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Bubber Jonnard

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b. November 23, 1897 · Chicago White Sox 1920, Pittsburgh Pirates 1922, Philadelphia Phillies 1926–1927, 1935, St. Louis Cardinals 1929

Jonnard's largest season came with Philadelphia in 1927. He played 53 games, collected 42 hits, scored 18 runs and drove in 14 while batting .294. Every one of those figures was a career high.

Six seasons gave him 54 hits, seven doubles, one triple, 20 runs batted in and 26 runs across 103 games. Jonnard hit .230 in 235 at bats and caught 86 games. He never hit a major-league home run or stole a base.

The White Sox brought Jonnard up for two games in 1920, and he appeared 10 times for Pittsburgh in 1922. His busiest stretch came with the Phillies in 1926 and 1927. He moved to St. Louis for 18 games in 1929, then spent five seasons outside the majors before one final Philadelphia appearance in 1935. The gaps stretched his career across sixteen calendar years and four organizations. He died in 1977, at seventy-nine.

Batting, season by season

YearTeam GABR H2B3B HRRBIBB SOSBAVG
1920 CHW 2500 000 0010 .000
1922 PIT 102145 010 2240 .238
1926 PHI 193434 100 2340 .118
1927 PHI 531431842 600 14770 .294
1929 STL 183113 000 2060 .097
1935 PHI 1100 000 0010 .000
Career 1032352654 710 2012230 .230

On this day & linked events

1897

Born November 23, 1897

Nashville, TN, USA

1977

Died August 23, 1977

1920

Major-league debut: Bubber Jonnard

Bubber Jonnard made a major-league debut on October 1, 1920.

1935

Final major-league game: Bubber Jonnard

Bubber Jonnard played a final major-league game on May 15, 1935.

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