Sad Sam Jones
1914–1935 · bats R / throws R · Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Guardians, New York Yankees, St. Louis Browns, Washington Senators (1901-60)
714G
.197AVG
.289OBP
.255SLG
More career statistics
245H
6HR
99RBI
7SB
229–217W–L
3,883.0IP
1,223K
3.84ERA
487GS
31SV
13Rare 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 · At bats | 1,243 | 1,242 |
| Batting · Hits | 245 | 246 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 22 | 25 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 346 | 350 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,489 | 1,494 |
| Batting · RBI | 99 | 104 |
| Batting · Walks | 139 | 141 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 16,662 | 16,766 |
| Pitching · p er | 1,656 | 1,643 |
| Pitching · p gs | 487 | 488 |
| Pitching · p h | 4,084 | 4,098 |
| Pitching · p hr | 152 | 154 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 11,649 | 11,640 |
| Pitching · p k | 1,223 | 1,227 |
| Pitching · p r | 2,008 | 2,007 |
| Pitching · p w | 1,396 | 1,405 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 714 | 1,489 | 1,243 | 152 | 245 | 44 | 5 | 6 | 99 | 139 | 346 | 7 | 4 | 22 | 0 | 317 | .197 | .289 | .255 | .544 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3,883.0 | 647 | 487 | 250 | 229 | 217 | 31 | 4,084 | 2,008 | 1,656 | 152 | 1,396 | 1,223 | 0 | 0 | 3.84 | 1.411 |
Streaks
5longest hitting streak · 1922-09-19 to 1923-04-30
9longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 64 | No-Hitter | 1923-09-04 | 1 in 881 games | box score ↗ |
| 58 | Two Balks | 1930-04-27 | 1 in 551 games | box score ↗ |
| 52 | 10 scoreless innings | 1918-06-06 | 1 in 1,678 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 363 | 684 | 117 | 0 | 39 | 66 | 156 | .209 | .268 | .255 |
| Away | 351 | 810 | 129 | 6 | 65 | 75 | 194 | .189 | .252 | .257 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 57 | 128 | 28 | 0 | 9 | 15 | 25 | .272 | .336 | .359 |
| May | 122 | 269 | 43 | 2 | 24 | 25 | 66 | .192 | .253 | .268 |
| June | 116 | 236 | 41 | 2 | 15 | 19 | 60 | .208 | .254 | .274 |
| July | 151 | 323 | 37 | 1 | 23 | 38 | 76 | .143 | .232 | .178 |
| August | 147 | 291 | 49 | 0 | 17 | 23 | 68 | .200 | .247 | .257 |
| September | 117 | 241 | 46 | 1 | 16 | 21 | 51 | .221 | .278 | .269 |
| October | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .333 | .333 | .333 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| detroit-tigers | 115 | 244 | 35 | 1 | 13 | 24 | 56 | .172 | .242 | .230 |
| cleveland-guardians | 97 | 220 | 31 | 0 | 12 | 19 | 46 | .171 | .227 | .215 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 93 | 210 | 39 | 0 | 19 | 17 | 51 | .223 | .267 | .280 |
| chicago-white-sox | 88 | 176 | 35 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 42 | .229 | .273 | .301 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 86 | 188 | 35 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 52 | .222 | .277 | .304 |
| new-york-yankees | 85 | 178 | 23 | 0 | 8 | 27 | 38 | .165 | .281 | .216 |
| st-louis-browns | 82 | 149 | 25 | 0 | 8 | 17 | 38 | .203 | .282 | .244 |
| boston-red-sox | 68 | 129 | 23 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 27 | .211 | .233 | .266 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1914 |  Cleveland Guardians | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | .500 | 3 | – |
| 1915 | Cleveland Guardians | 48 | 32 | 6 | – | 2 | – | .188 | 145 | 44 |
| 1916 |  Boston Red Sox | 13 | 6 | 2 | – | – | – | .333 | 26 | 7 |
| 1917 | Boston Red Sox | 9 | 4 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 16 | 5 |
| 1918 | Boston Red Sox | 24 | 57 | 10 | – | 2 | – | .175 | 184 | 43 |
| 1919 | Boston Red Sox | 35 | 81 | 11 | – | 6 | – | .136 | 246 | 66 |
| 1920 | Boston Red Sox | 44 | 92 | 20 | – | 5 | – | .217 | 273 | 84 |
| 1921 | Boston Red Sox | 44 | 99 | 24 | 2 | 14 | 1 | .242 | 298 | 98 |
| 1922 |  New York Yankees | 45 | 87 | 23 | 1 | 10 | 1 | .264 | 258 | 83 |
| 1923 | New York Yankees | 39 | 85 | 19 | – | 5 | – | .224 | 242 | 69 |
| 1924 | New York Yankees | 36 | 51 | 9 | 1 | 5 | – | .176 | 178 | 53 |
| 1925 | New York Yankees | 46 | 80 | 13 | – | 3 | 1 | .163 | 247 | 93 |
| 1926 | New York Yankees | 44 | 49 | 10 | – | 5 | 1 | .204 | 160 | 68 |
| 1927 |  St. Louis Browns | 32 | 55 | 6 | – | 3 | – | .109 | 189 | 72 |
| 1928 |  Washington Senators (1901-60) | 37 | 79 | 20 | 2 | 11 | – | .253 | 224 | 64 |
| 1929 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 28 | 51 | 8 | – | 3 | 1 | .157 | 153 | 37 |
| 1930 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 30 | 61 | 9 | – | 10 | – | .148 | 183 | 60 |
| 1931 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 30 | 48 | 15 | – | 5 | – | .312 | 148 | 58 |
| 1932 |  Chicago White Sox | 39 | 57 | 11 | – | 5 | 1 | .193 | 200 | 65 |
| 1933 | Chicago White Sox | 37 | 58 | 9 | – | 3 | 1 | .155 | 176 | 60 |
| 1934 | Chicago White Sox | 31 | 60 | 12 | – | 6 | – | .200 | 183 | 60 |
| 1935 | Chicago White Sox | 22 | 48 | 8 | – | 1 | – | .167 | 140 | 38 |