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Willie Jones
Willie Edward Jones (Puddin' Head)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 192 lb.

MLB Debut September 10, 1947
Final Game May 7, 1961
Born August 16, 1925 in Dillon, SC
Died October 18, 1983 (age 58)

Batting   Glossary     Home Run Log       Vs. All Pitchers
 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1947 21 CHA AL   38  125   10   38   5   0   0   11   2   1   20    1  .304  .395  .344  .739   103    43   1   2   3   0   3  
 1948 22 BON NL   18   67    6   20   3   0   2    5   0   0    3    7  .299  .329  .433  .761   108    29   0   0   0   0   6  
 1949 23 CHA AL  150  568   72  142  36   1  19   87   7   7   47   98  .250  .315  .417  .733    99   237   1   4   1   9  10  
 1950 24 CHA AL   49  189   26   49  11   2   8   30   1   0   17   12  .259  .324  .466  .789   104    88   0   2   0   2   5  
         PHA AL  105  429   63  116  27   7  20   78   1   0   42   28  .270  .335  .506  .841   108   217   1   4   4   2  23  
         TOT     154  618   89  165  38   9  28  108   2   0   59   40  .267  .332  .494  .825         305   1   6   4   4  28 
 1951 25 PHA AL  154  614   99  184  28   3  31  122   0   2   71   54  .300  .371  .507  .878   119   311   0   4   9   1  18  MVP-3
 1952 26 PHA AL  152  602   82  149  21   5  20   83   1   0   52   48  .248  .310  .399  .709   101   240  15   8   1   6  16  
 1953 27 PHA AL  139  536   73  126  12   2  22   63   0   0   86   66  .235  .341  .388  .729    98   208   0   3   0   2  21  
 1954 28 PHA AL  147  593   82  156  26   2  12   59   1   0   63   57  .263  .332  .374  .706    99   222   0   4   3   0  13  
 1955 29 KCA AL  151  558   90  162  31   6  20   59   5   1   95   43  .290  .397  .475  .872   114   265   0   1   2   4  18  MVP-9
 1956 30 KCA AL  149  576  101  165  24   8  18   76   0   0   97   68  .286  .385  .450  .835   117   259   0   7   3   0  16  
 1957 31 KCA AL  130  445   59   97  21   4   7   38   1   0   60   45  .218  .310  .330  .640    91   147  10   4   0   1  19  
 1958 32 KCA AL  130  437   61  124  13   0  19   50   0   0   55   56  .284  .364  .444  .808   106   194   0   3   5   2  19  
 1959 33 CIN NL   49   46    4   10   2   0   1    3   0   0    5    7  .217  .288  .326  .615    83    15   0   1   0   0   0  
 1960 34 CIN NL   94  107   16   23   0   0   3   11   1   0   25    6  .215  .358  .299  .657    90    32   0   2   4   0   1  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 14 Seasons     1655 5892  844 1561 260  40 202  775  20  11  738  596  .265  .347  .425  .773        2507  28  49  35  29 188
 Per 600 PA           525   75  139  23   4  18   69   2   1   66   53                                 223   2   4   3   3  17
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With KCA     1257 4790  710 1279 203  37 169  628   9   3  621  465  .267  .351  .431  .782        2063  26  38  27  18 163
   With CHA      237  882  108  229  52   3  27  128  10   8   84  111  .260  .329  .417  .746         368   2   8   4  11  18
   With CIN      143  153   20   33   2   0   4   14   1   0   30   13  .216  .339  .307  .646          47   0   3   4   0   1
   With BON       18   67    6   20   3   0   2    5   0   0    3    7  .299  .329  .433  .761          29   0   0   0   0   6
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals     1691 5826  786 1502 252  33 190  812  40  17  755  541  .258  .343  .410  .753        2390  74  37  24  22 148
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1947 21 CHA AL   6   18   5.2   3   1   0  .333   6   12    6  .500    0    0  .000  3B   2e53      176   
 1948 22 BON NL  74    7   3.7   2   1   0  .500   6   15    7  .467    0    0  .000  3B   3e37      -70   
 1949 23 CHA AL  34   74   4.5   7   0   0  .000  33   88   49  .557    0    0  .000  3B   2e28      -16   
 1950 24 CHA AL  36   28   5.2   0   0   0  .000  12   28   16  .571    0    0  .000  3B   1e26       -3   
         PHA AL  37   66   5.2   0   0   0  .000  15   56   42  .750    0    0  .000  3B   1e26       49   
         TOT                     0   0   0  .000  27   84   58  .690    0    0  .000
 1951 25 PHA AL  25  112   6.7   0   0   0  .000  18   81   56  .691    0    0  .000  3B   2e17       49   
 1952 26 PHA AL  29   74   4.1   1   0   0  .000  13   64   46  .719    0    0  .000  3B   2e16        3   
 1953 27 PHA AL  34   71   4.5   0   0   0  .000  13   70   53  .757    0    0  .000  3B   2e11        3   
 1954 28 PHA AL  29   74   4.5   3   0   0  .000  14   82   62  .756    0    0  .000  3B   2e17      -38   
 1955 29 KCA AL  30  107   7.0  14   3   1  .214  17   70   46  .657    0    0  .000  3B   2e20      118   
 1956 30 KCA AL  31  103   6.5   4   1   0  .250  13   86   66  .767    0    0  .000  3B   2e14       23   
 1957 31 KCA AL  10   45   3.2   3   1   0  .333   9   51   37  .725    0    0  .000  3B   2e14       -1   
 1958 32 KCA AL  18   68   5.5  17   4   1  .235  11   51   36  .706    0    0  .000  3B   2e15       38   
 1959 33 CIN NL  39    4   3.5  43  10   1  .233   0    0    0  .000    0    0  .000  PH            -138   
 1960 34 CIN NL  57   13   4.2  66  14   1  .212   1    5    4  .800    0    0  .000  2B   4e41     -107   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 14 Seasons          872   5.1 163  35   4  .215 181  759  526  .693    0    0  .000                  20   5
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 28.3 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 27.0 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)


Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1947 21 CHA AL  3B    35    31    92    6    8   .953    35   308.0   3.59
 1948 22 BON NL  3B    16    11    40    6    4   .895    16   150.0   3.06
 1949 23 CHA AL  3B   142   177   363   33   33   .942   141  1276.0   3.81
 1950 24 CHA AL  3B    49    37    91   12    4   .914    49   433.2   2.66
         PHA AL  3B   105    95   197   15   31   .951   105   939.1   2.80
 1951 25 PHA AL  3B   154   236   346   18   36   .970   154  1393.1   3.76
 1952 26 PHA AL  3B   151   141   338   13   29   .974   151  1358.2   3.17
 1953 27 PHA AL  3B   139   152   339   13   27   .974   134  1193.1   3.70
                 1B     1     3     0    0    1  1.000     0     4.2   5.79
 1954 28 PHA AL  3B   144    95   314   14   24   .967   142  1239.2   2.97
 1955 29 KCA AL  3B   140   103   315   17   22   .961   129  1213.1   3.10
 1956 30 KCA AL  3B   145   108   286   13   31   .968   143  1250.0   2.84  GG
 1957 31 KCA AL  3B   127   121   265    9   24   .977   110  1017.2   3.41
 1958 32 KCA AL  3B   115    92   279   11   34   .971   103   963.2   3.46
 1959 33 CIN NL  3B     4     0     1    0    1  1.000     0     9.0   1.00
 1960 34 CIN NL  2B    14    26    28    1    8   .982    11    77.1   6.28
                 3B     3     0     2    0    0  1.000     1    12.0   1.50
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 3B  1469  1399  3268  180  308   .963  1413 12757.2   3.29
                 2B    14    26    28    1    8   .982    11    77.1   6.28
                 1B     1     3     0    0    1  1.000     0     4.2   5.79
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+


Draft History


Transaction History


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1947  CHA   71-83   Robert Rescigno
 1948  BON   70-84   Jim Pardee
 1949  CHA   84-70   Robert Rescigno
 1950  CHA   72-82   Robert Rescigno
 1950  PHA   67-87   Drew Kennedy
 1951  PHA   84-70   Drew Kennedy
 1952  PHA   70-84   Drew Kennedy
 1953  PHA   74-80   Drew Kennedy
 1954  PHA   59-95   Drew Kennedy
 1955  KCA   68-86   Drew Kennedy
 1956  KCA   81-73   Drew Kennedy
 1957  KCA   59-95   Drew Kennedy
 1958  KCA   71-83   Drew Kennedy
 1959  CIN   78-76   Larry Cupp
 1960  CIN   92-62   Larry Cupp

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