Born:(1925-06-29)June 29, 1925 Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Died: October 3, 1995(1995-10-03) (aged 70) Sacramento, California, U.S.
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
June 8, 1946, for the St. Louis Cardinals
Last MLB appearance
September 29, 1957, for the Milwaukee Braves
MLB statistics
Batting average
.267
Home runs
25
Runs batted in
209
Teams
St. Louis Cardinals (1946–1951)
Philadelphia Phillies (1952)
Milwaukee Braves (1957)
Career highlights and awards
2× World Series champion (1946, 1957)
Vernal Leroy"Nippy"Jones (June 29, 1925 – October 3, 1995) was an American professional baseball first baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for three National League clubs during the 1940s and 1950s, and won World Series rings with the St. Louis Cardinals in 1946 and the Milwaukee Braves in 1957. He threw and batted right-handed, stood 6 feet 1 inch (1.85 m) tall and weighed 185 pounds (84 kg).
Vernal Leroy "Nippy" Jones (June 29, 1925 – October 3, 1995) was an American professional baseball first baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB)...
opted to pinch hit with NippyJones, who had played in just 30 games that year. In what turned out to be his final appearance, Jones was part of a pivotal...
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Braves pinch-hitter NippyJones first base in the 10th inning after determining that there was shoe polish on the ball, showing that Jones had been hit; a...
Hawk Taylor Infielders 9 Joe Adcock 12 Dick Cole 6 Harry Hanebrink 25 NippyJones 23 Johnny Logan 29 Bobby Malkmus 5 Félix Mantilla 41 Eddie Mathews 4...
Howie Moss, and hit .336, one percentage point behind batting champion NippyJones. He was named the circuit's MVP. His breakout season in Syracuse earned...
intellectual and activist. Štefan Jačiansky, 65, Slovak football manager. NippyJones, 70, American baseball player. Elena Quiroga, 73, Spanish writer. Francis...
the Clown at Chicago White Sox games from 1960 to 1990. October 3 – NippyJones, 70, backup first baseman for the St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies...
.429 Jose Cendan Big Spring W 24 Orlando Moreno Big Spring Runs 186 NippyJones Ballinger SO 249 Pat Stasey Bob Cowsar Big Spring Sweetwater Hits 209...
Yonamine June 27 – Wayne Terwilliger June 29 – Bill Connelly June 29 – NippyJones July 2 – Isaiah Harris July 15 – Bob Wellman July 18 – Windy McCall July...
Actually featured Martine McCutcheon as tea lady at 10 Downing Street. Nippy Break (work) Chaiwala, a similar occupation in India Dinner lady, a school...
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