This article is about Sam Jones (1892–1966). For Sam Jones (1925–1971), see Sam Jones (baseball).
Baseball player
Sad Sam Jones
Pitcher
Born:(1892-07-26)July 26, 1892 Woodsfield, Ohio, U.S.
Died: July 6, 1966(1966-07-06) (aged 73) Barnesville, Ohio, U.S.
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
June 13, 1914, for the Cleveland Indians
Last MLB appearance
September 28, 1935, for the Chicago White Sox
MLB statistics
Win–loss record
229–217
Earned run average
3.84
Strikeouts
1,223
Teams
Cleveland Indians (1914–1915)
Boston Red Sox (1916–1921)
New York Yankees (1922–1926)
St. Louis Browns (1927)
Washington Senators (1928–1931)
Chicago White Sox (1932–1935)
Career highlights and awards
2× World Series champion (1918, 1923)
Pitched a no-hitter on September 4, 1923
Samuel Pond "Sad Sam" Jones (July 26, 1892 – July 6, 1966) was an American Major League Baseball pitcher with the Cleveland Indians, Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, St. Louis Browns, Washington Senators and the Chicago White Sox between 1914 and 1935. Jones batted and threw right-handed. His sharp breaking curveball also earned him the nickname "Horsewhips Sam".
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following winter, shortstop Everett Scott, and pitchers Bullet Joe Bush and SadSamJones were traded to the Yankees for Roger Peckinpaugh, who was immediately...
World Series (including the 1931 Series, with the Philadelphia A's). SadSamJones—December 1921. Traded with Joe Bush (q. v.). Pitched five seasons with...
ever thrown without a strikeout (Earl Hamilton on August 30, 1912; SadSamJones on September 4, 1923), a feat that has not been equaled since. In the...
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play Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad at the Morosco Theatre. The following year he made his debut at the Delacorte...
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traded Speaker to the Cleveland Indians. In exchange, Boston received SadSamJones, Fred Thomas and $50,000 ($1,400,000 today). The angry Speaker held...
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before being traded (along with outfielder Cedric Durst) for pitcher SadSamJones in February 1927; Giard was therefore a member of the 1927 New York...
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and Jack Quinn to the Red Sox for Everett Scott, Bullet Joe Bush, and SadSamJones. By this time, Ruppert hired Ed Barrow as the team's business manager...