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Fletcher
Jones		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 240
 
Born: January 14, 1937 in Bellflower Ca
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Seriess Won 1966    1967   
All-Star Selections 1970    1971   
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Batter of the Year Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1958 21 AA   129 505 110 129 30 3 44 98 11 5 47 60 .255 .319 .588 .907 94.3  
1959 22 AA   128 507 86 141 28 3 35 100 4 7 45 69 .278 .337 .552 .889 89.8  
1960 23 AAA   131 500 78 117 29 4 35 82 9 5 49 76 .234 .302 .518 .820 79.9  
1961 24 STL NL 56 113 24 31 2 2 6 12 3 0 6 21 .274 .311 .487 .798 17.3 2.9
    AAA   56 222 43 65 8 2 26 59 4 5 21 42 .293 .354 .698 1.052 51.0  
1962 25 STL NL 61 150 26 34 8 0 10 24 0 1 26 31 .227 .339 .480 .819 24.6 3.9
  PHI NL 67 242 23 51 10 1 12 26 0 1 18 48 .211 .267 .409 .676 25.9 3.4
  TOT   128 392 49 85 18 1 22 50 0 2 44 79 .217 .296 .436 .732 50.5 7.3
    AAA   9 21 6 9 3 0 5 10 0 0 2 3 .429 .478 1.286 1.764 9.4  
1963 26 PHI NL 150 552 75 124 13 6 32 99 1 0 39 123 .225 .276 .444 .720 68.4 9.9
1964 27 PHI NL 44 157 21 43 1 0 10 29 0 0 10 25 .274 .318 .471 .789 23.6 4.2
  PIT NL 111 415 55 106 13 4 19 68 0 1 34 92 .255 .313 .443 .756 58.0 10.8
  TOT   155 572 76 149 14 4 29 97 0 1 44 117 .260 .314 .451 .765 81.6 15.0
1965 28 PIT NL 157 588 83 161 19 3 26 85 1 0 55 137 .274 .336 .449 .785 90.1 17.4
1966 29 PIT NL 153 600 101 160 15 5 37 121 0 0 55 108 .267 .328 .493 .822 95.8 19.4
1967 30 PIT NL 154 589 89 135 19 1 34 96 1 3 60 101 .229 .302 .438 .740 79.2 15.1
1968 31 PIT NL 148 579 72 149 19 4 20 71 0 1 36 119 .257 .303 .408 .710 68.4 12.0
1969 32 SDP NL 22 75 11 13 1 0 5 10 0 0 7 18 .173 .241 .387 .628 8.0 0.6
  CAL AL 138 501 85 136 11 5 44 122 0 2 57 103 .271 .346 .577 .923 98.2 19.8
  TOT   160 576 96 149 12 5 49 132 0 2 64 121 .259 .333 .552 .885 106.2 20.4
1970 33 CAL AL 149 559 109 154 20 5 44 137 0 1 59 103 .275 .347 .565 .912 106.2 17.7
1971 34 CAL AL 157 585 82 145 17 5 23 91 0 1 53 107 .248 .313 .412 .725 75.5 12.2
1972 35 CAL AL 145 421 50 101 5 0 13 55 0 0 45 91 .240 .314 .344 .659 47.7 7.4
1973 36 CAL AL 124 293 32 49 3 2 5 33 1 0 23 55 .167 .232 .242 .475 16.9 0.0
13 Years Sim 1836 6419 938 1592 176 43 340 1079 7 11 583 1282 .248 .312 .448 .760 903.7 156.8
3 Years AAA 196 743 127 191 40 6 66 151 13 10 72 121 .257 .322 .594 .916 140.2  
2 Years AA 257 1012 196 270 58 6 79 198 15 12 92 129 .267 .329 .570 .899 184.2  
5 Years Minors 453 1755 323 461 98 12 145 349 28 22 164 250 .263 .326 .580 .906 324.4  
162 Game Average 566 82 140 15 3 30 95 0 0 51 113 .248 .312 .448 .760 79.7  
Career Highs 160 600 109 161 20 6 49 137 3 3 64 137 .275 .347 .565 .912 106.2  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   5047 734 1266 137 31 269 853 7 7 434 1002 .251 .311 .450 .761 716.3
vs LH   1372 204 326 39 12 71 226 0 4 149 280 .238 .315 .439 .754 193.8
Home 914 3152 494 808 96 25 184 557 6 8 273 626 .256 .317 .478 .795 477.9
Away 922 3267 444 784 80 18 156 522 1 3 310 656 .240 .307 .419 .725 432.2
RISP   1733 0 448 48 12 102 730 0 0 189 352 .259 .325 .477 .802 277.8
Pinch Hitting   83 8 19 2 0 2 14 0 0 5 14 .229 .270 .325 .595 7.4
Close/Late   735 94 192 17 3 28 96 0 0 86 148 .261 .339 .407 .746 104.8
Mar/Apr 204 683 92 157 23 5 33 122 1 5 55 136 .230 .292 .423 .715 84.1
May 330 1135 154 274 26 7 64 189 1 0 93 242 .241 .299 .446 .745 155.8
