Dalton Jones
1964–1972 · bats L / throws R · Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers, Texas Rangers
907G
.235AVG
.295OBP
.343SLG
More career statistics
548H
41HR
237RBI
20SB
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 · Caught stealing | 13 | 14 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 309 | 308 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 907 | 2,556 | 2,329 | 268 | 548 | 91 | 19 | 41 | 237 | 191 | 309 | 20 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 800 | .235 | .295 | .343 | .638 |
Streaks
11longest hitting streak · 1969-04-29 to 1969-05-21
17longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37 | 5 hits | 1965-07-09 | 1 in 1,624 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 24 | 5 RBI | 1967-09-24 | 1 in 492 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 14 | 3 walks | 1964-07-23 | 1 in 192 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 459 | 1243 | 276 | 20 | 125 | 100 | 163 | .245 | .302 | .365 |
| Away | 448 | 1313 | 272 | 21 | 112 | 91 | 145 | .226 | .276 | .323 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 69 | 162 | 35 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 17 | .241 | .296 | .338 |
| May | 165 | 510 | 128 | 12 | 53 | 48 | 48 | .282 | .345 | .427 |
| June | 175 | 521 | 93 | 9 | 47 | 25 | 61 | .190 | .226 | .304 |
| July | 165 | 402 | 86 | 4 | 36 | 35 | 52 | .238 | .301 | .307 |
| August | 183 | 543 | 122 | 8 | 48 | 41 | 65 | .245 | .300 | .356 |
| September | 145 | 404 | 80 | 5 | 41 | 29 | 65 | .218 | .270 | .308 |
| October | 5 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .286 | .286 | .500 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cleveland-guardians | 99 | 274 | 60 | 3 | 26 | 14 | 36 | .235 | .270 | .333 |
| new-york-yankees | 98 | 280 | 57 | 7 | 23 | 24 | 29 | .224 | .289 | .349 |
| minnesota-twins | 95 | 233 | 47 | 1 | 17 | 17 | 32 | .220 | .275 | .271 |
| baltimore-orioles | 90 | 225 | 56 | 2 | 24 | 17 | 24 | .275 | .324 | .402 |
| washington-senators-1961-71 | 84 | 262 | 68 | 2 | 24 | 21 | 21 | .292 | .340 | .369 |
| chicago-white-sox | 83 | 246 | 46 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 28 | .202 | .248 | .289 |
| detroit-tigers | 82 | 255 | 57 | 8 | 33 | 17 | 41 | .242 | .290 | .407 |
| california-angels | 79 | 219 | 44 | 3 | 18 | 18 | 39 | .223 | .283 | .315 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 |  Boston Red Sox | 118 | 374 | 86 | 6 | 39 | 6 | .230 | – | – |
| 1965 | Boston Red Sox | 112 | 367 | 99 | 5 | 37 | 8 | .270 | – | – |
| 1966 | Boston Red Sox | 115 | 252 | 59 | 4 | 23 | 1 | .234 | – | – |
| 1967 | Boston Red Sox | 89 | 159 | 46 | 3 | 25 | – | .289 | – | – |
| 1968 | Boston Red Sox | 111 | 354 | 83 | 5 | 29 | 1 | .234 | – | – |
| 1969 | Boston Red Sox | 111 | 336 | 74 | 3 | 33 | 1 | .220 | – | – |
| 1970 |  Detroit Tigers | 89 | 191 | 42 | 6 | 21 | 1 | .220 | – | – |
| 1971 | Detroit Tigers | 83 | 138 | 35 | 5 | 11 | 1 | .254 | – | – |
| 1972 | Detroit Tigers, Texas Rangers | 79 | 158 | 24 | 4 | 19 | 1 | .152 | – | – |