For the football player, see Charley Jones (American football).
For other people named Charles Jones, see Charles Jones (disambiguation).
Baseball player
Charley Jones
Outfielder
Born:(1852-04-30)April 30, 1852 Alamance County, North Carolina, U.S.
Died: June 6, 1911(1911-06-06) (aged 59) New York, New York, U.S.
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
May 4, 1875, for the Keokuk Westerns
Last MLB appearance
April 26, 1888, for the Kansas City Cowboys
MLB statistics
Batting average
.298
Home runs
56
Runs batted in
553
Teams
Keokuk Westerns (1875)
Hartford Dark Blues (1875)
Cincinnati Reds (1876–1877)
Chicago White Stockings (1877)
Cincinnati Reds (1877–1878)
Boston Red Caps (1879–1880)
Cincinnati Red Stockings (1883–1887)
New York Metropolitans (1887)
Kansas City Cowboys (1888)
Career highlights and awards
NL home run leader (1879)
NL RBI leader (1879)
Charles Wesley Jones (born Benjamin Wesley Rippay on April 30, 1852 – June 6, 1911) was an American left fielder in the National Association and Major League Baseball who hit 56 home runs and batted .298 during his twelve-year career. He was born in Alamance County, North Carolina.[1] Charley Wesley “Baby”, “Big Charlie”, “Knight of the Limitless Linen” Jones, who was traded by the Cincinnati Red Stockings to the New York Metropolitans for the 1887 season, following a contract dispute. He spent 12 years in the majors, and was perhaps the first "slugger."[2]
^David L. Porter, ed. (2000). Biographical Dictionary of American Sports: G-P (Hardcover). Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. p. 765. ISBN 978-0-313-31175-8.
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