Sheldon Jones
1946–1953 · bats R / throws R · Boston Braves, Chicago Cubs, New York Giants
260G
.136AVG
.159OBP
.175SLG
More career statistics
35H
0HR
13RBI
0SB
54–57W–L
920.0IP
413K
3.96ERA
101GS
12SV
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 · At bats | 257 | 258 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 0 | 1 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 291 | 292 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 4,024 | 4,030 |
| Pitching · p er | 405 | 408 |
| Pitching · p h | 909 | 907 |
| Pitching · p hr | 89 | 88 |
| Pitching · p k | 413 | 417 |
| Pitching · p w | 413 | 414 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 260 | 291 | 257 | 12 | 35 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | .136 | .159 | .175 | .334 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 920.0 | 260 | 101 | 33 | 54 | 57 | 12 | 909 | 479 | 405 | 89 | 413 | 413 | 0 | 0 | 3.96 | 1.437 |
Streaks
4longest hitting streak · 1950-06-28 to 1950-07-23
5longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 47 | One-Hit Shutout | 1950-07-23 | 1 in 193 games | box score ↗ |
| 42 | Four Runs, No Outs | 1948-04-29 | 1 in 121 games | box score ↗ |
| 34 | 11 innings pitched | 1949-05-29 | 1 in 308 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 124 | 119 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 29 | .127 | .134 | .157 |
| Away | 136 | 173 | 22 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 42 | .141 | .150 | .186 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 19 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | .125 | .158 | .125 |
| May | 49 | 40 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .091 | .100 | .091 |
| June | 60 | 51 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 14 | .089 | .118 | .156 |
| July | 36 | 40 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | .281 | .250 | .438 |
| August | 49 | 66 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 15 | .145 | .136 | .161 |
| September | 45 | 75 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 21 | .116 | .133 | .130 |
| October | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| brooklyn-dodgers | 46 | 54 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 19 | .152 | .167 | .152 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 40 | 48 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | .091 | .104 | .091 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 38 | 47 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 | .095 | .128 | .143 |
| chicago-cubs | 37 | 57 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | .180 | .175 | .220 |
| cincinnati-reds | 32 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | .190 | .182 | .190 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 27 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | .111 | .136 | .222 |
| boston-braves | 26 | 37 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 | .156 | .135 | .281 |
| new-york-giants | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 |  New York Giants | 6 | 8 | 2 | – | – | – | .250 | 28 | 24 |
| 1947 | New York Giants | 15 | 16 | 2 | – | 1 | – | .125 | 55 | 24 |
| 1948 | New York Giants | 55 | 64 | 13 | – | 6 | – | .203 | 200 | 83 |
| 1949 | New York Giants | 42 | 67 | 8 | – | 1 | – | .119 | 207 | 80 |
| 1950 | New York Giants | 40 | 57 | 6 | – | 3 | – | .105 | 199 | 98 |
| 1951 | New York Giants | 41 | 31 | 3 | – | 1 | – | .097 | 120 | 58 |
| 1952 |  Boston Braves | 39 | 8 | 1 | – | 1 | – | .125 | 70 | 40 |
| 1953 |  Chicago Cubs | 22 | 7 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 39 | 10 |