Deacon Jones - MLB Baseball Statistics

High Level

MLB

Years

1962-1966 (1962-1966)

Proper Name

Grover William Jones

Positions

1B (7)

Height / Weight

5-10 / 185

Bats / Throws

Left / Right

Birthdate

April 18,1934

Death Date

May 7,2023 Age: 89.019

Place

White Plains, New York Flags

High School

White Plains (White Plains,NY)

Colleges

Ithaca College (Ithaca,NY)

Drafted/Signed

UDFA: 1955-Chicago White Sox

MLB Debut

September 8,1962

MLBAM ID

116689

Retrosheet#

joned101

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Deacon Jones [Grover William Jones] is a former Major Leaguer who played 3 MLB seasons between 1962-1966. Jones was born on April 18th, 1934He died on May 7th, 2023 at the age of 89. He attended high school in White Plains, New York where he played for the White Plains Tigers. He played College Baseball for the Ithaca College Bombers. He was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Chicago White Sox in 1955. Made his Major League Debut on September 8th, 1962 at the age of 28. Singled in his first at bat against Jim Hannan. His most frequent teammates throughout his career, based on statistics listed below were Eddie Fisher, Joe Horlen, Floyd Robinson, Ken Berry, John Buzhardt, J.C. Martin, Gary Peters, Juan Pizarro and Al Weis. Jones played 3 seasons with the Chicago White Sox organization. ...

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Jobs in Baseball: Hitting Coach for the Houston Astros for 7 years between 1976-1982. Hitting Coach for the San Diego Padres for 4 years between 1984-1987.

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Yearly Summary

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year	team name	league	level	mlb	#	age	pos	lnp	tbc+	g	ab	r	h	2b	3b	hr	rbi	sb	cs	bb	so	hbp	sh	sf	ibb	gdp	tb	pa	xbh	1b	avg	obp	slg	ops	seca	iso	babip	bb%	so%	so/bb	ab/hr
1962	Chicago White Sox	AL	MLB	CHA	20,50	28	H3/	/69358		18	28	3	9	2	0	0	8	0	0	4	6	0	3	1	2	0	11	36	2	7	.321	.394	.393	.787	.214	.072	.391	11.11	16.67	1.50	0.00
1963	Chicago White Sox	AL	MLB	CHA	50	29	H/	9/87		17	16	4	3	0	1	1	2	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	1	1	8	19	2	1	.188	.316	.500	.816	.438	.312	.154	10.53	10.53	1.00	16.00
1966	Chicago White Sox	AL	MLB	CHA	50	32	H/	9		5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	0	2	.400	.400	.400	.800	.000	.000	.400	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Tot:	MLB (3 yrs)		MLB							40	49	7	14	2	1	1	10	0	0	6	8	1	3	1	3	1	21	60	4	10	.286	.368	.429	.797	.265	.143	.317	10.00	13.33	1.33	49.00
Tot:	AL (3 yrs)		AL							40	49	7	14	2	1	1	10	0	0	6	8	1	3	1	3	1	21	60	4	10	.286	.368	.429	.797	.265	.143	.317	10.00	13.33	1.33	49.00
Avg:	MLB - 162 game avg		MLB							162	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒

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Speed	Power	Contact	Xtra	Rbis	Runs	Hitting	Durability	Team Success
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