June 315 1105 177 280 28 10 59 201 0 2 106 194 .253 .321 .457 .778 163.2
July 314 1116 187 305 37 9 74 201 1 1 98 220 .273 .334 .522 .855 190.4
August 327 1144 170 293 33 6 55 188 1 2 113 224 .256 .323 .440 .762 165.0
Sep/Oct 346 1236 158 283 29 6 55 178 3 1 118 266 .229 .296 .396 .692 151.7
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1961 24 STL NL 3B 11 9 80.0 4 19 2 6 .920 2.59 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    RF 9 8 71.0 15 0 0 0 1.000 1.90 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    SS 12 4 42.3 4 19 1 3 .958 4.89 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    LF 6 2 25.0 4 0 1 0 .800 1.44 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 2 2 18.0 22 2 0 3 1.000 12.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 1 0.0
1962 25 STL NL SS 40 35 272.4 40 93 4 17 .971 4.39 0 0 .000 0 1.8
    RF 4 4 29.5 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.92 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    3B 4 3 26.2 3 6 0 0 1.000 3.09 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 3 2 18.6 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.42 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 4 2 16.5 16 1 1 1 .944 9.27 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    2B 2 2 12.9 3 4 0 1 1.000 4.88 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  PHI NL SS 43 39 402.6 60 137 5 25 .975 4.40 0 0 .000 0 2.2
    RF 5 4 43.5 4 0 1 0 .800 0.83 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    3B 4 3 38.8 5 8 0 0 1.000 3.02 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    LF 3 3 27.4 7 0 1 0 .875 2.30 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 4 2 24.5 24 1 1 2 .962 9.18 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    2B 2 2 19.1 5 6 0 1 1.000 5.18 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  TOT   SS 83 74 675.0 100 230 9 42 .973 4.40   3.9
      RF 9 8 73.0 7 0 1 0 .875 .86   0.1
      3B 8 6 65.0 8 14 0 0 1.000 3.05   0.3
      LF 6 5 46.0 12 0 1 0 .923 2.35   0.0
      1B 8 4 41.0 40 2 2 3 .955 9.22   0.0
      2B 4 4 32.0 8 10 0 2 1.000 5.06   0.2
1963 26 PHI NL 2B 92 92 793.7 190 314 12 71 .977 5.72 0 0 .000 0 3.3
    SS 45 41 381.0 61 161 10 32 .957 5.24 0 0 .000 0 1.3
    RF 10 9 81.0 16 0 0 0 1.000 1.78 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    1B 2 0 5.0 5 1 1 1 .857 10.80 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1964 27 PHI NL 1B 29 29 244.2 223 16 1 15 .996 8.81 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    2B 11 11 89.5 20 28 2 5 .960 4.83 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    SS 2 0 3.1 1 1 0 0 1.000 5.81 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 1 0 0.9 1 0 0 0 1.000 10.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 0 0 0.8 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 0 0 0.5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  PIT NL 1B 73 72 656.5 601 42 4 41 .994 8.81 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    2B 27 27 240.5 53 75 7 15 .948 4.79 0 0 .000 0 1.0
    SS 4 0 8.3 1 1 0 1 1.000 2.17 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 1 0 2.4 3 0 0 0 1.000 11.25 1 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 2.2 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.09 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 1.5 1 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   1B 102 101 900.7 824 58 5 56 .994 8.81   1.3
      2B 38 38 330.0 73 103 9 20 .951 4.80   1.3
      SS 6 0 11.4 2 2 0 1 1.000 3.16   0.0
      C 2 0 3.3 4 0 0 0 1.000 10.91 1 0 .000 0 0.0
      LF 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
      RF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1965 28 PIT NL 1B 148 147 1318.7 1189 82 14 93 .989 8.67 0 0 .000 0 2.7
    RF 1 1 9.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 5.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    3B 2 0 4.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1966 29 PIT NL 1B 151 151 1351.3 1250 88 4 116 .997 8.91 0 0 .000 0 2.7
    RF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1967 30 PIT NL 1B 151 149 1369.3 1301 104 13 105 .991 9.23 0 0 .000 0 2.6
    RF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1968 31 PIT NL 1B 140 138 1257.0 1192 95 11 91 .992 9.21 0 0 .000 0 2.2
    SS 5 3 36.0 4 11 1 1 .938 3.75 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    3B 1 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1969 32 SDP NL SS 15 15 122.1 19 45 2 9 .970 4.72 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    3B 6 6 48.6 5 10 0 1 1.000 2.78 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 0 0 1.1 1 0 0 0 1.000 8.18 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  CAL AL SS 96 93 834.2 132 311 17 60 .963 4.78 0 0 .000 0 5.9
    3B 41 37 331.8 32 71 3 5 .972 2.79 0 0 .000 0 2.3
    LF 1 0 7.9 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.42 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   SS 111 108 956.3 151 356 19 69 .964 4.77   6.6
      3B 47 43 380.4 37 81 3 6 .975 2.79   2.4
      LF 1 0 9.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.00   0.0
1970 33 CAL AL SS 125 122 1094.0 156 396 23 79 .960 4.54 0 0 .000 0 6.6
    3B 19 18 157.0 13 24 1 1 .974 2.12 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    LF 2 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1971 34 CAL AL SS 154 152 1351.0 194 482 33 72 .953 4.50 0 0 .000 0 5.4
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1972 35 CAL AL SS 120 113 962.0 139 340 16 60 .968 4.48 0 0 .000 0 5.2
    3B 14 4 56.0 4 6 2 0 .833 1.61 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    RF 9 4 47.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.11 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1973 36 CAL AL SS 45 23 239.3 36 103 5 15 .965 5.23 0 0 .000 0 1.6
    3B 27 17 168.3 12 32 1 1 .978 2.35 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    LF 19 14 125.0 24 0 2 0 .923 1.73 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    1B 19 14 123.0 128 11 0 9 1.000 10.17 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    RF 11 9 78.0 23 0 0 0 1.000 2.65 0 0 .000 0  
  1B 723 706 6384.0 5951 443 50 477 .992 9.01 0 0 .000 0 11.8
  SS 706 640 5748.4 847 2100 117 374 .962 4.61 0 0 .000 0 31.3
  2B 134 134 1155.7 271 427 21 93 .971 5.44 0 0 .000 0 4.7
  3B 130 97 914.7 78 178 9 14 .966 2.52 0 0 .000 0 4.0
  RF 53 39 367.0 79 0 1 0 .988 1.94 0 0 .000 0 0.7
  LF 43 21 222.0 47 0 4 0 .922 1.91 0 0 .000 0 0.5
  C 3 0 4.3 4 0 0 0 1.000 8.37 1 0 .000 1 0.0
Career Totals   1792 1637 14796.1 7277 3148 202 958 .981 6.34 1 0 .000 1 53.0
Career Highs   159 152 1373.3 1301 482 33 116 .997 9.21 1 0 .000 1  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won World Series MVP.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1966 29 PIT NL 5 24 3 8 0 2 2 7 0 0 0 7 .333 .333 .750 1.083
