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{{About|Sam Jones (1892–1966)|Sam Jones (1925–1971)|Sam Jones (baseball)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Sad Sam Jones
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|position=[[Pitcher]]
|birth_date={{birth date|1892|7|26}}
|birth_place=[[Woodsfield, Ohio]], U.S.
|death_date={{Death date and age|1966|7|6|1892|7|26}}
|death_place=[[Barnesville, Ohio]], U.S.
|bats=Right
|throws=Right
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* Pitched a [[no-hitter]] on September 4, 1923
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'''Samuel Pond''' "'''Sad Sam'''" '''Jones''' (July 26, 1892 – July 6, 1966) was an American professional [[
==Career==
In a 22-year career, Jones compiled a 229–217 record with 1223 [[strikeout]]s and a 3.84 [[earned run average|ERA]] in 3,883 [[innings pitched]]. Jones signed his first professional contract in 1913, with
In 1918, Jones joined the Red Sox starting rotation, ending with a 16–5 mark, a career-best 2.25 ERA, and a league-best .762 [[Baseball statistics|winning percentage]]. His most productive season came in 1921, when he posted career-highs in [[win (baseball statistics)|wins]] (23), strikeouts (98) and innings (298.2), and led the league in [[shutouts in baseball|shutout]]s (5). But his most remembered season may have been 1923 as the ace of the Yankees' staff; he posted a 21–8 record with a 3.63 ERA and led his team to their first [[World Series]] title. Jones also [[no-hitter|no-hit]] the [[Philadelphia Athletics]] 2-0 on September 4 at [[Shibe Park]], in a game in which he did not record a [[strikeout]] the entire game. Only two other pitchers ([[Earl Hamilton]] and [[Ken Holtzman]]) have thrown a no-hitter with no strikeouts. Jones was 2–1 against the [[New York Giants (NL)|New York Giants]] in [[1923 World Series|that World Series]], and his crucial [[relief pitcher|relief]] work in the final game of the Series clinched the championship for the Yankees. Like most pitchers of his time, Jones relieved as well as started, and his eight [[save (baseball)|saves]] in 1922 led the league's [[relief pitcher]]s.
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Sad Sam Jones died in [[Barnesville, Ohio]], at the age of 73.
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* "Bill McGeehan of the New York Herald-Tribune dubbed him Sad Sam because, to him, Jones looked downcast on the field. Jones told Lawrence Ritter that the reason he looked downcast was because, 'I would always wear my cap down real low over my eyes. And the sportswriters were more used to fellows like Waite Hoyt, who'd always wear their caps way up so they wouldn't miss any pretty girls'." – Ed Walton, at Baseball Library [https://web.archive.org/web/20040604015102/http://www.baseballlibrary.com/baseballlibrary/ballplayers/J/Jones_Sad_Sam.stm]
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* [[List of Major League Baseball no-hitters]]
* ''[[The Glory of Their Times]]'', 1966 book
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
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[[Category:Major League Baseball right fielders]]
[[Category:Major League Baseball pitchers]]
[[Category:Baseball players from Ohio]]▼
[[Category:People from Woodsfield, Ohio]]
[[Category:Minor league baseball managers]]
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[[Category:American expatriate baseball players in Canada]]
[[Category:People from Barnesville, Ohio]]
▲[[Category:Baseball players from Belmont County, Ohio]]
[[Category:American expatriate baseball players in the Dominican Republic]]
[[Category:American expatriate baseball players in Nicaragua]]
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