Jonas Gaines
1937–1950 · bats R / throws L · ASE, Baltimore Elite Giants, HOE, NAS, Newark Eagles, Philadelphia Stars, WEG
97G
.116AVG
.192OBP
.121SLG
More career statistics
22H
0HR
9RBI
0SB
34–29W–L
541.0IP
348K
3.38ERA
69GS
4SV
3Rare 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 · Games | 97 | 127 |
| Batting · At bats | 190 | 208 |
| Batting · Doubles | 1 | 2 |
| Batting · Hits | 22 | 26 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 2 | 1 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 220 | 229 |
| Batting · Runs | 13 | 18 |
| Batting · RBI | 9 | 6 |
| Batting · Triples | 0 | 1 |
| Batting · Walks | 16 | 13 |
| Pitching · Games | 88 | 115 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 2,344 | 2,502 |
| Pitching · p cg | 38 | 50 |
| Pitching · p er | 203 | 120 |
| Pitching · p gs | 69 | 90 |
| Pitching · p h | 519 | 591 |
| Pitching · p hr | 11 | 23 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 1,623 | 1,999 |
| Pitching · p k | 348 | 281 |
| Pitching · p r | 273 | 350 |
| Pitching · p w | 192 | 230 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 97 | 220 | 190 | 13 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 23 | .116 | .192 | .121 | .313 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 541.0 | 88 | 69 | 38 | 34 | 29 | 4 | 519 | 273 | 203 | 11 | 192 | 348 | 0 | 0 | 3.38 | 1.314 |
Streaks
3longest hitting streak · 1942-08-23 to 1942-09-06
4longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 77 | Fifteen K, No Walks | 1941-09-23 | 1 in 3,241 games | box score ↗ |
| 66 | Complete Game, Fifteen K | 1941-09-23 | 1 in 1,054 games | box score ↗ |
| 51 | Twelve Runs Allowed | 1939-06-11 | 1 in 264 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 78 | 140 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 1 | .152 | .207 | .176 |
| Away | 49 | 89 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | .084 | .112 | .096 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May | 22 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .074 | .129 | .074 |
| June | 29 | 53 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .120 | .113 | .140 |
| July | 32 | 55 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 2 | .143 | .236 | .204 |
| August | 31 | 67 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | .141 | .164 | .141 |
| September | 12 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .133 | .211 | .133 |
| October | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .250 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| homestead-grays | 37 | 76 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | .075 | .145 | .075 |
| philadelphia-stars | 30 | 59 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .167 | .169 | .222 |
| new-york-cubans | 18 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .091 | .200 | .091 |
| new-york-black-yankees | 13 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .148 | .172 | .148 |
| newark-eagles | 10 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .059 | .059 | .059 |
| indianapolis-clowns | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| memphis-red-sox | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| pittsburgh-crawfords | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1937 | Newark Eagles, WEG | 10 | 13 | 5 | – | 1 | – | .385 | 37 | 17 |
| 1938 |  Baltimore Elite Giants | 8 | 11 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 27 | 11 |
| 1939 | Baltimore Elite Giants, NAS | 11 | 17 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 66 | 12 |
| 1941 | Baltimore Elite Giants | 7 | 14 | 3 | – | 1 | – | .214 | 40 | 33 |
| 1942 | Baltimore Elite Giants | 11 | 30 | 5 | – | 1 | – | .167 | 92 | 28 |
| 1944 | Baltimore Elite Giants | 10 | 19 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 54 | 9 |
| 1945 | Baltimore Elite Giants | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9 | – |
| 1946 | Baltimore Elite Giants | 19 | 31 | 6 | – | 2 | – | .194 | 102 | 45 |
| 1947 | Baltimore Elite Giants | 14 | 23 | 2 | – | – | – | .087 | 75 | 46 |
| 1948 | Baltimore Elite Giants | 21 | 37 | 2 | – | 1 | – | .054 | 106 | 74 |
| 1949 | HOE, Philadelphia Stars | 15 | 13 | 3 | – | – | – | .231 | 56 | 6 |