1967 30 PIT NL 7 25 2 7 2 0 1 4 0 0 4 4 .280 .379 .480 .859
1968 31 PIT NL 7 28 1 6 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 7 .214 .241 .321 .563
1970 33 CAL AL 3 12 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 .167 .167 .167 .333
1972 35 CAL AL 10 19 1 6 1 1 0 5 0 0 1 8 .316 .333 .474 .807
1973 36 CAL AL 8 10 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .300 .364 .300 .664
Career Post-Season Batting 40 118 9 32 3 3 4 21 0 0 6 32 .271 .310 .449 .759
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Slugging Pct
1966-7-.493
1969-2-.577
1970-5-.565
CAR-44-.448
 OPS
1966-9-.822
1969-6-.923
1970-9-.912
 XR
1966-7-95.8
 Games
1965-8-157
1971-8-157
 At-Bats
1966-9-600
 Runs
1966-3-101
1967-10-89
Total Bases
1966-2-296
1969-7-289
1970-5-316
 Homeruns
1963-3-32
1964-7-29
1965-8-26
1966-2-37
1967-3-34
1968-9-20
1969-2-44
1970-3-44
1971-7-23
CAR-17-340
 RBIs
1963-7-99
1964-10-97
1966-1-121
1967-10-96
1969-4-122
1970-3-137
 Strikeouts
1963-1-123
1965-3-137
1966-10-108
1968-5-119
1971-5-107
CAR-31-1282
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 4
   Gray Ink Test: 78
   Hall of Fame Standards: 36
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 15th overall pick, by Chicago (N) in 1956
Traded from Chicago (N) to St. Louis on 3/2/1956 (Going to STL: 3B Fletcher Jones. Going to CHN: 1B Bernal Barranco, C Label Sennelnekoff)
Injured on 8/24/1956 with a Tender Shoulder, out for one week
Injured on 5/4/1958 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Had first career hit on 4/29/1961, off Hank Makris (PHI)
Hit first career homerun on 8/15/1961, off Braulio Camacho (SFG)
Traded from St. Louis to Philadelphia on 7/1/1962 (Going to PHI: 3B Fletcher Jones. Going to STL: LF Brad Yordy)
Won Player of the Week award on 5/4/1964, hitting .391 with 3 HR, 8 RBI
Traded from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh on 6/1/1964 (Going to PHI: P Howard Stephens, P Gil Pearson, CF Danny Dyer. Going to PIT: 1B Fletcher Jones)
Won Player of the Week award on 6/14/1965, hitting .440 with 3 HR, 8 RBI
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Houston on 8/17/1965
Had 5 hits with 7 RBI against Atlanta on 8/3/1966
Won World Series with Pittsburgh in 1966
Won World Series with Pittsburgh in 1967
Injured on 4/21/1968 with a Pulled Hamstring Muscle, out for one week
Released by Pittsburgh on 3/9/1969
Traded from San Diego to California on 5/1/1969 (Going to SDP: 3B Joe Creekmore, P Mickey Mahoney, RF Steve Howerton. Going to CAL: 3B Fletcher Jones)
Won Player of the Week award on 5/19/1969, hitting .360 with 8 HR, 12 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against Chicago (A) on 6/20/1969
Won Player of the Week award on 8/11/1969, hitting .526 with 2 HR, 6 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 7/6/1970, hitting .400 with 5 HR, 11 RBI
Was selected to the 1970 Allstar game
Drove in 7 runs against New York (A) on 7/29/1970
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1970, hitting .411 with 16 HR, 41 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 6/21/1971, hitting .429 with 4 HR, 13 RBI
Was selected to the 1971 Allstar game
Hit 3 homeruns against Milwaukee, driving in 4 runs on 7/6/1972
Injured on 5/1/1973 with a Bruised Ulna, out for 1-2 weeks
 
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