Gordon Jones
1954–1965 · bats R / throws R · Baltimore Orioles, Houston Astros, Kansas City Athletics, New York Giants, San Francisco Giants, St. Louis Cardinals
171G
.119AVG
.143OBP
.134SLG
More career statistics
8H
0HR
4RBI
0SB
15–18W–L
378.2IP
232K
4.16ERA
21GS
12SV
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pitching · Batters faced | 1,640 | 1,638 |
| Pitching · p h | 405 | 404 |
| Pitching · p k | 232 | 234 |
| Pitching · p w | 120 | 121 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 171 | 79 | 67 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .119 | .143 | .134 | .277 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 378.7 | 171 | 21 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 12 | 405 | 193 | 175 | 49 | 120 | 232 | 0 | 0 | 4.16 | 1.386 |
Streaks
1longest hitting streak · 1954-08-06 to 1954-08-06
2longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | 10 innings pitched | 1954-08-19 | 1 in 150 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 23 | 3 home runs allowed | 1954-09-08 | 1 in 112 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 17 | 9 scoreless innings | 1954-08-25 | 1 in 62 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 11 | 24 | 3 | – | 1 | – | .125 | 81 | 48 |
| 1955 | St. Louis Cardinals | 15 | 14 | 1 | – | 1 | – | .071 | 57 | 46 |
| 1956 | St. Louis Cardinals | 5 | 2 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 11 | 6 |
| 1957 |  New York Giants | 10 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | .500 | 11 | 5 |
| 1958 |  San Francisco Giants | 11 | 7 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 30 | 8 |
| 1959 | San Francisco Giants | 31 | 4 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 43 | 29 |
| 1960 |  Baltimore Orioles | 29 | 5 | 2 | – | 1 | – | .400 | 55 | 31 |
| 1961 | Baltimore Orioles | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 4 |
| 1962 |  Kansas City Athletics | 21 | 5 | – | – | 1 | – | .000 | 32 | 29 |
| 1964 |  Houston Astros | 34 | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | .250 | 50 | 28 |
| 1965 | Houston Astros | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |