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Davy
Jones		  
Nickname: Kangaroo
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 185
 
Born: June 30, 1880 in Cambria, WI.
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove Award 1907   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1901 21 DET AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 2 2 2 4 5 5 1 2 2 9 10 10
1902 22 DET AL     5 5 5 2 2 2 4 5 5 2 2 2 10 10 10
1903 23 DET AL $ 300,000   6 6 5 2 2 2 4 5 5 2 2 2 10 10 10
1904 24 DET AL $ 300,000   6 6 5 2 2 2 4 5 5 2 3 3 10 10 10
1905 25 DET AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 4 5 5 3 4 3 10 10 10
1906 26 DET AL $ 350,000   6 6 5 4 4 4 5 6 6 3 4 4 10 10 10
1907 27 CHA AL $ 2,500,000   6 6 5 4 4 4 5 6 6 3 4 4 10 10 10
1908 28 CHA AL $ 2,500,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 5 6 6 3 4 4 9 10 10
1909 29 CHA AL $ 2,500,000   6 6 5 4 4 4 5 6 6 3 4 4 10 10 10
1910 30 CHA AL $ 3,990,000   5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 3 4 4 10 10 10
1911 31 CHA AL $ 3,990,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 4 5 5 3 4 4 9 10 10
1912 32 CHA AL $ 3,990,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 4 5 5 3 4 4 9 9 9
1913 33 NYA AL $ 2,000,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 4 5 5 3 4 4 8 9 9
1914 34 NYA AL $ 2,000,000   5 5 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 3 4 4 8 9 8
1915 35 NYA AL $ 660,000   5 5 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 3 4 4 8 8 8
1916 36 SLN NL     3 3 2 2 2 2 3 4 4 3 4 4 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 2 2 2 2 3 4 4 1 2 2 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,990,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 5 6 6 3 4 4 10 10 10
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger 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
1901 21 DET AL 4 12 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .083 .214 .083 .298 0.2 0.0
    AAA   25 100 13 22 3 1 5 9 3 0 5 14 .220 .257 .420 .677 11.7  
    A   60 229 29 68 11 4 12 27 13 4 29 17 .297 .376 .537 .913 45.3  
1902 22 AA   116 472 99 134 19 5 34 69 33 5 37 11 .284 .336 .561 .897 90.3  
1903 23 DET AL 24 38 14 12 1 0 1 3 6 1 5 0 .316 .422 .421 .843 7.6 1.3
    AAA   1 4 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 .500 .600 .500 1.100 1.1  
    AA   46 185 36 63 7 0 17 30 10 1 17 10 .341 .396 .654 1.050 44.6  
1904 24 DET AL 59 75 23 21 4 2 1 13 8 1 4 5 .280 .316 .427 .743 10.7 2.4
1905 25 DET AL 60 95 22 23 9 1 1 9 8 5 3 7 .242 .280 .389 .669 9.7 1.3
1906 26 DET AL 49 73 10 17 3 1 0 8 10 1 4 8 .233 .282 .301 .583 7.4 1.6
1907 27 CHA AL 139 507 71 125 20 5 4 54 64 11 39 25 .247 .305 .329 .634 56.0 14.2
1908 28 CHA AL 138 493 59 125 28 7 1 59 60 13 50 45 .254 .324 .345 .669 61.0 16.9
1909 29 CHA AL 117 436 69 122 20 2 2 68 56 19 36 23 .280 .356 .349 .705 61.2 17.3
1910 30 CHA AL 107 413 63 105 9 5 3 43 51 11 27 23 .254 .325 .322 .647 50.0 12.5
1911 31 CHA AL 141 570 106 169 23 8 6 59 66 12 47 33 .296 .356 .396 .753 90.2 18.9
1912 32 CHA AL 141 537 78 128 14 10 4 69 59 10 45 43 .238 .299 .324 .623 61.7 8.2
1913 33 NYA AL 45 96 14 24 1 2 0 14 9 3 6 8 .250 .308 .302 .610 9.7 1.0
1914 34 NYA AL 24 24 3 10 2 0 1 6 3 0 2 3 .417 .462 .625 1.087 6.4 2.2
1915 35 NYA AL 58 78 10 17 4 0 0 11 4 2 4 11 .218 .253 .269 .522 5.7 0.8
1916 36 AAA   76 157 18 24 1 0 6 25 5 3 22 26 .153 .257 .274 .531 12.5  
14 Years Sim 1106 3447 544 899 138 43 24 416 404 89 273 234 .261 .325 .347 .671 437.4 98.5
3 Years AAA 102 261 32 48 4 1 11 36 8 3 28 41 .184 .269 .333 .602 25.3  
2 Years AA 162 657 135 197 26 5 51 99 43 6 54 21 .300 .357 .588 .944 134.9  
1 Years A 60 229 29 68 11 4 12 27 13 4 29 17 .297 .378 .537 .915 45.3  
6 Years Minors 324 1147 196 313 41 10 74 162 64 13 111 79 .273 .341 .520 .861 205.5  
162 Game Average 504 79 131 20 6 3 60 59 13 39 34 .261 .325 .347 .671 64.1  
Career Highs 141 570 106 169 28 10 6 69 66 19 50 45 .417 .462 .625 1.087 90.2  
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   2789 448 753 107 34 23 336 327 77 235 152 .270 .335 .357 .693 358.7
vs LH   658 95 146 31 9 1 80 77 12 38 82 .222 .278 .301 .579 59.4
Home 552 1667 254 440 67 20 8 200 202 45 130 117 .264 .329 .343 .672 201.4
Away 554 1780 290 459 71 23 16 216 202 44 143 117 .258 .320 .351 .671 216.7
