Nippy Jones
1946–1957 · bats R / throws R · Milwaukee Braves, MLS, Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals
412G
.267AVG
.304OBP
.382SLG
More career statistics
369H
25HR
209RBI
4SB
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 | 2 | 3 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 102 | 101 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,470 | 1,471 |
| Batting · RBI | 209 | 208 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 412 | 1,470 | 1,381 | 146 | 369 | 60 | 12 | 25 | 209 | 71 | 102 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 528 | .267 | .304 | .382 | .686 |
Streaks
11longest hitting streak · 1950-08-18 to 1951-05-23
15longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | 3 doubles | 1949-08-21 | 1 in 2,195 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 38 | 6 RBI | 1948-05-23 | 1 in 1,786 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 23 | 9 total bases | 1949-08-28 | 1 in 419 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 222 | 799 | 222 | 15 | 137 | 33 | 47 | .294 | .319 | .419 |
| Away | 190 | 672 | 147 | 10 | 71 | 38 | 54 | .235 | .275 | .338 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 26 | 88 | 17 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 11 | .218 | .273 | .269 |
| May | 69 | 266 | 63 | 6 | 49 | 17 | 18 | .254 | .301 | .391 |
| June | 85 | 328 | 88 | 6 | 49 | 16 | 18 | .284 | .317 | .413 |
| July | 82 | 275 | 72 | 4 | 38 | 9 | 19 | .278 | .295 | .363 |
| August | 87 | 303 | 73 | 5 | 35 | 13 | 17 | .254 | .284 | .387 |
| September | 61 | 204 | 55 | 3 | 25 | 9 | 17 | .286 | .314 | .396 |
| October | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .143 | .143 | .143 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| brooklyn-dodgers | 73 | 238 | 67 | 5 | 46 | 12 | 12 | .305 | .332 | .445 |
| cincinnati-reds | 63 | 242 | 51 | 3 | 29 | 14 | 17 | .229 | .269 | .318 |
| new-york-giants | 62 | 233 | 64 | 1 | 29 | 8 | 20 | .286 | .309 | .375 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 55 | 201 | 50 | 8 | 33 | 13 | 8 | .270 | .313 | .449 |
| boston-braves | 55 | 203 | 46 | 4 | 27 | 12 | 16 | .242 | .286 | .374 |
| chicago-cubs | 50 | 167 | 37 | 2 | 25 | 5 | 17 | .233 | .251 | .327 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 47 | 166 | 48 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 10 | .302 | .331 | .365 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 7 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .286 | .286 | .524 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 16 | 12 | 4 | – | 1 | – | .333 | – | – |
| 1947 | St. Louis Cardinals | 23 | 73 | 18 | 1 | 5 | – | .247 | – | – |
| 1948 | St. Louis Cardinals | 132 | 481 | 122 | 10 | 80 | 2 | .254 | – | – |
| 1949 | St. Louis Cardinals | 110 | 380 | 114 | 8 | 62 | 1 | .300 | – | – |
| 1950 | St. Louis Cardinals | 13 | 26 | 6 | – | 6 | – | .231 | – | – |
| 1951 | St. Louis Cardinals | 80 | 300 | 79 | 3 | 41 | 1 | .263 | – | – |
| 1952 |  Philadelphia Phillies | 8 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 5 | – | .167 | – | – |
| 1957 |  Milwaukee Braves | 30 | 79 | 21 | 2 | 8 | – | .266 | – | – |