1930
Born April 2, 1930
Portland, OR, USA
Gordon Jones Notable
b. April 2, 1930 · St. Louis Cardinals 1954–1956, New York Giants 1957, San Francisco Giants 1958–1959, Baltimore Orioles 1960–1961, Kansas City Athletics 1962, Houston Colt .45's 1964, Houston Astros 1965
Gordon Jones played for seven clubs across 12 seasons as a pitcher, opening with the St. Louis Cardinals in 1954 and closing with the Houston Astros in 1965.
He went 15 and 18 with a 4.16 earned run average, pitching 378.7 innings in 171 games. He struck out 232 and threw 2 shutouts. Across 171 games he batted .119, with 8 hits and 2 runs. He finished with 1 double.
He was born in Portland, OR, USA on April 2, 1930, and died on April 25, 1994. He batted right-handed and threw right-handed.
Batting, season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 | STL | 11 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .125 |
| 1955 | STL | 15 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .071 |
| 1956 | STL | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| 1957 | NYG | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 |
| 1958 | SFG | 11 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 |
| 1959 | SFG | 31 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| 1960 | BAL | 29 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .400 |
| 1961 | BAL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1962 | KCA | 21 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 1964 | HOU | 34 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .250 |
| 1965 | HOU | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Career | — | 171 | 67 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 0 | .119 |
Pitching, season by season
| Year | Team | W | L | G | GS | SV | IP | H | ER | BB | SO | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 | STL | 4 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 81.0 | 78 | 18 | 19 | 48 | 2.00 |
| 1955 | STL | 1 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 57.0 | 66 | 37 | 28 | 46 | 5.84 |
| 1956 | STL | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11.1 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 5.56 |
| 1957 | NYG | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 11.2 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 6.17 |
| 1958 | SFG | 3 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 30.1 | 33 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 2.37 |
| 1959 | SFG | 3 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 43.2 | 45 | 21 | 19 | 29 | 4.33 |
| 1960 | BAL | 1 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 55.0 | 59 | 27 | 13 | 30 | 4.42 |
| 1961 | BAL | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5.0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 5.40 |
| 1962 | KCA | 3 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 6 | 32.2 | 31 | 23 | 14 | 28 | 6.34 |
| 1964 | HOU | 0 | 1 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 | 58 | 23 | 14 | 28 | 4.14 |
| 1965 | HOU | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Career | — | 15 | 18 | 171 | 21 | 12 | 378.2 | 405 | 175 | 120 | 232 | 4.16 |
On this day & linked events
1994
Died April 25, 1994
1954
Major-league debut: Gordon Jones
Gordon Jones made a major-league debut on August 6, 1954.
1965
Final major-league game: Gordon Jones
Gordon Jones played a final major-league game on September 11, 1965.