RISP   916 0 239 29 13 5 366 0 0 93 75 .261 .330 .337 .667 104.2
Pinch Hitting   150 21 42 11 1 2 28 7 2 10 12 .280 .333 .407 .740 19.5
Close/Late   474 103 131 18 5 7 66 0 1 46 34 .276 .349 .380 .729 61.1
Mar/Apr 107 326 48 91 19 8 3 39 40 10 29 18 .279 .351 .414 .766 48.1
May 186 601 85 160 20 5 2 53 72 10 55 47 .266 .335 .326 .661 75.1
June 181 593 104 156 22 6 4 69 76 13 35 33 .263 .318 .341 .659 69.3
July 202 616 109 176 22 11 5 97 76 11 50 44 .286 .345 .381 .727 88.4
August 181 550 71 120 20 5 4 67 57 16 38 39 .218 .280 .295 .574 47.6
Sep/Oct 249 761 127 196 35 8 6 91 83 29 66 53 .258 .325 .348 .673 89.5
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
1901 21 DET AL LF 3 3 25.0 7 0 1 0 .875 2.52 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1903 23 DET AL LF 12 8 83.3 7 1 1 0 .889 0.86 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1904 24 DET AL LF 16 13 120.7 24 0 5 0 .828 1.79 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    1B 1 0 4.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 1 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1905 25 DET AL LF 18 18 155.0 30 1 4 0 .886 1.80 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1906 26 DET AL LF 14 14 116.7 17 0 1 0 .944 1.31 0 0 .000 0 0.2
1907 27 CHA AL LF 137 136 1213.0 274 3 17 1 .942 2.06 0 0 .000 0 2.5
1908 28 CHA AL LF 136 135 1202.7 259 4 24 4 .916 1.97 0 0 .000 0 1.7
1909 29 CHA AL LF 116 115 1037.7 209 1 21 0 .909 1.82 0 0 .000 0 1.9
1910 30 CHA AL LF 103 102 944.0 198 3 19 1 .914 1.92 0 0 .000 0 2.1
    CF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
1911 31 CHA AL LF 140 139 1235.3 235 4 33 1 .879 1.74 0 0 .000 0 2.3
1912 32 CHA AL LF 141 141 1266.0 256 5 22 3 .922 1.86 0 0 .000 0 3.3
1913 33 NYA AL LF 24 22 201.7 40 1 2 0 .953 1.83 0 0 .000 0 0.5
1914 34 NYA AL LF 2 2 17.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.02 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1915 35 NYA AL LF 11 8 88.0 18 1 1 1 .950 1.94 0 0 .000 0 0.2
  LF 873 856 7706.6 1576 24 151 11 .914 1.87 0 0 .000 0 15.4
  1B 1 0 4.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  CF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
  RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
  C 1 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   877 856 7714.6 1583 24 151 11 .914 1.87 0 0 .000 0 15.4
Career Highs   141 141 1266.0 274 5 33 4 1.000 2.52 0 0 .000 0  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1904 24 DET AL 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1905 25 DET AL 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1906 26 DET AL 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1909 29 CHA AL 5 16 1 3 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 .188 .188 .250 .438
Career Post-Season Batting 12 19 2 3 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 .158 .158 .211 .368
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.
XR
1911-6-90.2
 At-Bats
1911-6-570
 Runs
1911-2-106
 Total Bases
1911-10-226
 Singles
1911-10-132
 Doubles
1908-6-28
Homeruns
1907-10-4
1911-5-6
 Stolen Bases
1907-7-64
1908-10-60
1909-9-56
1910-8-51
1911-2-66
1912-4-59
 Caught Stealing
1909-9-19
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 28)
   Gray Ink Test: 26    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 183)
 
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  6. Carson Bigbee (942)
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  8. Fielder Jones (922)
  9. Kip Selbach (919)
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History
Drafted in 17th round, 263rd overall pick, by Detroit in 1901
Had first career hit on 5/8/1901, off Jack Chesbro (MLA)
Hit first career homerun on 6/16/1903, off Norwood Gibson (BOS)
Released by Detroit on 10/16/1906
Signed as a free agent by Chicago (A) on 2/16/1907 to a 3-year deal worth $2,500,000 per year
Won Gold Glove Award at Leftfield in 1907
9/14/1909: Signed a contract extension with Chicago (A), $3,990,000 per year, for 3 years
Signed as a free agent by New York (A) on 2/16/1913 to a 2-year deal worth $2,000,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by New York (A) on 2/22/1915 to a 1-year deal worth $660,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by St. Louis (N) on 3/14/1916 to a minor league contract
 
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