Most people believe that Sam Jones's best season was 1959, when he posted a 2.83 ERA, won 21 games and struck out 209 batters.
Statistics[]
Pitching Stats[]
Year
Team
G
GS
W
L
ERA
K
R
ER
CG
SHO
SV
IP
H
HR
BB
IB
WP
HBP
1951
CLE
A
2
1
0
1
2.08
4
2
2
0
0
0
8.2
4
0
5
0
0
0
1952
CLE
A
14
4
2
3
7.25
28
30
29
0
0
1
36
38
6
37
0
4
4
1955
CHI
N
36
34
14
20
4.10
198
118
110
12
4
0
241.2
175
22
185
5
5
14
1956
CHI
N
33
28
9
14
3.91
176
93
82
8
2
0
188.2
155
21
115
6
2
8
1957
STL
N
28
27
12
9
3.60
154
77
73
10
2
0
182.2
164
17
71
1
3
6
1958
STL
N
35
35
14
13
2.88
225
95
80
14
2
0
250
204
23
107
5
7
6
1959
SF
N
50
35
21
15
2.83
209
99
85
16
4
4
270.2
232
18
109
6
5
8
1960
SF
N
39
35
18
14
3.19
190
112
83
13
3
0
234
200
18
91
5
8
4
1961
SF
N
37
17
8
8
4.49
105
72
64
2
0
1
128.1
134
12
57
7
7
8
1962
DET
A
30
6
2
4
3.65
73
39
33
1
0
1
81.1
77
13
35
1
3
2
1963
STL
N
11
0
2
0
9.00
8
12
11
0
0
2
11
15
0
5
1
1
0
1964
BAL
A
7
0
0
0
2.61
6
3
3
0
0
0
10.1
5
1
5
0
0
0
Total
NL
269
211
98
93
3.51
1265
678
588
75
17
7
1507
1279
131
740
36
38
54
Total
AL
53
11
4
8
4.42
111
74
67
1
0
2
136.1
124
20
82
1
7
6
Total
322
222
102
101
3.59
1376
752
655
76
17
9
1643.1
1403
151
822
37
45
60
Fielding Stats[]
Year
Team
POS
G
GS
INN
PO
A
ERR
DP
TP
PB
SB
CS
PkO
AVG
1951
CLE
A
P
2
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1952
CLE
A
P
14
0
0
0
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1955
CHI
N
P
36
0
0
14
36
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
.909
1956
CHI
N
P
33
0
0
7
21
4
3
0
0
0
0
0
.875
1957
STL
N
P
28
27
182.2
13
27
1
1
0
0
2
5
1
.976
1958
STL
N
P
35
35
250
14
31
1
3
0
3
12
7
1
.978
1959
SF
N
P
50
35
270.2
10
34
3
2
0
4
10
9
1
.936
1960
SF
N
P
39
35
234
6
34
5
1
0
2
13
7
2
.889
1961
SF
N
P
37
17
128.1
7
11
1
1
0
2
8
2
0
.947
1962
DET
A
P
30
6
81.1
11
8
1
0
0
3
4
3
0
.950
1963
STL
N
P
11
0
11
1
1
0
0
0
2
1
1
0
1.000
1964
BAL
A
P
7
0
10.1
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
1.000
Total
P
322
155
1168.1
84
209
21
12
0
16
51
34
5
.933
Batting Stats[]
Year
Team
G
AB
R
H
HR
RBI
AVG
OBP
SLG
2B
3B
BB
SO
HBP
SH
SB
IBB
GDP
1951
CLE
A
2
2
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1952
CLE
A
14
10
0
1
0
0
.100
.100
.100
0
0
0
4
0
0
0
0
0
1955
CHI
N
36
77
2
14
0
5
.182
.213
.195
1
0
3
27
0
5
0
0
4
1956
CHI
N
33
57
3
10
0
1
.175
.230
.175
0
0
4
19
0
10
0
0
1
1957
STL
N
28
63
2
10
0
3
.159
.182
.175
1
0
1
25
1
4
0
0
0
1958
STL
N
35
90
2
9
0
4
.100
.118
.100
0
0
2
26
0
2
0
0
3
1959
SF
N
50
85
3
11
0
8
.129
.157
.141
1
0
3
30
0
11
0
0
1
1960
SF
N
39
80
3
16
0
5
.200
.207
.225
2
0
1
20
0
7
0
0
0
1961
SF
N
37
36
0
5
0
0
.139
.162
.194
2
0
1
7
0
5
0
0
0
1962
DET
A
30
21
1
2
1
1
.095
.095
.238
0
0
0
9
0
0
0
0
0
1963
STL
N
11
1
0
0
0
0
.000
.500
.000
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1964
BAL
A
7
0
0
0
0
0
.000
1.000
.000
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Total
NL
269
489
15
75
0
26
.153
.180
.168
7
0
16
154
1
44
0
0
9
Total
AL
53
33
1
3
1
1
.091
.118
.182
0
0
1
13
0
0
0
0
0
Total
322
522
16
78
1
27
.149
.176
.169
7
0
17
167
1
44
0
0
9
Transactions[]
Signed as an amateur free agent by Cleveland Indians (1950).
Traded by Cleveland Indians with 2 players to be named later to Chicago Cubs in exchange for a player to be named later (September 30, 1954); Cleveland Indians received Ralph Kiner (November 16, 1954) and Chicago Cubs received $60000 (November 16, 1954) and Gale Wade (November 30, 1954).
Traded by Chicago Cubs with Hobie Landrith, Jim Davis and Eddie Miksis to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Tom Poholsky, Jackie Collum, Ray Katt and Wally Lammers (December 11, 1956).
Traded by St. Louis Cardinals with Don Choate to San Francisco Giants in exchange for Bill White and Ray Jablonski (March 25, 1959).
Selected by Houston Colt .45s from San Francisco Giants in the expansion draft (October 10, 1961).
Traded by Houston Colt .45s to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Bob Bruce and Manny Montejo (December 1, 1961).
Released by Detroit Tigers (October 2, 1962).
Signed by St. Louis Cardinals (1963).
Released by St. Louis Cardinals (October 9, 1963).