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{{Short description|American baseball player}}
{{About|Sam Jones (1892–1966)|Sam Jones (1925–711925–1971)|Sam Jones (baseball)}}
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{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Sad Sam Jones
|position=[[Pitcher]]▼
|image=Sad Sam Jones 1918.jpg
▲|position=[[Pitcher]]
|birth_date={{Birthbirth date|1892|7|26}}▼
|birth_place=[[Woodsfield, Ohio]], U.S.▼
|death_date={{deathDeath date and age|1966|7|6|1892|7|26}}▼
|death_place=[[Barnesville, Ohio]], U.S.▼
|bats=Right
|throws=Right
▲|birth_date={{Birth date|1892|7|26}}
▲|birth_place=[[Woodsfield, Ohio]]
▲|death_date={{death date and age|1966|7|6|1892|7|26}}
▲|death_place=[[Barnesville, Ohio]]
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate= June 13
|debutyear= 1914
|debutteam= Cleveland Indians
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=September 28
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|stat2label=[[Earned run average]]
|stat2value=3.84
|stat3label=[[StrikeoutsStrikeout]]s
|stat3value=1,223
|teams=
* [[Cleveland Indians]] ({{baseball yearmlby|1914}}–{{baseball yearmlby|1915}})
* [[Boston Red Sox]] ({{baseball yearmlby|1916}}–{{baseball yearmlby|1921}})
* [[New York Yankees]] ({{baseball yearmlby|1922}}–{{baseball yearmlby|1926}})
* [[St. Louis Browns]] ({{baseball yearmlby|1927}})
* [[Washington Senators (1901–60)|Washington Senators]] ({{baseball yearmlby|1928}}–{{baseball yearmlby|1931}})
* [[Chicago White Sox]] ({{baseball yearmlby|1932}}–{{baseball yearmlby|1935}})
|highlights=
*3x 2× [[World Series]] champion: [[1916 World Series({{wsy|1916]], [[1918 World Series|1918]]}}, [[1923 World Series{{wsy|1923]]}})
* Pitched a [[no-hitter]] on September 4, 1923
}}
'''Samuel Pond''' "'''Sad Sam'''" '''Jones''' (July 26, 1892 – July 6, 1966) was aan American professional [[starting pitcherbaseball]] in [[Major League Baseballpitcher]] who played in the [[AmericanMajor League Baseball]] with the [[Cleveland Indians]] (1914–15), [[Boston Red Sox]] (1916–21), [[New York Yankees]] (1922–26), [[St. Louis Browns]] (1927), [[Washington Senators (1901–60)|Washington Senators]] (1928–31) and [[Chicago White Sox]] (1932–35).between A1914 nativeand of [[Woodsfield, Ohio]],1935. Jones batted and threw right-handed. His sharp- breaking [[curveball]] also earned him the nickname "Horsewhips Sam".
 
==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 athe minor[[Zanesville leaguePotters|Flood teamSufferers]] in [[Zanesville, Ohio]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.statscrew.com/minorbaseball/stats/p-aa010a66|title=Sad Sam Jones Minor League Statistics|website=www.statscrew.com}}</ref> After brief stints with two other minor league teams, Hehe made his major league debut with the Indians in 1914. Before the 1916 season, he was sent to Boston in the same trade that brought [[Tris Speaker]] to Cleveland.
 
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. AsOnly oftwo 2014,other pitchers ([[Earl Hamilton]] and [[Ken Holtzman]]) ishave thethrown only othera no-hithitter pitcherwith not to strike out a batter the entire game, doing so for the [[Chicago Cubs]] in {{Baseballno year|1969}}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.
 
Jones lost a league-high 21 games in 1925. He pitched for the Browns a year later, and was waived to Washington in 1927. With the Senators, Jones regained his form, leading his team's staff with a 17–7 record. He enjoyed his last good season in 1930, ending with a 15–7 mark. After four years of service for the White Sox, Jones retired in 1935 as the oldest active player at the time (42). His 22 consecutive seasons pitching in one league is a major league record shared with [[Herb Pennock]], [[Early Wynn]], [[Red Ruffing]] and [[Steve Carlton]].
 
He was a better than average hitting pitcher in his career, compiling a .197 [[batting average (baseball)|batting average]] (245-for-1243) with 151 [[run (baseball)|runs]], 6 [[home runs]], 101 [[Run batted in|RBI]] and drawing 139 [[bases on balls]].
 
Sad Sam Jones died in [[Barnesville, Ohio]], at the age of 73.
 
==QuotationNickname==
* ''"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]
 
==See also==
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* [[List of Major League Baseball annual saves leaders]]
* [[List of Major League Baseball no-hitters]]
* ''[[The Glory of Their Times]]'', 1966 book
 
== References ==
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==External links==
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*[http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=14602398 Sad Sam Jones at Find a Grave]
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