Cowboy Jones
1898–1901 · bats L / throws L · Cleveland Spiders, St. Louis Cardinals
70G
.159AVG
.225OBP
.209SLG
More career statistics
32H
0HR
8RBI
1SB
25–34W–L
526.1IP
147K
3.63ERA
66GS
5Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Plate appearances | 224 | 222 |
| Batting · Walks | 16 | 15 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 2,307 | 2,271 |
| Pitching · p er | 212 | 216 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 70 | 224 | 201 | 16 | 32 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 42 | .159 | .225 | .209 | .434 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 526.3 | 70 | 66 | 52 | 25 | 34 | 0 | 618 | 331 | 212 | 15 | 155 | 147 | 0 | 0 | 3.63 | 1.469 |
Streaks
3longest hitting streak · 1900-07-07 to 1900-07-13
8longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Three Batters Hit | 1900-09-03 | 1 in 282 games | box score ↗ |
| 40 | Ten Runs Allowed | 1898-06-24 | 1 in 102 games | box score ↗ |
| 34 | 11 innings pitched | 1900-09-28 | 1 in 308 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 36 | 110 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 29 | .188 | .255 | .240 |
| Away | 34 | 112 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 35 | .133 | .170 | .181 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 7 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .333 | .381 | .444 |
| May | 18 | 56 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 | .113 | .161 | .151 |
| June | 12 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .077 | .167 | .154 |
| July | 13 | 48 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 19 | .195 | .250 | .244 |
| August | 11 | 33 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 10 | .207 | .273 | .207 |
| September | 5 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | .100 | .100 | .200 |
| October | 4 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .143 | .143 | .143 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| boston-braves | 12 | 32 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 12 | .207 | .281 | .276 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 10 | 36 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | .156 | .167 | .219 |
| cincinnati-reds | 10 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | .192 | .222 | .231 |
| new-york-giants | 9 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .200 | .231 | .280 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 9 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | .111 | .226 | .185 |
| chicago-cubs | 7 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | .200 | .217 | .200 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 6 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | .059 | .158 | .118 |
| baltimore-orioles-1897-99 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .077 | .133 | .077 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1898 | CSCleveland Spiders | 9 | 28 | 2 | – | 1 | 1 | .071 | 72 | 26 |
| 1899 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 12 | 29 | 5 | – | – | – | .172 | 85 | 28 |
| 1900 | St. Louis Cardinals | 39 | 117 | 21 | – | 7 | – | .179 | 292 | 68 |
| 1901 | St. Louis Cardinals | 10 | 27 | 4 | – | – | – | .148 | 76 | 25 |