Todd Jones (MLB)

Full Name: Todd Barton Givin Jones Primary Position: P Height/Weight: 6' 3"/200 First Game: July 7, 1993 Birthdate: April 24, 1968 MLB Experience: 14 years Birthplace: Marietta, Georgia Bat/Throw: Left/Right

Biography

Born on April 24, 1968 in Marietta, Georgia, Todd Jones (Todd Barton Givin Jones) played for the Houston Astros, Detroit Tigers, Minnesota Twins, Colorado Rockies, Boston Red Sox, Philadelphia Phillies, Cincinnati Reds and Florida Marlins over the course of his 14 year career. Jones broke into the bigs on July 7, 1993 with the Houston Astros, and put up a 2.72 ERA in 72.2 innings pitched in 1994, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Todd Jones's best season was 2005, when he posted a 2.10 ERA, notched 40 saves and struck out 62 batters.

Statistics

Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1993	HOU	N	27	0	1	2	3.13	25	14	13	0	0	2	37.1	28	4	15	2	1	1
1994	HOU	N	48	0	5	2	2.72	63	23	22	0	0	5	72.2	52	3	26	4	1	1
1995	HOU	N	68	0	6	5	3.07	96	38	34	0	0	15	99.2	89	8	52	17	5	6
1996	HOU	N	51	0	6	3	4.40	44	30	28	0	0	17	57.1	61	5	32	6	3	5
1997	DET	A	68	0	5	4	3.09	70	29	24	0	0	31	70	60	3	35	2	7	1
1998	DET	A	65	0	1	4	4.97	57	38	35	0	0	28	63.1	58	7	36	4	5	2
1999	DET	A	65	0	4	4	3.80	64	30	28	0	0	30	66.1	64	7	35	1	2	1
2000	DET	A	67	0	2	4	3.52	67	28	25	0	0	42	64	67	6	25	1	2	1
2001	MIN	A	24	0	1	0	3.26	15	8	7	0	0	2	19.1	27	3	7	0	0	0
2001	DET	A	45	0	4	5	4.62	39	31	25	0	0	11	48.2	60	6	22	1	3	0
2001	TOT	A	69	0	5	5	4.24	54	39	32	0	0	13	68	87	9	29	1	3	0
2002	COL	N	79	0	1	4	4.70	73	43	43	0	0	1	82.1	84	10	28	3	1	3
2003	COL	N	33	1	1	4	8.24	28	39	36	0	0	0	39.1	61	8	18	0	0	1
2003	BOS	A	26	0	2	1	5.52	31	19	18	0	0	0	29.1	32	2	13	2	0	0
2003	Total		59	1	3	5	7.08	59	58	54	0	0	0	68.2	93	10	31	2	0	1
2004	PHI	N	27	0	3	3	4.97	22	14	14	0	0	1	25.1	35	3	8	3	0	5
2004	CIN	N	51	0	8	2	3.79	37	25	24	0	0	1	57	49	4	25	2	2	1
2004	TOT	N	78	0	11	5	4.15	59	39	38	0	0	2	82.1	84	7	33	5	2	6
2005	FLA	N	68	0	1	5	2.10	62	19	17	0	0	40	73	61	2	14	2	2	3
2006	DET	A	62	0	2	6	3.94	28	31	28	0	0	37	64	70	4	11	3	2	3
2007	DET	A	63	0	1	4	4.26	33	29	29	0	0	38	61.1	64	3	23	6	3	0
Total	NL		452	1	32	30	3.82	450	245	231	0	0	82	544	520	47	218	39	15	26
Total	AL		485	0	22	32	4.05	404	243	219	0	0	219	486.1	502	41	207	20	24	8
Total			937	1	54	62	3.93	854	488	450	0	0	301	1030.1	1022	88	425	59	39	34

Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1993	HOU	N	P	27	0	37.1	4	2	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	1.000
1994	HOU	N	P	48	0	72.2	4	3	0	0	0	2	6	1	0	1.000
1995	HOU	N	P	68	0	99.2	3	11	1	1	0	1	9	1	0	.933
1996	HOU	N	P	51	0	57.1	4	6	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	1.000
1997	DET	A	P	68	0	70	1	4	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	1.000
1998	DET	A	P	65	0	63.1	7	7	0	2	0	0	4	0	0	1.000
1999	DET	A	P	65	0	66.1	2	5	1	0	0	2	3	2	0	.875
2000	DET	A	P	67	0	64	3	2	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	1.000
2001	MIN	A	P	24	0	19.1	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.000
2001	DET	A	P	45	0	48.2	5	9	1	0	0	1	4	0	0	.933
2001	TOT	A	P	69	0	68	7	10	1	0	0	2	4	0	0	.944
2002	COL	N	P	79	0	82.1	11	13	0	1	0	1	5	4	0	1.000
2003	COL	N	P	33	1	39.1	5	4	1	1	0	0	3	3	0	.900
2003	BOS	A	P	26	0	29.1	4	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.000
2003	Total		P	59	1	68.2	9	7	1	1	0	0	5	3	0	.941
2004	PHI	N	P	27	0	25.1	1	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	.750
2004	CIN	N	P	51	0	57	3	5	1	0	0	2	3	2	0	.889
2004	TOT	N	P	78	0	82.1	4	7	2	0	0	2	5	2	0	.846
2005	FLA	N	P	68	0	73	5	13	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	.947
2006	DET	A	P	62	0	64	2	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
2007	DET	A	P	63	0	61.1	2	7	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.900
Total			P	937	1	1030.1	68	107	8	6	0	11	60	21	0	.956

Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1993	HOU	N	27	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1994	HOU	N	48	5	0	2	0	0	.400	.400	.400	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1995	HOU	N	68	5	1	1	0	0	.200	.200	.400	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1996	HOU	N	51	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1997	DET	A	68	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1998	DET	A	65	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1999	DET	A	65	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2000	DET	A	67	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2001	MIN	A	24	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2001	DET	A	45	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2001	TOT	A	69	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2002	COL	N	79	3	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
2003	COL	N	33	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
2003	BOS	A	26	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2003	Total		59	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
2004	PHI	N	27	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.000	.000	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
2004	CIN	N	51	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2004	TOT	N	78	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.000	.000	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
2005	FLA	N	68	3	0	1	0	0	.333	.333	.333	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
2006	DET	A	62	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2007	DET	A	63	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		452	19	1	4	0	0	.211	.250	.263	1	0	1	6	0	0	0	0	1
Total	AL		485	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total			937	19	1	4	0	0	.211	.250	.263	1	0	1	6	0	0	0	0	1

Transactions

• Selected by New York Mets in the 41st round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 2, 1986).
• Selected by Houston Astros in the 1st round (27th pick overall) of the free-agent draft (June 5, 1989 - signed June 30, 1989).
• Traded by Houston Astros with Doug Brocail, Brian Hunter, Orlando Miller and cash to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Brad Ausmus, Jose Lima, Trever Miller, C.J. Nitkowski and Daryle Ward (December 10, 1996).
• Traded by Detroit Tigers to Minnesota Twins in exchange for Mark Redman (July 28, 2001).
• Granted free agency (November 5, 2001).
• Signed by Colorado Rockies (January 11, 2002).
• Released by Colorado Rockies (June 30, 2003).
• Signed by Boston Red Sox (July 2, 2003).
• Granted free agency (October 30, 2003).
• Signed by Tampa Bay Devil Rays (January 12, 2004).
• Released by Tampa Bay Devil Rays (March 24, 2004).
• Signed by Cincinnati Reds (March 30, 2004).
• Traded by Cincinnati Reds with Brad Correll to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Josh Hancock and Anderson Machado (July 30, 2004).
• Granted free agency (October 29, 2004).
• Signed by Florida Marlins (December 14, 2004).
• Granted free agency (October 28, 2005).
• Signed by Detroit Tigers (December 22, 2005).