For his son and American outfielder, see Druw Jones.
Baseball player
Andruw Jones
Jones with the Texas Rangers in 2009
Center fielder
Born: (1977-04-23) April 23, 1977 (age 47) Willemstad, Curaçao
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
Professional debut
MLB: August 15, 1996, for the Atlanta Braves
NPB: March 29, 2013, for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
Last appearance
MLB: October 3, 2012, for the New York Yankees
NPB: October 1, 2014, for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
MLB statistics
Batting average
.254
Home runs
434
Runs batted in
1,289
NPB statistics
Batting average
.232
Home runs
50
Runs batted in
165
Teams
Atlanta Braves (1996–2007)
Los Angeles Dodgers (2008)
Texas Rangers (2009)
Chicago White Sox (2010)
New York Yankees (2011–2012)
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles (2013–2014)
Career highlights and awards
MLB
5× All-Star (2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006)
10× Gold Glove Award (1998–2007)
Silver Slugger Award (2005)
NL Hank Aaron Award (2005)
NL home run leader (2005)
NL RBI leader (2005)
Atlanta Braves No. 25 retired
Braves Hall of Fame
NPB
All-Star (2013)
Japan Series champion (2013)
Andruw Rudolf Jones (Papiamento pronunciation:[ˈandruwˈdʒonz]; born April 23, 1977) is a Curaçaoan former professional baseball center fielder who played 17 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB), most notably for the Atlanta Braves. Jones also played for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Texas Rangers, Chicago White Sox, and New York Yankees, and in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles. Jones was a noted defensive specialist for most of his career and won the Rawlings Gold Glove Award for outfielders every year from 1998 through 2007. He had a strong throwing arm in addition to his elite fielding. He was an MLB All-Star five times, and he won both the Hank Aaron Award and a Silver Slugger Award for outfielders in 2005.
Jones made his MLB debut during the 1996 season with the Atlanta Braves. In the 1996 World Series, he became the youngest player ever to hit a home run in the postseason, and just the second player ever to homer in his first two World Series at-bats. The following season, Jones finished fifth in voting for Rookie of the Year. From 1998 to 1999, he continued to increase his offensive production, and in 2000, Jones batted .303 with 36 home runs and 104 runs batted in (RBIs), making his first All-Star team. Jones started to draw many comparisons to Willie Mays and was considered one of the top center fielders in baseball. He proved to be a top defensive player, leading all center fielders in putouts and total zone runs five years in a row from 1998 to 2002. In 2001, he again hit over 30 home runs and drove in 104 runs but his average dipped to .251 while his strikeouts increased. Jones improved with All-Star seasons in 2002 and 2003, but in 2004, he failed to hit at least 30 home runs for the first time since 1999 and exceeded 100 strikeouts, which became a regular occurrence thereafter. In 2005, he led the National League (NL) with 51 home runs and 128 RBIs, finishing second to Albert Pujols for NL Most Valuable Player. In subsequent seasons, his average continued to dip and his strikeouts increased. After a productive season in 2006, including a career- high 129 RBIs, in 2007 Jones had his weakest season to that point, batting just .222. During his time with Atlanta, Jones became one of the youngest players in MLB history to reach 300 career home runs.
After the 2007 season, Jones signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers as a free agent to a two-year deal, worth $36.2 million. However, Jones struggled with the Dodgers, batting just .158 with three home runs and 14 RBIs. Shortly after the season, Jones was released. Jones concluded his MLB career with brief stints for the Rangers, White Sox, and Yankees, transitioning from a center fielder to designated hitter and a fourth outfielder role. While with the White Sox, Jones hit his 400th career home run.
Andruw Rudolf Jones (Papiamento pronunciation: [ˈandruw ˈdʒonz]; born April 23, 1977) is a Curaçaoan former professional baseball center fielder who played...
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Winfield); this scenario was repeated in the National League in 2007 (AndruwJones, Carlos Beltrán, Aaron Rowand, and Jeff Francoeur). Father and son Bobby...
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bases. Volpe is the minor leagues' first 20-homer, 50-steal player since AndruwJones in 1996. The Yankees assigned Volpe to the Somerset Patriots of the Double-A...
hit in 6+2⁄3 innings pitched. Jurrjens joined fellow Curaçao native AndruwJones on the Netherlands national baseball team for the 2006 World Baseball...
the history of the franchise, including most recently AndruwJones' number 25 in 2023, Chipper Jones' number 10 in 2013, John Smoltz's number 29 in 2012...
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run in the playoffs before his 21st birthday, joining Mickey Mantle, AndruwJones, Miguel Cabrera, Manny Machado, and Bryce Harper. In Game 4, Devers hit...
Atlanta players such as Tom Glavine, Chipper Jones, Javy López, Jason Marquis, Eddie Pérez, AndruwJones, and John Rocker played there. They won multiple...
career grand slam before his 21st birthday along with Jose Reyes (2003), AndruwJones (1997) and Alex Rodriguez (1996). On August 11, 2010, against the Washington...
the 50 home run club from the Braves, following AndruwJones in 2005. Olson tied, then broke, Jones's franchise record for home runs in a season on September...
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Baseball America called him their most highly regarded prospect until AndruwJones. He went on to become a two-time All-Star. Jefferies was born in Burlingame...
Rank Player (2024 WAR) WAR Ken Boyer 62.8 Hal Newhouser * 62.8 163 AndruwJones 62.7 164 David Cone 62.3 CC Sabathia 62.3 John Montgomery Ward* 62.3 Mickey...
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