ---   Health LCS Appearances 0
3B --- RF A+ (98.3%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 4
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

 
Year Type OS Age Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
1951 Minors 18 63.00 10 / 10 8 / 9 6 / 10 7 / 9 3 / 8 7 / 7 10 / 10 51 / 63
1952 Minors 19 58.00 7 / 8 7 / 7 5 / 6 5 / 7 2 / 14 11 / 11 5 / 5 42 / 58
1952 Majors 19 0.09 1 0 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0
1953 Minors 20 64.00 6 / 8 6 / 8 6 / 12 9 / 13 0 / 6 14 / 14 3 / 3 44 / 64
1954 Majors 21 69.97 162 119 0 2 / 7 6 / 10 4 / 16 3 / 11 0 / 8 8 / 11 5 / 6 28 / 69
1955 Majors 22 64.05 162 109 0 9 / 13 8 / 15 0 / 5 3 / 5 0 / 9 6 / 12 3 / 5 29 / 64
1956 Majors 23 62.09 162 124 0 7 / 11 6 / 11 2 / 5 0 / 5 0 / 11 6 / 7 8 / 12 29 / 62
1957 Majors 24 68.96 162 142 0 5 / 9 4 / 7 4 / 12 3 / 10 0 / 8 8 / 9 9 / 13 33 / 68
1958 Majors 25 68.79 162 142 0 4 / 12 1 / 5 3 / 5 7 / 14 1 / 7 7 / 14 3 / 11 26 / 68
1959 Majors 26 65.36 162 142 0 1 / 6 2 / 6 3 / 9 1 / 12 1 / 11 4 / 11 3 / 10 15 / 65
1960 Majors 27 64.96 162 121 0 0 / 4 3 / 15 1 / 11 3 / 11 0 / 10 1 / 8 0 / 5 8 / 64
1961 Majors 28 71.30 162 142 0 1 / 12 2 / 8 0 / 7 0 / 12 0 / 14 2 / 11 0 / 7 5 / 71
1962 Majors 29 59.68 163 117 0 0 / 9 1 / 11 0 / 8 0 / 9 0 / 9 2 / 11 0 / 2 3 / 59
1963 Majors 30 59.51 148 130 14 1 / 4 0 / 7 1 / 14 0 / 10 1 / 10 0 / 5 0 / 9 3 / 59
1964 Majors 31 63.93 155 137 7 0 / 7 0 / 7 0 / 9 0 / 7 0 / 12 2 / 8 1 / 13 3 / 63
1965 Majors 32 65.90 162 142 0 0 / 11 0 / 7 0 / 8 0 / 6 0 / 14 0 / 8 0 / 11 0 / 65
1966 Majors 33 62.53 152 134 10 0 / 8 0 / 15 1 / 9 0 / 8 0 / 5 0 / 6 0 / 11 1 / 62
1967 Majors 34 60.20 146 129 16 -4 / 9 -4 / 10 -1 / 6 -1 / 4 -9 / 9 -2 / 12 -3 / 10 -24 / 60
1968 Majors 35 65.41 162 137 0 -3 / 7 -1 / 4 -3 / 13 -3 / 8 -8 / 7 -2 / 14 -1 / 12 -21 / 65
1969 Majors 36 53.95 162 93 0 0 / 4 -7 / 15 -3 / 6 -4 / 7 -10 / 2 0 / 14 -2 / 5 -26 / 53
1970 Majors 37 41.23 148 46 14 -3 / 4 -7 / 4 0 / 9 -3 / 8 -8 / 4 -2 / 6 -3 / 6 -26 / 41
1971 Majors 38 41.24 162 69 0 0 / 7 -2 / 3 -3 / 4 -2 / 3 -1 / 10 0 / 6 -1 / 8 -9 / 41
1972 Majors 39 16.00 0 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 16
Total 2857 2175 61 43 / 173 33 / 186 26 / 187 28 / 182 -28 / 190 72 / 207 40 / 175 214 / 1300
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1972-11-01Sal Jones has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1971-04-01The Los Angeles Lebowskis have promoted Sal Jones to the major league team.
1971-04-01The Los Angeles Lebowskis have acquired Sal Jones from the waiver wire.
1970-05-27Sal Jones of the Washington Senators is injured and is expected to be out 16 days.
1970-04-01The Washington Senators have promoted Sal Jones to the major league team. The Washington Senators have promoted Cap Susko to the major league team. The Washington Senators have sent Tim Fredrickson to the minors.
1970-04-01The Washington Senators have acquired Sal Jones from the waiver wire.
1967-07-31Sal Jones of the Oakland Oaks is injured and is expected to be out 18 days.
1966-04-14Sal Jones of the Oakland Oaks is injured and is expected to be out 12 days.
1964-08-14Sal Jones of the Oakland Oaks is injured and is expected to be out 8 days.
1963-08-16Sal Jones of the Oakland Oaks is injured and is expected to be out 16 days.
1963-03-28The Oakland Oaks have promoted Art Gregory to the major league team. The Oakland Oaks have promoted Sal Jones to the major league team.
1963-03-28Sal Jones has signed with the Oakland Oaks for $7.88M per year for 7 years.
1962-03-30The Minnesota Fighting Saints have promoted Sal Jones to the major league team. The Minnesota Fighting Saints have promoted War Taylor to the major league team.
1962-03-30Sal Jones has signed with the Minnesota Fighting Saints for $7.0M per year for 1 year.
1961-04-01A trade has been completed between the Brooklyn Wonders and the Minnesota Fighting Saints. The Minnesota Fighting Saints receive Art Casey from the Brooklyn Wonders in exchange for Sal Jones. Protest This Trade.
1961-04-01The Minnesota Fighting Saints have placed Sal Jones on the trade block.
1957-05-29A trade has been completed between the New York Pinstripers and the Minnesota Fighting Saints. The Minnesota Fighting Saints receive Sal Jones, Stan Roseboro, Ken Kennedy, Bill Staley from the New York Pinstripers in exchange for Wally Coggins, Elvio Oldis, Dick Monteagudo, Dick Wilson. Protest This Trade.
1957-04-28The New York Pinstripers have placed Sal Jones on the trade block.
1956-07-02A trade has been completed between the New York Pinstripers and the San Francisco Bay Giants. The San Francisco Bay Giants receive Dixie Clements, Milt McRae, Charlie Stull from the New York Pinstripers in exchange for Bob Smith, Sal Jones. Protest This Trade.
1954-03-30The San Francisco Bay Giants have promoted Sal Jones to the major league team. The San Francisco Bay Giants have promoted Doug Stephenson to the major league team.
1952-10-03The San Francisco Bay Giants have sent Sal Jones to the minors.
1952-10-01The San Francisco Bay Giants have promoted Sal Jones to the major league team. The San Francisco Bay Giants have promoted Gary Simon to the major league team. The San Francisco Bay Giants have promoted Greg Grant to the major league team.