#54 Willie Jones, Third Base, 29 yrs, Brooklyn Dodgers Thursday, 10/5/1954 |
 | Name : Nickname : Birthday : Age : Born in : Height : Weight :
Position : Bats : Throws :
| Willie Jones
8/16/1925 29 USA,SC,DILLON 6"1 202
Third Base R R
| Desire for Winner : Loyalty : Team Leader Skills : National Popularity : Local Popularity : Consistency : Clutch Performance : Injury Rating : Overall Rating :
| Minimal Average Some ability 4 / 6 (Popular) 4 / 6 (Popular) Good Suffers Normal 4.0 Stars
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Contract : Salary : Signed Through : Years of MLB Service : MLB Service Days this Year : Years on 40-Man Roster : Years of Pro Service : Minor League Option Years :
| Big League Contract $ 9,000,550 1958 8 Year(s), 13 Days (1389 total Days) 172 Day(s) 8 Year(s), 71 Days (1447 total Days) 8 Year(s) 1 Option Year(s) left
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Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
Overall | 7 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 9 |
Versus LHP | 8 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 9 |
Versus RHP | 7 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 9 |
Talent | 7 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 8 |
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Running & Bunting Ratings Running Speed : Stealing Ability : Baserunning Instincts : Sacrifice Bunt : Bunt for Hit : Hitter Type :
| 3 6 6 3 1 Pull Hitter
| Fielding Ratings 3B : 8 (Range), .964 (Fielding Pct.) Catcher Arm : 1 Infield Arm : 10 Outfield Arm : 1
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Date | Opp. | Result | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | Spot | | |
9/13 | MIL | L 1-2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | #4 | | |
9/15 | @CIN | W 15-8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | #4 | PoG | |
9/16 | @CIN | W 7-2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | #5 | | |
9/17 | @CIN | L 4-7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | #5 | | |
9/19 | SLN | L 3-5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | #5 | | |
9/20 | SLN | L 5-8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | #5 | | |
9/21 | SLN | W 10-9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | #5 | | |
9/22 | CIN | W 7-1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | #5 | | |
9/23 | CIN | W 17-6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | #6 | PoG | |
9/24 | CIN | W 5-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | #5 | | |
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Batting | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | TAVG | ISO |
Overall | 146 | 564 | 193 | 31 | 4 | 34 | 114 | 132 | 98 | 49 | .342 | .435 | .592 | 1.027 | 1.137 | .250 |
Projected | 154 | 593 | 203 | 33 | 4 | 36 | 120 | 139 | 103 | 52 | .342 | .435 | .592 | 1.027 | 1.137 | .250 |
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Batting | GS | PA | HP | IW | CI | GDP | SH | SF | TB | EBH | SB | CS | SB% | RC | RC/27 |
Overall | 140 | 673 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 334 | 69 | 6 | 2 | 75.0 | 153.8 | 10.5 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHP | 211 | 76 | 13 | 2 | 10 | 40 | 51 | 39 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .360 | .456 | .583 | 1.039 |
vs. RHP | 353 | 117 | 18 | 2 | 24 | 74 | 81 | 59 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .331 | .421 | .598 | 1.019 |
Close/Late | 55 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .345 | .397 | .618 | 1.015 |
Scoring Position | 137 | 42 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 68 | 0 | 27 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 0 | .307 | .401 | .474 | .876 |
Pinch Hitting | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .200 |
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| G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
Home | 71 | 269 | 90 | 14 | 0 | 17 | 51 | 66 | 48 | 21 | .335 | .430 | .576 | 1.006 |
Road | 75 | 295 | 103 | 17 | 4 | 17 | 63 | 66 | 50 | 28 | .349 | .438 | .607 | 1.044 |
March/April | 22 | 91 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 15 | 9 | .275 | .383 | .484 | .867 |
May | 27 | 114 | 52 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 21 | 31 | 19 | 14 | .456 | .514 | .719 | 1.234 |
June | 25 | 95 | 32 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 21 | 17 | 6 | .337 | .430 | .579 | 1.009 |
July | 24 | 94 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 15 | 14 | 10 | .277 | .364 | .362 | .725 |
August | 28 | 101 | 29 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 21 | 24 | 15 | 10 | .287 | .379 | .594 | .973 |
Sept/Oct | 20 | 69 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 24 | 22 | 18 | 0 | .420 | .534 | .855 | 1.389 |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | HP | SF | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
1947 | 143 | 500 | 115 | 19 | 2 | 14 | 64 | 63 | 58 | 2 | 5 | 53 | 4 | 2 | .230 | .310 | .360 | .670 | PHI |
1948 | 143 | 500 | 135 | 23 | 3 | 17 | 76 | 74 | 68 | 2 | 5 | 46 | 4 | 2 | .270 | .357 | .430 | .787 | PHI |
1949 | 143 | 500 | 135 | 23 | 3 | 17 | 76 | 74 | 68 | 2 | 5 | 46 | 4 | 2 | .270 | .357 | .430 | .787 | PHI |
1950 | 146 | 516 | 138 | 25 | 2 | 21 | 73 | 73 | 73 | 2 | 9 | 48 | 3 | 3 | .267 | .355 | .446 | .801 | PHI |
1951 | 134 | 440 | 119 | 19 | 5 | 17 | 71 | 64 | 49 | 1 | 4 | 39 | 3 | 3 | .270 | .342 | .452 | .794 | PHI |
1952 | 122 | 257 | 77 | 15 | 3 | 12 | 62 | 34 | 36 | 0 | 6 | 23 | 1 | 0 | .300 | .378 | .521 | .899 | PHI |
1953 | 144 | 559 | 171 | 29 | 0 | 20 | 82 | 92 | 95 | 1 | 4 | 37 | 3 | 3 | .306 | .405 | .465 | .870 | BRO |
1954 | 146 | 564 | 193 | 31 | 4 | 34 | 114 | 132 | 98 | 1 | 8 | 49 | 6 | 2 | .342 | .435 | .592 | 1.027 | BRO,NL |
Total | 1121 | 3836 | 1083 | 184 | 22 | 152 | 618 | 606 | 545 | 11 | 46 | 341 | 28 | 17 | .282 | .369 | .461 | .830 | |
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Career Minor League Batting Stats |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
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Career Postseason Batting Stats |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
1952 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 |
Total | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Third Base | 143 | 140 | 80 | 299 | 28 | 398 | 19 | .952 | 1243.1 | 2.88 | | | | |
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Transactions Signed as a free agent by Brooklyn on 2/19/1953 to a 6-year deal worth $9,000,550 per year... Awards Won Player of the Week award on 4/24/1951, hitting .520 with 3 HR, 5 RBI... Won World Championship with Philadelphia (N) in 1952... Injuries Injured on 7/14/1951 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for one week... Won Player of the Week award on 5/8/1954, hitting .481 with 2 HR, 4 RBI... Had 20-game hitting streak snapped on 5/26/1954... Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1954, hitting .456 with 8 HR, 21 RBI... Was selected to the 1954 Allstar game... Drove in 7 runs against St. Louis (N) on 8/20/1954... Won Player of the Week award on 9/18/1954, hitting .571 with 3 HR, 11 RBI... Won Most Valuable Player Award in 1954, hitting .342 with 34 HR, 114 RBI...
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Batting Leader Boards Appearances |
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OBP 1953 - .405 - 6th
| Doubles 1953 - 29 - 10th
| BB 1953 - 95 - 3rd
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